Following Reason

Author : Mark Manolopoulos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134886647

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Throughout history, humanity has regularly followed anti-rational figures and forces: demagogic rulers, perverted deities, exploitative economic systems, and so on. Such leadership and followership have wrought all kinds of oppression and conflict. What if this pattern could be altered? What if society were led by Reason instead? Prompted by Cicero’s exhortation to "follow reason as leader as though it were a god", Following Reason: A Theory and Strategy for Rational Leadership explores this intriguing and potentially transformative possibility. Manolopoulos uniquely blends leadership psychology with a deep understanding of philosophical reasoning theory to show how leaders can bravely reimagine and reconstruct society. The book retraces leadership mis-steps in history, and proposes a more "logicentric" theory of leadership, built on compelling philosophical axioms and arguments. Following Reason emphasizes the weight of philosophy and cognition in leadership, and advocates for a diverse network that can create, uphold, and implement a blueprint for a better global society. This wide-ranging and timely book is ideal for leadership, management, and philosophy students at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Author : Michel René Barnes
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621899730

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A Man of the Church by Michel René Barnes Pdf

Ralph del Colle was born in New York City on October 3, 1954 and was raised in Mineola, Long Island. He attended Xavier High School in Chelsea and received a BA in History and Literature of Religions from New York University, and MDiv, MPhil, and PhD degrees from Union Theological Seminary. Ralph taught for 17 years in the Marquette University Theology Department; prior to that he taught at Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida and at St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire. Ralph's lively Christian faith and interest in church unity led to his participation in ecumenical dialogues. He served as a representative to the International Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue for the Pontifical Council on Christian Unity for 12 years and also served on the Catholic-Reformed Dialogue and Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue, both for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He was invited by the Pontifical Council to serve as a representative to the World Council of Churches Assembly in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1998. In 2002-2003, he served as the President of the Society for Pentecostal Studies and in 2003 Ralph received the Archbishop's Vatican II Award. Ralph's scholarly work, especially his work on the Holy Spirit, made significant contributions to the field of Systematic Theology. Ralph died in July of 2012, slightly more than four weeks after he was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer. He was fifty-seven.

Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee to Investigate Alleged Combinations in Manufactures, Trade and Insurance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Monopolies
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081927675

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Report of the Select Committee Appointed 29th February, L888, to Investigate and Report Upon Alleged Combinations in Manufactures, Trade and Insurance in Canada by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee to Investigate Alleged Combinations in Manufactures, Trade and Insurance Pdf

Author : William Pagliuca
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1994-08-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027276759

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Perspectives on Grammaticalization by William Pagliuca Pdf

This is the second of two volumes deriving from papers presented at the Nineteenth Annual UWM linguistics Symposium held in Milwaukee in 1990. It focuses on the evolution of grammatical form and meaning from lexical material, which has reinvigorated historical analysis and theory and led to advances in the understanding of the relation between diachrony and universals. The richness and potential of some of the leading approaches to grammaticalization are here illustrated in thirteen selected papers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044103088423

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Medical Summary by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UCAL:B5133250

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Report of the National Academy of Sciences on the Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Pdf

Author : Ken Blanchard,Garry Ridge
Publisher : FT Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780133739848

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Improve Your Career Performance (Collection) by Ken Blanchard,Garry Ridge Pdf

In Leading at a Higher Level , Updated Edition, Blanchard and his colleagues bring together everything they've learned about world-class leadership. You'll discover how to create targets and visions based on the "triple bottom line"...and make sure people know who you are, where you're going, and the values that will guide your journey. From start to finish, this book extends Blanchard's breakthrough work on delivering legendary customer service, creating "raving fans," and building "Partnerships for Performance" that empower everyone who works for and with you. Updated throughout, this new edition contains two powerful, important new chapters: one on coaching to create higher-level leaders, and another on creating a higher-level culture throughout your organization. It also offers the definitive, most up-to-date techniques for leading yourself, individuals, teams, and entire organizations. Most importantly, it will help you dig deep within, discover the personal "leadership point of view" all great leaders possess-and apply it throughout your entire life. In Helping People Win at Work , WD-40 Company President/CEO Garry Ridge reveals how his company has used Blanchard's techniques to "Partner for Performance" with every employee, and achieve unprecedented levels of employee engagement and commitment. Ridge introduces WD-40's performance review system, explaining its goals, its features, and the cultural changes it required. Next, Ridge shares his "leadership point of view": what he expects of people, what they can expect of him, and where his beliefs about leadership and motivation came from. Finally, in Part IV, Ken Blanchard explains why WD-40's Partnering for Performance program works so well and how it can work for you, too. This book isn't about cheerleading: it's about transforming performance review one step at a time and reaping record-breaking results!

Author : Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:74617780

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Journal ... by Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate Pdf

Author : Brahm Norwich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134591886

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Education and Psychology in Interaction by Brahm Norwich Pdf

This book takes an in-depth look at how education and psychology relate to each other, and at the current state of this relationship. Through comprehensive analysis of the ideological, historical, social and professional contexts of this interaction, the author develops the theme that, despite basic differences in aims, the fields are interconnected.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electrical engineering
ISBN : PRNC:32101050973286

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The Electrician by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pierre-Philippe Combes,Thierry Mayer,Jacques-François Thisse
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400842940

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Economic Geography by Pierre-Philippe Combes,Thierry Mayer,Jacques-François Thisse Pdf

Economic Geography is the most complete, up-to-date textbook available on the important new field of spatial economics. This book fills a gap by providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the latest research and methodologies in an accessible and comprehensive way. It is an indispensable reference for researchers in economic geography, regional and urban economics, international trade, and applied econometrics, and can serve as a resource for economists in government. Economic Geography presents advances in economic theory that explain why, despite the increasing mobility of commodities, ideas, and people, the diffusion of economic activity is very unequal and remains agglomerated in a limited number of spatial entities. The book complements theoretical analysis with detailed discussions of the empirics of the economics of agglomeration, offering a mix of theoretical and empirical research that gives a unique perspective on spatial disparities. It reveals how location continues to matter for trade and economic development, yet how economic integration is transforming the global economy into an economic space in which activities are performed within large metropolitan areas exchanging goods, skills, and information. Economic Geography examines the future implications of this evolution in the spatial economy and relates them to other major social and economic trends. Provides a complete introduction to economic geography Explains the latest theory and methodologies Covers the empirics of agglomeration, from spatial concentration measurement to structural estimations of economic geography models Includes history and background of the field Serves as a textbook for students and a resource for professionals

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : DMM:057003577236

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Dermatology
ISBN : CHI:64480286

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The British Journal of Dermatology and Syphilis by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gilberto Levy,Bruce Levin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781118645826

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The Biostatistics of Aging by Gilberto Levy,Bruce Levin Pdf

A practical and clarifying approach to aging andaging-related diseases Providing a thorough and extensive theoretical framework, TheBiostatistics of Aging: From Gompertzian Mortality to an Index ofAging-Relatedness addresses the surprisinglysubtlenotion—with consequential biomedical and public healthrelevance—of what it means for acondition to be related toaging. In this pursuit, the book presents a new quantitativemethodto examine the relative contributions of genetic andenvironmental factors to mortality anddisease incidence in apopulation. With input from evolutionary biology, population genetics,demography, and epidemiology, this medically motivated bookdescribes an index of aging-relatedness and also features: Original results on the asymptotic behavior of the minimum oftime-to-event random variables, which extends those of theclassical statistical theory of extreme values A comprehensive and satisfactory explanation based onbiological principles of the Gompertz pattern of mortality in humanpopulations The development of an evolution-based model of causationrelevant to mortality and aging-related diseases of complexetiology An explanation of how and why the description of humanmortality by the Gompertz distribution can be improved upon fromfirst principles The amply illustrated analysis of real-world data, including aprogram for conducting the analysis written in the freely availableR statistical software Technical appendices including mathematical material as well asan extensive and multidisciplinary bibliography on aging andaging-related diseases The Biostatistics of Aging: From Gompertzian Mortality to anIndex of Aging-Relatedness is an excellent resource forpractitioners and researchers with an interest in aging andaging-related diseases from the fields of medicine, biology,gerontology, biostatistics, epidemiology, demography, and publichealth.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Justices of the peace
ISBN : UOM:35112100154824

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Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review by Anonim Pdf