This handbook has been produced through ICCROM and the Getty Conservation
Institute (GCl) to provide information on conserving historic buildings, monuments, and
archaeological sites in earthquake-prone areas. It is recognized that such a handbook…
This book explores, but does not systematically chart, a large and sometimes controversial subject with
indefinite boundaries. It is the outgrowth of a multidisciplinary conference convened at Duke University in
the fall of 1993 to address…
Beyond E-Learning comes at a time of great transformation in how individuals and organizations learn and how they transfer learning into performance and value. Training—in the classroom and online—remains as important as ever, but it can’t do…
Alluding to the Thomas gyration, this book presents the Theory of gyrogroups and gyrovector spaces, taking the reader to the immensity of hyperbolic geometry that lies beyond the Einstein special theory of relativity.
In these challenging and fast-moving times, organizations of all kinds are focusing increased attention on workforce performance and strategically important organizational results. Top managers want to know the payoff in performance and results for…
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) (1995) about 58 per cent of the
world’s population over the age of 10 years spend one-third of their time at work. This
collective work generates US $21.6 trillion as gross domestic product which…
Abstract Mixture theory has been used for modeling hydrated biological tissues
for several decades. This chapter reviews the basic foundation of mixture theory
as applied to biphasic mixtures consisting of a porous-permeable deformable…
One of the most important factors in creating blended learning solutions
is to recognize where it fits in the broader context of organizational
learning and development. Much of the underpinning concepts of
learning and development have already…
What is astonishing about this statement is that, even so recently as a decade ago, it needed to be made at all. The gap in systematic boardroom development was generally unrecognized until the last decade of the twentieth century. Prior to that,…