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Personalentwicklung in Zeiten der Digitalisierung. Herausforderungen und Maßnahmen für die Personalentwicklung

Author : Denitsa Trifonova
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346265498
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Personalentwicklung in Zeiten der Digitalisierung. Herausforderungen und Maßnahmen für die Personalentwicklung written by Denitsa Trifonova and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Führung und Personal - Personalführung, Note: 1,0, AKAD University, ehem. AKAD Fachhochschule Stuttgart, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Herausforderungen für die Personalentwicklung und das Unternehmen im digitalen Wandel. Sie zeigt Maßnahmen auf und entwickelt Handlungsempfehlungen, die sich auf die Grundlage des Zusammenspiels von Personalentwicklung und Digitalisierung beziehen. Die Zielgruppe sind hierbei Arbeitgeber sowie Arbeitnehmer, die von der digitalen Transformation betroffen sind. Die Welt ist dynamischer und komplexer geworden. Die Zeit ist heutzutage ein entscheidender Faktor. Neue Technologien entwickeln sich rasant und führen zu einem schnellen technologischen Fortschritt. Die Digitalisierung ist in vollem Gange. Durch die zunehmende Dynamik sind die Schlagworte digitale Transformation und Fachkräftemangel ein Treiber der Unternehmenstransformation und damit der Personalentwicklung. Die veränderten Marktanforderungen erfordern ein neues Denken. Um den Anforderungen dieses schnell voranschreitenden Wandels gewachsen zu sein, müssen Unternehmen in der Lage sein, den technologischen Wandel aktiv zu gestalten. Dazu ist es notwendig, dass die Kompetenzen und Fähigkeiten der Beschäftigten im Unternehmen erweitert und ausgebaut werden.

Digitalisierung der Personalentwicklung

Author : Jonas Joachims
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783957104052
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Digitalisierung der Personalentwicklung written by Jonas Joachims and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Digitale Personalentwicklung. Risiken und Chancen

Author : Christopher Kantelhardt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783346190871
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Digitale Personalentwicklung. Risiken und Chancen written by Christopher Kantelhardt and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Arbeit, Betrieb, Organisation und Wirtschaft, Note: 1,0, Private Fachhochschule Göttingen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Folgenden wird, unter Berücksichtigung des Themas "Digitale Personalentwicklung: Risiken und Chancen" tief in die Entwicklung des Human Resources Managements eingegriffen. Weiterhin werden die Chancen und Risiken der voranschreitenden Digitalisierung gegenübergestellt und in den Kontext der Personalentwicklung eingeordnet. Die Einleitung dient hierbei als Hinführung zum Thema, der genauen Einordnung und zur ersten Erklärung des Hintergrunds. Weiterhin wird die Einleitung zur Erklärung meiner vorgenommenen Ziele, sowie zur Erklärung der verwendeten Gliederung genutzt. Anschließend wird nach einer kurzen Einordnung in das Thema auf die bisherigen Gewinner der Digitalisierung eingegangen, um dann die Überleitung auf die aktuelle Situation in Deutschland und dessen Stimmung einzugehen. Zudem welche Chancen der Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung bisher für Deutschland feststellen konnte. Daraufhin wird auf den Wandel der digitalisiert beeinflussten Personalentwicklung eingegangen und auf die vergangenen 50 Jahre in Deutschland zurückgeblickt, sowie erste Schlüsse gezogen. Diese Schlüsse werden Mithilfe des Sachverständigenrates und dessen neuesten Jahresbericht aus den Jahren 2018/19 gebildet. Weitergehend wird auf den Wandel des Human Resource Managements im Allgemeinen eingegangen. Im Fokus steht hier der Wandel der Gewinnung von Arbeitnehmern, welche durch Apps und Social Media neu definiert wurden und werden. Hier werden auch persönliche Erfahrungen angeschnitten. Im Kapitel 4.1 wird hier sehr genau die Industrie 4.0 von der Arbeit 4.0 abgegrenzt und definiert, da beides tragende Begriffe der Digitalisierung sind und oftmals in einen Topf geworfen werden. Weitergehend wurden die Risiken der Digitalisierung, auch im Bezug der Arbeitslosigkeit,

Toolbox Digital Business

Author : Ralf T. Kreutzer
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3658370173
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (583 download)

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Download or read book Toolbox Digital Business written by Ralf T. Kreutzer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-13 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides important guidelines for the digital transformation process and shows how established companies in particular can use digitization for their strategic further development. It highlights developments in IT and data management, supported by AI, and analyzes how marketing, sales, HR, the corporate organization and controlling must be transformed in the digital age in order to take advantage of these new opportunities as early and comprehensively as possible. The tools offered in this book will support companies in actively shaping the change.

Digital Transformation of Learning Organizations

Author : Christian Helbig
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030558789
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Digital Transformation of Learning Organizations written by Christian Helbig and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access volume provides insight into how organizations change through the adoption of digital technologies. Opportunities and challenges for individuals as well as the organization are addressed. It features four major themes: 1. Current research exploring the theoretical underpinnings of digital transformation of organizations. 2. Insights into available digital technologies as well as organizational requirements for technology adoption. 3. Issues and challenges for designing and implementing digital transformation in learning organizations. 4. Case studies, empirical research findings, and examples from organizations which successfully adopted digital workplace learning.

Integrierte Qualitaets- und Kompetenzentwicklung

Author : Christian M. Stracke
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291930086
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book Integrierte Qualitaets- und Kompetenzentwicklung written by Christian M. Stracke and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Qualitätsentwicklung und die Kompetenzentwicklung sind die wichtigsten Zielsetzungen im E-Learning und in der gesamten Aus- und Weiterbildung, um nicht nur die individuellen Lernenden zu unterstützen, sondern auch unsere Gesellschaft insgesamt zu verbessern: Schon im Kleinkindalter und in der Schulzeit sollten alle Möglichkeiten für eine optimale Ausbildung und Kompetenzentwicklung genutzt werden. Bildung ist das stärkste Mittel für ein fried- liches Zusammenleben und die Stärkung der Gemeinschaft. Christian M. Stracke präsentiert dazu das Life-Cycle-Modell IDEAL: Es ist das erste Referenzmodell für die Integration von Qualitäts- und Kompetenzentwicklung im E-Learning, das auf die gesamte Aus- und Weiterbildung übertragbar ist.

Simply Managing

Author : Henry Mintzberg
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1609949242
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Simply Managing written by Henry Mintzberg and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a simplified, shortened, and updated version of the definitive title on management (Managing, which has sold over 70,000 copies) from management legend and best-selling author Henry Mintzberg.

In-Work Poverty in Europe

Author : Luca Ratti
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9403549971
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book In-Work Poverty in Europe written by Luca Ratti and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In-work poverty is a reality for too many persons in the European Union (EU). Although everyone is in agreement that poverty must be reduced, rarely is there a specific focus on the plight of those who, despite working, are poor. This important book is the first to unreservedly meet the challenge of defining, measuring, and comparing the legal regimes to combat in-work poverty in Europe, fully attending to the strengths and shortcomings of indicators and allowing the assessment of comparative best practices among the Member States. The distinguished contributors each describe and analyse this complex and multidimensional phenomenon, with its manifold and intertwined causes, in relation to such factors as the following: employment-related factors (wage, type of contract, atypical employment); worker’s socio-demographic characteristics (level of education, gender, age, country of birth); size and composition of household; household work intensity; and institutional factors (childcare, flexible work arrangements, employment protection, housing, technological change). In a major innovation, the book’s methodology approaches the ‘working poor’ by distinctly defining four groups of vulnerable and under-represented persons (VUPs) with detailed statistical information on in-work poverty in each group. Following an in-depth introduction focusing on the definition and ramifications of the concept of in-work poverty – including a discussion of legal scholarship and relevant EU instruments – the situations in seven EU Member States (Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden) are compared, revealing important variations. For each of the VUP groups, these chapters explain their composition at the national level and assess the impact of regulation on the incidence of in-work poverty. The last chapter highlights differences and similarities in an attempt to find patterns and identify common regulatory problems and best practices. The book’s comparative perspective greatly assists in understanding in-work poverty determinants, appraising varieties of relevant national policies, and stimulating the development of effective legal measures. With its close analysis of the limitations of existing measurement indicators, the book sheds light on the role of regulation in the prevalence and persistence of the phenomenon and equips policymakers at the EU and national levels with targeted tools to tackle this severe social problem.

Organizational Change

Author : Tupper F. Cawsey
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483388441
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Organizational Change written by Tupper F. Cawsey and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awaken, mobilize, accelerate, and institutionalize change. With a rapidly changing environment, aggressive competition, and ever-increasing customer demands, organizations must understand how to effectively adapt to challenges and find opportunities to successfully implement change. Bridging current theory with practical applications, Organizational Change: An Action-Oriented Toolkit, Third Edition combines conceptual models with concrete examples and useful exercises to dramatically improve the knowledge, skills, and abilities of students in creating effective change. Students will learn to identify needs, communicate a powerful vision, and engage others in the process. This unique toolkit by Tupper Cawsey, Gene Deszca, and Cynthia Ingols will provide readers with practical insights and tools to implement, measure, and monitor sustainable change initiatives to guide organizations to desired outcomes.

Applied Psychology for Project Managers

Author : Monika Wastian
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662442140
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Applied Psychology for Project Managers written by Monika Wastian and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an essential manual for project managers, project management offices (PMO’s), trainers and consultants, addressing the psychological side of project management. Written by leading scholars in organizational psychology and by top experts in project management, it covers all major psychological topics that are key to project success. The book features dedicated chapters on leadership and teamwork, including virtual and intercultural cooperation, commitment and motivation of project teams. It adds a psychological perspective to personnel management, decision-making, information and knowledge management and communication in project work. Power, influencing tactics and other aspects of stakeholder management are covered, as well as project coaching, innovation and creativity, self-management and the management of conflicts, risks and crises.

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of the Internet at Work

Author : Guido Hertel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119256143
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of the Internet at Work written by Guido Hertel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative Wiley Blackwell Handbook in Organizational Psychology focuses on individual and organizational applications of Internet-enabled technologies within the workplace. The editors have drawn on their collective experience in collating thematically structured material from leading writers based in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Coinciding with the growing international interest in the application of psychology to organizations, the work offers a unique depth of analysis from an explicitly psychological perspective. Each chapter includes a detailed literature review that offers academics, researchers, scientist-practitioners, and students an invaluable frame of reference. Coverage is built around competencies set forth by regulatory agencies including the APA and BPS, and includes E-Recruiting, E-Leadership, and E-Learning; virtual teams; cyberloafing; ergonomics of human-computer interaction at work; permanent accessibility and work-life balance; and trust in online environments.

Cyber-Physical Systems

Author : Houbing Herbert Song
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN 13 : 0128038748
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Cyber-Physical Systems written by Houbing Herbert Song and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations, Principles and Applications explores the core system science perspective needed to design and build complex cyber-physical systems. Using Systems Science’s underlying theories, such as probability theory, decision theory, game theory, organizational sociology, behavioral economics, and cognitive psychology, the book addresses foundational issues central across CPS applications, including System Design -- How to design CPS to be safe, secure, and resilient in rapidly evolving environments, System Verification -- How to develop effective metrics and methods to verify and certify large and complex CPS, Real-time Control and Adaptation -- How to achieve real-time dynamic control and behavior adaptation in a diverse environments, such as clouds and in network-challenged spaces, Manufacturing -- How to harness communication, computation, and control for developing new products, reducing product concepts to realizable designs, and producing integrated software-hardware systems at a pace far exceeding today's timeline. The book is part of the Intelligent Data-Centric Systems: Sensor-Collected Intelligence series edited by Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia. Indexing: The books of this series are submitted to EI-Compendex and SCOPUS Includes in-depth coverage of the latest models and theories that unify perspectives, expressing the interacting dynamics of the computational and physical components of a system in a dynamic environment Focuses on new design, analysis, and verification tools that embody the scientific principles of CPS and incorporate measurement, dynamics, and control Covers applications in numerous sectors, including agriculture, energy, transportation, building design and automation, healthcare, and manufacturing

Change Management

Author : Jeffrey M. Hiatt
Publisher : Prosci
ISBN 13 : 1930885180
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Change Management written by Jeffrey M. Hiatt and published by Prosci. This book was released on 2003 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change management is the missing piece that takes good ideas and turns them into business success. This book is not only a solid introduction to the discipline of change management, but is the primer to catalyze change leadership and competency in your organization. The responsibility for creating competencies to manage and lead change does not rest solely with HR, but lies within all management, right to the seat of the CEO. This book is a practical look at what it means to manage the people side of change

Embedded System Design

Author : Peter Marwedel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400702574
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Embedded System Design written by Peter Marwedel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the late 1980s, information processing was associated with large mainframe computers and huge tape drives. During the 1990s, this trend shifted toward information processing with personal computers, or PCs. The trend toward miniaturization continues and in the future the majority of information processing systems will be small mobile computers, many of which will be embedded into larger products and interfaced to the physical environment. Hence, these kinds of systems are called embedded systems. Embedded systems together with their physical environment are called cyber-physical systems. Examples include systems such as transportation and fabrication equipment. It is expected that the total market volume of embedded systems will be significantly larger than that of traditional information processing systems such as PCs and mainframes. Embedded systems share a number of common characteristics. For example, they must be dependable, efficient, meet real-time constraints and require customized user interfaces (instead of generic keyboard and mouse interfaces). Therefore, it makes sense to consider common principles of embedded system design. Embedded System Design starts with an introduction into the area and a survey of specification models and languages for embedded and cyber-physical systems. It provides a brief overview of hardware devices used for such systems and presents the essentials of system software for embedded systems, like real-time operating systems. The book also discusses evaluation and validation techniques for embedded systems. Furthermore, the book presents an overview of techniques for mapping applications to execution platforms. Due to the importance of resource efficiency, the book also contains a selected set of optimization techniques for embedded systems, including special compilation techniques. The book closes with a brief survey on testing. Embedded System Design can be used as a text book for courses on embedded systems and as a source which provides pointers to relevant material in the area for PhD students and teachers. It assumes a basic knowledge of information processing hardware and software. Courseware related to this book is available at http://ls12-www.cs.tu-dortmund.de/~marwedel.

The Long Shadow of Temperament

Author : Jerome Kagan
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674264886
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Long Shadow of Temperament written by Jerome Kagan and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have seen these children—the shy and the sociable, the cautious and the daring—and wondered what makes one avoid new experience and another avidly pursue it. At the crux of the issue surrounding the contribution of nature to development is the study that Jerome Kagan and his colleagues have been conducting for more than two decades. In The Long Shadow of Temperament, Kagan and Nancy Snidman summarize the results of this unique inquiry into human temperaments, one of the best-known longitudinal studies in developmental psychology. These results reveal how deeply certain fundamental temperamental biases can be preserved over development. Identifying two extreme temperamental types—inhibited and uninhibited in childhood, and high-reactive and low-reactive in very young babies—Kagan and his colleagues returned to these children as adolescents. Surprisingly, one of the temperaments revealed in infancy predicted a cautious, fearful personality in early childhood and a dour mood in adolescence. The other bias predicted a bold childhood personality and an exuberant, sanguine mood in adolescence. These personalities were matched by different biological properties. In a masterly summary of their wide-ranging exploration, Kagan and Snidman conclude that these two temperaments are the result of inherited biologies probably rooted in the differential excitability of particular brain structures. Though the authors appreciate that temperamental tendencies can be modified by experience, this compelling work—an empirical and conceptual tour-de-force—shows how long the shadow of temperament is cast over psychological development.

Naked Conversations

Author : Robert Scoble
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 0471790230
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Naked Conversations written by Robert Scoble and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2006-04-12 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the number one business blog comes a powerful exploration of how, and why, businesses had better be blogging: Naked Conversations. According to experts Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, blogs offer businesses something that has long been lacking in their communication with customers -- meaningful dialogue. Devoid of corporate-speak and empty promises, business blogs can humanize communication, bringing companies and their constituencies together in a way that improves both image and bottom line. The authors use more than 50 case histories to explain why blogging is an efficient and credible method of business communication. You'll find yourself excited about the possibilities blogs present after reading just a few pages. Discover how: Prominent business leaders, including Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks, Bob Lutz from General Motors, and Jonathan Schwartz of Sun Microsystems, are beginning to use blogs to connect with their customers in new ways. Blogging has changed the rules of communication and competition. You can launch an effective blogging strategy and the reasons why you should. Featuring a foreword by Tom Peters, this is a resource you and your business can't do without.

Killing and Letting Die

Author : Bonnie Steinbock
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780823215621
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Killing and Letting Die written by Bonnie Steinbock and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection contains twenty-one thought-provoking essays on the controversies surrounding the moral and legal distinctions between euthanasia and "letting die." Since public awareness of this issue has increased this second edition includes nine entirely new essays which bring the treatment of the subject up-to-date. The urgency of this issue can be gauged in recent developments such as the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands, "how-to" manuals topping the bestseller charts in the United States, and the many headlines devoted to Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who has assisted dozens of patients to die. The essays address the range of questions involved in this issue pertaining especially to the fields of medical ethics, public policymaking, and social philosophy. The discussions consider the decisions facing medical and public policymakers, how those decisions will affect the elderly and terminally ill, and the medical and legal ramifications for patients in a permanently vegetative state, as well as issues of parent/infant rights. The book is divided into two sections. The first, "Euthanasia and the Termination of Life-Prolonging Treatment" includes an examination of the 1976 Karen Quinlan Supreme Court decision and selections from the 1990 Supreme Court decision in the case of Nancy Cruzan. Featured are articles by law professor George Fletcher and philosophers Michael Tooley, James Rachels, and Bonnie Steinbock, with new articles by Rachels, and Thomas Sullivan. The second section, "Philosophical Considerations," probes more deeply into the theoretical issues raised by the killing/letting die controversy, illustrating exceptionally well the dispute between two rival theories of ethics, consequentialism and deontology. It also includes a corpus of the standard thought on the debate by Jonathan Bennet, Daniel Dinello, Jeffrie Murphy, John Harris, Philipa Foot, Richard Trammell, and N. Ann Davis, and adds articles new to this edition by Bennett, Foot, Warren Quinn, Jeff McMahan, and Judith Lichtenberg.