From our friends at Ted.com comes a glimpse into the future of books. Software developer Mike Matas demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad -- with clever, swipeable video and graphics and some very cool data visualizations to play with. The book is "Our Choice," Al Gore's sequel to "An Inconvenient Truth." While at Apple, Mike Matas helped write the user interface for the iPhone and iPad. Now with Push Pop Press, he's helping to rewrite the electronic book (from Ted.com).
Can you imagine using this in the classroom?
Showing posts with label Dean's Office. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dean's Office. Show all posts
Monday, May 16, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Last Chance for $1,000 | Dean's Challenge
Tomorrow, April 15, is the final day to submit your response to our latest Dean's Challenge. In our recent March 1 School of Business Assembly, students heard our Dean, Dr. John Thomas, challenge them to come up with ways to use social media and new technological advances to improve the experience of education. Learn more in the full Dean's Challenge description.
This latest Dean's Challenge is a part of a new series of opportunities for our students to apply their education in purposeful and rewarding ways. Stay informed of new challenges and resources from the office of the Dean by subscribing to this blog, or visiting our Dean's Office page.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Dean's Bookshelf | Top Ten Business Books #2
From the bookshelf of our Dean, Dr. John Thomas, come ten must-read business books. Watch in the coming days for new additions to this top ten list (non-ranked). For more tips, resources, recommendations, and challenges from the Dean, be sure to visit our Dean's Office page. And if you have read, are reading, or plan to read the book below, let us know what you think in the comments section.
Book #2
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Book #2
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
By Thomas L. Friedman
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman presents this timely, indispensable update on globalization, its successes and shortcomings, with the same urgent curiosity, panache, and illumination that has earned him three Pulitzer Prizes. With his incomparable ability to elucidate complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the beginning of the 21st century, and what globalization—both an opportunity and a threat—means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals. In his 2006 hardcover update, with 100 pages of revised and expanded material, Friedman makes specific recommendations about the technical and creative training he believes will be needed to compete in the New Middle class.
Click here for a link to the latest edition of The World is Flat
Sources: Perseus Publishing’s The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman presents this timely, indispensable update on globalization, its successes and shortcomings, with the same urgent curiosity, panache, and illumination that has earned him three Pulitzer Prizes. With his incomparable ability to elucidate complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the beginning of the 21st century, and what globalization—both an opportunity and a threat—means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals. In his 2006 hardcover update, with 100 pages of revised and expanded material, Friedman makes specific recommendations about the technical and creative training he believes will be needed to compete in the New Middle class.
Click here for a link to the latest edition of The World is Flat
Sources: Perseus Publishing’s The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read
Thursday, March 3, 2011
From the Dean's Bookshelf | Top Ten Business Books
From the bookshelf of our Dean, Dr. John Thomas, come ten must-read business books. Watch in the coming days for new additions to this top ten list (non-ranked). For more tips, resources, recommendations, and challenges from the Dean, be sure to visit our Dean's Office page.
Book #1
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best Run Companies
By Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman
Highly influential when global competition, largely from Japan, had brought Western business to a low, this quintessential business book describes eight enduring management principles that made the forty-three companies surveyed “ excellent.” The authors focus exclusively on big companies, namely big manufacturers, but ironically condemn the excesses of modern management practice and advocate a return to simpler virtues. They have since come to feel that their ideas are better embodied in smaller companies.
Through lively case studies, this very readable classic forces a look at the fundamentals, at “ first principles” that give a company its soul: Attention to customers, an abiding concern for people (productivity through people), the celebration of trial and error. A driving force in the subsequent deluge of business books, this trailblazer established customer service as a key form of differentiation and advantage, and launched the author-as-consultant/speaker/celebrity phenomenon.
Sources: Perseus Publishing’s The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read
Book #1
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best Run Companies
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| More at http://amzn.com/0060548789 |
Highly influential when global competition, largely from Japan, had brought Western business to a low, this quintessential business book describes eight enduring management principles that made the forty-three companies surveyed “ excellent.” The authors focus exclusively on big companies, namely big manufacturers, but ironically condemn the excesses of modern management practice and advocate a return to simpler virtues. They have since come to feel that their ideas are better embodied in smaller companies.
Through lively case studies, this very readable classic forces a look at the fundamentals, at “ first principles” that give a company its soul: Attention to customers, an abiding concern for people (productivity through people), the celebration of trial and error. A driving force in the subsequent deluge of business books, this trailblazer established customer service as a key form of differentiation and advantage, and launched the author-as-consultant/speaker/celebrity phenomenon.
Sources: Perseus Publishing’s The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
$1,000 Scholarship | Welcome to the Revolution!
Students in the School of Business Assembly received a unique challenge from the Dean today. Scholarships will be awarded to the individuals or groups submitting the best papers on how to improve the experience of education in the School of Business. Watch the videos below to get started. And if you missed our presentation on social media, be sure to join our network on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more through the buttons on the right side of the page at business.lasierra.edu. To learn more, contact Cheryl Bauman in the School of Business.
Click to view the videos and award opportunities!
Click to view the videos and award opportunities!
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