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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785224203321

Titolo

Handbook of decision making [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul C. Nutt and David C. Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2010

ISBN

1-4443-2312-1

1-282-88883-8

9786612888830

0-470-66486-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (722 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management ; ; v.6

Altri autori (Persone)

NuttPaul C

WilsonDavid C <1951-> (David Charles)

Disciplina

658.4/03

Soggetti

Decision making

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Key theoretrical perspectives -- pt. 3. Conceptualizing strategic decision making -- pt. 4. Factors and considerations that impinge on decision making -- pt. 5. Recent empirical findings that support theories and views -- pt. 6. Methodology for the study of decision making -- pt. 7. Directions and perspectives.

Sommario/riassunto

Wiley's new Handbook of Decision Making is a vital reference text for all students and professionals of management, organization and decision making. The handbook offers a wide range of theoretical and empirical approaches to the understanding of organizational and strategic decisions. Contributors are internationally known experts drawn from North America, Canada and Europe who have spent many years in the study of decision making, and decision making relevant topics. We believe the handbook will become a tour de force in the understanding decision making, offering a wide variety of pe



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788066303321

Autore

Salmāwī Muḥammad

Titolo

Butterfly wings : an Egyptian novel / / Muḥammad Salmāwī ; translated by Raphael Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cairo, Egypt ; ; New York, New York : , : The American University in Cairo Press, , [2014]

©2011

ISBN

1-61797-568-0

1-61797-575-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Modern Arabic Literature

Disciplina

892.736

Soggetti

Egypt Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Inside Cover; 1 Doha ; 2 Ayman; 3 Dr. Ashraf; 4 Hassan; 5 Clouds Disperse in the Springtime; 6 Hagga Hikmet; 7 Salwa; 8 The Fountain for Lovers; 9 The Tiger; 10 Abdel Samad; 11 Nariman's Room; 12 Black and White; 13 A Black Hole; 14 A Ray of Light; 15 The Decision; 16 Dinner with Tchaikovsky; 17 Father; 18 Palermo; 19 Kikhya Mosque Does Not Exist; 20 Al-Bedawi Set Them Free; 21 The Demonstration; 22 Mushira; 23 Amna; 24 The Dream; 25 Qasr al-Nil Jungle; 26 Detention; 27 Reconciliation; 28 Yes, Sir!; 29 Esmat Bey; 30 The Minister of Defense; 31 Release; 32 Sunshine Express; Glossary

Sommario/riassunto

A chance encounter on a plane throws together Doha, a fashion designer unhappily married to a leading figure in the Mubarak regime, and Ashraf, an academic and leading dissident. The story of their relationship and Doha's self-discovery runs alongside a young Egyptian's search for the mother he never knew, and these intersecting narratives unfold against the background of political protests that culminate in the overthrow of the regime.A moving and at times humorous story, Butterfly Wings is an extended allegory of Egypt's modern experience of authoritarian rule and explores the fractures and