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The World Religions Paradigm has been the subject of critique and controversy in Religious Studies for many years. After World Religions provides a rationale for overhauling the World Religions curriculum, as well as a roadmap for doing so. The volume offers concise and practical introductions to cu... More

This chapter reviews the symptoms of an ineffective foundation for execution and provides six steps for rethinking your foundation, along with ten leadership principles for building and leveraging your foundation for execution.... More

This chapter uses case studies of UPS, MetLife, and 7-Eleven Japan to show how companies can grow profitability by building and leveraging a foundation for execution. The authors go on to forecast for the next stage of enterprise architecture maturity and the benefits it will offer companies in the ... More

IT and IT-enabled business processes are candidates for outsourcing, which can be a valuable approach to helping mature an enterprise architecture. But a company can lose ground if outsourcing is inappropriately applied. This chapter discusses how enterprise architecture can be a guide to outsourcin... More

In this chapter, the authors introduce one of the necessary elements for creating the foundation for execution-the IT engagement model-and examine its three ingredients: IT governance, project management, and linkages connecting the two.... More

This chapter explains how companies get unique benefits at each of the four stages of enterprise architecture maturity by implementing different management practices and roles at each stage to formalize organizational learning.... More

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This chapter discusses how to make enterprise architecture a powerful management tool for aligning business and technology initiatives throughout a company, illustrating effective practices through case studies of MetLife, ING DIRECT, Carlson Companies, and Delta Airlines.... More

In this chapter, the authors introduce the operating model as the first essential element for creating the foundation for execution. They describe four different types of operating models, using case studies of JM Family Enterprises, Merrill Lynch, Dow Chemical, TD Banknorth, and Schneider National.... More

As statistics show, companies with a good foundation for execution have an increasing advantage over those that don't. This chapter outlines a plan for helping managers to recognize their core operations, digitize their core to more efficiently support their strategy, and exploit their foundation fo... More

In this chapter, the authors introduce the four stages of enterprise architecture maturity and discuss how to apply them in your company.... More

Learn the best methods for winning people to Christ with the help of CityTeam Ministries. In a follow up to their book Miraculous Movements, the missionaries of CityTeam share more insights into how best to share God's love around the world. The authors take you beyond their work in Africa to Califo... More

The fascinating third book in the Virginia at War series focuses on the Virginia experience at mid-conflict. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of the conflict's impact on children, religion, and newly freed slaves. Also included are essays that probe the South's view of Abraham Lincol... More

More Civil War battles were fought on Virginian soil than on that of any other Confederate state. No state suffered more from invasion and occupation than the Old Dominion, and none witnessed as much of the war. Virginia's story of the Civil War stands unique among the Confederate States. Virginia a... More

By January 1865, most of Virginia's schools were closed, many newspapers had ceased publication, businesses suffered, and food was scarce. Having endured major defeats on their home soil and the loss of much of the state's territory to the Union army, Virginia's Confederate soldiers began to desert ... More

A History Book Club SelectionA Military History Book Club Selection Virginia emerged from the year 1861 in much the same state of uncertainty and confusion as the rest of the Confederacy. While the North was known to be rebuilding its army, no one could be sure if the northern people and government ... More

The fourth book in the Virginia at War series casts a special light on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. Following a year in which only one major battle was fought on Virginia soil, 1864 brought military campaigning to the Old Dominion. Fo... More

A collection of ten new essays from some of our finest Civil War historians working today, Gateway to the Confederacy offers a reexamination of the campaigns fought to gain possession of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Each essay addresses how Americans have misconstrued the legacy of these struggles and wh... More

Following the 9/11 attacks, approximately four million Americans have turned eighteen each year and more than fifty million children have been born. These members of the millennial and post-millennial generation have come of age in a moment marked by increased anxiety about terrorism, two protracted... More

Everyone has their eyes set on the black depths of space…but what about the deep abysses of the ocean? What dark monsters swim unseen beneath the waves? What ancient wonders lie hidden, waiting to be discovered? What sirens call, either here on Earth or in the icy waters of a far off planet…or even ... More

Stories from our latest collection feature gritty murders on the streets of Chicago, New York, L.A., London and Paris, horrors in dark alleys, as well as many more scenes from urban crime that elicit a dark curiosity. Classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting budding c... More

Drawing on current scholarship and research by authors with experience of a range of International contexts who are experts in their field, this accessible guide focuses on approaches that encourage spiritual, physical, mental and emotional development in children.By outlining a range of lenses thro... More

This important book simply but persuasively demonstrates why we should provide the opportunities for people with dementia to experience the great outdoors. It also gives a voice to people with dementia who have felt the benefit of getting closer to nature. The contributors explore many different way... More

'Thought-provoking, well-written, and offering a range of fresh and sometimes challenging perspectives, Planning and Support should be essential reading for people working in the field of learning disabilities. Highly recommended.' - Involve Magazine The authors outline the skills needed and commo... More

Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including detail... More