Infrastructure category: 179 books

Many attempts to establish a succession plan fail. Why? They run up against insurmountable implementation challenges, or weak executive commitment and follow-through. Succession Planning That Works: The Critical Path of Leadership Development is a step-by-step guide to help HR professionals and senior...

Helping people to start a mobile catering food business in the U.K. This book provides specific, comprehensive advice that will help the average person avoid the many costly pitfalls and mistakes. Discover and learn from "real working in the business" experiences that will help you make it successfully to your first day of trading.

This late 2017 report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Organizations have many challenges with respect to managing and allocating office space. In addition to fiscal constraints on space and resources, organizations may face competing mission...

Are you are working in the IT arena as an engineer, architect, developer, or an administrator who is looking to stand out from the crowd? Have you been newly promoted or hired as an IT manager? Does your understanding about the concerns of IT management need a refresher from an industry veteran? In...

The maintenance spare parts business is in turmoil. There have been fundamental changes in the sale, distribution, and storage of spare parts needed to maintain machinery and other physical assets. The key to uptime in manufacturing is managing risk, and Surviving the Spare Parts Crisis: Maintenance...

In the wake of an acrimonious debate on big dams the World Bank brokered a global agreement on financing as well as on the sharing of the rewards and risks of the controversial Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project in Lao PDR. Through this process it prepared the project for the country and the country for...

While efficient use of office space is important, you should also keep in mind that it should be motivational as well as space efficient. You want high employee engagement and that comes when they are motivated.   Office space design that includes comfortable and efficient use...

Desde 1940 Argentina no cesa de caer en el concierto de las naciones. El libro dice que sus instituciones deben ser puestas al día, particularmente en las áreas de educación, inmigración, finanzas públicas, política industrial, salud, energía y medio ambiente. El libro examina lo que han hecho...

No less authority than Hiram Chittenden wrote this marvelous history of the early days of one of America's most important waterways. A West Point engineer, namesake of the Hiram Chittenden locks in Seattle, Chittenden was a respected historian of early western America. There was no railroad system...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has the world’s longest inland waterway system. Despite the system’s potential and the government’s policies encouraging its development, inland waterway transport (IWT) has not been developed as much as other transport modes. This publication examines...

The Broadband Strategies Handbook is a guide for policymakers, regulators, and other relevant stakeholders as they address issues related to broadband development. It aims to help readers, particularly those in developing countries, by identifying issues and challenges in broadband development, analyzing...

Most people would like to start a home business. They like the freedom of being able to work whenever they want to or wherever they want to. However, it is not easy to get there because many of them are stuck in a rut! They feel that they are controlled by their bosses. They feel that it would...

The UK has the most centralised system of government amongst major economies. This results in poorer services, lower economic growth and higher taxes. We have also developed an approach to devolution that is incoherent and unstable. This short book proposes an entirely new set of constitutional arrangements....