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Hoshin Kanri in Higher Education A Guide to Strategy Development Deployment and Management

Hoshin Kanri in Higher Education A Guide to Strategy Development Deployment and Management

Strategy the link between mission and operational plans to improve an institution’s performance is a critical element to the future success of higher education (HE). Hoshin Kanri (HK) the application of Lean principles and practices to strategy development deployment and management is a systematic and effective approach to support institutional success particularly when competition is high. Surprisingly despite its known effectiveness and advantages over other approaches to strategy development deployment and management the application of HK in HE is limited. This book promotes greater awareness appreciation and application of HK at HE institutions. The book is divided into four sections: The first section (Introduction to Hoshin Kanri) provides a general overview of HK and its potential contributions when used in HE settings The second section (Case Studies) provides several examples where aspects of HK were introduced at HE institutions. These case studies which vary in scope use of HK practices and tools and identified benefits offer insights both for helping senior leaders recognize the value of HK (and adopt the HK process) and for on-the-ground experiences using HK tools and techniques – including barriers and challenges – during implementation The third section (Expanding the Application of Hoshin Kanri in Higher Education) includes several chapters on how to begin an HE institution’s HK journey. The chapters include practical steps for gaining support for and implementing HK strategy development deployment and management tailored for HE institutions across both typical and novel applications of HK The fourth and final section (Implications for Practice and Research) presents a high-level summary of the current state of HK in HE and offers thoughts and recommendations on the future state directions for practice research opportunities and challenges for HK in HE The book underscores the key benefits HK can offer HE institutions. With its Lean roots of continuous improvement and respect for people HK offers HE institutions an effective and sustainable approach to strategy development deployment and management. HK can be used institution-wide or at any level or area within an institution. While the local application of HK won’t achieve the full benefits possible through institution-wide adoption it offers a marked improvement over other strategy approaches that fail to respect people and leverage their knowledge expertise and insights to apply continuous improvement to move their office department or function forward. | Hoshin Kanri in Higher Education A Guide to Strategy Development Deployment and Management

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The New S Language

The New S Language

This book provides documentation for a new version of the S system released in 1988. The new S enhances the features that have made S popular: interactive computing flexible graphics data management and a large collection of functions. The new S features make possible new applications and higher-level programming including a single unified language user defined functions as first-class objects symbolic computations more accurate numerical calculations and a new approach to graphics. S now provides direct interfaces to the poowerful tool of the UNIX operating system and to algorithms implemented in Fortran and C. | The New S Language

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Environmental Statistics with S-PLUS

Environmental Statistics with S-PLUS

A clear comprehensive treatment of the subject Environmental Statistics with S-PLUS surveys the vast array of statistical methods used to collect and analyze environmental data. The book explains what these methods are how to use them and where to find references to them. In addition it provides insight into what to think about before you collect environmental data how to collect the data and how to make sense of it after collection. A unique and powerful feature of the book is its integration with the commercially available software package S-Plus and the add-on modules EnvironmentalStats for S-PLUS S+SpatialStats and S-PLUS for ArcView. The book presents data sets to explain statistical methods and then shows how to implement these methods by providing the commands for and the results from the software. This survey of statistical methods definitions and concepts helps you collect and effectively analyze data for environmental pollution problems. Using the S-PLUS software in conjunction with this text will no doubt increase understanding of the methods.

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Howard S. Becker Sociology and Music in the Chicago School

Howard S. Becker Sociology and Music in the Chicago School

Who is Howard S. Becker? This book traces his career examining his work and contributions to the field of sociology. Themes covered include Becker’s theoretical conceptualizations approaches teaching style and positioning in the intellectual milieu. Translated from French by sociologist Robert Dingwall the English edition benefits from an editorial introduction and additional referencing as well as a new foreword by Becker himself. | Howard S. Becker Sociology and Music in the Chicago School

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Official Guide to Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Exams: CSWA CSWA-SD CSWSA-S CSWA-AM SOLIDWORKS 2019–2021

Official Guide to Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Exams: CSWA CSWA-SD CSWSA-S CSWA-AM SOLIDWORKS 2019–2021

This book is written to assist you with passing the SOLIDWORKS associate level exams. It provides you with detailed information and exercises that will aid you in passing the following exams: Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA) Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Sustainable Design (CSWA-SD) Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Simulation (CSWA-S) and the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Additive Manufacturing (CSWA-AM) exam. There are three goals for this book. The primary goal of this book is not only to help you pass the CSWA CSWA-SD CSWA-S and CSWA-AM exams but also to ensure that you understand and comprehend the concepts and implementation details of the four certification processes. The second goal is to provide the most comprehensive coverage of CSWA CSWA-SD CSWA-S and CSWA-AM exam related topics available without too much coverage of topics not on the exam. The third and ultimate goal is to get you from where you are today to the point that you can confidently pass the CSWA CSWA-SD CSWA-S and CSWA-AM exams. | Official Guide to Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Exams: CSWA CSWA-SD CSWSA-S CSWA-AM SOLIDWORKS 2019–2021

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Thomas S. Szasz The Man and His Ideas

Thomas S. Szasz The Man and His Ideas

As it entered the 1960s American institutional psychiatry was thriving with a high percentage of medical students choosing the field. But after Thomas S. Szasz published his masterwork in 1961 The Myth of Mental Illness the psychiatric world was thrown into chaos. Szasz enlightened the world about what he called the “myth of mental illness. ” His point was not that no one is mentally ill or that people labeled as mentally ill do not exist. Instead he believed that diagnosing people as mentally ill was inconsistent with the rules governing pathology and the classification of disease. He asserted that the diagnosis of mental illness is a type of social control not medical science. The editors were uniquely close to Szasz and here they gather for the first time a group of their peers—experts on psychiatry psychology rhetoric and semiotics—to elucidate Szasz’s body of work. Thomas S. Szasz: The Man and His Ideas examines his work and legacy including new material on the man himself and the seeds he planted. They discuss Szasz’s impact on their thinking about the distinction between physical and mental illness addiction the insanity plea schizophrenia and implications for individual freedom and responsibility. This important volume offers insight into and understanding of a man whose ideas were far beyond his time. | Thomas S. Szasz The Man and His Ideas

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Indigenous Religion(s) in Sápmi Reclaiming Sacred Grounds

Indigenous Religion(s) in Sápmi Reclaiming Sacred Grounds

Indigenous religion(s) are afterlives of a particular sort shaped by globalising discourses on what counts as an indigenous religion on the one hand and the continued presence of local traditions on the other. Focusing on the Norwegian side of Sápmi since the 1970s this book explores the reclaiming of ancestral pasts and notions of a specifically Sámi religion. It connects religion identity and nation-building and takes seriously the indigenous turn as well as geographical and generational distinctions. Focal themes include protective activism and case studies from the art and culture domain both of which are considered vital to the making of indigenous afterlives in indigenous formats. This volume will be of great interest to scholars of Global Indigenous studies Sámi cultural studies and politics Ethnicity and emergence of new identities Anthropology Studies in religion and folklore studies. | Indigenous Religion(s) in Sápmi Reclaiming Sacred Grounds

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Being Spiritual but Not Religious Past Present Future(s)

Being Spiritual but Not Religious Past Present Future(s)

In its most general sense the term Spiritual but Not Religious denotes those who on the one hand are disillusioned with traditional institutional religion and on the other hand feel that those same traditions contain deep wisdom about the human condition. This edited collection speaks to what national surveys agree is a growing social phenomenon referred to as the Spiritual but Not Religious Movement (SBNRM). Each essay of the volume engages the past present and future(s) of the SBNRM. Their collective contribution is analytic descriptive and prescriptive taking stock of not only the various analyses of the SBNRM to date but also the establishment of a new ground upon which the continued academic discussion can take place. This volume is a watershed in the growing academic and public interest in the SBNRM. As such it will vital reading for any academic involved in Religious Studies Spirituality and Sociology. | Being Spiritual but Not Religious Past Present Future(s)

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A Russian Perspective on Theoretical Archaeology The Life and Work of Leo S. Klejn

A Russian Perspective on Theoretical Archaeology The Life and Work of Leo S. Klejn

Both the work and the life of Leo S. Klejn Russia’s foremost archaeological theorist remain generally unrecognized by Western scholars. Until now. In this biography and summary of his work Stephen Leach outlines Klejn’s wide-ranging theoretical contributions on the place and nature of archaeology. The book details-Klejn’s diverse work on ethnogenesis migration Homeric studies pagan Slavic religion homosexuality and the history of archaeology;-his life challenges as a Russian Jewish scholar jailed for homosexuality by the KGB and for his challenges to Marxist dogma;-his key contributions to theoretical archaeology and in particular Klejn’s comparisons between archaeologists and forensic scientists. | A Russian Perspective on Theoretical Archaeology The Life and Work of Leo S. Klejn

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Sensory-Based Relational Art Therapy Approach (S-BRATA) Supporting Psycho-Emotional Needs in Children with Autism

Sensory-Based Relational Art Therapy Approach (S-BRATA) Supporting Psycho-Emotional Needs in Children with Autism

This book bridges art therapy practice and research by presenting sensory-based relational art therapy approach (S-BRATA) a clinically tested framework for working with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that explicitly addresses sensory dysfunction and its impact on impaired attachment. The author shows how art therapy can facilitate attachment while addressing sensory problems that might underlie impaired attachment shifting the focus from the behavioral to the emotional development of the child with autism. The book additionally challenges traditional aspects of art therapy practice particularly the focus on the relational aspect of the intervention and not the art product. Not restrictive or prescriptive and with the potential to be adapted to other interventions S-BRATA provides an explicit framework for doing art therapy with children on the spectrum that opens the scope of art therapy practice and encourages flexibility and adaptation. Clinicians students and parents alike will benefit from the text’s clear outline for relational development with individuals on the spectrum and its emphasis on the importance of the psycho-emotional health of a child with ASD. | Sensory-Based Relational Art Therapy Approach (S-BRATA) Supporting Psycho-Emotional Needs in Children with Autism

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U.s. Military Power And Rapid Deployment Requirements In The 1980s

U.s. Military Power And Rapid Deployment Requirements In The 1980s

This book assesses U. S. military needs in the coming decade focusing on the role of rapid deployment forces in protecting U. S. interests abroad. Dr. Cordier begins by discussing two general developments crucial to future military requirements: first increasing U. S. dependence on the global sea-lanes as links to key markets; and second improved S | U. s. Military Power And Rapid Deployment Requirements In The 1980s

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The Challenges Of Southsouth Cooperation

The Challenges Of Southsouth Cooperation

The process of economi c coopera t i on among devel oping countrie s ha s come a l ong way s i nce the ea rl y 1960s . A l ong s i de the movement f rom the e s tab l i s hment of reg i onal and subreg i on a l i n tegration and cooperati on g rou p i ngs to the e l aborati on of concepts and a pproaches for g l obal and i nterreg i onal coopera t i on ( such a s for exampl e the scheme for a gl oba l sys tem of trade preferences a mong deve l o p ing countries ) there has b een a n exten s ion of the scope of coopera t i on ori g ina l l y focused on trade to other a rea s i ncl u d ing moneta ry a n d f i nan c i a l ma tters produ c t ion ma rketing and s o on . Today the proce s s of economic cooperation among deve l o p ing countri es occu p i e s an i mportan t pl ace i n the economi c s t rategies a n d pol ic ies of devel o p i n g countrie s and in recent years wit h the marked deteri o ration in the wo rl d economi c s i tu a t io n and the wea ken i ng of i n ternat i onal cooperati on for deve l opmen t it has acqu ired even grea ter importa nce and u rgency . I n deed i n v iew of the pro s pects for the worl d economy for th e comi n g yea rs i t h a s b ecome an i mpera t i ve i f the devel oping cou n t ries a re going to b e abl e to env i sage the transformation of their economies and the g rowth ra tes th ey need . | The Challenges Of Southsouth Cooperation

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Official Guide to Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Exams: CSWA CSWA-SD CSWA-S CSWA-AM

Official Guide to Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Exams: CSWA CSWA-SD CSWA-S CSWA-AM

Created in collaboration with the SOLIDWORKS Certification team the Official Guide to Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Exams: CSWA CSWA-SD CSWA-S CSWA-AM provides the most comprehensive coverage of SOLIDWORKS Associate exam related topics available. This book is tailored for those with 6-9 months SOLIDWORKS experience and basic knowledge of engineering fundamentals and practices. A range of tutorials tips and over 250 examples and practice questions help you properly prepare for the exams. Chapters emphasize the most important information without too much coverage of topics not on the exams. Aligned with each of the exams the chapters explain implementation details of the four certification processes and what to expect when taking the exams from exam and question layout to question types and grading procedure. For instructors guides are available to manage exam credits and student accounts. The importance of SOLIDWORKS certification cannot be overstated. Certification helps open doors to educational and career opportunities get hired and prepare for the demands of a job. Certification is a verifiable way to showcase students’ abilities and prove their skillset. With an obligatory waiting period of at least two weeks between exam attempts it is advantageous for students to pass the CSWA CSWA-SD CSWA-S CSWA-AM exams the first time around. The Official Guide to Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Exams gets you from where you are today to the point that you can confidently pass the CSWA CSWA-SD CSWA-S and CSWA-AM exams at the outset saving time and money and giving you a springboard for your career. CSWA Exam The CSWA certification indicates a foundation in and apprentice knowledge of 3D CAD design and engineering practices and principles. The intended audience for this section of the book is anyone trying to take and pass the CSWA exam with a minimum of 6 - 9 months of SOLIDWORKS experience and basic knowledge of engineering fundamentals and practices. SOLIDWORKS recommends that you review their SOLIDWORKS Tutorials on Parts Assemblies and Drawings as a prerequisite and have at least 45 hours of classroom time learning SOLIDWORKS or using SOLIDWORKS with basic engineering design principles and practices. CSWA-SD Exam The Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Sustainable Design (CSWA-SD) certification indicates a foundation in and apprentice knowledge of demonstrating an understanding in the principles of environmental assessment and sustainable design. This section of the book is intended for anyone interested in sustainable design as well as life cycle assessment and trying to take and pass the CSWA-SD exam. Although no hands-on usage of SOLIDWORKS is required for the CSWA-SD certification exam it is a good idea to review the SOLIDWORKS SustainablityXpress and SOLIDWORKS Sustainability tutorials inside of SOLIDWORKS to better understand the actual workflow. The CSWA-SD is based off the SOLIDWORKS Sustainable Design Guide that incorporates concepts including sustainability environmental assessment and life cycle impact assessment. CSWA-S Exam The Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Simulation (CSWA-S) certification indicates a foundation in and apprentice knowledge of the principles of stress analysis and the Finite Element Method (FEM). The CSWA-S section of the book is for anyone trying to take and pass the CSWA-S with a minimum of 6 - 9 months of SOLIDWORKS experience and knowledge in the following areas: Engineering Mechanics - Statics Strength of Materials Finite Element Method/Finite Element Analysis Theory Applied concepts in SOLIDWORKS Simulation: namely Static Analysis Solid Shell and Beam elements Connections and Applying loads and boundary conditions and interpreting results. The purpose of this section in the book is NOT to educate a new or intermediate user on SOLIDWORKS Simulation but to cover the types of questions layout and what to expect when taking the CSWA-S exam. CSWA-AM Exam The Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Additive Manufacturing (CSWA-AM) certification indicates a foundation in and apprentice knowledge of today’s 3D printing technology and market. The intended audience for this section of the book is anyone trying to take and pass the CSWA-AM exam or anyone with an interest in Additive Manufacturing. The CSWA-AM exam is meant to be taken after the completion of the 10-part learning path located on MySOLIDWORKS. com. The CSWA-AM exam fundamentally covers two 3D printing technologies: Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) and STereoLithography (SLA). There are a few questions on Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) technology and available software-based printing aids.

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Soviet Society And Culture Essays In Honor Of Vera S. Dunham

Soviet Society And Culture Essays In Honor Of Vera S. Dunham

Academic analysis has not always kept pace with the dramatic changes that have occurred in the USSR since Stalin’s time for objective study has often been overshadowed—especially in the 1980s—by publicity concerning the negative aspects of the “Evil Empire. ” Recently however because of reforms initiated by Gorbachev the dynamics of the Soviet system have come into sharper focus. This book provides a wide-ranging detailed view of economic social ideological and literary aspects of the Soviet system leading up to the Gorbachev era. The essays include both historical and contemporary perspectives on the sources of stability (and stagnation) in the post-Stalin years. Examining the intricate fabric of Soviet society the contributors provide insights into the social and cultural motivations for Gorbachev’s “restructuring” policies. Their themes echo the work of Vera S. Dunham who for more than four decades has focused on diverse aspects of Soviet society and culture particularly on the noncoercive means of social control that have often been overlooked but that are a vital component of the Soviet system. | Soviet Society And Culture Essays In Honor Of Vera S. Dunham

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Mobile and Entangled America(s)

Mobile and Entangled America(s)

A superb combination of focused case studies and high level conceptual thinking this volume is an important monument in the ongoing development of Inter-American studies The articles gathered here closely examine a wide variety of cultural phenomena implicated in the 'entanglements' which have defined the history of the Americas. From religious networks to music and dance and across a range of literary and artistic works the mobility of people objects and ideas in the Americas is expertly mapped. At the same time the book represents a serious enterprise of theory-building. Drawing on the histories of postcolonial thought mobility studies and work on human migration Mobile and Entangled America(s) clearly establishes a new interdisciplinary field attentive both to the complexities of cultural form and the pervasiveness of power relations. Each article stands as a significant piece of scholarship on its own but all are in dialogue with each other. The result is a richly satisfying and important volume of cultural scholarship.

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Japan s Search for Strategic Security Partnerships

Japan s Search for Strategic Security Partnerships

As tensions between China and Japan increase including over the disputed islands in the East China Sea Japan has adopted under Prime Minister Abe a new security posture. This involves internally adapting Japan’s constitutional position on defence and externally building stronger international relationships in the Asia-Pacific region and more widely. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of these developments. It shows how trust and co-operation with the United States the only partner with which Japan has a formal alliance is being rebuilt discusses how other relationships both on security and on wider issues are being formed in the region and with European countries and the EU with the relationships with India and Australia being of particular importance and concludes by assessing the likely impact on the region of Japan’s changing posture and new relationships. | Japan�s Search for Strategic Security Partnerships

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A Competitive Assessment Of The U.S. Civil Aircraft Industry

A Competitive Assessment Of The U.S. Civil Aircraft Industry

In 1985 the U. S. aerospace industry achieved a $13. 1 billion trade surplus and contributed $89. 2 billion in shipments to the U. S. economy. Without·aerospace the U. S. trade balance in high technology industries would-for the first time-have fallen into a deficit. Civil aircraft play a significant role in the U. S. aerospace industry and U. S. civil aircraft have dominated world markets (particularly the large transport segment) since the development of jet engine aircraft in the 1950s. This dominance has recently been challenged by the emergence of the European Airbus Industrie which has achieved a significant market position in wide-body aircraft and appears committed to the development of a diversified family of civil aircraft. Industry observers are also concerned about the possibility of Japan entering the large transport competition. In this assessment the U. S. Department of Commerce examines the prospects for continued international competitiveness of U. S. civil aircraft. The report identifies key factors that will determine the shape of future competition develops alternative scenarios for the future and presents-a framework within which developments can be monitored and measured. | A Competitive Assessment Of The U. S. Civil Aircraft Industry

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