Entropy Vector, The: Connecting Science And Business
Entropy Vector, The: Connecting Science And Business

Author: Robert D Handscombe

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2004-04-16

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9814485241

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How do managers and entrepreneurs evaluate risk, encourage creativity or manage change? Might a better grasp of science help? The authors of this book suggest that there is real value in trying to connect science to business and that science is far too important just to be left to the scientists.All of science is too large a prospect, so the authors limit themselves to looking at disorder. We must all learn to manage and control change, and there is plenty of social, technical and business change going on. The authors suggest that a clearer understanding of entropy and the choices it presents will assist in that management of change — or, as they put it, to manage disorder one needs to control the entropy vector.This book is for scientists and engineers aspiring to business success and for business people interested in new approaches.

The Entropy Vector
The Entropy Vector

Author: Robert D. Handscombe

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9812385711

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The authors suggest that a clearer understanding of entropy and the choices it presents will assist in management of change--or, as they put it, to manage disorder one needs to control the entropy vector.

Handbook of Qualitative Research Techniques and Analysis in Entrepreneurship
Handbook of Qualitative Research Techniques and Analysis in Entrepreneurship

Author: Helle Neergaard

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2015-10-30

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1849809879

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One of the most challenging tasks in the research design process is choosing the most appropriate data collection and analysis technique. This Handbook provides a detailed introduction to five qualitative data collection and analysis techniques pertinent to exploring entrepreneurial phenomena. Techniques for collecting and analysing data are rarely addressed in detail in published articles. In addition, the constant development of new tools and refinement of existing ones has meant that researchers often face a confusing range from which to choose. The experienced and expert group of contributors to this book provide detailed, practical accounts of how to conduct research employing focus groups, critical incident technique, repertory grids, metaphors, the constant comparative method and grounded theory. This Handbook will become the starting point for any research project. Scholars new to entrepreneurship and doctoral students as well as established academics keen to extend their research scope will find this book an invaluable and timely resource.

A School Built on Ethos
A School Built on Ethos

Author: James Handscombe

Publisher: Crown House Publishing Ltd

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1785835521

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In A School Built on Ethos: Ideas, assemblies and hard-won wisdom, James Handscombe explores how schooling is more than gaining qualifications, how learning is more than exams, and how academic success comes more readily to those who have grasped this idea. Harris Westminster Sixth Form has had enormous success in providing an academic education for students of all socio-economic backgrounds. This success is grounded in the development of a scholarly ethos that guides students and staff into successful habits - driven by a clear vision for the community and communicated through everything that the school says and does. In this book, founding principal James Handscombe takes readers through the school's development and illustrates its journey by sharing a selection of the assemblies that have underpinned and elucidated its ethos. In doing so he offers guidance on how such a staple of school life can be used to shape a community, and shares transferable lessons on how assemblies can be planned and delivered effectively. Furthermore, James discusses the challenges the school faced during its creation and offers an improved understanding of how academic and scholarly learning can be delivered and developed in a school - whether it be newly formed or already established. He also asks the fundamental question of how schools can encourage and enable disadvantaged young people to aspire to and engage in academic enquiry. Suitable for both established and aspiring school leaders, especially those who are thinking about the kind of school they would like to run and how they can shape it.

Management, Valuation, and Risk for Human Capital and Human Assets
Management, Valuation, and Risk for Human Capital and Human Assets

Author: M. Russ

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-10-15

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1137355727

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Perspectives on Human Capital and Assets goes beyond the current literature by providing a platform for a broad scope of discussion regarding HC&A, and, more importantly, by encouraging a multidisciplinary fusion between diverse disciplines.

Limits Of Mathematical Modeling In The Social Sciences, The: The Significance Of Godel's Incompleteness Phenomenon
Limits Of Mathematical Modeling In The Social Sciences, The: The Significance Of Godel's Incompleteness Phenomenon

Author: Francisco Antonio Doria

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2017-05-30

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1786343177

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Current mathematical models are notoriously unreliable in describing the time evolution of unexpected social phenomena, from financial crashes to revolution. Can such events be forecast? Can we compute probabilities about them? Can we model them? This book investigates and attempts to answer these questions through Gödel's two incompleteness theorems, and in doing so demonstrates how influential Gödel is in modern logical and mathematical thinking. Many mathematical models are applied to economics and social theory, while Gödel's theorems are able to predict their limitations for more accurate analysis and understanding of national and international events.This unique discussion is written for graduate level mathematicians applying their research to the social sciences, including economics, social studies and philosophy, and also for formal logicians and philosophers of science.

Linden's Handbook of Batteries, Fifth Edition
Linden's Handbook of Batteries, Fifth Edition

Author: Kirby W. Beard

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2019-05-10

Total Pages: 1457

ISBN-13: 1260115933

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Thoroughly revised, comprehensive coverage of battery technology, characteristics, and applicationsThis fully updated guide offers complete coverage of batteries and battery usage―from classic designs to emerging technologies. Compiled by a pioneer in secondary lithium batteries, the book contains all the information needed to solve engineering problems and make proper battery selections. You will get in-depth descriptions of the principles, properties, and performance specifications of every major battery type. Linden’s Handbook of Batteries, Fifth Edition, contains cutting-edge data and equations, design specifications, and troubleshooting techniques from international experts. New chapters discuss renewable energy systems, battery failure analysis, lithium-ion battery technology, materials, and component design. Recent advances in smartphones and hybrid car batteries are clearly explained, including maximizing re-chargeability, reducing cost, improving safety, and lessening environmental impact.Coverage includes:•Electricity, electrochemistry, and batteries•Raw materials•Battery components•Principles of electrochemical cell operations•Battery product overview•Electrochemical cell designs (platform technologies)•Primary batteries•Secondary batteries•Miscellaneous and specialty batteries•Battery applications•Battery industry infrastructure

The Mathematical Theory of Communication
The Mathematical Theory of Communication

Author: Claude E Shannon

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1998-09-01

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 025209803X

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Scientific knowledge grows at a phenomenal pace--but few books have had as lasting an impact or played as important a role in our modern world as The Mathematical Theory of Communication, published originally as a paper on communication theory more than fifty years ago. Republished in book form shortly thereafter, it has since gone through four hardcover and sixteen paperback printings. It is a revolutionary work, astounding in its foresight and contemporaneity. The University of Illinois Press is pleased and honored to issue this commemorative reprinting of a classic.