1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792384603321

Titolo

Managing military organisations : theory and practice / / edited by Joseph Soeters, Paul C. van Fenema, and Robert Beeres

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-15481-3

1-135-15482-1

1-282-57033-1

9786612570339

0-203-85710-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Collana

Cass military studies

Altri autori (Persone)

BeeresRobertus Johannes Maria <1968->

FenemaPaul van

SoetersJ

Disciplina

355.4

355.6

Soggetti

Military administration

Military administration - Philosophy

Armed Forces - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introducing military organizations; Part I: Context, strategy and external coordination; 2 Leading military organizations in the Risk Society: Mapping the new strategic complexity; 3 Legitimacy and surveillance: Shifting patterns of external control; 4 The internationalization of the armed forces; 5 Research, development and innovation in the military; Part II: Internal coordination and preparation of operations; 6 Expeditionary operations and modular organization design

7 (Re-)drawing the boundaries: Sourcing operational and supportive services in military organizations8 Logistics planning and control: Lessons learned in Afghanistan; Part III: Military organizations in action; 9 Leadership in the face of chaos and danger; 10 Sensemaking during operations and incidents; 11 Managing moral professionalism in



military operations; 12 Military law and operations; 13 Trust and control in the military: Dual or dueling forces?; 14 Partnering with 'strangers'; 15 Military organizations and national crisis response

Part IV: Monitoring operational effectiveness and (secondary) outcomes16 Commanding and controlling crisis response operations; 17 Measuring performance in today's missions: The effects-based approach to operations; 18 Learning military organizations and organizational change; 19 Managing the well-being of military personnel and their families; 20 Epilogue: Military organizations' capabilities for heterogeneous value creation; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the processes and theories involved in managing military organisations in both peacetime and crisis conditions.Examining the challenges faced by policymakers and military commanders in conducting military operations, this book considers the benefits of conventional management and organisation theory for the military. At the same time, these essays recognise that the military should be considered as a highly individual organisation, operating in exceptional circumstances. This awareness of the differences between the military and other organisations generat



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820496403321

Titolo

Adaptive mechanisms in migraine [[electronic resource] ] : a comprehensive synthesis in evolution : breaking the migraine code / / Vinod Kumar Gupta [editor]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-61728-123-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GuptaVinod Kumar <1972->

Disciplina

616.8/4912

Soggetti

Migraine

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

Background: what ails migraine research? -- Quest for a new research paradigm for migraine: why and how -- Nausea/vomiting-vasopressin nexus in migraine -- Magnesium depletion, migraine, and cellular adaptation -- Stress, brain autonomic function, BBB, and migraine -- Pupil, eyelid, and migraine -- Prolactin, melatonin, stress, and migraine -- Evoked potentials, migraine, and arousal -- The platelet-serotonin-brain neuronal connection: milestone or millstone?