William Trevor is a master of contemporary fiction. He writes with equal authority about the frustrations of life in remote corners of Ireland, and the hollowness of life is prosperous London suburbs. An Anglo-Irishman, Trevor is admired on both sides of the Atlantic, and both sides of the Irish Sea.

In "William Trevor: A Study of His Fiction, "first published in 1990, Gregory Schirmer analyses Trevor s novels (such as "A Standard of Behaviour "and "Fools of Fortune") and short stories in detail. He argues that Trevor s writing is important, both in terms of its mastery of fictional techniques and of the profoundly moral vision that informs it. His view of twentieth-century men and women is subtle and complex, generated by the tension between a humanistic faith in compassion and "connection," and an opposing, more realistic assessment of contemporary society as alienated and disconnected. "

In a world of increasingly heterogeneous societies, matters of identity politics and the links between collective identities and national, racial, or ethnic intolerance have assumed dramatic significance. Identity and Intolerance attempts to show how German and American societies have historically confronted and currently confront matters of national, racial, and ethnic inclusion and exclusion. The comparative perspective sheds light on the specific links among the cultural construction of nationhood and otherness, the political modes of integration and exclusion, and the social conditions of tolerance and intolerance.

Social systems occur in many contexts of social work. This book provides an easy-to-read introduction to systems thinking for social workers who will encounter social problems in their professional practice or academic research. It offers new insights and fresh perspectives on this familiar topic and invites creative, critical, and empathetic thinking with a systems perspective. Through introducing systems theory as a problem-oriented approach for dealing with complex interpersonal relations and social systems, this book provides a framework for studying social relations. The authors present a strand of systems theory (inspired by sociologist Niklas Luhmann) that offers innovative, surprising, and practically relevant understandings of everyday social life, inclusion/exclusion, social problems, interventions, and society in general. Systems Theory for Social Work and the Helping Professions should be considered essential reading for all social work students taking modules on sociology and social policy as well as students of nursing, medicine, counselling, and occupational health and therapy.

Andrey Tarkovsky was the most important Russian filmmaker of the post-war era, and one of the world's most renowned cinematic geniuses. He directed the first five of his seven films - Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror and Stalker - in the Soviet Union, but in 1982 defected to Italy, where he made Nostalgia. His final film, The Sacrifice, was produced in Sweden in 1985. Tarkovsky's films are characterized by metaphysical themes, extended takes, an absence of conventional dramatical structure and plot, and a dream-like, visionary style of cinematography. They achieve a spiritual intensity and transcendent beauty that many consider to be without parallel. This book presents extended sequences of stills from each of the films alongside synopses and cast and crew listings. It includes reflections on Tarkovsky's work from fellow artists and writers including Jean-Paul Sartre and Ingmar Bergman, for whom Tarkovsky was 'the greatest, the one who invented a new language.' Extracts from Tarkovsky's own writings and diaries offer a wealth of insights into his poetic and philosophical views on cinematography, which he described as 'sculpting in time'. The book also reproduces many personal Polaroid photographs that confirm the extraordinary poetic vision of a great artist who died aged only 54, but who remains a potent influence on artists and filmmakers today.

William Trevor is a master of contemporary fiction. He writes with equal authority about the frustrations of life in remote corners of Ireland, and the hollowness of life is prosperous London suburbs. An Anglo-Irishman, Trevor is admired on both sides of the Atlantic, and both sides of the Irish Sea. In William Trevor: A Study of His Fiction, first published in 1990, Gregory Schirmer analyses Trevor's novels (such as A Standard of Behaviour and Fools of Fortune) and short stories in detail. He argues that Trevor's writing is important, both in terms of its mastery of fictional techniques and of the profoundly moral vision that informs it. His view of twentieth-century men and women is subtle and complex, generated by the tension between a humanistic faith in compassion and "connection", and an opposing, more realistic assessment of contemporary society as alienated and disconnected.

This book reviews several of the newer methods that find wide application in pharmaceutical analysis, as well as several older methods of unique importance. The principle of each technique is discussed with emphasis on factors that directly affect its proper application to analytical problems .

Subject to passionate controversy during his lifetime, the work of Joseph Beuys is now considered one of the most significant and influential contributions to twentieth-century fine arts. This book provides a survey of Beuys's oeuvre, which he viewed as part of a larger, philosophically based practice emphasising direct democracy, free access to education and the restructuring of society to meet ecological requirements. A total of 152 works from Beuys's many fields of activity - drawings and watercolours, prints and multiples, sculpture and objects, spaces and actions - are arranged in chronological order, demonstrating the artist's formal versatility, creative richness and conceptual depth. The peculiar poetry of the materials Beuys used - felt, grease, honey, wax, copper and sulfur - emerges along with the gentle melancholy suffusing the work of this sensitive agent provocateur. Alain Borer analyses Beuys's motivation with special reference to the artist's written and spoken statements. The book is an informed introduction to the artistic work and conceptual world of Joseph Beuys, for anyone interested in art.

Social systems occur in many contexts of social work. This book provides an easy-to-read introduction to systems thinking for social workers who will encounter social problems in their professional practice or academic research. It offers new insights and fresh perspectives on this familiar topic and invites creative, critical, and empathetic thinking with a systems perspective. Through introducing systems theory as a problem-oriented approach for dealing with complex interpersonal relations and social systems, this book provides a framework for studying social relations. The authors present a strand of systems theory (inspired by sociologist Niklas Luhmann) that offers innovative, surprising, and practically relevant understandings of everyday social life, inclusion/exclusion, social problems, interventions, and society in general. Systems Theory for Social Work and the Helping Professions should be considered essential reading for all social work students taking modules on sociology and social policy as well as students of nursing, medicine, counselling, and occupational health and therapy.

Wer als guter Mitarbeiter volle Leistung bringen will, der muss "von oben", also von der FA1/4hrung her, die MAglichkeit erhalten, weitgehend frei, unabhAngig und situativ entscheiden zu kAnnen. FA1/4r eine solche Freiheit muss im gesamten Unternehmen - oder zumindest innerhalb der Abteilung - Vertrauen herrschen. Es braucht eine freundschaftliche Unternehmenskultur. Genau hier setzt Klaus Schirmer in seinem Buch an. Es basiert auf dem Ansatz "FA1/4hrung nach dem Prinzip der Freundschaft". Der Autor bedient sich fA1/4r den Handlungsablauf des "Husky-Prinzips", wobei die spezielle Beziehung zwischen Schlittenhunden und ihrem menschlichen FA1/4hrer, dem "Musher", als Metapher herangezogen wird und aufzeigt, was "FA1/4hren mit langer Leine und auf freundschaftlicher Basis" alles an positiven Elementen und Ergebnissen im unternehmerischen Umfeld bewirken kann, ohne dabei Disziplin oder Ergebnisorientierung zu vergessen. Die Mitarbeiter befinden sich in einem Team des Vertrauens, dem "Husky-Team". Sie stehen wie ein erprobtes Husky-Schlitten-Gespann zueinander, sind ein eingespieltes Team, kAnnen sich aufeinander verlassen und tragen und entlasten sich, wann immer es erforderlich ist. "Das Husky-Prinzip" liefert FA1/4hrungskrAften auf allen Ebenen nachweislich wirksame und vom Autor selbst erprobte und in die Praxis umgesetzte Bausteine und Instrumente, die jede Organisation dabei unterstA1/4tzen kAnnen, die immer hAher werdende KomplexitAt der MitarbeiterfA1/4hrung und Mitarbeiterbindung auf der Basis eines neuen, freundschaftlichen, vertrauensvollen Ansatzes zu meistern.

Connectome Analysis: Characterization, Methods, and Analysis is a comprehensive companion for the analysis of brain networks, or connectomes. The book provides sources of constituent structural and functional MRI signals, network construction and practices for analysis, cutting-edge methods that address the latest challenges in neuroscience, and the fundamentals of network theory in the context of giving practical methods for building connectomes for analysis. Emphasis is placed on quality control of the individual analysis steps. Subsequent chapters discuss networks in neuroscience in clinical and general populations, including how findings are related to underlying neurophysiology and neuropsychology. This book is aimed at students and early-career researchers in brain connectomics and neuroimaging who have a background in computer science, mathematics and physics, as well as more broadly to neuroscientists and psychologists who want to start incorporating connectomics into their research.

The 8th edition ofLandin: Payroll Accounting continues the author's tradition of providinga modern approach to payrollaccounting through a "practitioners view" focusing on relevancy andcareer readiness. The author team has made content updates including the tax implications of the Cares Act due to COVID-19. We havealso improved our accessibility of the end-of-chapter material within McGrawHill Connect (R). The content updates and Connect updates in this newedition will ensure your students are career ready!

In a world of increasingly heterogeneous societies, matters of identity politics and the links between collective identities and national, racial, or ethnic intolerance have assumed dramatic significance. Identity and Intolerance attempts to show how German and American societies have historically confronted and currently confront matters of national, racial, and ethnic inclusion and exclusion. The comparative perspective sheds light on the specific links among the cultural construction of nationhood and otherness, the political modes of integration and exclusion, and the social conditions of tolerance and intolerance.

Fulfilled helps readers find a faster route to happiness and prosperity that is less littered with obstacles and turns by teaching how to navigate through them when encountered. People often go chasing happiness without an understanding of what that really means to them. Life is certainly a journey and part of that experience is exploring what makes a person happy - and what has the opposite effect. Sometimes a lack of reflection on these experiences leads to stumbling along, taking very long and winding roads towards fulfillment and prosperity in life when a shorter route was available. Fulfilled is an important tool for anyone seeking a richer, more rewarding experience of their own lives. It is a personal exploration of several main topics for the reader so that they can consider how certain factors affect their personal growth and fulfillment. These topics include: The Importance of Character in Life's Journey Emotional Intelligence Resilience and Managing Stress Relationship Management And How to Manage Outcomes

This title summarizes discussions with over 450 Army officers (lieutenants through colonels) about leader development in Army units. These discussions revealed that the type and extent of leader development activities vary greatly across units, but that they are generally informal and most heavily influenced by the unit commander. The authors conclude with suggestions on how the Army school system can improve leader development.

Das Lehrbuch ist in idealer Weise abgestimmt auf Kompetenzziele und Lehrinhalte des gleichnamigen Bachelormoduls „Mitarbeiterführung“ und ist hervorragend als Einstiegslektüre für das entsprechende Mastermodule geeignet. Das Lehrbuch bietet allen Studierenden eine kompakte Einführung in das Themenfeld. Es vermittelt die theoretischen Grundlagen ebenso wie die vielfältigen Herausforderungen moderner Mitarbeiterführung und stellt gängige Führungsinstrumente umfassend und praxisbezogen dar. Ausgehend von den Zielen, Aufgaben und aktuellen Herausforderungen der Personalführung behandeln die Autoren die relevanten psychologischen Grundlagen, einschlägige rechtliche Fragen, Führungstheorien und -modelle, Führungsinstrumente sowie die Verantwortung der Führenden in der betrieblichen Praxis. Zahlreiche Abbildungen, Hintergrundinformationen und Praxisbeispiele unterstützen das Verständnis der bearbeiteten Themengebiete. Anhand von Kontrollfragen und Lösungen können die Leser ihren Wissensstand unmittelbar prüfen. Die vierte Auflage des Buches wurde inhaltlich neu konzipiert und um aktuelle Themen und neue wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse ergänzt.

Contents: Anchors Aweigh * Asleep in the Deep * Battle Hymn of the Republic * The Caissons Go Rolling Along * Carnival of Venice * Country Dance * Down in the Deep Cellar * Drinking Song * Funeral March of a Marionette * Gavotte * The Happy Farmer * Hornpipe * In the Hall of the Mountain King * La Villageoise * March * Marine's Hymn * Oxford Gavotte * Seven Duets * When Johnny Comes Marching Home * The Wild Horseman.

How can information technology (IT) paradigms and design processes be studied from a gender perspective? What does IT design look like when its construction is informed by gender research? Though gender research and computing science seem like two separate worlds, this book proves how inspirational a confrontation and combination of those worlds can be. A deconstructive analysis of advanced fields of computing shows the multiple ways in which software design is gendered and how gendering effects are produced by its use. Concepts and assumptions underlying research and development, along with design tools and IT products, teaching methods and materials are studied. The book not only offers a gender analysis of information society technologies, it also shows practical examples of how IT can be different. A gender perspective on IT design can serve as an eye-opener for what tends to be overlooked and left out. It yields innovative ideas and high quality software systems that may empower a large diversity of users for an active participation in our information society.

Das vorliegende Personal-Lehrbuch bietet einen Einblick in die zentralen Aufgabenfelder eines modernen Personalmanagements sowie einen umfangreichen Überblick über vertiefende Literatur zu spezifischen Themenbereichen. Ausgehend von den grundsätzlichen Zielen und Aufgaben des Personalmanagements sowie den aktuellen Tendenzen in der Personalpolitik behandeln die Autoren Personalbedarfsplanung, -beschaffung, -einsatz und -verwaltung, Entlohnung und Sozialpolitik, Personalentwicklung, -abbau und -controlling. Das Lehrbuch ist genau auf die Anforderungen (Kompetenzziele, Lehrinhalte) des Bachelor-Studiums im Studienbereich Wirtschaft der Berufsakademien und Dualen Hochschulen zugeschnitten sowie für alle betriebswirtschaftlichen Bachelorstudiengänge als Einführung für das Fach Personalmanagement geeignet. Eine Vielzahl von Abbildungen, Hintergrundinformationen und Praxisbeispielen tragen zu einer hohen Verständlichkeit der behandelten Themenfelder bei. Die enthaltenen Kontrollfragen bieten dem Leser die Möglichkeit, das eigene Verständnis direkt zu überprüfen. Für die 4. Auflage wurde das Buch ein Kapitel zum Thema Personalorganisation erweitert.

Nachhaltigkeit ist das Megathema unserer Zeit. Aber ist es auch ein Thema für das Privatrecht? In seiner privatrechtstheoretischen Untersuchung zeigt Jan-Erik Schirmer, wie eine Nachhaltigkeitsintegration gelingen könnte. Dazu skizziert er mit "responsiver Bipolarität" ein pluralistisches Privatrechtsmodell, das Kriterien für erfolgreiche Integration bereitstellt. Anschließend werden daran zwei aktuelle Anwendungsbeispiele für Nachhaltigkeit im Privatrecht - deliktische Klimahaftung und kaufrechtliche Lieferkettenverantwortlichkeit - gemessen. Am Ende stehen jeweils Vollzugsmeldungen: Klimahaftung und Lieferkettenverantwortlichkeit sind integrierbar, das Privatrecht ist nachhaltigkeitsresponsiv.