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Does it seem youve formulated a rock-solid strategy, yet your firm still cant get ahead? If so, construct a solid foundation for business executionan IT infrastructure and digitized business processes to automate your companys core capabilities. In Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution, authors Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, and David C. Robertson show you how.The key? Make tough decisions about which processes you must execute well, then implement the IT systems needed to digitize those processes. Citing numerous companies worldwide, the authors show how constructing the right enterprise architecture enhances profitability and time to market, improves strategy execution, and even lowers IT costs. Though clear, engaging explanation, they demonstrate how to define your operating modelyour vision of how your firm will survive and growand implement it through your enterprise architecture. Their counterintuitive but vital message: when it comes to executing your strategy, your enterprise architecture may matter far more than your strategy itself.

Norfolk's first purpose-written guidebook to the county's key archaeological sites and historic buildings

Discover the beauty and history of the Isle of Man in this engaging travelogue. With firsthand accounts and vivid descriptions, Robertson takes readers on a journey through the island's towns, countryside, and coastline. Along the way, he explores the island's rich culture and history, providing a fascinating glimpse into this unique corner of the British Isles.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

"This ... follow-up to the popular A.S.K. takes 52 new questions from real teenagers. Covering issues from society, education, the Bible, theology, God, each short chapter contains a question, a Bible passage, a verse, a discussion, something to consider, further reading and a prayer."--Provided by publisher.

This study of CAMI Automotive, a unionized joint venture between General Motors and Suzuki, is the most comprehensive ever undertaken of a lean production plant. James Rinehart, Christopher Huxley, and David Robertson address a topic that has inspired...

The story of David Robertson, tracing his life from its council estate origins to his emergence as one of the finest attacking full-backs of his generation. A hero to the followers of Aberdeen and Rangers and an esteemed figure in the political hotbed of Kashmir, this is the explosive story of the career of one of football's great characters.

A comprehensive guide to political idealogies and terminologies. It explains those ideas and institutions commonly used in the media such as Monarchy, Jihad, Third Way, Police State and Thatcherism. It is suitable for students of politics at various levels.

This dictionary is a useful guide to politics, its terminologies, ideologies and institutions. It provides: up-to-date information for both students and general readers; over 500 extensive definitions; an understanding of the basics of political thought and theory; coverage of complex ideologies and dogmas; and more.

Conventional wisdom today says that to survive, companies must move beyond incremental, sustaining innovation and invest in some form of radical innovation. "e;Disrupt yourself or be disrupted!"e; is the relentless message company leaders hear. The Power of Little Ideas argues there's a "e;third way"e; that is neither sustaining nor disruptive. This low-risk, high-reward strategy is an approach to innovation that all company leaders should understand so that they recognize it when their competitors practice it, and apply it when it will give them a competitive advantage.This distinctive approach has three key elements:It consists of creating a family of complementary innovations around a product or service, all of which work together to make that product more appealing and competitive.The complementary innovations work together as a system to carry out a single strategy or purpose.Crucially, unlike disruptive or radical innovation, innovating around a key product does not change the central product in any fundamental way.In this powerful, practical book, Wharton professor David Robertson illustrates how many well-known companies, including CarMax, GoPro, LEGO, Gatorade, Disney, USAA, Novo Nordisk, and many others, used this approach to stave off competitive threats and achieve great success. He outlines the organizational practices that unintentionally torpedo this approach to innovation in many companies and shows how organizations can overcome those challenges.Aimed at leaders seeking strategies for sustained innovation, and at the quickly growing numbers of managers involved with creating new products, The Power of Little Ideas provides a logical, organic, and enduring third way to innovate.

The Judge as Political Theorist examines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review. David Robertson argues that the constitutional judge's role is nothing like that of the legislator or chief executive, or even the ordinary judge. Rather, constitutional judges spell out to society the implications--on the ground--of the moral and practical commitments embodied in the nation's constitution. Constitutional review, in other words, is a form of applied political theory. Robertson takes an in-depth look at constitutional decision making in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Canada, and South Africa, with comparisons throughout to the United States, where constitutional review originated. He also tackles perhaps the most vexing problem in constitutional law today--how and when to limit the rights of citizens in order to govern. As traditional institutions of moral authority have lost power, constitutional judges have stepped into the breach, radically altering traditional understandings of what courts can and should do. Robertson demonstrates how constitutions are more than mere founding documents laying down the law of the land, but increasingly have become statements of the values and principles a society seeks to embody. Constitutional judges, in turn, see it as their mission to transform those values into political practice and push for state and society to live up to their ideals.

Answers questions from real teenagers 52 short chapters covering wide variety of topics e.g. prayer, racism, Harry Potter, mental illness

Although the authors believe that the level of conventional and nuclear forces in Europe should and will be reduced, they do not consider that the military instrument will have lost all of its value in European political affairs. They still see a need to be prepared for tension and conflict.

During the late Hellenistic and early Imperial periods (50 BC-300 AD), important developments may be traced in the philosophy of language and its relationship to mind. This book examines theories of language in the work of theologians and philosophers linked to Ancient Alexandria.

When Richard Dawkins published The God Delusion, David Robertson wanted an intelligent Christian response - and so he wrote it. This honest book draws on Robertson's experience as a debater, letter writer, pastor and author to clarify the questions and the answers for thinkers and seekers, and to respond to Dawkins in a gentle spirit.

Covers one of the most important issues in the world today, providing clear definitions combined with up-to-date information on the arena of human rights.

David Robertson charts W.C. Handy's rise from a rural Alabama childhood in the last decades of the nineteeth century to his emergence as one of the most celebrated songwriters of the twentieth century.

"I admit that you have destroyed my atheism, but what do you believe?" David Robertson's answer was "I believe in and because of Jesus." In-depth response to the late Christopher Hitchens.