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UNINA9910790258403321 |
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Titolo |
Contemporary social studies [[electronic resource] ] : an essential reader / / [edited by] William Benedict Russell III |
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Charlotte, N.C., : Information Age Pub., 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Teaching and learning social studies |
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Social sciences - Study and teaching |
Citizenship - Study and teaching |
Multicultural education |
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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. |
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section 1. Purpose and approach -- section 2. Curriculum, context, & standards -- section 3. Diversity & perspective -- section 4. Pedagogy -- section 5. Media, technology, and teacher education. |
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UNISA996214590903316 |
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A companion to the British and Irish novel 1945-2000 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Brian W. Shaffer |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
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1-78268-426-3 |
1-280-74337-9 |
9786610743377 |
1-4051-6509-X |
0-470-75761-2 |
1-4051-5616-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (606 p.) |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture |
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English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
English fiction - Irish authors - History and criticism |
Ireland Intellectual life 20th century Handbooks, manuals, etc |
Ireland In literature Handbooks, manuals, etc |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The literary response to the Second World War / Damon Marcel Decoste -- The 'Angry' Decade and after / Dale Salwak -- English dystopian satire in context / M. Keith Booker -- The feminist novel in the wake of Virginia Woolf / Roberta Rubenstein -- Postmodern fiction and the rise of critical theory / Patricia Waugh -- The novel and the end of empire / Reed Way Dasenbrock -- Postcolonial novels and theories / Feroza Jussawalla -- Fictions of belonging : national identity and the novel in Ireland and Scotland / Gerard Carruthers -- Black-British interventions / John Skinner -- The recuperation of history in British and Irish fiction / Margaret Scanlan -- The literary prize phenomenon in context / James F. English -- Novelistic production and the publishing industry in Britain and Ireland / Claire Squires -- The novel and the rise of film and video : adaptation and British cinema / Brian McFarlane -- The English heritage industry and other trends in the novel at the millennium / Peter Childs -- Samuel Beckett's Watt / S. E. Gontarski and Chris |
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Ackerley -- George Orwell's Animal farm and Nineteen eighty-four / Erika Gottlieb -- Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead revisited and other late novels / Bernard Schweizer -- Modernism's swansong : Malcolm Lowry's Under the volcano / Patrick A. McCarthy -- Graham Greene's Heart of the matter and other late novels / Cedric Watts -- William Golding's Lord of the flies and other early novels / Kevin McCarron -- Amis, father and son / Merritt Moseley -- Iris Murdoch / Margaret Moan Rowe -- Academic satire : the campus novel in context / Kenneth Womack -- Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria quartet / Julius Rowan Raper -- The Oxford fantasists : C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. tolkien / Peter J. Schakel -- Muriel Spark's The prime of Miss Jean Brodie / Bryan Cheyette -- Doris Lessing's The golden notebook / Judith Kegan Gardiner -- Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea / John J. Su -- John Fowles's The French lieutenant's woman / James Acheson -- Angela Carter / Nicola Pitchford -- Margaret Drabble / Margaret Moan Rowe -- V.S. Naipaul / Timothy Weiss -- Salman Rushdie / Nico Israel -- The irish novel after joyce / Donna Potts -- Anita brookner / Cheryl Alexander Malcolm -- Julian Barnes's Flaubert's parrot / Merritt Moseley -- Kazuo Ishiguro's The remains of the day / Cynthia F. Wong -- Ian McEwan / Rebecca L. Walkowitz -- Graham Swift / Donald P. Kaczvinsky -- The Scottish new wave / David Goldie -- A.S. Byatt's Possession : a romance / Lynn Wells -- Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy / Anne Whitehead. |
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A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945-2000 serves as an extended introduction and reference guide to the British and Irish novel between the close of World War II and the turn of the millennium. Covers a wide range of authors from Samuel Beckett to Salman Rushdie Provides readings of key novels, including Graham Greene's 'Heart of the Matter', Jean Rhys's 'Wide Sargasso Sea' and Kazuo Ishiguro's 'The Remains of the Day' Considers particular subgenres, such as the feminist novel and the postcolonial novel Discusses ov |
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UNINA9911019683703321 |
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Autore |
Moore Simon <1978-> |
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Titolo |
Strategic project portfolio management : enabling a productive organization / / Simon Moore |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2009 |
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9786612319563 |
9780470564127 |
0470564121 |
9781119198468 |
1119198461 |
9781282319561 |
1282319566 |
9780470564103 |
0470564105 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (195 p.) |
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Microsoft executive leadership series ; ; 16 |
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Portfolio management |
Strategic planning |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Strategic Project Portfolio Management: Enabling a Productive Organization; Contents; Microsoft Executive Leadership Series: Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Obtaining the Best Ideas; THE COST OF WASTED IDEAS; PROJECTS AND INNOVATION; WHY A LONG LIST OF PROPOSALS IS NECESSARY; THE RISK OF INFORMAL PROCESSES; LOWERING THE BAR FOR IDEA SUBMISSION; USING SIMPLE IDEA CAPTURE; THE VALUE OF RANGE-BASED ESTIMATION; GENERATING EXCITEMENT; MAKING PROCESSES TRANSPARENT; MAKING PROCESSES SIMPLE; USING SUPERIOR ESTIMATION; GOING BEYOND THE EMPLOYEE |
MANAGING PROJECTS ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAINWHERE ARE YOUR IDEAS COMING FROM?; KEY QUESTIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; |
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Chapter 2: Selecting Impactful Projects; ALIGNING PROJECTS AND STRATEGY; CREATING PORTFOLIO ALIGNMENT; GOING BEYOND STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT; APPLYING PORTFOLIO THEORY TO PORTFOLIO SELECTION; THE VALUE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION COLLECTION; THE RISK OF COMMITMENT ESCALATION; THE DANGER OF SLOW DECISION MAKING; AVOIDING COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; STRIVING FOR NIMBLE DECISION MAKING; KEY QUESTIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; Chapter 3: The Importance of Planning; KNOWING WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE |
DETERMINING HOW MANY RESOURCES YOU HAVETHE VALUE OF PLANNING; THE TRIPLE CONSTRAINT: TIME, SCOPE, COST; THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTTOM-UP PLANNING; AVOIDING PROJECT DELAYS; KEY QUESTIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; Chapter 4: Improving Cost Performance; THE BENEFITS OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT; UNDERSTANDING MARGINAL RETURNS; ALLOCATING RESOURCES PREDICTABLY; IMPROVING FINANCIAL FORECASTING; USING EARNED VALUE; USING INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO MAKE BETTER USE OF RESOURCES; ACCESSING SUPERIOR RISK ANALYSIS; KEY QUESTIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; Chapter 5: Ten Things to Do; KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE; BUILD MOMENTUM |
DEFINE BUSINESS GOALSCAPTURE IDEAS; BE TRANSPARENT; PRIORITIZE; USE EFFICIENT DECISION MAKING; ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORKS; CONDUCT POSTMORTEMS; IMPROVE CONTINUALLY; KEY QUESTIONS; Chapter 6: Best Practices; KEYS TO PORTFOLIO SUCCESS: WHAT ARE YOU MONITORING?; BUILDING LEGITIMACY THROUGH EFFECTIVE MONITORING; CAPTURING WHAT YOU NEED; CREATING AN EFFECTIVE DASHBOARD; SHARING INFORMATION; SETTING REVIEW MEETINGS; THE TRANSPARENT ORGANIZATION; FROM MONITORING TO ACTION; UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETENCIES; MAXIMIZING INTEGRATION, MINIMIZING TRAINING |
EMPLOYING BEST PRACTICES BY ORGANIZATIONAL TYPEKEY QUESTIONS; SUGGESTED READINGS; Chapter 7: Ten Things to Avoid; MOVING TOO FAST; ALLOWING HEAVY PROCESSES; RELYING ON THE BIG BANG; NOT TYING REPORTS TO ACTION; NOT KILLING PROJECTS; FAILING TO CALIBRATE ESTIMATES; MISSING SCOPE CHANGES; COMPARTMENTALIZING INFORMATION; PROVIDING INADEQUATE RESOURCES; PLANNING INSUFFICIENTLY; KEY QUESTIONS; Chapter 8: Communications; THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION; PRESENCE: REACHING PEOPLE FASTER; STORING INFORMATION; COLLABORATING BEYOND DOCUMENTS; CREATING INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY |
CUSTOMIZING THE WORKSPACE |
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Lead change through strategic alignment of project and process performance Practical and filled with expert advice, Strategic Project Portfolio Management: Enabling a Productive Organization presents a clear framework for your organization to complete impactful strategic projects. Providing executive-level guidance to build a powerful and efficient process from initial adoption to portfolio alignment, this essential resource contains case studies from small to global multinational organizations, arming you with the insights to ensure your strategic projects are given the resour |
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