Title search results
Showing 61741 - 61760 of 128695 items
Contemporary art biennials are sites of prestige, innovation and experimentation, where the category of art is meant to be in…
perpetual motion, rearranged and redefined, opening itself to the world and its contradictions. They are sites of a seemingly peaceful cohabitation between the elitist and the popular, where the likes of Jeff Koons encounter the likes of Guy Debord, where Angela Davis and Frantz Fanon share the same ground with neoliberal cultural policy makers and creative entrepreneurs. Building on the legacy of events that conjoin art, critical theory and counterculture, from Nova Convention to documenta X, the new biennial blends the modalities of protest with a neoliberal politics of creativity. This book examines a strained period for these high art institutions, a period when their politics are brought into question and often boycotted in the context of austerity, crisis and the rise of Occupy cultures. Using the 3rd Athens Biennale and the 7th Berlin Biennale as its main case studies, it looks at how the in-built tensions between the domains of art and politics take shape when spectacular displays attempt to operate as immediate activist sites. Drawing on ethnographic research and contemporary cultural theory, this book argues that biennials both denunciate the aesthetic as bourgeois category and simultaneously replicate and diffuse an exclusive sociability across social landscapes.Architectural education is under pressure to meet the demands of an evolving construction industry and to cater to the increasingly…
varied career destinations of graduates. How should architectural education respond to these professional challenges? How can students be better prepared for professional practice? These questions are the focus of this book, which brings together contributions from a wide range of authors, from both the UK and the USA, working in the fields of architectural education, architectural practice and educational research.365 Tage im Jahr 24 Stunden am Tag f r Fahrzeugflotten ffentlicher…
Verkehrsunternehmen gelten hohe Anforderungen an die Verf gbarkeit und Sicherheit ihres Betriebs Gleichzeitig ist ein erheblicher Teil des Kapitals von Verkehrsunternehmen in ihrer Fahrzeugflotte gebunden Die lange betriebliche Nutzungsdauer der beschafften Fahrzeuge erfordert einen ganzheitlichen Managementansatz Ein solcher ganzheitlicher Ansatz fokussiert die effektive Gestaltung der Organisation des Verkehrsunternehmens im Sinne der Etablierung angemessener Aufbau- und Ablaufstrukturen f r verschiedene Aufgaben entlang des Lebenszyklus Gefordert sind zum einen strategische Festlegungen zu Wertsch pfungstiefe und vertraglichen Schnittstellen zwischen verschiedenen Stakeholdern Zum anderen wird der Technikeinsatz der Flotte selbst Gegenstand des Managements welches sich von der Technologieauswahl und bewertung ber ihre Instandhaltung bis hin zur Betrachtung von Fragestellungen der Obsoleszenz und Fragestellungen der Entsorgung Kreislaufwirtschaft erstrecktBeyond the Zone System
By Phil Davis. 1999
This fourth edition of Beyond the Zone System makes the science of photographic sensitometry both accessible and useful to interested…
photographers. It will appeal to any serious photographer interested in knowing how the materials and processes of black-and-white photography work. Instead of describing rote procedures to be followed blindly, this book provides the basis for understanding what needs to be done and why. This book relates theory to practice in a way that promotes a true partnership of science and art. Beyond the Zone System bridges the gap between the more theoretical aspects of the photographic process and the popular empirical procedures used by many photographers in the attempt to predict and control the quality of their photographs in practice.This book is intended primarily for photographers who use large-format cameras and black-and-white sheet film, but the basic information about how the B&W photographic materials and processes work will be useful to users of any B&W film format.Beyond the Zone System, 4th ed. will appeal to any serious photographer interested in knowing how the materials and processes of black-and-white photography work. Instead of describing rote procedures to be followed blindly, this book provides the basis for understanding what needs to be done and why. This book relates theory to practice in a way that promotes a true partnership of science and art.Privatization in the European Union: Theory and Policy Perspectives
By David Parker. 1996
The book identifies different national characteristics in terms of the motivation to privatise, the scale of privatization and its consequences.…
In the opening chapters there is a detailed overview of the theoretical economic issues involved in privatisation and an assessment of privatization across the EU. The remaining ten chapters contain national case studies of EU countries which review the history of state ownership and privatization in each of these countries and evaluate the extent of privatisation. The role of European Commission directives in deregulating markets and stimulating privatisation is also examined.European Telecommunications Liberalisation (Routledge Studies in the European Economy #Vol. 10)
By Kjell A. Eliassen, Marit Sjøvaag. 1991
This book examines the process and consequences of telecommunications liberalisation in the context of an ever closer European Union. The…
creation of a single market for telecommunications and of a wider European single market mirror one another. Telecommunications are also something of a test case for the privatisation process, as this sector has traditionally been a state monopoly. The volume approaches the European experience from three angles: * the politics of regulation and the process of liberalisation in the EU (including case studies of the UK, France, and Germany) * increasing global economic interdependence makes international comparisons essential, and the volume compares the EU experience with that of the Czech Republic, Israel and Thailand * the consequences of technology and continuous innovationIntellectual Property Rights and Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of the TRIPS Agreement
By Donald G. Richards. 2004
This is an examination of the origins and impact of the agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) negotiated during…
the Uruguay Round of GATT talks. The principal theme is that the TRIPS agreement is not in the best interests of the poorer countries, and that its imposition on them by the richer countries has more to do with the exercise of political and economic power than with the positive economic benefits the agreement's supporters claim it can deliver. To support this assertion the book critically examines the economic evidence regarding the impact of intellectual property rights on such important variables as export performance, foreign investment, and economic growth. The author provides a political economic analysis of why the poorer countries acceded to the TRIPS agreement, illustrated with case studies of two important industries where the struggle over intellectual property is especially strong: pharmaceutical and agricultural biotechnology sectors. Designed for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in international political economy and international relations theory, the book offer a radical view of the process of globalization.The Community Performance Reader
By Petra Kuppers, Gwen Robertson. 2007
Community Performance: A Reader is the first book to provide comprehensive teaching materials for this significant part of the theatre studies…
curriculum. It brings together core writings and critical approaches to community performance work, presenting practices in the UK, USA, Australia and beyond. Offering a comprehensive anthology of key writings in the vibrant field of community performance, spanning dance, theatre and visual practices, this Reader uniquely combines classic writings from major theorists and practitioners such as Augusto Boal, Paolo Freire, Dwight Conquergood and Jan Cohen Cruz, with newly commissioned essays that bring the anthology right up to date with current practice. This book can be used as a stand-alone text, or together with its companion volume, Community Performance: An Introduction, to offer an accessible and classroom-friendly introduction to the field of community performance.Japanese Phoenix: The Long Road to Economic Revival
By Richard Katz. 2003
Japan will recover and its economic achievements will once again earn the world's admiration, with sustained annual growth of three…
percent, perhaps more, well within reach. This is the confident forecast that begins Japanese Phoenix: The Long Road to Economic Revival by the author of Japan: The System That Soured, which several years ago accurately predicted Japan's current travails at a time when others were prematurely pronouncing full recovery. Katz warns however that there is bad news to go with the good. So deep-seated are Japan's dysfunctions that, even if it did everything right today, it would take at least five years for truly vibrant growth to take hold. But Japan will not do everything right. Opposition to reform is deep-seated and a myriad of vested interests and millions of jobs are at stake. Still he notes, there is little doubt that reform will succeed. Japanese Phoenix tells the story of the struggle between the forces of reform and the forces of resistance. It dissects Prime Minister Koizumi's role in the process, and explains why Japan is in so much trouble and what needs to be done. It explore the debates among economists and gives a careful progress report on all the moves made so far in the name of reform - from greater direct foreign investment, to the financial "Big Bang", to ending one-party rule by the Liberal Democratic Party. Katz concludes that this is just the second round of a 15-round fight. Japan is a great nation currently trapped in obsolete institutions. As it has before, Japan will find a way to surmount its problems and regain its forward progress.Fundamentals of Business Marketing Research
By J David Lichtenthal, Richard E Plank, David A Reid. 2004
Get a thorough review of vital research issues! Fundamentals of Business Marketing Research examines recent industrial/business research, evaluates its current…
effectiveness, and offers suggestions for future use. This unique book includes and is based on Business Marketing: A Twenty Year Review, a thorough study of industrial/business research from 1978-1997 with critical commentary from a distinguished panel of business academics and the response of the study's authors. The combination of critiques, insights, and viewpoints will challenge you to think beyond the traditional role of B2B marketing into a future that's anything but business as usual. Through an unusual format that gives you access to critical academic analysis, Fundamentals of Business Marketing Research presents a comprehensive review of vital research areas, including marketing to businesses/institutions/governments; buyer-seller relationships; computer use for business marketing; industrial segmentation; channel management and development; physical distribution; advertising; and public relations. The book&’s give-and-take is equally focused on areas that have traditionally received a larger share of the research effort (organizational buyer behavior, business marketing strategy and planning, industrial selling and sales management) and those that have taken a back seat in terms of research attention (computers and ethical business marketing). The original study, its criticisms, and the authors&’ subsequent assessment spotlight major themes, individual contributions, and future trends in major topic areas, including: business marketing strategy organizational buying behavior and purchasing management business marketing research methodology products/services pricing management issues distribution/logistics and supply chain management promotion Fundamentals of Business Marketing Research is equally effective as a practical guide for professionals and researchers, and as an academic text for doctoral studies.Total Engineering Quality Management
By Ronald J. Cottman. 1992
This manual discusses how the Total Quality Management (TQM) of the production and manufacturing environment can be modified, implemented, and…
measured within the engineering project environment. It aims to integrate predominant quality philosophy with organization research.Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability
By Hugh Barton, Marcus Grant, Richard Guise. 2020
This substantially revised and important second edition comes at a pivotal time, with both a strong agenda of localism in…
planning and with public health professionals now realising the vital importance of shaping urban environments in order to reduce the burden of disease and support better health outcomes. This guide ensures you: understand the underlying principles for planning healthy and sustainable neighbourhoods and towns plan the collaborative and inclusive processes needed for multi-sectoral cooperation develop know-how and skills in matching local need with urban form discover new ways to integrate development with natural systems design places with character and recognise good urban form guide communities, and advise developers, in the creation of successful and sustainable places for living. Containing many new case studies and a wealth of new research, this new edition has benefited from previous user feedback. Shaping Neighbourhoods is the indispensable guide for bridging the gulf between theory and practice, between planning authorities, investors and communities, and between different professional perspectives. Whether you are a student faced with a local planning project; a planner, urban designer or developer involved in new development; a health authority concerned with promoting physical activity; or a community group wanting to improve your neighbourhood; this book is for you.Specification Writing and Management
By Max Mcrobb. 1989
This book deals with the fundamentals of specification writing and management. It is useful for anyone concerned with the preparation…
of standards in a world that is shrinking due to improvement in communication and where many specifications have to hold clarity when translated into other languages.Computer-Organized Cost Engineering
By Gideon Samid. 1990
Providing a sequence of steps for matching cost engineering needs with helpful computer tools, this reference addresses the issues of…
project complexity and uncertainty; cost estimation, scheduling, and cost control; cost and result uncertainty; engineering and general purpose software; utilities thGone to Ground: A History Of Environment And Infrastructure In Dar Es Salaam
By Emily Brownell. 2020
Gone to Ground is an investigation into the material and political forces that transformed the cityscape of Dar es Salaam,…
Tanzania in the 1970s and early 1980s. It is both the story of a particular city and the history of a global moment of massive urban transformation from the perspective of those at the center of this shift. Built around an archive of newspapers, oral history interviews, planning documents, and a broad compendium of development reports, Emily Brownell writes about how urbanites navigated the state’s anti-urban planning policies along with the city’s fracturing infrastructures and profound shortages of staple goods to shape Dar’s environment. They did so most frequently by “going to ground” in the urban periphery, orienting their lives to the city’s outskirts where they could plant small farms, find building materials, produce charcoal, and escape the state’s policing of urban space. Taking seriously as historical subject the daily hurdles of families to find housing, food, transportation, and space in the city, these quotidian concerns are drawn into conversation with broader national and transnational anxieties about the oil crisis, resource shortages, infrastructure, and African socialism. In bringing these concerns together into the same frame*, Gone to Ground* considers how the material and political anxieties of the era were made manifest in debates about building materials, imported technologies, urban agriculture, energy use, and who defines living and laboring in the city.Psycholinguistic Phenomena in Marketing Communications
By Tina M. Lowrey. 2007
The field of psycholinguistics and the application of psycholinguistic theory to advertising and marketing communication has become a topic of…
great prominence in the field of consumer behavior. Psycholinguistic Phenomena in Marketing Communications is the first book to address the growing research in this area. This timely volume combines research conducted by current scholars as it demonstrates diversity of the field in terms of relevant topics and methodological approaches. It examines brand names and their semantic and sound-based impact; sentence structure and research in marketing communication; advertising narratives evoking emotional responses; the effects of empathy response on advertising; and the role of language and images in creation of advertising. The book includes authors from a variety of fields, including mass communication, marketing, social psychology, linguistics, and neuropsychology. A range of perspectives is discussed, from qualitative text analysis to controlled psychological experimentation. Psycholinguistic Phenomena in Marketing Communications is intended for students and scholars in numerous disciplines, such as advertising, marketing, social psychology, sociology, and linguistics. It is also suitable for graduate courses in these disciplines.An Actor's Handbook: An Alphabetical Arrangement of Concise Statements on Aspects of Acting, Reissue of first edition
By Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, Constantin Stanislavski. 2004
This is the classic lexicon of Stanislavski's most important concepts, all in the master's own words. Upon its publication in…
1963, An Actor's Handbook quickly established itself as an essential guide for actors and directors. Culling key passages from Stanislavski's vast output, this book covers more than one hundred and fifty key concepts, among them 'Improvisation', 'External Technique', 'Magic If', 'Imaginary Objects', 'Discipline', 'What Is My System?' and 'Stage Fright'.This reissued, attractively packaged edition will be an essential book for any performer.Fundamentals of Business Marketing Education: A Guide for University-Level Faculty and Policymakers
By J David Lichtenthal. 2004
Make the most of your ability to teach business-to-business marketing! Fundamentals of Business Marketing Education: A Guide for University-Level Faculty…
and Policymakers examines the essential issues of teaching business-to-business marketing courses at all four university levels. An international network of educators and practitioners addresses the real concerns you have about developing a curriculum and formulating policy, taking into account the social and economic considerations you face in dealing with practical, methodological, and theoretical business marketing issues. Combining scholarly analysis with practical presentation and style, the book is the comprehensive reference you need to make sure your students have a thorough understanding of the interactive circle that connects instruction, research, and the corporate business world. Fundamentals of Business Marketing Education presents original papers that address the pedagogic and content issues you face at each level of university instructiondoctoral studies, executive education, graduate, and undergraduate studies. Each section is accompanied by scholarly commentary for added perspective, helping you to form your own style of course implementation. The book also includes a comparative review of business marketing textbooks, examining the nuts and bolts of writing for university-level instructioncontent, style, textbook features, and the street smarts needed to deal with publishers. Topics addressed in Fundamentals of Business Marketing Education include: the status of and prospects for doctoral programs in business-to-business marketing making business marketing more prominent in master&’s programs linking content to practice in undergraduate business marketing courses the impact of alternative technologies on delivering business-to-business marketing education teaching business marketing in the 21st century a comparative review of business marketing textbooks and much more! Fundamentals of Business Marketing Education: A Guide for University-Level Faculty and Policymakers is an essential resource for educators working to confirm the importance of business education and its contribution to society. Anyone who teaches marketingfrom full professor to occasional adjunctwill find this book invaluable for making the most of your ability to teach business-to-business marketing.Managing the Flexible Workforce (Ft Management Briefings Ser.)
By Richard Pettinger. 1998
The average workforce today is far different to that of a few years ago. Companies now employ more freelancers and…
temporary staff, while there is increased job-sharing and sub-contracting, not to mention more staff working from home. This brings with it its own particular set of problems for managers. Here, Richard Pettinger looks at the changing employment situation today and outlines what the flexible workforce is, what flexible working is and how to manage both successfully. The text includes sections on conceptual aspects, motivations, empowerment, organizational streamlining, and management qualities and performance.Teams That Lead: A Matter of Market Strategy, Leadership Skills, and Executive Strength
By Theresa J.B. Kline. 2003
Teams That Lead: A Matter of Market Strategy, Leadership Skills, and Executive Strength strikes a balance between the current scholarly…
literature that exists in these fields and its impact on teams. The focus on leading executive teams makes this book unique. It provides three lenses with which to view team leadership and how those various lenses can assist in making teams more effective. The first focuses on paying close attention to the market strategy of the organization and how it should drive key decisions. The second focuses on the multiple roles of the designated leader of a team. The third focus shifts to executive teams and how to be a highly effective team player in the executive environment. Each section is grounded in theoretical and empirical evidence. How this information can then be translated into useful knowledge for practitioners and researchers follows. To make it practical, however, the book provides examples, cases, measuring tools, and questions. This book will be of interest to students and professors in MBA programs, organizational behavior, public policy, and psychology courses. Practitioners, such as consultants, facilitators, trainers, and executive coaches will also be interested.