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Die Hochschule fUr Wirtschaft und Politik Hamburg, 1948 als Akademie fUr Ge­ meinwirtschaft gegriindet, ist eine wissenschaftliche Hochschule, die eine integrierte wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftliche Ausbildung in den...

Umstrukturierungen in der internationalen Arbeitsteilung sowie produktionstech­ nische und arbeitsorganisatorische Umwälzungen auf Basis der Mikroelektronik als neuer Schlüsseltechnologie führen gegenwärtig zu weitreichenden...

Der vorliegende Band enthalt eine Auswahl von Arbeitspapieren des Instituts fUr Kon­ sum-und Verhaltensforschung an der Universitat des Saarlandes. Das erste Heft dieser Papiere erschien im November 1971. Seitdem sind in...

Since publication of the first edition, the FDA and other organizations and agencies have modified their regulations and expectations regarding how medical device manufacturers should approach usability testing. Reflecting these changes, this second...

Discover the Dawn of a New Era: The Ties Between Artificial Intelligence and Our FutureImagine a world where every aspect of life is enhanced by artificial intelligence-our jobs, our ethical decisions, and even the way we interact with one another. "When...

This study examines fundamental theoretical and conceptual issues of social change in Latin America in the context of detailed empirical analysis. It challenges the major assumptions and propositions that underlie globalization theory, reworking and fine...

This book examines recent developments in Brazilian labour relations. Analysing the current state of labour relations in Brazil, the author shows how the proposals advanced by the new unionism have put strong pressure on the corporate system still...

Affirmative action is still a reality of the American workplace. How is it that such a controversial Federal program has managed to endure for more than five decades? Inside Affirmative Action addresses this question.Beyond the usual ideological debate...

Health care is under tremendous pressure regarding efficiency, safety, and economic viability. It has responded by adopting techniques that have been useful in other industries, such as quality management, lean production, and high reliability - although...

Shipping is a pillar of global trade, with 90 per cent of the world's trade in goods and raw materials carried by ship. Despite the economic benefits this delivers, maritime operations can be dangerous, and when accidents occur the consequences are...

This book provides insight into the potential for the market to protect and improve labour standards and working conditions in global apparel supply chains. It examines the possibilities and limitations of market approaches to securing social compliance...

Economy, Work and Education: Critical Connections addresses effects of neoliberal capitalism in particular regard to work and education. The book elaborates key aspects and problems of generalized policy models of knowledge-based economies and learning...

Unfree labor has not disappeared from advanced capitalist economies. In this sense the debates among and between Marxist and orthodox economic historians about the incompatibility of capitalism and unfree labor are moot: the International Labour...

Society is informed on the impacts on human health and environment with a noticeable decrease in the acceptance of this risk by workers and the public.The second edition of Industrial Hygiene focuses on implementation of an industrial hygiene program,...

The book follows a proven training outline, including real-life examples and exercises, to teach healthcare professionals and students how to lead effective and successful Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to eliminate patient harm.This book discusses the need...

Paul D. Moreno offers a bold reinterpretation-truly a "new history"-of the role of race and racial discrimination in the American labor movement. Breaking with historians' deadlocked debate over the importance of race in labor organization, Moreno...

A complete examination of issues and concepts relating to human factors in simulation, this book covers theory and application in space, ships, submarines, naval aviation, and commercial aviation. The authors examine issues of simulation and their effect...

Ad hoc and interdisciplinary, the field of interaction design claims no unified theory. Yet guidelines are needed. In essays by 26 major thinkers and designers, this book presents the rich mosaic of ideas which nourish the lively art of interaction...

The advent of very compact, very powerful digital computers has made it possible to automate a great many processes that formerly required large, complex machinery. Digital computers have made possible revolutionary changes in industry, commerce, and...

Bringing together leading international scholars within the fields of social and political theory and philosophy, this book explores how we should understand work and its role(s) in our lives and wider society.What challenges are posed by work in our...

This book examines the factors driving youth unemployment in South Africa, exploring potential future outcomes of its mass unemployment, and offering a variety of strategies to avoid an impending crisis in the country.Utilizing scenario analysis rooted...

This book is not about safety. It is about people and leadership. It explores the few things in Safety that sit beneath all of the complexity and complicatedness of the workplace and that we simply must get right. It explores what the underlying elements...

The analysis of the various components of human work is the most important approach to a systematic study of people at work. This approach is aimed at the examination of individual activities with respect to the role they play in the conflict of...

Family Dynamics in China was the first English-language demographic profile by a Chinese author of contemporary population trends and family structure in China. Author Zeng Yi constructs a viable mathematical model for extending existing family status...

The Hallowing of Work is a book that contains a series of addresses given by Francis Paget at Eton in January 1888. The book was first published in 1892 and is a collection of insightful and inspiring speeches that focus on the importance of work and its...

""The Future of Trades-Unionism and Capitalism in a Democracy"" is a book written by Charles William Eliot and published in 1910. The book is a detailed analysis of the relationship between trades-unionism, capitalism, and democracy. Eliot explores the...

The English Rising in 1450 is a historical book written by George Kriehn in 1892. The book is a detailed account of the English Peasants' Revolt that took place in 1450. The revolt was a significant event in English history, and it was marked by the...

""Studies of the Land and Tenantry of Ireland"" is a historical book written by Bernhard Samuelson in 1870. The book is a comprehensive study of the land and tenantry system in Ireland during the 19th century. Samuelson, an industrialist and politician,...

Labor, Its Rights And Wrongs: Statements And Comments By The Leading Men Of Our Nation On The Labor Question Of Today (1886) is a collection of essays and speeches by prominent figures in the American labor movement of the late 19th century. Published by...

""Ireland and England: Or The Irish Land and Church Questions"" is a historical book written by Charles Tennant in 1868. The book discusses the complex relationship between Ireland and England, particularly in relation to the issues of land and the...

How do people in customer service adopt the 'frame of mind' that allows them to provide exceptional service? It's called Jetiquette. At the age of nine, Gailen David dreamed of a career in the airline industry. Armed with a notebook, telephone and...

The emergence of new platform business models, notably the sharing economy, is impacting the economy in various ways, altering the structure of many industries, and raising a number of economic and political issues.This book investigates the widespread...

Although sociologists have written extensively on the broad subject of occupational careers, generally they have referred only incidentally to organizational careers within work organizations. In this pioneering sourcebook, now considered a classic,...

""Collective Bargaining For Farmers: Hearing Before The Committee On The Judiciary, House Of Representatives (1919)"" is a book that documents a hearing held by the Committee on the Judiciary in the House of Representatives in 1919. The hearing focused...

Della Indipendenza Italiana V2: Cronistoria (1873) is a historical book written by Cesare Cantu. It is the second volume of a two-part series that chronicles the history of Italian independence. The book covers the period from 1848 to 1870, which saw the...

This book explores the daily survival strategies of people within the context of failed states, flourishing informal economies, legal uncertainty, increased mobility, and globalization, where many people, who are forced by the circumstances to be...

This special issue contains essays regarding the CHI '95 conference, which featured a panel titled, Discount or Disservice? Discount Usability Analysis: Evaluation at a Bargain Price or Simply Damaged Merchandise? Wayne Gray, who organized the panel,...

Research in recent decades has proven that the seemingly disparate worlds of family life and the workplace are in fact closely intertwined. Moreover, scholars have begun to recognize the extent to which community life influences the work-family...

This edited collection of articles addresses aspects of medical care in which human error is associated with unanticipated adverse outcomes. For the purposes of this book, human error encompasses mismanagement of medical care due to: * inadequacies or...

There is a growing consensus in the human factors/ergonomics community that human factors research has had little impact on significant applied problems. Some have suggested that the problem lies in the fact that much HF/E research has been based on the...

There is a growing consensus in the human factors/ergonomics community that human factors research has had little impact on significant applied problems. Some have suggested that the problem lies in the fact that much HF/E research has been based on the...

This volume's goal is to begin to document the dialogue processes in naturally-occurring human tutoring, in the context of informing the design of intelligent tutoring systems, and of interactive systems in general. This project represents the first...

Video games challenge our notions of identity, creativity, and moral value, and provide a powerful new avenue for teaching and learning. This book is a rich and provocative guide to the role of interactive media in cultural learning. It searches for...

This groundbreaking book shows how major shifts in federal policy are spurring local public housing authorities to demolish their high-rise, low-income developments, and replace them with affordable low-rise, mixed income communities. It focuses on...