Author : Brian Daniel Young
Publisher : Brian Daniel Young
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 42,64 MB
Release :
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1304590534
Author : Jorn Lyseggen
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 39,78 MB
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0241281644
Is your business looking out? The world today is drowning in data. There is a treasure trove of valuable and underutilized insights that can be gleaned from information companies and people leave behind on the internet - our 'digital breadcrumbs' - from job postings, to online news, social media, online ad spend, patent applications and more. As a result, we're at the cusp of a major shift in the way businesses are managed and governed - moving from a focus solely on lagging, internal data, toward analyses that also encompass industry-wide, external data to paint a more complete picture of a brand's opportunities and threats and uncover forward-looking insights, in real time. Tomorrow's most successful brands are already embracing Outside Insight, benefitting from an information advantage while their competition is left behind. Drawing on practical examples of transformative, data-led decisions made by brands like Apple, Facebook, Barack Obama and many more, in Outside Insight, Meltwater CEO Jorn Lyseggen illustrates the future of corporate decision-making and offers a detailed plan for business leaders to implement Outside Insight thinking into their company mindset and processes.
Author : Jacqueline E. Lapsley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 50,43 MB
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1666747513
Poetic Living offers timely and provocative insights on the present and future trajectory of theological education, faith and culture, and pastoral ministry from an intergenerational, interdisciplinary array of pastors, scholars, and theologians. In doing so, these writers honor the ministry of M. Craig Barnes, the seventh president of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Author : James A. Holstein
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 27,27 MB
Release : 2024-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1040280439
The social constructionist perspective has revolutionized the way that social scientists investigate social problems. Constructing Social Problems (Spector and Kitsuse [1977] 2001) offered the guiding statement of the approach, which both transformed and revitalized the sociology of social problems, propelling it into a quarter century of exciting and innovative empirical research. John Kitsuse and Malcolm Spector challenged conventional approaches to the field; they insisted on treating social problems as social constructions--as the products of claims-making and constitutive definitional processes. The purpose of this book is to highlight contemporary challenges to the social constructionist perspective on social problems. In 1993, two collections of essays, Reconsidering Social Constructionism: Debates in Social Problems Theory (Holstein and Miller 1993) and Constructionist Controversies: Issues in Social Problems Theory (Miller and Holstein 1993), brought a wide variety of constructionist challenges into focus. Challenges and Choices attempts to distill these debates, and offers some compelling suggestions for how challenges may be met and where constructionist studies might proceed in the future. While each of the essays in this volume deeply appreciates the constructionist approach, each of them points to issues and choices that social constructionists must confront if the perspective is to continue to be a vital part of ongoing debates on social problems. The essays critique previous constructionist formulations; make suggestions for advancing, expanding, or diversifying the constructionist agenda; and challenge the perspective to move in new directions. They remind us that social constructionism is an ongoing, not a finished, product, and the essays point to some of the choices available to social constructionists in moving their projects into new, even uncharted, territories. James A. Holstein and Gale Miller are professors in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette University.
Author : Mary Ann Smialek
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 41,55 MB
Release : 2010-10-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 160709911X
Difficult and demanding times force educators to reevaluate their lives and current lifestyles. Times of crisis make them look for new ways to cope, grow, and thrive as individuals. Life Lessons for Educators provides a timely master plan to lead educators through today's difficult times. It charts out a journey that doesn't cost any money and that will afford educators and those they are the closest to with a priceless opportunity to live happy lives even in times of great stress. The recommendations put forward promote clarity, efficiency, and effectiveness in life. The Life Lessons for Educators have nothing to do with how much or how little money, talent, or opportunities you have. They have everything to do with how educators approach their current situations: what they think, say, and do to minimize the effects of negativity for themselves, their kids, and the students in their charge.
Author : Gale Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 34,28 MB
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351494449
With the impact of social interactionist and ethnographic methodology twenty-five years ago, the research agenda in social problems began to shift its focus, giving rise to the Social Constructionism movement. The present volume and the related shorter text, Constructionist Controversies, review the substantial contributions made by social constructionist theorists over that period, as well as recent debates about the future of the perspective. These contributions redefine the purpose and central questions of social problems theory and articulate a research program for analyzing social problems as social constructions. A generation of theorists has been trained in the constructionist perspective and has extended it through numerous analyses of diverse aspects of contemporary social life.The debates in this volume pose fundamental questions about the major assumptions of the perspective, the ways in which it is practiced, and the purposes of social problems theory. Their point of departure is Ibarra and Kitsuse's essay, cutting new theoretical ground in calling for ""investigating vernacular resources, especially rhetorical forms, in the social problems process.""Contributors are forceful proponents both within and outside of the social constructionist community, who take a broad array of positions on the current state of social problems theory and on the rhetorical forms that need exploring. They also lay down the general lines for diverse and often competing programs for the future development of the constructionist agenda.
Author : Gale Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 32,83 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351526308
"Constructionist Controversies" reviews the substantial contributions to social problems theory that have been made by social constructionist theorists and examines debates about the future of this perspective. Intended for the student, the volume provides a succinct formulation of all the major issues of social constructionism by contributors who are well recognized within the field for the strength with which they articulate their own widely varied viewpoints.
Author : Heinz P Bloch
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 23,29 MB
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0128112468
Petrochemical Machinery Insights is a priceless collection of solutions and advice from Heinz Bloch on a broad range of equipment management themes, from wear to warranty issues, organizational problems and oil mist lubrication, and professional growth and pre-purchase of machinery. The author draws on his industry experience to hone in on important problems that do not get addressed in other books, providing actionable details that engineers can use. Mechanical, reliability, and process engineers will find this book the next best thing to having Heinz Bloch on speed dial. - Focuses on pieces of hard-won experience from the industry that are rarely included in other books - Presents not just a guide to technical problems, but also to crucial themes in management and organization - Includes an informal and honest style, making author Heinz Bloch's 40 years of experience accessible to a broad audience of readers - Contains a uniting theme that successful asset management requires the separation of application and implementation details
Author : Insight Guides
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 10,98 MB
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1839052619
Insight Guide to Tanzania & Zanzibar is a pictorial travel guide in a magazine style providing answers to the key questions before or during your trip: deciding when to go to Tanzania & Zanzibar, choosing what to see, from exploring Stone Town to discovering Ruaha National Park or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Mount Kilimanjaro, Serengeti National Park. This is an ideal travel guide for travellers seeking inspiration, in-depth cultural and historical information about Tanzania & Zanzibar as well as a great selection of places to see during your trip. The Insight Guide Tanzania & Zanzibar covers: Dar es Salaam, The North Coast and Usambara, Arusha and Kilimanjaro, The Northern Safari Circuit, Western and Central Tanzania, Southern Parks and Tanzam Highway, Mbeya and Lake Nyasa, The South Coast, Zanzibar and Pemba. In this travel guide you will find: IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES Created to explore the culture and the history of Tanzania & Zanzibar to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics. BEST OF The top attractions and Editor’s Choice highlighting the most special places to visit around Tanzania & Zanzibar. CURATED PLACES, HIGH QUALITY MAPS Geographically organised text cross-referenced against full-colour, high quality travel maps for quick orientation in Pemba, Dar es Salaam and many more locations in Tanzania & Zanzibar. COLOUR-CODED CHAPTERS Every part of Tanzania & Zanzibar, from Usambara to Lake Nyasa has its own colour assigned for easy navigation. TIPS AND FACTS Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to Tanzania & Zanzibar as well as an introduction to Tanzania & Zanzibar’s Food and Drink and fun destination-specific features. PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATION A-Z of useful advice on everything from when to go to Tanzania & Zanzibar, how to get there and how to get around, as well as Tanzania & Zanzibar‘s climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more. STRIKING PICTURES Features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Kilwa Kisiwani and the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater.
Author : Alan G. Gross
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 25,61 MB
Release : 2013-11-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 022606834X
John Dalton’s molecular structures. Scatter plots and geometric diagrams. Watson and Crick’s double helix. The way in which scientists understand the world—and the key concepts that explain it—is undeniably bound up in not only words, but images. Moreover, from PowerPoint presentations to articles in academic journals, scientific communication routinely relies on the relationship between words and pictures. In Science from Sight to Insight, Alan G. Gross and Joseph E. Harmon present a short history of the scientific visual, and then formulate a theory about the interaction between the visual and textual. With great insight and admirable rigor, the authors argue that scientific meaning itself comes from the complex interplay between the verbal and the visual in the form of graphs, diagrams, maps, drawings, and photographs. The authors use a variety of tools to probe the nature of scientific images, from Heidegger’s philosophy of science to Peirce’s semiotics of visual communication. Their synthesis of these elements offers readers an examination of scientific visuals at a much deeper and more meaningful level than ever before.
