Shifting Priorities
Shifting Priorities

Author: Nanette Salomon

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780804744775

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This ground-breaking book offers the first sustained examination of Dutch seventeenth-century genre painting from a theoretically informed feminist perspective. Other recent works that deal with images of women in this field maintain the paradoxical combination of seeing the images as positivist reflections of “life as it was” and as emblems of virtue and vice. These reductionist practices deprive the works of their complex nature and of their place in visual culture, important frameworks that the book attempts to restore to them. Salomon expands the possibilities for understanding both familiar and unfamiliar paintings from this period by submitting them to a wide range of new and provocative questions. Paintings and prints from the first half of the century through to the second are analyzed to understand the changing social roles and values attributed to the sexes as they were introduced and reflected in the visual arts.

Shifting Priorities in Russia's Foreign and Security Policy
Shifting Priorities in Russia's Foreign and Security Policy

Author: Rémi Piet

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-09

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 131705539X

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Given the resurgence of Russian economic capabilities and of Russia's role as a regional, even global, political actor, much of the literature written more than 4-5 years ago is already dated. The editor and contributors to this timely volume draw upon a broad range of analysts who deal with various aspects of Russian relations with its neighbours to the West and to the East. Implications for Russian foreign and security policy are key to understanding Russia's position in the 21st Century. Readers in Russian foreign and security policy; European, Eurasian, and Asian security; and contemporary international politics/security will find this volume invaluable.

Reordering Ranganathan
Reordering Ranganathan

Author: Lynn Connaway Silipigni

Publisher:

Published: 2018-08-23

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9781556534737

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This report suggests that Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science can be reordered and reinterpreted to reflect today's library resources and services, as well as the behaviors that people demonstrate when engaging with them.

The Shifting Frontiers of Academic Decision Making
The Shifting Frontiers of Academic Decision Making

Author: Peter D. Eckel

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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This edited volume explores the intersection of academic decision making with contemporary, cutting-edge challenges for which no simple solution exists. It moves the issue of decision making outside of the contested arena of stakeholder responsibilities, and presents a series of distinct and uniqe chapters that illustrate how colleges and universities are creating and sustaining dynamic and effective decision-making processes.

Trends in Japanese Management
Trends in Japanese Management

Author: T. Kono

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2001-05-21

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0333993896

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The period of economic decline during the 1990s produced a wave of studies focusing on the failure of Japanese management according to western criteria. Yet Japanese manufacturing firms have continued to hold competitive power in the world market. This book identifies the institutional specificity of Japanese Management and the reasons behind its continued competitiveness. Through an exploration of the strategy and structure of Japanese manufacturing corporations the authors discover the essential features and strength of Japanese management systems, their problems and new trends, and consider how management strategies have been developed for future success. This new, sophisticated analysis of Japanese manufacturing corporations, based on data from over two hundred corporations, will enable the reader to better understand Japanese management systems and their potential to lay a foundation for successful management systems throughout the world.

The Cornerstones of Engaging Leadership
The Cornerstones of Engaging Leadership

Author: Casey Wilson

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1523096624

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In the 21st Century, people are the competitive advantage. The talent and level of dedication of an organization's workforce make the difference in achieving success. The traditional command-oriented leadership style is not enough to keep today's employees motivated—they need to be engaged. They need passion, connection, and inspiration, and a willingness to put forth their best efforts to benefit themselves and their organization. The Cornerstones of Engaging Leadership connects what we know about engagement on an organizational level to what an individual leader can do to increase engagement. Using real-world examples, Wilson reveals the key actions leaders must take to connect with and engage others: •Build trust •Leverage unique motivators •Manage performance from a people-centric perspective •Engage emotions By committing to these four cornerstones of engaging leadership, leaders can unleash the potential of others and inspire effective performance. Through practice tools and exercises, readers are challenged to explore, reflect upon, and apply key concepts and techniques of the engaging leader approach.

Changing Tides
Changing Tides

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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Innovation and Growth Chasing a Moving Frontier
Innovation and Growth Chasing a Moving Frontier

Author: The World Bank

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2009-11-20

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9264073973

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In this volume, the OECD and the World Bank jointly take stock of how globalisation is posing new challenges for innovation and growth in both developed and developing countries, and how countries are coping with them.