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Mindless
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 256

Mindless

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-02-11
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  • Publisher: Hachette UK

We live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs) -- the highly complex, computer-intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless, Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of a wide array of businesses, and de-skilling the jobs of middle class workers in the process. CBSs are especially dysfunctional, Head argues, when they apply their disembodied expertise to transactions between humans, as in health care, education, customer relations, and human resources management. And yet there are industries with more human approaches, as Head illustrates with specific examples, whose lead we must follow and extend to the mainstream American economy. Mindless illustrates the shortcomings of CBS, providing an in-depth and disturbing look at how human dignity is slipping as we become cogs on a white collar assembly line.

The New Ruthless Economy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 241

The New Ruthless Economy

This text provides an examination of the business practices which led to the economic boom of the 'new economy' in the later half of the 1990s and into the 21st century.

UK Directory of Executive Recruitment
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 379

UK Directory of Executive Recruitment

The UK Directory of Executive Recruitment is a comprehensive source of information on the UK's executive search and selection consultancies.

The American Coast Pilot
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 440

The American Coast Pilot

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1806
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Lord of the Flies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 301

Lord of the Flies

A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.

The Chronicles of Kerrigan Prequel Books #1-3
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 506

The Chronicles of Kerrigan Prequel Books #1-3

A Boxset collection of the first 3 books in the Chronicles of Kerrigan Prequel Series! Christmas Before the Magic - Book #1 Learn how it all began … before the magic of tatùs. When Argyle invites his best friend, Simon Kerrigan, home for the Christmas holidays, he wants to save Simon from staying at Guilder Boarding School on his own. Simon comes along and doesn’t expect to find much more excitement in the tiny Scottish town where Argyle’s family lives. Until he meets Beth, Argyle’s older sister. She’s beautiful, brash and clearly interested in him. When her father warns him to stay away from her, Simon tries, but sometimes destiny has a hope of it’s own. Question the Darkness â...

Getting Inside Simon Morris' Head
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 324

Getting Inside Simon Morris' Head

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-07-10
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Getting Inside Simon Morris' Head is a performative retyping of Simon Morris' conceptual bookwork Getting Inside Jack Kerouac's Head.Like Morris' original performance of re-typing the scroll edition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Joe Hale's project first appeared as a blog. At the rate of one page per day, Hale re-typed Morris' entire book, re-retracing Kerouac's famous adventure.As each post presented one page, and the default settings of the blog platform organise the posts in reverse order, Morris gave us all of Kerouac's pages in reverse order. Now inverted again, Hale has restored the direction of travel to the story and produced a wholly (un)original new text in the process. This first printed edition takes the imitative gesture to a new extreme.It features an introductory essay by Kenneth Goldsmith and reuses Morris' paratext. From the cover design to the paper choice, Hale tests the limits of conceptual extension.

An Overview of Leonardo's Career and Projects Until C.1500
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 526

An Overview of Leonardo's Career and Projects Until C.1500

  • Categories: Art

Also available as the second book in a five volume set (ISBN#0815329334)

Europe in a Motorhome
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 218

Europe in a Motorhome

Bored with the daily grind and keen to escape the rat-race, Hazel and Simon Jackson did what so many dream of - they sold their house and possessions, bought a motor home, took their thirteen year old son out of school and travelled Europe. They left winter behind and for the next year they barbecued on beaches, skied on mountains, swam in warm seas and danced at fiestas. Encountering everything from Spanish hospitals, and the Guardia Civil when they were robbed in Spain - to being ripped off in Rome, propositioned in Sicily, dazzled in Dubrovnik, and almost drowned in Slovenia... they wild-camped their way through southern Europe, in a motor home affectionately known as The Beast. They slep...

Rebellion Against Henry III
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 266

Rebellion Against Henry III

This study sheds light on the brave men who fought with Simon de Montfort in the 13th century English civil war—and continued the fight after his death. The Montfortian civil wars lasted from 1259 until 1267. The death of Simon de Montfort at the 1265 Battle of Evesham ought to have ended the conflict. But when Henry III disinherited all the surviving Montfortians, the war was prolonged for another two years. The redistribution of estates occurred on a massive scale, as lands were either granted away by the king or simply taken by his supporters. In response, hundreds of rebels took up arms to defend their property. "The Disinherited," as they were known, defied the might of the Crown long...