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An Introduction to Information Systems

A clear, student-friendly and engaging introduction to how information technology is used in business. Featuring several case studies, video interviews, thorough pedagogy and completely up-to-date chapters, this textbook will be a core resource for undergraduate students of Business Information Systems, a compulsory module in business degrees.

Facebook Ocado/Tesco Tesco Clubcard Supermarket Macmillan MMU IS
Department HMRC IS/IT Outsourcing Amazon Volvo UK Teleordering
milliondollarhomepage Dell Sabre Meter reading data capture Rail travel
information Skype ...

Medieval European Pilgrimage, C.700-c.1500

"Diana Webb's book offers the reader a fresh introduction to the history of European Christian pilgrimage in the twelve hundred years between the conversion of Emperor Constantine and the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. As well as exploring this multi-faceted activity, it considers both the geography of pilgrimage and its significant cultural legacy."--BOOK JACKET.

"Diana Webb's book offers the reader a fresh introduction to the history of European Christian pilgrimage in the twelve hundred years between the conversion of Emperor Constantine and the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation.

The Regulation of Sex-Themed Visual Imagery

From Clay Tablets to Tablet Computers

Lyombe Eko carries out an historical and cultural survey of the regulation of visual depictions of explicit human sexual conduct, analyzing the contemporary problem of the applicability of the human right of freedom of expression to explicit imagery in the face of societal interests in the regulation of representations of human sexuality.

Lyombe Eko carries out an historical and cultural survey of the regulation of visual depictions of explicit human sexual conduct, analyzing the contemporary problem of the applicability of the human right of freedom of expression to ...

Key Concepts in Public Relations

An indepth glossary, this accessible book successfully introduces students to the key concepts, themes and principles of Public Relations. Terms are organized alphabetically and are fully cross-referenced for ease of use. Suggestions for further reading help to consolidate knowledge and aid understanding.

A feature article is an important public relations tool owing to its permanent value.
... Points to keep in mind when writing a feature article: • Focus on human interest
– the feel and emotion demonstrated in the writing is crucial. • Do not write the ...

The Relationship Paradigm

Human Being Beyond Individualism

In this important new book, Godfrey Barrett-Lennard challenges the individualist focus of traditionalist psychology by proposing that the human condition is basically relational and interdependent. Rich in depth and scope, The Relationship Paradigm explores relationship systems over an absorbing vista of multiple connections. This includes relations within the self, interpersonal relationships, relationships between and within communities, organizations and nations, and relationships with animals. There is a chapter on relations in war. The result is a sophisticated account of the complex weave of human relationships, providing counselors and other professionals who work with people with a foundation of thought that will offer fresh insights both for practice and the search for new knowledge. Combining new ideas with practice principles and illustrations, this is a book of rare value for students, practitioners and research enquirers.

... of meaning that implies communication, self-engagement, interpenetration,
and positioning both against and with others. ... are said to converge in a '
dialogical space' through which the person may 'reposition' in their attitudes and
beliefs (ibid., ... Thus the self is both one and multiple and tends to be in dynamic
motion.

Business Strategy

An Introduction

Business Strategy is ideal for those approaching strategy for the first time. The authors' user-friendly writing style and innovative pedagogical features ensure students engage more readily with the material, so that complex strategic concepts are grasped quickly and easily. The book is accompanied by Strategic Planning Software (SPS), a platform where students can evaluate, formulate and implement specific company strategies – bringing the real world of business into the classroom with authentic research and analysis based activity. Key Features: • Ensures students have access to all topical issues – includes dedicated chapters on CSR, financial analysis, new technologies and emerging markets • Excellent international case studies of varying lengths help students digest theory through practical examples, bringing the subject-matter to life • Innovative pedagogy including 'Guru Guides' (bite-sized bios of key thinkers in the field) and an on-page glossary to define complex issues as they appear • A range of student learning and teacher resource materials, including bonus case studies, Powerpoint slides and self-test questions available at www.palgrave.com/business/campbell • AND includes free access to SPS at www.planning-strategy.com where students can solve real business problems

He has won several prizes, including the George R. Terry Book Award, the Igor
Ansoff Award and Management Book of the Year award. He died in 2004.
Christopher Bartlett received an undergraduate degree in economics from
University of ...

Inquiring into Human Enhancement

Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives

What is human enhancement all about? Why has it become a major concern in debates about the future of contemporary societies? This book is devoted to clarifying the underlying ambiguities of these major debates. It proposes novel ways of exploring what human enhancement means, what practices and technologies are involved, and what goals are invoked, with their respective justifications and criticisms. It calls on contributors from different countries and backgrounds—sociology, philosophy, bioethics, political science, engineering, medicine, literary studies, science fiction—to examine three fundamental aspects of human technological enhancement: firstly, what the concept of human enhancement means; secondly, what practices constitute human enhancement today, and; thirdly, what it might become in the future.

This interdisciplinary book is devoted to clarifying the underlying ambiguities of these debates, and to proposing novel ways of exploring what human enhancement means and understanding what practices, goals and justifications it entails.

History of The Arabs

This classic history of the Arab peoples is a work of great thoroughness and insight which contains much to satisfy general readers as well as scholars. Here is the story of the rise of Islam in the Middle Ages, its conquests, its empire, its time of greatness and of decay, unrolling one of the richest and most instructive panoramas in history. For this reissue of the tenth edition, Walid Khalidi gives a brief overview of the history and content of the book, and emphasises the vital importance of Philip K. Hitti's magisterial and scholarly work to on-going attempts to bridge the Arab/Western cultural divide.

*Per khadw, lord, ruler, For the Arabic text of the firman consult Zajdan, Ta'rikh
Misr, vol. ii. pp. 206-8. * For more on him consult Zaydan, Tarājim, vol. I, pp. 229-
52. * For a defence of the 'Arabi case by an Englishman, consult Wilfrid S. Blunt, ...

A Long Hard Look at 'Psycho'

Upon its release in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho divided critical opinion, with several leading film critics condemning Hitchcock's apparent encouragement of the audience's identification with the gruesome murder that lies at the heart of the film. Such antipathy did little to harm Psycho's box-office returns, and it would go on to be acknowledged as one of the greatest film thrillers, with scenes and characters that are among the most iconic in all cinema. In his illuminating study of Psycho, Raymond Durgnat provides a minute analysis of its unfolding narrative, enabling us to consider what happens to the viewer as he or she watches the film, and to think afresh about questions of spectatorship, Hollywood narrative codes, psycho-analysis, editing and shot composition. In his introduction to the new edition, Henry K. Miller presents A Long Hard Look at 'Psycho' as the culmination of Durgnat's decades-long campaign to correct what he called film studies' 'Grand Error'. In the course of expounding Durgnat's root-and-branch challenge to our inherited shibboleths about Hollywood cinema in general and Hitchcock in particular, Miller also describes the eclectic intellectual tradition to which Durgnat claimed allegiance. This band of amis inconnus, among them William Empson, Edgar Morin and Manny Farber, had at its head Durgnat's mentor Thorold Dickinson. The book's story begins in the early 1960s, when Dickinson made the long hard look the basis of his pioneering film course at the Slade School of Fine Art, and Psycho became one of its first objects.

Medawar, P. B.,The Art of the Soluble (London: Methuen, 1967). Ogden, C. K.,
Opposition: A Linguistic and Psychological Analysis (London: Kegan Paul, 1932;
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1967). Theory of Oppositions
demonstrates ...

What Is This Thing Called Language?

Language is a complex and ever-evolving phenomenon, but it is one that deeply defines us all. So, What Is This Thing Called Language? Illustrating how it is used in different ways and in varied contexts, this book offers a thought-provoking and entertaining guide through the mysteries of language. The new edition: – Explores the basics of the language systems of sounds, vocabulary and grammar – Explains a basic framework of linguistics and language analysis Examines the written and spoken word in a range of different languages – Uses intriguing anecdotes and interesting examples to unpack complex ideas – Offers study-friendly features, including reflective questions, further reading suggestions as well as glossaries of linguistic terminology and key linguists With new and expanded material on a range of topics, from language variation and culture to second language acquisition and bilingualism, this is an 'un-put-down-able' introduction for all students of language and linguistics.

So, What Is This Thing Called Language? Illustrating how it is used in different ways and in varied contexts, this book offers a thought-provoking and entertaining guide through the mysteries of language.