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The Social Construction of Knowledge in Mission-Critical Environments

Author : Theodoros Katerinakis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319910140
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Book Synopsis The Social Construction of Knowledge in Mission-Critical Environments by : Theodoros Katerinakis

Download or read book The Social Construction of Knowledge in Mission-Critical Environments written by Theodoros Katerinakis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-27 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyzes real in-flight communications to explain the dynamics of knowledge construction. With the use of a grounded theory approach, real-life scenarios for in-depth interviews with aviation informants were developed and analyzed using discourse analysis. The study revealed aspects of tacit knowledge and expertise behavior that develop in mission-critical environments. Among the findings, the author discovered: • Silence is an interactional element and a substantial contributing factor to both completed flights and aviation incidents/accidents • Hesitation is an early reaction when situational awareness is lacking • The aviation sub-cultures contain several distinct micro-cultures which affect professional responsibility and decision making in micro-environments • Human errors should be acknowledged, discussed and repaired by all actors of the flight model • Non-verbal communication in institutional settings and mediated environments is instrumental to safe and efficient operations The results suggest fruitful applications of theory to explore how knowledge is generated in highly structured, high-risk organizational environments, such as hospitals, nuclear plants, battlefields and crisis and disaster locations. Katerinakis explains the emergent knowledge elements in communication command with messages “spoken-heard-understood-applied," from multiple stakeholders... The interplay of theory and real-flight examples, with key interlocutors, creates a valuable narrative both for the expert reader and the lay-person interested in the insights of hospitals, nuclear plants, battlefields, safety and rescue systems, and crisis and disaster locations. Ilias Panagopoulos, PhD Command Fighter Pilot, Col (Ret) Senior Trainer, Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) Training Organisation Safety Manager, NATO Airlift Management Programme In this path-breaking work, Theodore Katerinakis brings the study of human communication to the airplane cockpit as a knowledge environment. Toward that end, drawing on his own experience with the Air Force and Aviation Authorities and interviews with flight controllers and scores of pilots, Katerinakis both builds on moves beyond human factors research and ecological psychology... It is a work of theoretical value across disciplines and organizational settings and of practical importance as well. His lively narrative adds to translational research by translating knowledge or evidence into action in mission-critical systems. Douglas V. Porpora, PhD Professor of Sociology & Director Communication, Culture and Media Drexel University

Knowledge Management Practices in the Public Sector

Author : Ismyrlis, Vasileios
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799819426
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis Knowledge Management Practices in the Public Sector by : Ismyrlis, Vasileios

Download or read book Knowledge Management Practices in the Public Sector written by Ismyrlis, Vasileios and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The public sector provides services to the public and does not expect to acquire financial gain; hence, the practices from the private sector could not be used efficiently without modification, bearing in mind that the main scope of the public organization is to provide quality services to the citizens. Knowledge management can acquire and transfer knowledge in order to succeed in this effort and to confront challenges that exist in the modern knowledge economy. Therefore, knowledge management can play a vital role in the reorganization of the public sector and its necessary organizational change. Knowledge Management Practices in the Public Sector is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of improving the quality of public services through the implementation of knowledge management in public organizations. While highlighting topics including intellectual capital, risk assessment, and organizational strategy, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, ICT consultants, public sector workers, public administrators, government officials, researchers, scholars, and students.

The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology

Author : M. R. Redclift
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849805520
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (498 download)

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Book Synopsis The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology by : M. R. Redclift

Download or read book The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology written by M. R. Redclift and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaim for the first edition: 'The scope of the volume is vast and, overall, the Handbook amounts to an almost encyclopaedic reference text for scholars of environmental questions across the social sciences, be they in sociology, geography, political science or wherever.' – Neil Ward, Environmental Politics 'Each author writes with a distinctive style, yet the work flows well because the editors selected recognized scholars with outstanding credentials. Academic libraries, especially those serving a strong social science community, will find this work a worthwhile addition. Professors of sociology and environmental studies could use the essays for additional readings and reviews.' – Marjorie H. Jones, American Reference Books 'This International Handbook is an important addition to the growing concern and publication in the field of environmental sociology. Certainly any serious scholar in the field should find this edited reference work of interest. . .' – John J. Hartman, International Social Science Review This thoroughly revised Handbook provides an assessment of the scope and content of environmental sociology, and sets out the intellectual and practical challenges posed by the urgent need for policy and action to address accelerating environmental change. More than a decade has passed since the first edition of the Handbook was published to considerable acclaim, and environmental sociology has since become firmly established as a critical social science discipline. This second edition is a major interdisciplinary reference work comprising more than 25 original essays authored by leading scholars, many of whom are intimately involved in national, regional or global environmental policy processes. It marks some of the changes and continuities in the field of environmental sociology, and highlights today's substantive concerns and theoretical debates. The Handbook is divided into three parts covering concepts and theories, critical issues and international perspectives, each with an introduction outlining the content of the constituent chapters and cross-referencing some of the more significant themes that link them together. Authoritative and comprehensive, this Handbook will prove to be essential reading for academics, researchers and students across the social sciences who are interested in the environment. It will also be enthusiastically received by sustainable development policy-makers and practitioners.

Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance

Author : Jean-Frederic Morin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136777113
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Book Synopsis Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance by : Jean-Frederic Morin

Download or read book Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance written by Jean-Frederic Morin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aligning global governance to the challenges of sustainability is one of the most urgent environmental issues to be addressed. This book is a timely and up-to-date compilation of the main pieces of the global environmental governance puzzle. The book is comprised of 101 entries, each defining a central concept in global environmental governance, presenting its historical evolution, introducing related debates and including key bibliographical references and further reading. The entries combine analytical rigour with empirical description. The book: offers cutting edge analysis of the state of global environmental governance, raises an up-to-date debate on global governance for sustainable development, gives an in-depth exploration of current international architecture of global environmental governance, examines the interaction between environmental politics and other fields of governance such as trade, development and security, elaborates a critical review of the recent literature in global environmental governance. This unique work synthesizes writing from an internationally diverse range of well-known experts in the field of global environmental governance. Innovative thinking and high-profile expertise come together to create a volume that is accessible to students, scholars and practitioners alike.

Instruction and the Learning Environment

Author : James Keefe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317921070
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Instruction and the Learning Environment written by James Keefe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For leaders of elementary, middle, or high schools, this book shows how your school can excel in reaching students with diverse learning styles; providing "authentic" instruction and performance assessment; applying constructivist learning methodologies; and enhancing learning through alternative scheduling.

Critical Pedagogy and the Everyday Classroom

Author : Tony Monchinski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402084633
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Critical Pedagogy and the Everyday Classroom by : Tony Monchinski

Download or read book Critical Pedagogy and the Everyday Classroom written by Tony Monchinski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-06-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Pedagogy addresses the shortcomings of mainstream educational theory and practice and promotes the humanization of teacher and student. Where Critical Pedagogy is often treated as a discourse of academics in universities, this book explores the applications of Critical Pedagogy to actual classroom situations. Written in a straight-forward, concise, and lucid form by an American high school teacher, drawing examples from literature, film, and, above all, the everyday classroom, this book is meant to provoke thought in teachers, students and education activists as we transform our classrooms into democratic sites. From grading to testing, from content area disciplines to curriculum planning and instruction, from the social construction of knowledge to embodied cognition, this book takes the theories behind Critical Pedagogy and illustrates them at work in common classroom environments.

Critical Realism, Environmental Learning and Social-Ecological Change

Author : Leigh Price
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317338480
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis Critical Realism, Environmental Learning and Social-Ecological Change by : Leigh Price

Download or read book Critical Realism, Environmental Learning and Social-Ecological Change written by Leigh Price and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern Africa, where most of these book chapters originate, has been identified as one of regions of the world most at risk of the consequences of environmental degradation and climate change. At the same time, it is still seeking ways to overcome the century long ravages of colonial and apartheid impositions of structural and epistemic violence. Research deliberations and applied research case studies in environmental education and activism from this region provide an emerging contextualized engagement that is related to a wider internationally articulated quest to achieve social-ecological justice, resilience and sustainability through educational interventions. This book introduces a decade of mainly southern African critical realist environmental education research and thinking that asks the question: "How can we facilitate learning processes that will lead to the flourishing of the Earth’s people and ecosystems in more socially just ways?" The environmental education research topics represented in this book are wide-ranging. However, they all exhibit the common theme of social justice and wanting to create change towards a better future. All the authors have used critical realist or critical realist-influenced research methodologies. Offering contributions from a small but growing community of researchers working with critical realism in the global South, this book will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners in the areas of environmental education, sustainability, development and the philosophy of critical realism in general.

Handbook of Critical Environmental Politics

Author : Pellizzoni, Luigi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839100672
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (391 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Critical Environmental Politics by : Pellizzoni, Luigi

Download or read book Handbook of Critical Environmental Politics written by Pellizzoni, Luigi and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely Handbook offers a comprehensive outlook on global environmental politics, providing readers with an up-to-date view of a field of ever increasing academic and public significance. Its critical perspective interrogates what is taken for granted in current institutions and social and power relations, highlighting the issues preventing meaningful change in the relationship between human societies and their biophysical underpinnings. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

The Next Generation of Distance Education

Author : Leslie Moller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461417856
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book The Next Generation of Distance Education written by Leslie Moller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of education is being radically altered with the change being driven by technology, openness, and unprecedented access to knowledge. Older correspondence-style methods of instructional delivery are passé and “classroom adapted to the web” approaches to learning are often ineffective and do little to harness the transformational potential of technology. E-Learning scenarios, mobile technologies, communication and information access, and personal learning environments are becoming mainstream and, as a result, control of the learning process is shifting away from institutions and into the hands of learners. This volumes promotes a forward-thinking agenda for research and scholarship that highlights new ideas, deep insights, and novel approaches to “unconstrained” learning.

Environmental Sociology

Author : John Hannigan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317752007
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Sociology written by John Hannigan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of John Hannigan’s classic undergraduate text has been fully updated and revised to highlight contemporary trends and controversies within global environmental sociology. Environmental Sociology offers a distinctive, balanced treatment of environmental issues, reconciling Hannigan’s much-cited model of the social construction of environmental problems and controversies with an environmental justice perspective that stresses inequality and toxic threats to local communities.

Environments in a Changing World

Author : John Huckle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317881540
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Environments in a Changing World written by John Huckle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there is no shortage of of books on the environment there are few introductory texts that outline the social theory that informs human geographical approaches to the interactions between ecology and society. Students arriving at university often lack the understanding of history, economics, politics, sociology and philosophy that contemporary human geography requires. Environments in a Changing World addresses this deficit, providing foundation knowledge in a form that is accessible to first year students and applied to the understanding of both contemporary environmental issues and the challenge of sustainability. Students are challenged to develop and defend their own ethical and political positions on sustainability and respond to the need for new forms of ecological citizenship.

The Social Construction of Climate Change

Author : Mary E. Pettenger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317015851
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Social Construction of Climate Change written by Mary E. Pettenger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Individuals, international organizations and states are calling for the world to confront climate change. Efforts such as the Kyoto Protocol have produced intractable disputes and are deemed inadequate. This volume adopts two constructivist perspectives - norm-centred and discourse - to explore the social construction of climate change from a broad, theoretical level to particular cases. The contributors contend that climate change must be understood from the context of social settings, and that we ignore at our peril how power and knowledge structures are generated. They offer a greater understanding of why current efforts to mitigate climate change have failed and provide academics and policy makers with a new understanding of this important topic.

Critical Systemic Praxis for Social and Environmental Justice

Author : Janet McIntyre-Mills
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441989218
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Critical Systemic Praxis for Social and Environmental Justice by : Janet McIntyre-Mills

Download or read book Critical Systemic Praxis for Social and Environmental Justice written by Janet McIntyre-Mills and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book develops a practical approach to public policy issues that have continued to be intractable because of a lack of emphasis on transcultural understanding. Sustained examples help to increase the readability and the accessibility of theory and methodology. The key themes address the issue that: -Management needs to be more systemic. Critical Systemic Praxis is the process whereby we find ways to work across discipline areas and sectoral areas, in order to address complex social, political, economic and environmental problems. -The way we define and address problems depends on an ability to work with, rather than within knowledge areas. -By introducing the notion of governance we can extend traditional management from an organisational context to an inter-organisational context and locate governance as the goal for sustainable social and environmental justice. The core aspects of praxis are: -Respectful listening and dialogue to set up appropriate contexts for participatory design. -Participatory designs based on participatory action research to map tacit and explicit knowledge of participants (professional and ordinary citizens). -Strategic decision making across discipline areas, cultural contexts and knowledge areas. -Action learning to transfer the policy and practice learnings. -Mainstreaming the approach to governance in the social, political, economic and environmental sectors. The book develops a systemic approach to public policy issues. Examples are used throughout to exemplify theory. The integrated approach to policy and practice is ideally suited to addressing the socio-economic and environmental issues.

Risk, Environment and Modernity

Author : Scott Lash
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780803979383
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (793 download)

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Download or read book Risk, Environment and Modernity written by Scott Lash and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1996-04-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging and accessible contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the place of social theory in making sense of environmental issues. The book provides insights into the complex dynamics of change in `risk societies'.

The Business Environment 7e

Author : Adrian Palmer
Publisher : McGraw Hill
ISBN 13 : 0077141385
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book The Business Environment 7e written by Adrian Palmer and published by McGraw Hill. This book was released on 2011-01-16 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh edition of The Business Environment has been perfectly tailored to cover the core topics that will be studied on an introductory Business Environment module. This fully updated new edition provides comprehensive coverage of the varying factors that make up the business environment, with a particular focus on how these factors impact business organisations and the decisions organisations make.Key Features:Up-to-date coverageThe business environment continues to evolve, and this new edition takes on board recent issues including: The after-effects of the ‘credit crunch’ The emerging economic power of China, India and Brazil Data security and privacy Business ethics Cultural identity Climate change Real life examplesNew opening vignettes introduce the main topic and show the business environment in real life. In addition, the book contains a wealth of shorter and longer case studies featuring companies such as Google, Amazon and Virgin Trains.PedagogyClearly written and user friendly, the book boasts a full range of learning tools which include: Learning Objectives, Thinking Around the Subject boxes, Review Questions, and Activities.

Social Theory and the Global Environment

Author : Ted Benton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134833032
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory and the Global Environment written by Ted Benton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book marks a watershed in the social sciences. The qualitative, critical perspective of sociology and allied disciplines challenges the technocentric `managerialism' which dominates environmental policy, its discourse and its impact. The authors explore the relationship between social theory and sustainability in an attempt to transend technical rhetoric and embrace a broader understanding of `nature'.

Enterprise Information Systems V

Author : Olivier Camp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402017261
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Enterprise Information Systems V written by Olivier Camp and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-07-20 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the 5th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS'2003) was to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the advances and business applications of information systems. The conference focused mainly on the following main topics : Information Systems: Databases and Information Systems Integration, Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Analysis and Specification and Software Agents and Internet Computing. This volume presents selected papers presented at ICEIS'2003. It also includes contributions by some of the invited speakers of the conferences. Audience: This book will be of interest to information technology professionals, especially those working in the fields of Systems integration, databases, decision support systems, agents and internet computing. It will also be of use to managers working with information systems and requiring knowledge of current trends in development methods and applications.