Strategy decision making and action used to be off limits to all but the select few at the very top of an organization. It was a largely cerebral activity focused on grand long-terms plans made at annual off-site retreats away from the daily challenges of the business. That is no longer the case. The current business environment does not wait for companies to slowly adjust in an annual meeting. The relentless pace of change renders today's long-term future tomorrow's history. Rapid innovations and ever-increasing complexities limit executives' ability to make decisions with perfect information. Does this mean strategy is no longer useful, or even feasible? No. Good strategists are needed now more than ever. But today's high-performing organizations think of strategy differently than in the past. These companies make strategy part of every manager's role; they strategize continuously and tackle strategic problems through individuals from all parts of the organization. Strategy in this new, fast-paced world is about diagnosing the diverse array of complex challenges confronting organizations, deciding on novel solutions to address those challenges, and delivering by taking action on those solutions. Including a novel organizational framework and never-before-published application examples, Strategy in 3D helps build these foundational skills and prepares the reader for success as a strategist in the 21st century.

Strategy decision making and action used to be off limits to all but the select few at the very top of an organization. It was a largely cerebral activity focused on grand long-terms plans made at annual off-site retreats away from the daily challenges of the business. That is no longer the case. The current business environment does not wait for companies to slowly adjust in an annual meeting. The relentless pace of change renders today's long-term future tomorrow's history. Rapid innovations and ever-increasing complexities limit executives' ability to make decisions with perfect information. Does this mean strategy is no longer useful, or even feasible? No. Good strategists are needed now more than ever. But today's high-performing organizations think of strategy differently than in the past. These companies make strategy part of every manager's role; they strategize continuously and tackle strategic problems through individuals from all parts of the organization. Strategy in this new, fast-paced world is about diagnosing the diverse array of complex challenges confronting organizations, deciding on novel solutions to address those challenges, and delivering by taking action on those solutions. Including a novel organizational framework and never-before-published application examples, Strategy in 3D helps build these foundational skills and prepares the reader for success as a strategist in the 21st century.

Effective strategic thinking requires a clear understanding of one's external environment. Each organization has a unique environment, but as Ross Harrison explains in Strategic Thinking in 3D, any environment-whether in the fields of national security, foreign policy, or business-has three dimensions: systems, opponents, and groups.

Designing Immersive 3D Experiences can help any visual designer move into the fast-growing fields of 3D and extended reality (XR) design. Leading designer Ren e Stevens ( Powered by Design) introduces a proven approach and an effective design thinking process you can use to create outstanding, immersive user experiences. Stevens guides you through creating your first XR project - and improving every project after that. Drawing on her experience building a major university's first course in Augmented Reality, she prepares visual designers to succeed with 3D and XR design in environments from mobile and web to wearables. Stevens begins by exploring what XR and 3D immersive design are, how they're evolving, and how you may already be using them. Next, she explores core concepts and technologies, from computer-human interaction to projection mapping and head-mounted displays. Then, you'll walk through projects from start to finish, learning how to: Perform upfront ideation for new XR/3D projects: set "why" goals, balance innovation with practicality, and keep it all human Build seamless and approachable user experiences and interfaces Prototype XR experiences Account for perception and other human factors Augment typography, color, audio, and voice Take your next steps with XR design, and more

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The 2022 2nd International Conference on Information, Control and Automation (ICICA 2022) was held on December 2nd-4th, 2022 in Chongqing, China (virtual event). Invited and contributed papers present the state-of-the-art research in information, control and automation. This workshop always welcomes a fruitful mix of experienced researchers and students, to allow a better understanding of related fields. The 2022 session of the information, control and automation was doubtlessly a great success. The program covered a wide variety of topics, namely Numerical Analysis, Information Theory, Genetic Algorithm, Distributed Control System, Industrial Control, Motors and Appliances, etc. The conference agenda was divided into two parts, including Keynote Speeches and Oral Presentations. ICICA 2022 is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Information, Control and Automation to a common forum. The primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental activities in Information, Control and Automation and another goal is to promote scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, engineers, students, and practitioners working all around the world. The conference will be held every year to make it an ideal platform for people to share views and experiences in Information, Control and Automation and related areas. Everyone interested in these fields were welcomed to join the online conference and to give comments and raise questions to the speeches and presentations.

There is a great deal of practice, discussion, and publication about strategy, but surprisingly little investigation of the processes by which strategies actually form in organizations. Henry Mintzberg, one of the world's leading thinkers and writers on management, has over several decades examined the processes by which strategies have formed in a variety of contexts, and this book collects together his findings. Defining realized strategy - the strategy an organization has actually pursued - as a pattern in a stream of actions, this investigation tracked strategies in organizations over long periods of time, usually three or four decades, and in one case, a century and a half. This revealed the patterns by which strategies form and change in organizations, the interplay of 'deliberate' with 'emergent' strategies, and the relationships between leadership, organization, and environment in the strategy formation process. An introductory chapter considers the term strategy, and the various ways it has been and can be used, and then introduces the studies. These are reported in the next ten chapters, with descriptions and conclusions about the strategies were formed over time, and how they combined to establish periods in the history of the organization. These studies range across business (six studies), government (two studies), an architectural firm, and a university, as well as one professor in that university. They include U.S. strategy in Vietnam (1950-1973), Volkswagenwrk (1937-1972), and the National Film Board of Canada (1939-1975). The final chapter, entitled 'Toward a General Theory of Strategy Formation', weaves these findings together in two themes. First is strategy formation in different forms of organization: Strategic Planning in the Machine Organization, Strategic Visioning in the Entrepreneurial Organization, Strategic Learning in the Adhocracy Organization, and Strategic Venturing in the Professional Organization. The second theme considers stages in the formation of strategies, from Initiation through Development to Renewal.