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Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Bereits zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts befasste sich Taylor in seinen Grundsätzen zur wissenschaftlichen Betriebsführung mit der Wirkung des Anreizsystems Geld. Dabei war seine Grundannahme, dass der ¿Durchschnittsmensch¿ hauptsächlich durch monetäre Anreize motivierbar sei. Seitdem sind in der Organisationstheorie zahlreiche neue Ansätze entwickelt worden, die für einen Großteil der in den westlichen Industrienation...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die Bundesländer verfolgen zunehmend das Leitbild des ¿aktivierenden Staates¿. Dieses sieht den Rückzug des Staates auf seine originären Kernbereiche vor. Die Gründe hierfür sind zumeist ökonomischer und rechtlicher Natur. Auch der Bereich der Materialprüfung ist von dieser dynamischen Entwicklung erfasst und taucht in der öffentlichen Diskussion vermehrt auf. Dabei bewegt sich...

Inhaltsangabe:Problemstellung: Die Erkenntnis, dass es sich langfristig lohnt, in die (Aus-)Bildung von Menschen zu investieren, findet in der Wirtschaft immer mehr Beachtung. Die schnelle Entwicklung der Informations- und Telekommunikations-Technologien sowie die weltweiten Veränderungen, die sie in der Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft nach sich ziehen, erfordern heute mehr denn je gut ausgebildete und lernfähige Menschen. Dabei ist auch, aber ni...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Industrieunternehmen wirtschaften in einem Marktumfeld, das dem ständigen Wandel unterzogen ist. Ein härter werdender Wettbewerb, gesättigte Märkte, eine starke Differenzierung der Nachfrage und kurze Produktlebenszyklen sind Merkmale dieser ¿turbulenten Aufgabenumwelten¿. Der Produktionsbereich hat sich diesem Umfeld anzupassen. Eine Massenproduktion im tayloristischen Stil wird den heutigen Anforderungen nicht meh...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: 360°-Feedback wird in Buchtiteln beispielsweise gepriesen als ¿The Powerful New Model für Employee Assessment & Performance Improvement¿ (Edwards/Ewen, 1996) oder in Zusammenhang gebracht mit ¿Strategies, Tactics, and Techniques for Developing Leaders¿ (Jones/Bearley, 1996). Insbesondere werden 360°-Feedback-Verfahren als Instrument für die Führungskräfteentwicklung, für die Verbesserung des Führungsverhaltens, als V...

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Essays by Robert Antelme, with reflections on the man and his incomparable work, "The Human Race, " by distinguished French authors

Over the years, archaeologists have developed a number of techniques for conserving historical artifacts for future generations. Up to now, however, these methods have provided artifacts only a limited lifespan and in some cases they do not work well with water-logged materials. Within the past few years, archaeological chemistry and concerns of longevity testing have become central issues in the development of conservation treatment strategie...

«I would have gone down on my knee before him if we were allowed to worship men.» With these words Giuseppe Verdi described his first impulse upon meeting Alessandro Manzoni in Milan in June 1868. Many readers are familiar with Manzoni's great novel, The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi), the work that elicited Verdi's extravagant reverence for its author. Before turning to write a novel, however, Manzoni composed two plays, The Count of Carmagnola...

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the poet-painter, was an untiring craftsman who repeatedly edited his poems - partly due to the influence of advice from family and friends. He refrained from publishing any volume of his own work until he was past forty although he had been writing poetry since his teenage years and had published a few poems, which he also subsequently revised, in periodicals and annuals. This book records the extensive paper-trail of ...

Loving Subjects examines the intersections between female desire and the dynamics of narrative with a view to identifying the scope for the representation of an autonomous female subjectivity capable of signifying its desire for the other. This book surveys and interrogates the psychoanalytic theories of Freud and Lacan, the poststructuralist feminist theories of Kristeva and Irigaray, and the theories of lesbian desire propounded by De Lauret...

This work provides an in-depth commentary on all thirteen books of St. Augustine's Confessions. It scrutinizes the details of this world-famous intellectual and spiritual autobiography, while addressing the key issues raised by past and current scholars.

Janine Burke, Beverley Farmer, and Drusilla Modjeska have made a significant contribution to Australian women's writing at the end of the twentieth century. Their original, bold narratives convey a sense of plurality and the unfixed nature of femininity in representation. By investigating the aesthetic, theoretical, and literary perspectives that ground modernism and postmodernism and by analyzing the effects that distinguish certain aspects o...

This essential text presents a "task-centered" methodology -- a structured, short-term problem-solving approach -- applicable across systems at five levels of practice: the individual, the family, the group, organizations, and communities. The second edition offers more information on systems theories and includes case studies and practice questions with each chapter, as well as checklists for each level of practice and exercises to help stude...

She explores the psychological and stylistic aspect of Barnes's work through close analysis of the texts within their social, cultural and aesthetic context, and provides an indispensable and enriching guide to Barnes's artistic identity and poetic vision.

This book presents new, promising theories on soft X-ray spectroscopy. As third generation synchrotron light sources have started operating, more precise and sophisticated theories on X-ray spectroscopy are needed. In particular, many-body effects on optical spectroscopy are the hottest topic in solid state physics, since they seem to break conventional mean field pictures completely. Conceptual and instructive theories on X-ray scattering, ph...

This volume represents the main papers delivered by both prominent and rising philosophers at the 1999 SOFIA conference in Mazatlan, Mexico. The volume contains twenty substantial papers spanning important issues of current interest including sexuality and consent, rights and scarcity, democracy and individualism, and the nature of law and the value of punishment.

In recent years, Plato's Timaeus has recaptured the interest of scholars, sparking an exploration of the astonishing influence this work has had on a wide range of intellectual traditions. Plato's Timaeus as Cultural Icon brings together a group of leading experts from Canada, the United States, and Europe to examine the reception of Plato's Timaeus throughout history, as well as its impact on major intellectual and cultural traditions.Gretche...

In recent years, Plato's Timaeus has recaptured the interest of scholars, sparking an exploration of the astonishing influence this work has had on a wide range of intellectual traditions. Plato's Timaeus as Cultural Icon brings together a group of leading experts from Canada, the United States, and Europe to examine the reception of Plato's Timaeus throughout history, as well as its impact on major intellectual and cultural traditions.Gretche...

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