This book reveals the story of how the first large learning organization was formed. Emerging around 1870, it involved an organizational transformation that followed a disaster some 60 years earlier. The great success of this process was the introduction of a totally new approac…
This volume focuses on the breakdown in sustainability -- the capacity of the planet to provide quality of life now and in the future -- that is signaled by disaster. The authors bring to light why land use and sustainability have been ignored in devising public policies to deal…
Der Leitfaden erklärt, was Task Force-Management ist und wie es funktioniert. Diese Managementmethode dient zur Bewältigung gravierender und akuter Probleme in unterschiedlichsten Unternehmen und Organisationen. Aber eine Task Force wird auch dann eingesetzt, wenn es darum geht,…
Neuwirth offers a step-by-step guide to using the powerful concept of Present Value which allows you to determine the value today of something that might happen in the future--to evaluate all of the outcomes that might arise from choosing one path as opposed to another. Your old…
We weigh every significant decision based on how it will affect our future. But when it comes to figuring that out, we mostly make the process up as we go along. While financial professional Peter Neuwirth can't help you actually predict the future, he can offer a simple, system…
We weigh every significant decision based on how it will affect our future. But when it comes to figuring that out, we mostly make the process up as we go along. While financial professional Peter Neuwirth can't help you actually predict the future, he can offer a simple, system…
Maximizing reader insights into project management and handling complexity-driven risks, this book explores propagation effects, non-linear consequences, loops, and the emergence of positive properties that may occur over the course of a project. This book presents an introducti…
Maximizing reader insights into project management and handling complexity-driven risks, this book explores propagation effects, non-linear consequences, loops, and the emergence of positive properties that may occur over the course of a project. This book presents an introducti…
Maximizing reader insights into project management and handling complexity-driven risks, this book explores propagation effects, non-linear consequences, loops, and the emergence of positive properties that may occur over the course of a project. This book presents an introducti…
"Are you an ethical person?" Regardless of your answer, a follow-up probe might be: "How do you know?" Your personal values reflect your beliefs, what you care about. These values, if they really matter to you, are activated by and through your everyday decisions. How do you ens…
ĹℓAre you an ethical person?ℓ́ℓ Regardless of your answer, a follow-up probe might be: ℓ́ℓHow do you know?ℓ́ℓ Your personal values reflect your beliefs, what you care about. These values, if they really matter to you, are activated by and through your everyday decisions. How do you…
Elusive promises: planning in the contemporary world
by Abram, Simone, Weszkalnys, Gisa
fromDislocations
"Planning in contemporary democratic states is often understood as a range of activities, from housing to urban design, regional development to economic planning. This volume sees planning differently--as the negotiation of possibilities that time offers space. It explores what …
ECAI 2008: July 21-25, 2008, Patras, Greece : Proceedings
by Ghallab, Malik, European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence, Spyropoulos, Constantine D., Fakotakis, Nikos, Conference on prestigious applications of intelligent systems, Patras, Greece), European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Patras, Grèce)
fromFrontiers in artificial intelligence and applications (Prin…