Bøker av Tony Robinson

The IT Leadership Handbook: Using ITIL Guiding Principles for Success is a comprehensive guide for IT leaders, managers, and professionals who want to lead their organizations and teams toward success effectively.The book introduces the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework and its guiding principles, which serve as a basis for IT service management. It then delves into the role of IT leadership and the essential skills and competencies required to lead IT teams effectively.The IT Leadership Handbook also offers valuable guidance on managing stakeholders, communicating effectively, building partnerships, and driving innovation. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration and teamwork in IT service management and provides strategies for developing a strong and cohesive IT culture.Readers will find real-world examples, case studies, and best practices from experienced IT leaders and practitioners throughout the book. The author provides practical tips and actionable advice on how to apply ITIL principles to specific IT scenarios, as well as how to navigate common challenges and pitfalls in IT service management.

This book showcases how innovative state policy in Korea transformed Seoul from one of the world's most impoverished, polluted, and congested cities into a  global leader in green urban planning, smart city innovations, and social economy initiatives that have dramatically improved the local quality of life. Today, Seoul's urban planning innovations are increasingly touted as replicable best practices for export to cities across the globe.This book describes how innovative state policy has made Seoul a world leader in sustainable, smart, and solidary urban initiatives. Beginning in the 1960s, Seoul led the fastest urbanization and modernization project in world history, becoming a colossal 26-million-person metropolitan region and one of the largest footprints of humanity on earth, transforming the nation from one of the world's poorest to having the 10th largest GDP in 2020.Today, Seoul has become one of the most productive and innovative urban agglomerations on earth. Seoul's residents enjoy the world's highest penetration of high-speed internet, a model mass transit system, and advanced smart-city technologies. The vast city has become increasingly green and sustainable, while also recycling about 90% of all waste. Seoul has become a leader in social economy innovations like cooperative villages, mutual benefit societies, and social investment funds that advance equitable development goals amid a booming capitalist economy. To broaden our imagination of what good urbanism can achieve, this book reviews Seoul's recent innovations in smart, sustainable, and solidary urbanism, including: green urban planning, sustainable development through recycling and reuse, well-managed mass transit, smart city design, and solidarity economy initiatives.

Writers, artists and thinkers in British life talk about what Europe means to them

A swashbuckling adventure from TV star Tony Robinson. Ben arrives at pirate school ready and raring to go - but instead of lessons in walking the plank and cutlass-swinging, the school teaches business studies. Ben can't have that! An uprising is planned... High quality cream paper and easy to read special font ensure a smooth read for all.