1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466029403321

Autore

Sinopoli Jim

Titolo

Advanced technology for smart buildings / / James Sinopoli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Artech House, , [2016]

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2016]

ISBN

1-63081-372-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Artech House power engineering library

Disciplina

720.105

Soggetti

Architecture - Technological innovations

Intelligent buildings

Smart structures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Role of Owners and Architects in a Smart Building -- 1.1. Design Teams -- 1.2. Facility Programming -- 1.3. Siting the Building -- 1.4. Materials --

Sommario/riassunto

Authored by an accredited expert in the field, this timely new resource introduces technologies that can be used for advanced smart buildings, including renewable power, communications, indoor positioning, security management, and control systems. This book speaks to the innovation of advanced technology, particularly information technology within the building industry today and explores the potential benefits and issues with advanced technology and its applications and presents practical real-world case studies. This book demonstrates that the penetration of information technology in the building industry is a long term, major development that will affect homes, offices, and other buildings. Smart technology will impact the automation and communications in existing and new building systems.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786819203321

Autore

Stroman James

Titolo

Administrative assistant's and secretary's handbook / / by James Stroman, Kevin Wilson, Jennifer Wauson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : American Management Association, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78402-943-2

0-8144-3353-7

Edizione

[Fifth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (568 p.)

Disciplina

651.3

Soggetti

Secretaries

Office practice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; SECTION ONE: GENERAL PROCEDURES; 1 Overview for the New Administrative Assistant; Why Are You Needed?; What Do Employers Want?; Interview Tips; Your Apprenticeship; 2 Daily Routine; Your Office; Your Workstation; Office Supplies; Reference Works; Work Planning; Dictation and Transcription; Your Employer's Office; The Intangibles; 3 Telephone Usage; Telephone Manners; Taking and Transferring Calls; Taking Messages; Screening Calls; Protecting Your Employer; Courtesy; Telephone Etiquette Tips; Often-Used Numbers; Domestic Information; International Long-Distance Calls

Voice-Mail EtiquetteAnswering Services; 4 Mail Services and Shipping; The Office Mail; Addressing for Success; How to Make Sure Your Mail Gets Through; Postal Automation: Encoding for Business Mailers; Postage Meters; Printing Postage Online; Packaging; U.S. Postal Service Mail Services; Forwarding First-Class and Other Mail; Other Special Mail Services; Information on the Internet; Alternatives to the U.S. Postal Service; Other Shipping Services; 5 Travel Arrangements; Today's Business Traveler; Getting the Trip Under Way; Booking Travel Online; Hotel Reservations

Transportation ReservationsThe Itinerary; Before-the-Trip Checklist; International Travel; Time Zones; International Currencies; 6 Meetings; Anatomy of a Meeting; Types of Corporate Meetings; Scheduling



Meetings; Meeting Agendas; Meeting Minutes; Conferences; 7 Time Management; Overview of Time Management; Controlling Procrastination; Maintaining an Activity List; Creating Action Plans; Keeping a To-Do List; Scheduling; 8 Keeping Accurate Records; A Critical Duty; Getting Ready; Basic Filing Systems; File Cabinets; Organizing Your Computer Files; Backing Up Your Files; Viewing Files

Using Recent ItemsUsing More Than One Computer; SECTION TWO: OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND COMPUTERS; 9 Office Equipment; Telephones; Voice Mail; Special Telephone Services; Fax Machines; Office Computers; Computer Input Devices; Computer Output Devices; Storage Devices; Laptop Computers; Tablet Computers; Maintaining Your Computer; Copy Machines; Binding Systems; Laminators; Overhead Projectors; Paper Shredders; 10 Mobile Computing; iPad and iPhone; Android; 11 Using Microsoft Windows; Operating Systems; How Does Microsoft Windows Work?; The Windows 7 Desktop; Windows 8; 12 Using Apple Macintosh

Overview of the Apple MacintoshNavigating with Mac OS X; Opening and Closing Programs; Working with Files; Creating an Alias; Saving Files; Copy, Cut, and Paste; Printing; Mouse and Keyboard Commands; Spotlight Functions; Print to PDF; Keyboard Shortcuts; 13 Email; Email Accounts; Passwords; Email Programs; Managing Email; Sending Attachments; Hyperlinks in Email Messages; Organizing Your Email; Email Address Book; Signature Files; Returned Mail; Instant Messaging; Email Protocol for Administrative Assistants; General Email Guidelines for Business; 14 Using the Internet; The World Wide Web

Connecting to the Internet

Sommario/riassunto

Administrative assistants are expected to be everything to everyone, all the time. From managing the phones, coordinating meetings, and preparing presentations, to planning events, crafting clear business communications, and deciphering legal documents, they have to juggle it all. Extensively updated, the fifth edition of the Administrative Assistant's and Secretary's Handbook gives readers the information they need to improve their performance and enhance their value to employers.