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Planning Under Pressure
by John Friend Allen HicklingPlanning under Pressure offers managers, planners, consultants and students a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the Strategic Choice Approach, which has gradually been attracting worldwide recognition as a fresh, versatile and practical approach to collaborative decision-making under uncertainty. Starting from basic principles, the book uses helpful diagrams and clear explanations to demonstrate practical ways of approaching daunting decision problems; of devising possible ways forward; and of working effectively towards agreed courses of action. Along he way, decision makers are helped to cope with diverse sources of uncertainty – technical, political, managerial – in a strategic manner.In this extended third edition, the authors have added short contributions from 21 users from seven countries. These new contributors present lessons from their varied experiences in adapting the Strategic Choice Approach to guide decision-making and learning in settings ranging from the re-routing of a controversial city carnival procession to national policy for the management of nuclear waste.
Planning Wild Cities: Human–Nature Relationships in the Urban Age (Routledge Research in Sustainable Urbanism)
by Wendy SteeleThis book critically engages with the contemporary challenges and opportunities of wild cities in a climate of change. A key focus of the book is exploring the nexus of possibilities for wild cities and the eco-ethical imagination needed to drive sustainable and resilient urban pathways. Many now have serious doubts about the prospects for humanity to live within cities that are socially just and responsive to planetary limits. Is it possible for planning to better serve, protect and nurture our human and non-human worlds? This book argues it is. Drawing on international literature and Australian case examples, this book explores issues around climate change, colonization, urban (in)security and the rights to the city for both humans and nature. It is within this context that this book focuses on the urgent need to better understand how contemporary cities have changed, and the relational role of planning within it. Planning Wild Cities will be of particular interest to students and scholars of planning, urban studies, and sustainable development, and for all those invested in re-shaping our ‘wild’ city futures.
Planning within Complex Urban Systems
by Shih-Kung LaiImagine living in a city where people could move freely and buildings could be replaced at minimal cost. Reality cannot be further from such. Despite this imperfect world in which we live, urban planning has become integral and critical especially in the face of rapid urbanization in many developing and developed countries. This book introduces the axiomatic/experimental approach to urban planning and addresses the criticism of the lack of a theoretical foundation in urban planning. With the rise of the complexity movement, the book is timely in its depiction of cities as complex systems and explains why planning from within is useful in the face of urban complexity. It also includes policy implications for the Chinese cities in the context of axiomatic/experimental planning theory.
Planning Your Career In A Week: Start Your Career Planning In Seven Simple Steps
by Wendy Hirsh Charles JacksonPlanning your career just got easierVery few of us put much effort into planning for the kind of career we want. Thinking about where we are going at work is something we all need to do throughout our working lives. The nature of work and employment is always changing. When economic times are difficult, you need to show potentialemployers that you have something special to offer. You may also need to be more flexible in your plans. New kinds of jobs emerge all the time and many labour markets are becoming increasingly specialized. This means you need to find out more about the kinds of jobs that interest you, and you need to understand what employers are looking for and how people get these jobs. By working through a simple series of steps and exercises, you can help yourself to be clearer about what you want, what your options are, and how to move forward. Exercises in each chapter will help you build a collection of information and reflect on what you are learning about yourself and the process of career planning as you go along.Planning Your Career In A Week looks at one step in this process of career planning on each day of the week: Sunday: What do you want from work?Monday: What kind of job would you enjoy?Tuesday: What are you good at?Wednesday: Identifying your career optionsThursday: Collecting informationFriday: Making the choiceSaturday: Taking the first steps
Planning Your Career In A Week: Start Your Career Planning In Seven Simple Steps
by Charles Jackson Wendy HirshPlanning your career just got easierVery few of us put much effort into planning for the kind of career we want. Thinking about where we are going at work is something we all need to do throughout our working lives. The nature of work and employment is always changing. When economic times are difficult, you need to show potentialemployers that you have something special to offer. You may also need to be more flexible in your plans. New kinds of jobs emerge all the time and many labour markets are becoming increasingly specialized. This means you need to find out more about the kinds of jobs that interest you, and you need to understand what employers are looking for and how people get these jobs. By working through a simple series of steps and exercises, you can help yourself to be clearer about what you want, what your options are, and how to move forward. Exercises in each chapter will help you build a collection of information and reflect on what you are learning about yourself and the process of career planning as you go along.Planning Your Career In A Week looks at one step in this process of career planning on each day of the week: Sunday: What do you want from work?Monday: What kind of job would you enjoy?Tuesday: What are you good at?Wednesday: Identifying your career optionsThursday: Collecting informationFriday: Making the choiceSaturday: Taking the first steps
Planning Your Career Through Intense Interests
by Yenn Purkis Barb CookPlanning a career around your special or intense interests is possible and, in fact, easier than you might think! If you're wondering how you can turn your love of animals, intense fascination of transportation or passion for information technology (and much more!) into a fulfilling career, that you will never get bored of, you've come to the right place!Yenn Purkis and Barb Cook are leading autistic advocates, employees and business owners and are using their first-hand knowledge and the power of special interests to help you plan your future in this book. By straying from the conventional paths and thinking differently, Yenn and Barb could help take your passion for outer space and help transform you into a budding astronomer or even aerospace engineer!Full of helpful advice and activities, including goal and vision setting, identifying your skills and personality attributes, looking at what makes a positive workplace, common attributes of autistic employees and business owners and challenging assumptions to name just a few, this book will help you to find work that you truly enjoy and thrive in the workplace.
Plano-mestre para Aplicativo Móvel
by Doriane Gaia Mark WestonAprenda a vender Apps para ganhar dinheiro online A revolução do App móvel está aqui, então porque não participar e baixar sua cópia do Plano-mestre para Aplicativo Móvel agora! Já pensou em ganhar dinheiro através da publicação de um App? Sabia que qualquer pessoa pode fazer isso de forma fácil e barata? Desde que o iPhone chegou ao mercado em 2007 os Apps para celulares se tornaram rapidamente a mais nova corrida do ouro no mundo da tecnologia. Com a quantidade de dinheiro gasta em celulares e aplicativos móveis não é surpresa que muitos estão se tornando milionários todos os dias nesta indústria. Não estou dizendo aqui que ao fazer o upload de um App você irá ficar rico da mesma forma, mas vou lhe oferecer uma maneira de construir gradualmente uma fonte de renda passiva. No meu livro, Plano-mestre para Aplicativo Móvel, eu mostrarei o que você precisa fazer para começar a construir um portfólio de Apps para celulares para ganhar uma renda passiva que crescerá dia após dia. Você já ouviu falar de Angry Birds ou Plantas versus Zumbis? Esses são divertidos Apps de games para celulares que se tornaram gigantes. No entanto você não precisa criar um jogo superstar para ganhar dinheiro com Apps. Mesmo os apps mais básicos têm a oportunidade de ganhar dinheiro pelo fato de um grande volume de pessoas, possuir um telefone celular e baixar Apps. Meu livro irá lhe mostrar como você pode começar seu império de App móvel, aproveitando a vantagem que a internet traz para iniciar um negócio, barato e rápido. Você não precisa ter qualquer conhecimento de codificação. Na verdade eu não o aconselho a fazer qualquer tipo de codificação, a menos que você tenha uma ideia fantástica e que seja apaixonado por isso. Se você quer um negócio para ganhar dinheiro, siga o meu conselho, e ele será acrescentado a você muito mais rapidamente. Em poucas palavras,
Plant Closings: International Context and Social Costs
by Robert Perrucci Carolyn C. Perrucci Dena B. Targ Harry R. TargPLANT CLOSED--A sign of the times? These two words have had profound meaning for workers in every factory and office across the country. Millions of workers who have already been displaced by closings have had to pick up the pieces of shattered lives and get on with the business of living. Those who are still working are faced with the insecurity of wondering whether they might find the gates closed some morning when they arrive at work. The number of plant closings and the threat of future closings have raised many questions.What has been happening to the American economy that has resulted in major companies closing their doors? What forces within the international and national political economies are converging to reshape the labor force, eliminating jobs in manufacturing and expanding employment in the lower wage, insecure manufacturing sector? What happens to displaced workers, their families, and the community in which they work?In Plant Closings, the authors examine the reasons plants close and the social, economic, and psychological consequences. A variety of causes are identified including capital flight, decreasing profit rates, and the pursuit of lower labor costs. Through the analysis of a case study the authors examine the changing health patterns, political attitudes, and financial stability of displaced workers. There is also discussion of the impact on the community at large and on the individual institutions within the community. Finally, the authors analyze legislation that addresses the human and social costs of unemployment.Carolyn C. Perrucci is professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Purdue University. Robert Perrucci is professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Purdue University. Dena B. Targ is professor in the Department of Child Development and Family Studies at Purdue University. Harry R. Targ is professor in the Department of Political Science at Purdue University.
Plant Location Puzzle
by Andrew D. BartmessIn this fictional case study, Ann Reardon, CEO of the Eldora Co. (EDC), has led her organization to become the largest and most profitable bicycle maker in the U.S. market. When her competition was moving its operations overseas because of lower labor costs, she chose to keep EDC's plant on the same campus as corporate headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. She believes that decision has been the primary reason for EDC's success. With the marketing, engineering, and manufacturing staff having easy access to one another, the company has been able to take advantage of the latest technical and stylistic innovations and deliver a more timely product to the retailers. Now, however, the U.S. market is reaching saturation, and the Asian market is nearly doubling annually. EDC's vice president of manufacturing wants Ann to build a new plant in China, but the marketing vice president wants to put a direct sales operation in Asia and outsource production on either a short- or a long-term basis. Manufacturing experts give their views.
Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina
by S. Max EdelsonThis impressive scholarly debut deftly reinterprets one of America's oldest symbols--the southern slave plantation. S. Max Edelson examines the relationships between planters, slaves, and the natural world they colonized to create the Carolina Lowcountry. European settlers came to South Carolina in 1670 determined to possess an abundant wilderness. Over the course of a century, they settled highly adaptive rice and indigo plantations across a vast coastal plain. Forcing slaves to turn swampy wastelands into productive fields and to channel surging waters into elaborate irrigation systems, planters initiated a stunning economic transformation. The result, Edelson reveals, was two interdependent plantation worlds. A rough rice frontier became a place of unremitting field labor. With the profits, planters made Charleston and its hinterland into a refined, diversified place to live. From urban townhouses and rural retreats, they ran multiple-plantation enterprises, looking to England for affirmation as agriculturists, gentlemen, and stakeholders in Britain's American empire. Offering a new vision of the Old South that was far from static, Edelson reveals the plantations of early South Carolina to have been dynamic instruments behind an expansive process of colonization. With a bold interdisciplinary approach, Plantation Enterprise reconstructs the environmental, economic, and cultural changes that made the Carolina Lowcountry one of the most prosperous and repressive regions in the Atlantic world.
Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery
by Seth RockmanAn eye-opening rethinking of nineteenth-century American history that reveals the interdependence of the Northern industrial economy and Southern slave labor. The industrializing North and the agricultural South—that’s how we have been taught to think about the United States in the early nineteenth century. But in doing so, we overlook the economic ties that held the nation together before the Civil War. We miss slavery’s long reach into small New England communities, just as we fail to see the role of Northern manufacturing in shaping the terrain of human bondage in the South. Using plantation goods—the shirts, hats, hoes, shovels, shoes, axes, and whips made in the North for use in the South—historian Seth Rockman locates the biggest stories in American history in the everyday objects that stitched together the lives and livelihoods of Americans—white and Black, male and female, enslaved and free—across an expanding nation. By following the stories of material objects, such as shoes made by Massachusetts farm women that found their way to the feet of a Mississippi slave, Rockman reveals a national economy organized by slavery—a slavery that outsourced the production of its supplies to the North, and a North that outsourced its slavery to the South. Melding business and labor history through powerful storytelling, Plantation Goods brings northern industrialists, southern slaveholders, enslaved field hands, and paid factory laborers into the same picture. In one part of the country, entrepreneurs envisioned fortunes to be made from “planter’s hoes” and rural women spent their days weaving “negro cloth” and assembling “slave brogans.” In another, enslaved people actively consumed textiles and tools imported from the North to contest their bondage. In between, merchants, marketers, storekeepers, and debt collectors laid claim to the profits of a thriving interregional trade. Examining producers and consumers linked in economic and moral relationships across great geographic and political distances, Plantation Goods explores how people in the nineteenth century thought about complicity with slavery while showing how slavery structured life nationwide and established a modern world of entrepreneurship and exploitation. Rockman brings together lines of American history that have for too long been told separately, as slavery and capitalism converge in something as deceptively ordinary as a humble pair of shoes.
Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities (The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series)
by Richard Follett Sven Beckert Peter Coclanis Barbara M. HahnHow global competition brought the plantation kingdom to its knees.In 1850, America’s plantation economy reigned supreme. U.S. cotton dominated world markets, and American rice, sugarcane, and tobacco grew throughout a vast farming empire that stretched from Maryland to Texas. Four million enslaved African Americans toiled the fields, producing global commodities that enriched the most powerful class of slaveholders the world had ever known. But fifty years later—after emancipation demolished the plantation-labor system, Asian competition flooded world markets with cheap raw materials, and free trade eliminated protected markets—America’s plantations lay in ruins.Plantation Kingdom traces the rise and fall of America’s plantation economy. Written by four renowned historians, the book demonstrates how an international capitalist system rose out of slave labor, indentured servitude, and the mass production of agricultural commodities for world markets. Vast estates continued to exist after emancipation, but tenancy and sharecropping replaced slavery’s work gangs across most of the plantation world. Poverty and forced labor haunted the region well into the twentieth century.The book explores the importance of slavery to the Old South, the astounding profitability of plantation agriculture, and the legacy of emancipation. It also examines the place of American producers in world markets and considers the impact of globalization and international competition 150 years ago. Written for scholars and students alike, Plantation Kingdom is an accessible and fascinating study.
Planters Nuts
by Robert J. Dolan Donald NgweIn 2012 Planters had about $1 billion in U.S. annual revenues, but had experienced declining unit sales and household penetration over the past six years. The snack nuts category was growing overall, but household spending was shifting away from peanuts, cashews, and mixed nuts-Planters' core business-to almonds and pistachios. A new brand management team for Planters had to develop a plan to reinvigorate the still largest brand in the category, and specifically to decide whether to focus on rebuilding its traditional product categories or on attempting to capitalize on the newer nut categories. Central to this process were questions of segmentation, targeting, and positioning.
Planters Nuts (B): The Power of the Peanut
by Robert J. Dolan Donald NgweThis case picks up from the events in Planters Nuts and describes how the new management team for Planters turned the brand around in 2013 by implementing a new brand positioning accompanied by a multimillion dollar marketing campaign.
Planting a Capitalist South: Masters, Merchants, and Manufacturers in the Southern Interior, 1790--1860
by Tom Downey"This is a pathbreaking book, well grounded in the appropriate documentary record. Downey makes especially good use of the reports of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company and of other corporations, which are so tedious to read, to offer an exciting and fresh perspective on an old problem of vital importance, the relationship between businessmen and planters in the Old South" -- American Historical Review"Downey's book has many merits. First of all, it successfully presents a comprehensive and harmonious picture of the development of the region. Second, it helps to better define the contours of the long misunderstood southern political economy and its transformations during the latter part of the antebellum era. It is indeed a well-written and well-thought piece of historiography showing in microcosm how a new synthesis of antebellum southern history should be conceived." -- Enterprise and SocietyIn Planting a Capitalist South, Tom Downey effectively challenges the idea that commercial and industrial interests did little to alter the planter-dominated political economy of the Old South. By analyzing the interplay of planters, merchants, and manufacturers, Downey characterizes the South as a sphere of contending types of capitalists: agrarians with land and slaves versus commercial and industrial owners of banks, railroads, stores, and factories. His book focuses on the central Savannah River Valley of western South Carolina, an influential political and economic region and the home of some of the South's leading states' rights and proslavery ideologues; which also spawned a number of inland commercial towns, one of the nation's first railroads, and a robust wage-labor community. As such, western South Carolina provides a unique opportunity for looking at contrasting economic forces but solely within the boundaries of the South -- slavery vs. free labor, industrial vs. agricultural, urban vs. rural. A revisionary study, Planting a Capitalist South offers clear evidence of a burgeoning transition to capitalist society in the Old South. "Downey's book is a welcome new addition to the growing corpus of studies seeking to understand the lives of white merchants and manufacturers. Well written and researched, Downey's excellent work will add greater nuance to our picture of the social and economic life of the Old South, particularly our picture of the emerging southern middle class." -- Georgia Historical Quarterly"Planting a Capitalist South makes several important contributions. The idea that commerce and industry challenged tenets of republican ideology may be a familiar one, but Downey pursues it in directions seldom explored by previous historians of the Old South, examining conflicts over issue like railroad routes, water rights, and the power of town governments. Moreover, he links those subjects to historians' debates about the capitalist character of the region, and he stakes out an innovative position with his argument that the late antebellum South was in the midst of a transition to capitalism." -- Business History Review
Planting for a Global Harvest
by Kenichi OhmaeGrowing a global organization is like growing a garden: there must be a proper fit between organization and environment. Achieving that fit means starting by decomposing the corporate center. Global companies need several regional headquarters. They must also make sure their far-flung managers have a shared identity, which comes from instilling a shared set of values. Global competitors invest in markets for the long haul. The shortsightedness of governments or the short-term setbacks of a downturn shouldn't prevent a company from considering the whole world a garden, ready for cultivation.
Planting Nature: Trees and the Manipulation of Environmental Stewardship in America
by Shaul Ephraim CohenShaul E. Cohen exposes how big business, the government, and tree planting groups often work together to manipulate trees - and the people who plant them. He reveals how positive associations and symbols invested in trees are exploited by an interlocking network of government agencies, private timber companies, and nongovernmental organizations to subvert the power of people who think that they are building a better world. Cohen traces the roots of the story in the history of tree planting in the United States, the rise of popular sentiment around trees, the development of the Arbor Day holiday, and the growth of tree-planting groups such as the National Arbor Day Foundation and American Forests. Drawing from internal papers, government publications, advertisements, and archival documents, Cohen illustrates how organizations promote tree planting to deflect attention from the causes of environmental problems, masking business-as-usual agendas. Ultimately, Planting Nature challenges the relationships between a "green" public, the organizations that champion environmental causes, and the powers that be, providing a cautionary tale of cooperation and deception that cuts across the political spectrum.
Planung und Reporting im BI-gestützten Controlling: Grundlagen, Business Intelligence, Mobile BI und Big-Data-Analytics
by Dietmar SchönPlanungs- und Reportinglösungen leiden in vielen Unternehmen immer noch unter mangelnder Datenqualität, sind unzureichend integriert und häufig zeit- und kostenintensiv.Dieses praxisorientierte Buch zeigt Schritt für Schritt, wie es anders geht. Es wird systematisch gezeigt, wie moderne Planungs- und Reportingsysteme im BI-gestützten Controlling mit dem Einsatz von Data-Warehouse- und Big-Data-Technologie aufgebaut werden.Für die 3. Auflage wurde das Buch umfassend aktualisiert. Hierbei wurde ein umfangreiches Beispiel mit Cockpitvorschlägen für die Bereiche Unternehmensleitung, Vertrieb, Einkauf und Projektsteuerung ergänzt. Zudem werden die neusten Entwicklungen im BI-gestützten Controlling mit Unterstützung der traditionellen und explorativen BI aufgezeigt, u. a. Data Mining, Predictive Analytics, Data Discovery, Data Visualization, App-Technologie, Self Service BI sowie Cloud Computing. Weitere Neuerungen betreffen die Themen Datenqualität und Datenmodellierung. Den Abschluss bildet weiterhin das wichtige Kapitel „Mobile BI“, bei dem es um den Ausbau von leistungsfähigen mobilen Analyse- und Planungslösungen mithilfe von Tablets, Handys und anderen mobilen Endgeräten geht.
Planung und Reporting im BI-gestützten Controlling: Grundlagen, Business Intelligence, Mobile BI, Big-Data-Analytics und KI
by Dietmar SchönPlanungs- und Reportinglösungen leiden in vielen Unternehmen immer noch unter mangelnder Datenqualität, sind unzureichend integriert und häufig zeit- und kostenintensiv. Dieses praxisorientierte Buch zeigt Schritt für Schritt, wie es anders geht. Es wird systematisch gezeigt, wie moderne Planungs- und Reportingsysteme im BI-gestützten Controlling mit dem Einsatz von Data-Warehouse- und Big-Data-Technologie aufgebaut und sinnvoll um KI-gestützte Features ergänzt werden können. Für die 4. Auflage wurde das Buch umfassend aktualisiert. Hierbei wurde das umfangreiche Controlling-Cockpit-Beispiel erweitert. Es enthält nun Vorschläge für die Bereiche Unternehmensleitung (operatives und strategisches Controlling), Vertrieb, Produktion, Einkauf und Projektsteuerung. Zudem werden die neusten Entwicklungen im BI-gestützten Controlling mit Unterstützung der traditionellen und explorativen BI aufgezeigt, u.a. Data Mining, Predictive Analytics, Künstliche Intelligenz, RPA, Chatbots, Data Discovery, Data Visualization, App-Technologie, Self Service BI sowie Cloud Computing. Weitere Neuerungen betreffen die Themen Datenqualität und Datenmodellierung. Den Abschluss bildet weiterhin das Kapitel „Mobile BI“, bei dem es um den Ausbau von leistungsfähigen mobilen Analyse- und Planungslösungen mit Hilfe von Tablets, Handys und anderen mobilen Endgeräten geht.
Planung und Reporting im Mittelstand
by Dietmar SchönIn mittelständischen Unternehmen klafft eine große Lücke zwischen Planung und Kontrolle. Planungs- und Reportinglösungen im Controlling sind meist in einfachen Tabellenkalkulationsprogrammen und Reportgeneratoren innerhalb der vorhandenen Anwendungsprogramme abgebildet. Dies ist zeit- und kostenaufwendig und liefert nicht die erforderliche Transparenz für das Management. Wichtige Informationen aus anderen Bereichen werden nicht oder nur unzureichend mit einbezogen. Dieses lösungsorientierte Buch zeigt, dass es auch anders geht: Schritt für Schritt wird dargestellt, wie sich Business Intelligence mit dem Einsatz von Data Warehouse-Technologie zur Umsetzung leistungsstarker Planungs- und Reportingsysteme anbietet und im Unternehmen eingeführt wird.
Planung und Umsetzung sicherer Events: Handeln und Lernen aus Erfahrungen bei Veranstaltungen (essentials)
by Stefan Luppold Marcus MoroffMarcus Moroff und Stefan Luppold beschreiben in diesem essential die wesentlichen Elemente, die im Ablauf eines Events - Planung, Realisierung und Nachbetrachtung - aus der Perspektive bewusster Sicherheit unverzichtbar sind. Die Autoren stellen einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz vor, bei dem Sicherheit als selbstverst#65533;ndliches Ergebnis entsteht. Sicherheit bei Events erfordert eine konsequente Herangehensweise, die den Leserinnen und Lesern in kompakter Form zug#65533;nglich gemacht wird.
Planung von innerbetrieblichen Transportsystemen: Fahrzeugsysteme (Intralogistik)
by Johannes Fottner Stefan Galka Sebastian Habenicht Eva Klenk Ingolf Meinhardt Thorsten SchmidtDieses Buch beschreibt bewährte, praxistaugliche Methoden zur Planung innerbetrieblicher Transportsysteme. Der Fokus liegt auf den wesentlichen Systemen und Förderfahrzeugen, die derzeit in der Industrie eingesetzt werden: Gabelstapler, fahrerlose Transportfahrzeuge, Routenzüge und Elektrohängebahnen. Neben einer Beschreibung relevanter Systemelemente und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten liefert das Buch Empfehlungen zur Auswahl eines geeigneten Systems entsprechend der individuellen Anforderungen. Planungsschritte von der Erhebung von Plandaten bis zur Umsetzung werden vorgestellt. Methoden, die bei Planungsentscheidungen wie der Bestimmung der Anzahl benötigter Fahrzeuge helfen, sind detailliert beschrieben; ihre Anwendung wird anhand von Fallbeispielen demonstriert. Do's and Dont’s, basierend auf Erfahrungen von Praktikern und Wissenschaftlern, tragen dazu bei, Planungsfehler zu vermeiden.Das Buch wendet sich an Planer und Betreiber derartiger Systeme, Studierende einschlägiger Studienfächer bekommen einen vertieften Einblick in die Umsetzung der Methoden.
Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control
by Sean H. VanattaHow bankers created the modern consumer credit economy and destroyed financial stability in the process American households are awash in expensive credit card debt. But where did all this debt come from? In this history of the rise of postwar American finance, Sean H. Vanatta shows how bankers created our credit card economy and, with it, the indebted nation we know today. America&’s consumer debt machine was not inevitable. In the years after World War II, state and federal regulations ensured that many Americans enjoyed safe banks and inexpensive credit. Bankers, though, grew restless amid restrictive rules that made profits scarce. They experimented with new services and new technologies. They settled on credit cards, and in the 1960s mailed out reams of high-interest plastic to build a debt industry from scratch. In the 1960s and &’70s consumers fought back, using federal and state policy to make credit cards safer and more affordable. But bankers found ways to work around local rules. Beginning in 1980, Citibank and its peers relocated their card plans to South Dakota and Delaware, states with the weakest consumer regulations, creating &“on-shore&” financial havens and drawing consumers into an exploitative credit economy over which they had little control. We live in the world these bankers made.
Plastic Donuts: Giving That Delights the Heart of the Father
by Jeff AndersonOnce you see your gifts from God's perspective, your giving will never be the same. When she was a toddler, Jeff Anderson's daughter opened his eyes to how delighted God is with our gifts. She brought him a plastic donut from her play kitchen, and he was surprised by the intensity of his reaction. His delight in receiving this simple gift--and his daughter's joy in giving it--led him to dig deeper. Anderson would not rest until he found the scriptural connection between our gifts and God's heart. Plastic Donuts removes the awkwardness and uncertainty that often accompany discussions about giving. Now you can think differently-and biblically-about what and how you give. Your gifts can capture God's attention and connect you more intimately with His heart. Plastic Donuts brings everyone--leaders and followers, teachers and learners--onto the same page. From the Hardcover edition.
Plastic Free: The Inspiring Story of a Global Environmental Movement and Why It Matters
by Rebecca Prince-Ruiz Joanna Atherfold FinnIn July 2011, Rebecca Prince-Ruiz challenged herself to go plastic free for the whole month. Starting with a small group of people in the city of Perth, the Plastic Free July movement has grown into a 250-million strong community across 177 countries, empowering people to reduce single-use plastic consumption and create a cleaner future.This book explores how one of the world’s leading environmental campaigns took off and shares lessons from its success. From narrating marine-debris research expeditions to tracking what actually happens to our waste to sharing insights from behavioral research, it speaks to the massive scale of the plastic waste problem and how we can tackle it together. Interweaving interviews from participants, activists, and experts, Plastic Free tells the inspiring story of how ordinary people have created change in their homes, communities, workplaces, schools, businesses, and beyond.It is easy to feel overwhelmed in the face of global environmental problems and wonder what difference our own actions could possibly make. Plastic Free offers hope for the future through the stories of those who have taken on what looked like an insurmountable challenge and succeeded in innovative and practical ways, one step—and one piece of plastic—at a time.