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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The aim of 'Analysing Harmony' is to make some kind of sense or order from tonal harmony as used in the popular music of the mid-20th century; the kind of music that is known as the 'great American songbook' and used as 'standards' by jazz musicians. The benefit of using this kind of repertoire is that, because it is highly 'refined', in the sense of being systematised and predictable, other musics, such as classical and pop, may be usefully compared with it to highlight similarities and differences of tonal use. The particular purpose of the booklet is twofold. Firstly, it may assist songwriters suffering from the 'lost chord' of songwriter's block. The patterns and substitute chords analysed here can provide a range of chords that have the 'correct' harmonic function: it's then a matter of choosing one according to taste. Secondly, an analytical understanding can greatly assist the improvising musician to develop broader and more complex melodic ideas over longer time-frames, rather than responding to each individual chord as it comes along. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Innovation and regional development are two topics that were (separately) very much discussed by scholars and in recent literature there have been attempts to examine how the former is connected to the latter. At the same time, different types of regional agglomeration systems have been developed and discussed. However, there is a significant gap in literature particularly concerning Innovation Zones. Thus, there is a need to look into this concept and examine the benefits that Innovation Zones can provide to the region to which they are affiliated. Consequently, it is necessary to examine who are the main actors of an Innovation Zone and the prerequisites for a successful Innovation Zone. This analysis will provide to the reader knowledge on regional development theories, the importance of knowledge and it would be especially useful to students or professionals that deal with issues related to innovation, regional development and knowledge agglomeration systems.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Children in many Kenyan communities are conceived as sources of wealth, an investment and thus, socially, emotionally and economically rewarding. My interest in studying street children stemmed from the desire to understand what exactly happened in the this[Kenyan] society where children are highly valued, yet we witness armies of children taking over major towns in Kenya as scavengers to whom the street is the only source of livelihood. In this publication, I have utilized an anthropological perspective of understanding street children from their own point of view. Issues of social and economic organization of the street children while on the streets have been documented, among others, the opportunities and challenge they face as they wring a livelihood on the streets. Being largely a qualitative approach, I have drawn several inferences that have been logically explained to express the push and pull factors that influence patterns of migration among street children in the study area. The book culminates with a conceptual framework derived from the study and thus, recommendations that are drawn for policy purposes. 160 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Children in many Kenyan communities are conceived as sources of wealth, an investment and thus, socially, emotionally and economically rewarding. My interest in studying street children stemmed from the desire to understand what exactly happened in the this[Kenyan] society where children are highly valued, yet we witness armies of children taking over major towns in Kenya as scavengers to whom the street is the only source of livelihood. In this publication, I have utilized an anthropological perspective of understanding street children from their own point of view. Issues of social and economic organization of the street children while on the streets have been documented, among others, the opportunities and challenge they face as they wring a livelihood on the streets. Being largely a qualitative approach, I have drawn several inferences that have been logically explained to express the push and pull factors that influence patterns of migration among street children in the study area. The book culminates with a conceptual framework derived from the study and thus, recommendations that are drawn for policy purposes.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Innovation and regional development are two topics that were (separately) very much discussed by scholars and in recent literature there have been attempts to examine how the former is connected to the latter. At the same time, different types of regional agglomeration systems have been developed and discussed. However, there is a significant gap in literature particularly concerning Innovation Zones. Thus, there is a need to look into this concept and examine the benefits that Innovation Zones can provide to the region to which they are affiliated. Consequently, it is necessary to examine who are the main actors of an Innovation Zone and the prerequisites for a successful Innovation Zone. This analysis will provide to the reader knowledge on regional development theories, the importance of knowledge and it would be especially useful to students or professionals that deal with issues related to innovation, regional development and knowledge agglomeration systems.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Children in many Kenyan communities are conceived as sources of wealth, an investment and thus, socially, emotionally and economically rewarding. My interest in studying street children stemmed from the desire to understand what exactly happened in the this[Kenyan] society where children are highly valued, yet we witness armies of children taking over major towns in Kenya as scavengers to whom the street is the only source of livelihood. In this publication, I have utilized an anthropological perspective of understanding street children from their own point of view. Issues of social and economic organization of the street children while on the streets have been documented, among others, the opportunities and challenge they face as they wring a livelihood on the streets. Being largely a qualitative approach, I have drawn several inferences that have been logically explained to express the push and pull factors that influence patterns of migration among street children in the study area. The book culminates with a conceptual framework derived from the study and thus, recommendations that are drawn for policy purposes.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book reports on a six month implementation of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model when taught in a New Zealand secondary school physical education program. Two classes were taught using TPSR as the predominant pedagogical approach, while two control classes were taught using traditional physical education pedagogy. A mixed methods approach was used to examine the impact of the implementation on students and teachers. The results showed an improvement in students behavior in class; in their relationships with each other and with the teacher; and in their engagement with the physical education curriculum. For most students the learning about personal and social responsibility was restricted to the physical education context. For a small number of student, however, the program had a strong impact on other aspects of their lives. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book reports on a six month implementation of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model when taught in a New Zealand secondary school physical education program. Two classes were taught using TPSR as the predominant pedagogical approach, while two control classes were taught using traditional physical education pedagogy. A mixed methods approach was used to examine the impact of the implementation on students and teachers. The results showed an improvement in students behavior in class; in their relationships with each other and with the teacher; and in their engagement with the physical education curriculum. For most students the learning about personal and social responsibility was restricted to the physical education context. For a small number of student, however, the program had a strong impact on other aspects of their lives.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Innovation and regional development are two topics that were (separately) very much discussed by scholars and in recent literature there have been attempts to examine how the former is connected to the latter. At the same time, different types of regional agglomeration systems have been developed and discussed. However, there is a significant gap in literature particularly concerning Innovation Zones. Thus, there is a need to look into this concept and examine the benefits that Innovation Zones can provide to the region to which they are affiliated. Consequently, it is necessary to examine who are the main actors of an Innovation Zone and the prerequisites for a successful Innovation Zone. This analysis will provide to the reader knowledge on regional development theories, the importance of knowledge and it would be especially useful to students or professionals that deal with issues related to innovation, regional development and knowledge agglomeration systems. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Children in many Kenyan communities are conceived as sources of wealth, an investment and thus, socially, emotionally and economically rewarding. My interest in studying street children stemmed from the desire to understand what exactly happened in the this[Kenyan] society where children are highly valued, yet we witness armies of children taking over major towns in Kenya as scavengers to whom the street is the only source of livelihood. In this publication, I have utilized an anthropological perspective of understanding street children from their own point of view. Issues of social and economic organization of the street children while on the streets have been documented, among others, the opportunities and challenge they face as they wring a livelihood on the streets. Being largely a qualitative approach, I have drawn several inferences that have been logically explained to express the push and pull factors that influence patterns of migration among street children in the study area. The book culminates with a conceptual framework derived from the study and thus, recommendations that are drawn for policy purposes. 160 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book reports on a six month implementation of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model when taught in a New Zealand secondary school physical education program. Two classes were taught using TPSR as the predominant pedagogical approach, while two control classes were taught using traditional physical education pedagogy. A mixed methods approach was used to examine the impact of the implementation on students and teachers. The results showed an improvement in students behavior in class; in their relationships with each other and with the teacher; and in their engagement with the physical education curriculum. For most students the learning about personal and social responsibility was restricted to the physical education context. For a small number of student, however, the program had a strong impact on other aspects of their lives. 276 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The end of the past decade meant a new beginning to the European Union. The signature of the Treaty of Lisbon, on the 13th of December 2007, put indeed an end to the crisis that the European Union had been experiencing since the failure of the European Constitution on 2006. However, there was a change that passed almost unnoticed but that could have an important consequence for the future of the Union: the removal of the reference to 'a system ensuring that competition is not distorted in the internal market', which appeared in the old article 3 (g) of the European Community Treaty, and its subsequent replacement by a protocol. Which consequence will have this removal on the current European competition policy Does it open a new era for competition in Europe or was it only a mere political concession made in order to end the crisis The aim of this book is to find an answer to these questions. The author, after having recalled the history of what we call the competition principle, envisages different possibilities with objectivity and critical regard. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study applies the-trait-activation theory to the field of national and international dual-business negotiations. The theory provides that each type of situations holds distinguished situational factors; each activates specific personality trait to shape the person's behavior-pattern within a given situation. Negotiations of all types hold two common situational factors: the negotiation type, and the counterpart's style. Negotiators should adapt their styles to match these situational factors to achieve the highest possible outcome across situations. Adaptability requires careful planning of an attainable negotiation goal for each negotiation type, accurate estimate of the counterpart's style, then applying the appropriate competitive or cooperative style. It is evident that not all negotiators can be adaptable, which reflects the role of personality traits in shaping adaptability. This book explores the personality traits that are keen to negotiation adaptability in a new approach. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Many development programmes in the developing world have today been redirected in the name of poverty alleviation. However, what these programmes lack is an efficient monitoring system to track progress from poverty alleviation interventions.This work establishes a customized baseline poverty profile that will serve as a reference point for monitoring Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP).This work is especially suitable for developing countries that have devolved decades of Central Administrative Controls to Local and District Councils. Over the years, monetary parameters were used to assess rural poverty.This work uses non-monitoring indicators grouped into demographic, basic needs, assets, means of livelihood, social services and empowerment structures to determine poverty status of the population in an effort to evaluate the impact of development initiative. The analysis of this work should help local and district council officers to address the central issues in their effort at poverty alleviation. This work is especially useful also to Development Practitioners, Professionals in development and Administrators interested in eradicating poverty in the developing world. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study gives a global summary of the number of constitutions and the number of articles in each constitution for many representative countries around the world. The objective is to compare the numbers of constitutions and articles in the following regions of the world: North America, Latin America, Europe, Oceania, Middle East, Asia and Africa. Around the world, on average, Latin America has had the most convoluted constitutional history. The Dominican Republic has had a total of 32 constitutions, the largest number of constitutions in any country, since its independence in 1844. Three other countries have also had 20 or more constitutions throughout their history, all of them in Latin America: Venezuela (26), Haiti (24) and Ecuador (20). On the other hand, there are societies that do not even have codified constitutions, like the United Kingdom in Europe, Hong Kong in Asia and New Zealand in Oceania. In the Middle East, Israel and Saudi Arabia do not have official written constitutions for historical and religious reasons. Comparative constitutional numbers and history help explain the relative stability of political systems, but not necessarily their quality. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Companies pay attention to their product mix. They also pay attention to their marketing mix. That philosophy is rather encompassing. Current and future executives are to borrow a leaf and develop a knack for searching for the mix in their everyday business activities. The pertinent question to ask oneself is what factors affect this process This should then be applied to products, business relationships, production plans, budgets, mergers and acquisitions, new developments, current and future economies, and all issues that come to mind, as far as they are likely to affect the organization''s business activities. This means, therefore, that cause and effect cannot be ruled out in virtually every human endeavor. Corporate profitability is presented here as dependent upon the KSDR Mix Knowledge Management, Succession Planning, Decision-Making and Risk Analysis. Companies and their executives always take critical look at everything that has a tendency to affect their business, whether it has a positive or negative potential. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study offers a framework for approaching an analysis of the discourse on Palestine in the contemporary United States by conducting a close investigation of print news contributions to that discourse. Relevant theoretical frameworks are applied in order to interpret definitions of discourse, processes of discourse formation, and in particular contributions from the news media to contemporary discourse in the United States. This study argues that contemporary discourse constructs Palestine as an other opposed to contemporary conceptions of a national self. This assertion is made according to relevant theoretical approaches considering the formation of individual and group identities. This study further seeks to delineate the characteristics of the self and the other through an analysis of relevant examples from news media discourse. Aspects of the contemporary American identity are thereby examined, and through this investigation, the dynamic relationship between conceptions of the American 'self' and constructions of the Palestinian 'other' is elucidated. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Sustainable municipal solid waste management requires the active participation of all stakeholders, mainly households and municipalities. The success of these actors participation is dependent upon many factors, such as information and knowledge, economic incentives and convenience. The Swedish waste management system is one of the best systems and the factors that enabled the system to be successful are, among others, division of responsibility among waste owners, municipalities and manufacturers of products; levels of authority to draw-up procedures and issue license; environmental policies and regulations; active participation of households in source separation and the important role of waste management companies in treating the different wastes in environmentally correctly manner. These factors could be used to help policy makers, policy implementers and any other interested parties in the design and implementation of effective waste management policy. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book examines European identity in 23 European countries by means of Eurobarometer 62 (2004). It is argued that research done so far has neglected the question whether identity is a reliable source of normative action. The theoretical section applies the Social Identity Theory to disentangle normative and interest motivated sources of action. The empirical sections tests the normative impact of European identity on expressed support for European social policy. The findings foster concerns about identity: Although support for a sustainable identity is found, only a small group expresses a normative attachment to Europe. The remaining fraction of normative identity further decreases when the interfering national identity is excluded. It is concluded that European identity is far away from being a source to legitimize integration. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study seeks to answer what factors played a major role in development of public pension systems in the economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. Our analysis, based on data from 1989 to 1997 in 23 transition economies, investigates five main components of public pension system and identifies three groups of countries with different patterns of development. The existing explanations assume that economic performance, demographic ageing, domestic political constellations, external influence and the path dependency are responsible for the variation in pension system development patterns. Multivariate regressions have been used to test these explanations. We found that economic decline explains changes in the qualifying conditions for full pension benefits, the political variables influence patterns of employees and employers contributions, while the share of government s revenues in GDP is the best explanation for the variation in pension expenditure. The limitations of the study suggest that longer time periods and a small number of countries should be investigated. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A great amount of research has been done on the relationship between farm size and farm productivity in developing countries. The vast majority of this research supports the existence of an inverse farm size-productivity relationship, i.e., the smaller the farm the more productive it is per unit of land. Proponents of land reform in developing nations point to the inverse relationship as support for their cause. This study examines the relationship between farm size and productivity in the South American country of Ecuador, using data collected from farm operators in the Parish of Bolívar in northern Ecuador. It goes beyond the farm size-land productivity relationship to examine the relationship between farm size and total factor productivity, with some surprising results. The findings of this study should be especially useful to professionals in agricultural economics, development economics, and to anyone interested in the topics of land reform and agricultural productivity. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Today's business world not only believes on big business corporations like MNCs and INCs, but also equally believes on small business organization like Business Enterprises. It has been accepted by one and all that small business enterprises must be assigned a top priority in any programmed of economic development. Survey display the major part of economy in developed countries like Japan, USA, UK just because of small business growth i.e. Enterprises having less than 100 labors, and to execute such enterprises having small organization more need to lead and less need to manage to get maximum effective work by labors with keep them motivated for work and honest for the business. This book is not only with the intention leadership for small organization but also for corporations which highlights concepts, tools, types, techniques and theories of business leadership and emphasized why balanced leadership need with the management. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The research presents a historical perspective of emergence and evolution of Georgian environmental movement. The timeline is divided into Soviet and post Soviet periods. Soviet time movement exhibits many similarities with its counterparts from other former Communist block countries. Distinct characteristic of Georgian environmentalism of that period is close ties with national liberation movement and high level of politicization. Post Soviet movement that emerged as a response to international assistance and partly as an attempt to counterweigh the policy of the government oriented exclusively towards economic development is different from Soviet time movement in many ways. Unlike the predecessor, it no longer enjoys widespread popularity among population. Troubled by internal divisions, the focus of modern Georgian environmentalism is directed towards the development projects that bring the issue of environmental protection back into the spotlight, but only for the limited period of time. Economic model of the country s new government is emerging as a novel challenge that Georgian environmentalists have to address. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The classical approach in regional and urban modeling is static. Actual models are taking into account the interactions between economic regions only in their spatiality. However, economic regions and urban agglomerations are evolving in time. Urban population grows continuously in time and expands the areal of living. It also is trivial that population tend to displace from one region to another. Under these circumstance a reconstruction of Regional and Urban Economics, based on their time evolution was imperative. The three papers reunited in this book converge in a new and unitary image of economics at regional and urban level. Three new economic phenomenons are discussed in this book. The population grow in urban areas modeled according to a new found equation emerges in the phenomenon of cities collision . The second chapter of the book deals with population movement between economic regions, a movement that is found to evolve according to a wave equation, namely Gravitational Wave Equation. Why populations tend to agglomerate in restricted regions in space The answer can be found in the last chapter of the book. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In today s information age, the transfer and sharing of knowledge among employees is critical to organizational learning and enhanced organizational performance. Research on organizational learning has mostly addressed the use of technology to facilitate access to knowledge, and not the relationships which may naturally facilitate such access. When relationships are considered, the hierarchical mentor-mentee relationship receives attention. This case study examines the relationship identified as the peer relationship and how it contributes to organizational learning, through the articulation and sharing of knowledge defined as tacit knowledge. This study provides a point of entry for human resource development practitioners, organizational development and training professionals, and other decision makers to consider the value of these relationships, and the role they play in the creation, integration, transfer, use and protection of knowledge in general and tacit knowledge, in particular. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The subject of fraud is prevalent in the financial services industry globally. This book is a guide for those who manage fraud and those who aspire to join our beloved risk management field. The following fields have been deliberated fairly well: definition of fraud, causes of fraud, factors that cause fraud, pressure of work, opportunity to do fraud, integrity, management fraud, computer fraud, internet fraud, various models, common types of fraud, corporate governance, fraud prevention strategies, indirect controls, direct controls, pre- employment screening, employee appraisal and monitoring, whistle blowing, commitment, communication, general controls, specific controls, control over ITC, conflict of interest and many more. The book is a real life case study of the South African number one commercial bank (ABSA) now a division of Barclays Bank. Fraud is a common phenomenon particularly in the banking industry, and must be proactively managed at all costs. It's a game management must win against criminals.In most cases management do not know what is going on in their own back yard. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Over the last 20 years the cooperation between Russian Federation and the European Union had increased to a large extend. Currently, both are binded by a Partnership Agreement. However , it is important to take a look if Russia can be potentially a member of the EU, by addressing the basic criteria of accession . Moreover, it is initial to have a look at the benefits and the drawbacks for the both partners in Russian accession. This book, therefore, will provide a conclusion about the Russian potential to become a member state of the European Union. 52 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In order to create more opportunities, cities must be able to attract more investment, business, residents and visitors. In order to improve the country/city image, governments have lately been engaged in conventional marketing techniques used otherwise by private companies. A well designed program to attract foreign investment contains complementary elements: promotion, incentives, and policies designed to improve the investment climate. Actions like subsidizing investors, promotion of the city, branding, offering financial incentives to existing companies and to investors are only few of the strategies that are considered to be entrepreneurial. What entrepreneurial cities are, if the two analyzed cities can be considered entrepreneurial, what policies they adopted since the fall of the communist regimes and how these policies affected the local development of the respective cities are only few of the issues that will be addressed in this paper. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The following paper presents a comprehensive framework for the study and assessment of the economic potential of wireless markets in developing countries. The framework is sequential and recursive, staggered in three stages. The first stage is a macro analysis at the level of the company's international business model. Its outcome will consist on the assessment of the positive or negative fit of the country's wireless market within the context of the company's strategy. The second part of the framework consists on a detailed scrutiny of the country's telecommunications regulatory conditions, as well as other considerations of nation wide purview. The third and final stage of the model will be devoted to a careful study of the market conditions at the local level the competitive structure of the market, the service mix, the estimation of demand and all other matters involving direct contact with clients will be the focus of this last part of the model. Lastly, the model will be put into practice when analyzing the expansion of the company Telenor into the Indian wireless market. 100 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The old world of Banking has changed considerably. The forces of globalization and technology have resulted in increasing integration of economies across the world. Today, banks are no more competing locally, but in the global market place. It is important for banks to adapt to this new environment. The book is written considering the vibrant and robust technological orientation of Bank of Baroda. The objectives of working on the project to assess the shift of the technological boundary of Bank of Baroda, to highlight the wide and sound modern network of the bank and to judge the employees' perception about the modernisation through a sample survey. Interested persons can easily go through the book for knowledge acquisition. 116 pp. Englisch.…