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Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 1: My New Brother - Karra Mcfarlane - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Collected Plays: Volume 2 - Wole Soyinka - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

What Do Dreams Do? - Sue (professor In Humanities Llewellyn - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

How to Do Research - Robert (professor Of Psychiatric Epidemiology And Clinical Informatics Stewart - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

How to Do Research - Robert (professor Of Psychiatric Epidemiology And Clinical Informatics Stewart - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

There are many textbooks on research methods, plenty of books on popular science, and specialist texts on a whole range of academic fields. However, few bring these together as a framework for a career involving research, and few attempt a practical appraisal of the challenges and opportunities involved in being ''a researcher''. Here, the principles underlying humanity''s past and continuing acquisition of knowledge are illustrated across a variety of academic fields, from history to quantum physics - telling stories of clever and inventive people with good ideas, but also of personalities, politics, and power. This book draws together these strands to provide an informal and concise account of knowledge acquisition in all its guises.Having set out what research hopes to achieve, and why we are all researchers at heart, early chapters describe the basic principles underlying this - ways of thinking which may date back to the philosophers of the Athenian marketplace but are still powerful influences on the way research is carried out today. Drawing on a broad range of disciplines, Stewart takes the reader well beyond the pure ''scientific method'', which might work well enough in physics or chemistry but falls apart in life sciences, let alone humanities. Later chapters consider the realities of carrying out research and the ways in which these continue to shape its progress - researchers and their personalities, their employers, funding, publication, political forces, and power structures.Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book is for anyone embarking on a research project or beginning to think about a career involving research, and for those in need of refocusing on why they started research in the first place.

DKK 250.00
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Do All Persons Have Equal Moral Worth? - - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Do All Persons Have Equal Moral Worth? - - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

In present-day political and moral philosophy the idea that all persons are in some way moral equals is an almost universal premise, with its defenders often claiming that philosophical positions that reject the principle of equal respect and concern do not deserve to be taken seriously. This has led to relatively few attempts to clarify, or indeed justify, ''basic equality'' and the principle of equal respect and concern.Such clarification and justification, however, would be direly needed. After all, the ideas, for instance, that Adolf Hitler and Nelson Mandela have equal moral worth, or that a rape victim owes equal respect and concern to both her rapist and to her own caring brother, seem to be utterly implausible. Thus, if someone insists on the truth of such ideas, he or she owes his or her audience an explanation. The authors in this volume-which breaks new ground by engaging egalitarians and anti-egalitarians in a genuine dialogue-attempt to shed light into the dark. They try to clarify the concepts of "basic equality", "equal moral worth","equal respect and concern", "dignity," etc; and they try to (partially) justify-or to refute-the resulting clarified doctrines. The volume thus demonstrates that the claim that all persons have equal moral worth, are owed equal concern and respect, or have the same rights is anything but obvious. This finding has not only significant philosophical but also political implications.

DKK 1113.00
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Project X Origins: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 14: Behind the Scenes: How Do They Do That? - Charlotte Coleman Smith - Bog - Oxford University Press

Think, Play, Do - Ammon Salter - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Think, Play, Do - Ammon Salter - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

The innovation process is the most important of all business processes. Innovation is the means by which value is constructed and efficiencies are created. It is the source of sustainable competitive advantage. This book shows how the innovation process is changing profoundly. Part of the change results from the application of new technologies to the innovation process itself. A new category of technology has emerged which we call ''innovation technology''. This includes simulation and modelling, visualization, and rapid prototyping technologies. When used effectively, innovation technology makes the innovation process more economical and ameliorates some of its uncertainties. These technological changes are accompanied by changing organization structures and skills requirements. The technologies are used in fast moving, creative environments and are suited to project-based organization. They also require the development of new ''craft'' skills to realize the possibilities created by the new ''code''.The book outlines a new way of thinking about innovation. Traditional definitions of ''research'', ''development'' and ''engineering'', imply a progressive linearity which doesn''t exist in reality. They are also associated with organizational departments, which are breaking down where once they existed, and are in any case non-existent in the vast majority of firms. They also fail to capture the central importance of design in innovation. We propose a new schema for the innovation process: Think, Play, Do. Innovation requires creating new ideas and thinking about new options, playing with them to see if they are practical, economical and marketable, and then doing: making the innovation real. This new schema captures the emerging innovation process using a more contemporary idiom.The book reports in-depth studies from a number of companies and sectors. Major case studies of Procter and Gamble and Arup Partners are presented. It reports on the use of innovation technology in a range of other companies and organizations, from pharmaceuticals in GSK, to engineering design in Ricardo engineering , and welding in TWI. We describe how innovation technology is used in traditional industries, such as in mining, and in public projects, such as the development of London''s traffic congestion charge and the stabilization of the leaning tower of Pisa.

DKK 582.00
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Financial Crises and What to Do About Them - Barry Eichengreen - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Financial Crises and What to Do About Them - Barry Eichengreen - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

In this accessible book, a leading expert provides a critical assessment of the official sector''s efforts to more effectively manage financial crises in emerging markets. Professor Eichengreen reviews international initiatives on both the crisis prevention and crisis resolution fronts. While crises will always be with us, he concludes that good progress has been made in limiting their spread and strengthening the international financial system. Ironically, however, official-sector initiatives in this area may in fact have made life more difficult for the poorest countries. Initiatives to limit the incidence of crises and threats to the stability of the international financial system should therefore be linked to an increase in development assistance designed to offset the extra burdens on the poorest countries. The other place where official efforts have fallen short is in creating new ways of resolving crises. The author argues that the old way-official sector financing through the International Monetary Fund-is part of the problem, not part of the solution. The Fund''s financial operations allow investors to escape without significant losses, which in turn encourages them to lend without regard to the risks, weakening market discipline. Moreover, bailouts are inequitable. Because investors are allowed to exit and the IMF ultimately gets paid back, the residents of the crisis country end up footing the bill. This is one reason why IMF programs have come to be regarded with such animus in the developing world.Imagining that the solution is for the official community to simply show the resolve to resist bailouts is too easy. That the International Monetary Fund has repeatedly come under pressure to extend financial assistance reflects more than a lack of political will; it reflects the inadequacy of the alternatives. At the same time, seeking to create radical new alternatives like an international bankruptcy court is too hard. It would do more to increase the efficiency of resource allocation and the stability of financial markets, the author concludes, to concentrate on more modest changes, namely the introduction of restructuring-friendly provisions into loan agreements, enhancing the capacity of creditors and debtors to resolve debt problems on their own.

DKK 485.00
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Planet Stan - Elaine Wickson - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Knowing What To Do - Sophie Grace Chappell - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk