The Rise of Christianity through the eyes of Gibbon, Harnack and Rodney Stark, , Bremmer Jan N.
Автор: Bremmer Ian Название: Us vs. Them ISBN: 0241317045 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241317044 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1979.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Over a long period of time we were receiving demand from different customers and stakeholders requesting our help with analyzing actual levels of IT management practices in their companies and to provide an external, objective look at IT, compare it with other organizations and develop a management summary of our overall findings. While this seems like a straight forward request and is covered by many consulting service providers, we struggled to develop answers to some very simple questions which are crucial to the different management levels from CEO level to IT professionals delivering operational support to the end user. Key questions we were requested to answer: _ How good is our IT? _ How is the quality of our IT evolving? _ How do we compare with other IT departments in similar organizations? _ How do we align the perception of quality between the business and IT? _ Can you compare the quality and costs of our IT? There are many existing assessment approaches based on ISO/IEC, capability models, maturity models, structured surveys as well as there being many different benchmarking approaches that provide detailed analytical outputs. These are typically focused and targeted internally, providing largely internal benefits to a company`s IT organization, looking mostly at the presence of documentation and processes, but none of them providing a comprehensive and straight forward answer to address the simple yet fundamental question asked by management - HOW GOOD IS OUR IT? We believe that a simple question should have a simple answer.
Автор: Bremmer, Ian Название: G-Zero: Every Nation for Itself ISBN: 0670921041 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780670921041 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Цена: 1385.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: G-Zero -- \JEE-ZEER-oh\ --nA world order in which no single country or durable alliance of countries can meet the challenges of global leadership. If the worst threatened--a rogue nuclear state with a horrible surprise, a global health crisis, the collapse of financial institutions from New York to Shanghai and Mumbai--where would the world look for leadership? The United States, with its paralyzed politics and battered balance sheet? A European Union reeling from self-inflicted wounds? China's "people's democracy"? Perhaps Brazil, Turkey, or India, the geopolitical Rookies of the Year? Or some grand coalition of survivors, the last nations standing after half a decade of recession-induced turmoil? How about none of the above? For the first time in seven decades, there is no single power or alliance of powers ready to take on the challenges of global leadership. A generation ago, the United States, Europe, and Japan were the world's powerhouses, the free-market democracies that propelled the global economy forward. Today, they struggle just to find their footing. Acclaimed geopolitical analyst Ian Bremmer argues that the world is facing a leadership vacuum. The diverse political and economic values of the G20 have produced global gridlock. Now that so many challenges transcend borders--from the stability of the global economy and climate change to cyberattacks, terrorism, and the security of food and water--the need for international cooperation has never been greater. A lack of global leadership will provoke uncertainty, volatility, competition, and, in some cases, open conflict. Bremmer explains the risk that the world will become a series of gated communities as power is regionalized instead of globalized. In the generation to come, negotiations on economic and trade issues are likely to be just as fraught as recent debates over nuclear nonproliferation and climate change. Disaster, thankfully, is never assured, and Bremmer details where the levers of power can still be found and how to exercise them for the common good. That's important, because the one certainty of weakened nations and enfeebled institutions is that someone will try to take advantage of them. "Every Nation for Itself" offers essential insights for anyone attempting to navigate the new global playing field.
Автор: Jan N. Bremmer Название: Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World ISBN: 3110299291 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110299298 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Цена: 12078.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Das Munchner Zentrum fur Antike Welten ist eine interfakultare Arbeitsgemeinschaft an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat. Es verfugt uber eine standige Gastprofessur fur antike Kulturgeschichte. Auf sie werden im jahrlichen Wechsel namhafte Gelehrte aus den Altertumswissenschaften berufen, die in einer Vortragsreihe ein interdisziplinar bedeutsames Thema behandeln. Zudem veranstaltet das MZAW Kolloquien und Fachtagungen. Die Reihe Munchner Vorlesungen zu Antiken Welten legt diese Vortrage einem kultur- und altertumswissenschaftlich interessierten Publikum vor.
