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Nie wieder Stapel!: In fünf einfachen Schritten zum perfekt organisierten Schreibtisch!
by Nicole SehlDie meisten Büroprobleme haben direkt oder indirekt mit Stapeln zu tun. Schon bei der morgendlichen Ankunft am Arbeitsplatz vertreibt ihr Anblick die Lust auf den Tag. Während des Tages kämpft man mit ihnen um die Herrschaft über die Tischoberfläche und auf dem Weg nach Hause winken sie einem dann auch noch fröhlich hinterher. Nachts stören Erinnerungen und die daraus entstehenden Unsicherheiten den notwendigen Schlaf und so manch harmonisches Teamgefüge überlebt die von Stapeln verursachten Suchzeiten nicht. In fünf Schritten zu 100 Prozent Transparenz am Arbeitsplatz: Jedes Blatt Papier wird sofort dorthin befördert, wo es hingehört und wieder gefunden wird. Logisch, systematisch, strukturiert und sehr einfach. Ist das System einmal eingeführt, kann sich der Schreibtischnutzer, ob beruflich oder privat, endlich auf die eigentliche Tätigkeit konzentrieren. Urlaubs- oder Krankheits-Vertretungen sind durch die identische Organisation aller Arbeitsplätze ebenfalls leicht und unkompliziert möglich. Dieses Buch ist keine weitere Sammlung von 395 Möglichkeiten zur Vereinfachung des Lebens und die häufig gestellte Forderung nach Selbstdisziplin ist bei dieser Methode auch kein Thema. Es geht weder um innere Schweinehunde, noch um ein Anpassen der eigenen Persönlichkeit. Das Buch bietet konkret und realistisch eine runde Methode, ein in sich geschlossenes System, eben ein Werkzeug, mit dem Ordnung geschaffen und erhalten werden kann. Die Methode ist realistisch, langzeiterprobt, hocheffektiv und pragmatisch. Ein Anti-Stapel-Programm "made in germany". Die zahlreichen Beispiele und flott geschriebenen Anekdoten aus der Praxis machen das Buch zu einem kurzweiligen und leicht verständlichen Lesevergnügen. Die aktualisierte und überarbeitete 3. Auflage enthält u.a. mehr Informationen zu den Themen Nachhaltigkeit im Büro und Ordnung in den E-Mails. Eine umfangreiche Checklisten-Sammlung wird angeboten und ein zusätzliches Kapitel wird Angaben zu konkreten Ordnerinhalten, die jede Firma braucht, bieten (z. B. Personalakten oder Kundenakten).
Niedergetrampelt von Einhörnern: Die verheerenden Nebenwirkungen von Big Tech - ein Aufruf zum Handeln
by Maelle GavetDer technologische Fortschritt hat nahezu auf alle Bereiche positive Auswirkungen: auf unsere Art zu leben, zu arbeiten und unsere Freizeit zu verbringen. Und doch haben digitale Technologien auch die Büchse der Pandora geöffnet - mit verheerenden Nebenwirkungen: Desinformation, Hass und Mobbing, katastrophale Verletzungen der Privatsphäre, durch die "Gig economy" entfesselte disruptive Zerstörungen, monopolistische Repressionen und mehr. Tech-Giganten wie Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon, Alibaba, Uber, YouTube, Twitter, Airbnb und eine Handvoll anderer Einhörner stehen an einem Scheideweg. Übernehmen sie weiterhin keine moralische Verantwortung im unerbittlichen Streben nach Größe? Oder wagen sie einen Neustart und stellen Ethik und Empathie in den Mittelpunkt ihres Handelns? COVID-19 dient als Brennglas für die Offenbarung des Besten und des Schlechtesten, was die Tech-Branche hervorbringt. Einerseits wäre das Leben definitiv viel mühsamer ohne Amazon, das uns das Nötigste direkt vor die Haustür legt, ohne Zoom und Skype, um mit unseren Kollegen und Familien zu sprechen, und ohne Netflix für das Streamen von Fernsehprogrammen und Filmen. Andererseits konnte sich innerhalb weniger Minuten eine Flut an Fehlinformationen und manchmal auch gefährlichen Lügen über das Virus per Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc. rund um den Globus ausbreiten. Kein anderer Industriezweig hat jeden Aspekt unseres Lebens so schnell, tiefgreifend und umfassend verändert wie die Tech-Branche. Keine andere Industrie hat uns alle in einem solchen Ausmaß zu Opfern und Schurken gemacht. Keine andere Industrie hat neue Instrumente wie die KI entwickelt, die wir immer noch nicht zu kontrollieren wissen und die uns eines Tages vielleicht eher ersetzen als ergänzen werden. Es wird Zeit, dass wir alle genauer hinschauen, was die Einhörner (Tech-Konzerne mit einem Wert über 1 Milliarde US-Dollar) so treiben. Wie sie ihre Versprechen brechen, dem Wohle der Gesellschaft zu dienen. Wie Risikokapital dazu beiträgt, dass sie immer mehr zu marktbeherrschenden Monstern werden, die alles schlucken, was ihnen bedrohlich erscheint. Wenn wir nichts tun, um die Ambitionen der Tech-Riesen zu kontrollieren, könnte zur Realität werden, was in Orwells ?1984? und Huxleys "Schöne Neue Welt" als alptraumhafte Zukunftsvisionen beschrieben ist. Im schlimmsten Fall könnte auch eine Kombination der beiden eintreten: "Die Huxley-Dystopie treibt die Orwell-Dystopie an", sagte der Aktivist Aza Raskin in einem mit Gavet geführten Interview. "Die beiden sind konvergierend, wie zwei sich aufeinander zubewegende Wände." Dennoch - es liegt in der Macht unserer Gesellschaften, diese Situation zu ändern. Wir können etwas dafür tun, dass das vergangene Jahrzehnt eines Tages nicht mehr als Norm, sondern als Irrweg angesehen wird. "Niedergetrampelt von Einhörnern" ist ein erhellendes und aufrüttelndes Buch, das tiefe Einblicke hinter die Kulissen gewährt. Es ist die umfangreiche Enthüllung der Tech-Insiderin Maëlle Gavet, die sagt: "Wir brauchen nicht weniger Technologie, wir brauchen emphatischere Technologie." Sie beschreibt, wie die Tech-Branche diesen entscheidenden Wandel selbst vollziehen und Veränderungen vorantreiben kann, während Regierungen bereits aktiv an den Leitplanken dafür arbeiten.
Niederlassungen führen
by Patrick S. Renz Nikola BöhrerNiederlassungen sollten ganzheitlich geführt und gesteuert werden - andernfalls leiden Strategieumsetzung und Kommunikation. Die ganzheitliche Steuerung ist deshalb eine Governance-Aufgabe, die nicht nur im Pflichtenheft des Boards steht, auch Management und Mitarbeiter müssen in ihrem Aufgabenbereich dazu beitragen. In dem Buch werden die sechs Bereiche ganzheitlicher Führung theoretisch und anhand zahlreicher Praxisbeispiele dargestellt und hinsichtlich des Markterfolgs und der Innovationsfähigkeit analysiert. Mit Checklisten für die Umsetzung.
Niederlassungen führen: Mit Subsidiary Governance zum Erfolg
by Nikola Böhrer Marc K. Peter Patrick RenzNiederlassungen sollten ganzheitlich geführt und gesteuert werden – andernfalls leiden Strategieumsetzung und Kommunikation. Die ganzheitliche Steuerung ist deshalb eine Governance-Aufgabe, die nicht nur im Pflichtenheft des Boards steht, auch Management und Mitarbeiter müssen in ihrem Aufgabenbereich dazu beitragen. In dem Buch werden die sechs Bereiche ganzheitlicher Führung theoretisch und anhand zahlreicher Praxisbeispiele dargestellt und hinsichtlich des Markterfolgs und der Innovationsfähigkeit analysiert. Mit Checklisten für die Umsetzung.
Niederlassungsbereitschaft angehender (Gesundheitsmanagement und Gesundheitsökonomik)
by Juliana MeyerSeit einigen Jahren lassen sich immer weniger Ärzte nieder. Gleichzeitig sehen sich viele Länder mit einem Ärztemangel konfrontiert. Dieser zeigt sich vor allem in dem Fachbereich der hausärztlichen Versorgung und in ländlichen Regionen und somit vor allem in Bereichen, in denen sich ein Großteil der Ärzte niederlässt. Dabei stellt sich die Frage, welche Rolle die Niederlassung als Berufsform hier spielt. In dem vorliegenden Buch wird die Niederlassungsbereitschaft angehender (Fach-)Ärzte in Deutschland und Dänemark untersucht. Hierfür wurden eine systematische Literaturrecherche, Interviews mit Medizinstudierenden, Ärzten in Weiterbildung und frisch niedergelassenen Ärzten sowie eine Umfrage unter Medizinstudierenden und Ärzten in Weiterbildung durchgeführt. Ziel ist es, die aktuelle Niederlassungsbereitschaft und Einflussfaktoren auf die Niederlassungsbereitschaft zu eruieren, um praktische Handlungsempfehlung zur Sicherstellung einer bedarfsgerechten Versorgung zu entwickeln.
Nietzsche and the Politics of Reaction: Essays on Liberalism, Socialism, and Aristocratic Radicalism (Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism)
by Matthew McManusThis book is intended as a major interdisciplinary contribution to the study of Nietzsche’s thought in particular, and the political right more generally. Historically the assessment of Nietzsche’s politics has ranged from denouncing him as a forerunner to Nazism to claiming he effectively did not have articulated political convictions. During the latter half of the 20th century he surprisingly became a major theoretical influence on a variety of post-structuralist radical critics, who saw in his perspectivism and genealogy of power useful tools to critique existent structures of domination. This collection of essays reframes the debate by looking at Nietzsche’s constructive political project defending aristocratic values from the levelling influence of the herd and its liberal, socialist, and democratic spokesmen. The essays will also explore how this defense of aristocratic values continues to have an influence on the political right, inspiring moderates like Jordan Peterson and far right authors and activists like Aleksandr Dugin and Steve Bannon.
Nigel Andrews and General Electric Plastics (A)
by Todd D. JickDescribes some critical challenges involved in creating employee empowerment. In the context of General Electric's efforts to debureaucratise the company, employees were encouraged to become more "self-confident". This effort, called "Workout," was introduced all over the company. At one plant site, GE Silicone, an empowered steering committee helped to organize and lead problem-solving teams. However, one team decision was in conflict with a management decision and created a conflict in authority. Can be used to identify some of the natural ambiguities and tensions related to empowerment.
Niger: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report
by International Monetary FundA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Niger: Statistical Annex
by International Monetary FundA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Nigeria and the Death of Liberal England: Palm Nuts and Prime Ministers, 1914-1916 (Britain and the World)
by Peter J. YearwoodThis book shows how a stormy parliamentary debate over the sale of German properties in Nigeria on 8 November 1916 began the process which brought down Asquith and made Lloyd George prime minister. The colonial secretary, Bonar Law, who was also leader of the Conservative Party, wanted neutral firms to bid. Usually presented as a policy imposed on him by doctrinaire Liberal free-traders, it was in fact that of the colonial government, which hoped that encouraging foreign competition would prevent the Nigerian export economy becoming controlled by a ring of mainly Liverpool firms. Seeing itself as the defender of Nigerian interests, the Colonial Office endorsed this. The large British companies got up an agitation, which was taken over by Sir Edward Carson, the one significant opposition politician, as part of his attack on supposed German influence in high places. Law counter-attacked by arguing that a supposedly patriotic cause masked the greed of an emergent cartel. He succeeded because smaller British and African firms, trying to break into the now profitable produce export trade, had already painted that picture. By defeating Carson in the debate, Law became again an effective party leader, who hoped to re-invigorate the coalition, but instead found himself working with Lloyd George to sideline Asquith. Based on underused sources, and overturning established interpretations, the book situates the debate within the context of the development of the Nigerian economy, the conflicts between the major firms, the role of oils and fats in wartime, and the emergence of Nigerian nationalism.
Nigeria at Fifty: The Nation in Narration
by Wale Adebanwi Ebenezer ObadareNigeria, Africa’s most populous and biggest democracy, celebrates her fiftieth year as an independent nation in October 2010. As the cliché states, ‘As Nigeria goes, so goes Africa’. This book frames the socio-historical and political trajectory of Nigeria while examining the many dimensions of the critical choices that she has made as an independent nation. How does the social composition of interest and power illuminate the actualities and narratives of the Nigerian crisis? How have the choices made by Nigerian leaders structured, and/or have been structured by, the character of the Nigerian state and state-society relations? In what ways is Nigeria’s mono-product, debt-ridden, dependent economy fed by ‘the politics of plunder’? And what are the implications of these questions for the structural relationships of production, reproduction and consumption?This book confronts these questions by making state-centric approaches to understanding African countries speak to relevant social theories that pluralize and complicate our understanding of the specific challenges of a prototypical postcolonial state.This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary African Studies.
Nigeria: Selected Issues (Imf Staff Country Reports)
by International Monetary Fund. African Dept.A report from the International Monetary Fund.
Nigeria: Selected Issues (Imf Staff Country Reports)
by International Monetary Fund. African Dept.A report from the International Monetary Fund.
Nigeria: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
by International Monetary FundA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Nigerian Consumer Credit: Law, Regulation and Market Insights (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions)
by Philemon Iko-Ojo OmedeThis book critically reviews transnational banking regulations that specifically impact consumer lending in Africa's largest economy. It provides a comprehensive analysis on the politics and economics of financial sector consolidation in an emerging market in West Africa, also covering law, consumer credit, and consumer policy along with a discussion of banking sector reforms heavily influenced by the neoliberal economics paradigm. There have been several developments since the publication of the existing books especially in the area of regulatory theory and social protection that are captured in this book, which will be of interest to researchers, students, and scholars of banking regulation, development economics, and international finance.
Nigerian Federal Finance: Its Developments, Problems and Prospects (Routledge Revivals)
by Adebayo AdedejiOriginally published in 1969, this was the first standard work on Nigerian federal finance ever published. It traces the evolution of federal finance in Nigeria during a 20-year period from 1946 and analyses the economic, socio-political and fiscal problems encountered by the governments of the Federation in the course of this development. It also examines the main features of the fiscal system which emerged and discusses the way in which the general principles of federal finance have had to be tailored to the particular needs and interests of the different regions in Nigeria.
Nigerian Taxation: Law, Practice and Procedures Simplified (SpringerBriefs in Law)
by Saka Muhammed OlokoobaThis book offers a simplified and straightforward introduction to the basics of Nigerian taxation. While discussing various laws, practices and procedures, it also addresses the latest amendments to Nigerian tax laws. The book begins by discussing the central issue of Islamic taxation and its legality under Nigerian law. Divided into four main sections, the book was designed for simplicity, and uses language that is accessible for all tax stakeholders.
Night Fire: Big Oil, Poison Air, and Margie Richard's Fight to Save Her Town
by Ronnie GreeneThe Diamond neighborhood was an all-black enclave in the mostly white town of Norco, Louisiana, aptly named for the New Orleans Refining Co., an industrial processing plant. Margie Eugene Richard was raised in the shadow of a giant chemical plant operated by Shell, and witnessed her neighbors fall ill amid the toxic waste the plant emitted year after year. Her own sister, Naomi, eventually succumbed to a rare lung disease linked to environmental hazards. Determined to see Shell take responsibility for its actions, Margie and her neighbors—largely poor and with few obvious resources—educated themselves not only on the consequences of environmental poison but also on how to fight back. The battle took them from Diamond's four streets all the way to The Hague and beyond. The unexpected results won Margie the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize and helped clean up a community. With riveting narrative drive, Night Fire illustrates how determination and grit can move even the most stubborn of corporate giants.
Night Work (Into Reading, Level J #84)
by Diana NoonanNIMAC-sourced textbook <p><p> People who work at night-time, while everyone else is asleep, are called night workers. They do many sorts of important jobs.
Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic That Changed History
by Yasmeen Abutaleb Damian PalettaFrom the Washington Post journalists Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta—the definitive account of the Trump administration’s tragic mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the chaos, incompetence, and craven politicization that has led to more than a half million American deaths and counting. <P><P> Since the day Donald Trump was elected, his critics warned that an unexpected crisis would test the former reality-television host—and they predicted that the president would prove unable to meet the moment. In 2020, that crisis came to pass, with the outcomes more devastating and consequential than anyone dared to imagine. Nightmare Scenario is the complete story of Donald Trump’s handling—and mishandling—of the COVID-19 catastrophe, during the period of January 2020 up to Election Day that year. <P><P> Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta take us deep inside the White House, from the Situation Room to the Oval Office, to show how the members of the administration launched an all-out war against the health agencies, doctors, and scientific communities, all in their futile attempts to wish away the worst global pandemic in a century. From the initial discovery of this new coronavirus, President Trump refused to take responsibility, disputed the recommendations of his own pandemic task force, claimed the virus would “just disappear,” mocked advocates for safe-health practices, and encouraged his base and the entire GOP to ignore or rescind public health safety measures. <P><P> Abutaleb and Paletta reveal the numerous times officials tried to dissuade Trump from following his worst impulses as he defied recommendations from the experts and even members of his own administration. And they show how the petty backstabbing and rivalries among cabinet members, staff, and aides created a toxic environment of blame, sycophancy, and political pressure that did profound damage to the public health institutions that Americans needed the most during this time. Even after an outbreak in the fall that swept through the White House and infected Trump himself, he remained defiant in his approach to the virus, very likely costing him his own reelection. <P><P> Based on exhaustive reporting and hundreds of hours of interviews from inside the disaster zone at all levels of authority, Nightmare Scenario is a riveting account of how the United States government failed its people as never before, a tragedy whose devastating aftershocks will linger and be felt by generations to come. <P><P><b>A New York Times Best Seller</b>
Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic That Changed History
by Yasmeen Abutaleb Damian PalettaInstant #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellerFrom the Washington Post journalists Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta—the definitive account of the Trump administration’s tragic mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the chaos, incompetence, and craven politicization that has led to more than a half million American deaths and counting.Since the day Donald Trump was elected, his critics warned that an unexpected crisis would test the former reality-television host—and they predicted that the president would prove unable to meet the moment. In 2020, that crisis came to pass, with the outcomes more devastating and consequential than anyone dared to imagine. Nightmare Scenario is the complete story of Donald Trump’s handling—and mishandling—of the COVID-19 catastrophe, during the period of January 2020 up to Election Day that year. Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta take us deep inside the White House, from the Situation Room to the Oval Office, to show how the members of the administration launched an all-out war against the health agencies, doctors, and scientific communities, all in their futile attempts to wish away the worst global pandemic in a century. From the initial discovery of this new coronavirus, President Trump refused to take responsibility, disputed the recommendations of his own pandemic task force, claimed the virus would “just disappear,” mocked advocates for safe-health practices, and encouraged his base and the entire GOP to ignore or rescind public health safety measures. Abutaleb and Paletta reveal the numerous times officials tried to dissuade Trump from following his worst impulses as he defied recommendations from the experts and even members of his own administration. And they show how the petty backstabbing and rivalries among cabinet members, staff, and aides created a toxic environment of blame, sycophancy, and political pressure that did profound damage to the public health institutions that Americans needed the most during this time. Even after an outbreak in the fall that swept through the White House and infected Trump himself, he remained defiant in his approach to the virus, very likely costing him his own reelection.Based on exhaustive reporting and hundreds of hours of interviews from inside the disaster zone at all levels of authority, Nightmare Scenario is a riveting account of how the United States government failed its people as never before, a tragedy whose devastating aftershocks will linger and be felt by generations to come.