1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457077903321

Autore

Smith Barbara Herrnstein

Titolo

Scandalous knowledge : science, truth and the human / / Barbara Herrnstein Smith [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2005

ISBN

0-7486-7167-6

1-280-71572-3

9786610715725

0-7486-2634-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Science and cultural theory

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Constructive realism

Knowledge, Theory of

Postmodernism

Science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Scandals of knowledge -- Pre-post-modern relativism -- Netting truth : Ludwik Fleck's constructivist genealogy -- Cutting-edge equivocation : conceptual moves and rhetorical strategies in contemporary anti-epistemology -- Disciplinary cultures and tribal warfare : the sciences and the humanities today -- Super natural science : the claims of evolutionary psychology -- Animal relatives, difficult relations.

Sommario/riassunto

This new book explores the radical reconceptions of knowledge and science emerging from constructivist epistemology  social studies of science  and contemporary cognitive science.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451308903321

Titolo

Transparency and other hot topics revisited [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors, Tom McManus ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford], : Emerald, [2007]

ISBN

1-280-92905-7

9786610929054

1-84663-457-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Journal of management development, , 0262-1711 ; ; v. 26, no. 5 (2007)

Altri autori (Persone)

McManusTom

Disciplina

338.9

658

Soggetti

Executives - Training of

Middle managers - Training of

Business ethics

Disclosure of information

Communication in organizations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Breaking-out-of-the-box in organizations; Organizational transparency drives company performance; Challenges in achieving transparency, simplicity and administering of the United States tax code; Entrepreneurship in Egypt and the US compared: directions for further research suggested; An equation of health; Transition and transparency in the employment contract; Dave Delaney's useful advice for your development as a manager; Working from the inside out; Retirement - an unaffordable luxury

Through the looking glass: illusions of transparency and the cult of informationThe best of the best: lessons from the top performing American corporations, 1954-2005

Sommario/riassunto

This e-book follows up the 2006 e-book with a further exploration of transparency. The editors explore how transparency is interpreted and



applied across a range of areas, including human resources, tax systems, healthcare provision; retirement and organizational communication. The e-book features contributions from an international team of authors.