The increased visibility of the Irish novel in recent years has been one of the outstanding developments in contemporary Irish literature. This development has coincided with a period of significant change in Ireland as a whole. The Irish Novel 1960-2010 is the first book to study how the novel has [...]
The benchmark text for the syllabus organised by technology (a week on databases, a week on networks, a week on systems development, etc.) taught from a managerial perspective. O'Brien's "Management Information Systems" defines technology and then explains how companies use the technology to improve[...]
This work offers a unique perspective on the rise of capitalism and socialism and the effect of the Reformation. Specific topics in chapters one and two include consequences of belief in the private judgement of scriptures; separation of spiritual and secular life; difference between Lutheran and Ca[...]
Reflects the contemporary use of enterprise-wide business systems. This text focuses on the potential effect on business of IT technologies such as the Internet, Intranets, and Extranets for enterprise collaboration, and how IT contributes to competitive advantage, reengineering business processes, [...]
In previous ed. James O'Brian is named as first author.
Wrestling to Rasslin' traces the roots of one of man's oldest competitive sports. Beginning in sporting bars in the late 1800s and graduating to Barnum sideshow tents, wrestling thrilled the world with such early athletes as William Muldoon and George Hackenschmidt. After World War II and the advent[...]