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Warum scheitern Manager?
By Uwe Peter Kanning. 2020
Managementfehler haben mitunter weitreichende Konsequenzen für viele Menschen, die davon unmittelbar oder indirekt betroffen sind. Fast jeder kennt Fälle in…
seinem Umfeld oder glaubt Betroffener von Managementfehlern zu sein. Wenn Sie wissen möchten, wie Managementfehler entstehen und wodurch sie sich ein Stück weit eindämmen lassen, ist dieses Buch genau richtig für Sie, denn hier werden beispielsweise die folgenden Fragen beantwortet: Wie wird man (Spitzen-)Manager*in?An welchen Eigenschaften scheitern Manager*innen? Warum treffen Manager*innen Fehlentscheidungen?Wie täuschen Manager*innen sich und andere?Warum werden sie nicht frühzeitig gestoppt? Anhand von interessanten Informationen und Stories erhalten Sie einen Einblick in konkrete und bekannte Fälle von Missmanagement. Aufgrund der augenöffnenden Analyse, die auf psychologischen Erkenntnissen basiert, können Sie wertvolle Schlussfolgerungen ziehen. Zielgruppen: Berufstätige und alle, die sich ein gutes Management wünschen, sowie diejenigen, die Führungskräfte, Manager und Managerinnen, einstellen, sie führen oder mit ihnen zusammenarbeiten. Zum Autor: Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Uwe Peter Kanning ist Professor für Wirtschaftspsychologie an der Hochschule Osnabrück. Er ist Autor zahlreicher Bücher. Seine Arbeit wurde vielfach ausgezeichnet, u.a. 2016 „Professor des Jahres“ (UnicumBeruf) oder 2019 Wahl unter die „40 führenden Köpfe des Personalwesens“ (Personalmagazin). Seit 1997 berät er Unternehmen und Behörden bei wirtschaftspsychologischen Fragestellungen.Unser heutiges Leben ist wie in keiner anderen Epoche in der Geschichte der Menschheit durch technische und wissenschaftliche Erneuerungen geprägt.…
Beides hat zwar in einigen Teilen der Welt zu verbesserten Lebensbedingungen geführt, aber der Fortschritt hat auch einen hohen Preis. Denn die Menschheit steht vor sehr großen Herausforderungen, wie es beispielsweise die Corona-Krise zeigt. Diese und andere Probleme werden in Zukunft kaum zu bewältigen sein, wenn nicht bald ein drastisches Umdenken stattfindet. Um eine Veränderung zugunsten einer verbesserten Zukunft herbeizuführen, wird die Wissenschaft einen wichtigen Beitrag leisten müssen. Neue wissenschaftliche Konzepte und Maßnahmen können aber nur verwirklicht werden, wenn sie Zielsetzungen für das Allgemeinwohl verfolgen. Um diese durchzusetzen, muss die Wissenschaft sich an ethische Prinzipien halten, weil nur sie garantieren, dass Forschung im Interesse des Gemeinwohls betrieben werden kann.Adorno’s Aesthetics as a Literary Theory of Art
By Mario Farina. 2020
This book re-examines Adorno’s aesthetics, developing a new literary approach that aims to unveil hidden elements of Adorno’s thought. Farina…
proposes to read Adorno’s aesthetics as a literary theory of art, showing its efficacy in its comprehension of the most advanced trends of contemporary literature. As a result, this book provides an image of Adorno’s aesthetics as a complete, satisfying and consistent philosophy of literature, a robust theory which is able to stand its ground in contemporary aesthetic debate. Challenging the prevalent prejudice that defines Adorno’s thought, and especially his aesthetics, as ‘modernist’, Farina argues that Adorno's philosophy of literature shows its value precisely in its application to and comprehension of postmodern literature, such as the works of Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo and David Foster Wallace. Precise and compelling, this book provides a new paradigm for understanding Adorno’s theory of artwork, serving as an essential reference for researches investigating the relation between classical critical theory and contemporary art.Surveillance of Modern Motherhood: Experiences of Universal Parenting Courses
By Helen Simmons. 2020
This book explores the reflections and experiences of mothers of children aged 0-3 years that have attended universal parenting courses. …
Simmons considers the factors that motivated mothers to attend a universal parenting course and explore the wider experiences of early modern motherhood in the UK. She investigates participants' perceptions of benefits of attending a parenting course, different forms of parenting advice accessed by mothers, and how this provides an insight into the wider constructs and experiences of modern motherhood. Ultimately, the book considers, through a feminist post-structuralist lens, the social and cultural pressures within modern motherhood in relation to different levels of surveillance, and produces new knowledge for practice within the early years and health sectors in relation to the support currently offered to new mothers. It will be of interest to students and scholars across the sociology of education, gender studies, and childhood studies.Victims of Stalking: Case Studies in Invisible Harms (Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology)
By Jenny Korkodeilou. 2020
This book explores the nature and impact of stalking and criminal justice system responses to this type of abuse based…
on the experiences and lived realities of victims. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 26 self-defined victims of stalking in England and Wales, it explores the psychological and social effects of this hidden and misunderstood form of interpersonal violence. Korkodeilou's work seeks to improve understanding regarding this type of abuse, contribute to feminist criminology and gender-based violence literature, and expand scholarly knowledge with her research's theoretical, methodological and practical implications. Victims of Stalking will appeal to academics in the fields of victimology, victimisation, gender-based and interpersonal violence, criminal justice system responses to victims and to criminal justice system professionals (e.g. police officers, probation officers, and lawyers).Performances of Authorial Presence and Absence: The Author Dies Hard (Adaptation in Theatre and Performance)
By Silvija Jestrovic. 2020
This book takes Roland Barthes’s famous proclamation of ‘The Death of the Author’ as a starting point to investigate concepts…
of authorial presence and absence on various levels of text and performance. By offering a new understanding of ‘the author’ as neither a source of unquestioned authority nor an obsolete construct, but rather as a performative figure, the book illuminates wide-ranging aesthetic and political aspects of ‘authorial death’ by asking: how is the author constructed through cultural and political imaginaries and erasures, intertextual and intertheatrical references, re-performances and self-referentiality? And what are the politics and ethics of these constructions?World Internet Development Report 2018: Blue Book of World Internet Conference
By Chinese Academy of Cyberspace Studies. 2020
This book is an important outcome of the Fifth World Internet Conference. It provides a comprehensive account of the new…
trends and highlights of global Internet development over the past year, covering network infrastructure, information technology, digital economy, world internet media, cyber security, and international cyberspace governance. This year, the book improves the Global Internet Development Index System and adds more countries into the assessed list, in order to reflect more comprehensively, objectively and accurately the general situation of the world Internet development and thus to provide reference for all countries in promoting Internet development and governance.This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Data and Information in Online Environments, DIONE…
2020, which took place in Florianópolis, Brazil, in March 2020. DIONE 2020 handles the growing interaction between the information sciences, communication sciences and computer sciences. The 18 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions and focus on the production, dissemination and evaluation of contents in online environments. The goal is to improve cooperation between data science, natural language processing, data engineering, big data, research evaluation, network science, sociology of science and communication communities.This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th IFIP International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems, DAIS 2020, which…
was supposed to be held in Valletta, Malta, in June 2020, as part of the 15th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 10 full papers presented together with 1 short paper and 1 invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The papers addressed challenges in multiple application areas, such as privacy and security, cloud and systems, fault-tolerance and reproducibility, machine learning for systems, and distributed algorithms.Defence Economics: Achievements and Challenges (Elements in Defence Economics)
By Keith Hartley. 2020
This Element introduces students, policy-makers, politicians, governments and business-people to this new discipline within economics. It presents the recent history…
of the subject and its range of coverage. Traditional topics covered include models of arms races, alliances, procurement and contracting, as well as personnel policies, industrial policies and disarmament. Newer areas covered include terrorism and the economics of war and conflict. A non-technical approach is used and the material will be accessible to both economists and general readers.Analysis and Geometry on Graphs and Manifolds (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series #461)
By Daniel Lenz, Matthias Keller, Radoslaw K. Wojciechowski. 2020
The interplay of geometry, spectral theory and stochastics has a long and fruitful history, and is the driving force behind…
many developments in modern mathematics. Bringing together contributions from a 2017 conference at the University of Potsdam, this volume focuses on global effects of local properties. Exploring the similarities and differences between the discrete and the continuous settings is of great interest to both researchers and graduate students in geometric analysis. The range of survey articles presented in this volume give an expository overview of various topics, including curvature, the effects of geometry on the spectrum, geometric group theory, and spectral theory of Laplacian and Schrödinger operators. Also included are shorter articles focusing on specific techniques and problems, allowing the reader to get to the heart of several key topics.The Handbook of Wellness Medicine
By Waguih William IsHak. 2020
Wellness medicine is the field that focuses on improving overall functioning, quality of life, and wellbeing, beyond symptom management of…
medical illness, leading to restoration and maintenance of health. The Handbook of Wellness Medicine provides a practical guide to the latest in evidence-based medicine, as well as best practice, to assist healthcare professionals in utilizing the full range of interventions to improve wellness and help patients complete their journeys to full health. The volume is organized into five parts: Part I introduces the concept of wellness by detailing the definitions and assessment/measurement methods, and formulating wellness plans. Part II describes wellness plans in major illnesses, categorized by organ system/disorder. Part III covers the methods to improve wellness in special populations. Part IV details each wellness intervention, including the scientific evidence behind it and its practical application. Part V focuses on integrating and personalizing the interventions into one's life to maintain wellness.Implicit Language Aptitude (Elements in Second Language Acquisition)
By Gisela Granena. 2020
It is a well-known fact that some adult second language learners learn more rapidly and/or to a higher level of…
proficiency than others. Some of these individual differences have been linked to differences in cognitive and perceptual abilities under the umbrella term of 'language aptitude'. The notion of language aptitude has undergone recent developments, one of which is the proposal that language aptitude includes cognitive abilities that involve implicit processes and that are advantageous in learning a language without awareness. This Element defines implicit language aptitude, examines tasks that can be used to measure implicit language aptitude, and provides an overview of relevant research in this area.The humanitarian framing of disarmament is not a novel development, but rather represents a re-emergence of a much older and…
long-standing sensibility of humanitarianism in disarmament. It rejects the 'big bang' theory that presents the Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention 1997, and its successors – the Convention on Cluster Munitions 2008, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017 – as a paradigm shift from an older traditional state-centric approach towards a more progressive humanitarian approach. It shows how humanitarian disarmament has a long and complex history, which includes these treaties. This book argues that the attempt to locate the birth of humanitarian disarmament in these treaties is part of the attempt to cleanse humanitarian disarmament of politics, presenting humanitarianism as a morally superior discourse in disarmament. However, humanitarianism carries its own blind spots and has its own hegemonic leanings. It may be silencing other potentially more transformative discourses.Fractional Order Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications
By Hemen Dutta. 2020
A guide to the new research in the field of fractional order analysis Fractional Order Analysis contains the most recent research…
findings in fractional order analysis and its applications. The authors—noted experts on the topic—offer an examination of the theory, methods, applications, and the modern tools and techniques in the field of fractional order analysis. The information, tools, and applications presented can help develop mathematical methods and models with better accuracy. Comprehensive in scope, the book covers a range of topics including: new fractional operators, fractional derivatives, fractional differential equations, inequalities for different fractional derivatives and fractional integrals, fractional modeling related to transmission of Malaria, and dynamics of Zika virus with various fractional derivatives, and more. Designed to be an accessible text, several useful, relevant and connected topics can be found in one place, which is crucial for an understanding of the research problems of an applied nature. This book: Contains recent development in fractional calculus Offers a balance of theory, methods, and applications Puts the focus on fractional analysis and its interdisciplinary applications, such as fractional models for biological models Helps make research more relevant to real-life applications Written for researchers, professionals and practitioners, Fractional Order Analysis offers a comprehensive resource to fractional analysis and its many applications as well as information on the newest research.EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP SCORE A PERFECT 5—now with 33% more practice than previous editions!Ace the 2021 AP Biology Exam…
with this comprehensive study guide, which includes 3 full-length practice tests, thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every section, and access to online extras.Techniques That Actually Work.• Tried-and-true strategies to help you avoid traps and beat the test• Tips for pacing yourself and guessing logically• Essential tactics to help you work smarter, not harderEverything You Need to Know to Help Achieve a High Score.• Comprehensive content review for all test topics• Updated to align with the latest College Board standards• Engaging activities to help you critically assess your progress• Access to study plans, a handy list of key terms and concepts, helpful pre-college information, and more via your online Student ToolsPractice Your Way to Excellence.• 3 full-length practice tests with detailed answer explanations• Practice drills at the end of each content review chapter• End-of-chapter key term lists to help focus your studyingOn Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake
By Sarah Chayes. 2020
From the prizewinning journalist, internationally recognized expert on corruption in government networks throughout the world, author of Thieves of State:…
Why Corruption Threatens Global Security ("I can't imagine a more important book for our time,"--Sebastian Junger; "Required reading,"--Tom Friedman; "compelling, fascinating . . . a call to action,"--The Huffington Post), a major, unflinching book that looks homeward to America, exploring the insidious, dangerous networks of corruption of our past, present, and precarious future.Now, bringing to bear all of her knowledge, grasp, sense of history and observation, Sarah Chayes writes in her new book, that the United States is showing signs similar to some of the most corrupt countries in the world. Corruption, as Chayes sees it, is an operating system of sophisticated networks in which government officials, key private-sector interests, and out-and-out criminals interweave. Their main objective: not to serve the public but to maximize returns for network members. From the titans of America's Gilded Age (Carnegie, Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, et al.) to the collapse of the stock market in 1929, the Great Depression and FDR's New Deal; from Joe Kennedy's years of banking, bootlegging, machine politics, and pursuit of infinite wealth, as well as the Kennedy presidency, to the deregulation of the Reagan Revolution, undermining the middle class and the unions; from the Clinton policies of political favors and personal enrichment to Trump's hydra-headed network of corruption, systematically undoing the Constitution and our laws, Chayes shows how corrupt systems are organized, how they enforce the rules so their crimes are covered legally, how they are overlooked and downplayed--shrugged off with a roll of the eyes--by the richer and better educated, how they become an overt principle determining the shape of our government, affecting all levels of society.Shredders: Girls Who Skate
By Sierra Prescott. 2020
A stunningly photographed tribute to female skaters of all ages and backgrounds, from novice to pro--plus an illustrated history of…
the skateboard, skating tips and tricks, and more.In celebration of the rad, undying spirit of skateboarding, Shredders features gorgeous photography and stories of today's most awesome female skaters. The women and girls profiled range from rising young riders like eight-year-old Ariel Cai--who shreds at the largest indoor skate park in China--to old-school pros like Laura Thornhill Caswell--the first woman to get a signature model board--and today's star shredders like X Games gold winner and Tony Hawk protégé Lizzie Armanto. From street and slalom skaters to park queens and long-distance pushers, Shredders features athletes and hobbyists of all skate styles, ages, backgrounds, and skill levels, showing that skateboarding has something for everyone.For aspiring skaters, Shredders is the perfect entryway into the world of skateboarding, with tips for setting up and maintaining your board as well as overviews of skate styles, history, and slang. And Shredders also invites experienced riders to fall back in love with the sport that embodies freedom, individuality, and active self-expression. Skaters of every stripe are sure to find their inspiration to shred within these pages.The Happily Ever After: A Memoir of an Unlikely Romance Novelist
By Avi Steinberg. 2020
A journalist's journey through the lands of popular romance lit and a soulful and hilarious memoir about writing a novel…
about searching for loveIs romance dead? Is that why there are so many vampires in today's romance novels? When Avi Steinberg's love life took a grim turn, he did what he always does: He consulted his old books, the usual cast of Great (Very Serious, Usually Male) Authors. And he immediately realized that these books were part of the problem. Instead, he began to read romances, the books he--like so many of us--have been conditioned to dismiss as "trashy." What he discovered was a genre that was tremendously diverse and daring, along with a vast network of innovative writers who were keeping the novel as alive as ever. His own relationship problems, he realized, came down to a failure of his imagination. And so he set out on a quest to write and publish a romance novel and to find real-life love.A hybrid of memoir, travelogue, and critical essay, The Happily Ever After chronicles an adventure in a brave new world of literature. Steinberg offers a report from the trenches of romance, moving between major industry conferences and writing groups at the local bar as he works and reworks his romance novel idea. He reveals the inside scoop from a major romance publishing house, crisscrosses the country meeting mysterious ghostwriters and Fabio's great unsung rival, and offers a running take on the fascinating history of romance writing, the genre that invented, and continues to reinvent, the modern novel. Along the way he meets many readers, each of whom sheds light on why we are so fascinated by--and phobic of--romance fiction and what the vitality and fractiousness of our biggest genre says about us.With quirky wit and disarming honesty, Steinberg captures an often misunderstood literary culture and learns, from its devoted practitioners, how to take the Happily Ever After seriously in his own life.A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom: A Novel
By John Boyne. 2020
From the award-winning author of The Heart's Invisible Furies comes an epic tale of humanity that stretches across space and…
time.Some stories are universal. Some are unique. They play out across human history, and time is the river that flows through them.This story starts with a family. For now, it is a father and a mother with two sons. One with his father's violence in his blood. One with his mother's artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will determine their fate. It is a beginning.Their stories will intertwine and evolve over the course of two thousand years. They will meet again and again at different times and in different places. From Palestine at the dawn of the first millennium and journeying across fifty countries to a life amongst the stars in the third, the world will change around them, but their destinies remain the same. It must play out as foretold.A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom is the story of all of us, stretching across two millennia. Imaginative, unique, heart-breaking, this is John Boyne at his most creative and compelling.