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If there is one area of business education that requires
out-of-the-box, creative thinking it is sustainability. Business
sustainability, because of its relative newness (and hence
uncertainty), its dependence on interdisciplinary thinking, its
need to work with different stakeholders and its non-traditional
operating approaches, demands that we train our managers in wholly
new ways. This need for new and non-traditional teaching approaches
is reflected in this collection of unorthodox teaching pedagogies.
The underlying philosophy behind them is that deep learning for
sustainability needs ultimately to be experiential: that is,
learning while doing rather than a passive absorption of facts and
figures. While much of the underlying theory of sustainability may
be taught using more traditional lecture and reading approaches,
the implementation of true business sustainability requires
students to experiment - to win and lose - while grappling with the
myriad challenges and frustrations posed by sustainability: the
same challenges and frustrations, one might add, that companies
intent on implementing sustainability face on a daily basis in the
world in which they operate. The aim is to create a learning
environment where students themselves take control over their own
learning. This book - a companion volume to Teaching Business
Sustainability 1: From Theory to Practice (Greenleaf Publishing,
2004) - focuses on four main categories of experiential pedagogy:
case studies, hands-on exercises, role-play simulations and active
learning teaching exercises. It includes contributions from a range
of experts in global sustainability education who provide their
expertise with class-hardened teaching materials. Teaching Business
Sustainability 2 will be an invaluable resource both for educators
working in a wide range of academic disciplines, looking for
inspiration and guidance on how to teach business sustainability,
as well as for organisations looking to reinvigorate internal
management education programmes to factor in corporate
responsibility and sustainability issues.
In a world where corporate governance scandals have become the
everyday, the role of business schools in producing the managers of
today - and tomorrow - has come into sharp focus. Today's managers
and the MBAs that will follow them are in need of an education that
grounds business ethics and the overarching concerns of sustainable
development into the curriculum. As some, but by no means all,
organisations are coming to realise, bad performance in
environmental protection, labour practices and human rights is no
longer a "soft" issue but one that can hit the bottom line with a
vengeance. So, what is the state of the art in teaching business
sustainability worldwide, and what teaching practices and tools are
achieving successful results? This book begins to answer these
questions and more.There are many challenges facing educators in
the field of sustainability. It is an evolving field still in its
infancy as a management discipline; and there is also the need to
combat the unstated but often underlying assumption that many
environmental and social issues represent non-valued-added effort.
Teaching Business Sustainability acknowledges this problem, while
helping students explore the various ways in which the theoretical
value of business sustainability can result in valuable and
value-added practical outcomes.A wide mix of approaches is
therefore indicated; while many of these are experimental and on
the leading edge of management learning, they all share an
experiential (and often a team-based) element, and attempt to bring
together the theory in a way that makes it relevant to
practitioners in the field. The implication is that, whenever
possible, educators need to link the learning to the students'
immediate and pressing "real-world" realities. This applies equally
to undergraduates or high-level executives. However, in the absence
of immediate examples of such realities (as may often be the case
in undergraduate settings) educators need to introduce
experientially based approaches that recreate such settings in the
classroom.The book also argues the case for holistic and
interdisciplinary learning. It is clear from much of the literature
on sustainability that the concept does not easily lend itself to
being pigeonholed and that it crosses many of the functional areas
of business. Indeed, it goes beyond just business learning to
encompass many fields such as ecology, engineering and biology. If
students are to move beyond the narrow perspective that
conventional business studies often entail, they need to be
introduced to the wider vision that an interdisciplinary approach
engenders.The final point that emerges from this collection is that
experiential learning of business sustainability often can, and
should be, fun! Be it a heated exchange in a case-study discussion,
a role-play exercise or a hands-on student consulting project, much
experiential learning seems to excite the imagination of the
students and to release their creative juices.The 23 contributions
to Teaching Business Sustainability have been divided into three
thematic groups. In the first section, 'Theory, Critique and
Ideas', the authors explore and critique some of the overarching
ideas and thinking behind the teaching of sustainability. The next
section, 'Learning from Current Practice', contains the experiences
of a number of educators and the successful and leading-edge
approaches that they have used. The final section then outlines
tools, methods and approaches that can be used to teach business
sustainability. This last section also serves as an introduction to
a second volume - Teaching Business Sustainability Vol. 2 - which
provides educators of sustainability with a series of case studies,
role plays and experiential exercises. Teaching Business
Sustainability is an invaluable resource both for educators working
in a wide range of academic disciplines, looking for inspiration
and guidance on how to teach business sustainability, as well as
for organisations looking to reinvigorate internal management
education programmes to factor in corporate responsibility and
sustainability issues.
Brian Cull's definitive `Fighters over Malta: Gladiators and
Hurricanes 1940-1942' is a highly detailed account of the gallant
band of RAF and Commonwealth pilots who flew Gladiators and
Hurricanes in defence of Malta between June 1940 and April 1942,
when help in the guise of Spitfires finally arrived. Most of the
Hurricanes which held this tiny outpost of the British Empire in
the heart of Axis-dominated territory had been flown from the decks
of aircraft carriers or from bases in North Africa, while a handful
of fighter pilots arrived by Sunderland flying boats or other
aircraft in transit from the UK via Gibraltar. Many of these pilots
were inexperienced and quickly paid the supreme price, particularly
when the Messerschmitt pilots of the elite 7/JG26 arrived in Sicily
in early 1941, and later in the year when more from JG53 made their
presence felt. A number of important personal diaries and journals
have come to light, and these have been widely quoted to provide
the atmospheric background, the thoughts and the hopes of some of
the Hurricane pilots who defended Malta. Not all of the diarists
survived, but their impressions provide a fitting tribute to their
courage, aspirations and fears. Much of the early period of the air
defence of Malta is enhanced by the personal experiences of Flt Lt
(then Sgt Plt) James Pickering AFC, who flew Hurricanes with 261
Squadron.
Over the last century public health efforts, such as
immunization, safer food practices, public health education and
promotion, improved sanitation, and water purification have been
very successful in eradicating and controlling a host of diseases.
The result has been a dramatic improvement in health and life
expectancy. However, the impact that mental illnesses have on
individuals and society as a whole has largely been overlooked by
the discipline.
This pioneering volume examines the evidence-base for incorporating
mental health into the public health agenda by linking the
available research on population mental health with public mental
health policy and practice. Issues covered in the book include the
influence of health and mental health policies on the care and
well-being of individuals with mental illness, the
interconnectedness of physical and mental disorders, the obstacles
to adopting a public health orientation to mental health/mental
illness, and the potential application of public health models of
intervention.
Setting out a unique and innovative model for integrated public
mental health care, Population Mental Health identifies the tools
and strategies of public health practice surveillance and
screening, early identification, preventive interventions, health
promotion and community action and their application to
twenty-first century public mental health policy and
practice.
Over the last century public health efforts, such as immunization,
safer food practices, public health education and promotion,
improved sanitation, and water purification have been very
successful in eradicating and controlling a host of diseases. The
result has been a dramatic improvement in health and life
expectancy. However, the impact that mental illnesses have on
individuals and society as a whole has largely been overlooked by
the discipline.This pioneering volume examines the evidence-base
for incorporating mental health into the public health agenda by
linking the available research on population mental health with
public mental health policy and practice. Issues covered in the
book include the influence of health and mental health policies on
the care and well-being of individuals with mental illness, the
interconnectedness of physical and mental disorders, the obstacles
to adopting a public health orientation to mental health/mental
illness, and the potential application of public health models of
intervention.Setting out a unique and innovative model for
integrated public mental health care, Population Mental Health
identifies the tools and strategies of public health practice
surveillance and screening, early identification, preventive
interventions, health promotion and community action and their
application to twenty-first century public mental health policy and
practice.
The fast-emerging sustainability consulting firms are nipping at
the heels of the established consultancy giants who are scrambling
to find their way in the emergent field of sustainability. The
upstarts are challenging many of the established notions of how to
add value to their clients' operations. By looking at the business
world through what the sustainability expert Stuart Hart calls "new
sustainability lenses", sustainability consultants are able to make
sense of challenges that are baffling their clients. Moreover, they
are also beginning to help their clients uncover new and
sustainable value streams, the ultimate goal of good consulting
practice. In Consulting for Business Sustainability sustainability
consultants from around the world offer some of their perspectives
and lessons on how to truly create sustainable value for their
clients. Packed with new tools, advice and approaches, the book
comprises a unique collection of wisdom from some of the leading
lights in sustainability consulting practice. The areas covered
include: developing best-in-class environmental management systems;
sustainable design; supporting organisational change agents;
working with key stakeholders; social impact assessments; human
rights; and regulatory risk. The book will be essential reading for
practitioners in business searching for advice and toolkits on how
to make their sustainability initiatives bear fruit, for
consultants looking for advice on how others have provided value to
clients, and for students of sustainability looking for
best-practice examples and exploring future careers in this
burgeoning field.
AÂ provocative chronicle of how US public health has strayed
from its liberal roots. The Covid-19 response was a crucible of
politics and public health—a volatile combination that produced
predictably bad results. As scientific expertise became entangled
with political motivations, the public-health establishment found
itself mired in political encampment. It was, as Sandro Galea
argues, a crisis of liberalism: a retreat from the principles of
free speech, open debate, and the pursuit of knowledge through
reasoned inquiry that should inform the work of public health.
Across fifty essays, Within Reason chronicles how public health
became enmeshed in the insidious social trends that accelerated
under Covid-19. Galea challenges this intellectual drift towards
intolerance and absolutism while showing how similar regressions
from reason undermined social progress during earlier eras. Within
Reason builds an incisive case for a return to critical, open
inquiry as a guiding principle for the future public health we
want—and a future we must work to protect.
This book provides an updated account of the regression techniques
employed in comparing analytical methods and to test the biases of
one method relative to others - a problem commonly found in fields
like analytical chemistry, biology, engineering, and medicine.
Methods comparison involves a non-standard regression problem; when
a method is to be tested in a laboratory, it may be used on samples
of suitable reference material, but frequently it is used with
other methods on a range of suitable materials whose concentration
levels are not known precisely. By presenting a sound statistical
background not found in other books for the type of problem
addressed, this book complements and extends topics discussed in
the current literature. It highlights the applications of the
presented techniques with the support of computer routines
implemented using the R language, with examples worked out
step-by-step. This book is a valuable resource for applied
statisticians, practitioners, laboratory scientists,
geostatisticians, process engineers, geologists and graduate
students.
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, disaster preparedness and
response has developed into a discrete subspecialty in medicine,
and the paramount health care initiative of the U.S. Government.
The mental health component of disaster response is a serious
subject of study, as trauma is associated with a substantial and
long-lasting psychologic burden, both on an individual and
community level. The psychopathologies associated with disaster are
also quite broad, varying from several different types of
post-traumatic stress and anxiety disorders to acute variations of
grief-associated depression. This book is the definitive reference
on mental health and disasters, focused on the assessment and
treatment of the full spectrum of psychopathologies associated with
many different types of individual disasters. The logistics for
utilizing pre-existing community-based mental health services, as
well as the development of new programs, are covered in depth. Case
studies and perspectives for improving care, incorporating lessons
from Hurricane Katrina and 9/11, are included in detail.
A new introduction to a timeless dynamic: how the movement of
humans affects health everywhere. International migrants compose
more than three percent of the world's population, and internal
migrants-those migrating within countries-are more than triple that
number. Population migration has long been, and remains today, one
of the central demographic shifts shaping the world around us. The
world's history-and its health-is shaped and colored by stories of
migration patterns, the policies and political events that drive
these movements, and narratives of individual migrants. Migration
and Health offers the most expansive framework to date for
understanding and reckoning with human migration's implications for
public health and its determinants. It interrogates this complex
relationship by considering not only the welfare of migrants, but
also that of the source, destination, and ensuing-generation
populations. The result is an elevated, interdisciplinary resource
for understanding what is known-and the considerable territory of
what is not known-at an intersection that promises to grow in
importance and influence as the century unfolds.
In WELL, physician Sandro Galea examines what Americans miss when
they fixate on healthcare: health. Americans spend more money on
health than people anywhere else in the world. And what do they get
for it? Statistically, not much. Americans today live shorter, less
healthy lives than citizens of other rich countries, and these
trends show no signs of letting up. The problem, physician Sandro
Galea argues, is that Americans focus on the wrong things when they
think about health. Our national understanding of what constitutes
"being well" is centered on medicine - the lifestyles we adopt to
stay healthy, the insurance plans and prescriptions we fall back on
when we're not. And while all these things are important, they've
not proven to be the difference between healthy and unhealthy on
the large scale. Well is a radical examination of the subtle and
not-so-subtle factors that determine who gets to be healthy in
America. Galea argues that the country's failing health is a
product of the society and culture Americans have built for
ourselves - not just in lifestyle, but in the separations
entrenched across the spectrum of American experience. A deeply
affecting work that is at once rigorous and personal, Well ushers a
new understanding of the problems and promise of health in America.
Are you disconnected from God? Do you feel that your life has no
hope? As a teenager, Fr. Rob Galea's reaction to those painful
feelings was addiction, violence, and destructive friendships. When
the recording artist and former Australian X Factor contestant
finally let God in, his life completely changed. In Breakthrough,
Galea shares his journey from scared teenager to passionate priest
and invites you to learn more about the Catholic faith so you, too,
can find hope in Christ. Rob Galea was a lonely, miserable
teenager. He wanted to feel like he belonged, so he joined a gang.
He went clubbing. He drank. He stole things. He lied. His reckless
lifestyle ultimately led him to hide in fear for his life from
other gang members. He was so desperate in those days spent in his
dark bedroom that he contemplated ending his life. Then a phone
call from his grandmother about a youth group at a nearby
churchA-an invitation not originally intended for himA-helped Galea
turn his life around. When he finally let God break through his
loneliness and fear, he began to experience freedom and GodA's
unconditional love. In Breakthrough, Galea takes you on his journey
to seminary, the move from his home country of Malta to Australia,
and the development of his ministry as a priest, speaker,
singer/songwriter, and recording artist. Along the way, heA'll help
you to see the life-changing journey of discipleship and how to
find hope in your Catholic faith.
A comprehensive collection of best practices in public health
education. As more students are drawn to public health as a field
of study and a profession, bringing varied backgrounds and
experiences with them, the number of public health programs and
schools of public health has grown substantially. How can teachers
meet the changing needs of incoming students-and ensure that
graduates have the knowledge, skills, and attributes to pursue
further education and forge successful careers in public health?
Aimed at experienced and new teachers alike, this timely volume is
a cutting-edge primer on teaching public health around the globe.
Bringing together leaders in the field with expertise across the
educational continuum, the book combines the conceptual
underpinnings needed to advance curricula with the resources to
train and support faculty in innovative teaching methods. This
thorough book * discusses challenges faced by public health
teachers * examines the principles and practices for teaching at
each level of study * describes technological and pedagogical
innovations in public health education * stresses the importance of
life-long learning and interprofessional education * offers
concrete tips for engaging students through active and
collaborative learning * focuses on teaching cultural competency
and reaching diverse student populations * looks to the future,
building on emerging trends and anticipating where the field is
headed A field-defining volume, Teaching Public Health offers a
concrete plan to ensure that both individual courses and overall
curricula are responsive to the needs of a rapidly changing student
body and the world beyond the school. Contributors: Linda
Alexander, Susan Altfeld, Jessica S. Ancker, Lauren D. Arnold,
Melissa D. Begg, Angela Breckenridge, Kathryn M. Cardarelli, Angela
Carman, Trey Conatser, Lorraine M. Conroy, Yvette C. Cozier, Eugene
Declercq, Marie Diener-West, Jen Dolan, Greg Evans, Julian Fisher,
Elizabeth French, Sandro Galea, Daniel Gerber, Sophie Godley, Jacey
A. Greece, Perry N. Halkitis, Jennifer Hebert-Beirne, Jyotsna
Jagai, Katherine Johnson, Nancy Kane, David G. Kleinbaum, Wayne
LaMorte, Meg Landfried, Delia L. Lang, Joel Lee, Laura Linnan,
Laura Magana Valladares, Uchechi Mitchell, Beth Moracco, Robert
Pack, Donna Petersen, Silvia E. Rabionet, Elizabeth Reisinger
Walker, Richard Riegelman, Kathleen Ryan, Nelly Salgado de Snyder,
Rachel Schwartz, Lisa M. Sullivan, Tanya Uden-Holman, Luann White,
James Wolff, Randy Wykoff
The Metaverse will be the next technological revolution. This book
helps business executives to understand its foundations and reveals
the new opportunities it will bring.The accessible language used to
explain the complex technologies involved is key to understanding
the business opportunities that the Metaverse will bring. The book
follows a smooth but thorough journey along all aspects associated
with the Metaverse, from augmented reality, virtual reality,
digital currencies, the Internet of things, 3D glasses, and many
others. This book contains trustful, actionable, and practical
insight from the experience of a person highly involved in
technical activities and used to speak to the board of many
corporations. Reading this book, you will understand not only the
drivers behind the Metaverse but also the following milestones and
the roadmap we can expect: an early insight to adapt your business
strategy or professional career to get the most out of this new
social paradigm.
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, disaster preparedness and
response has developed into a discrete subspecialty in medicine,
and the paramount health care initiative of the US Government. The
mental health component of disaster response is a serious subject
of study, as trauma is associated with a substantial and
long-lasting psychologic burden, both on an individual and
community level. The psychopathologies associated with disaster are
also quite broad, varying from several different types of
post-traumatic stress and anxiety disorders to acute variations of
grief-associated depression. This book is the definitive reference
on mental health and disasters, focused on the assessment and
treatment of the full spectrum of psychopathologies associated with
many different types of individual disasters. The logistics for
utilizing pre-existing community-based mental health services, as
well as the development of new programs, are covered in depth. Case
studies and perspectives for improving care, incorporating lessons
from Hurricane Katrina and 9/11, are included in detail.
Redefining Theatre Communities explores the interplay between
contemporary theatre and communities. It considers the aesthetic,
social and cultural aspects of community-conscious theatre-making.
While doing so, the volume reflects on recent transformations in
structural, textual and theatrical conventions and traditions, and
explores the changing modes of production and spectatorship in
relation to theatre communities. The essays edited by Marco Galea
and Szabolcs Musca present an array of emerging perspectives on the
politics, ethics, and practices of community representation on the
contemporary international theatre landscape. An international,
interdisciplinary collection featuring work by theatre scholars,
theatre-makers and artistic directors from across Europe and
beyond, Redefining Theatre Communities will appeal to those
interested in the diverse forms of socially engaged theatre and
performance.
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How can we create a healthier world and prevent the crisis next
time? In a few short months, COVID-19 devastated the world and, in
particular, the United States. It infected millions, killed
hundreds of thousands, and effectively made the earth stand still.
Yet America was already in poor health before COVID-19 appeared.
Racism, marginalization, socioeconomic inequality-our failure to
address these forces left us vulnerable to COVID-19 and the ensuing
global health crisis it became. Had we tackled these challenges
twenty years ago, after the outbreak of SARS, perhaps COVID-19
could have been quickly contained. Instead, we allowed our systems
to deteriorate. Following on the themes of his award-winning
publication Well, Sandro Galea's The Contagion Next Time
articulates the foundational forces shaping health in our society
and how we can strengthen them to prevent the next outbreak from
becoming a pandemic. Because while no one could have predicted that
a pandemic would strike when it did, we did know that a pandemic
would strike, sooner or later. We're still not ready for the next
pandemic. But we can be-we must be. In lyrical prose, The Contagion
Next Time challenges all of us to tackle the deep-rooted obstacles
preventing us from becoming a truly vibrant and equitable nation,
reminding us of what we've seemed to have forgotten: that our
health is a public good worth protecting.
A new introduction to a timeless dynamic: how the movement of
humans affects health everywhere. International migrants compose
more than three percent of the world's population, and internal
migrants-those migrating within countries-are more than triple that
number. Population migration has long been, and remains today, one
of the central demographic shifts shaping the world around us. The
world's history-and its health-is shaped and colored by stories of
migration patterns, the policies and political events that drive
these movements, and narratives of individual migrants. Migration
and Health offers the most expansive framework to date for
understanding and reckoning with human migration's implications for
public health and its determinants. It interrogates this complex
relationship by considering not only the welfare of migrants, but
also that of the source, destination, and ensuing-generation
populations. The result is an elevated, interdisciplinary resource
for understanding what is known-and the considerable territory of
what is not known-at an intersection that promises to grow in
importance and influence as the century unfolds.
It has been 10 years since the first edition of 'Essentials of
Tissue Banking' has been published. There is still relatively
little published on the technical and scientific principles on
routine tissue and cell banking based on scientific principles. The
1st edition was very successful and, after a 10 year gap, there is
a need of an update and an expansion of the book's remit. The
format of the book follows that of the previous edition- split into
5 sections. Management of donors and the banking of common tissues
and cells; Principles of storage and processing of tissues and
cells; Ensuring the safety of the products by testing the donor,
the tissues and the environment, supported by a quality system and
an IT infrastructure- all working within the constraints of current
regulatory and ethical environments. This edition however provides
a significant update. Many the chapters have been completely
rewritten by different experts. Like the 1st edition, they were
given a free hand in the way they wrote their chapter, with a
guideline that they had to be concise, clear and up to date. The
authors were also asked to provide the scientific and technical
basis that provides the rationale of the processes they describe.
Also, the scope of the book has been somewhat extended. In view of
the fact that many cellular therapies are now routinely practiced,
2 new chapters have been added: one on the banking of
haematopoietic stem cells and one on human embryonic stem cells.
They have been deliberately chosen to illustrate the extreme
spectrum of cellular therapies from one of the simplest to one of
the most complex. The intention of the book has remained the same:
to cover and update banking of current practices in essential
tissue and cell banking. It is therefore hoped that by keeping the
book as concise and up to date as possible, it will find a place on
the shelves of many tissue establishments.
Why America's health care system failed so tragically during the
Covid pandemic, and how the forces unleashed by the crisis could be
just the medicine for its long-term cure. Covid patients
overwhelmed American hospitals. The world's most advanced and
expensive health care system crumbled, short of supplies and
personnel. The U.S. lost more patients than any other nation during
the pandemic. How could this happen? And how could this disaster
lead to a more resilient, rational and equitable health care system
in the future? How Covid Crashed the System answers these questions
with compelling stories and wide-angle analysis. Dr. David Nash, a
founder of the discipline of population health, and Charles
Wohlforth, an award-winning science writer, pick up the pieces of
the Covid disaster like investigators of a crashed airliner,
finding the root causes of America's failure to cope, and
delivering surprising answers that may reorient how you think about
your own health. From the broadest, cultural flaws that disabled
our health system to particular, institutional issues, America's
defenses fell due to racism and poverty, combined with a culture of
misguided individualism that tore communities apart. We suffered
from failed leadership and crippled public health agencies, and
hospitals built to make money from services, not deliver health.
But How Covid Crashed the System goes beyond analyzing those
problems, providing hope for change and fundamental improvement in
ways that will transform Americans' health. Covid's market
disruption encouraged new technology that allows for remote health
care. Integrated health organizations gained ground, working to
manage clients' total wellness from cradle to grave. Covid also
accelerated changes in medical education, to make doctor training
more equitable and better aligned to the skills we need. And Covid
forced employers to accept responsibility for their workers' health
in a new way, making them partners in this new movement. Using
systemic analysis of the Covid crash, the authors find reasons to
hope. America's health care establishment resisted reform for
decades, mired in waste and avoidable errors. Now, the pandemic
crisis has exposed its flaws for all to see, creating the
opportunities for systemic changes. Even without new laws or
government policies, America is moving toward a transformed health
system responsible for our wellness. How Covid Crashed the System
tells that story.
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