Michael Goodman

Vi har kommit långt från de religioner, myter och grundarberättelser som lade grunden till människans tidiga förståelse av världen och allting i den, och våra kunskaper har på senare tid ökat exponentiellt. I den här boken diskuterar ledande forskare inom konst och vetenskap hur kunskap och information har bevarats och förmedlats i historien, vilket leder oss fram till dagens digitala tidsålder och de många utmaningar som den ställer oss inför, inte minst beträffande våra persondata. Kommer vårt informationssamhälle, under växande spänning mellan en kunskapselit och dem som känner sig utestängda från offentlig diskussion och beslutsfattande, liksom under ökad friktion om tolkningsfrihet och yttrandefrihet i den akademiska världen, att bli en upplysningstid eller går vi in i en ny mörk tid för kunskapen? Texterna i den här illustrerade antologin härrör från det internationellt välrenommerade Engelsbergsseminariet 2018. Huvudredaktörer är Kurt Almqvist och Mattias Hessérus.

Experience the thrill and adventure of extreme sports like never before Designed for readers age 12 and up, this nonfiction action sports series examines adrenaline-pumping disciplines such as BASE jumping, big wave surfing, cave diving, and the world of full-contact mixed martial arts. The origins, growth, controversies, and star athletes of each sport are profiled. Jon Jones steps onto the canvas floor of the Octagon. The tension is thick and growing stronger and stronger. The fight begins, and this mixed martial arts (MMA) master unleashes his championship skills. Captured in this title from Creative Education's Odysseys series, Jones's ultimate fighting journey is a thrilling ride, filled with triumphs, challenges, and no shortage of dangers. High school readers get detailed knowledge of how this combat specialist found and continues to succeed at the extreme sport. Action-packed photography and sidebars make for engrossing reading. Includes a table of contents, glossary, index, and further resources.

I en allt farligare värld har underrättelsetjänstens roll aldrig varit mer kritisk. Sverige och världen står inför allt fler alarmerande konflikter. Hemliga aktiviteter, oavsett om det är i form av subversion, desinformation eller hemliga operationer, är centrala i det internationella maktspelet. Det har aldrig varit viktigare att förstå värdet av underrättelsearbetets roll inom områdena diplomati, statskonst och krig. Denna högaktuella samling essäer samlar världsledande underrättelseforskare och tjänstemän från USA, Storbritannien, Kanada och Sverige för att bedöma hur information, både hemlig och offentlig, har påverkat konflikter från det analoga förflutna till det digitala nuet. Den utgör en diskussion om hur underrättelseverksamhet idag utövas för att stödja eller undergräva internationell säkerhet samt försöker utröna vad som är god praxis för politiker och beslutsfattare när de tillämpar historiens lärdomar för att förstå vår samtid. Boken finns även i engelsk utgåva.

I en allt farligare värld har underrättelsetjänstens roll aldrig varit mer kritisk. Sverige och världen står inför allt fler alarmerande konflikter. Hemliga aktiviteter, oavsett om det är i form av subversion, desinformation eller hemliga operationer, är centrala i det internationella maktspelet. Det har aldrig varit viktigare att förstå värdet av underrättelsearbetets roll inom områdena diplomati, statskonst och krig. Denna högaktuella samling essäer samlar världsledande underrättelseforskare och tjänstemän från USA, Storbritannien, Kanada och Sverige för att bedöma hur information, både hemlig och offentlig, har påverkat konflikter från det analoga förflutna till det digitala nuet. Den utgör en diskussion om hur underrättelseverksamhet idag utövas för att stödja eller undergräva internationell säkerhet samt försöker utröna vad som är god praxis för politiker och beslutsfattare när de tillämpar historiens lärdomar för att förstå vår samtid.

The communication role in organizations has changed, just as the nature of organizations has changed in response to the explosion of new communication technologies as well as global networks within organizations. Communication is more complex, strategic, and vital to the health of the organization than it used to be, and it will become increasingly important in the information-driven economy. This book builds upon the authors’ 2010 book, Corporate Communication: Strategic Adaptation for Global Practice, which focused on the role of the communicator. This volume examines, analyzes, and illustrates the practice of corporate communication as a critical business asset in a time of global change. It looks at the major communication needs in the lifecycle of organizations: M&A (mergers and acquisitions), structural change, culture change, innovation, new leadership, downsizing, global expansion, competition, ethical decision-making, political action, and employee engagement. These are all significant value-creating, and potentially value-destroying, events in which corporate communication, if used correctly, functions as a critical and strategic business asset.

The communication role in organizations has changed, just as the nature of organizations has changed in response to the explosion of new communication technologies as well as global networks within organizations. Communication is more complex, strategic, and vital to the health of the organization than it used to be, and it will become increasingly important in the information-driven economy. This book builds upon the authors’ 2010 book, Corporate Communication: Strategic Adaptation for Global Practice, which focused on the role of the communicator. This volume examines, analyzes, and illustrates the practice of corporate communication as a critical business asset in a time of global change. It looks at the major communication needs in the lifecycle of organizations: M&A (mergers and acquisitions), structural change, culture change, innovation, new leadership, downsizing, global expansion, competition, ethical decision-making, political action, and employee engagement. These are all significant value-creating, and potentially value-destroying, events in which corporate communication, if used correctly, functions as a critical and strategic business asset.

Whether you are a student or an established scientist, researcher, or engineer, you can learn to be more innovative. In Innovation Generation, internationally renowned physician and scientist Roberta Ness provides all the tools you need to cast aside your habitual ways of navigating the every-day world and to think "outside the box." Based on an extraordinarily successful program at the University of Texas, this book provides proven techniques to expand your ability to generate original ideas. These tools include analogy, expanding assumptions, pulling questions apart, changing your point of view, reversing your thinking, and getting the most out of multidisciplinary groups, to name a few. Woven into the discussion are engaging stories of famous scientists who found fresh paths to innovation, including groundbreaking primate scientist Jane Goodall, father of lead research Herb Needleman, and physician Ignaz Semmelweis, whose discovery of infection control saved millions. Creativity in the Sciences, a workbook companion to Innovation Generation, provides over 150 exercises and activities to hone creative problem-solving skills. Workbook tasks include improvisation, insight exercises, and generative skill building. Each chapter addresses doubts that individuals harbor concerning their ability to improve their innovative output, the techniques to work around frames, metaphors and biases in thinking, manipulatives to rearrange problem conceptualization, insight, intuition, collective innovative output from groups, and social and environmental factors that affect creative thinking. The workbook features straightforward and heuristic exercises for both individuals and groups. Now available at a special bundled price, these two books will show how to combine your newly acquired skills in innovative thinking with the normal process of scientific thinking, so that your new abilities are more than playthings. Innovation will power your science.

Managing Managed Care II: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals, Second Edition, provides an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use method for documenting and communicating the necessity, appropriateness, and course of treatment for managed care review. Using the Patient Impairment Profile method, practitioners can convincingly convey a clinical rationale for treatment, efficiently track progress over time, and demonstrate favorable patient outcomes. Keeping pace with the evolving and expanding presence of managed care, the authors have extensively revised and enlarged the previous edition. New clinical research on the validity and reliability of the impairment terminology has produced a much-improved, clinically valid, and statistically reliable impairment lexicon. Detailed severity rating qualifiers, reference lists of patient objectives, and a useful glossary have been added. All regulations have also been updated. Managing Managed Care II is reference and valuable resource for mental health practitioners and for the individuals who monitor and review treatment. By providing concise, relevant, and outcome-focused treatment information, practitioners become proactive participants in managed care while adeptly articulating the value and quality of their services.