lap lambert academic publishing jul 2012 (Oltre 2.600 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -These days, as corporations are seeking global opportunities, how to motivate employees from different cultures, who have different values, needs, and norms, is becoming increasingly important. This study first dealt with the relationship between national culture and the prevalence of various reward practices. Secondly, this study examined the link between reward practices and organizational performance in different national cultures. In analyzing, this study picked up seven countries and used Hofstede¿s four cultural dimension scores to examine the prevalence of reward practices. Also, to examine the effects of national culture on reward practices and organizational performance, multiple regression analysis was conducted. The findings of this study suggest that although national culture can play an important role in some reward practices, it is not the only factor to be considered in establishing compensation strategies abroad. That is, not only national culture but also other contextual factors, such as institutional factors, should also be considered as moderating variables when HRM managers build compensation strategies.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The present thesis is a study of the role of family dynasty in the politics of Bangladesh. This thesis delves into something ulterior and recognizing the peripheral status of Bangladesh in world capitalism and explained the problem of family dynasty in the establishment of proper democracy in Bangladesh. Democracy means fraternity, equality, equity and transparency. Actually family dynasty is not working as a democratic process. This analysis will reach a wide audience. It will be illuminating not only to academics and students but also to policy makers and all those interested in the study of family dynasty as a process of democracy.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -There are reports of food borne illnesses associated with the consumption of fruit juices and a lot of food borne illnesses have been reported at several places all over the world. Pakistan is one of the culprits of this issue. Present study was undertaken for detection of the possible sources of E.coli O157:H7 in street vended fresh fruit juices sold along the road sides of Lahore city, Pakistan which maintain unhygienic conditions and assessed its safety for human consumption.162 fresh juice samples of sugar cane, plum, tamarind, peach, lemonade and slush that were taken from different areas of Lahore and analyzed for the presence of E.coli O157:H7. It is suggested that unpasteurized fruit juices and contaminated water used in juice making is the potential vehicle for E.coli O157:H7 transmission.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This manuscript is a MSc. Dissertation which highlights the implications of deforestation to the livelihoods of local communities in Kasulu District, Tanzania. It presents spatial and temporal forest cover changes, underlying and immediate causes of deforestation, and impacts of deforestation to socio-economic activities; and evaluate forest conservation measures. Field surveys were conducted using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Remote sensing and GIS analysis show that Kasulu district has been facing deforestation since 1980s; and there was no uniform forest cover from 1986 to 2009 in the study area. Deforestation has been largely attributed to rapid population growth including large influxes of refugees, and poor implementation of forest conservation and management strategies, agricultural expansion, and poverty. As a result, deforestation has been undermining economic, social and natural resources base. This study recommended awareness creation,promoting aforestation, reforestation and agro-forestry; participatory forest management strategies, and promoting income generating activities to reduce pressure on forest resources.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - These days, as corporations are seeking global opportunities, how to motivate employees from different cultures, who have different values, needs, and norms, is becoming increasingly important. This study first dealt with the relationship between national culture and the prevalence of various reward practices. Secondly, this study examined the link between reward practices and organizational performance in different national cultures. In analyzing, this study picked up seven countries and used Hofstede's four cultural dimension scores to examine the prevalence of reward practices. Also, to examine the effects of national culture on reward practices and organizational performance, multiple regression analysis was conducted. The findings of this study suggest that although national culture can play an important role in some reward practices, it is not the only factor to be considered in establishing compensation strategies abroad. That is, not only national culture but also other contextual factors, such as institutional factors, should also be considered as moderating variables when HRM managers build compensation strategies.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Nepal, a country which still teaches its students that Nepal is second richest country in terms of per capita water resources has little to be proud of this fact owing to the continuous scarcity of water faced by its people every day. It is not only pure drinking water that is in shortage but also the water for other uses. Many new alternatives to water supply like Rainwater Harvesting system, Fog water Collection system and water tankers have been discussed as some of the possibilities for the same. These alternatives were compared by calculating the cost of water collected from each alternative considering their life span, investment and payback period from the perspective of the consumer and testing for the E.Coli contamination. The perception of people was positive towards these alternatives yet there was not enough awareness about the alternatives. Rain Water harvesting system was found as the best alternative with easy implementation in almost all parts of the country, zero energy input and cheapest alternative to collect potable water. This book should help researchers and people who wish to gain an insight into existing alternatives for water supply systems in Nepal.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This manuscript is a MSc. Dissertation which highlights the implications of deforestation to the livelihoods of local communities in Kasulu District, Tanzania. It presents spatial and temporal forest cover changes, underlying and immediate causes of deforestation, and impacts of deforestation to socio-economic activities; and evaluate forest conservation measures. Field surveys were conducted using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Remote sensing and GIS analysis show that Kasulu district has been facing deforestation since 1980s; and there was no uniform forest cover from 1986 to 2009 in the study area. Deforestation has been largely attributed to rapid population growth including large influxes of refugees, and poor implementation of forest conservation and management strategies, agricultural expansion, and poverty. As a result, deforestation has been undermining economic, social and natural resources base. This study recommended awareness creation,promoting aforestation, reforestation and agro-forestry; participatory forest management strategies, and promoting income generating activities to reduce pressure on forest resources.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book presents experimental and numerical investigations for the effects of cement and lime treatment on compressibility, permeability, stress-strain, strength and stiffness behaviour of three soft clays. Effects of cement treatment on physiochemical and micro-structural properties have also been investigated. X-ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy, particle size distribution, pH measurement, organic content, electrical conductivity, cation exchange capacity, exchangeable cation, water content, unit weight, specific gravity, and Atterberg limits tests were conducted to examine physiochemical and micro-structural properties. Compressibility and permeability properties of untreated and, cement and lime treated clays were investigated by performing one-dimensional consolidation tests. Stress-strain, strength and stiffness behaviour of untreated and, cement and lime treated clays were evaluated by performing unconfined compression tests. Consolidated drained direct shear, triaxial compression tests were also carried out to assess the strength-deformation characteristics of treated clays.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Nepal, a country which still teaches its students that Nepal is second richest country in terms of per capita water resources has little to be proud of this fact owing to the continuous scarcity of water faced by its people every day. It is not only pure drinking water that is in shortage but also the water for other uses. Many new alternatives to water supply like Rainwater Harvesting system, Fog water Collection system and water tankers have been discussed as some of the possibilities for the same. These alternatives were compared by calculating the cost of water collected from each alternative considering their life span, investment and payback period from the perspective of the consumer and testing for the E.Coli contamination. The perception of people was positive towards these alternatives yet there was not enough awareness about the alternatives. Rain Water harvesting system was found as the best alternative with easy implementation in almost all parts of the country, zero energy input and cheapest alternative to collect potable water. This book should help researchers and people who wish to gain an insight into existing alternatives for water supply systems in Nepal. 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -These days, as corporations are seeking global opportunities, how to motivate employees from different cultures, who have different values, needs, and norms, is becoming increasingly important. This study first dealt with the relationship between national culture and the prevalence of various reward practices. Secondly, this study examined the link between reward practices and organizational performance in different national cultures. In analyzing, this study picked up seven countries and used Hofstede¿s four cultural dimension scores to examine the prevalence of reward practices. Also, to examine the effects of national culture on reward practices and organizational performance, multiple regression analysis was conducted. The findings of this study suggest that although national culture can play an important role in some reward practices, it is not the only factor to be considered in establishing compensation strategies abroad. That is, not only national culture but also other contextual factors, such as institutional factors, should also be considered as moderating variables when HRM managers build compensation strategies. 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The present thesis is a study of the role of family dynasty in the politics of Bangladesh. This thesis delves into something ulterior and recognizing the peripheral status of Bangladesh in world capitalism and explained the problem of family dynasty in the establishment of proper democracy in Bangladesh. Democracy means fraternity, equality, equity and transparency. Actually family dynasty is not working as a democratic process. This analysis will reach a wide audience. It will be illuminating not only to academics and students but also to policy makers and all those interested in the study of family dynasty as a process of democracy. 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -There are reports of food borne illnesses associated with the consumption of fruit juices and a lot of food borne illnesses have been reported at several places all over the world. Pakistan is one of the culprits of this issue. Present study was undertaken for detection of the possible sources of E.coli O157:H7 in street vended fresh fruit juices sold along the road sides of Lahore city, Pakistan which maintain unhygienic conditions and assessed its safety for human consumption.162 fresh juice samples of sugar cane, plum, tamarind, peach, lemonade and slush that were taken from different areas of Lahore and analyzed for the presence of E.coli O157:H7. It is suggested that unpasteurized fruit juices and contaminated water used in juice making is the potential vehicle for E.coli O157:H7 transmission. 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This manuscript is a MSc. Dissertation which highlights the implications of deforestation to the livelihoods of local communities in Kasulu District, Tanzania. It presents spatial and temporal forest cover changes, underlying and immediate causes of deforestation, and impacts of deforestation to socio-economic activities; and evaluate forest conservation measures. Field surveys were conducted using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Remote sensing and GIS analysis show that Kasulu district has been facing deforestation since 1980s; and there was no uniform forest cover from 1986 to 2009 in the study area. Deforestation has been largely attributed to rapid population growth including large influxes of refugees, and poor implementation of forest conservation and management strategies, agricultural expansion, and poverty. As a result, deforestation has been undermining economic, social and natural resources base. This study recommended awareness creation,promoting aforestation, reforestation and agro-forestry; participatory forest management strategies, and promoting income generating activities to reduce pressure on forest resources. 152 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -These days, as corporations are seeking global opportunities, how to motivate employees from different cultures, who have different values, needs, and norms, is becoming increasingly important. This study first dealt with the relationship between national culture and the prevalence of various reward practices. Secondly, this study examined the link between reward practices and organizational performance in different national cultures. In analyzing, this study picked up seven countries and used Hofstede's four cultural dimension scores to examine the prevalence of reward practices. Also, to examine the effects of national culture on reward practices and organizational performance, multiple regression analysis was conducted. The findings of this study suggest that although national culture can play an important role in some reward practices, it is not the only factor to be considered in establishing compensation strategies abroad. That is, not only national culture but also other contextual factors, such as institutional factors, should also be considered as moderating variables when HRM managers build compensation strategies. 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Life on earth is immemorial. No one knows when it has started and when it will finish. We have many attempts to unveil the origins of life, but they fail to give an exact date. For instance, Darwin himself was remarkably circumspect, titling his treatise On the Origins of Species, avoiding speculating on life s origins. In Darwin s world, life had already been created . We have different hypotheses on the origins of life, but all of them seem to agree on the fact that humanity has a past, present, and future. This research aims to explore Hollywood's visualization of the Future of Humanity. Tom Lombardo, for instance, views that the 'warning scenario' is a common theme within futurist thinking, both in science fiction and non-fictional books on the future. He thinks that the logic of such warning scenarios is if we keep doing what we are doing, things will get worse. Wendell Bell, on his part, refers to such predictions as 'presumptively true'. In other words, the logic of a warning scenario is 'If we keep doing X, then Y will follow'. This is a conditional predictive statement. 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Wetlands represent a complex multifaceted domain due to complexity of resource users, diversity of uses and stakeholders. They continue to degrade rapidly across Nepal as its management has remained fragmented and centralized. Numerous agencies claim the ownership but no one manages it. There are numerous laws with overlapping jurisdictions where most of them do not acknowledge each other and are formulated in isolation. Local fragmented management clearly lacks a common objective to co-manage. Formation of coordinating bodies at central level and a multi-stakeholder forum at the district level are positive initiatives. But a drawback is that they function to be more of an advisory body and less of a power sharing mechanism. The term 'multi' should refer to the diversity of stakeholders in a resource rather than their diverse stakes. The current status of institutional arrangements expanding across ministries to local practices and laws to plans needs to streamline as a separate wetlands law could only be more ambiguous. The institutionalization process of the multi-stakeholder bodies is crucial but paradoxically uncertain under current political pandemonium. 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This work is based on a change in the Danish criminal law whose legal doctrinal implications are quite banal: Prior to the change, only 15-year-olds, were punished - now is also on the 14th.It is a quite deliberate distillation; fiddling dogma away to ascertain the problems surrounding the weighting of the sense of justice in criminal law, without taking the traditional, legal basis - it is quite clear from the responses from the legal institutions that balk at a reduction the age of criminal responsibility. It proves very clearly that the sense of justice in a political context relates to the collective experience of violation: Condemnation of the crime and the offender, the interests of the victim, the victim's family and the aggrieved communities.Crime is of course one of the few phenomena in a pluralistic society that suffers universal antipathy. Flemming Balvig aptly defines the legal feeling as an insatiable 'danaid sieve'. It is therefore imperceptible when a politician or a mass media feeds off of people's emotions in an effort to secure as many votes or viewers. 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A happy worker is a productive worker is an assumption on which this research is based. Motivational factors play an important role to increase employee s productivity by making them happy and satisfied. This study was conducted to identify and analyze the importance of motivational factors that lead toward job satisfaction and organizational commitment in telecom sector of Pakistan. The association among Motivators and Hygiene factors (independent variables) were investigated with job satisfaction (mediating variable) and its relationship with organizational commitment (dependent variable) was also hypothesized. Simple random sampling techniques was used to draw the sample from the population, 350 responses through questionnaires were collected from managerial and non managerial employees. SPSS 17.0 has been used for analysis and the outcome of study was being questionable to Herzberg s theory by concluding that both extrinsic and intrinsic factors have significant and positive relationship with job satisfaction but association of Hygiene factors with job satisfaction is more than motivators in telecom sector. 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides an assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives adopted by Hospitality Establishments (HEs) in supporting communities living adjacent to Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. The author assesses the paradox of many hospitality establishments that appreciate the importance of improving locals well-being but do little, if any, to that effect. He evaluates the haphazard implementation process of CSR program that is characterized by superficial initiatives that do not address key socio-economic issues that affect the locals in Kerinkani and Oloirien group ranches in Transmara District. James Kamwea highlights the different CSR initiatives that HEs in the group ranches are involved in. He also analyses the effect of the initiatives on the locals livelihoods and the challenges encountered in the adoption and implementation of the initiatives. He recommends that HEs should strategically implement the initiatives to ensure that their existence helps to better locals socio-economic well-being. This book is recommended to hospitality students, researchers, policy makers and hoteliers with establishments bordering tourism destination areas. 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The recognition of the importance of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is largely in response to addressing the ever-increasing limited water quality and quantity problems that the world faces. Whereas officially, the United Nations through the Global Water Partnership (GWP) has endorsed IWRM as the best means to water resources management, lessons learnt from implementation to date, suggest the need to highlight the planning process more than the plan itself. The methodological synthesis of the study incorporates ideas from broad theoretical areas covering ecological, economics, community and change management settings to inform the design of what is described as the appreciative systems planning (ASP) methodology used in this book. The major contribution of this book is the design of a framework to overcome the dilemma of facilitating stakeholder involvement in IWRM planning processes. Of particular importance is the explicit focus on the connection between social, economic and environmental dimensions in decision-making that the water resources issues represent. 244 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Relationships influence behaviors at work. Expectations of each other, perceptions of the intentions of either, distributions of assignments, readiness to conform or to rebel, enthusiasm to contribute, etc., are to some extent outcomes of these relationships. Attitudes and motivations influence, and are influenced by, the nature of these relationships. Relationships also contribute to stress and conflicts at work, which in turn, affect quality of work life of individuals as well as the quality of organizational outputs, measured in terms of customer satisfaction, competitive advantage, innovation, and so on. We can say that Relations add in achieving organizational goals and objectives, and they can also dismantle different organizational structures.Therefore these Relations should be nourished and nurtured well to achieve the common organizational goal. 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Burmese migrants in Thailand live on the fringes of Thai society, legally and socially. It is a well-known fact that most Burmese migrants face barriers when trying to access health care services in Thailand. Deborah Ling interviewed 150 registered and unregistered Burmese migrant workers at two markets outside Bangkok on the differences between male and female migrants' access to health care services, health problems and health care seeking behaviours. One of these markets had an NGO clinic, and one did not. This study presents the results of these interviews; it reveals how female migrants experience more barriers than male migrants as well as experience the same barriers in more limiting ways, and it shows the importance, especially for female migrants, of having an NGO clinic in the migrants vicinity. Recommendations on how access to health care services for Burmese migrants in Thailand can be improved are also provided. 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The market competition among the companies and industries in the world is getting tougher and more difficult, but in the middle of tight situation, there are still some companies growing into global leader companies. The company came up with a brilliant idea that became a great business. The odds are one in 50 that an idea becomes a business, one in 20 that a funded business sees an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and, finally, one in 20 that a public company achieves $1 billion revenue. Those high-growth companies are very interesting, and can be a lessons for other companies, how to achieve high-growth revenue. For each high-growth company, they have the dynamic essentials, necessary to generate exponential growth. The essentials are called as The 7 Essentials of High-Growth Companies. 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -On the basis of research study researchers have concluded that in prison the prisoners are deprived of their basic rights due to many reasons. There is no check and balance mechanism in this regards no surprise visit is made from judiciary side etc. There is a concept of dominancy in jail. The prisoners who belong to rich and respectable families shown dominancy over the other prisoners and the jail authority also pays respect to those prisoners and keeps good relations with them and with the remaining ordinary prisoners their attitude is harsh. One of the reseaons of this discrimination was found to be the bribe that is usually received by jail authority in the form of items or cash. Religious teaching is very necessary and important part of rehabilitation through this mechanism the brain of prisoners can be wash and after release from the jail environment they can become a good citizen of the society. The most serious impediment in the way of prisoner s rights violation was health care centre in prison. In jail hospital or health care centre no medicine wer available for prisoners. 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Right selection of investment portfolio is a delicate decision for any investment entity. Investors who seeks a gain out of their portfolio, entrusts prudent processes such as investment companies to enhance their objectives. Indeed portfolio choice reflects the investment objective of an investment company. Investing in a portfolio provides an attractive option to the investment companies as it provides maximization of returns and minimization of risks when compared to investing in segregated securities hence need to make an intelligent portfolio choice 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The research will analyze the restaurant industry in Taipei and make the business plan of PHO24 franchisee with some forecasts based on two strategies including entrepreneurship and franchising. The supports from franchisor like logo, trademark, and training, etc, will reduce the pressures and challenges for franchisee. However, the research finds that in order to succeed in Taipei market, the individual who intends to take part in franchising should consider the Taiwanese taste, the balance between system and local factors and pay more attention on marketing. From the analysis, some suggestions are made to improve the efficiency and feasibility of business plan. 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The aftermath of the recession, rise of unemployment and surge in fuel prices has hit the travel industry hard. The once strong desire for families to spend savings on a yearly packaged holiday on the Continent and beyond has been slashed, as they fork out money on unforeseen bills. This book is designed to showcase and expose people to the wide variety of travel options and tourist attractions still available on The Isle of Man. Whether it is the wonderful countryside, golf courses, hotels, medieval castles, museums, or maritime charms, the Isle of Man offers options for people within any sort of budgetary limit. While many people know of the world championship TT motorbike races held on the island every year, there are much more widespread and diverse travel options here. These hidden gems should be highlighted and exposed, and that s what these travel articles showcase. 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -At the early stage of development income disparity will be worsen, because there is unequal growth between different sectors. So that the labor force will move to the more productive sectors. Then after, the income inequality become higher. The rich become more richest and the poor become the poorest. So that those government organization who set policy and Non government who works to reduce poverty must give a attention to source of income which are more accessible to the poor! 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This is a contribution to both practitioners and scholars interested in the human resources management and industrial psychology discipline. It presents a new dimension on commitment the employees have to their organizations, particularly, the public sector organization employees in Africa. Undertaking organizational commitment study, researchers often find themselves confronted with diverse questions which have to be blended together in order to understand and disentangle perceptions on why staff morale decline in many organizations. Initial studies have pointed out to a large role played by extrinsic rewards to the decline in staff morale. The current research stretches the scope of study to find the impact of both the extrinsic rewards, intrinsic rewards as well as the social rewards on enhancing organizational commitment of employees in the public sector organizations, reference herein being made to the government ministries. The author believes this study will open up for more academic debates and invoke new arguments made in many studies of behavioural theories as propagated by academicians and writers in the human resource management and industrial psychology discipline 100 pp. Englisch.