Cybernetic Approach to Project Management

Cybernetic Approach to Project Management

Author: Bogdan Lent

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 3642325041

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This book attempts to reflect the project reality as closely as possible, covering the ISO 21500:2012 standard that has just been introduced and the benefits from the best contributions worldwide and also providing the concise yet powerful tool box. It shall be easy to use and intuitively supportive of project managers. So far, evidence indicates that these targets are successfully met.​ One of its key recognitions, and in consequence a distinctive feature of this book, is the impact that the project manager‘s personality has on the fate of the project. The project manager's successful self-management in work & life and in leadership processes should be considered as important in any endeavor as all other project management processes, covered by the new standards and guidelines.


The Essentials of Sociology in Our Times

The Essentials of Sociology in Our Times

Author: Kendall

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

Published: 1999-10

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780534570866

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Student Study Tools is a brief booklet, available with the text, containing chapter learning objectives, glossary terms (with space to write in definitions), and short practice multiple-choice and true-false tests (one each per chapter).


Telecourse Guide for Kendall's Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials, 7th

Telecourse Guide for Kendall's Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials, 7th

Author: Diana Kendall

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

Published: 2008-12-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780495598695

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This Telecourse Guide for Kendall's SOCIOLOGY IN OUR TIMES: THE ESSENTIALS, Seventh Edition is designed to accompany the "Exploring Society: Introduction to Sociology" telecourse produced by DALLAS TeleLearning of the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD). This Telecourse Guide provides the essential integration of videos and text, providing students with valuable resources designed to direct their daily study in the "Exploring Society" telecourse. Each chapter of the Telecourse Guide contains a lesson that corresponds to each of the 22 video segments in the "Exploring Society" telecourse. Each lesson includes the following components: Overview, Lesson Assignment, Lesson Goal, Lesson Learning Objectives, Review, Lesson Focus Points, Related Activities, Practice Tests, and an Answer Key.


Sociology in Our Times

Sociology in Our Times

Author: Diana Kendall

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 718

ISBN-13: 0534626858

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This cutting-edge, applied book highlights the relevance of sociology by including a diverse collection of theories, research, and "lived experiences" that accurately mirror the diversity in society itself. The author's vivid, applied, personal writing style engages students, and activates compelling everyday examples that make sociology particularly relevant to diverse students. A social issue or application opens each chapter and provides various topics for boxes, features, and examples that are carried throughout the entire chapter. Kendall's text is acclaimed in the field for being the first textbook to integrate race, class, and gender issues; as well as for its thorough presentation of sociological theory, which includes diverse theoretical viewpoints such as feminist and postmodernist theory. Kendall shows students that sociology involves important questions and issues that they confront both personally and vicariously.


Magazine Movements

Magazine Movements

Author: Laurel Forster

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2015-02-26

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1441177450

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All women's magazines are not the same: content, outlook, and format combine to shape publications quite distinctively. While magazines in general have long been understood as a significant force in women's lives, many critiques have limited themselves to discussions of mainstream printed publications that engage with narrowly stereotypical representations of femininity. Looking at a range of women's magazines (Cooperative Correspondence Club and Housewife) and magazine programmes (Woman's Hour and Houseparty), Magazine Movements not only extends our definition of a magazine, but most importantly, unearths the connections between women's cultures, specific magazines and the implied reader. The author first outlines the existing field of magazine studies, and analyzes the methodologies employed in accessing and assessing the cultural competence of magazines. Each chapter then provides a case study of a different kind of magazine: different in media form or style of presentation or audience connection, or all three. Forster not only extends our definition of a magazine, but most importantly, unearths the connections between women's cultures, specific magazines and the implied reader. In this way, fresh insights are provided into the long-standing importance of the magazine to the variety of feminisms on offer in Britain, from the mid twentieth century to the present day.


Study Guide for Kendall's Sociology in Our Times, 9th

Study Guide for Kendall's Sociology in Our Times, 9th

Author: Diana Kendall

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2011-11-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781111833701

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The perfect way to prepare for exams and get the grade you want! Easy access to chapter summaries, student learning objectives, a list of key terms and key people with page references to the text, detailed chapter outlines, critical thinking questions, practice tests consisting of over 75 questions per chapter, InfoTrac readings and exercises, Internet exercises, and student class projects and activities. All multiple-choice and true-false questions include answer explanations and page references to the text.


Study Guide for Kendall's Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials, 7th

Study Guide for Kendall's Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials, 7th

Author: Diana Kendall

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

Published: 2008-12-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780495598640

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The perfect way to prepare for exams and get the grade you want! Easy access to brief chapter outlines, chapter summaries, student learning objectives, a list of key terms and key people with page references to the text, detailed chapter outlines, Analyzing and Understanding the Boxes, study activities, learning objectives, practice tests consisting of 25-30 multiple choice questions, 10-15 true-false questions, 5 essay questions, InfoTrac? readings and exercises, Internet exercises, and student class projects and activities. All multiple-choice and true-false questions include answer explanations and page references to the text.


Population

Population

Author: John Robert Weeks

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780534627799

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In this Thomson Advantage Books edition of his acclaimed text, a well-known and well-respected author provides this comprehensive yet accessible introduction to population issues, concepts and theories. While keeping larger population issues in perspective, the text closely examines key factors in population processes, from fertility and mortality rates to agricultural production and urbanization. The text addresses both population problems and potential solutions, and engages students with intriguing essays, interesting examples, and up-to-date Internet resources. The text is the most comprehensive book on the market, encompassing the entire field of demography, including principle and practice: Chapters 1 - 8 provide the framework and tools while Chapters 9 - 13 apply these tools and demographic perspectives to real-world situations. The text is a classic in the field, and is respected for its comprehensive and contemporary approach and is now available at a low, student-friendly price.


Informal Urban Agriculture

Informal Urban Agriculture

Author: Michael Hardman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 331909534X

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The book explores how unused and under-used urban spaces – from grass verges, roundabouts, green spaces – have been made more visually interesting and more productive, by informal (and usually illegal) groups known as “guerrilla gardeners”. The book focuses on groups in the English Midlands but the work is set in a broad international context and reveals how and why they undertake this illegal activity. Guerrilla gardening is usually viewed uncritically and promoted as a worthwhile activity: this study provides a more balanced evaluation and focuses on its contribution in terms of local food production.