"Hymns to the Silence" is a thoroughly informed and enlightened study of the art of a pop music maverick that will delight fans the world over.In 1991, Van Morrison said, "Music is spiritual, the music business isn't". Peter Mills' groundbreaking book investigates the oppositions and harmonies within the work of Van Morrison, proceeding from this identified starting point."Hymns to the Silence" is a detailed investigative study of Morrison as singer, performer, lyricist, musician and writer with particular attention paid throughout to the contradictions and tensions that are central to any understanding of his work as a whole.The book takes several intriguing angles. It looks at Morrison as a writer, specifically as an Irish writer who has recorded musical settings of Yeats poems, collaborated with Seamus Heaney, Paul Durcan and Gerald Dawe, and who regularly drops quotes from James Joyce and Samuel Beckett into his live performances. It looks at him as a singer, at how he uses his voice as an interpretive instrument. And there are chapters on his use of mythology, on his stage performances, and on his continuing fascination with America and its musical forms.

The Beatles’ lives and work continue to delight fans and influence musicians half a century since their heyday. Yet their contribution to contemporary culture and their relationship to social change remain controversial topics in need of reappraisal. This collection brings together fourteen leading scholars of The Beatles to examine their origins, output and legacy. Interdisciplinary in its approach and international is its outlook, The Beatles in Perspective showcases the latest research by historians, literary critics, musicologists, sociologists, poets and cultural critics bringing new perspectives on The Beatles and their milieu which will interest academics and fans alike. This book explores the relationship between The Beatles and their times, situating them in the changing class, gender and ethnic dynamics of postwar Britain, and considers them as Liverpudlians, Orientalists, and creative pioneers.

Birgitte Snabe analyzes how system dynamics modeling can be used in learning processes that focus on the transfer of the insights and reasoning behind a strategy forming process. In a second step, she shows how it can support the refining of implementation plans. A case study in action research tradition completes the theoretical discussions. Its subject is the building up of a large international company's R&D resources in low-cost countries.

Window books open new light on favourite Bible stories. Each book has a window feature which leads children through the book to its happy ending.

The role of the manager is to achieve the business goals set for them and at the same time to provide an environment that allows their team members to be effective and satisfied with their work while developing their full potential. It is not a balance between work and people as both outcomes must be achieved.The 10 things successful managers know and do is based a coherent framework for managing people in the context of an organisation (ie: the Leadership Framework). It addresses leadership at the individual, team and organisational levels. Its based not just on management customs but is underpinned by solid research combining sociology and psychology with management science. At the Frameworks core is a strong manager-employee relationship. This is a two-way, trusting, productive, working relationship focused on achieving business goals with team members working to their full potential.

How has a group conceived as a short-lived commodity outlived many more 'real' bands by nearly fifty years? Why are The Monkees still important, and what does this tell us about their music, their TV show, and our understanding of popular culture today? Despite being built in Hollywood, and not necessarily to last, that is precisely what their music, TV, and cinematic output has done. They in many ways unique-as the first 'made for TV' band, their success introduced methods of marketing pop that have since become standard industry practice; their 'big screen' use of film and images in live performance is likewise now a firmly established principle of concert staging; and in the way they changed the rules of the game, taking control over their own affairs at the height of the success, risking magnificent failure by doing so. The Monkees invented a new kind of TV, gave a new model to the music industry, and left behind one of the most enigmatic movies of the modern era, Head. This book is about all that and more. Beginning by exploring the origins and personalities of the four Monkees before looking in depth at their work together on screen, on stage, and on record, this is the first serious study of the band and the first to fully acknowledge their importance to the development of pop as we now know it.

The Beatles’ lives and work continue to delight fans and influence musicians half a century since their heyday. Yet their contribution to contemporary culture and their relationship to social change remain controversial topics in need of reappraisal. This collection brings together fourteen leading scholars of The Beatles to examine their origins, output and legacy. Interdisciplinary in its approach and international is its outlook, The Beatles in Perspective showcases the latest research by historians, literary critics, musicologists, sociologists, poets and cultural critics bringing new perspectives on The Beatles and their milieu which will interest academics and fans alike. This book explores the relationship between The Beatles and their times, situating them in the changing class, gender and ethnic dynamics of postwar Britain, and considers them as Liverpudlians, Orientalists, and creative pioneers.

Risk management can often be poorly understood and applied in the leisure, sport, tourism (including adventure) and event industries. In particular, there can be a tendency to see the management of risk as simply its avoidance or removal from activities, projects and business ventures. Unfortunately, this can reduce the quality of the activity experience, or mean opportunities for profits are missed. This book is therefore designed for students and practitioners who wish to improve upon past practices, make better management decisions and ensure safer operating environments. It includes: - an explanation of the core underpinning concepts of risk and safety, which can be used at different levels of management, in different countries, for all leisure related industry sectors; - numerous applied examples and case studies from around the world; - many practical hints and tips on how to analyse, assess and control risks and improve on safety; - explanations of the key legal and regulatory underpinnings of risk and safety; - how risk and safety management practices can be developed, and their relevance for health and safety assessments, project risk management and strategic planning.

This book analyses the relationships between music and contemporary media, both via the mediation of music, and music as mediator. It does so through a series of original interviews with key practitioners: musicians, writers, magazine editors, radio presenters and major and independent label bosses. Through these interviews, theory and practice are measured against each other and the book considers their experiences and observations in order to explore the ways popular music is produced, marketed and mediated. Examining visual, print, radio and new media, Media and Popular Music draws together disparate elements of music and media which formerly have not been considered together, and provides a fresh and innovative contribution to the swiftly growing field of popular music studies. *Key Features *Presents key topics via chapter-long case studies and more broadly applied theoretical analyses *Uses media theory and cultural theory to shed fresh light on theory and practice *Discusses music in relation to visual and print media.

Stefanie Matz stellt bisherige Forschungsergebnisse fur das Innovationsmanagement zusammen und entwickelt ein Untersuchungsdesign fur eine differenzierte Analyse der Erfolgsgrossen Qualitat, Zeit und Kosteneffizienz, mit Hilfe dessen konfliktreiche Beziehungen im Voraus aufgedeckt und damit vermieden werden konnen."

Theoretische Erkenntnisse liber den fUr Wirtschafts- und Ingenieur- wissenschaftler gleichermaJ3en faszinierenden Technischen Fort- schritt werden in unseren Tagen an vielen Stellen mit bedeutendem Aufwandgesucht. Wenn die Erfolge dieses Bemlihens an der prakti- schen Verwertbarkeit der wissenschaftlichen Aussagen fUr diejeni- gen gemessen werden, die liber technische Entwicklungen in den Un- ternehmen und bei den wirtschaftspolitischen Instanzen im Alltag der Praxis zu entscheiden haben, dann bleiben noch viele Wlinsche offen. Die von Peter Milling vorgelegte Monographie ist deshalb in zwei- facher Hinsicht bemerkenswert: Durch Anwenden der bisher dafUr nicht eingesetzten Methode System Dynamics kommt er zu neuen Einsichten in die Struktur von technischen Entwicklungen in indu- striellen Unternehmen, die mit dem herkommlichen Vorgehen nicht zu gewinnen waren; insoweit sind seine AusfUhrungen ein bedeut- samer Beitrag zur Erweiterung der Theorie des Technischen Fort- schritts. AuJ3erdem sprechen die vorgelegten AusfUhrungen den Prak- tiker direkt an, denn sie zeigen sehr plastisch wie die Konsequenzen von unterschiedlichen MaJ3nahmen im Bereich der Innovationspolitik im voraus abzusehen sind. Auf diese Weise konnen dem Technischen Fortschritt in den Industrieunternehmen bewuJ3t Ziel und Richtung vorgegeben werden, weil die Folgewirkungen technischer Neuerun- genzuliberblickensind und in ihren vielfiHtigen Verflechtungen ana- lysiert werden konnen. Gert v. Kortzfleisch Vorwort 1m Gegensatz zu Produktinnovationen, deren Einfliisse auf die Markt- \ .

This is a groundbreaking study of every aspect of Van Morrison's artistic career - his influences, lyrical themes, vocal performances, his relationship with America, and more. In 1991 Van Morrison said, 'Music is spiritual, the music business isn't'. Peter Mills' groundbreaking book investigates the oppositions and harmonies within the work of Van Morrison, proceeding from this identified starting point. "Hymns to the Silence" is a detailed investigative study of Van Morrison's remarkable career. The book takes several intriguing angles. It looks at Morrison as a writer: specifically as an Irish writer, who has recorded musical settings of Yeats poems, collaborated with Seamus Heaney, Paul Durcan and Gerald Dawe, and who regularly drops quotes from James Joyce and Samuel Beckett into his live performances. It looks at him as a singer, at how he uses his voice as an interpretive instrument. And there are in-depth chapters on his use of mythology, on his stage performances, and on his continuing fascination with America and its musical forms. "Hymns to the Silence" is a passionate, eloquent study of the complex and influential art of one of the giants of popular music.