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This comprehensive Research Handbook provides international
perspectives on the role of information systems in environmental
sustainability, drawing on groundbreaking research from leading
scholars to predict future trends. This Research Handbook presents
in-depth studies on green information systems which utilise a
diverse range of approaches and methods, including reviews of
previous literature, experimental studies, surveys, and interviews.
Chapters focus on the development and promotion of energy
informatics, the use of digital technologies in the implementation
of a circular economy, and the role of information systems in
supporting the integration of renewable energy. This Research
Handbook further analyses the ways in which digital nudging, demand
response, and the impact of psychological ownership can influence
consumer behaviour and encourage sustainable consumption. Tackling
the issues facing information systems and the environment on an
individual, organisational, and societal scale, this Research
Handbook will be crucial reading for students and scholars in
business ethics, environmental management, information systems, and
management and sustainability. It will also be beneficial for
practitioners in business management and corporate social
responsibility who are interested in environmental sustainability.
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Ordinary Guy (Paperback)
Mark T. Watson; Illustrated by Malik Al Nasir
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Discovery Miles 2 340
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This book addresses an important topic - Conflict, mediation and
dialogue. Conflicts are a part of life. Although many people assume
conflicts are negative and, therefore, should be avoided, conflict
is truly neutral. The engagement in conflict is what can be
constructive or destructive. There are many positive outcomes
experienced when a conflict is well managed, hence the critical
role of this book. For instance, most change is driven by some
level of conflict. You must learn, grow and develop effective
conflict management skills as a way to manage change. Thus, the
conflicts we deal with in our personal lives and in the workplace
are essential to our develo pment and our organizations' healthy
development. However, if managed poorly, some conflicts can
escalate to the point that they can destroy individuals or
organizations. As illustrated in this book, the key to managing
conflicts is to understand conflicts; expect conflicts, and manage
conflicts before they escalate into destructive or costly loss of
personnel, diminished climate or lead to lawsuits. The book
provides one of the growing and recognized methods of dealing with
conflicts - mediation and dialogue. The contents of this book
reflect areas of importance addressed in mediation training:
alternative dispute resolution practices, conflict manageme nt
intervention options, models of thinking about conflict, the
mediation format, and the skill set needed by a strong conflict
management and mediator. Readers are challenged to reflect upon
their biases and beliefs that may negatively impact the mediation
process.
Cultural Impact on Conflict Management in Higher Education shares
information regarding conflict management and resolution in higher
education from a global perspective. In this book, we introduced
many conflict resolution methods from different regions in the
world. You can borrow some successful strategies and examine the
differences and similarities between contexts. The book shares a
conflict resolution model which may direct the reader to start
thinking about addressing and managing conflicts from different
levels of organizations. This book is a collective work of authors
coming from all over the world. We chose higher education as the
context because it is a place where diverse thoughts, perspectives,
and people come together. Because of the potential richness of
diversity on a college campus, the opportunity for conflicts
occurs. Managing conflict does not work when there is a "one-way
only approach/model" for addressing conflict. Some conflict
resolution encompasses multiple dimensions: (a) one's personal
beliefs or beliefs about an issue; (b) an individual's personal
history in terms of how the conflict was perceived as something to
be discussed or not; (c) work culture of the conflict where if `one
has a conflict,' the person or unit is messing up or there is a
problem person; (d) the unconscious strategies of `face saving'
(trying to maintain one's image) present; (e) social hierarchies or
relationships; and (f) the diversity dimensions and issues that may
be present.
Shipping is the world's oldest sharing economy and is conducted in
a self-organizing manner. Shipping is capital, energy, and
information intensive, and with the growing impact of
digitalization and climate change, there is a need to rethink the
management and operations of this critical global industry -
assisted in no small way by maritime informatics. Building upon the
recently published inaugural book Maritime Informatics by Springer,
this book will address some of the most recent practical
developments and experiences, particularly from a global
perspective. The focus of the book is to address contemporary
movements to tackle global concerns and to complement Maritime
Informatics.
This first book on Maritime Informatics describes the potential for
Maritime Informatics to enhance the shipping industry. It examines
how decision making in the industry can be improved by digital
technology, and introduces the technology required to make Maritime
Informatics a distinct and valuable discipline. Based on
participating in EU funded research over the last six years to
improve the shipping industry, the editors stipulate that there is
a need for the new discipline of Maritime Informatics, which
studies the application of information systems to increasing the
efficiency, safety, and ecological sustainability of the world's
shipping industry. This book examines competition and collaboration
between shipping companies, and also companies who serve shipping
needs, such as ports and terminals. Practical examples from leading
experts give the reader real world examples for better
understanding.
"The Souls of White Folk: African American Writers Theorize
Whiteness" is the first study to consider the substantial body of
African American writing that critiques whiteness as social
construction and racial identity. Arguing against the prevailing
approach to these texts that says African American writers
retreated from issues of "race" when they wrote about whiteness,
Veronica T. Watson instead identifies this body of literature as an
African American intellectual and literary tradition that she names
"the literature of white estrangement."
In chapters that theorize white double consciousness (W. E. B.
Du Bois and Charles Chesnutt), white womanhood and class identity
(Zora Neale Hurston and Frank Yerby), and the socio-spatial
subjectivity of southern whites during the civil rights era (Melba
Patillo Beals), Watson explores the historically situated theories
and analyses of whiteness provided by the literature of white
estrangement from the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth
centuries. She argues that these texts are best understood as part
of a multipronged approach by African American writers to challenge
and dismantle white supremacy in the United States and demonstrates
that these texts have an important place in the growing field of
critical whiteness studies.
The National Perspectives on the Development of Public Relations:
Other Voices series is the first to offer an authentic world-wide
view of the history of public relations. It will feature six books,
five of which will cover continental and regional groups. This book
in the series focuses on Western Europe.
The National Perspectives on the Development of Public Relations:
Other Voices series is the first to offer an authentic world-wide
view of the history of public relations. It will feature six books,
five of which will cover continental and regional groups. This book
in the series focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean.
The National Perspectives on the Development of Public Relations:
Other Voices series is the first to offer an authentic world-wide
view of the history of public relations. It will feature six books,
five of which will cover continental and regional groups. This
third book in the series focuses on the Middle East and Africa.
The National Perspectives on the Development of Public Relations:
Other Voices series is the first to offer an authentic world-wide
view of the history of public relations. It features six books,
five of which cover continental and regional groups. This second
book in the series focuses on Eastern Europe.
The National Perspectives on the Development of Public Relations:
Other Voices series is the first to offer an authentic world-wide
view of the history of public relations. It will feature six books,
five of which will cover continental and regional groups. This
first book in the series focuses on Asia and Australasia.
Shipping is the world's oldest sharing economy and is conducted in
a self-organizing manner. Shipping is capital, energy, and
information intensive, and with the growing impact of
digitalization and climate change, there is a need to rethink the
management and operations of this critical global industry -
assisted in no small way by maritime informatics. Building upon the
recently published inaugural book Maritime Informatics by Springer,
this book will address some of the most recent practical
developments and experiences, particularly from a global
perspective. The focus of the book is to address contemporary
movements to tackle global concerns and to complement Maritime
Informatics.
Frank Yerby's first novel, The Foxes of Harrow, established him as
a writer and launched a forty-nine-year career in which he
published thirty-three novels. He also became the first African
American writer to sell more than a million copies of his work and
to have a book adapted into a movie by a Hollywood studio. He
garnered legions of loyal fans of his writing. Yet, few know that
Yerby began his writing career with the publication of a short
story in his school newspaper in 1936, the first of nine stories he
would publish in the 1930s and '40s. Most stories appeared in small
journals and magazines and were largely forgotten once he started
writing novels.This groundbreaking collection gives readers access
to an intriguingly diverse selection of Yerby's short fiction. The
stories collected here, eleven of which have never previously been
published, paint a picture of Yerby as an intellectual who thought
deeply about several philosophical questions at the center of
understanding what it means to be human. The stories also reveal
him as an artist committed to exploring a range of human drives,
longings, conflicts, and passions, from the quirky to the serious,
and in a variety of writing styles. With an attention to historical
detail, voice, and character that he became known for, these
stories give us new insights into this important African American
writer who dared to believe he could earn a living as a writer.
The Climate Change 2001 volumes of the Third Assessment Report of the IPCC provide the most comprehensive assessment of climate change since its second report, Climate Change 1995. This Synthesis Report gives a comprehensive summary of the main points of the three separate volumes of the Report: The Scientific Basis; Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability; and Mitigation.
The Climate Change 2001 volumes of the Third Assessment Report of the IPCC provide the most comprehensive assessment of climate change since its second report, Climate Change 1995. This Synthesis Report gives a comprehensive summary of the main points of the three separate volumes of the Report: The Scientific Basis; Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability; and Mitigation.
The exchange of carbon between the atmosphere and biosphere is an important factor in controlling global warming and climate change. Consequently, it is important to examine how carbon flows between different pools and how carbon stocks change in response to afforestation, reforestation, and deforestation, and other land-use activities. This IPCC Special Report is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the scientific and technical implications of carbon sequestration and the global carbon cycle. It also examines environmental and socioeconomic issues, conservation, sustainable resource management, and development issues in relation to carbon sequestration. The volume will be invaluable for government policymakers, business/industry analysts and officials, environmental groups, and researchers in global change, atmospheric chemistry, soil science, and economics.
The degree to which human conditions and the natural environment are vulnerable to the potential effects of climate change is a key concern for governments and the environmental science community worldwide. This book from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides the best available base of scientific information for policymakers and public use. The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability reviews state-of-the-art information on potential impacts of climate change for ecological systems, water supply, food production, coastal infrastructure, human health, and other resources for ten global regions. It also illustrates that the increasing costs of climate and climate variability, in terms of loss of human life and capital due to floods, storms, and droughts, are a result of the lack of adjustment and response in society's policies and use of resources. This book points to management options that would make many sectors more resilient to current variability in climate and thus help these sectors adapt to future changes in climate. This book will become the primary source of information on regional aspects of climate change for policymakers, the scientific community, and students.
A Christmas Carol like you have never read it before: quick,
fun, and easy to understand. Designed for 7-18+ actors, kids of all
ages, or anyone who wants to enjoy and have fun with Charles
Dickens' classic story.
What you will get: Fun 3 melodramatic modifications for group
sizes: 7-11+ 12-15+ 16-18+ Actual lines from Charles Dickens' novel
mixed in Creatively funny interpretations of the remaining story A
kid who loves the Classics
This mini-melodramatic masterpiece is sure to be a doorway for
your child to love all the classics. Some classic books are
difficult enough to read in class or watch on stage, let alone
trying to teach the stories to children, but as the author's mantra
states in the book, "there is no better way to learn than to have
fun " Kids who have read this continue to come back for more
Dental Wear in Evolutionary and Biocultural Contexts provides a
single source for disseminating the current state-of-the-art
research regarding dental wear across a variety of hominoid species
under a number of temporal and spatial contexts. The volume begins
with a brief introductory chapter addressing the general history,
understandings and approaches to the study of dental wear.
Remaining chapters cover dental macrowear and dental microwear.
Students and professionals in anthropology, specifically
paleoanthropologists, bioarcheologists, archaeologists, and
primatologists will find this book to be a valuable resource. In
addition, it is a helpful guide for dentists and other dental
professionals interested in dental function.
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