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UNINA9910465359303321 |
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Hartmann William K. |
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Searching for golden empires : epic cultural collisions in sixteenth-century America / / William K. Hartmann ; jacket designed by Leigh McDonald |
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Tucson, Arizona : , : The University of Arizona Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (pages cm) |
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Cibola, Seven Cities of |
Spaniards - America - History |
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America Discovery and exploration Spanish |
Mexico Discovery and exploration Spanish |
West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration Spanish |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Prologue: Simple Tales and Lost Truths -- The Beginning : Cortes and the Gold of Mexico -- Cortes Expands the Frontier -- Shipwrecked in Unknown Country : The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca and Friends -- The New Viceroy Ponders the North -- The Case of the "Lying Monk" : Marcos de Niza's Journey to the Seven Cities of Cíbola -- Marcos Races Back to Mexico City -- Cortes vs. the Viceroy : Discovering the Colorado River and "Country Enough for Many Years of Conquest" -- To Cíbola by Land and Sea : The Coronado Entrada of 1540 -- Entering the Seven Cities of Cíbola -- Meanwhile...(On the Colorado River, in Spain, and in Mexico City) -- Coronado Fights a War, Reaches Kansas, and Returns to Mexico -- Aftermath: Impacts on Culture and Understanding. |
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"This lively book recounts the explorations of the first generations of Spanish conquistadors and their Native allies. Author William K. Hartmann brings readers along as the explorers probe from Cuba to the Aztec capital of Mexico City, and then northward through the |
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borderlands to New Mexico, the Grand Canyon, southern California, and as far as Kansas. Characters include Hernan Cortes, the conqueror; the Aztec ruler Motezuma; Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, a famous expedition leader; fray Marcos de Niza, an explorer-priest doomed to disgrace; and Viceroy Antonio Mendoza, the king's representative who tried to keep the explorers under control. Recounting eyewitness experiences that the Spaniards recorded in letters and memoirs, Hartmann describes ancient lifeways from Mexico to the western United States; Aztec accounts of the conquest; discussions between Aztec priests and Spanish priests about the nature of the universe; Cortes's lifelong relationship with his famous Native mistress, Malinche (not to mention the mysterious fate of his wife); lost explorers who wandered from Florida to Arizona; and Marcos de Niza's controversial reports of the 'Seven Cities of Cibola.' Searching for Golden Empires describes how, even after the conquest of Mexico, Cortes remained a 'wildcat' competitor with Coronado in a race to see who could find the 'next golden empire,' believed to lie in the north. It is an exciting history of the shared story of the United States and Mexico, unveiling episodes both tragic and uplifting"-- |
""In Searching for Golden Empires, William K. Hartmann tells a true-life adventure story that recounts the shared history of the United States and Mexico, unveiling episodes both tragic and uplifting. Hernan Cortez Montezuma, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, and Viceroy Antonio Mendoza are just some of the principal eyewitnesses in this vivid history of New World exploration"--Provided by publisher. |
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UNINA9910254908203321 |
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Autore |
Trost Armin |
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The End of Performance Appraisal : A Practitioners' Guide to Alternatives in Agile Organisations / / by Armin Trost |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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1 online resource (X, 185 p. 37 illus., 2 illus. in color.) |
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Management for Professionals, , 2192-8096 |
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Personnel management |
Industrial psychology |
Leadership |
Human Resource Management |
Industrial and Organizational Psychology |
Business Strategy/Leadership |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Introduction -- The Annual Performance Appraisal System -- Who Are the Customers of Performance Appraisals? -- Relevant Framework Conditions of Performance Appraisals -- Possibilities and Limits of Traditional Performance Appraisals -- Better Alternatives to Performance Appraisal in an Agile Context -- Conclusion and Final Remarks. |
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This book demonstrates, in detail, why annual performance appraisals might still work in hierarchical environments, but largely fail in agile ones. The annual performance appraisal is one of the world’s most widely used management tools. For many years, it was indeed seen as a pre-requisite for successful leadership and professional management. While most managers and employees have always been sceptical in this respect, those at a strategic level are now also realising it causes more harm than good, and a growing number of leading companies have similarly abolished this approach. One key reason lies in the changing working world, and the quest for greater organisational agility. |
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Companies are moving away from rigid structuring. The arguments are presented objectively but with practical relevance, coherently illustrating the available alternatives for achieving what annual performance appraisals largely have not. . |
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