Download or read book Education at a Glance written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The OECD education indicators enable countries to see themselves in light of other countries performance. They reflect on both the human and financial resources invested in education and on the returns of these investments.

Download or read book Women Managers Moving on written by Judi Marshall and published by Cengage Learning Business Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research shows there is a surprisingly high exodus of successful female executives from the corporate sector. This takes place at a level well beyond the conventional family-raising stage and appears to be related to more fundamental issues of life-style choice and alienation from a male corporate culture. This book explores the phenomenon through a qualitative study of 16 women who have reached middle or senior management levels and paused to review their careers. By telling their stories in detail, Marshall explores their experiences of working in male-dominated cultures, being change agents, why they decided to leave and what their next steps are. Recent research shows there is a surprisingly high exodus of successful female executives from the corporate sector. This takes place at a level well beyond the conventional family-raising stage and appears to be related to more fundamental issues of life-style choice and alienation from a male corporate culture. This book explores the phenomenon through a qualitative study of 16 women who have reached middle or senior management levels and paused to review their careers. By telling their stories in detail, Marshall explores their experiences of working in male-dominated cultures, being change agents, why they decided to leave and what their next steps are.

Download or read book New Venture Creation written by Jeffry A. Timmons and published by Irwin Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Badenheim Nineteen thirty nine written by Aharon Apelfeld and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 1980 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of Europe in the days just before the war. It tells of a small group of Jewish holiday makers in the resort of Badenheim in the Spring of 1939. Hitler's war looms, but Badenheim and its summer residents go about life as normal."

Download or read book The Andes written by Axel Borsdorf and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Andes are attracting global interest again: they hold valuable mineral resources, tourists appreciate their great natural beauty and the diversity of indigenous cultures, climbers scale rock and ice faces, while many others are intrigued by regional political developments, such as the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela or the almost unfettered hegemony of the neoliberal economic model in Chile. This volume is the first attempt for decades to present a complete overview of the longest mountain chain on the planet – a region of remarkable climatic, floristic and geologic diversity, where advanced civilization developed well before the arrival of the Spanish. Today the Andes continue to be characterized by their ethnic, demographic, cultural and economic diversity, as well as by the disparity of local socioeconomic groups. The Andean countries pursue a wide range of approaches to tackle the challenges of making the best use of their natural and cultural potential without damaging their ecological basis, as well as to overcome economic disparity and foster social cohesion. This book provides insights into this unique region and its most pressing issues, complemented by a wealth of pictures and comprehensive diagrams, which, in sum, help to better understand these fascinating mountains.

Download or read book Biosphere Reserves in the Mountains of the World written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As model regions for balancing ecological with economic and social needs, biosphere reserves, by involving local stakeholders, are intended to test and develop future-oriented solutions for today's challenges in mountain regions, such as food security, poverty reduction, erosion, global warming and the conservation of biodiversity. However, the challenging task of implementing UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Reserve concept in an ideal manner may be a little over-ambitious. The reality sometimes shows a different picture. In this publication you will find various examples - good and critical ones - of mountain biosphere reserves from all over the world and read about the important roles they play as sites for conserving biodiversity, for international science collaboration, and for enhancing the sustainable use of natural resources.

Download or read book Academic Rebels in Chile written by Ivan Jaksic and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1989-07-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many philosophers have been appointed to top-level political positions during Chile's modern history. What makes Chilean philosophers unique in the context of Latin America and beyond, is that they have developed a sophisticated rationale for both their participation and withdrawal from politics. All along, philosophers have grappled with fundamental problems such as the role of religion and politics in society. They have also played a fundamental role in defining the nature and aims of higher education. The philosophers' production constitutes a substantial, albeit largely unknown, portion of the intellectual history of Chile and Latin America. This book describes in detail the evolution of philosophical work in Chile, and pays close attention to the relationship between philosophical activity and contemporary social and political events. Various Chilean philosophical sources are discussed for the first time in the literature on Chilean ideas. The work of such intellectuals as Andres Bello, Valentin Letelier, Enrique Molina, Jorge Millas, Juan Rivano, Juan de Dios Vial Larrain, and many others is examined in relation to the principal political and educational issues of their time. The book also develops a distinction between the two main currents of Chilean philosophy, namely, a "professionalist" current that seeks the independence of the field from social and political involvements, and a "critical" current that seeks to relate philosophical activity to national realities.

Download or read book The Politics of the Essay written by Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993-08-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Politics of the Essay is that rare scholarly work that provides both a history of this relatively new field and of its formal characteristics and inspires its readers to want to participate in the making of this history." -- Signs The first in-depth study of the relationship between women and essays. Employing gender, race, class, and national identity as axes of analysis, this volume introduces new perspectives into what has been a largely apolitical discussion of the essay. Includes an original essay by Susan Griffin.

Download or read book Long Term Socio Ecological Research written by Simron Jit Singh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors in this volume make a case for LTSER’s potential in providing insights, knowledge and experience necessary for a sustainability transition. This expertly edited selection of contributions from Europe and North America reviews the development of LTSER since its inception and assesses its current state, which has evolved to recognize the value of formulating solutions to the host of ecological threats we face. Through many case studies, this book gives the reader a greater sense of where we are and what still needs to be done to engage in and make meaning from long-term, place-based and cross-disciplinary engagements with socio-ecological systems.

Download or read book Latin American Women and the Search for Social Justice written by Francesca Miller and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1991 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear and detailed study of Latin American women’s history from the late nineteenth century to the present.

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Download or read book Las habilidades directivas y estilos de liderazgo en el ambiente laboral Factores claves para enfrentar los cambios en las organizaciones written by Erika Dolores Ruiz and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documento del año 2015 en eltema Economía de las empresas - Administración de empresas, gestión, organización, Nota: 9, , Materia: Administración, Idioma: Español, Resumen: Actualmente los administradores necesitan conocimientos sólidos de teorías administrativas, pero también requieren tener conocimiento de la visión y de la experiencia de otros directivos que han enfrentado grandes retos para salir avante en situaciones complejas. En función de lo anterior esta obra está destinada a brindar la información necesaria con un toque reflexivo que permita al lector ampliar su visión y aplicarlo a su entorno, cabe señalar que no existe un instructivo o una receta mágica que le explique al directivo que hacer punto por punto, sin embargo; si consideramos que debe existir una base sólida de conocimientos académicos que reforzados con la experiencia y tenacidad le permitan salir airoso en las batallas que enfrente. Por ello este libro se ocupa de proporcionar esas bases en tres áreas fundamentales que debe dominar cualquier administrador y que le asentirán salir triunfante en los retos que se le presenten y posicionar a su organización entre las mejores en la mente de los consumidores. Todo esto es posible a través de la buena administración de los recursos organizacionales: Materiales, Financieros y Humanos, siendo este último los más importantes para lograr los objetivos y visión que se tienen trazados, no se puede presumir de satisfacción laboral sino existe un buen clima organizacional. Al escribir esta obra nos hemos apoyado en diversos autores que citamos y que consideramos que sus aportes en investigación son los que hoy permiten que las empresas puedan permanecer en el mercado, a todos ellos sin excepción gracias.

Download or read book Relaciones entre el clima organizacional y la satisfacci n laboral written by Margarita Chiang Vega and published by Universidad Pontificia Comillas. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El estudio del clima organizacional aporta conocimientos fundamentales para la comprensión de las relaciones laborales y para la calidad y eficiencia de la acción organizativa. En estos dominios, la influencia de variables actitudinales, tales como la satisfacción laboral y, de ciertas variables personales, como la autoeficacia, pueden tener una acción preponderante sobre la interacción social que se desarrolla entre los distintos actores que componen las organizaciones y por ello, sobre los resultados obtenidos en el trabajo. La aportación más relevante y convergente en estas investigaciones señala que es más probable obtener mejores resultados laborales en: alto desempeño, compromiso o cooperación, cuando las personas se sienten parte de un grupo de trabajo con un clima organizacional satisfactorio, cuando perciben que tienen las competencias adecuadas para desarrollar su trabajo y cuando son recompensadas y reconocidas como agentes significativos de los resultados organizacionales. No sorprende entonces que, la relación de las variables organizacionales y personales esté representando una influencia relevante sobre la dinámica de la vida organizacional. En este libro se desgranan cincuenta años de seguimiento científico sobre esta curiosa relación que se establece entre el clima organizacional y la satisfacción laboral que, aunque de un modo intuitivo pueda parecer obvia, adquiere matices diferentes, pertinentes todos ellos a la singularidad de los diferentes contextos organizativos.

Download or read book Feminism and Social Change written by Heidi Gottfried and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fresh, original, and brings together in one place a set of authors who are very important to the field." -- Mary Margaret Fonow, coeditor of Beyond Methodology: Feminist Scholarship as Lived Research "Finally, a collection dedicated to demonstrating precisely what it means to do feminist research " -- Madonna Harrington Meyer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign How likely is feminist research to promote change in society? Are some research methods more successful at bringing about change than others? Contributors to this volume discuss principles of feminist inquiry, providing examples from their own experience and evaluating research practices for their potential to promote social change. The twelve chapters cover methodologies including ethnographic study, in-depth interviewing, naming, and going public. Also explored are consultative relationships between academic researchers and activist organizations, participatory and advocacy research processes, and coalition building.