Conrad-Peter Joist Knihy

A Song of Love and Death examines the art of opera with the same creative insight that Susan Sontag's On Photography brought to its medium. It is an eloquent inquiry into the meaning of our boldest art, its expression of human irrationality and its power to disturb and excite us.

The author recounts how he left home at age twenty, to seek his future in four London, Oxford, Lisbon, and New York

[An] entertaining rejoinder, [a] look at the hidden structures and unacknowledged tendencies of our day. —Kirkus Reviews Despite a proclaimed respect for scientific reason, humans are still as intrigued by myth as their remote ancestors. Laptops and smartphones are sold under a logo that invokes the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden; skimpily clad classical nymphs cavort in TV reality shows; Narcissus makes a comeback whenever we snap a selfie. Mythical creatures such as handsome vampires abound in best-selling novels. Myth has also invaded the political realm, now that terrorists brandish black flags and recite theological mantras as they martyr themselves. In twenty-seven self-contained entries, Peter Conrad illuminates in his own remarkable way subjects from the British Queen to the Kardashians, via Banksy, vaping, Trump’s penthouse, and the inception of the Large Hadron Collider. In Judge Judy, he shows a matronly Roman goddess dispensing justice with a fly swatter. In the metamorphosis of Caitlyn Jenner from Olympic athlete and paterfamilias into idealized female form, he finds parallels to the transformations of the residents of Mount Olympus. Myths used to tell us where we came from. Now, alarmed but also elated by the pace of change in our society, we need them to tell us where we are going.

"Management bei Staehle" ist ein wichtiger Managementklassiker, der Studierenden und Managern zeigt, wie man durch effektive Managementfunktionen das Mitarbeiterverhalten steuern kann. Das Buch behandelt Forschung, verhaltenswissenschaftliche Grundlagen und deren Anwendung im Management. Ideal für Wirtschaftsstudierende und Führungskräfte.

Frontmatter -- Geleitwort des Herausgebers -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Relevanz des Organisationsklimas für die Theorie und Praxis des Managements -- 3. Ursprung und Entwicklung der Organisationsklima-Forschung -- 4. Zur Entwicklung einer Theorie des Organisationsklimas -- 5. Empirische Ergebnisse der Organisationsklima- Forschung -- 6. Management des Organisationsklimas -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- Literaturverzeichnis -- Sachregister -- Backmatter