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What are the technical demands involved in carrying out large-scale projects? How do considerations of design and architectural appearance influence the form of load-bearing structures, and how can these be made visible? Just what kind of engineering achievement do, for example, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur represent? "Expressing Structure" addresses questions such as these by documenting 19 case studies of exceptionally challenging high-rise buildings and extreme broad-span structures such as airport terminals and sport arenas. Examples portrayed include New York JFK-Airport's new Terminal One, the Plaza 66 office tower in Shanghai, Fort Worth Museum of Art in Texas and performance centres such as Gaylord Arena in Nashville und Philips Arena in Atlanta.
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Title: Structure in Harony with architectural form.(Expressing Structure--The Technology of Large-Scale Buildings)(Book Review)
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Architectural Science Review (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture
Volume: 48
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Page: 110(1)
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The Central American region is a vital ecological resource that provides environmental balance for the rest of the American continents. Using comprehensive surveys and statistical studies, this volume presents an evaluation of the region's deforestation, sustainable agriculture, tourism, emerging carbon markets, trade, and growth. By comparing and contrasting policies applied by other countries with similar environmental characteristics, the contributors argue that Central American governments must learn from the results of these policies in order to manage resources, foster sustainability and competitiveness, and procure positive results.
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A penetrating examination of the central issues, trends, and developments of the coming decades and the problems and opportunities they present to America and the world.
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Revealing Realities - Past, present and future.......2004-12-31
Peter Drucker reveals 'Realities' and foresee a vision for future with his whiz skills of management. 40 years ago after World war II, Business was a dirty word for intellectuals. Even in US top flight uni graduates turned up their noses at business jobs and tried instead into government job service or uni teaching. Today grandmoms give latest business seller instead of Bible to their grand sons at high school graduation ceremony. The pastor who considers himself as anti business of evangelical church, is as conversant with cash flow analysis as any accountant and runs it off routinely on his personal computer. He even attends management seminars to learn how to maintain `spiritual entrepreneurship' as the chief executive officer of his fast growing congregation. 35 years ago Business was widely viewed as an anachronism to be engulfed everywhere in a rising socialist tide. An indepth study of the Author highlights the facts of past, present and future. In the chapter of Politics, the author reveals the fact that political changes has been drastic in American Politics since the period 1965-1973, as a decade passes to enter `the next century'
He thinks that after 300 or more years in which weapons were productive and worked as instruments of policy, they have become counterproductive.He reminds of Mark Hanna's America, where farmers were half the population. The business interest which Mark Hanna mobilized for political power was not General Motors or Citibank, he says. The concept was total different.As regards Education,Peter Drucker feels that there should be serious discussion of the social purpose and responsibility of education in the new reality of the knowledge society. He details few requirements as Education fuels economy and shapes society which is a factor to be remembered. This Book has been a thorough read by me for a review for an MBA student and so,I definitely recommend a great read for anyone who is intrigued to know the 'New Realities' - understanding politics, government, the economy, information technology, and business with the waves of sweeping changes. A brief glance at the contents itself says all:
The contents of the Book are as follows:
Part I : The Political Realities
The Divide
No more Salvation by Society
The end of FDR's America
When the Russian Empire is Gone
Now that Arms are Counterproductive
Part II : Government and Political Process
The limits of Government
The new Pluralisms
Beware Charisma : The changing demands on Political Leadership
Part III : Economy, Ecology and Economics
Transnational Economy : Transnational Ecology
The Paradoxes of Economic Development
Economics at the Crossroads
Part IV : The Knowledge Society
The Post Business Society
The Two countercultures
The Information based Organization
Management as Social Function and Liberal Art
The Shifting Knowledge Base
Conclusion : From Analysis to Perception: The World View
Homeric hymn on business successes.......2004-06-08
This book, written before the fall of the Berlin Wall, contains different items that would become centre themes in Drucker's later works like 'Post-Capitalist Society': the knowledge society and the information-based organization.
He predicted clearly the diminishing influence of the omnipotent State, quoting its inefficient bureaucracy and Pareto's law: 'government cannot effectively change the distribution of incomes ... distribution is determined by the economy's productivity'. (p. 71)
On the other hand, his Homeric hymn on business successes (p. 177-8): 'business has increased the capacity to produce wealth explosively ... Half the expansion in wealth-producing capacity was used to create leisure time by cutting the hours worked while steadily increasing pay. An additional third ... has gone into health care ... There has been almost equal growth ... in the expenditures on formal schooling...' proved to be far away from the actual reality.
The working class is confronted since the nineteen seventies with decreasing real salaries. Today millions of US citizens cannot afford healthcare insurance and 60 % of the US working class don't earn a 'living' wage as determined by the Economic Policy Institute(Barbara Ehrenreich).
Peter Drucker stresses rightly the all importance of education for wealth creation. The Jesuits also knew its importance for other reasons: 'They designed the first modern school to make themselves masters of the high-born and the learned.' (p. 239)
Nevertheless, investment in education in the US has nearly disappeared (Molly Ivins, Lou DuBose).
The author castigates the arms industry as counterproductive. But defence programs take now half of the US real budget (Gore Vidal).
He criticizes harshly the hostile takeover as an assault on management: 'What underlies the takeover bid is the largest possible immediate gain to the shareholder ... the raider only often immediately dismantles or loots the going concern, sacrificing long-range, wealth-producing capacity to short-term gains.' (p. 228)
But the M & A game continues unabatedly.
Nevertheless, and all in all, this book continues to be a worth-while read.
Druckers predictions for our future (published in 1989).......2002-08-24
As the title suggests, the scope of this book is vast. Drucker touches on the mega-trends affecting us ~ as individuals, consumers, students, workers, and voters. Interesting to read, especially since many of his projections of the future (remember this was written in 1989) are surprisingly correct:
1) Politicians in developed countries are increasingly becoming centrist, and function-oriented. Most political debate is focused on the means, not the goal. Chrisma is not needed.
2) The concept of government as the savior of society is dead. Instead, it will offer specific remedies for specific ills. The government cannot run the economy, but just help create the right climate for business, trade, and activity.
3) Society is segmenting into knowledge workers and non-knowledge workers (laborers). This concept runs through all his books.
4) Russia will segment and collapse. This will create imbalance as the majority of Russians are actually Asian and Muslim.
5) The military will continue to be a drag on the economy. Weapons will become increasingly counterproductive as the enemy unknown and elusive. Terrorism will rise, and the military will suffer an identity crisis.
6) The third sector (after the knowledge workers and manual laborers) will be non-profit. This serves a large function in society and provides many of the services once expected from the government. Volunteer hours totalling $150 billion (in imaginary wages).
7) Interest groups will continue to gain political influence. Drucker calls it the "tyranny of the small majority". These single cause minorities will be very vocal and usually against (rather than for) something.
8) In the transnational economy, cheap direct labor will no longer the way to competitiveness (since the portion of direct labor for goods is declining)
9) George Stigler, University of Chicago economist and Nobel prize winner, showed that NOT ONE of the regulations through which the US government tried to control, direct, or regulate the economy has worked. (pg 166)
10) Information based organizations should most resemble an orchestra. Each participant is a specialist and an individual contributor. They have separate responsibility and are expected to handle that work without direct supervision. Things get done, but only if the common objectives (the score) is clear and simple.
SUMMATION OF THE KEY QUESTIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.......1999-02-03
In the current world, almost everyone is a specialist. With a minor ailment, a patient may have to visit with several medical professionals before receiving an accurate diagnosis and treatment. Peter Drucker is the exception to that rule when it comes to social, governmental, organizational, and personal trends. He notices what is going on in each area, points out where the current direction is a dead end, and asks clear questions that point us toward creating our own solutions. Although this book was first published in 1989, it is more current now than before. The main reason is that so many of the social, political, organizational, and personal debates and experiments of the last ten years were first framed in this remarkable, ground-breaking work. I recently reread this book, and was struck that I understand what to do with it now much more than I did ten years ago when I first read it. Whether your interest is the Internet, entrepreneurship, lean manufacturing, charitable organizations, having less government, or more personal responsibility, this book is an essential guide. You will enjoy reading his prediction of the end of the Soviet empire only months before it ceased to exist. His crystal ball has been very clear so far. We need this clarity especially now as many of the first initiatives that he proposes have been successfully completed. The design is in this book for deciding what to do now.
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Two "virtuosos of risk management" show you how to close up the holes in your gap defenses—before the regulators call! Bankers Monthly dubbed them "virtuosos of risk management…[who have] raised A/L management to an art." And this hands-on approach to asset/liability management from Bitner and Goddard is exactly what you'd expect from such banking leaders. It's the first true action book in the field moving beyond simple gap analysis, theory, and fundamentals to show you how to apply the full range of today's sophisticated A/L management techniques—and comply with the latest banking regulations. You'll find…
- Full discussions of interest rate exposures not measured by gap, but of vital interest to institutions and regulators alike: basis risk (the difference in the change of interest rates between instruments of identical maturities) and imbedded options (loan payoffs and early deposit withdrawals)
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A book that finally gets to the heart of risk mgmt. for all.......1999-09-30
I've been looking for a book that deals with risk management at all levels...from the beginner to the expert level
And I finally found it...a great reference for ideas that work!
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PREPARATION FOR THE CPS EXAM.......2007-05-29
This book is great to prepare for the CPS exam. This particular book is from the previous edition (4th). The new edition (5th) already came out. You can get from Amazon.com too.
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Ready or Not . . . Get Set Go (ISBN 0-9702909-0-X) has everything you need to know and more about starting your own business. It will not only teach you how to assess your strengths and weaknesses, but it will show you how to identify your target market, write a successful business plan, hire the right person the first time, learn the importance of location, calculate your start-up cost, determine your legal structure, turn a good idea into a profitable one, and operate a successful business.
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Easy Read & Informative.......2001-10-12
In comparison to other books that I have read and/or bought, this one is highly recommended as a must read. The book is informative in so many ways. Example: the chapter on zoning was to the point minus legal jargon; and the usual redundant babble that is of no value for being an entrepreneur, it's only to fill up the page. I've found that most books on being an entrepreneur graze over the topics and don't get to the meat of the subject, but this one does, which is what I wanted and needed. I'm the type of person that needs specifics and for things to be in plain terms - - I'm not one for beating around the bush. This book is a definite keeper, and I use it often as a reference at home and in my new company as an entrepreneur.
Where was this book 2 yrs ago?!?.......2001-07-27
I've bought a lot of supposed "entrepreneur guide" books that have not been a waste of my money and I started to pass this one up. The lady at the book fare convinced me (after 20 mins) and I'm glad I made the investment. I'm writing this review because this book was a God-send for me, and I KNOW it will be for you. It's plain, simple and straight to the point; no unnecessary jargon, no dictionary or attorney needed for comprehension. I followed the steps listed and believe it or not EVERYTHING WORKED! My company is up and running, and it's only because this book is written in layman's terms, nothing technical. Yes, it took 2 years to find a true entrepreneur guide, but the timing could not have been better. This one is highly recommended. I've bought copies and passed it on to other up and coming entrepreneurs and it has benefited them all as well. Sheila Taylor-Downer, THANKS for writing this book; Great Job!
For anyone aspiring to become their own boss.......2001-03-13
Ready Or Not...Get Set Go is the ideal "how to" book for anyone aspiring to become their own boss through launching their own business enterprise. Debra Hamilton and Sharon Taylor effectively collaborate to offer the reader an informative and practical guide and reference to starting and operating a successful business as they survey such essential issues as the legal structure for a self-owned business; "law & taxes"; do-it-yourself evaluation for personal qualities necessary for running a business; the start-up costs of a small business; creation of an effective and goal oriented business plan; marketing; and much, much more. If you are contemplating having a business of your own, begin with a careful reading of Ready Or Not...Get Set Go -- it will be the best investment of your time and money that you could make in deciding whether or not to go out on your own in today's highly competitive marketplace.
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