Cognitive Risk is a book about the least understood but most pervasive risk to mankind – human decision-making. Cognitive risks are subconscious and unconscious influence factors on human decision-making: heuristics and biases. To understand the scope of cognitive risk, we look at case studies, corporate and organizational failure, and the science that explains why we systemically make errors in judgment and repeat the same errors.The book takes a multidisciplinary and ped...

This book explores a broad cross section of research and actual case studies to draw out new insights that may be used to build a benchmark for IT security professionals. This research takes a deeper dive beneath the surface of the analysis to uncover novel ways to mitigate data security vulnerabilities, connect the dots and identify patterns in the data on breaches. This analysis will assist security professionals not only in benchmarking their risk management programs but also in identif...

Change is threatening to most organizations but the challenge of changing executive leadership for nonprofits, universities, and colleges may be one of its most critical functions to get right. By the same token finding highly qualified leaders who are willing to dedicated themselves to nonprofit institutions has become increasingly competitive. That is why I have written Executive Search. Executive Search is the most innovative approach available for conducting a college, university or no...

The HR Answer Book is an easy-to-use problem solver for managers and human resources professionals struggling to adapt to new workplace challenges.Corporate executive Shawn Smith and author Rebecca Mazin address more than 200 of the most common employer questions relating to job functions such as recruitment and hiring, discipline, downsizing, compensation and benefits, training, and employee relations.As a result, the book equips you with the indu...

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This book is written for students taking courses in monitoring and evaluation both in college and at the university .The outstanding feature of the book lies in its organization. The chapters are arranged in chronological sequence to correspond to the classic steps in monitoring and evaluation systems. By looking at the monitoring and evaluation steps, the reader is presented with a logical & integrated framework. The principles and ideas expressed herein are relevant to any monitoring and...

Do recent moves in the construction industry towards collaborative working and other new procurement procedures really make good business sense? Procurement in the Construction Industry is the result of research into this question and it includes the first rigorous categorizing of the differences between procurement methods currently in use. In the process of carrying out this research, the team has produced a comprehensive study of procurement methods which looks in detail at the...

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An expert in cybersecurity lays out an evidence-based approach for assessing user cyber risk and achieving organizational cyber resilience.Phishing is the single biggest threat to cybersecurity, persuading even experienced users to click on hyperlinks and attachments in emails that conceal malware. Phishing has been responsible for every major cyber breach, from the infamous Sony hack in 2014 to the 2017 hack of the Democratic National Committee and the more recent...

Techniques and actions for a company to develop the sale of the products and services by adapting, where necessary, the production and commercialization to consumer needs.Marketing is considered as the first creative link that will lead to sales. In an environment increasingly changing, the marketing strategy is mobilized to retain a focused and solvent clients by providing economies of scale necessary for the success of the company. By advertising, marketing can also be used to cr...