05537nam 2200697 a 450 991045729900332120200520144314.01-136-37064-11-281-01420-697866110142091-4294-8435-70-08-049791-8(CKB)1000000000350516(EBL)296802(OCoLC)437182162(SSID)ssj0000230763(PQKBManifestationID)11190430(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230763(PQKBWorkID)10198567(PQKB)10450445(MiAaPQ)EBC296802(Au-PeEL)EBL296802(CaPaEBR)ebr10180888(CaONFJC)MIL101420(EXLCZ)99100000000035051620050204d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPurchasing and financial management of information technology[electronic resource] /Frank BannisterOxford ;Burlington, MA Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann20041 online resource (385 p.)Computer weekly professional seriesIncludes index.0-7506-5854-1 Cover; Purchasing and Financial Management of Information Technology; Copyright Page; Contents; Computer Weekly Professional Series; Preface; Chapter 1. IT acquisition policy; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The objectives of purchasing; 1.3 What makes IT purchasing different?; 1.4 IT strategy and purchasing; 1.5 IT value; 1.6 Foundations of IT purchasing policy; 1.7 Purchasing procedures; Chapter 2. Dealing with suppliers; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Good supplier relationships; 2.3 Poor supplier relationships; 2.4 Joint development; 2.5 Good suppliers; 2.6 Supplier management strategies2.7 Handling salesmen2.8 Negotiating; 2.9 Using formal tenders; 2.10 Total outsourcing; 2.11 Sources of supplier information; Chapter 3. IT costs and cost management; 3.1 Are we getting value from IT?; 3.2 The dynamics of IT cost growth; 3.3 Identifying IT costs; 3.4 Managing hidden costs; 3.5 Training costs; 3.6 Managing maintenance and support costs; 3.7 Testing, installation and implementation; 3.8 Invisible costs; 3.9 Charge-back; 3.10 Outsourcing; 3.11 IT asset statements; Chapter 4. Evaluating and reviewing IT investments; 4.1 Principles of IT evaluation; 4.2 IT benefits4.3 Why IT expenditure is difficult to evaluate4.4 Methods of evaluating IT expenditure; 4.5 IT expenditure benchmarking; 4.6 Reviewing and auditing IT systems; Chapter 5. IT budgeting, accounting and cost control; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Prerequisites for good IT budgeting; 5.3 Why good budgeting is important; 5.4 Four basic approaches to budgeting; 5.5 Ownership; 5.6 Practical rules for budget ownership; 5.7 The scope of IT budgeting; 5.8 Roles in the IT budgeting process; 5.9 Building a budget; 5.10 Project and expenditure justification; 5.11 Charge-back budgeting; 5.12 Phasing a budget5.13 Reporting against budget5.14 Forecasting; 5.15 Good monitoring and reporting practices; 5.16 Tracking hardware and software; 5.17 Accounting for IT; 5.18 A final checklist; Chapter 6. Specifying hardware and systems software; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Two approaches to specification; 6.3 Important definitions; 6.4 Specifying processors; 6.5 Specifying desktop machines; 6.6 Specifying portable PCs; 6.7 Specifying on-line storage; 6.8 Specifying printers; 6.9 Specifying communications requirements; 6.10 System software; 6.11 Specifying ergonomicsChapter 7. Specification of application software7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The importance of good software specification; 7.3 Specifying requirements for packaged software; 7.4 Functional requirements; 7.5 Specifying custom software requirements; 7.6 Conclusion; Chapter 8. Purchasing other IT products and services; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Purchasing hardware maintenance; 8.3 Purchasing consultancy services; 8.4 Purchasing systems integration services; 8.5 Purchasing contract staff; 8.6 Purchasing resilience and disaster recovery capability; 8.7 Purchasing security; 8.8 ConclusionChapter 9. Evaluation and selection of ITPurchasing and Financial Management of Information Technology aims to significantly reduce the amount of money wasted on IT by providing readers with a comprehensive guide to all aspects of planning, managing and controlling IT purchasing and finance. Starting from a recognition that IT purchasing and the financial management often needs to be treated differently from other types of expenditure, the author draws on over 25 years of experience in the field to provide readers with useful mixture of good procedures and common sense rules that have been tried, tested and found toComputer weekly professional series.Information technologyManagementInformation technologyCostsInformation resources managementElectronic books.Information technologyManagement.Information technologyCosts.Information resources management.004.068/1Bannister Frank876184MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457299003321Purchasing and financial management of information technology1956673UNINA04051nam 22006972 450 991078195980332120151005020623.01-107-22378-41-139-13989-41-283-31657-997866133165781-139-13913-41-139-14491-X1-139-14071-X1-139-13758-10-511-97345-41-139-14159-7(CKB)2550000000057873(EBL)803103(OCoLC)763158013(SSID)ssj0000541334(PQKBManifestationID)11925937(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000541334(PQKBWorkID)10499185(PQKB)11531975(UkCbUP)CR9780511973451(MiAaPQ)EBC803103(Au-PeEL)EBL803103(CaPaEBR)ebr10506193(CaONFJC)MIL331657(EXLCZ)99255000000005787320101011d2011|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSlavery in the late Roman world, AD 275-425 /Kyle Harper[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2011.1 online resource (xiv, 611 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-64081-4 0-521-19861-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. TheEconomy of Slavery: Introduction --1.Among slave systems: a profile of late Roman slavery --2. Theendless river: the supply and trade of slaves --3.Oikonomia: households, consumption, and production --4.Agricultural slavery: exchange, institutions, estates --Part II. TheMaking of Honorable Society: Introduction --5.Semper timere: the aims and techniques of domination --6.Self, family, and community among slaves --7.Sex, status, and social reproduction --8.Mastery and the making of honor --Part III. TheImperial Order: Introduction --9.Citizenship and litigation: slave status after the Antonine constitution --10. Theenslavement of Mediterranean bodies: child exposure and child sale --11. Thecommunity of honor: the state and sexuality --12.Rites of manumission, rights of the freed --After the fall: Roman slavery and the end of antiquity --Appendices.Capitalizing on the rich historical record of late antiquity, and employing sophisticated methodologies from social and economic history, this book reinterprets the end of Roman slavery. Kyle Harper challenges traditional interpretations of a transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages, arguing instead that a deep divide runs through 'late antiquity', separating the Roman slave system from its early medieval successors. In the process, he covers the economic, social and institutional dimensions of ancient slavery and presents the most comprehensive analytical treatment of a pre-modern slave system now available. By scouring the late antique record, he has uncovered a wealth of new material, providing fresh insights into the ancient slave system, including slavery's role in agriculture and textile production, its relation to sexual exploitation, and the dynamics of social honor. By demonstrating the vitality of slavery into the later Roman empire, the author shows that Christianity triumphed amidst a genuine slave society.SlaveryRomeSocial structureRomeRomeSocial conditionsRomeEconomic conditionsSlaverySocial structure306.3/620937HIS002000bisacshHarper Kyle1979-765172UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910781959803321Slavery in the late roman world, AD 275-4251554973UNINA