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Sehen ist die Ermittlung von Informationen aus Bildern. Welche Informationsquellen dabei genutzt werden und wie die Auswertung im Einzelnen vorgenommen werden kann, ist Gegenstand dieses einführenden Lehrbuches. Es behandelt die sogenannte Kompetenztheorie des Sehens für die elementaren Wahrnehmungen, wie Kontrast, Farbe, Tiefe und Bewegung. Als visuell gesteuerte Verhaltensleistungen werden Augenbewegungen und die Navigation behandelt. Techni...

Werner Freund analysiert Erfolgs- und Risikofaktoren der familieninternen Unternehmensnachfolge und zeigt, dass neben steuerlichen, rechtlichen und betriebswirtschaftlichen Aspekten vornehmlich psychosoziale Faktoren über den erfolgreichen Generationswechsel entscheiden.

Der Autor untersucht die Entwicklung von Organisationsstrukturen und -kulturen von Energieunternehmen und leitet praxisorientierte Organisations- und Managementempfehlungen ab.

Kai Bühler untersucht auf der Grundlage einer qualitativen Befragung von vierundzwanzig deutschen Unternehmen mit Produktionsniederlassungen in der VR China, warum Unternehmen Direktinvestitionen durchführen, und analysiert die strukturellen Bedingungen.

The concept of work measurement and enhancing working conditions as a way of improving productivity is an outgrowth of Frederick Taylor's time and motion studies begun in the early 1900s. Nearly 100 years later, business and industry have begun to realize that many "new" business paradigms have at their heart the traditional concept of work measurement. An indispensable reference for the business professional, this is the only book offering co...

John Philip Jones, has compiled a comprehensive guide to the seventy-seven key organizations and publications in the field of advertising and marketing communications. Entries are arranged alphabetically and include a thorough description of each organization's purpose, activity and contact information. The book covers industry trade organizations, research organizations, academic organizations and pro-social organizations. The collection i...

Anja Wieding entwickelt eine Konzeption der dem internen Rechnungswesen zugehörigen Leistungsrechnung, in der sämtliche Leistungen und die zwischen ihnen bestehenden Beziehungen mengen- und wertmäßig erfasst werden

Der Autor entwickelt ein integratives Personalentwicklungskonzept für Banken und zeigt sowohl die bankbetrieblichen Rahmenbedingungen und Einflussfaktoren als auch die notwendigen Voraussetzungen für den Erfolg eines solchen Konzeptes auf.

who is absorbed by science and medicine. This is William Kluback's seventh volume in a series of studies on Paul Valéry. This book shows how Valéry went beyond philosophy to wisdom. His achievement was so rare that we remain fascinated by his writings. We see in him a man whose constructions build bridges from one human endeavor. He is a poet who is absorbed by science and medicine.

The ultimate wisdom of Asia, brought to a focus in Zen House, is the realization that truth and reality must never be sought on the plane of opposition. It is the essence of idolatry to accord with what is less than the whole. Zen keeps humans away from the idolatry inherent in every form of partisanship. This sixteenth-century Chanjia Guijian (A Paragon of Zen House) has this distinct Zen spirit, which has been revealed in the eighth-century ...

Sex, Art, and Audience responds to and discusses issues raised by ballet, modern dance, and non-Western performances during the 1980s and 1990s. The essays examine the subject of gender and sexuality in performances, the relationship of the dance performance to its audience, and the important but puzzling fact that dance, alone amongst art forms, lacks a reproducible text. In addition, these essays consider the development of classical style i...

Typically referred to as the «red scare» or «McCarthy» era, the period from 1947 to 1954 proved particularly exacting for educators in America's public schools. Red Alert! details the profound impact that the red scare had on educational policy and practice as well as examines professional educators' cautious response to anti-communist repression. In particular, Red Alert! focuses on the work of the National Education Association's Defense Com...

Questions of You and the Struggle of Collaborative Life explores the nature of the collaborative experience. It examines the complex issues involved as two educators work together to understand the conceptual perspectives they develop, the research processes they create, and the multiple, shifting possibilities for personal and social change at stake in such searching and making. Organized around diverse analytic approaches including narrative...

«No touch» policies, where caregivers, teachers, and other child workers are being informed they cannot touch children in their care, are growing in popularity, Hands Off! critically engages «no touch» by sharing related stories from the field, stories that validate the popularity of «no touch.» «No touch» is presented and interrogated as a moral panic prevalent throughout our society. In an attempt to reframe «no touch, » sexuality is conside...

Genesis Regained is the fourth book in a series that began with Life Before Genesis (Peter Lang, 1985), and was followed by Return to Eden (Peter Lang, 1996), and Afterlife Before Genesis (Peter Lang, 1997). In this volume, David Turner takes a key concept critical to the Australian Aboriginal way of life, namely Renunciation, and explores the implications for interpreting other major religious traditions, particularly Judeo-Christianism. Aspe...

Landscapes in Early Childhood Education provides an analytical framework for addressing current (global) issues within the field of early childhood education. Early childhood specialists from several nations show how they have applied this framework in their analyses of specific case studies. The case studies illuminate supports and constraints to the field and provide recommendations for improved practice. The case studies address areas or «l...

As an actor, screenwriter, director, short story writer, and, most significantly, a playwright, Sam Shepard has long been an important figure on the American cultural landscape. A Body Across the Map focuses on the character conflict central to Shepard's most significant plays, that between fathers and sons. Beginning with The Rock Garden and concluding with A Lie of the Mind, this analysis shows how Shepard's worldview has evolved over a 20-y...

Black Sons to Mothers is the critical site where African American male scholars explore the meanings and connections of the lives of black boys/men. This book offers literary, scholarly, and personal space to interrogate the seemingly elusive intersection of race and gender. Each chapter in the book is offered in one of two voices - one that speaks to teachers as cultural workers and one that represents individual transformation into the cultu...

Africa and the New World Order examines the role of Africa in the emerging complex and competitive global division of labor. Anchored on a dialectical discussion of Africa's historical experience, this study examines postcolonial realignment of economic and political forces, the debt crisis, human rights, the crisis of regionalism, and the constraints to democratic transitions and consolidation. It also provides a detailed discussion of Africa...

Perspectives on Shakespeare in Performance brings together Professor Styan's thoughts on Shakespeare as a playwright who wrote essentially for the stage. As we read Shakespeare's text, the sense of performance constantly reminds us that a play is a complete experience in a particular time and place, one always aimed at an audience in the theatre. Individual chapters touch on key elements such as the Elizabethan theatre in action, the way its o...