The University Of Michigan Ann Arbor

Author : Pablo Alvarez,Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472131891

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A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor by Pablo Alvarez,Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann Pdf

A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a comprehensive, fully illustrated catalogue of the largest collection of Greek manuscripts in America, including 110 codices and fragments ranging from the fourth to the nineteenth century. The collection, held in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library, contains many manuscripts from Epirus and the Meteora monasteries built on high pinnacles of rocks in Thessaly. Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann has based the manuscript descriptions on the latest developments in the fields of paleography and codicology, including the newest recommendations of the Institute for Research and History of Texts in Paris. The catalogue includes high-resolution plates of all the manuscripts, allowing researchers to compare the entries with other Greek manuscripts around the world. This catalogue contains a trove of fascinating information related to Byzantine culture that will be available for the first time to scholars working on various disciplines of the humanities such as Classical and Byzantine Studies, Art History, Medieval Studies, Theology, and History. This is the first volume of a projected two-volume set. Volume 2, also by Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann, will contain descriptions of remaining Greek manuscripts in the Library’s collection, starting with Mich. Ms. 59 and ending with Mich. Ms. 238, for a total of 53 manuscripts and 8 fragments. Both volumes will have the same format – catalogue entries for each manuscript together with extensive illustrations. The publication date for Volume 2 has not been established.

Author : Kim Cameron,Jane Dutton
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781576759660

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Positive Organizational Scholarship by Kim Cameron,Jane Dutton Pdf

Scholarship establishes a new field of study in the organizational sciences. Just as positive psychology focuses on exploring optimal individual psychological states rather than pathological ones, Positive Organizational Scholarship focuses attention on optimal organizational states --- the dynamics in organizations that lead to the development of human strength, foster resiliency in employees, make healing, restoration, and reconciliation possible, and cultivate extraordinary individual and organizational performance. While the concept of positive organizational scholarship encompasses the examination of typical and even dysfunctional patterns of behavior, it emphasizes positive deviance from expected patterns. Positive Organizational Scholarship examines the enablers, motivations, and effects associated with remarkably positive phenomena --- how they are facilitated, why they work, how they can be identified, and how researchers and managers can capitalize on them. The contributors do not adopt one particular theory or framework but draw from the full spectrum of organizational theories to understand, explain, and predict the occurrence, causes, and consequences of positivity. Positive Organizational Scholarship rigorously seeks to understand what represents the best of the human condition based on scholarly research and theory. This book invites organizational scholars to build upon and extend the positive organizational phenomena being examined. It provides the definitional, theoretical, and empirical foundations for what will become a cumulative body of enduring work.

Author : Scott L Greer,Elizabeth King,Elize Massard da Fonseca,Andre Peralta-Santos
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472902460

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Coronavirus Politics by Scott L Greer,Elizabeth King,Elize Massard da Fonseca,Andre Peralta-Santos Pdf

COVID-19 is the most significant global crisis of any of our lifetimes. The numbers have been stupefying, whether of infection and mortality, the scale of public health measures, or the economic consequences of shutdown. Coronavirus Politics identifies key threads in the global comparative discussion that continue to shed light on COVID-19 and shape debates about what it means for scholarship in health and comparative politics. Editors Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, Elize Massard da Fonseca, and André Peralta-Santos bring together over 30 authors versed in politics and the health issues in order to understand the health policy decisions, the public health interventions, the social policy decisions, their interactions, and the reasons. The book’s coverage is global, with a wide range of key and exemplary countries, and contains a mixture of comparative, thematic, and templated country studies. All go beyond reporting and monitoring to develop explanations that draw on the authors' expertise while engaging in structured conversations across the book.

Author : Geoff Colvin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780698153653

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Humans Are Underrated by Geoff Colvin Pdf

As technology races ahead, what will people do better than computers? What hope will there be for us when computers can drive cars better than humans, predict Supreme Court decisions better than legal experts, identify faces, scurry helpfully around offices and factories, even perform some surgeries, all faster, more reliably, and less expensively than people? It’s easy to imagine a nightmare scenario in which computers simply take over most of the tasks that people now get paid to do. While we’ll still need high-level decision makers and computer developers, those tasks won’t keep most working-age people employed or allow their living standard to rise. The unavoidable question—will millions of people lose out, unable to best the machine?—is increasingly dominating business, education, economics, and policy. The bestselling author of Talent Is Overrated explains how the skills the economy values are changing in historic ways. The abilities that will prove most essential to our success are no longer the technical, classroom-taught left-brain skills that economic advances have demanded from workers in the past. Instead, our greatest advantage lies in what we humans are most powerfully driven to do for and with one another, arising from our deepest, most essentially human abilities—empathy, creativity, social sensitivity, storytelling, humor, building relationships, and expressing ourselves with greater power than logic can ever achieve. This is how we create durable value that is not easily replicated by technology—because we’re hardwired to want it from humans. These high-value skills create tremendous competitive advantage—more devoted customers, stronger cultures, breakthrough ideas, and more effective teams. And while many of us regard these abilities as innate traits—“he’s a real people person,” “she’s naturally creative”—it turns out they can all be developed. They’re already being developed in a range of far-sighted organizations, such as: • the Cleveland Clinic, which emphasizes empathy training of doctors and all employees to improve patient outcomes and lower medical costs; • the U.S. Army, which has revolutionized its training to focus on human interaction, leading to stronger teams and greater success in real-world missions; • Stanford Business School, which has overhauled its curriculum to teach interpersonal skills through human-to-human experiences. As technology advances, we shouldn’t focus on beating computers at what they do—we’ll lose that contest. Instead, we must develop our most essential human abilities and teach our kids to value not just technology but also the richness of interpersonal experience. They will be the most valuable people in our world because of it. Colvin proves that to a far greater degree than most of us ever imagined, we already have what it takes to be great.

Author : Patricia Gurin
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0472113070

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Defending Diversity by Patricia Gurin Pdf

DIVThe first major book to argue in favor of affirmative action in higher education since Bowen and Bok's The Shape of the River /div

Author : Jay Dolmage
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780472053711

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Academic Ableism by Jay Dolmage Pdf

Places notions of disability at the center of higher education and argues that inclusiveness allows for a better education for everyone

Author : André Breton
Publisher : Pattern Books
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781848647732

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Manifestoes of Surrealism by André Breton Pdf

A collection of both of the Manifestoes of Surrealism written by Andre Breton in 1924 and 1929. The pocket book size to make the two manifestoes more accessible in print without being part of some collected works.

Author : Elman R. Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:463013706

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Evolution and Culture by Elman R. Service Pdf

Author : Ellen Handler Spitz
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780472117543

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Illuminating Childhood by Ellen Handler Spitz Pdf

Experiencing the phases of childhood through art

Author : William Levitan,Stanley Lombardo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 817 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472038961

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Tales of Dionysus by William Levitan,Stanley Lombardo Pdf

The first English verse translation of the Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis

Author : John M. Swales,Christine B. Feak
Publisher : University of Michigan Press ELT
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015066730063

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Academic Writing for Graduate Students by John M. Swales,Christine B. Feak Pdf

New material featured in this edition includes updates and replacements of older data sets, a broader range of disciplines represented in models and examples, a discussion of discourse analysis, and tips for Internet communication.

Author : Charles R. Severance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1530051126

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Python for Everybody by Charles R. Severance Pdf

Python for Everybody is designed to introduce students to programming and software development through the lens of exploring data. You can think of the Python programming language as your tool to solve data problems that are beyond the capability of a spreadsheet.Python is an easy to use and easy to learn programming language that is freely available on Macintosh, Windows, or Linux computers. So once you learn Python you can use it for the rest of your career without needing to purchase any software.This book uses the Python 3 language. The earlier Python 2 version of this book is titled "Python for Informatics: Exploring Information".There are free downloadable electronic copies of this book in various formats and supporting materials for the book at www.pythonlearn.com. The course materials are available to you under a Creative Commons License so you can adapt them to teach your own Python course.

Author : Bruce W. Tuckman
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015010595398

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Evaluating Instructional Programs by Bruce W. Tuckman Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UM Libraries
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : UOM:39015078919118

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University of Michigan Official Publication by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Ward
Publisher : Michigan Publishing Services
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 1607854279

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The University of Michigan in China by David Ward Pdf

The friendship between the University of Michigan and China spans more than a century and a half. Through years of peace and years of war; through political turmoil and the shifting winds of public opinion; since the first years of U-M's Ann Arbor campus and the last years of China's Qing Dynasty, the University and China have been partners. This book tells the story of twenty remarkable individuals, the country they transformed, and the University that helped them do it. There are many "firsts" in this book-first Chinese students at U-M, first female college president of China-and there are many "fathers" of disciplines: Wu Dayou, father of physics in China; Zheng Zuoxin, father of Chinese ornithology; Zeng Chengkui, father of marine botany. While much has been written about these leaders and scholars in both English and Chinese, nowhere else is their collective story told or their shared bond with the University of Michigan celebrated. The University of Michigan in China celebrates this nearly 200-year-old legacy.