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Organizational Behavior, Theory, and Design, Third Edition was written to provide health services administration students, managers, and other professionals with an in-depth analysis of the theories and concepts of organizational behavior and organization theory while embracing the uniqueness and complexity of the healthcare industry. Using an applied focus, this book provides a clear and concise overview of the essential topics in organizational behavior and organization theory from the healthcare manager’s perspective. The Third Edition offers: - New case studies throughout underscore key theories and concepts and illustrate practical application in the current health delivery environment - In-depth discussion of the industry’s redesign of health services offers a major focus on patient safety and quality, centeredness, and consumerism. - Current examples reflect changes in the environment due to health reform initiatives. - Diversity, health disparities, and cultural competencies are addressed in health care - Timely new material on change management provides new insight for future healthcare managers. - Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 eBook Access enabling users to read their digital textbook online or offline, on computers, tablets, and mobile devices.

Organizational Behavior, Theory, and Design, Third Edition was written to provide health services administration students, managers, and other professionals with an in-depth analysis of the theories and concepts of organizational behavior and organization theory while embracing the uniqueness and complexity of the healthcare industry. Using an applied focus, this book provides a clear and concise overview of the essential topics in organizational behavior and organization theory from the healthcare manager’s perspective. The Third Edition offers: - New case studies throughout underscore key theories and concepts and illustrate practical application in the current health delivery environment - In-depth discussion of the industry’s redesign of health services offers a major focus on patient safety and quality, centeredness, and consumerism. - Current examples reflect changes in the environment due to health reform initiatives. - Diversity, health disparities, and cultural competencies are addressed in health care - Timely new material on change management provides new insight for future healthcare managers. - Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 eBook Access enabling users to read their digital textbook online or offline, on computers, tablets, and mobile devices.

Although nitric oxide (NO) is an important biological signaling molecule, its free-radical electronic configuration makes it a most reactive molecule and the scariest colorless gas causing immense environmental and health hazards. Detection of NO levels in biological samples and in the atmosphere is therefore crucial. In the past few years, extensive efforts have been devoted to developing many active sensors and effective devices for detecting and quantifying atmospheric NO, NO generated in biological samples, and NO exhaled in the human breath.

This book provides a concrete summary of recent state-of-the-art small-molecule probes and novel carbon nanomaterials used for chemical, photoluminescent, and electrochemical NO detection. One chapter is especially dedicated to the available devices used for detecting NO in the human breath that indirectly infers to lung inflammation. The authors with expertise in diverse dimensions have attempted to cover almost all areas of NO sensing.

This book explores the meaning and practice of empowering methodologies in organisational and social research.

In a context of global academic precarity, this volume explores why empowering research is urgently needed. It discusses the situatedness of knowing and knowledge in the context of core-periphery relations between the global North and South. The book considers the sensory, affective, embodied practice of empowering research, which involves listening, seeing, moving and feeling, to facilitate a more diverse, creative and crafty repertoire of research possibilities. The essays in this volume examine crucial themes including:

· How to decolonise management knowledge

· Using imaginative, visual and sensory methods

· Memory and space in empowering research

· Empowerment and feminist methodologies

· The role of reflexivity in empowering research

By bringing postcolonial perspectives from India, the volume aims to revitalise management and organisation studies for global readers. This book will be useful for scholars and researchers of management studies, organisational behaviour, research methodology, development studies, social sciences in general and gender studies and sociology.

Through two World Wars and the Great Depression, this book explores the turbulent history of colonial Indian industry in the period immediately prior to independence.

Focusing on five major industries in Bengal - coal mining, iron-smelting, jute manufacturing, paper making and tea plantation – the book looks at the impact of the war efforts on production, employment and capital: some industries experienced rapid growth due to additional investment, others suffered due to the dislocation of markets. Moreover, by drawing lessons from the war economy (especially the dearth of various essential commodities including war materials), the colonial government took up various measures in the inter-war period to promote India’s domestic industries for the first time. Additionally, the book also argues that many of the expatriate firms in India became financially weak because of the Depression which paved the way for the ‘Indianisation’ of corporate houses. These elements were significant factors in the decline of British industrial hegemony in India and aided the de-colonisation process which followed.

This book will be of interest to scholars of Indian economic history as well as those with wider interests in decolonisation, industrial history and the first half of the twentieth century.

Online education is now a growing and critical piece of modern-day infrastructure and this book details how virtual teaching and learning can continue to be transformed through leveraging digital platforms.

In the current technology-driven era, education systems are undergoing major changes by adopting advanced digital education strategies. Schools, colleges, and universities around the world have swiftly switched to online delivery modes. Students are learning via new platforms and the use of narrated lectures, podcasts, online quizzes, and other e-learning materials has increased. Virtual learning improves the educational experience, transforms teaching and learning, and provides rich, diverse, and flexible learning opportunities for the digital generation. It also makes students able to gain, share and verify knowledge through different sources such as social media communities, blogging, web-based content writing, video-based learning, etc.

The main focus of “Redefining Virtual Teaching Learning Pedagogy” is to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and results on all aspects of virtual learning and teaching. The chapters mainly focus on 6 critical areas of virtual teaching and learning:

• Curriculum and learning objectives
• Learning materials
• Pedagogic processes
• Classroom assessment frameworks
• Teacher support in the classrooms
• School leadership and management development.

Audience

Educators, researchers, academicians, entrepreneurs, and corporate professionals will gain knowledge and be updated about the role & future of virtual teaching and learning and the latest digital tools used for that purpose.

This book discusses the 3D printing of sensors, actuators, and antennas and illustrates how manufacturers can create smart materials that can be effectively used to prepare low-cost products. The book also includes how to select the appropriate process for your manufacturing needs.

3D Printing of Sensors, Actuators, and Antennas for Low-Cost Product Manufacturing offers the most recent developments in 3D printing of sensors, actuators, and antennas for low-cost product manufacturing; the book highlights some of the commercially available low-cost 3D printing processes that have higher efficiency and accuracy. Fundamental principles and working methodologies are presented with a critical review of the past work involved and current trends with future predictions. It covers composite and polymeric materials widely used and specifically focuses on low-cost elements. Recent breakthroughs and advantages in product manufacturing when printing smart materials are also discussed.

Manufacturing engineers, product designers, manufacturing industries, as well as graduate students, and research scholars will find this book very useful for their work and studies.

For many centuries, fenugreek has been one of the most popular spices and vegetables serving as an integral part of culinary practices across many cultures. Fenugreek contains exceptional nutritional and medicinal properties, but scientific evidence for its potential health benefits has been considerably understudied and is beginning to grow.

This book is a comprehensive compilation and documentation on the scientific profile of fenugreek and its phytoconstituents, including their most known applications and health benefits. It features a wide range of chapters written by highly experienced academics and industrial professionals. Topics cover applications of fenugreek including information on nutrition, fitness supplements, functional food, and excipients of novel drug delivery systems. In addition, it features topics on related products in the areas of nutraceuticals, functional food preparations, and complementary medicines.

Features:

· Comprehensive review of traditional wisdom and modern scientific evidence on fenugreek

· Presents scientific evidence of fenugreek as an ingredient for product development formulation

· Contains information on extraction methods, risk assessment, claim validations, and the regulatory status of fenugreek-based products

MISERICORDIA // Blessed Conversations is a collected study book for you or your group.

It contains four different studies on the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy and modern lay holy women, split among four authors.

Each study on the Works of Mercy has three sessions or chapters inside it. They're designed so that each session would be one meeting of your group. This collected study book has twelve sessions total.

What's it all about?

The study opens up how to live the Works of Mercy through the examples of modern lay holy women of God from nearly every continent and walk of life.

The Spiritual Works of Mercy are: to instruct the ignorant; to counsel the doubtful; to admonish the sinner; to bear wrongs patiently & to forgive offenses; to comfort the afflicted; and to pray for the living and the dead.

The Corporal Works of Mercy are: to feed the hungry & to give water to the thirsty; to clothe the naked; to shelter the homeless; to visit the sick; to visit the imprisoned; and to bury the dead.

The holy women of God are: Servant of God Julia Greeley, Venerable Satoko Kitahara, Servant of God Dorothy Day, Venerable Edel Quinn, Saint Maria Goretti, Servant of God Maria de la Luz, Saint Lucy Yi Zhenmei, Saint Zélie Martin, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Saint Anna Schaeffer, Blessed Victoria Rasoamanarivo, and Blessed Natalia Tulasiewicz.

What does a single session look like?

Let's take Admonishing the Sinner, the Spiritual Work of Mercy. It would be comprised of:

+ an in-depth bio of the saint/venerable/servant of God;
+ a 200-300 word reflection by the author;
+ Scripture from Old & New Testament woven throughout;
+ questions for reflection; and
+ questions for discussion.

What's in a reflection?

We look at living out the Works of Mercy in our families, work places, ministries, and communities. Real women sharing real stories about their lives and experiences to inspire us!

Who's it for?

You, two girlfriends, or two hundred ladies ages 18+! The format is perfect for community groups of any size. You can read aloud a chapter together as a group, discuss the questions, read it ahead of time and journal about it, or ponder the Scripture verses using lectio divina.

How's the theology in it?

Our Theological Editor, Susanna Spencer, MA Theology, checks every one of our written products. She references and cross-references and makes sure we are completely in line with Church teaching on the topic. These materials were submitted for the imprimatur but were deemed "reflections" and not "teachings." We feel confident that they are rock-solid theologically.

Nihil Obstat from Rev. Father Eugene Mary of the Trinity, Erem. Dio., S.T.L
Imprimatur from The Most Reverend Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix

The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Mass Atrocity, and Genocide explores the many and sometimes complicated ways in which religion, faith, doctrine, and practice intersect in societies where mass atrocity and genocide occur.

This volume is intended as an entry point to questions about mass atrocity and genocide that are asked by and of people of faith and is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, historical events, and heated debates in this subject area. The 39 contributions to the handbook, by a team of international contributors, span five continents and cover four millennia. Each explores the intersection of religion, faith, and mainly state-sponsored mass atrocity and genocide, and draws from a variety of disciplines.

This volume is divided into six core sections:

• Genocide in Antiquity and Holy Wars
• The Genocide of Indigenous Peoples
• Religion and the State
• The Role of Religion during Genocide
• Post Genocide Considerations
• Memory Culture

Within these sections central issues, historical events, debates, and problems are examined, including the Crusades; Jihad and ISIS, colonialism, the Holocaust, desecration of ritual objects, politics of religion, Shinto nationalism, attacks on Rohingya Muslims; the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, responses to genocide; gender-based atrocities, ritualcide in Cambodia, burial sites and mass graves, transitional justice, forgiveness, documenting genocide, survivor memory narratives, post-conflict healing and memorialization.

The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Genocide is essential reading for students and researchers with an interest in religion and genocide, religion and violence, and religion and politics. It will be of great interest to students of theology, philosophy, genocide studies, narrative studies, history, and international relations and those in related fields, such as cultural studies, area studies, sociology, and anthropology.