This book provides a comprehensive presentation of current and emerging perspectives focusing on all aspects of managing IT HR from the view of both practitioners and academics located around the globe. It focuses on the results of recent research (from leading practitioners and academics) and...

"This book is a pivotal reference source that provides scholarly perspectives on the latest practices for leveraging human capital in business environments to maintain and increase competitive advantage. Highlighting innovative coverage across relevant topics, such as division of labor,...

"This book examines the useful information developed by individuals presented within organizational structures, routines, and company policies to enhance their understanding and collaboration in issues of knowledge management and human resource management"--Provided by publisher.

In order to effectively use games in the classroom, teachers and parents need to agree on games' positive functions toward students' learning, decide and select good educational games relevant to content and tasks in the classroom, and disseminate their acquired knowledge into the teaching...

"This book focuses on non-traditional education, schools, non-profit or corporate learning and development and delves into the quilt that makes up the higher education space. It explores connectedness between students and the many worlds they traverse, learning objectives, corporations and the...

This book highlights issues specific to information professionals (IPs) working in an academic environment. The evolution of scholarly communications and applications of technology are forcing IPs to reevaluate the way they operate. This book offers insight into the newest strategies for...

Corporations are beginning to see the educational potential of virtual realities in the workplace. Thanks to its unique characteristics as well as its ability to bring dispersed people together in an almost "real" environment for relatively low cost, virtual environments may become the preferred...

Professional development through Web 2.0 collaborative applications / Indi M. Williams, Bolanie A. Olaniran -- Web 2.0, the individual, and the organization: privacy, confidentiality, and compliance / Kerry J. Burner -- Turn on your mobile devices: potential and considerations of informal mobile...

"This book offers peer-reviewed essays and research reports contributed by an array of scholars and practitioners in the field of instructional technology and online education, focusing on two primary themes: professional development models for faculty in online environments and understanding...

"As the baby boomer generation begins to retire, the focus shifts to the next generation of leaders in diverse industries. Within the field of library science, succession planning has become a topic of interest to ensure the success of future libraries as the workforce shifts and to enable...