This book considers the interplay between the affordances of technologies, the experiences and processes of technological systems, and the process of learning and adaptation by state actors as part of governance reform in China. It offers detailed studies of specific projects and applications that are automated or quasi-automated in organising and governing social, economic, and cultural lives in the world’s largest techno-authoritarian regime. Written by scholars from six countries across ...

This document is a compilation of TOGAF Series Guides addressing Business Architecture. It has been developed and approved by The Open Group and is part of the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition.

It consists of the following documents:

TOGAF® Series Guide:Business Models

This document provides a basis for Enterprise Architects to understand and utilize business models, which describe the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value. It covers the concept and purpose of b...

Prepare for the updated version of Microsoft Exam AZ-900

and help demonstrate your real-world knowledge of cloud services and how they can be provided with Microsoft Azure, including high-level concepts that apply throughout Azure, and key concepts specific to individual services. Designed for professionals in both non-technical or technical roles, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Fundamentals level.

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This book explores the flesh and breath of African feminist politics as embodied in activism over the past thirty years against sexism, militarism, homophobia and transphobia, global economic inequality, and religious fundamentalism, and towards freedoms that can be felt by African women and gender non-conforming people in the everyday.

This textbook provides a clear and concise introduction to business and management consultancy. It will help you understand practices and techniques to hire and to implement business and management consultancy, giving you the essentials for success in your studies and later industries when working with - and not just for - consultancy firms. Built around learning objectives and providing engaging, real-life examples, this text empowers the reader to understand the ‘what’, ‘how’, ‘wh...

This is your indispensable guide to navigating the rise of generative AI as an academic. It thoughtfully explores rapidly evolving AI capabilities reshaping higher education, examining challenges and ethical dilemmas across the sector.

The only accessible, practical and discipline-specific qualitative methods textbook on the market. Introduces theoretical issues in parallel with step-by-step guidance on ‘how to do qualitative research’ and ‘how it has been done’ in seminal published research.

Borders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist’s riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land and reveals how it became a haven for the rich and powerful.