Average customer rating: |
Stabilizing The Economy: Why And How
Adam Posen Manufacturer: Blackwell Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1405108827 |
Average customer rating: |
Modern Approaches to Understanding and Managing Organizations (Jossey Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series)
Lee G. Bolman , and Terrence E. Deal Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0875895921 |
Average customer rating: |
From Dearth to Plenty: The Modern Revolution in Food Production
Kenneth Blaxter , and Noel R. Robertson Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0521403227 |
Book Description
During the fifty year period from 1936-1986 the modern agricultural revolution occurred, in which, for the first time, science was properly harnessed to the improvement in agricultural productivity. The authors quantify this improvement and identify the work of UK scientists that was seminal to the scientific and technological advances on which the revolution was founded. The topics covered include the advances in animal nutrition (in which the late Kenneth Blaxter was an acknowledged pioneer), animal and plant breeding, soil fertility, weed, pest and disease control, veterinary medicine, engineering (including innovations in tractor design by Harry Ferguson) and statistical measurement. This book describes how these innovations were integrated into the practical business of food production in the UK and discusses the importance of the government in setting the scene for scientific advances.
Average customer rating:
|
The Wounded Jung: Effects of Jung's Relationships on His Life and Work (Psychosocial Issues)
Robert C. Smith Manufacturer: Northwestern University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0810112701 |
Customer Reviews:
Intellectual fun fan.......2003-09-23
A major emphasis on Jung's father is that he "had been unable to secure an academic position. Hence he became the minister to a series of small country parishes." (p. 13). In a world where most people seem condemned to be spectators, Pastor Jung faced those who worshipped each Sunday with his suggestions for staying out of trouble, and he told his son, "Be anything you like except a theologian." (pp. 14, 32, 33).
Jumping ahead in the book to the relationship between Jung and Freud, Smith mentioned a letter on page 34 about a traumatic incident in Jung's childhood, which "Jung kept the memory of the assault secret from all except Freud until old age." (p. 34). A lot more can be learned from the letter from Jung to Freud dated 28 October, 1907, in which Jung admitted that he would "rather not have said" how much he was in awe of Freud. "Actually--and I confess this to you with a struggle--I have a boundless admiration for you both as a man and as a researcher, and I bear you no conscious grudge. So the self-preservation complex does not come from there; it is rather that my veneration for you has something of the character of a `religious' crush. Though it does not really bother me, I still feel it is disgusting and ridiculous because of its undeniable erotic undertone. This abominable feeling comes from the fact that as a boy I was the victim of a sexual assault by a man I once worshipped." Jung was astute in allowing himself to confess this to Freud as a confirmation of many of Freud's beliefs, as well as indicating Jung's trauma from a personal incident that might be generalized politically.
Chapter 2 of THE DESCENT OF MAN by Charles Darwin is called On The Manner of Development of Man from some Lower Form, in which a HISTORY OF GREENLAND by Cranz is quoted on the belief of the Esquimaux "that ingenuity and dexterity in seal-catching (their highest art and virtue) is hereditary; there is really something in it, for the son of a celebrated seal-catcher will distinguish himself, though he lost his father in childhood." Our devotion to intellectual, spiritual, and political leadership might follow genetically, if it is understood that modern people, largely reduced to being spectators, worship anyone who has kindled a spark to seek the ultimate prize. Frankly, Jung's trauma reminds me of "Ernst Roehm, Minister of the Reich, one of the founders of the Nazi Party, and Chief of Staff of the SA." (Max Gallo, THE NIGHT OF LONG KNIVES, p. 2). On December 31, 1933, Roehm had received a letter from Adolf Hitler thanking him for "the force which allowed me to wage the final battle for power," and as leader of the "SA to assure the victory of the National Socialist Revolution on the domestic front, . . . and the unity of our people." (Gallo, p. 7). Roehm was among those killed between Saturday, June 30, 1934, and Monday, July 2. A speech by Hitler on Friday, July 13, 1934 to the Reichstag meeting in the Opera House made Roehm a scapegoat for everything that Hitler had attempted to rid himself of. "The life the Chief of Staff and a certain number of other leaders had begun to lead was intolerable from the point of view of National Socialism. The question was no longer that he and his friends had violated every decency, but rather that the contagion was widespread, and was affecting even the most distant elements." (Gallo, p. 9). As much as this seems ruthless, Smith was able to see this trait as common. "Both Jung and his mother tended to personify aspects of the self. Frequently in his autobiography he refers to the ruthlessness of his mother's No. 2 Personality. But he too, as he acknowledges at the end of MEMORIES (356), could be utterly ruthless at times." (Smith, p. 27). The Retrospect which starts on page 355 of MEMORIES, DREAMS, REFLECTIONS by C. G. Jung pictures himself more as a spectator. "I stand and behold, admiring what nature can do." (Jung, p. 355). "People who see nothing have no certainties and can draw no conclusions--or do not trust them even if they do. I do not know what started me off perceiving the stream of life." (Jung, pp. 355-356). "I was able to become intensely interested in many people; but as soon as I had seen through them, the magic was gone. In this way I made many enemies." (Jung, p. 357).
A brief but substantive, sympathetic C.G. Jung biography.......1998-11-06
Average customer rating: |
Ecological Consequences of the Second Indochina War
Manufacturer: SIPRI ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9122000623 |
Average customer rating: |
ecological consequences of the second indochina war
ns Manufacturer: sipri ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000V937GY |
Average customer rating: |
Ecological Consequences of the Second Indochina War.
ARTHUR H.: WESTING Manufacturer: Stockholm International Peac ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000UD1D9Y |
Average customer rating:
|
Muay Thai: Advanced Thai Kick Boxing Techniques
Christoph Delp Manufacturer: Frog, Ltd. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1583941010 Release Date: 2004-05-27 |
Book Description
Thai boxing—muay thai—has escalated in popularity in the Western world and is appreciated by its fans as a means of fitness training, competitive sport, and self-defense. Advanced students greatly benefit from internationally known muay thai boxing competitor Christoph Delph's focus on what they must know to win a match. He describes tried and tested fighting strategies and traditional muay thai techniques, and shows how to best counter the opponent's attacks, use the element of surprise, and even bring the match to an early close.Customer Reviews:
Finaly a real book.......2004-11-20
Real Muay Thai.......2004-11-05
This is not advanced!.......2004-10-14
enough already with false titles...........2004-08-29
Average customer rating:
|
2001 Amazing Cleaning Secrets
Reader's Digest Editors Manufacturer: Readers Digest ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0762106034 |
Book Description
Keep your house sparkling with this comprehensive and fun encyclopedia of cleaning. Featuring ZAP-the Zone Attack Plan-a unique top-to-bottom system with a complete step-by-step weekly plan. ZAP provides time-saving ground rules plus detailed instructions for cleaning more than 300 common objects. ZAP was designed by cleaning specialists and is used by professionals.Customer Reviews:
A Must-Have for Any Homemaker.......2006-06-04
Inspiration for cleaning!.......2005-08-25
2001 Amazing Cleaning Secrets.......2005-08-02
Lots of information!.......2005-07-29
Average customer rating: |
2001 Amazing Cleaning Secrets
Jeff Bredenberg Manufacturer: Unknown ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0762104899 |
Average customer rating:
|
It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary
Anonymous Teenager Manufacturer: HarperTeen ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0380773155 Release Date: 2004-12-28 |
Book Description
The editor of the classic GO ASK ALICE has compiled the poignant journals of a 14-year-old date-rape victim who contracted AIDS and died.Customer Reviews:
book.......2007-06-12
Very Entertaining, but Sad.......2007-04-25
in response to natashas "shameful".......2007-01-10
ii LOVEDDD THiSSZ Bo0k
<33.......2007-01-09
Shameful.......2007-01-06
Average customer rating:
|
Intelligent Enterprise: A Knowledge and Service Based Paradigm for Industry
James Brian Quinn Manufacturer: Free Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0029256151 |
Book Description
In this penetrating study of how knowledge-based services and technology are revolutionizing the economy and every corporate strategy, James Brian Quinn argues that the successful companies of the 90's -- whether in manufacturing or services -- will derive their competitive edge not from ephemerally superior products but from a deep understanding of a few highly developed knowledge and service based "core competencies." Rarely will owning the largest raw materials resource, manufacturing plants, equipment bases, or integrated facilities provide a maintainable competitive edge for major companies. Such physical properties are too easily cloned or bypassed.
From now on, Quinn documents, intelligent enterprises will derive sustainable advantage from knowledge and service based activities that leverage intellectual assets. They will increase value through technological sophistication, better knowledge bases, more creative customer responsiveness, and the unsurpassed management of human and intellectual capital that competitors cannot reproduce. Quinn analyzes the technological and economic forces that make such strategies essential. He shows in detail how to create and leverage knowledge and service based core competencies for maximum focus and effectiveness. Managers, Quinn asserts, must define each value-creating activity as a knowledge based service and determine whether or not they can perform that service -- be it research, design, inventory control, accounting, distribution, or advertising -- better than anyone else in the world.
Using examples from companies such as Merck, Honda, Apple, Boeing, and Wal-Mart, Quinn describes how forward-looking companies can best perform needed analyses and implement strategies around selected core competencies. By eliminating or "outsourcing" less important functions to superior outside vendors, firms become more responsive, decentralized, and lean. They become the "intelligent enterprises" of the 1990s, leveraging human and capital resources much more than other firms. They may also take on radically new organizational forms, become "starburst," "inverted," "infinitely flat," or "spiders' web" configurations. By designing and benchmarking their knowledge and service based activities to be "best in world," managers can obliterate overhead costs, smash bureaucracies, motivate personnel, and create greater value for customers and shareholders alike.
Customer Reviews:
A brillant work which should be read by all OEM executives.......1998-07-17
Average customer rating: |
The Intelligent Enterprise : A Knowledge & Service Based Paradigm for Industry
James B. Quinn Manufacturer: Free Press, The ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000KPCPE4 |
Average customer rating: |
INTELLIGENT ENTERPRISE: A Knowledge and Service Based Paradigm for Industry;
James Brian; QUINN Manufacturer: Free Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000O95GA6 |
Average customer rating: |
Internationalization, Technology and Services (Prest/Cric Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation Series)
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1843760533 |
Book Description
This book examines the way in which the increasing internationalization of services, including the operation of multinationals in this sector, interacts with the process of innovation in services. The book challenges the theoretical traditions that have developed around the analysis of service innovation and internationalization, and argues for a new research agenda. The distinguished contributors address many of the most pertinent issues and adopt a variety of theoretical and empirical approaches to enrich the debates.In contrast to most other books on this topic, this volume pays particular attention to services that are knowledge or technology intensive. It elucidates the process of internationalization of such services (through trade and FDI) and stresses the important role it plays in the globalization of production, distribution and innovation. The book also highlights the significant implications service internationalization can have for the competitiveness of firms, regions and countries. The authors thoroughly evaluate trade and investment statistics in order to identify different modes of internationalization and the substantial cross-national differences that this reveals. They move on to examine the organizational structure of multinationals, the new international division of labor and the factors which can influence the location decisions of knowledge-intensive services. Using extensive survey data from a variety of different countries, they accurately identify the trends, characteristics and drivers which have acted as a catalyst for the increasing internationalization of knowledge-intensive services, as well as the obstacles which can hinder this process.
Adopting a truly global perspective, this significant new volume will be of considerable interest to students, scholars and policymakers in the fields of international business, innovation and management.
Average customer rating: |
Usability and Internationalization. Global and Local User Interfaces: Second International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UI-HCII 2007, ... Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3540732888 |
Book Description
This two-volume set LNCS 4559+4560 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UIHCII 2007, held in Beijing, China in July 2007 in the framework of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2007 with 8 other thematically similar conferences.
The 141 revised papers presented in the two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of usability and internationalization in human-computer interaction. The 65 papers of this second volume cover global and local user interfaces and are organized in topical sections on designing global and local products and services, as well as enhancing and personalizing the user experience.
Average customer rating: |
Usability and Internationalization. HCI and Culture: Second International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UI-HCII 2007, held as Part ... Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3540732861 |
Book Description
This two-volume set LNCS 4559+4560 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UIHCII 2007, held in Beijing, China in July 2007 in the framework of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2007 with 8 other thematically similar conferences.
The 141 revised papers presented in the two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of usability and internationalization in human-computer interaction. The 76 papers of this first volume cover HCI and culture and are organized in topical sections on cross-cultural design, internationalization and intercultural usability, as well as user studies.
Average customer rating: |
The impact of the internationalization of services on developing countries. (includes related article on information technology)(Global Economic Prospects ... An article from: Finance & Development
Carlos A. Primo Braga Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00096LIC4 Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
Book Description
This digital document is an article from Finance & Development, published by International Monetary Fund on March 1, 1996. The length of the article is 3688 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Average customer rating: |
Economic Cooperation in an Uncertain World
Atish R. Ghosh , and Paul R. Masson Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1557863067 |
Average customer rating: |
Indonesia Business Intelligence Report (World Business and Investment Opportunities Library)
Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0739781006 |
Book Description
This report contains business intelligence information for succesful export-import, business and investment operations, strategic contacts and more... The report also contains selected information on investment and business opportunities, international economic projects, tenders, government projects, as well as, marketing and export-import opportunities information.Books:
Recommended Books