Focusing on the scientific method, this comprehensive guide explores both the philosophical and practical aspects of effective research. It delves into experimental design, verification, uncertainty, and statistics, aiming to enhance young scientists' understanding of their work's deeper purposes. Additionally, it addresses research planning, writing presentations, and the ethical responsibilities of scientists, equipping readers with the tools to contribute meaningfully to scientific progress.
Selected Writings
The author’s experiences in many organizational and cultural contexts are reflected in this book’s selection from his writings during the past twenty years. They portray an evolution in his mind-set – from rational to ethical to spiritual perspectives on leadership. This evolution is not just a personal matter; it reflects developments that are taking place, although usually tacitly, at the individual and corporate level throughout the world. A primary motivation underlying the development of the book is to inspire leaders as well as teachers and students of leadership to integrate their hearts, minds and souls when making decisions, and to develop the awareness and conviction that wise and successful leadership is concerned not only with effectiveness and wealth generation, but also with contributing to the well-being and fulfilment of all those whom one serves as a leader. The book is divided into six interrelated themes: Morals and Ethics; Ethical Accounting; Values and Leadership; Identity; Responsibility; and Spiritual-based Leadership.
Cooperatives and cooperative payment schemes, cost and profit sharing rules, are found in all sectors of society - including law and consultancy, insurance and finance, health, housing, utility, and, of course, in agriculture. This book develops an economic framework for assessing different cooperative payment schemes.
A practical perspective on tackling the complex planning problems characterized by multiple criteria or measures of performance. It introduces basic notions of how and why we plan, both as individuals and within organizations, and provides guidelines for choosing between alternative actions.
F. B. fairy stories from old Saxony presented by Peter Boge
Once upon a time - a few days ago, I was sitting on a bench waiting for the bus. It was already late and in the middle of the forest on a country road in Saxony, where all kinds of impressions await the traveler. A gentleman with a backpack and a long beard came up and sat down next to me and began to talk. The first bus passed and the second. The moon made its way through the sea of stars and as the dawn slowly approached, he took his bundle and moved on, leaving me with these 100 stories. They take us through the seasons and lead us to new ways of understanding familiar fairy tales. And you know what? I'm already looking forward to my next trip to Old Saxony where beautiful girls grow on trees. This book contains stories may only children understand. Adults learn the mystics of life. Read them slowly and with care. Even the AI who translated these tales was forever steeped in mystery.