Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The psychological perspectives of our times...Three shifts of a rhythm -- Section 1: The Social and Philosophical Context -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Indian psychology: Implications and applications -- Religion and spirituality -- Science and spirituality -- Spiritual psychology -- Theoretical base -- Theory to testing -- Implications and applications -- Socio-political implications -- Therapeutic implications -- Understanding extra-ordinary human experience -- Implications for health and wellness -- Distant (remote) intercessory prayer -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: A journey back to the roots: Psychology in India -- Twentieth century psychology in India: A Western implant -- Two worlds of Indian psychologists -- Initiatives towards socially relevant research -- Rapid but unplanned expansion -- The consolidation of Western research -- A crisis of identity -- A journey toward indigenous psychology -- Psychology in the new millennium -- References -- Chapter 3: Psychological ideas in the Vedas and their relevance to contemporary psychology -- All-sided perfection -- Life as a unique journey -- Who are the gods? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Management: A Profession -- Significance of Management -- Different Approaches to Management -- Classical School of Thought -- Scientific management -- Administrative theory -- Criticism of the classical school of thought -- Neo-classical School of Thought -- Behavioural theories -- Criticism of the neo-classical school of thought -- Modern Approaches -- Contemporary School of Management Thought -- Management by Objectives -- Managerial Roles -- Managerial Skills and Competencies -- Skills Inventories -- Multi-skilling -- Competencies -- Case: National Bank's Change in Crisis Management -- Case: Mind Your Attitude -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Critical Thinking Questions -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: Organizational Planning -- Introduction -- Concept of Planning -- Importance of Planning -- Limitations of Planning -- Components of Planning -- Policy -- Purposes of policies -- Framing or developing policies -- Guidelines for policy formulation -- Communicating policies -- Administration of policies -- Programme -- Strategy -- Levels of strategy -- Framing a strategy -- Vision -- Mission -- Goals -- Objectives -- Strategic Control -- Establishing Strategic Control -- Types of Strategic Control -- Operational Control -- Functional and Grand Strategies -- Operational Strategy Factors -- Budgeting -- Characteristics of budgets -- Purposes of budgeting -- Reporting -- Forecasting -- Steps in Forecasting -- Types of Forecasting…”

“…Part I details the "why" and the clear and present danger that humanity faces today: the climate crisis. How did we get here, what are the immediate threats, what are the planetary boundaries that we need to peel back to safe levels, and what impact does IT have on society at large? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Seasonal Birth Patterns -- Psychosocial Factors -- Treatment -- Pharmacotherapy -- Treatment of Prodromal Schizophrenia -- Psychosocial Treatment -- Therapeutic Settings -- Institutional and Residential Care -- Day Programs and Rehabilitative Programs -- Psychosocial Clubs -- Assertive Community Treatment -- Crisis Intervention, Emergency Services, Outreach Services, Case Management, and Commitment -- Barriers to the Care of People with Schizophrenia -- 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Lean at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital - A Case Study -- Goals, Strategies, and Personal Growth -- Leveraging a Crisis -- Quality Improvement Results -- Conclusions for the Case Study -- Learning Activities -- Activity 1: Silent Observation -- Activity 2: Gemba Walk -- Conclusion -- Learning Points -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Chapter 13 Learning How to Apply Lean -- Aims -- Introduction -- The Foundations of Lean Application in Healthcare -- Agreeing on the Need for Change -- Developing Support for Lean in Healthcare -- A Sense of Place in Lean -- Spreading Improvement Across an Organisation -- Engaging Strategic Partners in Lean Implementation -- Conclusions -- Learning Points -- Bibliography -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 6 Conclusion -- Postscriptum -- References -- Chapter 10 Gender Equality in Crisis: Emerging Challenges for Women's Participation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gender Equality and Participation -- 3 The Impact of the Regulatory and Institutional Framework of Lockdown: The Composition of 'Task Forces' -- 3.1 At International Level -- 3.2 At Domestic Level -- 3.2.1 Italy -- 3.3 Main Challenges -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Improvisation in Africa -- Introduction -- The context of Africa -- The existing body of knowledge on improvisation in the context of Africa -- Improvisation as a response to crisis situations and to day-to-day challenges in Africa -- Improvisation as a response to external factors and internal resource limitations in Africa -- Improvisational competences and processes in Africa -- Macro-level strategic improvisation in Africa -- Conclusions and avenues for future research on improvisation in Africa -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 12. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using Billboards and Other Outdoor Ads -- Chapter 5: Public Relations and Publicity -- The Relationship between Public Relations and Publicity -- Becoming a News Source -- Spreading Your News -- Crisis Communications: Dealing with Bad News -- Chapter 6: Doing Business Online -- Appreciating the Power of the Internet -- Reviewing What You Can Do Online -- Establishing an Internet Presence with a Website -- Selling Goods and Services -- Gaining and Monitoring Visibility -- Practising Safe Online Business -- Chapter 7: Social Media Engagement -- Explaining the Why, Who and How of Social Media Engagement -- Watching your competitors -- Establishing a social media policy -- Using Platforms and More -- Leveraging Audio and Video for Engagement -- Considering Other Social Media Engagement Tools -- Making Use of Hashtags -- Book 6: Growing and Improving Your Business -- Chapter 1: Thinking Strategically -- Making Strategy Make a Difference -- Applying 'Off-the-Shelf' Strategies -- Checking Out Strategic Alternatives -- Coming Up with Your Own Strategy -- Chapter 2: Managing More than One Product -- Understanding the Product/Service Life Cycle -- Finding Ways to Grow -- Managing Your Product Portfolio -- Extending Your E-Penetration -- Buying Out Competitors -- Chapter 3: Improving Your Company's Performance -- Checking Your Internal Systems -- Retaining Customers -- Improving Productivity -- Chapter 4: Franchising for Growth -- Defining a Franchise -- Considering Your Franchise Options -- Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages -- Doing the Pilot -- Finding Franchisees -- Rolling Out the Franchise -- Chapter 5: Funding Expansion -- Dealing with Financiers Post-Investment -- Investing in Future Rounds -- Considering a Public Listing -- Finding Alternative Funding and Online Platform Funders -- Dealing with Challenger Banks…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 3 Der Pandemieverlauf in Österreich - ein Rückblick -- 4 Die Datenbasis - ein erster Überblick über die Values-in-Crisis-Studie -- 5 Übersicht über die Beiträge des Sammelbandes -- 6 Fazit und Ausblick -- Hauptbeiträge -- Zukunftsoptimismus oder Desillusionierung? …”

“…The first part of this book draws on Buddhist philosophy, Marx's analysis of capitalism, and their complementary role in explaining our present crisis and the events that led us here. In the second part of the book, Priest turns to the much harder question of how one might go about creating a more rational and humane world. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Priority Tasking in Different Crisis Phases -- The Mitigation and Preparedness Phase -- The Response Phase -- The Recovery and Coping Phase -- 5.5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Communication and collaboration -- Crisis preparedness -- Risk assessment -- Risk identification methods -- Qualitative risk assessment -- Quantitative risk assessment -- Risk heat maps -- Risk tolerance and assessment -- Risk scenarios and sensitivity analysis -- Risk ranking and prioritization -- Risk mitigation strategies -- Risk and trust management roadmap -- Risk management frameworks for identity networks -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Informed Consent and Why It Matters -- What is informed consent? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Editorial Confronting the Crisis -- Policies for a stronger recovery -- Summing up -- 1 General assessment of the macroeconomic situation -- Introduction -- Growth is slowing and financial conditions have tightened -- Global growth has lost momentum amidst high inflation -- Trade growth held up in the first half of 2022, but recent indicators have weakened -- Financial market conditions have tightened significantly -- Global growth is projected to weaken further with inflation slowing gradually -- Key risks and vulnerabilities -- The impact of lower energy imports to Europe from Russia could prove more severe than expected -- Monetary policy tightening highlights pre-existing financial vulnerabilities -- Rising private sector debt-service burdens and lower bond market liquidity are keys risks in the advanced economies -- Financial vulnerabilities in emerging-market economies are exacerbated by external spillovers -- Calibrating monetary policy responses will be challenging -- Reduced uncertainty and lower commodity prices are upside risks -- Policy requirements -- Further monetary policy tightening is necessary in most countries -- Targeted fiscal policy support is needed -- Inflationary pressures and stretched budgets limit the scope for policy support in emerging-market economies -- Structural policy efforts need to be enhanced -- Bibliography -- Annex 1.A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Economic, structural and geographical characteristics of the Slovak Republic -- The Slovak Republic's economy has been performing strongly until the COVID-19 crisis -- The Slovak economy is highly specialised, with a strong industrial base -- The automotive industry drives the performance of Slovak manufacturing -- Half of total exports are high-tech manufactured products, especially motor vehicles -- A number of promising regional industry clusters have emerged... -- ... that could help reduce regional economic disparities -- 2.3. …”

“…A través de los textos de Agustín, Ambrosio y Jerónimo, el historiador analiza la paulatina influencia de ideas como la renuncia a la riqueza, la virtud de la pobreza, la limosna o la caridad, que fueron popularizándose entre los estamentos más modestos del Imperio en crisis hasta desbancar a las antiguas formas de filantropía tan arraigadas en el mundo romano…”

“…El de Joseph Ratzinger se centra en la crisis del cristianismo; el de Paolo Flores rebate sus tesis, sostiene la idea de que la Iglesia rechaza el diálogo y destaca las contradicciones en que incurre esta institución…”

“…Marcelo de Ancira (m 374) es uno de los protagonistas de las grandes controversias teológicas del siglo IV. Su relevancia en la crisis arriana contrasta con la escasa atención que suele recibir por parte de los manuales de teología. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- 10 Fiscal and Monetary Policies after the Crises -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Pre-Crisis Consensus, and Heterogeneity -- 10.3 The Context and Challenges Posed by the Crisis -- 10.3.1 Headline Macroeconomic Trends -- 10.3.2 Market Impairment and the Transmission of Stabilization Policy -- 10.3.3 The Zero Bound on Nominal Interest Rates -- 10.4 The Zero Lower Bound: Implications for Stabilization Policy -- 10.4.1 Savings Decisions and Nominal Interest Rates -- 10.4.2 Shocks to the `Natural' Rate of Interest -- 10.4.3 Forward Guidance as a Solution? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…BOLIVIA: LA EFICACIA DE UNA DIPLOMACIA SIN GRANDES MEDIOS -- BRASIL: UNA INESPERADA INCOMPETENCIA -- COLOMBIA: NEUTRALIDAD BENEVOLENTE CON LA REPÚBLICA -- EL SALVADOR -- GUATEMALA -- HONDURAS -- PARAGUAY: EL EXTRAÑO CASO DE ANGULO JOVELLANOS -- PANAMÁ: ENTRE LA HISPANIDAD Y EL PANAMERICANISMO -- REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA: LA DOCTRINA TRUJILLO -- URUGUAY: POLÍTICA DE BUENA VECINDAD -- VENEZUELA: CIERRE INMEDIATO -- CAPÍTULO VI. EUROPA OCCIDENTAL: CRISIS DEL SISTEMA DE SEGURIDAD COLECTIVA -- FRANCIA: LA VENTAJA DE LOS CONDICIONANTES GEOGRÁFICOS -- UN AVIÓN FRANCÉS DERRIBADO: LA SOMBRA DE UNA DUDA -- PELIGROSAS EXPEDICIONES -- SALIDA DE EMBAJADORES Y LLEGADA A UN ACUERDO -- PARÉNTESIS CATALÁN E INTERNAMIENTO EN CHOMERAC -- TOCATA Y FUGA -- SUIZA: EN MEDIO DEL HURACÁN -- EL PESO DE LA TRADICIÓN NEUTRALISTA -- VISIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS -- EL RETO DE LA EVACUACIÓN -- UN PROBLEMA PENDIENTE -- REINO UNIDO: APARENTE NEUTRALISMO -- ITALIA Y ALEMANIA: BAJO PERMANENTE SOSPECHA -- LOS PAÍSES BAJOS: LEGALISMO E INTERÉS NACIONAL -- UN ALEMÁN AL FRENTE DE LA MISIÓN HOLANDESA -- LA EVACUACIÓN DE LOS ASILADOS: EL CASO FERNÁNDEZ FLÓREZ -- LA ESTANCIA DE LOS REFUGIADOS EN LOS PAÍSES BAJOS -- UNA FLEXIBLE NEUTRALIDAD -- BÉLGICA: CINCO ARGUMENTOS NEUTRALES Y UN FUNERAL -- EL ASESINATO DEL BARÓN DE BORCHGRAVE -- EL RETO COMÚN -- PORTUGAL -- CAPÍTULO VII. …”