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The Dears: Lost in the Plot (Bibliophonic #1)
By Lorraine Carpenter. 2011
Over a decade after the release of their first album, The Dears have weathered the indie fringes, the collapse of…
the music industry as we knew it and the near implosion of the band itself, with their creative vision and gang dynamic intact. The Dears: Lost in the Plot looks at how The Dears survived the fallout, and helped launch the acclaimed mid-aughts music scene in their hometown of Montréal. The Dears: Lost in the Plot is the first book in Invisible Publishing’s new Bibliophonic series. The Bibliophonic Series is a catalogue of the ongoing history of contemporary music. Each book is a time capsule, capturing artists and their work as we see them, providing a unique look at some of today’s most exciting musicians.Fault Lines After COVID-19: Global Economic Challenges and Opportunities
By Robert Z. Aliber, Gylfi Zoega, Már Gudmundsson. 2023
This book explores the central economic and political issues defining the modern world. With contributions from a number of world…
renowned economists, a range of topical debates are discussed in an accessible and practical manner. The topics discussed include the current economic and political backdrop, global economic shifts, challenges within central banking and financial integration, the international monetary and financial system, and geopolitical tensions. Particular attention is given to the transition to a low carbon economy, the perils of public debt, the post-COVID-19 recovery, and the conflict in Ukraine.This book aims to envisage the economic challenges and opportunities that will be faced in the years to come. It will be relevant to students, researchers, and policymakers interested in economic policy and the political economy.Chapter-No.17 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Schreiben und Redigieren – auf den Punkt gebracht: Das Schreibtraining für Kommunikationsprofis und Corporate Writer
By Ivo Hajnal, Franco Item. 2023
Das Buch bietet professionellen Schreiberinnen und Schreibern praxisnahe Anregungen, eigene wie fremde Texte zu optimieren. Ein professioneller Sprachgebrauch hält sich…
an klare, objektive Vorgaben. Dementsprechend beruht dieses Buch auf empirischen Daten zur Verständlichkeit von Unternehmens- und Medientexten, die in eine leicht umzusetzende Checkliste münden.This book is a holistic impact study, replete with real-world examples, of digital transformation enhancing businesses and influencing managers' thinking.…
It links economic value with digital disruptions, arguing that these disruptions deliver economic benefits, boost shareholder value, and provide societal value. The central discourse is on the ability of digitization to make the world a better place to live in. The book analyses wealth creation due to digital disruption with a global span. It extensively incorporates anecdotal examples of disruptive digitization across countries, accentuating the impact of major digital disruptions. It is targeted at any professional interested in studying digitization's holistic impact. The book provides a discourse on digital topography to make business students industry-ready. Given the pervasive digital economy and a rapidly evolving business world, the book helps practicing managers better appreciate their digital environments. Management students who not only have to survive in this digital landscape but also thrive and chart out a lucrative career will benefit significantly from the book.Produktionsprogrammatische und produktionsprozedurale Überlegungen zur Digitalisierung
By Tobias Volkmer. 2023
In der Betriebswirtschaftslehre geht es im Kern darum, zu untersuchen, wie Unternehmen möglichst optimale oder zumindest möglichst gute Entscheidung treffen…
können. Im Kontext von Produktionsentscheidungen stellen sich unabhängig vom konkreten Unternehmen auf oberster Ebene fünf zentrale Fragen: Was soll in welchen Umfang, wann, wo und wie produziert werden? Die Digitalisierung als Megatrend des 21. Jahrhunderts verändert entsprechende Entscheidungsgrundlagen in vielerlei Hinsicht und ist deswegen sinnvollerweise in Entscheidungsprozessen in der Produktionsplanung zu berücksichtigen. Das vorliegende Buch beschäftigt sich deswegen mit der Entwicklung von Modellen der mathematischen Optimierung zur Planung des Produktionsprogramms und des Produktionsablaufes, welche die Besonderheiten der fortschreitend digitaler werdenden Welt berücksichtigen. Konkret gehen diese Modelle also den Fragen nach, welche digitalen Produkte bzw. welche digitalen Produktionsmöglichkeiten in welchen Umfang, wann, wo und wie aus betriebswirtschaftlicher Perspektive zu produzieren bzw. einzusetzen sind.The Complete Handbook of Coaching
By Elaine Cox, Tatiana Bachkirova, David Clutterbuck. 2024
This fourth edition provides the most comprehensive guide to the field of coaching, exploring a range of coaching theories and…
approaches, genres and settings and professional issues. It supports trainees and professionals to identify and develop a personal style of coaching. Each chapter includes discussion questions to facilitate reflection on the topic, further reading suggestions and case studies that help trainees make the crucial link between theory and practice. Its three parts cover: The theoretical traditions underpinning coaching such as cognitive-behavioural, gestalt and existential Contexts and genres such as life, executive, peer, team and career coaching Professional issues such as ethics, supervision, continuing professional development, standards and mental-health issues. This Fourth Edition comes with a new chapter on Diversity and Inclusion in Coaching, updated content throughout on cross-cultural coaching and updated Further Reading. A new online Teaching Guide provides chapter teaching and assessment suggestions, videos and further reading to help support trainees’ learning. Thousands of practitioners and trainees across a variety of professions have been helped by this distinctive handbook. From those working in health to education, from business and management to psychology, this unique handbook is an invaluable resource for any coaching career.The Complete Handbook of Coaching
By Elaine Cox, Tatiana Bachkirova, David Clutterbuck. 2024
This fourth edition provides the most comprehensive guide to the field of coaching, exploring a range of coaching theories and…
approaches, genres and settings and professional issues. It supports trainees and professionals to identify and develop a personal style of coaching. Each chapter includes discussion questions to facilitate reflection on the topic, further reading suggestions and case studies that help trainees make the crucial link between theory and practice. Its three parts cover: The theoretical traditions underpinning coaching such as cognitive-behavioural, gestalt and existential Contexts and genres such as life, executive, peer, team and career coaching Professional issues such as ethics, supervision, continuing professional development, standards and mental-health issues. This Fourth Edition comes with a new chapter on Diversity and Inclusion in Coaching, updated content throughout on cross-cultural coaching and updated Further Reading. A new online Teaching Guide provides chapter teaching and assessment suggestions, videos and further reading to help support trainees’ learning. Thousands of practitioners and trainees across a variety of professions have been helped by this distinctive handbook. From those working in health to education, from business and management to psychology, this unique handbook is an invaluable resource for any coaching career.Psychologie des Urlaubsglücks: Verstehen und erleben: mit praktischen Umsetzungstipps (essentials)
By Hans-Peter Herrmann. 2023
Menschen streben beständig nach Glück. Diese Thematik nimmt über die gesamte Lebensspanne eine zentrale Bedeutung ein. Neben Jobglück gibt es…
auch ein Urlaubsglück. Diesem Thema widmet sich dieses essential und geht u.a. folgenden Fragen nach: Was ist Urlaubsglück?Gibt es einen Zusammenhang von Reisemotiven und Glücksgefühlen?Wie lassen sich richtige Reiseentscheidungen treffen?Wodurch entsteht Urlaubsstress?Was ist unter einem Flow-Erleben zu verstehen?Sie erhalten dazu Anregungen und praktische Tipps, um Ihrem Urlaubsglück ein Stück näher zu kommen. Zielgruppen:Glück- und Erholungssuchende, Interessierende Reisende, Reisemittler/Reiseberater, Reiseveranstalter, Touristische Leistungsträger (Hotels, Verkehrsträger, etc.), FeriendestinationenWerte sind Leuchttürme der digitalen und der kulturellen Transformation. Das Buch zur digitalen Transformation durch Werte zeigt, dass die digitale Transformation und das erfolgreiche…
Recruiting von Talenten nur dann erfolgreich umgesetzt werden können, wenn Führungskräfte in Unternehmen und Verwaltungen Klarheit über ihre eigenen biografischen Werte und deren Wurzeln gewinnen. Nur so können sie ihren Teams die nötige psychologische Sicherheit bieten.Praxisbezogen zeigt es Ihnen Ursachen und Hindernisse, durch die Organisationen und Führungskräfte bei großen Herausforderungen wie der digitalen Transformation und dem Fachkräftemangel ausgebremst werden.Es erklärt die üblichen Fallstricke und hilft Ihnen zu erkennen, warum neue Konzepte und Veränderungen nicht in die Praxis umgesetzt werden oder Mitarbeiter der Generationen Y und Z nur kurz im Unternehmen bleiben. Durch die aufgezeigten Lösungswege zur notwendigen Veränderungsdurchführung erhalten Sie eine klare Orientierung, die Ihnen hilft, die genannten Hindernisse zu beseitigen. Dazu erfahren Sie, wie durch eine Passung persönlicher und unternehmerischer Werte ein erfolgreiches Change-Management, HR-Management und Führungskonzept aufgebaut werden kann.Zielgruppen: Alle diejeningen, die den digitalen Wandel zeitnah umsetzen und ihr Unternehmen bzw. ihre Organisation auf der Basis passender Werte verbessern wollen, d.h. Führungskräfte aller Ebenen, Unternehmensleitungen, HR-Abteilungen, Organisations- und Personalentwickler:innen, Unternehmensberater:innen, Coaches, Trainer:innen und Mediator:innen Zur Autorin: Anke Lüneburg ist professionell ausgebildete Leadership Coach, Master-Coach DGfC, Mediatorin BM® sowie Beraterin und war 25 Jahre Führungskraft in Wirtschaftsbetrieben und öffentlichen Organisationen. Als Sparringspartnerin begleitet sie Organisationen und Führungskräfte, die eine kulturelle oder digitale Transformation umsetzen wollen und ist Lehrbeauftragte im Bereich Wirtschaftspsychologie. Seit 2018 ist sie Autorin bei Springer mit den Themen Leadership, Führung, Generationen, Arbeit 4.0 und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung und schreibt mit ebenso großer Freude Blogtexte und Artikel.Social Media for Leaders : Your team can steer the boat but you need chart the course
By Stefanie Babka. 2023
This book provides you with a concise and accurate overview of the key business challenges, opportunities and risks related to…
social media. Regardless of the type and size of company or department you manage, whether you offer industrial goods, consumer goods or services - social media is a factor you should monitor and manage. Stefanie Babka helps you ask yourself and your employees the right questions, find answers and thus face the internal challenges. Because social media is a management task. For example, the following questions are highlighted: Are you aware of the risks of uncoordinated and improper use of social media by your employees in their private or professional lives? Have you taken everything into account in terms of data protection law, or do you already have one foot in jail as a manager? Are you spending too much money on social media campaigns? Do you have the right social media strategy? Is it aligned with your company's goals? Are you in control or does social media anarchy reign in your company? What opportunities and risks do internal social media applications bring for collaboration in teams or organizational units? How can social media be used as a strategic management tool? Social media concerns every company. Whether you like it or not. For the 2nd edition, all contents have been revised and the chapter "As a manager on the social web" has been expanded to include, among other things, the topic of virtual management and leading virtual teams.Modern Principles: Microeconomics
By Tyler Cowen, Alex Tabarrok. 2024
OneTen: One Million Careers for Black Talent
By Boris Groysberg, V. Kasturi Rangan, Kerry Herman, Annelena Lobb. 2022
The OneTen case study examines the nonprofit organization's origin story. Its founding team includes a roster of corporate superstars-Ken Chenault…
(former CEO of American Express), Ken Frazier (former CEO of Merck), Charles Phillips (chair of Infor), Ginni Rometty (former CEO of IBM), and Kevin Sharer (former CEO and chair of Amgen). In May 2020, soon after the murder of George Floyd, this group came together to form a nonprofit that would partner with companies, talent developers, and Black talent, with the goal of hiring one million Black people in the U.S. into jobs with family-sustaining wages over the next 10 years. Equally important is an emphasis on the promotion of talented Black employees within existing companies. The case is set in late 2020, just after the hire of OneTen's first CEO, Maurice Jones; it explores how the organization was established, structured, and staffed, and how it has so far built its partnerships.Giving Birth to Ovia Health
By Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Julia Kelley. 2018
In late 2016, Paris Wallace, the CEO of Ovia Health, and the rest of the company's co-founders faced a difficult…
decision about the best way to grow Ovia Health's revenue. Founded in 2012, Ovia Health specialized in mobile and web applications in the women's health space. After building a strong user base with its original app, Ovia Fertility (which helped women conceive by tracking ovulation and other factors), the young company launched a second app, Ovia Pregnancy (which helped women have a healthy pregnancy by tracking various health metrics). Ovia Health's apps were free to use, and most of the company's revenue came from charging advertisers to host ads on its native advertising platform. Wallace believed that the family benefits market was a promising growth area, but he was not sure of the best way to enter the market. Recently, a top health benefits provider had offered Ovia Health a multi-million-dollar contract, but Wallace wondered whether Ovia Health could create a better family benefits solution by turning down the contract and selling directly to employers' HR departments. Participants will need to examine how Ovia Health evolved its strategy over time and decide which growth opportunity was the better choice.Classtivity: Payal's Pirouette
By Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Olivia Hull. 2017
A few months after launching a new fitness technology product, the small staff of New York startup Classtivity gathers on…
a Saturday in April 2013 to take stock. With one successful pivot under their belt, Classtivity is finally generating revenue and enthusiasm among customers. But cofounder and CEO Payal Kadakia has some doubts. There are signs that customers love the offering, but studios are less enthusiastic. Efforts to get customers to return to the studios after their monthly packs expire have largely failed. Kadakia must decide, preserve the product or pivot to a new business model?Governing PG&E
By Lynn Sharp Paine, Will Hurwitz. 2020
The five commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) listened intently at a public forum in April 2019 as…
PG&E Corporation's out-going chairman Richard Kelly described the company's proposed new board. PG&E, which provided electricity and natural gas to millions of Californians, had once been recognized for its vision in foreseeing energy's potential to reshape the state and power its economy. But PG&E was now in the crosshairs of investors, regulators, and the public for something else entirely: its role in a series of deadly and destructive wildfires that had ravaged the region and precipitated PG&E's bankruptcy months earlier. Called "the first climate-change bankruptcy," it was the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history. The commissioners at the CPUC, PG&E's primary regulator, were particularly concerned about PG&E's governance and had convened the forum to solicit opinions from experts and the public and to hear for themselves what steps the company was taking to improve it. The Commissioners are considering whether to make specific recommendations regarding the board's composition and functioning, including how the board assesses and compensates PG&E's CEO. A principal issue is the use of non-financial metrics to evaluate and reward CEO performance.York Capital and Enovix
By Jo Tango, Alys Ferragamo, William Vrattos. 2022
In June 2020, Jeremy Blank prepared for a meeting with his fellow partners at York Capital to discuss an investment…
he had championed in Enovix, a company developing a state-of-the-art, silicon-based battery. Early-stage technology companies, like Enovix, were not typical investments for York, but Blank had convinced his partners to invest. However, the partnership wanted to be "one and done" without reinvesting in future rounds. By 2020, Enovix had made great progress but not as quickly as forecasted. The company had set out to raise more money and received a term sheet from a well-known publicly-traded company. Blank saw this as an exciting opportunity for Enovix, but he was disappointed to see that it would require York to invest more capital and forego a key protective feature. How should Blank approach this meeting with his partners, and what should he recommend?Maestros del juego: 18 reglas para ganar la partida de los negocios
By Jorge González, Pablo Foncillas. 2023
El libro para aquellos que gestionan un negocio y nunca tuvieron tiempo de leer su manual de instrucciones. Todos los…
negocios son diferentes. Y todos iguales porque comparten un mismo objetivo: crear clientes. Este libro nos muestra las palancas que hay que mover para conseguirlo: los análisis fundamentales, la elección de la estrategia, las decisiones clave para que una empresa comercialice sus productos de forma exitosa.Es el apasionante Juego de los negocios, con su tablero, piezas y jugadas más importantes. Cada capítulo plantea una cuestión básica en el desarrollo del juego y concluye con una de las 18 reglas para ganar la partida de los negocios. Se trata de un manual de instrucciones práctico y accesible para tener una visión completa de la estrategia empresarial y de las políticas de marketing y ventas que la hacen efectiva.Para ver cómo se aplican estas reglas en la realidad, los autores se internan en los teatros de Broadway, los casinos de Las Vegas, Netflix, la NFL, la Formula 1, el mundo de los videojuegos, el cine o la música. Todos esos negocios disputan encarnizadas partidas en sus hipercompetitivas industrias y crean millones de clientes, demostrando, año tras año, que son auténticos maestros del juego. «Solo hay una definición válida de lo que es el propósito de un negocio: crear clientes. Por esta razón, un negocio tiene dos -y solo dos- funciones básicas: el marketing y la innovación». PETER DRUCKER, The Practice of ManagementLearn how to solve real-world data problems using machine learning and RPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a…
free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesThe 10th Anniversary Edition of the bestselling R machine learning book, updated with 50% new content for R 4.0.0 and beyondHarness the power of R to build flexible, effective, and transparent machine learning modelsLearn quickly with this clear, hands-on guide by machine learning expert Brett LantzBook DescriptionMachine learning, at its core, is concerned with transforming data into actionable knowledge. R offers a powerful set of machine learning methods to quickly and easily gain insight from your data. Machine Learning with R, Fourth Edition, provides a hands-on, accessible, and readable guide to applying machine learning to real-world problems. Whether you are an experienced R user or new to the language, Brett Lantz teaches you everything you need to know for data pre-processing, uncovering key insights, making new predictions, and visualizing your findings. This 10th Anniversary Edition features several new chapters that reflect the progress of machine learning in the last few years and help you build your data science skills and tackle more challenging problems, including making successful machine learning models and advanced data preparation, building better learners, and making use of big data.You'll also find this classic R data science book updated to R 4.0.0 with newer and better libraries, advice on ethical and bias issues in machine learning, and an introduction to deep learning. Whether you're looking to take your first steps with R for machine learning or making sure your skills and knowledge are up to date, this is an unmissable read that will help you find powerful new insights in your data.What you will learnLearn the end-to-end process of machine learning from raw data to implementationClassify important outcomes using nearest neighbor and Bayesian methodsPredict future events using decision trees, rules, and support vector machinesForecast numeric data and estimate financial values using regression methodsModel complex processes with artificial neural networksPrepare, transform, and clean data using the tidyverseEvaluate your models and improve their performanceConnect R to SQL databases and emerging big data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop, H2O, and TensorFlowWho this book is forThis book is designed to help data scientists, actuaries, data analysts, financial analysts, social scientists, business and machine learning students, and any other practitioners who want a clear, accessible guide to machine learning with R. No R experience is required, although prior exposure to statistics and programming is helpful.The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire
By Michael Wolff. 2023
THE BOOK THAT BROUGHT DOWN RUPERT MURDOCH - AND A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMeet the Murdochs and the disastrously dysfunctional…
family of Fox News. Until recently, they formed the most powerful media and political force in America. Now their empire is cracking up and crashing down. In his irresistible trilogy on the chaotic Trump presidency - Fire and Fury, Siege, and Landslide - the journalist Michael Wolff led readers deep into the twisted corridors of the White House. Drawing on years of unprecedented access to the Murdoch family and key players, he plunges us behind the scenes of another empire of influence, and the result is astonishing and unforgettable. Here is Rupert Murdoch, the ninety-two-year-old billionaire - concerned about his legacy, but more concerned about profits. Here are his contentious children, jockeying to take over when the old man is gone. Here is star anchor Tucker Carlson considering a run for the presidency while his bosses have other plans for him. Sean Hannity, the richest man in television, has his own plans: to put Trump back in office. While presenter Laura Ingraham is just trying to survive in a man's world. As the fallout from the 2020 election and the Dominion lawsuit pummels the reputation of the network, the battling Murdoch heirs position themselves for the final act in this riveting drama."Michael Wolff's books were my foundation and port of entry for working on Succession." Jeremy Strong ("Kendall Roy")Praise for Fire and Fury:#1 New York Times bestseller, a Book of the Year in the Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer, Financial Times'The pages of Wolff's book are littered with insults and intrigue, backstabbing and dysfunction' Washington Post'What makes the book significant is its sly, hilarious portrait of a hollow man, into the black hole of whose needy, greedy ego the whole world has virtually vanished' GuardianA City Cannot Be a Work of Art: Learning Economics and Social Theory From Jane Jacobs
By Sanford Ikeda. 2024
This open access book connects Jane Jacobs's celebrated urban analysis to her ideas on economics and social theory. While Jacobs…
is a legend in the field of urbanism and famous for challenging and profoundly influencing urban planning and design, her theoretical contributions – although central to her criticisms of and proposals for public policy – are frequently overlooked even by her most enthusiastic admirers. This book argues that Jacobs’s insight that “a city cannot be a work of art” underlies both her ideas on planning and her understanding of economic development and social cooperation. It shows how the theory of the market process and Jacobs’s theory of urban processes are useful complements – an example of what economists and urbanists can learn from each other. This Jacobs-cum-market-process perspective offers new theoretical, historical, and policy analyses of cities, more realistic and coherent than standard accounts by either economists or urbanists.