Changing Networks

Author : Peter Plastrik,Madeleine Taylor,John Cleveland
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1610915321

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Connecting to Change the World by Peter Plastrik,Madeleine Taylor,John Cleveland Pdf

Something new and important is afoot. Nonprofit and philanthropic organizations are under increasing pressure to do more and to do better to increase and improve productivity with fewer resources. Social entrepreneurs, community-minded leaders, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropists now recognize that to achieve greater impact they must adopt a network-centric approach to solving difficult problems. Building networks of like-minded organizations and people offers them a way to weave together and create strong alliances that get better leverage, performance, and results than any single organization is able to do. While the advantages of such networks are clear, there are few resources that offer easily understandable, field-tested information on how to form and manage social-impact networks. Drawn from the authors’ deep experience with more than thirty successful network projects, Connecting to Change the World provides the frameworks, practical advice, case studies, and expert knowledge needed to build better performing networks. Readers will gain greater confidence and ability to anticipate challenges and opportunities. Easily understandable and full of actionable advice, Connecting to Change the World is an informative guide to creating collaborative solutions to tackle the most difficult challenges society faces.

Author : Jacqueline Kinghan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509938100

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Lawyers, Networks and Progressive Social Change by Jacqueline Kinghan Pdf

Written by a lawyer who works at the intersection between legal education and practice in access to justice and human rights, this book locates, describes and defines a collective identity for social justice lawyering in the UK. Underpinned by theories of cause lawyering and legal mobilisation, the book argues that it is vital to understand the positions that progressive lawyers collectively take in order to frame the connections they make between their personal and professional lives, the tools they use to achieve social change, as well as ethical tensions presented by their work. The book takes a reflexive ethnographic approach to capture the stories of 35 lawyers working to positively transform law and policy in the UK over the last 50 years. It also draws on a wealth of primary sources including case reports, historic campaign materials and media analysis alongside wider ethnographic interviews with academics, students and lawyers and participant observation at social justice conferences, workshops and events. The book explains the way in which lawyers' networks facilitate their collective positioning and influence their strategic decision making, which in turn shapes their interactions with social activists, with other lawyers and with the state itself.

Author : David Ehrlichman
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523091706

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Impact Networks by David Ehrlichman Pdf

This practical guide shows how to facilitate collaboration among diverse individuals and organizations to navigate complexity and create change in our interconnected world. The social and environmental challenges we face today are not only complex, they are also systemic and structural and have no obvious solutions. They require diverse combinations of people, organizations, and sectors to coordinate actions and work together even when the way forward is unclear. Even so, collaborative efforts often fail because they attempt to navigate complexity with traditional strategic plans, created by hierarchies that ignore the way people naturally connect. By embracing a living-systems approach to organizing, impact networks bring people together to build relationships across boundaries; leverage the existing work, skills, and motivations of the group; and make progress amid unpredictable and ever-changing conditions. As a powerful and flexible organizing system that can span regions, organizations, and silos of all kinds, impact networks underlie some of the most impressive and large-scale efforts to create change across the globe. David Ehrlichman draws on his experience as a network builder; interviews with dozens of network leaders; and insights from the fields of network science, community building, and systems thinking to provide a clear process for creating and developing impact networks. Given the increasing complexity of our society and the issues we face, our ability to form, grow, and work through networks has never been more essential.

Author : P. P. Mujumdar,D. Nagesh Kumar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781107018761

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Floods in a Changing Climate by P. P. Mujumdar,D. Nagesh Kumar Pdf

Provides unique synthesis of various modeling methodologies used to aid planning and operational decision making, for academic researchers and professionals.

Author : Rense Corten
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781118762943

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Computational Approaches to Studying the Co-evolution of Networks and Behavior in Social Dilemmas by Rense Corten Pdf

Computational Approaches to Studying the Co-evolution of Networks and Behaviour in Social Dilemmas shows students, researchers, and professionals how to use computation methods, rather than mathematical analysis, to answer research questions for an easier, more productive method of testing their models. Illustrations of general methodology are provided and explore how computer simulation is used to bridge the gap between formal theoretical models and empirical applications.

Author : Walter J M Kickert,Erik-Hans Klijn,Johannes Franciscus Maria Koppenjan
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761955488

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Managing Complex Networks by Walter J M Kickert,Erik-Hans Klijn,Johannes Franciscus Maria Koppenjan Pdf

Although the concept of policy networks is now well-established in the field, most research has to content itself with description and analysis of their contribution to policy failure. This book goes further. It accepts policy networks as a fundamental characteristic of modern societies and presents an overview of the strategies for the management of these networks, as well as illustrating the various strategies for intervention.

Author : BRIJENDRA SINGH
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9788120349070

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DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS by BRIJENDRA SINGH Pdf

This fully revised and updated book, now in its Fourth Edition, continues to provide a comprehensive coverage of data communications and computer networks in an easy to understand style. The text places as much emphasis on the application of the concepts as on the concepts themselves. While the theoretical part is intended to offer a solid foundation of the basics so as to equip the student for further study, the stress on the applications is meant to acquaint the student with the realistic status of data communications and computer networks as of now. Audience Intended primarily as a textbook for the students of computer science and engineering, electronics and communication engineering, master of computer applications (MCA), and those offering IT courses, this book would also be useful for practising professionals. NEW TO THIS EDITION • Three new chapters on: o Network Architecture and OSI Model o Wireless Communication Technologies o Web Security • Appendix on Binary and Hexadecimal Numbering Key features • Illustrates the application of the principles through highly simplified block diagrams. • Contains a comprehensive glossary which gives simple and accurate descriptions of various terms. • Provides Questions and Answers at the end of the book which facilitate quick revision of the concept.

Author : B Axelsson,G Easton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317244592

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Industrial Networks (Routledge Revivals) by B Axelsson,G Easton Pdf

First published in 1992, this volume brings together contemporary studies and reviews the research which established the study of networks as an area in its own right. By looking at the foundations of industrial networks and analysing network methodology and modelling, this book offers an integrated and coherent approach to the whole area. Covering small group analysis, network change processes and implications for business strategy, and presenting new ways to exploit inter-organisational relationships in the face of change, it tackles key issues with important implications for the future. This book will be of interest to students of economics and business.

Author : Qinyuan Liu,Zidong Wang,Xiao He
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030001575

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Stochastic Control and Filtering over Constrained Communication Networks by Qinyuan Liu,Zidong Wang,Xiao He Pdf

​Stochastic Control and Filtering over Constrained Communication Networks presents up-to-date research developments and novel methodologies on stochastic control and filtering for networked systems under constrained communication networks. It provides a framework of optimal controller/filter design, resilient filter design, stability and performance analysis for the systems considered, subject to various kinds of communication constraints, including signal-to-noise constraints, bandwidth constraints, and packet drops. Several techniques are employed to develop the controllers and filters desired, including: recursive Riccati equations; matrix decomposition; optimal estimation theory; and mathematical optimization methods. Readers will benefit from the book’s new concepts, models and methodologies that have practical significance in control engineering and signal processing. Stochastic Control and Filtering over Constrained Communication Networks is a practical research reference for engineers dealing with networked control and filtering problems. It is also of interest to academics and students working in control and communication networks.

Author : Tadlaoui, Mouenis Anouar,Khaldi, Mohamed,Carvalho, Rommel Novaes
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522574149

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Bayesian Networks for Managing Learner Models in Adaptive Hypermedia Systems: Emerging Research and Opportunities by Tadlaoui, Mouenis Anouar,Khaldi, Mohamed,Carvalho, Rommel Novaes Pdf

Teachers use e-learning systems to develop course notes and web-based activities to communicate with learners on one side and monitor and classify their progress on the other. Learners use it for learning, communication, and collaboration. Adaptive e-learning systems often employ learner models, and the behavior of an adaptive system varies depending on the data from the learner model and the learner's profile. Without knowing anything about the learner who uses the system, a system would behave in exactly the same way for all learners. Bayesian Networks for Managing Learner Models in Adaptive Hypermedia Systems: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a collection of research on the use of Bayesian networks and methods as a probabilistic formalism for the management of the learner model in adaptive hypermedia. It specifically discusses comparative studies, transformation rules, and case diagrams that support all phases of the learner model and the use of Bayesian networks and multi-entity Bayesian networks to manage dynamic aspects of this model. While highlighting topics such as developing the learner model, learning management systems, and modeling techniques, this book is ideally designed for instructional designers, course administrators, educators, researchers, and professionals.

Author : Krzysztof Iniewski
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781439808573

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Internet Networks by Krzysztof Iniewski Pdf

In the not too distant future, internet access will be dominated by wireless networks. With that, wireless edge using optical core next-generation networks will become as ubiquitous as traditional telephone networks. This means that telecom engineers, chip designers, and engineering students must prepare to meet the challenges and opportunities that the development and deployment of these technologies will bring. Bringing together cutting-edge coverage of wireless and optical networks in a single volume, Internet Networks Wired, Wireless, and Optical Technologies provides a concise yet complete introduction to these dynamic technologies. Filled with case studies, illustrations, and practical examples from industry, the text explains how wireless, wireline, and optical networks work together. It also: Covers WLAN, WPAN, wireless access, 3G/4G cellular, RF transmission Details optical networks involving long-haul and metropolitan networks, optical fiber, photonic devices, and VLSI chips Provides clear instruction on the application of wireless and optical networks Taking into account recent advances in storage, processing, sensors, displays, statistical data analyses, and autonomic systems, this reference provides forward thinking engineers and students with a realistic vision of how the continued evolution of the technologies that touch wireless communication will soon reshape markets and business models around the world.

Author : Michelle McLeod,Roger Vaughan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135036010

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Knowledge Networks and Tourism by Michelle McLeod,Roger Vaughan Pdf

The receipt of knowledge is a key ingredient by which the tourism sector can adjust and adapt to its dynamic environment. However although its importance has long been recognised the fragmentation within the sector, largely as a result of it being comprised of small and medium sized businesses, makes understanding knowledge management challenging. This book applies knowledge management and social network theories to the business of tourism to shed light on successful operations of tourism knowledge networks. It contributes specifically to understanding a network perspective of the tourism sector, the information needs of tourism businesses, social network dynamics of tourism business operation, knowledge flows within the tourism sector and the transformation of the tourism sector through knowledge networks. Social Network Analysis is applied to fully explore the growth and maintenance of tourism knowledge networks and the relationships between tourism sector stakeholders in relation to their knowledge requirements. Knowledge Networks and Tourism will be valuable reading for all those interested in successful operations of tourism knowledge networks.

Author : Seppo Hämäläinen,Henning Sanneck,Cinzia Sartori
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119963028

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LTE Self-Organising Networks (SON) by Seppo Hämäläinen,Henning Sanneck,Cinzia Sartori Pdf

Covering the key functional areas of LTE Self-Organising Networks (SON), this book introduces the topic at an advanced level before examining the state-of-the-art concepts. The required background on LTE network scenarios, technologies and general SON concepts is first given to allow readers with basic knowledge of mobile networks to understand the detailed discussion of key SON functional areas (self-configuration, -optimisation, -healing). Later, the book provides details and references for advanced readers familiar with LTE and SON, including the latest status of 3GPP standardisation. Based on the defined next generation mobile networks (NGMN) and 3GPP SON use cases, the book elaborates to give the full picture of a SON-enabled system including its enabling technologies, architecture and operation. ”Heterogeneous networks” including different cell hierarchy levels and multiple radio access technologies as a new driver for SON are also discussed. Introduces the functional areas of LTE SON (self-optimisation, -configuration and –healing) and its standardisation, also giving NGMN and 3GPP use cases Explains the drivers, requirements, challenges, enabling technologies and architectures for a SON-enabled system Covers multi-technology (2G/3G) aspects as well as core network and end-to-end operational aspects Written by experts who have been contributing to the development and standardisation of the LTE self-organising networks concept since its inception Examines the impact of new network architectures (“Heterogeneous Networks”) to network operation, for example multiple cell layers and radio access technologies

Author : Hermann Kaindl
Publisher : Margret Schneider
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783800728404

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Networks 2004 by Hermann Kaindl Pdf

Author : Hrair Aldermeshian,Thomas B. London
Publisher : Silicon Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0929306252

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Networks in a Flash by Hrair Aldermeshian,Thomas B. London Pdf