The Theory of Ethical Economy in the Historical School: Wilhelm Roscher, Lorenz von Stein, Gustav Schmoller, Wilhelm Dilthey and Contemporary Theory (Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy)

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The Historical School of Economics develops a historical theory of the economy and of business ethics. It investigates the ethical and cultural determinants of economic behaviour and economic institutions and forms an ethical and cultural theory of economics and business and the origin what, in the present, is called "institutional economics". Being one of the first comprehensive studies in the English language of the German "Historical and Ethical School of Economics", the book presents the theory from Wilhelm Roscher to Gustav Schmoller, the foundations of historism and the humanities of Wilhelm Dilthey and their present relevance. It also makes visible which impact the Historical School has for the foundations of contemporary business ethics and the cultural theory of the economy.

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Some of the best companies in the world are flourishing by dramatically revising their management practices, according to Dartmouth College teacher William F. Joyce. In MegaChange, Joyce looks at how Lucent Technologies, CitiGroup, Price Waterhouse, and other top businesses are instituting nontraditional management techniques.

Joyce believes that global competition, rapid advances in technology, and new workplace values are necessitating profound changes in the way organizations manage their workforces. He argues that successful managers recognize that people today are demanding job satisfaction, which is a vastly different situation from 20 years ago, when surveys found that 95 percent of workers didn't expect to be satisfied with their work. "We must be competitive, but we must do it in a way that recognizes the desire--perhaps the demand--for meaningful and valuable work, the recognition of family and personal satisfaction." Joyce calls for igniting change in four ways: empowering the workforce, improving policies, creating organizations that engage people, and sharpening strategy. MegaChange is for managers searching for innovative ways to save their organizations from stifling bureaucracies and engage their employees in a culture that is both productive and significant. --Dan Ring

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In the last decade, organizations of every type -- from the largest transnational corporations to local neighborhood nonprofits -- have spent billions of dollars attempting to improve productivity and efficiency. But while 85 percent of U.S.-based corporations engaged in some type of restructuring between 1990 and 1995, most of these changes were not successful. Indeed, 60 percent reported not having achieved their goals, and 44 percent said things had actually gotten worse. Almost 70 percent attempted to restructure again within a year.

Sadly, despite this enormous waste, the vast majority of companies remains wedded to archaic management methods and practices that bury creativity under a mind-numbing avalanche of pointless bureaucratic systems and procedures that deny their employees' need for satisfying work.

The problem, explains William F. Joyce, is that these traditional methods and practices are based on an assumption of human limitations -- rather than human capability -- and thus are "flawed in a most fundamental way." In his radical reassessment of management practices, Joyce explains that, in order to succeed in the future, business needs to make a complete turnaround in its approach to employees: Instead of making human fallibility and lack of potential the foundation of organizational structure, management must begin from an assumption of human capability and talent.

Joyce's "New logic for Change" is composed of four critical steps: Empowering the Workforce, Engaging Systems, Reforming Structures, and Remaking Strategy. Conceived and developed while the author was guiding-large-scale change at Nabisco, Citibank, and Aetna (during its acquisition of U.S. Healthcare), the MegaChange system creates an organizational culture that emphasizes not just human value, but human values, and is based on the importance -- both for the individual employee and for the organization as a whole -- of meaningful work.

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Change Handbook.......2001-04-09

This is a very well laid out book with a very logical sequence. One gets the feeling that the author has lots of experience with change initiatives and addresses a lot of the micro issues that come about in change. The only issue i feel was not addressed or stressed upon was the speed to change and its importance given the nature of the external environment today. I would also be pleased to see the linkage between the change effort and its value in terms of financial markets. Overall it is a wonderful read and to the amateur change agent its a great way to hone skills.

A very good book indeed.......2000-08-06

I'm not given to writing book reviews, but I do want to put in my two cents' worth here and say that I fully agree with all the other reviews here. This is a very good book indeed. It should be read by more people.

very use indeed.......2000-08-04

I just want to say a few words in praise of this practical title. This is a concise and useful primer, and it is one of the most useful business books I have read for quite some time. I highly recommend it to all of you who may be in need of management guidance and new thinking on the structure and function of the corporation.

PLACING PEOPLE AT THE CENTER OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE........1999-12-06

The title of this book could have been "putting people into the heart of the organizational change equation." In its well written pages, the author shows how to engage, liberate and develop an organizations's human potential.

MegaChange describes a process of transformation based on assumptions of human capability, rather than limitations. The approach focuses on people (below the top) and assumes that they have valid input, can be trusted, and can play a vital role in the change process. Key themes are: greater emphasis on human values, goals, capabilties, and efficacy; placing people at the center of strategy, structure and systems; approaching change from a top-down-bottom-up sequence of development activities, involving two parallel, synergistic efforts: (1) strategy-driven, organization-wide transition in systems and structures and (2) a transformation in culture, beginning with the workforce.

The main body of the book is devoted to explaining this change process. This work provides an excellent perspective on the nature of organizational change and presents an approach to change that, based on my own consulting experience in this area, should be read-and given thoughtful consideration-by top executives. Highly recommended. Reviewed by Gerry Stern, founder, Stern & Associates, author of Stern's Sourcefinder: The Master Directory to HR and Business Management Information & Resources, Stern's CyberSpace SourceFinder, and Stern's Compensation and Benefits SourceFinder.

comprehensive and very helpful.......1999-08-27

This is an erudite and comprehensive study of how a coporation can transform itself into an ever-stronger force. It is written with both persuasiveness and clarity. It also manages to filter through and summarize a great number of different shools of thought on management. All in all, I find it impressive. One of the best books I've read of its kind for quite sometime. I've never heard of the author before, but I sure am glad to have read him now.

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In an era of escalating food politics, many believe organic farming to be the agrarian answer. In this first comprehensive study of organic farming in California, Julie Guthman casts doubt on the current wisdom about organic food and agriculture, at least as it has evolved in the Golden State. Refuting popular portrayals of organic agriculture as a small-scale family farm endeavor in opposition to "industrial" agriculture, Guthman explains how organic farming has replicated what it set out to oppose.

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Original, Intellectually Engaging: It Rips Stale Myths Apart.......2004-07-30

Well, everything you think you know about organic agriculture gets brilliantly demolished and reformulated in this innovative and ground breaking book. Think you know about small family farmers in California? Well, get ready to learn about the real corporate farming tradition, especially in the Central Valley. Think a new generation of organic farms makes for some sort of new utopia? Well, you're living in an "agrarian dream" if you think conditions for agricultural workers get transformed automatically in a more "organic" world.

I eat organic food all the time and myth after myth that I have accepted gets exposed in this book. Think the regulators are always on the side of the little guy? Think eating organic food automatically creates a more sustainable food system? Think you're "going back to nature" if you eat organic? Well, Guthman lays out how all of us have to think critically and take concerted action if we really want to change the power relations of today's industrial agriculture.

And yet I finished this book more exhilirated and inspired to
think about and work toward a new world of sustainable agriculture. And with my eyes now wide open that when I'm eating an organic apple that doesn't transform the world or ease the exploitation of those working the land. I see this as a seminal work in showing us clearly how to tear off our blinders and move from our agrarian "dreams' to a new agrarian reality.

Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California.(Book review): An article from: The Geographical Review

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Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California.(Book review): An article from: The Geographical Review
Greig Tor Guthey
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The universe next door: A complete guide to exploring the skies and understanding what you see
Terry Holt
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The Universe Next Door, A Complete Guide To Exploring The Skies And Understanding What You See
Terry Holt
Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons
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Angular momentum is a basic concept used in classical physics. Examples of phenomena that are related to angular momentum are: 1) Why a moving bicycle does not fall over and 2) why the currents in the ocean of the rotating earth tend to follow circular motions. Designed as a learning tool for those with limited background in quantum mechanics and to compliment Zare's Angular Momentum, this book provides examples, problems, & solutions in angular momentum in quantum mechanics and its applications to chemistry and physics.

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Angular Momentum Companion - Soluutions.......2007-09-09

This companion to a good book thoroughly describes solutions to the exercises in the textbook. No errors found so far.

Angular Momentum: Understanding Spatial Aspects in Chemistry and Physics and Companion to Angular Momentum

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Angular Momentum: Understanding Spatial Aspects in Chemistry and Physics and Companion to Angular Momentum
Richard N. Zare , Valeria D. Kleiman , Hongkun Park , and Robert J. Gordon
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Inverse eigenvalue problems arise in a remarkable variety of applications and associated with any inverse eigenvalue problem are two fundamental questions--the theoretical issue of solvability and the practical issue of computability. Both questions are difficult and challenging. In this text, the authors discuss the fundamental questions, some known results, many applications, mathematical properties, a variety of numerical techniques, as well as several open problems. This is the first book in the authoritative bNumerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation/b series to cover numerical linear algebra, a broad area of numerical analysis. Authored by two world-renowned researchers, the book is aimed at graduates and researchers in applied mathematics, engineering and computer science and makes an ideal graduate text.

Inverse Eigenvalue Problems: Theory, Algorithms, And Applications (Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation)

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Inverse Eigenvalue Problems: Theory, Algorithms, And Applications (Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation)
Gene Golub Moody Chu
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Cast A Giant Shadow

The story of a hero of freedom

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MICKEY MARCUS WAS A MAN WHO LOVED FREEDOM

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Cast A Giant Shadow: The Story of Mickey Marcus Who Died to Save Jerusalem
Ted Berkman
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The First General Of Israel In 2,000 Years, He Brought West Point To The Middle East In this dramatic account of a colorful life is the warm and energetic personality of a courageous man, loved by nearly all who knew him. American to the core, Mickey Marcus after serving his country with distinction in World War II responded to the appeal of a beleaguered democracy in the Middle East and became one of the truly great heroes of modern Israel, the only soldier interred at West Point who was killed fighting under a foreign flag. First published in 1962, Kirk Douglas starred as the legendary Mickey, whose gravestone bears the quiet legend: Colonel David Marcus - a Soldier for All Humanity. Critical Comment: At long last, the gallant story of Mickey Marcus. May it be a light and inspiration to us all. David Ben-Gurion Fascinating, unforgettable. Hal Lehrman, N.Y. Times Books A rattling good yarn, presented with skill in clear, free-wheeling style - N.Y. Herald-Tribune Heart-warming and often thrilling. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Magnificent biography. Marcus emerges as a marvelous human being, in addition to having been a great military hero, in this splendidly-compiled story. Detroit Jewish News A wonderful book and a very important contribution. Leon Uris A powerfully told testament to a man's integrity and a woman's faith. Mickey Marcus represented the finest synthesis of patriotic Americanism and a meaningful Zionism. Rabbi Balfour Brickner, Stephen Wise Synagogue, New York Ted Berkman is a remarkable reporter and a brilliant writer whose biography breathes with the life of Mickey Marcus from preface to epilogue. Intermountain Jewish News (Denver) Truly a most touching biography. I would have missed something fine in life had I not read this absorbing history. I was thrilled. Major Gen. R.N. Danforth (retired), former Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy Easily the best story in a long time. Fast moving action, vivid word pictures, reading one cannot lay down till the end. A magnificent book, to be read twice and shared with others. New England Farmer

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Cast A Giant Shadow.......2007-06-28

A fast reading biography of a truly unusual and remarkable man. I recommend the book highly.

Every year, during May, The United States Military Academy (West Point) has a memorial service commemorating Col. David "Mickey" Marcus. If you are anywhere near West Point, you owe it to yourself to attend the service.

The story of a hero of freedom .......2007-05-13

I was surprised at how good this book is, and how much work must have gone into writing it. Berkman who for most of his professional life was a screenwriter did a tremendous amount of research to tell this story. As a screenwriter he increases its readability by casting a great deal of it in dialogue, though this raises questions about his 'fictionalizing' at certain points.
Nonetheless there is a strong sense of the overall reliability and authenticity of the narrative. The story is a fascinating one. Marcus was a true hero , a person of tremendous personal courage and ability. He was a fighter and a man of many accomplishments. Born to a poor Jewish family, and orphaned of his father in his early years he worked hard to win entry to West Point where he was intercollegiate welterweight boxing champion. He had a successful Army career including a stretch as head of phystical training for the Army's elite Ranger unit, and was mustered out only to become Corrections Comissioner of the City of New York. But when the Second World War began he returned to the Army .He did important administrative work but eager to contribute to the battle on the ground, parachuted into the Normandy battlefield where his sense of command and battlefield savvy were vital . For his actions he won the Distinguished Service Medal, and the Bronze Star. . At the end of the war he was with Patton's forces and was among those who visited liberated Dachau. The horrors of the concentration camp deeply effected him, and were part of his decision when later called upon by emissaries from Israel, to go and volunteer and help the Jews in their fight for a homeland.
Marcus made important contributions to the disorganized and beleaguered Jewish forces. He aided Ben- Gurion , and argued for the building of conventional forces and not simply guerilla units. He urged thus that the units of the Palmach lose their independent decision- making power and become part of the overall force of the Haganah. Marcus also made a great contribution to the Israeli forces in the battle for Jerusalem by pushing for the building of an alternative route, the Burma road to Jerusalem. It was while doing this that he was killed when a guard mistook him for an enemy soldier.
Marcus was a character of great energy, imagination, and flair. Berkman tells how he too was a person of great humanistic ideals, a fighter for freedom and human dignity.
One other central theme of the story is his relation to his wife Emma who suffered his long absences but remained the anchor of his existence. The book is filled with moving excerpts of his letters to her.
Berkman's tone in this work is upbeat and promotional. He tells the story in an exciting way. Here it is possible to wonder whether he might have done more in exposing the critical opposition to Marcus.
But the book is an overwhelmingly positive and convincing one. In the course of it not only is Marcus' story told, but we have the sense of a different time, a different world and different values. This is most apparent in Marcus description of and feeling about the Israelis he serves with. He finds them to be energetic, idealistic, youthful , innovative , and above all courageous.
Marcus himself came to beleaguered Yishuv, an underdog in its war against five Arab Armies, and made a major contribution to its victory.

EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHY.......2006-11-22

A well written story of one of the most unusual American war heroes as well as a stirring account of the birth of Israel.

MICKEY MARCUS WAS A MAN WHO LOVED FREEDOM.......2005-08-15

This book is a fantastic biography of an amazing man. He is a man who should be loved by those who love freedom, and hated by those who despise freedom. This book intimately details the sacrifices of this war hero in both WWII and the Israeli War of Independence. Ted Berkman does a superb job in documenting the feats of this man, enabling David Mickey Marcus to serve as a role model for future generations.

BEST HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY AVAILABLE!!!.......2001-05-29

An unusual, rather bold title; however, 'Mickey' Marcus was an unusual, incredibly bold man. The author keeps you turning each page with disbelief that this book is covering the shortened lifetime of ONE man! His list of accomplishments would look like a who's who list, only they were all accomplished by ONLY him. No matter how avid a reader, you will find yourself saying "How could one guy pull ALL this off and How come I've never heard of him before" I usually read a biography a day. This is by all means the most unforgettable and without a doubt my highest recommendation for anyone interested in the flame within man. And once you have heard of him (for this is not a book that you could put down without finishing) you will find there are thousands of web pages honoring multitudes of his individual achievements; but, this is THE book about ALL his achievements and his biographer is a GREAT writer allowing us an intimate look at an amazing person.

Cast a Giant Shadow The Story of Mickey Marcus Who Died to Save Jerusalem

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Cast a Giant Shadow The Story of Mickey Marcus Who Died to Save Jerusalem
Ted Berkman
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CAST A GIANT SHADOW the Story of Mickey Marcus, Who Died to Save Jerusalem
TED BERKMAN
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"One has to be a superb writer to lift the story about the wheelchair that Peter Weisman was confined in from his tenth year and waltz around with it so brilliantly. But that is what Weisman, who vowed that 'Peter's life must grow steadily and bravely upward,' has done. There are times when the power of Weisman's prose squeezes the heart like a sponge, but perhaps the best moments leave you laughing."

—Phyllis Theroux, Washington Post

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A great deal like real life..................2001-01-05

But much better written. You won't put this book down, I promise you. Mary Lou Weisman tells a heart-stopping tale of a family pulled into tragedy and that reaches out to touch--quite literally--the pulse of real life. It is hilarious, horrifying, gripping, enlightening, joyful. It is Love Story, ER, and Saturday Night Live rolled into one. You will fall in love with these people, as I did. YOu will learn something important about the meaning of love in the process.

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Intensive Care: a Family Love Story
Mary-Lou Weisman
Manufacturer: Random House
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