John wiley sons jun 2007 (53 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Let Barb Schwarz-the creator of the Home Staging concept-show you what it takes to make it in the Home Staging industry. In 1972, Barb Schwarz coined the term 'Staging' to refer to the process of preparing a home for sale, and turned her idea into a brand new industry. Today, thanks to Schwarz's pioneering efforts, Home Staging has become a big business with enormous profit potential. If you are thinking about starting a Home Staging business of your own or just want to improve upon an existing one, then Building a Successful Home Staging Business is the book for you. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this practical guide will show you exactly how to set up a Home Staging business, and help you run and maintain the business as it grows. Some of the issues outlined throughout these pages include: - How to write a business plan, market your company, and make the most of your resources - How to work through the consulting, bidding, and Staging processes - How to establish solid relationships with real estate agents and brokers - How to obtain your Accredited Staging Professional (ASP) designation Filled with in-depth insights, expert advice, and proven strategies that Schwarz has developed over the course of her stellar career, Building a Successful Home Staging Business will put you in the perfect position to profit from the many opportunities that exist in this dynamic market. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Loeb tells us to put all our eggs in one basket, and watch the basket.'-John RothchildFinancial Columnist, Time magazine'This book is very special in my life. It is the very first Wall Street book I ever read. After reading 1,200 additional finance books, The Battle for Investment Survival's principles and concepts are still valid for consistent success.'-Victor Sperandeo Author of Trader Vic on CommoditiesIn The Battle for Investment Survival, the turf is Wall Street, the goal is to preserve your capital at all costs, and to win is to 'make a killing without being killed.' This memorable classic, originally written in 1935, offers a fresh perspective on investing from times past. The Battle for Investment Survival treats investors to a straightforward account of how to profit-and how to avoid profit loss-in what Loeb would describe as the constant tug-of-war between rising and falling markets.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - If you're feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of getting a dog or nervous about caring for the one you've already brought home, now you can relax. Understanding Your Dog for Dummies helps you recognize not only why your dog behaves the way she does, but in a way that enables you to parlay that into a well-behaved companion who listens (and sits, and speaks, and comes, etc.). Whether your pooch is a mixed breed or purebred, she has a distinct identity that makes her unique. The first step in understanding your dog is to respect the honorable task she was originally bred for and to identify how these inbred impulses influence her personality and behavior. In essence, you need to speak her language if you expect her to learn to understand yours. Understanding Your Dog for Dummies gives you everything you need to learn to understand your pooch's unique dialect of 'Doglish'-and shows you how to take on the role as pack leader to give your dog the cues, guidance, and consistency she needs to shape and develop good behaviors. Inside you'll discover how to: - Read your dog's body language - Communicate with your dog - Interpret your dog's breed-specific traits - Correct dog-behavior-gone-bad - Counter anxiety-based behavior - Understand and resolve aggressive behavior - And so much more! Think of this book as Doglish 101-a prerequisite for every human member of your dog's family. Now, let the training begin.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Includes the latest information on HRT and the alternativesMake the right decisions and maintain your health and well-beingThis expert guide explains the various stages of the menopause, helping you to understand how it can affect your body and your emotions. Packed with balanced advice on everything from conventional and alternative medicine to adopting a holistic approach to managing your symptoms, this book helps you to make the right decisions to stay healthy and happy throughout the menopause and beyond.\* Understand the various stages of the menopause\*Keep healthy with food and fitness regimes\*Minimise the impact of the menopause on your daily life\*Prevent bone loss and take care of your heart\*Manage your emotions. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* If a severe misfortune makes your life better, was it unfortunate \* Could it be that 50% of competent medical doctors ought promptly to retire \* Might a justice system threaten with unjust punishment, to avert the need for punishment \* Could things become too good, morally \* Can terrorists morally complain if innocent people they care about are harmed The importance of paradox in the study of philosophy, from metaphysics to logic, is evident from the abundant literature on the subject. But until now, very little critical study of paradox within ethics has been available.The first of its kind, this cutting edge work of philosophical ethics makes a powerful case for the centrality of moral paradox. Presenting ten diverse and original moral paradoxes, the book challenges some of our deepest moral views. This innovative volume also asks whether the existence of moral paradox is damaging or beneficial, and explores more generally what paradoxicality can teach us about morality and life. Concise and provocative, 10 Moral Paradoxes presents analytic moral philosophy in an engaging way; posing new questions, proposing possible solutions, and challenging the reader to wrestle with the paradoxes.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Indispensable dip-in revision aid Instant Pathology is the latest addition to the Instant series of basic science revision aids. It presents the fundamental pathological information needed for clinical practice in an easily accessible dip-in format. Each topic is concisely displayed in a double-page spread and is broken into two sections. The first covers general pathology and processes; the second is split into organ-specific pathology. Ideal for - junior doctors and MRCP / MRCS candidates - medical students on clinical attachments - nurses and other allied health professionals.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Examines the residential, policed, and infrastructural landscapes of New and Old Delhi under British Rule. - The first book of its kind to present a comparative history of New and Old Delhi - Draws on the governmentality theories and methodologies presented in Michel Foucault's lecture courses - Looks at problems of social and racial segregation, the policing of the cities, and biopolitical needs in urban settings - Undertakes a critique of colonial governmentality on the basis of the lived spaces of everyday life.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The book is an attempt to reclaim the knowledge of God as just that - knowledge.It is no secret that theology is no longer considered a necessary subject in the modern university. Why is it assumed that the kind of knowledge theology represents is in some fashion deficient when compared to other subjects Hauerwas argues that theology is often excluded from the knowledges of the modern university because those knowledges are constituted by an understanding of time necessary to make economic and state realities seem inevitable. Yet it is precisely this difference that makes Christian theology, while being governed by a different understanding of time than that characteristic of the other disciplines of the university, an essential resource for the university to achieve its task - that is, to form people who are able to imagine a different world through critical and disciplined reflection.Hauerwas subsequently challenges the domesticated character of much recent theology by suggesting how prayer and the love of the poor are essential practices that should shape the theological task. Hauerwas makes this case by conversing with figures as diverse as Luigi Giussani, David Burrell, Stanley Fish, Wendell Berry, Jeff Stout, Rowan Williams and Sheldon Wolin.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Fashion buying, a key component in fashion retailing, is second only to design as a career option for fashion graduates. The buyer has a central role in influencing what consumers choose to wear and in determining whether a fashion retailing company succeeds or fails. Buying is a multi-faceted job, which typically involves fashion forecasting, range-planning, garment sourcing and budgeting. This comprehensive textbook describes the buying cycle, buying for stores and mail order and how to start a career in fashion buying. A glossary of buying terminology, as well as input from fashion buyers currently working for major companies, give a clear insight into this exciting and challenging role. The new edition has been revised throughout, includes more emphasis on buying for the internet, and all the interviews have been updated or replaced.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Epidemiology of pain in the older person is not a subject that has been widely studied in the past, although it has been suggested that almost half of older people in the community suffer with significant pain. This is a major problem within society and with the aging population it is likely that the incidence of pain in this group will continue to rise. There are currently no UK publications that focus specifically upon the needs of the older person in pain. This book will empower individuals who are working with this group to enable them to deal with pain more effectively.The Management of Pain in the Older Person will enable the reader to understand the principals underpinning the management of pain, with a particular emphasis upon the care of the older person. Chapters will focus on:\* Highlighting a number of questions or concerns that are important to the topic area and encourage the reader to reflect upon their own experience/beliefs. Chapters will then challenge or confirm these perspectives, encouraging the reader to consider how the theory may be used to make changes\* Concerns of the older person, which have been identified through empirical work over the past few years and the recent completion of a systemic review of literature\* Understanding of the impact of aging upon pain physiology\* Practical suggestions on how to apply both traditional and complementary approaches to pain management\* Using case scenarios to demonstrate the relationship between theory and practiceThe book is designed to encourage the reader to read further and to think about his or her own practice setting or how they would respond to a particular practice situation. This book is ideal for nurses and would also be a great text for diploma/graduate and post-graduate students working in a range of care settings.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Those who work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. Recognizing and detecting signs of emotional abuse and neglect is an important responsibility as well as a key skill. As well as ensuring that children and young people are free from harm, it is equally important to ensure their well-being and quality of life.This new edition of Olive Stevenson's highly respected text is updated throughout to include the latest policy and research developments, and expanded to include greater consideration of topics such as the impact of parental mental health, substance abuse and alcoholism on parental capacity and the issue of parents with learning disabilities. Providing clear guidelines for the assessment and intervention of child neglect, Neglected Children and Their Families is an invaluable resource for all those studying and working in childcare, including social workers, health visitors and child nurses.Includes recent policy and research developments in the field, and includes latest government initiativesProvides best-practice guidelines for the detection and assessment of neglectWritten by a highly-respected authority in the areaEvidence-based, accessible and practical in style.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book will revolutionize the way you describe, plan and improve your business.Developed over thirty years and proven in over 500 projects within major organizations, xBML is the world's first scientific method for describing business. Using a system of diagrams based on an intuitive framework of five Ws (Who does What, with Which information, Where and When ), xBML gives companies a comprehensive view of their enterprise - one that depicts precisely the complex relationships between operations, information, resources and technology within a multi-dimensional model. In essence, it unlocks the genetic code of the organization. And, like a genetic code, this information can then be called upon repeatedly to describe, to plan and to improve.It's time to throw out the flow charts. The dream of accurately describing a business once, in terms that make sense to everyone, and then re-using this information time and again is at last a reality. xBML bridges the enterprise divide, providing the means for clear, concise communication between all members of an organization. Major companies have already saved over $2 billion using the approach, and thousands of individuals have been trained in the methodology. Read this book, and discover why unlocking your organization's Business Genetics will lead to quantifiable business improvement.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume is devoted to studying the emergence and flourishing of new humanistically informed developments in philosophical hermeneutics within contemporary Chinese philosophy. By means of some articles published previously in the Journal of Chinese Philosophy in the 1970s and 1980s, questions about the nature of philosophical understanding and the diversity of hermeneutic options in Chinese indigenous teachings - including Ruist ('Confucian'), Daoist, and Chinese Buddhist realms of exploration - are reintroduced. Following these seminal essays, a number of new pieces written by philosophers and sinologists active in evaluating basic orientations toward philosophical understanding in China are presented. Some offer new insights into the confluence of Gadamerian and Ruist approaches to philosophy, while others employ more critical methods to indicate why serious hermeneutic inquiries into these indigenous traditions and their most representative texts reveal significant challenges for the informed reader. The focus of this volume centers on issues arising in early Ruist and Daoist texts - the Analects and the Zhuangzi - and then moves to examine hermeneutic claims asserted in the synthetic philosophical efforts of Zhu Xi (1130-1200). A sequel dealing with modern and contemporary themes in Chinese hermeneutics will appear in the March 2007 issue of the Journal of Chinese Philosophy.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An invitation to observe and learn the therapeutic art of storytelling Healing with Stories brings together a stellar collection of some of the world's most prominent practitioners, taking you inside their thinking and processes for working with metaphors. They represent the panorama of metaphor practice in psychotherapy today with considered, humorous, and compassionate case examples that step you through the intricacies for replicating their work in your own. This is a book for family therapists who work with children, adults, and families, as well as for hypnotherapists, cognitive behavioral therapists, narrative therapists, dynamic therapists, solution-focused therapists, and child therapists. In fact, all therapists who wish to communicate their therapeutic messages with the greatest effectiveness will find this book to be an essential and useful clinical tool. Contributors include: \* Richard Kopp \* Julie H. Linden \* Mikaela J. Hildebrandt \* Lindsay B. Fletcher \* Steven C. Hayes \* Michael D. Yapko \* Valerie E. Lewis \* Gregory Smit \* Joy Nel \* Christine Perry \* Joyce C. Mills \* Rubin Battino \* Carol A Hicks-Lankton \* Wendel A. Ray \* Jana P. Sutton \* Robert McNeilly \* Roxanna Erickson-Klein \* Angela Ebert \* Hasham Al Musawi \* Teresa Garcia-Sanchez \* George W. Burns Praise for Healing with Stories 'George Burns has done an expert job of compiling a definitive work that demystifies the ever-versatile metaphor. Whether you are a novice or an expert clinician, you will find a treasury of story interventions along with the 'inside scoop' on how each was created and applied to bring success in nineteen unforgettable case chapters. Better yet, you'll be able to create your own healing metaphors thanks to the expert guidance of a wide range of talented storytellers. Don't miss out on this one!' --Maggie Phillips, PhD, author of Finding the Energy to Heal and coauthor of Healing the Divided Self 'If you want to be inspired, entertained, and enlightened, Healing with Stories is the book to read. George Burns, a master storyteller, has assembled a creative, diverse group of clinicians to share their ideas about how metaphor can be used with a variety of problems and clients. The result is a fascinating array of insights into metaphor's role in the healing process.' --Richard G. Whiteside, MSW, author of Becoming Dragon.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Human Factors in Project Management'This book will be a benchmark for those of us seriously striving to make the most of self-managed teams. Read this one with your notepad at hand.'--Norm Szydlowski, president and CEO, Colonial Pipeline Company'An essential business guide for those committed to improving teamwork. Dr. Wong evaluates management styles, leadership skills, and conflict resolution, emphasizing the critical importance of positive, mutually beneficial interactions among team members as they pursue a common goal.'--Elizabeth M. Whelan, president, American Council on Science and Health'Practical, insightful, and enlightening--a great resource for how teams should work and what to do if they don't.'--Carol J. Henry, vice president, Industry Performance Programs, American Chemistry Council'This book is a great synthesis of many useful concepts and a must-read for anyone from the first-line supervisor to a CEO.'--Jeet S. Bindra, president, Global Refining, Chevron'The days of the true autocrat are behind us. Here's today's how-to guide about leading and inspiring a team that cares about effort--and results!'--Stephen A. Lundin, president and CEO, Alta Bates Summit Foundation'Instead of a complex psychological methodology, Human Factors in Project Management is easy to follow with techniques that are instantly useful in furthering personal influence and improving project outcomes.'--Jim O'Donnell, vice president, MSI Learning; project management instructor, UC Berkeley Extension and San Francisco State University'Human factors are too often overlooked as the 'soft skills' that are actually essential to develop and grow high-performance project teams--not anymore according to the words of wisdom espoused by Dr. Zachary Wong.'--Ray Ju, vice president programs, PMI Diversity SIG; leadership architect, Get IT LLC.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a study based on research into the records of the Nightingale Fund and how it was used to finance various experiments in nursing and midwifery training in the nineteenth century. It traces the development of nurse training and discusses the problems that beset a fledgling profession.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Essential Midwifery Practice: Public Health highlights important developments in public health over recent years and relates the implications for midwifery practice in a clear and easily understood manner. This practical text will appeal to clinical midwives who may be unsure about the relevance of the public health agenda to their every day practice. It highlights how public health underpins every midwife's practice by using examples and case histories. It addresses a wide range of public health issues pertinent to every midwife, including: smoking in pregnancy, breastfeeding, sexual health, substance misuse, domestic abuse, perinatal mental health and vulnerable groups, poverty and social exclusion.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Organic Synthesis: Strategy and Control is the long-awaited sequel to Stuart Warren's bestseller Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach, which looked at the planning behind the synthesis of compounds. This unique book now provides a comprehensive, practical account of the key concepts involved in synthesising compounds and focuses on putting the planning into practice.The two themes of the book are strategy and control: solving problems either by finding an alternative strategy or by controlling any established strategy to make it work. The book is divided into five sections that deal with selectivity, carbon-carbon single bonds, carbon-carbon double bonds, stereochemistry and functional group strategy.\* A comprehensive, practical account of the key concepts involved in synthesising compounds\* Takes a mechanistic approach, which explains reactions and gives guidelines on how reactions might behave in different situations\* Focuses on reactions that really work rather than those with limited application\* Contains extensive, up-to-date references in each chapterStudents and professional chemists familiar with Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach will enjoy the leap into a book designed for chemists at the coalface of organic synthesis.; In diesem Band geht es um zwei grundlegende Ansätze zur Lösung von Problemen in der organischen Synthesechemie: die Suche nach einer alternativen Strategie und die gezielte Modifikation eines existierenden Verfahrens. In fünf Hauptabschnitten widmen sich die Autoren selektiven Synthesen, der Kohlenstoff-Kohlenstoff-Einfach- bzw. Doppelbindung, der Stereochemie und funktionellen Gruppen. Jedes einzelne der insgesamt 36 Kapitel stellt dabei zunächst klassische Verfahren vor und leitet dann zu modernen Synthesewegen und Strategien über. Die Chemie der Heterocyclen wird in integrierter Form behandelt, ergänzt durch ausführliche mechanistische Erläuterungen. Im Wesentlichen beschränken sich die Autoren auf gut verifizierte, in verschiedensten Situationen funktionierende Vorschriften. Mit zahlreichen aktuellen Literaturverweisen. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Robust Portfolio Optimization and Management.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The new era of powerful, mobile computing and sensing devices having ever larger memories and personal databases brings to light a number of difficult problems in software, interface design, search, organization of information, and methods for inferring context and for sharing personal content. The authors have done an admirable job at describing the problems and opportunities and, as such, this book should be on the shelves of researchers struggling to make these mobile devices truly valuable to the ever expanding number of their users.'--David G. Stork, Chief Scientist, Ricoh InnovationsPersonal Content Experience is a comprehensive introduction to mobile personal content. The book introduces and explores issues such as context capture, user interfaces for continuous mobile use, UI design for mobile media applications, metadata magic, virtual communities, and ontologies. User interactions and behavioural patterns with personal content are also covered, resulting in a 'GEMS' lifecycle model for analysing media devices, services, applications, and user interfaces. In addition, the book describes an extensible software architecture targeted at content management in mobile devices, pointing out the essential topics that will benefit anyone developing mobile content-intensive applications and services.Personal Content Experience:\* Establishes a foundation for analyzing applications, services and user interfaces targeted at personal content.\* Provides a strong industrial insight, combining hands-on examples, application concepts and software architecture descriptions with theoretical frameworks and models.\* Offers a multi-disciplinary approach, considering both user perspective and technology aspects.This book is a clear and practical guide to the field of personal content and will be invaluable to practitioners in mobile industry and digital content management, media-intensive application developers, content creators and distributors, academic researchers, and lecturers in computer science and multimedia.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Examines the residential, policed, and infrastructural landscapes of New and Old Delhi under British Rule. - The first book of its kind to present a comparative history of New and Old Delhi - Draws on the governmentality theories and methodologies presented in Michel Foucault's lecture courses - Looks at problems of social and racial segregation, the policing of the cities, and biopolitical needs in urban settings - Undertakes a critique of colonial governmentality on the basis of the lived spaces of everyday life.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Geomorphology of Upland Peat offers a detailed synthesis of existing literature on peat erosion, incorporating new research ideas and data from two leading experts in the field. - - Presents the most detailed and current work to date - - Written in a style that is both intelligent and accessible - - Fully illustrated with original drawings and photographs - - Relevant and information for a broad audience working on organic sediments in various environments.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dieser Band schließt eine Lücke: In keinem der verfügbaren Werke zur physikalischen Chemie, Spektroskopie oder instrumentellen Ausrüstung wird das Gebiet der Laserchemie so gründlich und auf dem aktuellsten Stand behandelt! Die Autoren führen grundsätzlich in die Anwendung von Lasern in der Spektroskopie und in der Untersuchung der Dynamik chemischer Reaktionen ein. Im Vordergrund steht dabei der didaktische Anspruch; die Studenten sollen in die Lage versetzte werden, die rasche Entwicklung des Gebiets selbstständig weiter zu verfolgen.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Now fully updated and at your fingertips the most practical, authoritative guide to implementing GAAP Get the answers you need to prepare financial statements and keep up to date on the latest FASB requirements. Now fully revised and updated, Wiley GAAP Policies and Procedures, Second Edition is an ideal companion to the Wiley GAAP guide and provides the practical application information essential to ensuring that a company's accounting systems are fully capable of incorporating the most recent GAAP. A concise version of the more detailed GAAP found in the Wiley GAAP guides, Wiley GAAP Policies and Procedures, Second Edition features handy, illustrative decision trees showing how to determine which GAAP ruling to use in a variety of situations, eliminating hours of time wading through detailed GAAP rulings and presents:\* New chapters on interim reporting, segment reporting, and accounting changes and correction of errors\* Updated content on FAS No. 151, Inventory Costs, FAS No. 153, Exchanges of Non-monetary Assets, FAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Correction, FAS No. 156, Servicing of Financial Assets\* Implementation on nineteen newly issued EITFs\* Specific accounting policies that comply with GAAP, especially in terms of creating controls that mesh with GAAP\* The most common accounting transactions modified to work within GAAP restrictions\* Specific controls that allow the maximum level of control over accounting systems while remaining in compliance with GAAP\* Templates for forms and reports that can be used in a GAAP-compliant accounting system\* Numerous examples of footnotes that can be used to describe GAAP-mandated financial disclosures\* Hundreds of GAAP-compliant journal entries for most accounting transactionsWiley GAAP Policies and Procedures, Second Edition is a valuable tool for CFOs, controllers, accounting managers, and general ledger accountants who need to ensure that their company properly treats all types of accounting transactions in accordance with GAAP.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book takes a theoretical and practical look at some of the latest and most important ideas behind derivatives pricing models. In each chapter the author highlights the latest thinking and trends in the area. A wide range of topics is covered, including valuation methods on stocks paying discrete dividend, Asian options, American barrier options, Complex barrier options, reset options, and electricity derivatives. The book also discusses the latest ideas surrounding finance like the robustness of dynamic delta hedging, option hedging, negative probabilities and space-time finance.The accompanying CD with additional Excel sheets includes the mathematical models covered in the book.The book also includes interviews with some of the world's top names in the industry, and an insight into the history behind some of the greatest discoveries in quantitative finance. Interviewees include:Nassim Taleb on Black SwansEdward Thorp on Gambling and TradingAlan Lewis on Stochastic Volatility and JumpsEmanuel Derman, the Wall Street QuantPeter Carr, the Wall Street Wizard of Option Symmetry and VolatilityClive Granger, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2003, on CointegrationStephen Ross on Arbitrage Pricing TheoryBruno Dupire on Local and Stochastic Volatility ModelsEduardo Schwartz the Yoga Master of Quantitative FinanceAaron Brown on Gambling, Poker and TradingKnut Aase on Catastrophes and Financial EconomicsElie Ayache on ModelingPaul Wilmott on Paul WilmottAndrei Khrennikov on Negative ProbabilitiesDavid Bates on Crash and JumpsPeter Jäckel on Monte Carlo Simulation.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Involuntary memory was identified by the pioneering memory researcher Hermann Ebbinghaus more than a century ago, but it was not until very recently that cognitive psychologists began to study this memory phenomenon. This book is the first to examine key topics and cutting-edge research in involuntary memory. - Discusses topics such as involuntary memories in everyday life, across the life-span, and in the laboratory; the special ways in which involuntary memories sometimes manifest themselves and a number of theoretical treatments of the topic. - Presents innovative research that not only represents the starting point of the study of involuntary memory, but also places it in such broader topics as autobiographical memory, consciousness and memory, aging and memory, implicit and explicit memory, depression, and psychosis.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HOW TO MAKE OPPORTUNITY EQUAL 'Paul Gomberg makes a powerful and provocative case that real equality of opportunity can only be achieved by overturning the social division of labor that unfairly handicaps not just black but the working class in general.' Charles W. Mills, University of Illinois at Chicago 'An important and original contribution to contemporary debates about justice in political philosophy; and accessible introduction to those debates for students and the lay reader; and a powerful and important challenge to policymakers, educators and employers, to think hard about their responsibilities for enabling people to lead flourishing lives.' Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison 'In this impressive book, Paul Gomberg argues ardently, with great optimism, and with philosophical and sociological sophistication, for a radical new theory of egalitarian justice.' David Copp, University of Florida Distributive injustices such as low pay, inferior healthcare and housing, as well as diminished opportunities in school continue to blight the lives of millions of the urban poor in America and beyond. This book announces a new theory of justice. Paul Gomberg: - focuses on how race and class structure unequal life prospects - shows how human society can be organized in a way that does not socialize children for lives of routine labor - maintains that true equality of opportunity comes only when all labor, both routine and complex, is shared - proposes a new paradigm for the theory of justice. While Rawls, Sen, Nozick, and Walzer conceive justice as addressing how various goods are fairly obtained or distributed, Gomberg argues that justice in distribution must advance contributive opportunities and duties. On Gomberg's contributive theory of justice, each person contributes to society not for individual material gain, but from a sense of what is required in order to build just relations with others. Passionate and radical, but rigorously argued, this book makes a vital and original contribution to philosophy and social thought. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Serendipitous Path to Effective Problem-Solving and Planning for Complex SystemsThis innovative book enables you and your organization to pursue goals and achieve success in ways that you might never have imagined. It does not prescribe a rigid methodology and plan. Instead, the author sets forth a process known as Human-Centered Design, which focuses on enhancing the abilities and overcoming the limitations of people within organizations. This process enables you to move forward and, at the same time, be on the alert for and recognize serendipitous events that enable you to solve complex systems problems in unexpected ways in order to meet and surpass your goals.Specifically, the process described in this book helps you discover critical distinctions and connections across industries, disciplines, and cultures. As a result, unexpected hybrid approaches emerge, forming the basis of new insights and ideas. These hybrid approaches, or transdisciplinary approaches as termed by the author, represent an integrated framework populated with concepts from a range of disciplines.At the heart of this book is an understanding of how people operate, maintain, design, research, and manage complex systems. This understanding stems from author William Rouse's almost four decades of experience in the fields of individual and organizational performance, decision support systems, and information systems. His approach has proven successful with a broad range of organizations, from private industry to government agencies to academia.Case studies and examples are presented throughout the text, illustrating how Human-Centered Design works in practice. If you are seeking to harness the power of the individuals in your organization to make your enterprise more effective, efficient, and successful, this text sets you on the right path. …

Kombiprodukt. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Structured Finance: The Object Orientated Approach is aimed at both the finance and IT professionals involved in the structured finance business with the intention of sharing common concepts and language within the industry. The financial community (structurers, pricers and risk managers) view structured products as collections of objects under the so-called replicating portfolio paradigm. The IT community use object oriented programming (OOP) techniques to improve the software updating and maintenance process. For them structured products are collections of objects as well. Despite use of the same object concept, it looks like communication between these different professional functions has been problematic. Recently, construction of standard data structures known as FpML has begun to lay out a common definition of objects, at least for plain vanilla derivatives, both between IT and financial people and across different market players. Along this line, this book builds upon the concept of object to provide frontier treatment of structured finance issues relevant to both communities engaged in building, pricing and hedging products and people engaged in designing and up-dating the corresponding software.Structured Finance: The Object Orientated Approach will enable you to:\* decompose a structured product in elementary constituent financial objects and risk factors (replicating portfolio)\* understand the basics of object oriented programming (OOP) applied to the design of structured cash flows objects\* build your own objects and to understand FpML data structures available for standard products\* gauge risk exposures of the objects in structured products to: risk factors, their volatilities and the correlation among them (which factor are you long/short Are you long/short volatility Are you long/short correlation )\* update your risk management system to accommodate structured products with non linear exposures and to design objects to represent, price and hedge, counterparty risk. …