Download or read book Kyosei Culture and Sustainable Technology written by Massimo Negrotti and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2006 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all are users of technology and services, but the way we use them strongly depends on who our 'interlocutor' is: a machine, a software application or a person. The contributions of this volume look at the concept of the user from various perspectives and continue to discuss the theme started in volume three on the user of the artificial. Topics include: man-machine relations such as the user and the virtual world of the internet or users in various cultural contexts of the artificial. The second part of the book focuses on man-nature relations and introduces the Japanese concept of Kyosei (symbiosis) in the context of technology and the environment.
Download or read book Cultural Heritage in a Changing World written by Karol Jan Borowiecki and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central purpose of this collection of essays is to make a creative addition to the debates surrounding the cultural heritage domain. In the 21st century the world faces epochal changes which affect every part of society, including the arenas in which cultural heritage is made, held, collected, curated, exhibited, or simply exists. The book is about these changes; about the decentring of culture and cultural heritage away from institutional structures towards the individual; about the questions which the advent of digital technologies is demanding that we ask and answer in relation to how we understand, collect and make available Europe’s cultural heritage. Cultural heritage has enormous potential in terms of its contribution to improving the quality of life for people, understanding the past, assisting territorial cohesion, driving economic growth, opening up employment opportunities and supporting wider developments such as improvements in education and in artistic careers. Given that spectrum of possible benefits to society, the range of studies that follow here are intended to be a resource and stimulus to help inform not just professionals in the sector but all those with an interest in cultural heritage.
Download or read book Innovative Security Solutions for Information Technology and Communications written by Emil Simion and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Security for Information Technology and Communications, SecITC 2019, held in Bucharest, Romania, in November 2019. The 14 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 submissions. The papers present a wide range from cryptographic algorithms, to digital forensic and cyber security.
Download or read book Natural Chance Artificial Chance written by Massimo Negrotti and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only scientific research, but also modern-day social life, is demonstrating a strongly renewed interest in 'chance' - a theme that has accompanied the whole history of human thought. This volume brings together many of the topics in which chance, or randomness, plays a significant role. The interest in randomness has been accentuated by the emergence of theories and concrete phenomena, which appear to be homing in upon the complex, many-sided, multidimensional and uncertain aspects of reality, such as the dynamics of living or economic systems, or of technological and political trends. Furthermore, in scientific and technological fields, there is a growing need for 'good' random sequences of numbers or symbols for use in simulation or testing activities, cryptographic methods, and so on.
Download or read book Systems Thinking and Process Dynamics for Marketing Systems Technologies and Applications for Decision Management written by Rajagopal, Dr. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increased competition in the global marketplace has created enormous pressure on system implementation, particularly in the field of marketing. Systems Thinking and Process Dynamics for Marketing Systems: Technologies and Applications for Decision Management describes a holistic approach to monitoring, evaluating, and applying appropriate marketing strategies, and understanding the competition and its future implication on the business of a company. As complexities multiply, the scientific concept of systems thinking and analyzing process dynamics explained in this publication allows marketing firms succeed. The critical issues facing firms today are presented in a thoroughly modern context, laying the foundation for a bright future.
Download or read book Sustainable Business Development written by David L. Rainey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a turbulent business environment, leaders must begin to think more broadly about what a corporation is and how it can create a richer future. With the globalisation of the world's economies, the intensification of competition, and quantum leaps in technological development, the insular and static strategic thinking of many global corporations has become inadequate for understanding the business environment and determining strategic direction. This 2006 book provides comprehensive and practical analysis of what sustainable business development (SBD) is and how companies can use it to make a significant difference. Case studies of companies in the US, Europe, the Pacific Rim and South America demonstrate that achieving innovation and integration depends on a comprehensive understanding of all of the forces which drive change and responding to them with fresh ways of strategic thinking. It is compulsory reading for MBA students and executives as well as professional readers.
Download or read book Toward a Peaceable Future written by Yōichirō Murakami and published by International Christian University (Japan) and Washington State University. This book was released on 2005 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a pioneering cross-cultural, transnational and multifaceted endeavor, Japanese and American scholars from various disciplines jointly explore challenging questions by redefining the three key concepts of "peace, security and kyosei." The book offers new perspectives for interdisciplinary peace studies and stimulates a public dialogue on how to shape a safer and more peaceful future for individuals, communities, and nations.
Download or read book Toward Sustainable Organisations written by Rodrigo Lozano and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is one of the first ones focussing on how organisations (civil society, corporations, and public sector ones) are contributing to sustainability. The book starts by providing a discussion of the four dimensions of sustainability (economic, environmental, social, and time). The second chapter focusses on what organisations are, their system elements (e.g. operations and production, management and strategy, and governance), stakeholders, relationships within and between organisations (ranging from competition to collaboration), and a framework for organisations to understand and map how they can contribute to sustainability. The third chapter discusses the twenty-four main tools, initiatives, and approaches (TIAs) that have been developed for organisations to contribute to sustainability, such as Circular Economy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Management Systems, and Sustainability Reporting. The fourth chapter focusses on organisational change management for sustainability, including types of change, drivers for change, resistance to change, incorporation, and institutionalisation. The fifth chapter presents empirical evidence on what civil society organisations have contributed to sustainability, from priorities and impacts, TIAs, external stimuli, and internal factors, drivers for change, starts of change, and development of change. The sixth chapter presents empirical evidence on what corporations have contributed to sustainability, from priorities and impacts, TIAs, external stimuli, and internal factors, drivers for change, starts of change, and development of change. The seventh chapter presents empirical evidence on what public sector organisations have contributed to sustainability, from priorities and impacts, TIAs, external stimuli, and internal factors, drivers for change, starts of change, and development of change. The last chapter provides the conclusions of the book. The book is aimed at providing a multi-level, dynamic, and holistic perspective on the contributions of organisations to sustainability. The book's uniqueness lies in analysing organisations’ efforts to become more sustainability oriented and contribute to making societies more sustainable through systems thinking, TIAs, and change processes.
Download or read book Integral Dynamics written by Ronnie Lessem and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of integral dynamics is based on the view that the development of individual leaders or entrepreneurs requires the simultaneous development of institutions and societies. It seeks a specific way forward for each society, fundamentally different from, but drawing on, its past. Nearly every natural science has been transformed from an analytically-based approach to a dynamic one: now it is time for society and culture to follow suit locally and globally. Each culture, discipline and person is incomplete and is in need of others in order to develop and evolve. This book sets out a curriculum for a new integral, trans-cultural and trans-disciplinary area of study, inclusive of, but extending beyond, economics and enterprise. It embraces a trans-personal perspective, linking self with community, enterprise and society, and focusing on the vital relationship between local identity and global integrity. For the government policy maker, the enlightened business practitioner, and the student and researcher into economics and enterprise, the new discipline is set out here in complete detail by a multi-national team of Gower's Transformation and Innovation Series authors. Illuminated with examples relating the conceptual to the practical, this is a text, not for a pre-modern, modern, or even post-modern era, but for what has been called our trans-modern age.
Download or read book International Marketing written by Rajagopal and published by Vikas Publishing House. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Caters To Undergraduate And Graduate Students In Management Schools In India And Most Asian And Latin American Universities For Core Or Elective Paper, And Will Also Prove Useful To Them As Practising Managers Since It Develops New Concepts Deriv
Download or read book Visionary Strategic Leadership written by David L. Rainey and published by IAP. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book represents a dramatic step forward in discussing the principles, processes, and practices of visionary strategic leadership. While most of the existing literature covers the subject from organizational and management perspectives, the book focuses on a holistic view of the corporation and all of the supporting entities and customers and stakeholders. The book addresses new theories, methods and practices that are in line with 21st century dynamics. The book is on the cutting edge of thought and practice. It discusses constructs based on the integration of the social, economic, ethical, technological and environmental considerations. Examples are taken from numerous industries in the U.S., Europe, Pacific Rim and South America. The book portrays the global phenomenon. The discussions are based on real world needs and expectations. There is a huge audience of executives, professionals and practitioners who need to understand the opportunities and challenges of today and in the future. There are scholars, professors and business leaders who will view these perspectives as real world approaches being practiced by global corporations today.
Download or read book Religious Pilgrimage Routes and Trails written by Daniel H Olsen and published by CABI. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia people have travelled to religious sites for worship, initiatory and leisure purposes. Today there are hundreds, if not thousands, of religious pilgrimage routes and trails around the world that are used by pilgrims as well as tourists. Indeed, many religious pilgrimage routes and trails are today used as themes by tourism marketers in an effort to promote regional economic development. An important resource for those interested in religious tourism and pilgrimage, this book is also an invaluable collection for academics and policy-makers within heritage tourism and regional development.
Download or read book Moral Capitalism written by Stephen Young and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how to ensure that capitalism promotes progress and equality rather than enriching the few at the expense of manyBased on principles developed by the Caux Round Table, an international network of senior business executives from such companies as 3M, Canon, NEC, Bankers Trust, Shell, Prudential, and dozens of other companiesProvides practical guidelines for corporate social responsibility through the Caux Round Table's Seven General Principles for BusinessThe world is drifting without a clear plan for its economic development. Communism is dead, but in the wake of Enron and similar scanda.
Download or read book APO News written by Asian Productivity Organization and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quest for Sustainable Business written by Wayne Visser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 2010, author, academic and social entrepreneur Dr Wayne Visser set off on a nine-month, 20-country "quest" to talk to entrepreneurs, business leaders and innovators and learn about how companies in all parts of the world can and are helping to tackle the world's most pressing social and environmental problems. His aim was to explore the many varieties of global approaches to sustainable business practices first-hand and to share some of the most innovative global examples.The result is this treasure trove of a book, full of stories, ideas, links to more than 100 video interviews, best practices and tools for making sustainable business work in a myriad of different contexts, cultures and settings. Besides sharing insights from his 2010 "CSR Quest World Tour", the author captures his professional experiences and the evolution of sustainable business over the past 20 years.The path begins in Africa and winds its way through Asia, North America, Europe, Australasia and Latin America. The author shares what he has learned in encounters with mega-corporations and small farmers, and conversations with CEOs and social entrepreneurs. There are facts and figures about world trends, and interviews with thought leaders and activists. This is a tale that consciously weaves the personal and the professional, mixing anecdotes and case studies. It looks outwards and reflects inwards, and is both autobiography and the life story of a global movement.
Download or read book CSR and Competitiveness Essential of the Corporate India and its Sustainability written by Saurabh Mittal and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The business landscape is changing fast with the rapid globalization. Society expectations from corporate are increasing and CSR is being perceived as a tool to help secure a sustainable competitive advantage by integrating social and business goals. This book provides an overview and represents current developments in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, CSR concepts, initiatives, infrastructures and needs, methods, especially focusing on the needs of SMEs. In this book through contributions and chapters we explore the concept of competitiveness in relation to CSR. Research articles and chapters from the practitioners, consultants and academicians would enlighten the readers as to how competitive advantage can be generated through creating stakeholder engagement through the CSR initiatives. Some real world Case Studies are included elaborating the contribution of CSR to short term profits as well as to long term competitiveness. These Case Studies from Indian Corporate and abroad, well represent the challenges and opportunities for the businesses to implement the CSR initiatives, resulting in community development. Thus, the contributions in this book represent a triangle between the Corporate, Academics and Research; used to implement the CSR Activities in the Indian and Global context. This book is being published as a reference material for all the stakeholders of today's business who have some interest in the area of CSR & Sustainability. It would provide a real world scenario for further exploration of Social Upliftment opportunities and the competitive advantages to the corporate.
Download or read book PICMET 01 Technology management in the knowledge era written by Dundar F. Kocaoglu and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
