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Author : Charles D. Presberg
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271045965
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Adventures in Paradox written by Charles D. Presberg and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wouter H.F.M. Cortenraad
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461546192
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)
Download or read book The Corporate Paradox written by Wouter H.F.M. Cortenraad and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The `corporation' is by far the most successful legal concept of organization among large business firms. Yet there are numerous examples of firms operated in corporate form that were troubled either by internal problems arising from divergences of interests between the firm's various constituents (notably, managers and investors), or by conflicts with other members of society (including both victims of accidents or environmental pollution caused by the firm and unpaid creditors in the event of business failure). It is this paradox between the corporation's prima facie success and its apparent ambiguity in other respects that is examined in this book. Using modern economic theory concerning the functioning of markets and organizations, The Corporate Paradox examines how the concept of the corporation relates to the economic entity it organizes and in effect, how it may affect the use that firms make of society's valuable but scarce resources. To this end, both the economic rationales underlying the corporate form of organization and its effects on organizational and individual behavior are reviewed, with special emphasis on the separation between `ownership' and `control' and the principle of limited liability of shareholders, two features which are typical of the corporate concept. Finally, this book surveys, from a predominantly economic perspective, legal remedies that United States and Dutch law have developed in response to certain inefficiencies to which these features may give rise.
Author : Robert Curtis, O.P.L.
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059526350X
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)
Download or read book Paradox written by Robert Curtis, O.P.L. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-01-23 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are all unique individuals created in the image of God, and yet we struggle daily to live our lives as part of a community, be it a family, a workgroup, or even a church group. This paradox, like the four others illustrated in Paradox: the Psychology of Spirituality, along with all of the relationships we have and the ways in which they run often cause significant psychological and emotional difficulties that prevent us from living productively in community situations. These issues also hinder the development of our spirituality, our ability to recognize our place as sacred beings and our fulfillment in the depth of our relationship with God.
Author : Leigh H. Edwards
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253220610
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (532 download)
Download or read book Johnny Cash and the Paradox of American Identity written by Leigh H. Edwards and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his career, Johnny Cash has been depicted—and has depicted himself—as a walking contradiction: social protestor and establishment patriot, drugged wildman and devout Christian crusader, rebel outlaw hillbilly thug and elder statesman. Leigh H. Edwards explores the allure of this paradoxical image and its cultural significance. She argues that Cash embodies irresolvable contradictions of American identity that reflect foundational issues in the American experience, such as the tensions between freedom and patriotism, individual rights and nationalism, the sacred and the profane. She illustrates how this model of ambivalence is a vital paradigm for American popular music, and for American identity in general. Making use of sources such as Cash's autobiographies, lyrics, music, liner notes, and interviews, Edwards pays equal attention to depictions of Cash by others, such as Vivian Cash's publication of his letters to her, documentaries and music journalism about him, Walk the Line, and fan club materials found in the archives at the Country Music Foundation in Nashville, to create a full portrait of Cash and his significance as a cultural icon.
Author : Doris Olin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317489225
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Paradox written by Doris Olin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paradoxes are more than just intellectual puzzles - they raise substantive philosophical issues and offer the promise of increased philosophical knowledge. In this introduction to paradox and paradoxes, Doris Olin shows how seductive paradoxes can be, why they confuse and confound, and why they continue to fascinate. Olin examines the nature of paradox, outlining a rigorous definition and providing a clear and incisive statement of what does and does not count as a resolution of a paradox. The view that a statement can be both true and false, that contradictions can be true, is seen to provide a challenge to the account of paradox resolution, and is explored. With this framework in place, the book then turns to an in-depth treatment of the Prediction Paradox, versions of the Preface/Fallibility Paradox, the Lottery Paradox, Newcomb's Problem, the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Sorites Paradox. Each of these paradoxes is shown to have considerable philosophical punch. Olin unpacks the central arguments in a clear and systematic fashion, offers original analyses and solutions, and exposes further unsettling implications for some of our most deep-seated principles and convictions.
Author : Gordon Woolf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781875750177
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Publication Production Using PageMaker written by Gordon Woolf and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to using Adobe PageMaker 7 for the production of newspapers, newsletters, magazines and other formatted publications. Explains how to improve the layout and production process and use templates and styles. Includes a password for access to a website with scripts and templates. Author has worked on a wide range of publications, has taught publication production and now owns a book publishing business.
Author : Berti, Marco
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839101148
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Elgar Introduction to Organizational Paradox Theory written by Berti, Marco and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful Elgar Introduction comprises the first effort to provide a succinct overview of the field of organizational paradox theory, exploring contradictions and tensions in organizational settings. By conceptually mapping the field, it offers guidance through the literature on paradox, making space for new interpretations and applications of the concept.
Author : Nina Rosoff
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136707778
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book The Power of Paradox written by Nina Rosoff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaders’ actions can have consequences opposite to those they intend. These unintentional results are difficult to detect, understand, and change. Consequently, leaders’ actions tend to persist resulting in further unexpected outcomes. This can create a vicious cycle of leadership failure. With all their best efforts, strategic, financial, scenario, human capital and operational plans in place, they fail. Unaware, they self-sabotage and sabotage others; again, the result is unintended consequences, no matter how hard they try. This book gives a glimpse into why and how this happens, and what to do about it. Understanding the Power of Paradox can empower leaders in uncertain times. Paradox reveals uncertainty giving leaders room to breathe and time to think, better able to deal with ambiguity and manage complexity, no longer stymied. Learning to think differently and behave with capabilities, you already have, more resilient, adaptive and flexible leaders execute conscious actions effectively, inspire and empower others, creating the consequences they intend, successful Protean Leaders.
Author : Robert C. Tannehill
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1597525111
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (975 download)
Download or read book The Shape of the Gospel written by Robert C. Tannehill and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-02-20 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÒMost of the following essays reveal my interest in the significance of literary forms--both the short literary forms in the Gospels, such as pronouncement stories, and an entire Gospel as a formed narrative. I am interested in the significance of these forms, not just in literary classification systems . . . . I am interested in literary form as a clue to how the text may engage hearers and readers--impact their thought and life--if they are sensitive respondents. The Gospel stories have been shaped in ways that give them particular potentials for significant engagement. Study of literary form can help us recognize these potentials. --from the Introduction Contents Part I: Gospel Sayings and Stories 1 Tension in Synoptic Sayings and Stories 2 The Pronouncement Story and Its Types 3 Varieties of Synoptic Pronouncement Stories 4 Types and Functions of Apophthegms in the Synoptic Gospels 5 The Gospels and Narrative Literature 6 ÒYou Shall Be Complete--If Your Love Includes All (Matthew 5:48) Part II: The Gospel of Mark 7 The Disciples in Mark: The Function of a Narrative Role 8 The Gospel of Mark as Narrative Christology 9 Reading It Whole: The Function of Mark 8:34-35 in Mark's Story Part III: Paul's Gospel 10 Paul as Liberator and Oppressor: Evaluating Diverse Views of 1 Corinthians 11 Participation in Christ: A Central Theme in Pauline Soteriology
Author : Alexander Bain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Autobiography written by Alexander Bain and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Balen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521654180
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (541 download)
Download or read book Distributed Object Architectures with CORBA written by Henry Balen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-02-13 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed Object Architectures with CORBA is a guide to designing software comprised of distributed components. While it is based on OMG's Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) standard, the principles also apply to architecture built with other technology (such as Microsoft's DCOM). As ORB products evolve to incorporate new additions to CORBA, the knowledge and experience required to build stable and scalable systems is not widespread. With this volume the reader can develop the skills and knowledge that are necessary for building such systems. The book assumes a familiarity with object-oriented concepts and the basics of CORBA. Software developers who are new to building systems with CORBA-based technologies will find this a useful guide to effective development.
Author : David Seidl
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351913425
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Organisational Identity and Self-Transformation written by David Seidl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Seidl brings together two important issues in organization and management studies in this volume: the concept and related theory of organizational identity, and autopoietic organization theory (as originally developed by Niklas Luhmann). The contribution of the book is twofold: it provides an introduction to autopoietic organization theory and it provides a new perspective on organizational identity and self-transformation. Thus the book is relevant to both organization theorists interested in new approaches to organization and to researchers of organizational identity. The themes are reflected in the structure of the book. Chapters one and two provide an introduction to Niklas Luhmann's organization theory. Based on this, chapter three develops a new concept of organizational identity. In chapters four and five a theory of organizational self-transformation (i.e. change of identity) is developed.
Author : Lisa Smartt
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1608684601
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Words at the Threshold written by Lisa Smartt and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2017 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Our Last Words Reveal About Life, Death, and the Afterlife A person’s end-of-life words often take on an eerie significance, giving tantalizing clues about the ultimate fate of the human soul. Until now, however, no author has systematically studied end-of-life communication by using examples from ordinary people. When her father became terminally ill with cancer, author Lisa Smartt began transcribing his conversations and noticed that his personality underwent inexplicable changes. Smartt’s father, once a skeptical man with a secular worldview, developed a deeply spiritual outlook in his final days — a change reflected in his language. Baffled and intrigued, Smartt began to investigate what other people have said while nearing death, collecting more than one hundred case studies through interviews and transcripts. In this groundbreaking and insightful book, Smartt shows how the language of the dying can point the way to a transcendent world beyond our own.
Author : Wendy K. Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198754426
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Paradox written by Wendy K. Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organisations are rife with paradoxes, evident in persistent and interwoven tensions for example between stability and change, flexibility and control, diversity and inclusion, long term and short term, social and financial, learning and performing. This handbook investigates paradoxes across various organisational phenomena and levels of analysis.
Author : Stan Wagon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521457040
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Banach-Tarski Paradox written by Stan Wagon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-24 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asserting that a solid ball may be taken apart into many pieces that can be rearranged to form a ball twice as large as the original, the Banach-Tarski paradox is examined in relationship to measure and group theory, geometry and logic.
Author : Susan Pinker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416554181
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book The Sexual Paradox written by Susan Pinker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-03-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Pinker, psychologist and award-winning columnist, has written a groundbreaking and controversial book that reveals why learning and behavioral gaps between boys and girls in the classroom are reversed in the workplace. Pinker examines how fundamental sex differences play out over the life span. By comparing fragile boys who succeed later with high-achieving women who opt out or plateau in their careers, Pinker turns several assumptions upside down: that women and men are biologically equivalent, that intelligence is all it takes to succeed, and that women are just versions of men, with identical interests and goals. In lively prose, Pinker guides readers through the latest findings in neuroscience and economics while addressing these questions: Are males the more fragile sex? What do men with Asperger syndrome or dyslexia tell us about more average men? Which sex is the happiest at work? Why do some male college dropouts earn more than the bright girls who sat beside them in third grade? After three decades of women's educational coups, why do men outnumber women in corporate law, engineering, physical science, and politics? The answers to these questions are the opposite of what we expect. A provocative examination of how and why learning and behavioral gaps in the nursery are reversed in the boardroom, this illuminating book reveals how sex differences influence career choices and ambition. Through the stories of real men and women, science, and examples from popular culture, Susan Pinker takes a new look at the differences between women and men.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book English Mechanic and Mirror of Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
