La creatividad y las nuevas tecnologías en las organizaciones modernas

La creatividad y las nuevas tecnologías en las organizaciones modernas
Author: Francisco Menchén Bellón
Publisher: Ediciones Díaz de Santos
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2009-02-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 8479788976

En la sociedad preindustrial la riqueza de un país dependía de los recursos naturales, mientras en el período industrial se basaba en el capital manufacturado. Sin embargo, en la sociedad actual las fuentes de riqueza son la imaginación, el conocimiento y el capital humano. En consecuencia, en las próximas décadas, el progreso de la sociedad del conocimiento, estará centrado en tres grandes pilares: El desarrollo de la capacidad creadora de los seres humanos. El fomento de la cultura de la innovación en todos los ámbitos de la vida. El acceso a las Nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación. Francisco Menchén, investigador incansable, ha pensado, con mucho acierto, conjugar estos tres ejes, aplicándolos a las organizaciones modernas. Para ello, presenta un nuevo escenario donde la creatividad, entendida como capital intangible, es la única dimensión que puede llevar al éxito a una sociedad moderna que cambia vertiginosamente. (No en vano, el Año 2009 será declarado por la Comisión Europea "Año Europeo de la Creatividad y de la Innovación"). Ahora es el momento clave para que los responsables de los gobiernos e instituciones, los empresarios y los líderes, los profesionales y los hombres y mujeres de todas las edades, tomen conciencia de su poder creador, y a partir de ese instante, nunca más el botón de la creatividad estará en off. El lector quedará fascinado cuando descubra que cada capítulo contiene ideas novedosas, inusuales y atrevidas que le predispondrá a la acción, le despertará de su apatía y le motivará, a la vez le provocará múltiples preguntas que le harán olvidar su trabajo repetitivo, y en su lugar encontrará un nuevo paradigma que le guiará a descubrir y crear su propia realidad. INDICE: Hacia la búsqueda de una organización creativa. El ADN de las organizaciones. El modelo emergente de organización. La energía necesaria para cambiar una organización. Los principios del liderazgo creativo. Las nuevas funciones del líder creativo. Visualizar la organización del futuro. Un nuevo paradigma. La evaluación de la innovación en las organizaciones.

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Total Pages: 245
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Without Criteria

Without Criteria
Author: Steven Shaviro
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2012-08-17
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0262517973

A Deleuzian reading of Whitehead and a Whiteheadian reading of Deleuze open the possibility of a critical aesthetics of contemporary culture. In Without Criteria, Steven Shaviro proposes and explores a philosophical fantasy: imagine a world in which Alfred North Whitehead takes the place of Martin Heidegger. What if Whitehead, instead of Heidegger, had set the agenda for postmodern thought? Heidegger asks, “Why is there something, rather than nothing?” Whitehead asks, “How is it that there is always something new?” In a world where everything from popular music to DNA is being sampled and recombined, argues Shaviro, Whitehead's question is the truly urgent one. Without Criteria is Shaviro's experiment in rethinking postmodern theory, especially the theory of aesthetics, from a point of view that hearkens back to Whitehead rather than Heidegger. In working through the ideas of Whitehead and Deleuze, Shaviro also appeals to Kant, arguing that certain aspects of Kant's thought pave the way for the philosophical “constructivism” embraced by both Whitehead and Deleuze. Kant, Whitehead, and Deleuze are not commonly grouped together, but the juxtaposition of them in Without Criteria helps to shed light on a variety of issues that are of concern to contemporary art and media practices.

Teaching Tech Together

Teaching Tech Together
Author: Greg Wilson
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2019-10-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1000728153

Hundreds of grassroots groups have sprung up around the world to teach programming, web design, robotics, and other skills outside traditional classrooms. These groups exist so that people don't have to learn these things on their own, but ironically, their founders and instructors are often teaching themselves how to teach. There's a better way. This book presents evidence-based practices that will help you create and deliver lessons that work and build a teaching community around them. Topics include the differences between different kinds of learners, diagnosing and correcting misunderstandings, teaching as a performance art, what motivates and demotivates adult learners, how to be a good ally, fostering a healthy community, getting the word out, and building alliances with like-minded groups. The book includes over a hundred exercises that can be done individually or in groups, over 350 references, and a glossary to help you navigate educational jargon.

Tierra Fértil: Desarrollando la Agroecología de Abajo hacia Arriba

Tierra Fértil: Desarrollando la Agroecología de Abajo hacia Arriba
Author: Steve Brescia
Publisher: Food First Books
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0935028498

La agroecología puede fortalecer a las comunidades marginadas, restaurar los ecosistemas y proteger las fincas de la destrucción ecológica, al mismo tiempo aporta para frenar el el cambio climático. Estas prácticas son efectivas pero todavía no se aplican en todo el mundo. El libro Tierra Fértil, editado por el director ejecutivo de Groundswell International Steve Brescia, nos presenta nueve ejemplos en los cuales los campesinos dirigen movimientos agroecológicos en sus comunidades. Su trabajo en África, Latinoamérica, el Caribe, América del Norte y Europa profundiza las prácticas agroecológicas en muchas comunidades , estas prácticas y principios los comparten con los métodos de Campesino a Campesino, y establecen estructuras organizativas que apoyan a organizaciones gubernamentales y civiles. Tierra Fértil nos muestra métodos para expandir la agroecología con comunidades rurales para que ellas se beneficien con sus propias soluciones y sabiduría.

Yours Truly

Yours Truly
Author: Margarita Mayo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2018-02-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1472950933

At the heart of contemporary corporate leadership lies a crisis of confidence. Since the financial crash of 2008, distrust of employers among the workforce has dramatically increased due to a lack of authentic leadership. But how can leaders become and remain authentic? Yours Truly draws on a host of inspirational examples from executives of multinational corporations to political leaders and sports leaders, as well as more than two decades of research, in order to examine and explain the missing link in research into authentic leadership: how leaders strive for success, excellence and constant renewal, whilst remaining true to themselves. Margarita Mayo introduces the three characteristics – Heart, Habits and Harmony – that differentiate authentic from non-authentic leaders. Presented within a practical framework, the book provides a measurable guide to developing your own authentic power: · Contagious passion that wins the hearts of others; · Setting new habits of learning to empower others; · And Enhancing harmony by building authentic contexts. Ideal for managers, senior executives and aspiring leaders, Yours Truly captures the value of authentic leadership in transforming organizations. The book strips away the seemingly magical, innate charismatic qualities of leaders in order to showcase a less mysterious and more practical process that can be followed by anyone.

World Development Report 2019

World Development Report 2019
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2018-10-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464813566

Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. New ways of production are adopted, markets expand, and societies evolve. But some changes provoke more attention than others, in part due to the vast uncertainty involved in making predictions about the future. The 2019 World Development Report will study how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. Technological progress disrupts existing systems. A new social contract is needed to smooth the transition and guard against rising inequality. Significant investments in human capital throughout a person’s lifecycle are vital to this effort. If workers are to stay competitive against machines they need to train or retool existing skills. A social protection system that includes a minimum basic level of protection for workers and citizens can complement new forms of employment. Improved private sector policies to encourage startup activity and competition can help countries compete in the digital age. Governments also need to ensure that firms pay their fair share of taxes, in part to fund this new social contract. The 2019 World Development Report presents an analysis of these issues based upon the available evidence.

6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture

6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture
Author: The Getty Conservation Institute
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1991-02-28
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0892361816

On October 14-19, 1990, the 6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture was held in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Sponsored by the GCI, the Museum of New Mexico State Monuments, ICCROM, CRATerre-EAG, and the National Park Service, under the aegis of US/ICOMOS, the event was organized to promote the exchange of ideas, techniques, and research findings on the conservation of earthen architecture. Presentations at the conference covered a diversity of subjects, including the historic traditions of earthen architecture, conservation and restoration, site preservation, studies in consolidation and seismic mitigation, and examinations of moisture problems, clay chemistry, and microstructures. In discussions that focused on the future, the application of modern technologies and materials to site conservation was urged, as was using scientific knowledge of existing structures in the creation of new, low-cost, earthen architecture housing.

Memorias

Memorias
Author: Centro Latinoamericano de Administración para el Desarrollo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2001
Genre: Administrative agencies
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Intelligent Cities

Intelligent Cities
Author: Nicos Komninos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135159297

At the turn of the century some cities and regions in Europe, Japan and the USA, displayed an exceptional capacity to incubate and develop new knowledge and innovations. The favourable environment for research, technology and innovation created in these areas was not immediately obvious, yet it was of great significance for a development based on knowledge, learning, and innovation. Intelligent Cities focuses on these environments of innovation, and the major models (technopoles, innovating regions, intelligent cities) for creating an environment-supporting technology, innovation, learning, and knowledge-based development. The introduction and the first chapter deal with innovation as an environmental condition, and with the geography and typology of islands of innovation. The next three parts focus on the theoretical paradigms and the planning models of the 'industrial district', the innovating region', and the 'intelligent city', which offer three alternative ways to create an environment of innovation.