(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Jossey-Bass/Wiley has announced a new online conference series, “Why Management Still Matters,” convened by the Jossey-Bass Management Institute Online, beginning Sept. 22 and continuing through Oct. 20, 2011. Find out why management still matters and learn new models and practices for managing in by attending this series of five interactive online conference sessions featuring Jossey-Bass authors Julian Birkinshaw, Ed Lawler, Chris Worley, Thomas O. Davenport, Stephen Harding, and Steve Denning.

(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Basic Statistical Tools for Improving Quality, by Chang W. Kang and Paul H. Kvam, is an introductory book on improving the quality of a process or a system, primarily through SPC.

(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- The role of the project manager continues to become more diverse and demanding, placing strong project management skills in high demand. The in-depth introductory guide, Project Management Jump Start 3rd Edition, by Kim Heldman (Wiley, 2011), offers aspiring project managers the essential fundamentals of project management.

(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of the global publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. announced a strategic alliance with CECity Inc. to provide physicians and other health care professionals with new, customized quality and learning solutions. CECity is an established provider of cloud-based health care information technology platforms that link performance improvement, lifelong learning, and quality reporting to drive high-quality clinical outcomes and patient care.