This inspiring book shows how the spiritual side of life, with its thoughts, feelings, and aspirations, is intimately bound up with our material technologies. From the wonder of Gothic Cathedrals, to the quiet majesty of lighter than air flight, to the ultimate in luxury of the north Atlantic steamers, Peter Hancock explores how these sequential heights of technology have enabled our dreams of being transported to new and uncharted realms to become reality. Sometimes literally, sometimes figuratively, technology has always been there to make material the visions of our imagination. This book shows how this has essentially been true for all technologies from Stonehenge to space station.But technology is far from perfect. Indeed, the author argues here that some of the most public and tragic of its failures still remain instructive, emblematic, and even inspiring. He reports on examples such as a Cathedral of the Earth (Beauvais), a Cathedral of the Seas (Titanic), and a Cathedral of the Air (Hindenburg) and tells their stories from the viewpoint of material transcendence. By interweaving their stories he reveals how technologies can succeed in elevating human beings and, in taking them to whole new realms of being, he explores and explains why these experiences are ‘Transports of Delight.’
This book examines and extrapolates from famous historical case studies to illustrate principles of cognitive deception and how to avoid being deceived.
Technology is our conduit of power. In our modern world, technology is the gatekeeper deciding who shall have and who shall have not. Either technology works for you or you work for technology. It shapes the human race just as much as we shape it. But where is this symbiosis going? Who provides the directions, the intentions, the goals of this human-machine partnership? Such decisions do not derive from the creators of technology who are enmeshed in their individual innovations. They neither come from our social leaders who possess only sufficient technical understanding to react to innovations, not to anticipate or direct their progress. Neither is there evidence of some omnipotent 'invisible hand,' the simple fact is that no one is directing this enterprise. In Mind, Machine and Morality, Peter Hancock asks questions about this insensate progress and has the temerity to suggest some cognate answers. He argues for the unbreakable symbiosis of purpose and process, and examines the dangerous possibilities that emerge when science and purpose meet. Historically, this work is a modern-day child of Bacon's hope for the 'Great Instauration.' However, unlike its forebear, the focus here is on human-machine systems. The emphasis centers on the conception that the active, extensive face of modern philosophy is technology. Whatever we are to become is bound up not only in our biology but critically in our technology also. And to achieve rational progress we need to articulate manifest purpose. This book is one step along the purposive road. Drawing together his many seminal writings on human-machine interaction and adapting these works specifically for this collection, Peter Hancock provides real food for thought, delighting readers with his unique philosophical perspective and outstanding insights. This is theoretical work of the highest order and will open minds accordingly.
The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the leadership competencies of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, the most consistently successful corps-level commander of the Civil War. Over the course of his 44 years in uniform, General Hancock participated in the Mexican War, Civil War, and Indian Wars. He was the candidate of the Democratic Party in the 1880 Presidential election. Nicknamed “Hancock the Superb”, he was recognized as the best combat commander in the Army of the Potomac. Remaining a general in the Regular Army after the Civil War, Hancock played a major role in post-war affairs. In order to gain insight into Hancock’s leadership competencies, DA Pamphlet 600-80 and Field Manual 22-103 will be used as a framework. Research will chronologically follow aspects of Hancock’s life and career to identify skills as they are developed and employed.
Richard III is accused of murdering his nephews (the 'Princes in the Tower') in order to usurp the throne of England. Since Tudor times he has been painted as the 'black legend', the murderous uncle. However, the truth is much more complicated and interesting. Rather than looking at all the killings Richard III did not commit, this book focuses on the one judicial murder for which we know that he was responsible. On Friday 13 June 1483, William, Lord Hastings was hustled from a meeting of the Royal Council and summarily executed on Tower Green within the confines of the Tower of London. This book sheds light on the mystery of this precipitate and unadvised action by the then Duke of Gloucester and reveals the key role of William Catesby in Richard's ascent to the throne of England. It explains his curious actions during that tumultuous summer of three kings and provides an explanation for the fate of the 'Princes in the Tower.
Peter Hancock tells the story of his voyages in a 26-foot sailboat, Kylie, and describes the places he has visited and the characters he has met. His travels have taken him round Britain, into the waters of Bulgaria, from one end of the Mediterranean to the other, and across the Atlantic to Antigua. continue as a Merchant Navy officer, Hancock reverted to teaching until the sea beckoned him once more. With the aim of some serious long-distance, single-handed sailing, he bought Kylie and sailed ever-increasing distances to gain experience for his life's ambition of cruising alone.
In Clemens, a small mid-20th century suburban town undergoing racial, political, and social change, high school senior Alex Dunhaigen falls in love with Kay Cosgrove on their first date, a sledding party on Hancock Hill. But the next day she leaves town under mysterious and possibly violent circumstances. Alex is unable to contact her, and goes off to college where he struggles with his persistent obsession for Kay. He is also working on an invention with his best friend Zach: a radical new power source with the potential to change the world. When the revolutionary implications of their invention and Alex's emotional blunders threaten his life and more, he goes back to Hancock Hill, looking for answers.
The world is a dangerous place and recent events have served to make it less safe. There are many arenas of conflict and even combat across the world. Such situations are the quintessential expression of stress; you stand in imminent danger and live with the knowledge that you may be attacked, injured or even killed at any moment. How do people perform under these conditions? How do they keep a heightened level of vigilance when nothing may happen in their immediate location for weeks or even months? What happens when the bullets actually start flying? How is it you distinguish friend from foe, and each from innocent bystanders when in immediate peril of your life? Can we design technology to help people make good decisions in these ultimately hazardous situations? To what degree does your membership in a team act to dissipate these particular effects? Can we generate sufficiently stressful field exercises to simulate these conditions and can we train and/or select those most able to withstand such adverse conditions? How will the next generation of servicemen deal with these inherent problems? These are the sorts of questions that Performance Under Stress addresses. This book is derived largely from a multiple-year, multiple university initiative (MURI) on stress and soldier performance on the modern, electronic battlefield. It involved leading researchers from many institutions who have brought their individual expertise to bear on these crucial, contemporary concerns. United by a common research framework, these groups attacked the issue from different methodological and conceptual approaches, ranging from traditional laboratory modeling and experimentation, to realistic simulations; from involved field exercises to personal experiences of actual combat conditions. The insights generated have been distilled and presented as a benchmark of current understanding and provide future directions for research in this arena. Although this work focuses on soldier stress and soldier performance, the principles that are derived extend well beyond this single application. Their findings can be applied to people facing the demands of the business world or research as much as to those who meet life or death situations, such as homeland security, first responders, and law enforcement personnel.
Now in its tenth edition, Contemporary Accounting: A Strategic Approach for Users is designed for one-semester introductory accounting courses at undergraduate or MBA level, for both accounting and non-accounting majors. The text has been updated throughout to strengthen the content for first-year students, and to integrate financial and management accounting. Associate Dean Phil Hancock (UWA) and Assistant Professor Peter Robinson (UWA) have worked together to add three new, online-only (MindTap) financial accounting chapters that bridge the gap between assumed and actual knowledge, and have redesigned the pedagogical features to make the text friendlier to first-year learners. It has also been appropriately updated for currency, including an extract from the Annual Report of Woolworths Limited for the year ending 30 June 2018 as an appendix. Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform. Learn more about the online tools cengage.com.au/mindtap
Now in its eleventh edition, Contemporary Accounting: A Strategic Approach for Users provides an excellent overview of the accounting function in business for non-accounting majors, and the approach taken to financial accounting provides a solid foundation on which accounting majors can better understand the bookkeeping function. The objective is to convey an understanding of accounting, both financial accounting and management accounting, without introducing unnecessary technical terminology and procedures. Building on basic concepts, it provides a clear understanding of financial statements, their uses, and limitations. In this edition, the authors have worked to add content that expands coverage of ethics, sustainability, and corporate governance. Financial accounting chapters bridge the gap between assumed and actual knowledge, and the pedagogical features make the text friendlier to first-year learners. Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform. Learn more about the online tools cengage.com.au/mindtap.
The “hurry up and wait” phenomenon in many military operations is aptly called “hours of boredom,” whereas the transition to meet sudden task demands when combat breaks out is sometimes deemed to consist of “moments of terror.” Increasingly, other national security and paramilitary force personnel (e.g., police forces, border patrol, operational intelligence agents) also experience long periods of boredom interspersed with all-out response efforts when the going “gets hot.” The authors examine resultant psychological and behavioral implications for combatant and security personnel performance as viewed through application of a traditional human psychological stress model. Inadequate recognition of the implications resulting from long lull periods, combat pulses, and the need to recover from stress can lead to dysfunctional soldiering as well as poor individual and small unit performance. Accounting for such time-based transitions in the psychological state of military combatants and security force operators is important in configuring resilience training for small group leaders, their personnel, and their organizational units. As we seek to come to terms with the rapidly emerging challenges of military and other national security operations in the new millennium it is crucial to take a careful look at the fundamental characteristics of some of the tasks our deployed personnel are now being asked to perform. This assessment embraces a wide spectrum of requirements, since many former military job elements are now subject to outsourcing. Contemporary national security policies witness deployments of large number of State Department, international development agencies, and even Justice Department employees, many of whom carry out a myriad of activities with some of the same military characteristics and accompanying psychological and physiological stressors. Our comments may pertain to other national security forces as well, but here we exemplify our points by referring mostly to the tasks and stresses of military personnel. While not unique to the military, the ore security tasks that remain for our professional military have evolved under the driving force of a changing environment, including a broad expansion of defense missions; for example, providing humanitarian assistance, stability and security operations, implementation of new technologies, and emerging forms of conflict such as engaging in asymmetric warfare and counterinsurgency operations. Whereas Krueger recently outlined an extensive listing of soldier stresses that impact performance of military personnel on contemporary and future battlefields, our central thesis here is that identifiable constants remain in the missions that military and other security force personnel are tasked to accomplish, especially in the temporal rhythm of these assignments. Often characterized as “hurry up and wait operations,” we term these requirements as “hours of boredom and moments of terror.” It is these forms of demand and their effect upon performance and health which form our primary concern. These temporal rhythms are normal and expected in military operations, and are becoming so in other security operations as well. Understood in this light, this article asserts that leaders should, in training, prepare their troops for high levels of cognitive and physiological readiness; they need to anticipate executing operational plans that often require patience and apparent, sometime boring inactivity that will eventually be followed by sustained maximum performance. This is, in turn, followed by anticipation of the next activity cycle as pulses in the normal sequence of boredom-terror-boredom – which is the military way of things. Advances in anticipatory strategy can help a variety of professional occupations (e.g., police, emergency response, and other security force workers) whose central temporal characteristics are highly similar to this military challenge.
If you want to be the best, you have to have the right skillset. From tackling tough questions and remembering everything you want to say to succeeding at numeracy tests, THE ULTIMATE INTERVIEW BOOK is a dynamic collection of tools, techniques, and strategies for success. Short, punchy chapters mean you can read up quickly and start applying what you've learned immediately. Discover the main themes, key ideas and tools you need and bring it all together with practical exercises. This is your complete course in acing that job interview. ABOUT THE SERIES ULTIMATE books are for managers, leaders, and business executives who want to succeed at work. From marketing and sales to management and finance, each title gives comprehensive coverage of the essential business skills you need to get ahead in your career. Written in straightforward English, each book is designed to help you quickly master the subject, with fun quizzes embedded so that you can check how you're doing.
The 'Boot Up' books include short walks for those living in or visiting popular areas of the country, written by those who know the area well. They provide a healthy hour or two of exercise, exploring parts of Britain's countryside that the casual visitor might miss.
This textbook covers a wide range of topics about this crucial element. These include rivers, the uses of water, water treatments, floods and flood prevention, as well as droughts and deserts. The chapters incoporate ten case studies which examine actual examples of the themes under discussion.
Critical Concepts in Management and Organization Studies provides an accessible introduction to the key themes of critical management studies. An ideal companion for students studying critical management and organizations, it breaks down the complex language, concepts and philosophical underpinnings defining critical management studies.
This bestselling introduction to accounting is now in its ninth edition, setting the standard for accounting education in Australia / New Zealand. The book is updated throughout to better integrate financial and management accounting.*Give non-accounting managers a better understanding of how accountants see their business with re-written Financial Accounting chapters*Focus on the decision-making needs of the non-accounting manager with re-worked Management Accounting chapters. The best learning technology package on offer for students includes CNOW - more control in less time. Students are empowered with the Diagnostic Personalised Study Plan. Instructor supports include case studies to expand Accounting teaching into wider concepts.Lead author Prof Phil Hancock (UWA), Peter Robinson (Curtin) and Dr Peta Stevenson-Clark (RMIT) worked together to develop a premier blended learning technology package to maximise pedagogical benefit for students.For a one-semester course at undergraduate or MBA level, for both accounting and non-accounting majors.
Beginning with an examination of waves and wave action, this title covers coastal erosion, erosion, longshore drift and deposition. Subsequent chapters chart concerns about rising sea levels and coastal flooding, drawing on examples from the past and areas in imminent danger. Ideal for the teaching of Key Stage 2/3 Geography.
Using contemporary photographs along with many taken recently showing the remains of structures and the paraphernalia of war, set alongside a well-researched text, the author paints a vivid picture of Cornwall during the Second World War.
Combining a language course with travel information, this is a guidebook for visitors to Portugal. Phrases, dialogues and a 1000-word dictionary are accompanied by information on topics such as transport, accommodation, shopping, food and drink, entertainments and emergencies. Fold-out flaps carry key phrases, numbers, a short pronunciation guide and a map.
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