Justice in the city [[electronic resource] /] / Aryeh Cohen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779070803321
• Autore: Cohen Aryeh
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-61811-111-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (172 p.)
• Collana: New perspectives in post-Rabbinic Judaism
• Disciplina: 296.36
• Soggetti: Judaism and social problems; Justice (Jewish theology); Social justice - Religious aspects - Judaism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- Part II -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Justice in the City argues, based on the rabbinic textual tradition, especially the Babylonian Talmud, and utilizing French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas' framework of interpersonal ethics, that a just city should be a community of obligation. That is, in a community thus conceived, the privilege of citizenship is the assumption of the obligations of the city towards Others who are not always in view-workers, the poor, the homeless. These Others form a constitutive part of the city. The second part of the book is a close analysis of homelessness, labor, and restorative justice from within the theory that was developed. This title will be useful for scholars and students in Jewish studies, especially rabbinic literature and Jewish thought, but also for those interested in contemporary urban issues.

The entrepreneurial engineer [[electronic resource] ] : personal, interpersonal, and organizational skills for engineers in a world of opportunity / / David E. Goldberg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830675803321
• Autore: Goldberg David E (David Edward), <1953->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2006
• ISBN: 1-280-64896-1; 9786610648962; 0-470-03896-9; 0-470-03895-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.0023; 620.0068
• Soggetti: Engineering firms - Management
• 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 (p. 199-200) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Entrepreneurial Engineer; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Entrepreneurial Engineer: Ready for the 21st Century; 1.1 21st-Century Engineers Moving at Internet Time; 1.2 Engineering Education, Common Sense, and the Real World; 1.3 Ten Competencies for the Entrepreneurial Engineer; 1.4 Three Principles; 1.5 Three Cautions; Exercises; 2 The Joy of Engineering; 2.1 A Joyous Confession; 2.2 Engineering as Liberal Education, Launchpad, and Lifelong Love; 2.2.1 Who Is Getting a "Liberal Arts" Education Today?; 2.2.2 Engineering as Launchpad; 2.2.3 Ten Ways to Love Engineering; 2.3 The Fundamental Tug-of-War2.4 Science and Its Little Secret; 2.5 Engineers: First Masters of Modern Enterprise; 2.6 Economy of Intellection: Separating Science from Engineering; 2.6.1 Modeling Plane; 2.6.2 Spectrum of Models; 2.7 Four Tensions Facing the Entrepreneurial Engineer; Summary; Exercises; 3 Money, Work, and You; 3.1 Money, Moola, the Big Bucks; 3.2 Roads to Wealth: Four Dinner Table Platitudes; 3.3 Hidden Lesson 1: Engagement; 3.3.1 Why Engagement Matters; 3.3.2 Matching your Vocational Impedance; 3.4 Hidden Lesson 2: Courage; 3.4.1 Locus of Control: Internal versus External; 3.4.2 Exploring Courage3.5 Tactical Lessons of Handling Money; 3.5.1 Spending and Earning Styles; 3.5.2 Spending-Earning Impedance; 3.5.3 Investing, Saving, and Thrift; 3.6 Get a Life; 3.7 Plotting your Course: Values, Mission, and Goals; 3.7.1 Creating a Personal Values Statement; 3.7.2 Writing a Personal Mission Statement; 3.7.3 Setting Goals; Summary; Exercises; 4 Getting Organized and Finding Time; 4.1 Time and Its Lack; 4.2 Effective Ways to Waste Time; 4.3 Seven Keys to Time Management; 4.3.1 A Place for Everything; 4.3.2 Work for Mr. To Do; 4.3.3 Sam Knows: Just Do It; 4.3.4 A Trash Can Is a Person's Best Friend4.3.5 Tuning Your Reading; 4.3.6 Managing Interruptions; 4.3.7 Getting Help; Summary; Exercises; 5 Write for Your Life; 5.1 Engineers, Root Canal, and Writing; 5.2 Why Many Engineers Don't Like to Write; 5.3 Prime Directive of Writing: Just Write; 5.3.1 Freewriting; 5.3.2 Directed Writing for the Real World; 5.4 Getting the Content and Organization Right; 5.4.1 The Primary Structure of Business Writing: BPR; 5.4.2 Lists and Amplification: Technical Writer's Best Friend; 5.4.3 Sectioning, Titles, and Headings; 5.4.4 Summaries, Conclusions, and Distinguishing the Difference5.5 Edifying Editing; 5.6 Improving Your Writing; Summary; Exercises; 6 Present, Don't Speak; 6.1 Speeches versus Presentations; 6.2 Why Present?; 6.3 Preparation Makes the Presentation; 6.3.1 Audience Analysis; 6.3.2 Subject Selection; 6.3.3 Elements of a Presentation; 6.3.4 Preparation Process; 6.3.5 Transparency Design and Preparation; 6.4 Delivery; Summary; Exercises; 7 Human Side of Engineering; 7.1 Human Challenges of Engineering; 7.2 Through the Eyes of Others; 7.3 Anatomy of a Disagreement; 7.4 We are all Salespeople on this Bus
• Sommario/riassunto: ""Informative, provocative, and practical...developing the skills outlined in The Entrepreneurial Engineer is a necessity for a productive engineering career.""-Raymond L. Price, William H. Severns Professor of Human Behavior Director, Illinois Leadership(r) Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ""I believe that The Entrepreneurial Engineer has the potential to change the landscape of what engineers learn and do.""-John R. Koza, former CEO and chairman, Scientific Games Inc. and Consulting Professor, Stanford University ""Dr. Goldberg provides the road map for engineer