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Value Beyond Monotheism The Axiology of the Divine

Hegemony and the Politics of Labour Towards a Discourse Theory of Value in Contemporary Capitalism

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Lean Higher Education Increasing the Value and Performance of University Processes

Lean Higher Education Increasing the Value and Performance of University Processes

In an environment of diminishing resources growing enrollment and increasing expectations of accountability Lean Higher Education: Increasing the Value and Performance of University Processes provides the understanding and the tools required to return education to the consumers it was designed to serve the students. It supplies a unifying framework for implementing and sustaining a Lean Higher Education (LHE) transformation at any institution regardless of size or mission. Using straightforward language relevant examples and step-by-step guidelines for introducing Lean interventions this authoritative resource explains how to involve stakeholders in the delivery of quality every step of the way. The author details a flexible series of steps to help ensure stakeholders understand all critical work processes. He presents a wealth of empirical evidence that highlights successful applications of Lean concepts at major universities and provides proven methods for uncovering and eliminating activities that overburden staff yet contribute little or no added value to stakeholders. Complete with standardized methods for correctly diagnosing workplace problems and implementing appropriate solutions this valuable reference arms you with the understanding and the tools to effectively balance the needs of all stakeholders. By implementing the Lean practices covered in these pages your school will be better positioned to provide higher quality education at reduced costs with efficient processes that instill pride maximize value and respect the long-term interests of your students faculty and staff. | Lean Higher Education Increasing the Value and Performance of University Processes

GBP 175.00
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Adam Smith’s Theory of Value and Distribution Economics as a Moral Science Once Again

Adam Smith’s Theory of Value and Distribution Economics as a Moral Science Once Again

Ever since the time of his early interpreters beginning with David Hume Adam Smith’s theory of value has been the subject of confusion and misunderstanding—including a controversy which still rages over whether Smith held a labour theory of value and if so whether he held to it throughout Wealth of Nations or if it was confined to the “Early and Rude State”? This book provides a close reading of Smith’s key text and also incorporates material from the other parts of Smith’s oeuvre especially from The Theory of Moral Sentiments to yield original and important insights into Smith’s theory of value. The book operates on the assumption that Smith is proposing relatively simple ideas about price and takes a conventional view that simple Supply and Demand models can illuminate clearly and consistently with his text his theory of price. Combining these elements the book argues that contra Marx Smith does not have a labour theory of value at all understood as a theory of the determination of the relative price structure. Instead Smith is placed squarely in the supply and demand general equilibrium framework and the claim that he is part of a “surplus tradition” which receives its highest treatment in the work of Piero Sraffa is refuted. This book will be of particular interest to Adam Smith specialists historians of economic thought and research economists who have an interest in Smith. | Adam Smith’s Theory of Value and Distribution Economics as a Moral Science Once Again

GBP 130.00
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Biodegradable Polymers Value Chain in the Circular Economy

Biodegradable Polymers Value Chain in the Circular Economy

Studying (bio)degradable polymers value chain can help one understand the importance of these to the environment and human health. This book provides an overview of the biodegradable polymer along the value chain identifies and analyses existing practices for biodegradable plastics and assess the relevant legal regulatory economic and practical reasons for the importance of proper use and proper recycling of biodegradable plastics. It covers related materials development environmental impacts their synthesis by traditional and biotechnological routes policy and certification manufacturing processes (bio)degradable polymer properties and so forth. Features: Gives a clear idea of the present state of the art and future trends in the research of the biodegradable polymers in the context of circular economy Describes the entire value chain and life cycle of bioplastics are covered considering different types of polymers Clarifies the life safety of (bio)degradable polymeric materials Presents novel opportunities and ideas for developing or improving technologies Determines the course of degradation during prediction study This book is aimed at researchers graduate students and professionals in the polymer processing industry (petrochemical polymer industry industry producing bio-based and (bio)degradable polymers) food packaging industry industry involved in waste management pharma industry chemical engineering product engineering and biotechnology. | Biodegradable Polymers Value Chain in the Circular Economy

GBP 110.00
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Good Education in a Fragile World The Value of a Collaborative and Contextualised Approach to Sustainability in Higher Education

Good Education in a Fragile World The Value of a Collaborative and Contextualised Approach to Sustainability in Higher Education

This edited collection aims to provoke discussion around the most important question for contemporary higher education – what kind of education (in terms of purpose pedagogy and policy) is needed to restore the health and wellbeing of the planet and ourselves now and for generations to come? The book contains contributions from colleagues at a single UK University internationally recognised for its approach to sustainability education. Introducing a conceptual framework called the ‘Paradox Model’ the book explores the tensions that underpin the challenge of developing sustainability in higher education in the 21st century. It asks probing questions about the purpose of higher education in the 21st century given growing concerns in relation to planetary safety and justice and calls for a rethinking of educational purpose. It draws upon the theory and practice of education and explores how these can develop an understanding of sustainability pedagogies in practice. Finally it delivers thought-provoking discussion on what constitutes a ‘good’ higher education that meets the needs of a world in crisis. Drawing on a planetary health lens the book concludes with a ‘manifesto’ that brings together the key insights from the contributing authors. This will be an engaging volume for academics and educators from a wide range of disciplines in higher educational settings interested in translating sustainability theory into educational practice. | Good Education in a Fragile World The Value of a Collaborative and Contextualised Approach to Sustainability in Higher Education

GBP 130.00
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The Guise of the Good A Philosophical History

The Guise of the Good A Philosophical History

This is the first book to trace the doctrine of the guise of the good throughout the history of Western philosophy. It offers a chronological narrative exploring how the doctrine was formulated the arguments for and against it and the broader role it played in the thought of different philosophers. In recent years there has been a rich debate about whether value judgment or value perception must form an essential part of mental states such as emotions and desires and whether intentional actions must always be done for reasons that seem good to the agent. This has sparked new theoretical interest in the classical doctrine of the guise of the good: whenever we desire (to do) something we see it under the guise of the good; that is we conceive of what we desire as good desirable or justified by reasons in some way or another. This book offers a systematic historical treatment of the guise of the good. The chapters span from Ancient and Medieval philosophy (Socrates Plato Aristotle Augustine and Aquinas) through the early modern period (Hobbes Spinoza Locke Hume and Kant) and up to Elizabeth Anscombe's rediscovery in the 20th century after a period of relative neglect. Together they demonstrate how history can offer potential new models of the guise of the good—or new arguments against it—as well as to give a sense of how the guise of the good can bear on other philosophical issues. The Guise of the Good: A Philosophical History is an excellent resource for scholars and students working on the history of ethics philosophy of action and practical reason. | The Guise of the Good A Philosophical History

GBP 120.00
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Flood Hazard Mapping: Uncertainty and its Value in the Decision-making Process

Freedom Responsibility and Value Essays in Honor of John Martin Fischer

A History of the Muslim World to 1405 The Making of a Civilization

The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing A Guide to Growing More Profitably

The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing A Guide to Growing More Profitably

The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing is the most well-established and influential strategic pricing text available relied on by practitioners and students globally as a core guide for value-based pricing. The book explains how to balance the ability to create and extract value through from markets by managing pricing decisions in a more strategic and profitable manner. Rather than calculating prices to cover costs or to achieve sales goals readers will learn to frame more strategic choices that proactively influence customer perceptions of value manage internal costs and profitably shift demand curves. This edition features new discussions on harnessing concepts from behavioral economics as well as a refined value cascade to help organize the topics covered in this book. Readers will also benefit from: Major revisions to more than a third of the chapters including an expanded discussion of the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning analytics tools to assist in the evaluation of new pricing opportunities Discussion of many of the new pricing and revenue-recognition models such as consumption-based pricing outcomes-based pricing and others An expanded discussion on Special Topics in Pricing that cover many of the transformative pricing moves successful companies have made in the past few years in response to major disruptive forces such as the pandemic as well as re-emergent inflation In-chapter textboxes and call-out to highlight different pricing concepts in action using actual examples of companies addressing market challenges Chapter summaries and visual aids to help the reader better understand the ideas and concepts presented throughout this book This comprehensive managerially-focused text is a must-read for students and professionals with an interest in strategic price management and achieving commercial excellence for their organizations. Additional online resources include PowerPoint slides and an instructor’s manual including exercises mini-cases and examination questions. | The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing A Guide to Growing More Profitably

GBP 150.00
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Compensating Landowners in the Vicinity of Airports A Comparative Study of the Neighbour Conflict

Compensating Landowners in the Vicinity of Airports A Comparative Study of the Neighbour Conflict

The purpose of this book is to consider the neighbour conflict arising between airports and neighbouring owners of land particularly with residential uses as well as to assess the existing solutions applied to manage or resolve that conflict. The book explains why the neighbour conflict between the airport and landowners is of a particular kind and what legal instruments are applied to address it in an attempt to balance the interests of opposing parties. Readers will develop an understanding of how the law operates when damage is caused by a legal act of the government and what the limits of compensable loss are. In addition the reader will discover the economic foundations of possible solutions and why not all market losses are legally compensable. Key features of this book include: a consideration of key legal concepts such as neighbour law nuisance protection of property land use restrictions liability and compensation to inform a unique analysis of neighbour law in the context of conflict between airports and neighbouring landowners; practical guidance on an airport’s legal liability towards neighbouring landowners; a comparative analysis of airport’s liability compensation claims their scope and economic effects; a comparative overview of planning and environmental solutions applied in a variety of jurisdictions; a discussion of valuation methods and challenges when loss of property value is the measure of compensation. The Author’s intention is to promote conscious and civil relations among market participants as opposed to opportunistic and speculative behaviour. This book is important reading for lawyers academics PhD students and postgraduate students dealing with land use regulations environmental law compulsory purchase eminent domain and expropriation issues compensation for property restrictions as well as with aviation law and legal aspects of airport operations. | Compensating Landowners in the Vicinity of Airports A Comparative Study of the Neighbour Conflict

GBP 140.00
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The Soviet System Models of a Political Society

The Soviet System Models of a Political Society

Many things make up a modern society: its history culture natural setting wealth classes and peoples. For some the power structure the political system lies at the heart of the social order. Russia has long been a political society and its future may also be decided in large part by the power structure. A good way to understand Russia and other modern societies is to examine the ties between the Soviet system and the rest of the country's life. George Fischer argues that it is these ties that explain much about the consequences of a communist state. The Soviet System originally published in 1968 presents a provocative challenge to prevailing theories of modernization throughout the world. In this book Fischer takes issue with current assumptions that societies developing an advanced fully modern economy and culture must inevitably adopt Western-type social and political institutions. The author holds that our understanding of contemporary nations is impeded by assessing them in terms of the prevailing American theory of pluralism. The notion that a pluralist division of labor pervades all of modern society is challenged and tested in the context of the former Soviet Union as a modern society. The emergence of the dual executive a leader with a special mixture of political and economic know-how is emphasized as a trend toward a monist model of society. Fischer demonstrates how this model in which all power is public and both industry and culture remain part of a non-capitalist non-liberal state structure can prove useful in studying social change today. The result is a book of value to all scholars and students dealing with the social and political systems of both developing and advanced societies long after the Soviet system of rule dissolved. | The Soviet System Models of a Political Society

GBP 130.00
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The Concept of a University

The Concept of a University

Taking on the challenge of the postmodernists of politics Kenneth Minogue argues forcefully and persuasively that the current dominant philosophies of education rest upon a mistake. The fashionable belief that the university is society's handmaiden is confronted by a view of the university as an institution with an independent vitality and function. Minogue at one and the same time reminds us of the sources of admiration for university life in the medieval world and how it rested squarely on its essential autonomy from the very social pressures that have come to define the modern university. The Concept of a University traces many confusions imposed by political ideology to a failure to distinguish academic inquiry from other kinds of intellectual activity such as journalism religious proselytizing and high quality propaganda. Minogue holds that where the university lacks a clear sense of the difference between the academic and the pragmatic its vitality is sapped by conflicting purposes. Much of the present debate about the crisis in universities rests upon a fundamental error of trying to fit them into some scheme of social functions. Minogue's analysis breaks through much muddled thinking on this subject presenting instead a coherent relevant and stimulating approach to higher education. In a new introduction Minogue tells us we have become frightfully tolerant. Anyone can become anything and we all belong to the one practical world of churning problems and solutions. There is no doubt that a new world is being born. It seems to be a world that will have little place for the disinterested pursuit of truth. A great deal of old fashioned scholarship survives-partly by silence cunning and exile' -in the universities' of the present day but little relationship remains between what we used to call universities' and the things called by that name today. Kenneth Minogue is professor emeritus of political science at the London School of Economics. He was born in New Zealand educated in Australia and has made his life and academic career in the United Kingdom. He is the author of The Liberal Mind Nationalism and most recently Democracy and the Moral Life. He is a director of the Centre for Policy Studies and also senior research fellow of the Bruges Group where he remains a member of its academic advisory council.

GBP 130.00
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