The Goal

The Goal
Author: Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2016-08-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351982117

Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage. He has ninety days to save his plant - or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days - Jonah - to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done. Described by Fortune as a 'guru to industry' and by Businessweek as a 'genius', Eliyahu M. Goldratt was an internationally recognized leader in the development of new business management concepts and systems. This 20th anniversary edition includes a series of detailed case study interviews by David Whitford, Editor at Large, Fortune Small Business, which explore how organizations around the world have been transformed by Eli Goldratt's ideas. The story of Alex's fight to save his plant contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Eli Goldratt. Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world. It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry - even to your bosses - but not to your competitors!

Latin American Philosophy

Latin American Philosophy
Author: Eduardo Mendieta
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2003-02-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0253215633

"The essays in this book make it elegantly clear that there is a vigorous and rigorous Latin American philosophy . . . and that others dismiss it at their peril." —Mario Sáenz The ten essays in this lively anthology move beyond a purely historical consideration of Latin American philosophy to cover recent developments in political and social philosophy as well as innovations in the reception of key philosophical figures from the European Continental tradition. Topics such as indigenous philosophy, multiculturalism, the philosophy of race, democracy, postmodernity, the role of women, and the position of Latin America and Latin Americans in a global age are explored by notable philosophers from the region. An introduction by Eduardo Mendieta examines recent trends and points to the social, political, economic, and cultural conditions that have inspired the discipline. Latin American Philosophy brings English-speaking readers up to date with recent scholarship and points to promising new directions.

From Hegel to Marx

From Hegel to Marx
Author: Sidney Hook
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780231096652

In this classic work, originally published in 1932, Hook set out to demonstrate to the radical and conservative philosophers and activists of the 1920s and 1930s that Marx was a systematic thinker who developed a sound set of philosophical principles.

History of Special Education

History of Special Education
Author: Anthony F. Rotatori
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2011-01-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0857246291

Examines the history of special education by categorical areas (for example, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, and Autistic Spectrum Disorders). This title includes chapters on the changing philosophy related to educating students with exceptionalities as well as a history of legal and legislation content concerned with special education.

Water and Sanitation Services

Water and Sanitation Services
Author: Jose Esteban Castro
Publisher: Earthscan
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1849773750

Focusing on how to provide clean water for all - one of the key Millennium Development Goals, this book integrates technical and social perspectives. A broad, international range of case studies are provided, from developed, middle income and developing countries, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

The Chicanos

The Chicanos
Author: Matt S. Meier
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1972
Genre: Mexican Americans
ISBN:

Tells the story of the unique cultural minority that has lived within the present boundaries of the United States since before the English settlement at Jamestown.

The Ethics of Special Education, Second Edition

The Ethics of Special Education, Second Edition
Author: Kenneth R. Howe
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2018-06-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0807758957

Updated to include changes in the field, this new edition addresses ethical issues that are most pressing to special education teachers and administrators. Using a case-based approach, students are encouraged to reason and collaborate about due process, the distribution of educational resources, institutional unresponsiveness, professional relationships, conflicts among parents and teachers, and confidentiality.

Philosophical Analysis in Latin America

Philosophical Analysis in Latin America
Author: J.J. Gracia
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400963750

Historians of Latin American philosophy have paid relatively little attention to the development of philosophical analysis in Latin America. There are two reasons for this neglect: First, they have been primarily concerned with the forma tive period of philosophical development, in particular with the so called "founders" of La ti n American philosophy. And second. philosophical analysis did not become a noticeable philosophical trend in Latin America until recent years. True. a nunber of Latin American philosophers took notice of Moore. Russell. the members of the Vienna Circle and other important figures in the analytic movement qui te early. But these were isolated instances that lacked the sustained effort and broad base indispensible to make a serious impact in the development of Latin American philosophy. That has changed now. There are not only good numbers of philosophers who work within the analytic tradition, but also some journals and institutes dedicated to the analytic mode of philosophizing. It is. therefore. most appropriate to publish a collection of articles which would introduce the reader of philosophy to the most representative analytic material produced so far in Latin America. Indeed. it is not only appropriate. but also necessary. since most of the published analytic literature to date is scattered in various journals, sometimes of difficult access. Moreover, not all that has been published is representative of the best already produced and of the potential that the movement has in Latin America.

The Underside of Modernity

The Underside of Modernity
Author: Enrique Dussel
Publisher: Humanities Press International
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1998
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

Dussel (ethics, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) shows how North American and European philosophies have failed to give historically faithful analysis of the genesis of the "myth" of modernity, and have never engaged in a serious questioning of their own Eurocentric presuppositions. He contends that North American and European philosophers have fallen into a false belief that there is a linear sequence that moves from the premodern to the modern, developed, and industrialized. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR