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Death Ride of the Panzers

German Armor and the Retreat in the West, 1944-45

By: Dennis Oliver

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Death Ride of the Panzers

German Armor and the Retreat in the West, 1944-45

By: Dennis Oliver

Death Ride of the Panzers is a unique guide to the Nazi tanks, vehicles, and crews of World War II. It features never-before-seen photographs from the US National Archives and the author's personal collection, annotated artist renderings, and detailed explanations and historical context for each collection of images. Readers will also be able to trace the combat histories of these subjects through orders of battle, maps and organizational diagrams, vehicle allocation charts, and unit biographies. The forensic approach for which Dennis Oliver is known creates a broad, comprehensive record of German soldiers and hardware from early 1944 to the end of the conflict in 1945. Death Ride of the Panzers provides the context and chronology necessary for the general reader and the primary sources and hardware specifics that appeal to the expert, making this book perfect for the readers with historical interest, modelers, and WWII alike.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510720960

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Transforming the Irvine Ranch

Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and the Big Plan

By: H. Pike Oliver,C. Michael Stockstill

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Transforming the Irvine Ranch

Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and the Big Plan

By: H. Pike Oliver,C. Michael Stockstill

From citrus trees to spring breakers, Transforming the Irvine Ranch tells the story of Orange County’s metamorphosis from 93,000 acres of farmland into an iconic Southern California landscape of beaches and modernist architecture. Drawing on decades of archival research and their own years at the famed Irvine Company, the authors bring a collection of colorful characters responsible for the transformation to life, including: Ray Watson, whose nearly century-long life took him from an Oakland boarding house to the Irvine and Walt Disney Company boardrooms Joan Irvine Smith, a much-married heiress who waged war against the US government and the Irvine Foundation's reactionary board and won William Pereira, the visionary architect whose work became synonymous with the LA cityscape. Spanning the history of modern California from its Gold Rush past to the late 1970s, Transforming the Irvine Ranch chronicles a storied family’s largely successful attempts to remake the vast Irvine Ranch in its own image.

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Routledge

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1000552144

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Tiger I

German Army Heavy Tank, Southern Front, North Africa, Sicily and Italy, 1942–1945

By: Dennis Oliver

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Tiger I

German Army Heavy Tank, Southern Front, North Africa, Sicily and Italy, 1942–1945

By: Dennis Oliver

A fully illustrated guide to the German Tiger I tank and its operations in the field by the renowned expert on WWII armored vehicles. At Hitler’s insistence, the first Tiger I tanks drove into action in Tunisia in December 1942. Despite their lack of reliability and the small number deployed, they quickly gained a fierce reputation. With its heavy armor and 88mm gun, the Tiger I outclassed all the Allied tanks then in service. Beyond their deployment in North Africa, they also operated in Sicily and Italy between 1943 and 1945. In his second volume in the TankCraft series on the Tiger, Dennis Oliver uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the Tiger tank and the German army units that first took them into combat. Perfect for model enthusiasts, Tiger I showcases available model kits and aftermarket products. It also includes a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales. Technical details, as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field, are also examined providing everything the modeler needs to recreate an accurate representation of the tanks.

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Pen and Sword

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152673978X

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American Heroes

On the Homefront

By: Oliver North

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American Heroes

On the Homefront

By: Oliver North

From the New York Times bestselling author of Heroes Proved, a moving and inspirational chronicle of our national heroes’ sacrifices and triumphs in Iraq and Afghanistan, after their return to the homefront. Combat-decorated Marine Oliver North delivers a riveting firsthand account of the extraordinary young American volunteers—the best and bravest of their generation—who stepped forward to defend us from radical Islamic terror. For more than a dozen years North and his award-winning documentary team from FOX News Channel’s War Stories have traveled to the frontlines of the War on Terror to profile the dedicated men and women who serve our nation in harm’s way and chronicle what it truly means to be a hero. This time, he follows them from the battlefield to the homefront and finds extraordinary inspiration in their triumph over life-altering adversity. In this new volume of his New York Times bestselling American Heroes series, North describes in vivid detail the breathtaking courage, steadfast commitment, and resilient strength of those who serve—and those who love them. The term “selfless devotion” may be a cliché to many in our modern culture—but not to the men and women on the pages of this book. Their stories resound with bravery, a warrior ethos, and spiritual strength that ought to encourage us all. Heroes are people who knowingly place themselves at risk for the benefit of others. They give of themselves, literally and physically. Since the terror attack of 9-11- 01, more than 2 million young Americans have volunteered to serve in difficult and dangerous places. No military force in history has been asked to do more than those who have served and sacrificed in this long fight. They are American heroes. So too are their loved ones here at home. These are their stories.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476714320

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The Views of Japanese Employees on Cross-Border M&As

By: Kai Oliver Thiele

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The Views of Japanese Employees on Cross-Border M&As

By: Kai Oliver Thiele

Kai Oliver Thiele analyses M&As between companies from different cultures, which in general impose unique challenges, but also offer invaluable opportunities for all parties. Since Japan lags expectations regarding the amount of cross-border M&As, it is the more important to understand the drivers of successful cross-border acquisitions coming into the country. However, how the employees’ view on a merger can be successfully managed to leverage the M&As’ success rate remains yet unanswered. By focusing on the employees’ needs, this research seeks to contribute positively to an increase of the cross-border M&As’ success rate.

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Springer

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3658225254

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Managing Global Innovation

Uncovering the Secrets of Future Competitiveness

By: Roman Boutellier,Oliver Gassmann,Maximilian von Zedtwitz

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Managing Global Innovation

Uncovering the Secrets of Future Competitiveness

By: Roman Boutellier,Oliver Gassmann,Maximilian von Zedtwitz

Based on empirical research of over 240 interviews the authors present new concepts and trends in global R&D management. Case studies from 18 best-practice companies give detailed answers to the most pressing challenges for mastering international innovation. "...a real tour de force, probably destined to become a standard in this field for some time to come." Professor Jeff Huang, Harvard University "A feast of delights... deserves a very wide readership." Phil Gamlen, ICI Technology - Science and Technology Policy Strategy

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662042509

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Second Act

What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your Life

By: Henry Oliver

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Second Act

What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your Life

By: Henry Oliver

Henry Oliver is a rare talent: smart, funny and insightful. SECOND ACT showcases his wide reading, deep understanding and playful prose style. Read this book to discover why it's never too late for a second act in your own life." HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women Have you ever dreamed that you might be far more successful than you are today? Our society tells us over and over that if we're going to achieve anything, we'd better do it while we're young. But whether you're at the start of your career, sensing you're on the wrong path, or feeling unsettled later in life, you're likely wondering just how to reinvent yourself? Have you left it too late? This book has answers. Late bloomers - individuals who experience significant success later in life - offer lessons for people who feel frustrated. This book encourages people to think about themselves as potential late bloomers and to discover and encourage and advocate for late blooming in others. After all, it's never too late to discover our hidden talents and our accomplish our goals - the road to success is never as straightforward as we are lead to believe. Julia Child didn't discover that she loved to cook until she was thirty-seven. Vera Wang started her design business at forty. And Michelangelo painted The Last Judgment in his sixties. This inspiring, passionate book combines wonderful storytellingwith fascinating new research, to shift expectations around our life trajectories. You'll discover a range of blueprints for self-reinvention, pairing the newest insights from psychology and neuroscience with late bloomers' remarkable life stories, from Penelope Fitzgerald to Samuel Johnson, from Frank Lloyd-Wright to Malcolm X.

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John Murray One

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1399813307

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Apocalypse How?

Technology and the Threat of Disaster

By: Oliver Letwin

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Apocalypse How?

Technology and the Threat of Disaster

By: Oliver Letwin

Entertaining and insightful' -- Evening Standard 'One of the most important books of the year... Compelling' Jamie Bartlett, Literary Review 'Timely' -- New Statesman As the world becomes better connected and we grow ever more dependent on technology, the risks to our infrastructure are multiplying. Whether it's a hostile state striking the national grid (like Russia did with Ukraine in 2016) or a freak solar storm, our systems have become so interlinked that if one part goes down the rest topple like dominoes. In this groundbreaking book, former government minister Oliver Letwin looks ten years into the future and imagines a UK in which the national grid has collapsed. Reliant on the internet, automated electric cars, voice-over IP, GPS, and the internet of things, law and order would disintegrate. Taking us from high-level government meetings to elderly citizens waiting in vain for their carers, this book is a wake up call for why we should question our unshakeable faith in technology. But it's much more than that: Letwin uses his vast experience in government to outline how businesses and government should respond to catastrophic black swan events that seem distant and implausible - until they occur.

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Atlantic Books

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1786496895

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9781786496898

Aristotle, de Motu Animalium

Text and Translation

By: Oliver Primavesi

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Aristotle, de Motu Animalium

Text and Translation

By: Oliver Primavesi

The book contains a new critical edition of the Greek text of Aristotle's De Motu Animalium and an English translation of the new text by Benjamin Morison, preceded by an introduction by Christof Rapp and Oliver Primavesi. The introduction comes in two parts: (i) a philosophical introduction by Christof Rapp that aims at drawing a kind of balance of more than three decades of scholarly debate on our treatise and related issues since the publication of Martha Nussbaum's edition and commentary in 1978; (ii) a textual introduction by Oliver Primavesi that sums up the history of textual research on the transmission of De Motu Animalium up to and including the discovery of a new branch of transmission.

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Oxford University Press

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0198874464

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Fraud and Misconduct in Research

Detection, Investigation, and Organizational Response

By: Nachman Ben-Yehuda,Amalya Oliver-Lumerman

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Fraud and Misconduct in Research

Detection, Investigation, and Organizational Response

By: Nachman Ben-Yehuda,Amalya Oliver-Lumerman

In Fraud and Misconduct in Research, Nachman Ben-Yehuda and Amalya Oliver-Lumerman introduce the main characteristics of research misconduct, portray how the characteristics are distributed, and identify the elements of the organizational context and the practice of scientific research which enable or deter misconduct. Of the nearly 750 known cases between 1880 and 2010 which the authors examine, the overwhelming majority took place in funded research projects and involved falsification and fabrication, followed by misrepresentation and plagiarism. The incidents were often reported by the perpetrator’s colleagues or collaborators. If the accusations were confirmed, the organization usually punished the offender with temporary exclusion from academic activities and institutions launched organizational reforms, including new rules, the establishment of offices to deal with misconduct, and the creation of re-training and education programs for academic staff. Ben-Yehuda and Oliver-Lumerman suggest ways in which efforts to expose and prevent misconduct can further change the work of scientists, universities, and scientific research.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472123238

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9780472123230

A Practical Introduction to Homeland Security

Home and Abroad

By: Bruce Oliver Newsome,Jack A. Jarmon

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A Practical Introduction to Homeland Security

Home and Abroad

By: Bruce Oliver Newsome,Jack A. Jarmon

This text provides students with a practical introduction to the concepts, structure, politics, law, hazards, threats, and practices of homeland security everywhere, focusing on US “homeland security,” Canadian “public safety,” and European “domestic security.” It is a conceptual and practical textbook, not a theoretical work. It is focused on the knowledge and skills that will allow the reader to understand how homeland security is and should be practiced. Globalization, population growth, migration, technology, aging infrastructure, and the simple trend to higher expectations are making homeland security more challenging. Yes, homeland security really is a global problem. The hyperconnectivity of today’s world has reduced the capacity of the United States to act unilaterally or to solve homeland risks from within the borders alone. Newsome and Jarmon explain the relevant concepts, the structural authorities and responsibilities that policymakers struggle with and within which practitioners must work, the processes that practitioners and professionals choose between or are obliged to use, the actual activities, and the end-states and outputs of these activities. Moreover, this book presents the concept of homeland security as an evolving experience rather than an artifact of life since 2001. It is a profession that requires some forming from the ground up as well as the top down.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538125668

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9781538125663

George Woods and the World Bank

By: Robert W. Oliver

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George Woods and the World Bank

By: Robert W. Oliver

George Woods transformed the World Bank from a relatively passive investment organization into an active leader of world development. He pushed for greatly increased lending in support of agriculture and education, worked closely with the United Nations, and revived and greatly strengthened economic analysis in the Bank itself. He also initiated measures to expand the equity investments of the International Finance Corporation and sought annual funding of one billion dollars for the International Development Association, the Bank's soft-loan affiliate. He retired in 1968 after inducing Robert McNamara to be his successor.

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Lynne Rienner Publishers

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1555875033

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9781555875039

Automatic Localization of Spatially Correlated Key Points in Medical Images

By: Alexander Oliver Mader

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Automatic Localization of Spatially Correlated Key Points in Medical Images

By: Alexander Oliver Mader

The task of object localization in medical images is a corner stone of automatic image processing and a prerequisite for other medical imaging tasks. In this thesis, we present a general framework for the automatic detection and localization of spatially correlated key points in medical images based on a conditional random field (CRF). The problem of selecting suitable potential functions (knowledge sources) and defining a reasonable graph topology w.r.t. the dataset is automated by our proposed data-driven CRF optimization. We show how our fairly simple setup can be applied to different medical datasets involving different image dimensionalities (i.e., 2D and 3D), image modalities (i.e., X-ray, CT, MRI) and target objects ranging from 2 to 102 distinct key points by automatically adapting the CRF to the dataset. While the used general "default" configuration represents an easy to transfer setup, it already outperforms other state-of-the-art methods on three out of four datasets. By slightly gearing the proposed approach to the fourth dataset, we further illustrate that the approach is capable of reaching state-of-the-art performance of highly sophisticated and data-specific deep-learning-based approaches. Additionally, we suggest and evaluate solutions for common problems of graph-based approaches such as the reduced search space and thus the potential exclusion of the correct solution, better handling of spatial outliers using latent variables and the incorporation of invariant higher order potential functions. Each extension is evaluated in detail and the whole method is additionally compared to a rivaling convolutional-neural-network-based approach on a hard problem (i.e., the localization of many locally similar repetitive target key points) in terms of exploiting the spatial correlation. Finally, we illustrate how follow-up tasks, segmentation in this case, may benefit from a correct localization by reaching state-of-the-art performance using off-the-shelve methods in combination with our proposed method.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3753480061

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9783753480060

Networks for Learning and Knowledge Creation in Biotechnology

By: Amalya Lumerman Oliver

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Networks for Learning and Knowledge Creation in Biotechnology

By: Amalya Lumerman Oliver

The biotechnology industry is based on a wide range of intra- and inter-organizational collaborations between the academic and private sectors. Amalya Lumerman Oliver provides a stimulating account of how multiple theoretical perspectives can be used to understand the structure of the industry.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521872480

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9780521872485

Viscoelastics in Ophthalmic Surgery

By: H.B. Dick,Oliver Schwenn

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Viscoelastics in Ophthalmic Surgery

By: H.B. Dick,Oliver Schwenn

It will be difficult to find an ophthalmic surgeon who will gladly do his work entirely without viscoelastics. Within just a few years this group of substances has enlarged the field of ophthalmic surgery enormously. Many procedures have be come safer and simpler and other techniques could only be developed because of the availability of visco elastics. Especially cataract surgery and implantation of intraocular lenses have benefitted. Implantation of an intraocular lens can be per formed much more reliably into the capsular bag without endangering the posterior capsule. Implantation of foldable lenses would be almost impossible without visco elastics. However, other surgical maneuvers also necessitate visco elastics, especially when the anterior chamber must be maintained, the corneal endothelium must be protected and delicate tissues must be manipulated. A cor neal transplant can be sutured safely into the recipient corneal ring using visco elastics. Even in glaucoma surgery, visco elastics gain importance as they are being used in trabeculectomy or in deep sclerectomy with additional viscocana lostomy. But which substance is best for which purpose? Just as much as a basic phar macological knowledge is necessary for a rational use of drugs, in-depth know ledge of physicochemical properties and objective investigations are prerequi sites for a logical selection of visco elastics from an ever increasing number of available substances. H.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642597793

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9783642597794

Family Firms and Private Equity

A Collection of Essays on Value Creation, Negotiation, and Soft Factors

By: Oliver Ahlers

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Family Firms and Private Equity

A Collection of Essays on Value Creation, Negotiation, and Soft Factors

By: Oliver Ahlers

Family firms are of particular importance for many economies. We know little about family firm buyouts and how they are different from non-family firm buyouts. Oliver Ahlers investigates this under-researched topic. After a comprehensive literature review on family firm buyouts, the focus of his book is on the key steps of the investment process such as family firm valuation and negotiations between PE investors and family sellers. Additionally, it is investigated how “soft factors” such as trust, reputation or commitment could play an important role when PE and family firms interact. Throughout the book, differences between family and non-family firm buyouts are highlighted.

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Springer

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3658040947

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9783658040949

Visceral Sensory Neuroscience

By: Oliver G. Cameron

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Visceral Sensory Neuroscience

By: Oliver G. Cameron

The term Interception refers to information that is sent by the nervous system from the body to the brain. Despite its importance in the control of visceral organ function, emotional-motivational processes, and in psychosomatic disorders, the topic has not received as much attention as central functions of the nervous system. This book provides the first review of the field and will be of interest to scientists in neurobiology, psychology, and brain imaging, to individuals in related clinical fields such as psychiatry, neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, and clinical psychology, and to their students and trainees.

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Oxford University Press

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0195136012

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Poetry and Narrative in Performance

By: Douglas Oliver

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Poetry and Narrative in Performance

By: Douglas Oliver

This text uses machine data of poetry readings to discover features of rhythm and intonation and to clear away methodological problems that hamper the teaching of poetic melody. The discussion is linked to the theory of literary form, throwing light on the role of emotion in poetry and fiction.

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1349104450

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The Freedom Challenge

Mastering Emotions, Restoring Honour to Leadership

By: Brenda Oliver

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The Freedom Challenge

Mastering Emotions, Restoring Honour to Leadership

By: Brenda Oliver

Gold Seal of Literary Excellence, "The Freedom Challenge: Mastering Emotions, Restoring Honour to Leadership" offers insights into emotional conditions, ways to focus on healthy leadership, and how to develop human potential. This book helps readers understand the value of becoming a healthy person and an effective leader. Discover how mastering your emotions creates desirable and positive outcomes. The critical role progressive behaviours play in our lives, how we can gain greater cooperation among colleagues, within teams, and between family members. The roadblocks to transformation and how to avoid the aftermaths affecting one's ability to lead. Why appreciating people's differences can lead to other's freedom. How our willingness to change is instrumental to achieving personal success and developing long lasting relationships. How conscious choice results in positive influence and change in others. The strategies for gaining self-control and avoiding irrational behaviour. How reflection increases personal insight, creates choices and motivates change. How making different choices leads to new possibilities. How to develop a personal philosophy and achieve a more significant life. How incorporating the Twenty-One Principles of Honourable Leadership is a powerful transformational tool.

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Trafford Publishing

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1490764917

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From Ivory Tower to Academic Commitment and Leadership

The Changing Public Mission of Universities

By: Amalya Oliver-Lumerman

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From Ivory Tower to Academic Commitment and Leadership

The Changing Public Mission of Universities

By: Amalya Oliver-Lumerman

How is the public mission of universities to change in the face of today’s global challenges? How is the 21st Century university to balance its long-standing traditions and its commitment to teaching, research and commercialization with rapidly changing social needs and conditions worldwide? And how does the newly defined public role of the university reflect on changes to non-profit organizations in general? Amalya Oliver-Lumerman and Gili S. Drori offer a new model of academic commitment and leadership in response to questions about the new public role of the university.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1781000344

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