This book integrates the basic theories (GST and Parson's AGIL framework), applying them to the components of social systems, state-run and business firms.
This book presents interviews with 20 successful Malaysian housing developers, to provide real-world insights and practical know-how for future developers.
This guide is designed for systems researchers - emerging and seasoned - searching for holistic approaches of inquiry into complexity, which the Systems Sciences provide.
El presente texto está dirigido especialmente al desarrollo de prácticas de laboratorio de alumnos de pregrado en ingenierías y ciencias ambientales, con el doble propósito de ilustrar los principios químicos fundamentales del análisis de aguas y el de familiarizar a los alumnos con las técnicas empleadas en el laboratorio.
Este documento contiene los fundamentos teorico/practicos que permiten priorizar proyectos de infraestructura, logistica y conectividad, basados en un conjunto de tecnicas de decision, probadas ampliamente en el contexto cientifico internacional.
Este texto, escrito a partir de la experiencia y la docencia en investigación social, aborda las diferencias y relaciones entre los enfoques cualitativo y cuantitativo, considera que la realidad social comporta dimensiones subjetivas e indicadores susceptibles de cuantificar y plantea la construcción de relaciones complementarias entre ambos enfoques que pongan en evidencia la complejidad y hetereogeneidad de las situaciones sociales.
El libro es un resumen de lo requerido para manejar adecuadamente el tema por todos los factores intervinientes en la cadena del transporte: funcionarios públicos, transportadores y generadores de carga.
La segunda edición agrega cinco capítulos que consideramos de especial importancia para aquellos que estén o deseen prepararse en el campo de la innovación sistemática y que ésta no se quede en innovaciones de carácter marginal o menor.
El enfoque empleado en este texto hace énfasis en la aplicación e interpretación del comportamiento estadístico de los procesos de producción de bienes y servicios.
A lo largo de ocho capítulos, el autor pone bajo su lupa el análisis de grandes tragedias como la del Huracán Katrina, en Nueva Orleans; las denuncias contra el presidente colombiano, Álvaro Uribe Vélez por los supuestos aportes hechos a su campaña, por grupos paramilitares; los entretelones de la renuncia del ex presidente Andrés Pastrana a la embajada en Washington; las consecuencias sobre la imagen de América Airlines, tras la masacre de las torres Gemelas; en fin, un variado muestrario de casos que dejaron sus huellas en el imaginario público.
I first became interested in the methods of planning the sequence and timing of jobs on large-scale development projects, as a field officer involved in planning and implementing mechanised farming schemes in Uganda in the mid-sixties.
As a companion to books on project-management theory, this book illustrates, in a down-to-earth, comprehensive style, how to put that theory into practice.
Project Management is normally reserved for focused, non-repetitive, time-limited activities with some degree of risk and that are beyond the usual scope of operational activities for which the organization is responsible.
Project Management is normally reserved for focused, non-repetitive, time-limited activities with some degree of risk and that are beyond the usual scope of operational activities for which the organization is responsible.
Project management is the procedure of systematizing and managing resources in such a way that these resources deliver and execute the task required to accomplish a project within a defined range, time, and cost constraint.
This publication outlines the performance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in achieving the goals of Strategy 2030, the institution's long-term strategic framework.
This publication explains the approach of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to integrate the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their associated targets into its strategies, programs, and financing under Strategy 2030.
This publication, prepared by the Asian Development Bank in close cooperation with the Women's Committee of Uzbekistan, contains a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic aspects of gender equality in Uzbekistan.
This publication examines the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan---Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Community-Driven Development Program, which promotes women's participation and empowerment in the Philippines.
This publication is a history of the partnership between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) spanning three decades.
This publication develops a strategic focus for integrating gender concerns into programs and operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Kazakhstan.
This publication presents findings from a climate change risk and adaptation assessment in southern Viet Nam as part of the Water Efficiency Improvement in Drought-Affected Provinces (WEIDAP) project supported by the Asian Development Bank.
These guidelines describe how a project-level design and monitoring framework should be developed and used throughout the project cycle for Asian Development Bank (ADB) sovereign operations and technical assistance projects.
Strategy 2030 underscores the commitment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in developing member countries (DMCs).
Asia and the Pacific faces significant exposure to every major type of geophysical and weather-related hazard, and the countries in the region consistently rank among the most at risk from the human and economic impacts of natural hazards.
From in-country to cross-country connections, whether by land, air, or water, transport is a key ingredient that enables nations to achieve economic and social development goals.
This tool kit presents an integrated approach to inclusive urban development and was prepared for ADB staff and their partners to engage in inclusive urban development programming and implementation as an integral component of ADB's lending programs.
The Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) is an emerging project-based bilateral offset crediting mechanism initiated by the Government of Japan to facilitate implementation of advanced low-carbon technologies for mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in host countries.
Against the backdrop of the global financial crisis and rising food, fuel, and commodity prices, addressing poverty and inequality in the Philippines remains a challenge.
Rapid gender assessments of 12 projects in four countries were undertaken as part of the Asian Development Bank's commitment to improving aid effectiveness.
The brief will describe how to develop a risk analysis applied to a project , through a sequence of steps: risk management planning, risk identification, risk classification, risk assessment, risk quantification, risk response planning, risk monitoring and control, process close out and lessons learning.