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Designing World Class Corporate Strategies considers the key role
of corporate centres within very large, primarily multi-business
organisations. At present, these corporate centres are under attack
as not creating and value and merely adding cost to their groups.
The authors have developed a corporate configurations model which
demonstrates four ways in which corporate centres can add
significant value. However this requires the centre to act in
specific ways depending on the external environment in which the
group is operating.
Designing World Class Corporate Strategies is highly readable, with
a large number of illustrative examples included in the text.
Academic references and theoretical underpinnings are placed in the
final chapter of the book, so that the book is focused on the
professional market for strategy and creating value.
*The examples used are from very well known multi-national
organisations in order to make the book attractive in international
markets.
*Tackles important issues incorporating theoretical and practical
dimensions.
First published in 2002. This is Volume XII of twelve in the
Library of Philosophy series on Ethics. Written in 1970, this book
seeks to elucidate the fundamental characteristics of Christian
ethics. The main concern has been with what is of most vital
concern to the moral philosopher-the exposition of the formal
characteristics of a system of morality rather than with the detail
of its content and application.
Straddling the boundaries between science, religion, and
philosophy, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in
the current cultural war between atheism and belief A wide ranging
and informed discussion that addresses the key questions raised by
the New Atheists, this engaging and stimulating read debunks the
notion that rationality and intelligence are incompatible with
belief in God. If the New Atheists are to be believed, religious
belief is dangerous and irrational. With increasingly intolerant
polemic they are dismissing the views of religious people, and
misconstruing them in the process. Written with wit, style, and
clarity of meaning, this book directly addresses many of the main
criticisms raised by the New Atheists--such as "Does God cause
evil? Is the universe intelligently designed? Is God free?"--and is
an indispensable read for anyone interested in the arguments for
and against religious belief.
* Challenging and provocative book * Shows how management
accounting techniques can be integrated into the strategic decision
making process * Extensive use of practical examples from a variety
of contexts.An introduction to business strategy for management
accountants, financial accountants or managers with an accounting
orientation. The book places management accounting clearly within
the context of strategic management of the business. Offers
qualified accountants a sound introduction to strategic management,
and with practical examples and mini-cases provided throughout,
this book is comprehensive yet concise. Keith Ward addresses
strategic management accounting as a continuous process of
analysis, planning and control. Management accounting is about
supplying the right information to the right people at the right
time, and this can only be expressed in the context of the business
strategy and strategic plan. The implementation of appropriate
management accounting systems to complement different strategies is
discussed in detail. Applications and examples include
multinational organizations, non-profit organizations and varying
organizational structures. Finally the author covers methods of
using management accounting for strategic advantage.
The teachings of Jesus examined by one of the leading philosophers
of our day The teachings of Jesus Christ, as presented in the
Bible, are familiar to millions, but do we really understand them?
Keith Ward argues that, by scrutinizing the Gospels through the
lens of contemporary philosophy, we can discover perspectives that
are not always apparent in traditional church teaching. Ward's
analysis of what Jesus really said uncovers four central themes:
that the Gospel is for everyone; that the Second Coming will lead
to a future in a spiritual realm, not a physical world; that Jesus
presents a moral ideal for life rather than a literal set of rules;
and that God is expressed initially through the incarnation of
Jesus, but ultimately through the whole of creation.
First published in 2002. This is Volume XII of twelve in the
Library of Philosophy series on Ethics. Written in 1970, this book
seeks to elucidate the fundamental characteristics of Christian
ethics. The main concern has been with what is of most vital
concern to the moral philosopher-the exposition of the formal
characteristics of a system of morality rather than with the detail
of its content and application.
Extraordinary performance from ordinary people is a must read for
the high performing manager with the ambition to reach corporate
leadership status. The book is as practical as it is exciting. How
to succeed and which personal qualities are required from those who
display the capability for great responsibility, are the themes
that run throughout. The book focuses on both the key value adding
activities and disciplines for driving through change and the
styles of corporate leaders that attract successExtraordinary
performance from ordinary people highlights how the leaders of the
company, as a corporate team, can adopt and adapt the four value
creating styles. It emphasises how to recognise which leadership
framework suits the challenges of particular competitive
environments. This insight nurtures a confidence to act decisively
adopting an approach to communication which harnesses the energies
of the organisation to achieve stretching performance targets. It
concentrates on how leaders make a difference by what they do.
Diagnostic models that show what really works and under which
circumstances are core to this book.
* Challenging and provocative book * Shows how management
accounting techniques can be integrated into the strategic decision
making process * Extensive use of practical examples from a variety
of contexts.An introduction to business strategy for management
accountants, financial accountants or managers with an accounting
orientation. The book places management accounting clearly within
the context of strategic management of the business. Offers
qualified accountants a sound introduction to strategic management,
and with practical examples and mini-cases provided throughout,
this book is comprehensive yet concise.
Keith Ward addresses strategic management accounting as a
continuous process of analysis, planning and control. Management
accounting is about supplying the right information to the right
people at the right time, and this can only be expressed in the
context of the business strategy and strategic plan. The
implementation of appropriate management accounting systems to
complement different strategies is discussed in detail.
Applications and examples include multinational organizations,
non-profit organizations and varying organizational structures.
Finally the author covers methods of using management accounting
for strategic advantage.
Challenging and provocative book
Shows how management accounting techniques can be integrated into
the strategic decision making process
Extensive use of practical examples from a variety of contexts
Designing World Class Corporate Strategies considers the key role
of corporate centres within very large, primarily multi-business
organisations. At present, these corporate centres are under attack
as not creating and value and merely adding cost to their groups.
The authors have developed a corporate configurations model which
demonstrates four ways in which corporate centres can add
significant value. However this requires the centre to act in
specific ways depending on the external environment in which the
group is operating. Designing World Class Corporate Strategies is
highly readable, with a large number of illustrative examples
included in the text. Academic references and theoretical
underpinnings are placed in the final chapter of the book, so that
the book is focused on the professional market for strategy and
creating value.
The work of a sports therapist is highly technical and requires a
confident, responsible and professional approach. The Routledge
Handbook of Sports Therapy, Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation is
a comprehensive and authoritative reference for those studying or
working in this field and is the first book to comprehensively
cover all of the following areas: Sports Injury Aetiology Soft
Tissue Injury Healing Clinical Assessment in Sports Therapy
Clinical Interventions in Sports Therapy Spinal and Peripheral
Anatomy, Injury Assessment and Management Pitch-side Trauma Care
Professionalism and Ethics in Sports Therapy The Handbook presents
principles which form the foundation of the profession and
incorporates a set of spinal and peripheral regional chapters which
detail functional anatomy, the injuries common to those regions,
and evidence-based assessment and management approaches. Its design
incorporates numerous photographs, figures, tables, practitioner
tips and detailed sample Patient Record Forms. This book is
comprehensively referenced and multi-authored, and is essential to
anyone involved in sports therapy, from their first year as an
undergraduate, to those currently in professional practice.
Although Christianity is the world's largest religion, with its
numerous denominations, and differing opinions on many central
tenets, it can be a difficult faith to understand. In this unique
and authoritative introduction, renowned theologian Keith Ward
examines differing Christian perspectives on themes ranging from
original sin to eternal life, and reveals a wonderfully
multifaceted tradition united in a common belief, whose impact has
been felt in the most remote areas of the planet.
Language about God is something like the language of poetry - The
poetic use of language is not to increase your information about
the world. We know facts about the world without having poetry. The
use of words in poetry is to evoke in us a certain attitude or way
of looking at things or feeling about things...If this is the use
of religious language, what sort of view of the world is it trying
to convey? I think we might say it is trying to convey that the
world is an expression of a reality beyond it...' Keith Ward
unpacks the meaning of the word 'God' and explains why we need to
get rid of the crude and unhelpful assumptions that still abound. A
book for all who are curious about how God, and God's actions, can
be understood today. Intended for people looking for answers to
life's biggest questions, this little book of guidance will appeal
to anyone, whether believer or non-believer, looking for a quick
and easy way into the topic.
High profile author, particularly appreciated for his books
popularizing theology
In this book, eminent theologian Keith Ward takes a fresh look at
the ancient philosophy of Idealism, connects it with findings in
modern science, and shows that a combination of good science, good
philosophy, and a passion for truth and goodness, can underpin
religious faith. Going back to first principles, he argues for the
Idealist view that all knowledge begins with experience. Critically
examining the idealism of Plato, Kant, and Hegel, Ward shows how
this philosophy is strengthened by a knowledge of modern physics,
and how it can lead to a new and vivid presentation of Christian
faith. A work of philosophical rigour that makes clear the rational
nature of belief in God, this book challenges the easy assumptions
of materialism and the relativity of truth that undermine both
science and religion. Ward writes in an accessible and readable
style that gives new life and practical usefulness to idealist
philosophy.
The concept of the 'social Trinity', which posits three conscious
subjects in God, radically revised the traditional Christian idea
of the Creator. It promoted a view of God as a passionate, creative
and responsive source of all being. Keith Ward argues that social
Trinitarian thinking threatens the unity of God, however, and that
this new view of God does not require a 'social' component.
Expanding on the work of theologians such as Barth and Rahner, who
insisted that there was only one mind of God, Ward offers a
coherent, wholly monotheistic interpretation of the Trinity. Christ
and the Cosmos analyses theistic belief in a scientific context,
demonstrating the necessity of cosmology to theological thinking
that is often overly myopic and anthropomorphic. This important
volume will benefit those who seek to understand what the Trinity
is, why it matters and how it fits into a scientific account of the
universe.
Keith Ward introduces this volume on the world's greatest ever
bestseller by suggesting that the Bible is neither a book dictated
by God, as some believe, nor just a set of out-dated taboos and
politically slanted histories, as those at the opposite extreme
would maintain. Rather, it is a very mixed set of documents, by
many different writers, from many different times, which records
the struggle of many people in one particular religious tradition
to respond to their discernments of a transcendent spiritual power.
What makes the Bible distinctive among other religious books is the
dominant image of transendence, of spirituality, that slowly
develops in its pages. This is the image of a power that helps
humans to seek a moral goal in history even when such a thing would
seem impossible to achieve - were it not for the power of grace.
The bible, in short, is a spiritual text.
The subject of religious diversity is of growing significance, with
its associated problems of religious pluralism and inter-faith
dialogue. Moreover, since the European Enlightenment, religions
have had to face new, existential challenges. Is there a future for
religions? How will they have to change? Can they co-exist
peacefully? In this book, Keith Ward brings new insights to these
questions. Applying historical and philosophical approaches, he
explores how we can establish truth among so many diverse
religions. He explains how religions have evolved over time and how
they are reacting to the challenges posed by new scientific and
moral beliefs. A celebration of the diversity in the world's
religions, Ward's timely book also deals with the possibility and
necessity of religious tolerance and co-existence.
Though little can be known with certainty about the historical
Jesus, the image of a heavenly figure - `Christ crucified and
risen' - was constructed out of his life and teachings. This vision
of divine reality transcends traditional Hebrew poetic thought,
retaining its ancient power in the context of our new understanding
of a vast and evolving cosmos. In order to help us form a truly
contemporary Christian spirituality, Keith Ward (writing in our own
time and place rather than, for example, in the 4th century like St
Augustine, the 14th like Julian of Norwich, the 16th like Ignatius
of Loyola, or the 20th like Thomas Merton) offers a set of
reflections on what he believes to be the unique and
life-transforming revelation of God in the person of Jesus Christ.
And as we explore the spiritual truths relating to this mystery as
expressed in the Gospels, meditation leads naturally to prayer.
Building on the author's previous book, Financial Aspects of
Marketing, Marketing Finance stresses the pivotal relationship
between finance and strategy in the marketing process, and clearly
demonstrates the techniques and calculations that are necessary to
formulate a comprehensive plan. Professor Ward also concentrates on
how financial input in marketing can create shareholder value and
demonstrates how to achieve the required integration of the finance
function with marketing for the successful modern business.
Marketing Finance is backed up with a number of integrated industry
examples and case studies to demonstrate the success and failure
caused by the marketing finance interface.
The work of a sports therapist is highly technical and requires a
confident, responsible and professional approach. The Routledge
Handbook of Sports Therapy, Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation is
a comprehensive and authoritative reference for those studying or
working in this field and is the first book to comprehensively
cover all of the following areas: Sports Injury Aetiology Soft
Tissue Injury Healing Clinical Assessment in Sports Therapy
Clinical Interventions in Sports Therapy Spinal and Peripheral
Anatomy, Injury Assessment and Management Pitch-side Trauma Care
Professionalism and Ethics in Sports Therapy The Handbook presents
principles which form the foundation of the profession and
incorporates a set of spinal and peripheral regional chapters which
detail functional anatomy, the injuries common to those regions,
and evidence-based assessment and management approaches. Its design
incorporates numerous photographs, figures, tables, practitioner
tips and detailed sample Patient Record Forms. This book is
comprehensively referenced and multi-authored, and is essential to
anyone involved in sports therapy, from their first year as an
undergraduate, to those currently in professional practice.
Long before the release of The God Delusion, Keith Ward was
defending religious belief on all sides from its detractors. In the
new paperback edition of this influential bestseller, Keith Ward
examines the arguments put forward by a host of scientists,
sociologists, and psychologists, who claim that religion is nothing
more than a host of naive superstitions and delusions. Exploring
the work of thinkers from Sigmund Freud to Emile Durkheim, Ward
offers an alternative view, demonstrating religion's key
contribution to the human condition and its crucial relevance to
the world today.
This title is the first in a series that employs a simple and
effective concept to illustrate and describe the multiplicity of
equipment and weapons systems used on the ground during World War
II. Whilst many books have described such weapons and war materiel,
Keith Ward's unique abilities as a 3D technical artist bring these
items to life, illustrated throughout in full color. Here, in a
single concise volume, are all major and many minor and less
well-known items of German weaponry and equipment, rendered
precisely, including detailed cutaways showing their internal
workings, information which is often absent from other
publications. Technical details are also provided. This is an
essential volume for anyone interested in the German Armed Forces
of World War II."
A systematic guide to the Christian faith, taking a broad sweep
from the big bang through the Old Testament to the New and beyond
into the history of the faith and modern theological thinking. The
hard questions posed by the Church's history are not ducked and the
challenges of the enlightenment and modern science are given full
weight. The book explores contemporary strands of Christian
thinking and relates them sensitively and intelligently to world
faith and non-faith viewpoints. It is a book that many thinking
Christians and those thinking about Christianity will find
invaluable in its rigorous, open and intelligent approach
invaluable.
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