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UNINA9910778047903321 |
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Biesecker Barbara A |
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Addressing postmodernity [[electronic resource] ] : Kenneth Burke, rhetoric, and a theory of social change / / Barbara A. Biesecker |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1997 |
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1 online resource (138 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in rhetoric and communication |
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801.95092 |
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809/.9113 |
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Postmodernism (Literature) |
Rhetoric |
Literature and society |
Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-120) and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Entering the Fray; 2. Reading Ontology in A Grammar of Motives; 3. A Rhetoric of Motives, or Toward an Ontology of the Social; 4. Further Speculations on the Dialectic: The Rhetoric of Religion; 5. From Communicative Action to Rhetorical Invention; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Biesecker reveals the full range of Kenneth Burke's contribution to the possibility of social change.In Addressing Postmodernity, Barbara Biesecker examines the relationship between rhetoric and social change and the ways human beings transform social relations through the purposeful use of symbols. In discerning the conditions of possibility for social transformation and the role of human beings and rhetoric in it, Biesecker turns to the seminal work of Kenneth Burke.Through a close reading of Burke's major works, A Grammar of Motives, A Rhetoric of M |
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UNINA9911020033003321 |
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Kingma Peter W. |
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Cash is king : maintain liquidity, build capital, and prepare your business for every opportunity / / Peter W. Kingma |
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2024] |
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1 online resource (xiv, 190 pages) |
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Liquidity (Economics) |
Cash management |
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Order-to-cash -- Procure-to-pay -- Forecast to fulfill -- Logistics -- Production -- Controller -- Metrics -- Resiliency -- Cash Leadership Office (CLO) -- Nonmanufacturing examples. |
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"Many are familiar with the phrase 'cash is king', but often don't fully appreciate why that is so. It's not really a great surprise because the modern corporate organization is largely built around profit and loss. Managers are held accountable for increasing sales and improving efficiency of output. There is almost always an out-sized focus on driving costs down. And, it's quite popular to describe a business as sales-driven or one where the customer comes first. There is nothing at all wrong with focusing on sales growth, cost reduction and improved customer service. But, it takes liquidity to keep the lights on, invest in R&D and new equipment. Without enough liquidity, organizations may have to suspend dividend payments or stretch to service debt obligations. As the economy shifts and markets become more global, it takes cash to seize opportunities. Cash is the fuel in the engine. The problem is almost no one in an organization fully understands the impact they have on cash. Small decisions here and there have ripple effects that go unnoticed until they start to add up. This book will examine what it takes to put cash on an equal footing with sales, cost and service, finding the right equilibrium. It will look at attributes of a cash culture and explore ways that leaders can transform their organizations. This is not a finance textbook. While it will explain some |
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of the most important, and often most misunderstood metrics, the aim is to keep the reader fully awake. It'll use case study examples and will offer concrete suggestions for improvements."-- |
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