The Objective Value of Performance
Author : A. I. S. Redding
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Damages
ISBN :
Author : A. I. S. Redding
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Damages
ISBN :
Author : Gabriela-Lucia Sabau
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 43,76 MB
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1003855318
Critical Realism and the Objective Value of Sustainability contributes to the growing discussion surrounding the concept of sustainability, using a critical realist approach within a transdisciplinary theoretical framework to examine how sustainability objectively occurs in the natural world and in society. The book develops an ethical theory of sustainability as an objective value, rooted not in humans’ subjective preferences but in the holistic web of relationships, interdependencies, and obligations existing among living things on Earth, a web believed to have maintained life on Earth over the last 3.7 billion years. It proposes three pillars of sustainability ethics: contentment for the human existence given to us; justice (beyond distributive justice); and meaningful freedom (within ecological and moral limits). Using abductive reasoning, the book infers that there is an out-of-this-world Sustainer behind the Earth’s sustainability acting as a metaphysical source of all being and value. It argues that sustainability value, accepted as a shared understanding of the common good, must guide individual decisions and socio-economic development efforts as a matter of deliberate choice, as well as be built on the awareness that there are non-negotiable, pre-established conditions for our planet’s sustainability. This book will be of interest to students and scholars across fields of inquiry, including sustainability, sustainable development, environmental philosophy and ethics, philosophy of science, and ecological economics, and to whoever may wonder why seasons exists and why humans have creative minds.
Author : George A. Boyne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 2006-11-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1139460455
The performance of governments around the globe is constantly in the spotlight, whether as a celebration or indictment of their activities. Providing evidence on strategies to improve the performance of public agencies is therefore essential to the practice of public management. Originally published in 2006, this important contribution to the debate explores issues of measurement, research methodology, and management influences on performance. It focuses on three key questions: what approaches should be adopted to measure the performance of public agencies? What aspects of management influence the performance of public agencies? As the world globalizes, what are the key international issues in performance measurement and management? In examining these questions, the contributors debate both methodological and technical issues regarding the measurement of performance in public organizations, and provide empirical analyses of the determinants of performance. The book concludes with groundbreaking work on the international dimensions of these issues.
Author :
Publisher : The Law Publisher CC
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 31,68 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 1920569243
Author : Andrew Greasley
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 36,44 MB
Release : 2007-12-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412918831
The Sage Course Companion on Operations Management is an accessible introduction to the subject that will help readers to extend their understanding of key concepts and enhance their thinking skills in line with course requirements. It provides support on how to revise for exams and prepare for and write assessed pieces. Readers are encouraged not only to think like an operations manager but also to think about the subject critically.
Author : Daniela Venanzi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 11,79 MB
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 884702451X
The choice of financial performance measures is one of the most critical challenges facing organizations. The accounting-based measures of financial performance have been viewed as inadequate, as firms began focusing on shareholder value as the primary long-term objective of the organization. Hence, value-based metrics were devised that explicitly incorporate the cost of capital into performance calculations. Despite the increasing emphasis on these value-based measures, no definitive evidence exists of which metric works better than others, and on the extent to which any of them is superior to traditional accounting measures. In this scenario, the objective of this book is contributing to the ongoing dialogue on the appropriateness of different financial performance measures, by providing a systematic and updated review of the major value-based measures, by highlighting their respective strengths and weaknesses and by comparing the main international empirical evidence on their effectiveness. This book can be a powerful tool for guiding managers and graduate students in the “tangled forest” of the existing metrics, by providing them with the quick, but adequate knowledge for consistently adopting them.
Author : Esteban Mocskos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 2017-12-26
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3319733532
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th Latin American Conference on High Performance Computing, CARLA 2017, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, in September 2017. The 29 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: HPC infrastructures and datacenters; HPC industry and education; GPU, multicores, accelerators; HPC applications and tools; big data and data management; parallel and distributed algorithms; Grid, cloud and federations.
Author : Lihui Wang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 24,15 MB
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0857296523
With the increasing complexity and dynamism in today’s product design and manufacturing, more optimal, robust and practical approaches and systems are needed to support product design and manufacturing activities. Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimisation for Product Design and Manufacturing presents a focused collection of quality chapters on state-of-the-art research efforts in multi-objective evolutionary optimisation, as well as their practical applications to integrated product design and manufacturing. Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimisation for Product Design and Manufacturing consists of two major sections. The first presents a broad-based review of the key areas of research in multi-objective evolutionary optimisation. The second gives in-depth treatments of selected methodologies and systems in intelligent design and integrated manufacturing. Recent developments and innovations in multi-objective evolutionary optimisation make Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimisation for Product Design and Manufacturing a useful text for a broad readership, from academic researchers to practicing engineers.
Author : Mindy Chen-Wishart
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 15,7 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198806353
This textbook provides an accessible account of the intricacies of contract law and the problems that can arise during the life of a contract. These problems, along with their solutions, are discussed in detail using everyday language that stimulates thought and reflection.
Author : Ira A. Jackson
Publisher : Broadway Business
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,63 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0385501633
Draws on detailed case studies from more than fifty top companies to demonstrate how engaging in ethical practices can enable businesses to gain a competitive advantage, improve a brand image, secure consumer loyalty, and foster greater employee satisfaction.