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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -When (re-)designing organizations, one must first be clear about what is meant by the structures of an organization and what can be done in order to change them. In this book, we present communication channels, programs and personnel as central structures. We also unfold the aspects that come to the forefront when one focuses on either the formal, the informal or the display side of an organization. At the core, we elaborate on how structures cause blind spots, and how these can be utilized for processes of change. 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In the management discourse few words are thrown about more carelessly than organizational culture . While the term is usually defined too broadly including such phenomena as assumptions, values, traditions, articles of faith, myths and artifacts this book applies a far more narrow concept. Organizational culture, or the informal structure of an organization, is a term used to describe the behavioral expectations in an organization that have not been decided on in a formal way but that evolved by means of repetition and imitation. This book shows how this narrow definition makes it possible to more precisely observe and understand an organization s culture and its changes. Management s only way for influencing organizational culture and this may sound paradoxical at first is to change the organization s formal structure as for example its incentive schemes, goal-setting processes, strategic directions or hierarchy. 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Foreword.- The OrganizationWhat Is It, and How Can It Be Understood Introduction.- Beyond an Instrumental-Rational Narrowing in the Design of Organizations.- How Can Organizational Structures Be Designed .- On Working with LatenciesConclusion.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The linear, goal-oriented approach to projects that is so popular in management literature is only appropriate if you are dealing with well-defined problems. For projects that address poorlydefined problems, however, the principles of classic project management don't work; project managers attempt in vain to maintain a linear approach, even if targets, people affected andframework conditions cannot be determined precisely. We propose a fundamentally different approach based on current organizational theory: to start out with experiments, without predetermined conclusions. Projects are not evaluated by comparing the current status to the target, but rather by assessing whether stagnation has been overcome, conflicts putaside, and shared understanding about newopportunities has been created. Project groups and steering committees are not set up at all. Power "games" are harnessed and put to use, rather thanprohibited.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Hardly any other management concept is as overused as strategy, yet at the same time hardly any other concept is as vaguely defined. As a means of escaping the conceptual jumble, this monograph suggests a systems-theoretical definition which makes it possible to sort out the various threads of the strategy discussion. Strategies are "search programs" used for finding the means to achieve previously defined goals. With these, we let classical ideas about strategy confront modern organizational theory, and demonstrate how strategy development in organizations can look beyond purpose-rational constraints.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In the management discourse few words are thrown about more carelessly than 'organizational culture'. While the term is usually defined too broadlyincluding such phenomena as assumptions, values, traditions, articles of faith, myths and artifactsthis book applies a far more narrow concept. Organizational culture, or the informal structure of an organization, is a term used to describe the behavioral expectations in an organization that have not been decided on in a formal way but that evolved by means of repetition and imitation. This book shows how this narrow definition makes it possible to more precisely observe and understand an organization's culture and its changes. Management's only way for influencing organizational cultureand this may sound paradoxical at firstis to change the organization's formal structure as for example its incentive schemes, goal-setting processes, strategic directions or hierarchy.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book explores the acculturation, identity development, and cultural reconnection of newer-generation (1.5- and second-generation) Korean New Zealander youth who grew up in New Zealand after the 1990s. Based on in-depth interviews, it shows how many of them initially sought to assimilate into the dominant culture but later experienced a process of re-ethnicization, rediscovering their Korean heritage during adolescence and early adulthood. Chapters explore key themes such as cultural adaptation, ethnic identity, racism, co-ethnic friendships, and the role of digital media and the Korean Wave in fostering re-ethnicization. This book also situates these youth experiences within the broader contexts of New Zealand s multicultural policies, its bicultural foundation, multicultural frameworks and the global dynamics of diaspora and migration. Drawing on theories of segmented assimilation, transnationalism, and ethnic belonging, this book offers new insights into how young migrants navigate dual identities and negotiate belonging in an increasingly diverse and complex society for scholars and students in migration studies, sociology, diaspora studies, Asian studies and cultural studies. 174 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -'? A compelling exploration of how young Korean migrants in New Zealand navigate identity, adaptation, and belonging. Moving beyond traditional models of assimilation, this study highlights how youth actively redefine what it means to be Korean and New Zealander through complex processes of acculturation and re-ethnicization. Centering their voices, Song reveals the subtle negotiations of bicultural identity in a multicultural society.'.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -'The killing of individuals must be accepted.'Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Bonn, in a telephone conversation with Minister of State Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, Dubai, October 1977The year of terror in 1977, which included the kidnapping of German industrial leader Hanns Martin Schleyer and later the hijacking of the Lufthansa plane 'Landshut' with 86 passengers and five crew members on board, presented the Federal Republic of Germany with its greatest test to date. Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt had to engage in crisis management like no other incumbent before him. Hanns Martin Schleyer was ultimately murdered by his abductors, also the Captain of the 'Landshut' Jürgen Schumann. The other 'Landshut' hostages were freed by members of Border Guard Force 9 under Commander Ulrich Wegener.In this book, political scientist and historian Martin Rupps, who was responsible for bringing the 'Landshut' wreckage back to Germany from Brazil, retells the story of these fateful weeks, drawing on a range of previously unpublished sources to do so. For the first time, he shares deep insights into the thoughts and actions of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and the members of the core and extended crisis teams. Contrary to the official narrative, Schmidt has never practiced more political cooperation than in these weeks. Further, in the hijacked 'Landshut' itself, events unfolded differently than previously reported. 'Man is the wolf of man', as philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously wrote. 296 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book offers philosophical and psychoanalytical reflections on the selfhood shaped in autobiographical graphic narratives, or autographics. These reflections revolve around the autographic gesture . This gesture refers to, firstly, the leaving of graphic traces of an embodied self, which, secondly, transform into a drawn figure that represents this self and acquires a certain autonomy as a character, and which, thirdly, are embedded in a narrative that tells all or part of this self s life story. By combining the semiotic logics of trace, image, and narrative, the book argues, autographics perform this gesture and shape a specific form of selfhood. The book studies this process by turning to theories about selfhood constructed primarily within the following three intellectual traditions: existential hermeneutics, as developed by Paul Ricoeur; existential phenomenology, as embodied by Jean-Paul Sartre; and psychoanalysis, through the lenses of Jacques Lacan, Marion Milner, and Donald Winnicott. The ideas of these authors, as well as Paul de Man s and Johann Gottlieb Fichte s analyses of subject-constitution, are brought into dialogue with autobiographical graphic narratives by Zoe Thorogood, Katie Green, Peter Pontiac, Alison Bechdel, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Marjane Satrapi, Riad Sattouf, Keiji Nakazawa, Lynda Barry, and others. 200 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book assesses the consequences of contemporary economic and political crises for intergovernmental relations in Europe. Focusing on the crises arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, surges in migration, and the resurgence of regional nationalist movements, it explores the shifting power balances within intergovernmental relations' systems. The book takes a comparative analytical perspective on how intergovernmental relations are changing across Europe, and how central governments have responded to coordination challenges as recent crises have disrupted established service delivery chains and their underpinning political and bureaucratic arrangements. It also examines the relationship between recent crises and the sub-national resurgence of territorial politics in many European countries. The book will appeal to those with interests in public administration, sub-national governance and European politics. 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This Open Access volume assembles experts from the United States and India to examine six issues essential to the safety and security of nuclear facilities, technologies, and materials: insider threats, organizational culture, emergency response, physical protection, control of radioactive sources, and cyber security. Each chapter includes papers by an Indian expert and by an American counterpart. This unique structure contrasts the countries' diverse perspectives on nuclear security, situates technical problems within larger socio-political contexts, and identifies cooperative opportunities for the U.S. and India. 293 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book assesses the consequences of contemporary economic and political crises for intergovernmental relations in Europe. Focusing on the crises arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, surges in migration, and the resurgence of regional nationalist movements, it explores the shifting power balances within intergovernmental relations' systems. The book takes a comparative analytical perspective on how intergovernmental relations are changing across Europe, and how central governments have responded to coordination challenges as recent crises have disrupted established service delivery chains and their underpinning political and bureaucratic arrangements. It also examines the relationship between recent crises and the sub-national resurgence of territorial politics in many European countries. The book will appeal to those with interests in public administration, sub-national governance and European politics. 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In Zeiten des Fachkräftemangels hat die Bindung von Mitarbeitenden eine zunehmende Relevanz für den Erhalt des Wettbewerbsvorteils von Organisationen. Einen Erklärungsansatz für die Einstellung und das Verhalten von Mitarbeitenden stellt das Konzept des psychologischen Vertrages dar. Dieses Essential führt praxisnah in dieses Konzept ein und gibt einen Überblick über die Wirkungsweisen und Einflussfaktoren von psychologischen Verträgen. Es werden Handlungsimpulse vorgestellt, mit denen Führungskräfte die psychologischen Verträge von Mitarbeitenden sowie deren Auswirkungen positiv gestalten können. 55 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access edited volume reports on a unique network of innovative in-school and out-of-school programs, University-Community Links. UC Links connects university faculty and students with young people and their families in diverse communities around the world. Chapters in this volume describe programs in the United States (California) as well as Germany, Italy, Spain, Uganda, and Uruguay. Together, authors craft stories of transformative models of education and what is possible when we bridge educational research and practice. Chapters offer strategies for co-creating learning environments that are innovative, collaborative, democratic, equity-oriented, and fun. By drawing lessons from authors' collective and local histories, this volume helps to re-imagine educational practices, policies, and programs.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book assesses the consequences of contemporary economic and political crises for intergovernmental relations in Europe. Focusing on the crises arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, surges in migration, and the resurgence of regional nationalist movements, it explores the shifting power balances within intergovernmental relations' systems. The book takes a comparative analytical perspective on how intergovernmental relations are changing across Europe, and how central governments have responded to coordination challenges as recent crises have disrupted established service delivery chains and their underpinning political and bureaucratic arrangements. It also examines the relationship between recent crises and the sub-national resurgence of territorial politics in many European countries. The book will appeal to those with interests in public administration, sub-national governance and European politics.

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book offers philosophical and psychoanalytical reflections on the selfhood shaped in autobiographical graphic narratives, or autographics. These reflections revolve around the 'autographic gesture'. This gesture refers to, firstly, the leaving of graphic traces of an embodied self, which, secondly, transform into a drawn figure that represents this self and acquires a certain autonomy as a character, and which, thirdly, are embedded in a narrative that tells all or part of this self's life story. By combining the semiotic logics of trace, image, and narrative, the book argues, autographics perform this gesture and shape a specific form of selfhood.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This Open Access volume assembles experts from the United States and India to examine six issues essential to the safety and security of nuclear facilities, technologies, and materials: insider threats, organizational culture, emergency response, physical protection, control of radioactive sources, and cyber security. Each chapter includes papers by an Indian expert and by an American counterpart. This unique structure contrasts the countries' diverse perspectives on nuclear security, situates technical problems within larger socio-political contexts, and identifies cooperative opportunities for the U.S. and India.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses essential bietet einen Überblick über die Nutzung von KI durch Extremist\*innen. Es werden Beispiele für die Nutzung von KI durch Extremist\*innen angeführt. Zudem wird diskutiert, wie diese dadurch gezielt etwa Propaganda, Hass und Hetze verbreiten. Ferner werden Chancen und Möglichkeiten für (Sicherheits-)Behörden und andere Institutionen für den Umgang mit der Nutzung von KI durch Extremist\*innen sowohl in der Bekämpfung von Extremismus als auch der Prävention thematisiert. Relevant ist der Band somit für Vertreter\*innen von (Sicherheits-)Behörden, für Mitarbeitende bei Trägern der Extremismusprävention, für Wissenschaftler\*innen, aber auch etwa für die IT-Branche.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses essential gibt einen Überblick über Formen und Folgen von Korruption im privaten Sektor. Dabei liegt der Fokus auf Korruptionsprävention in österreichischen kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU). Sie erfahren in diesem Buch, wie sie mit Korruptionsrisiken umgehen sollten und wie ein durchdachtes Integritäts-Management System davor schützen kann. Dazu werden zunächst Begriffe und rechtliche Hintergründe erklärt, bevor Ursachen von Korruption sowie Möglichkeiten zur Vorbeugung diskutiert werden. Im Anschluss stellt der Autor ein Sieben-Felder-Konzept zur Korruptionsprävention im Detail vor. Er erläutert die einzelnen Maßnahmenfelder und gibt Hinweise zur Umsetzung in der betreffenden Organisation.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This SpringerBrief examines emotions in the past through contemporary archaeological materials. The author explores this topic using the context of a former working-class neighbourhood in northern Finland that existed during the Cold War era (1947-1987). Finland offers an interesting context to examine this because of the twofold emotional frames; the Cold War and capitalism versus the nascent welfare state. The push and pull between the values emphasizing universal care and compassion against the hardline militarisation and financial competition results in accessing different and, sometimes, contradictory emotions. It also affords a gendered view into the past and such an angle could be attempted in the context of the deep past as well.This book offers several examples on how emotions could be accessed in the deep past and draws parallels between the examples from a contemporary 'western' country and various archaeological cultures and contexts. Emotions can be a bridge to access the secrets of human behavior. Such bridging is the core strength of archaeological education, but rarely are emotions acknowledged in the process. Lastly, this book underlines the role of emotions, specifically empathy, in archaeological education and in destabilizing contemporary political notions on social norms and contracts. 101 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Einleitung.- Patientenzufriedenheit.- Verbesserung der Patientenzufriedenheit.- Arbeitszufriedenheit.- Sinnorientierte Medizin.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -- 1. Introduction.- 2. Review of Linear Algebra.- 3. Multilinear Forms.- 4. Inner Products.- 5. Tensors.- 6. Some Physical Tensors.- 7. Solutions to Exercises.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This SpringerBrief examines emotions in the past through contemporary archaeological materials. The author explores this topic using the context of a former working-class neighbourhood in northern Finland that existed during the Cold War era (1947-1987). Finland offers an interesting context to examine this because of the twofold emotional frames; the Cold War and capitalism versus the nascent welfare state. The push and pull between the values emphasizing universal care and compassion against the hardline militarisation and financial competition results in accessing different and, sometimes, contradictory emotions. It also affords a gendered view into the past and such an angle could be attempted in the context of the deep past as well.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Der Aufbau von Unternehmensgruppen durch Buy & Build ist ein starker Trend bei Private-Equity-Investments. In den USA machen diese Art von Unternehmenskäufen bereits den Großteil des Buyout-Transaktionsvolumens aus und auch in Deutschland ist die Tendenz dazu steigend. Dieses Buch erklärt die entsprechenden Begriffe, Strategien, Prozesse, den rechtlichen Rahmen und die wirtschaftlichen Hintergründe von Buy & Build.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In Zeiten des Fachkräftemangels hat die Bindung von Mitarbeitenden eine zunehmende Relevanz für den Erhalt des Wettbewerbsvorteils von Organisationen. Einen Erklärungsansatz für die Einstellung und das Verhalten von Mitarbeitenden stellt das Konzept des psychologischen Vertrages dar. Dieses Essential führt praxisnah in dieses Konzept ein und gibt einen Überblick über die Wirkungsweisen und Einflussfaktoren von psychologischen Verträgen. Es werden Handlungsimpulse vorgestellt, mit denen Führungskräfte die psychologischen Verträge von Mitarbeitenden sowie deren Auswirkungen positiv gestalten können.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland hat sich bei ihrer Gründung eine vorbildliche demokratische Verfassung gegeben. Doch hat sich deren Anwendung zunehmend von demokratischen Prinzipien entfernt. Infolge einer unternehmerfreundlichen Wirtschaftspolitik und des Abbaus des Sozialstaats kommt wirtschaftliches Wachstum fast nur mehr einer wohlhabenden Minderheit zugute, während die Mehrheit unter materiellen Sorgen leidet. Die wachsenden Ungleichheiten erlauben es der Minderheit, immer mehr Einfluss auf die Politik zu nehmen. Gleichzeitig haben Krisen wie Flüchtlingsströme, die Coronapandemie und der Ukrainekrieg den Vorwand für Entscheidungen geliefert, die den Abstand zwischen Regierenden und Regierten vergrößert haben.Dieses Buch analysiert den Niedergang der Demokratie, indem es die politischen Realitäten an den Ansprüchen einer demokratischen Staatsform misst. Es ist eine kritische Untersuchung aktueller politischer Entwicklungen und zeigt mögliche Lösungen auf. Für die 2. Auflage wurde das Buch vollständig überarbeitet, ergänzt und aktualisiert. 286 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book examines the relationship between EU energy politics and the law of the World Trade Organization (WTO), focusing on how the EU's Internal Energy Market can be promoted and protected in a way that is consistent with the requirements of WTO law. The need for a significant reorientation of the EU foreign policy, including its trade and energy policy, has become apparent in today s rapidly changing geopolitical context. Many states are responding to this situation by seeking to increase their strategic sovereignty . In the EU, this reorientation is taking place under the leitmotivs of strategic autonomy in its foreign affairs and open strategic autonomy in the EU s external trade context. Given that the many current geopolitical shifts also affect the international energy landscape, it has been argued that the EU needs to increase its autonomy in the field of energy policy. As the EU s Internal Energy Market is central to this, it needs to be protected from undue foreign influence. In this respect, three horizontal unilateral tools that are part of the EU s strategy of open strategic autonomy have been considered essential in relevant academic studies: the EU Investment Screening Regulation, the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation. This study shows that while it is strategically imperative to protect the Internal Energy Market from undue foreign influence, it is difficult to achieve this objective in a WTO-compatible manner on the basis of the unilateral measures adopted by the EU. 83 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, this book critically examines the strategies employed by the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) in their support of Ukraine. It examines how sanctions, military aid, and diplomacy have shaped the conflict and considers whether these efforts are falling short. Through political, economic, and strategic analysis, it explores the EU's internal divisions, the changing role of US leadership under a second Trump administration, and the increasing risk of Ukraine being marginalised in global negotiations. The author questions whether the EU's reliance on sanctions and fragmented military support has weakened its own position more than that of Russia. Providing a realist perspective on the war's broader geopolitical consequences and the uncertain future of European security, this book challenges dominant narratives. 121 pp. Englisch.