The idea of heritage as a "capital of irreplaceable cultural, social and economic value" was already present in the European Charter of the Architectural Heritage, adopted by the Council of Europe in 1975 (par.3). Today, this discourse is getting increasing attention on the research agenda. Some argue that, although heritage is always valued highly, the current interest in the impact of heritage is caused by the democratisation of heritage and the increased importance of heritage in today's s...

Times have changed fundamentally. Hierarchical management according to the Taylor model has become outdated. Companies can no longer survive by simply continuing to do what they've always done. Many people ask themselves the question of how we should move on with our businesses and manufacturing industries. This book provides some of the answers to this question. It delves deeply into the Monozukuri philosophy and explains how one can use it to achieve mastery in production and management. It...

Terrorism trials are an exceptional opportunity for better understanding and, hence, countering terrorism, since they are often the only place where most if not all of the actors of a terrorist incident meet again, and where the media report and broadcast their respective accounts. A nexus between terrorist violence, law enforcement and public opinion, terrorism trials showcase justice in progress and thus demonstrate to the world how terrorism suspects are treated under national law.

This vo...

200 years have passed since the founding of the Leiden Print Room, incorporated today into Leiden University Libraries. In celebration of that long, rich history this wide-ranging new publication presents a complete and varied survey of the Leiden collections, starting with rare drawings from the early sixteenth century and ending with recent acquisitions from just this past decade. From Jan Gossart and Barend van Orley to Carel Visser and Emo Verkerk, this work encompasses the history of two...

Het langverwachte nieuwe boek van Studio Piet Boon Studio Piet Boon vertelt op een verrassende manier over de missie van de studio: het creëren van een positieve impact op het leven en welzijn van haar klanten door ze te inspireren, beroeren en enthousiasmeren. In dertig jaar tijd heeft Studio Piet Boon een indrukwekkende reputatie opgebouwd en wordt zij wereldwijd geroemd om haar kenmerkende passie voor design, vakmanschap en filosofie, met als resultaat een buitengewone design experience. ...

The Open Group IT4IT™ Reference Architecture, Version 2.0, an Open Group Standard, provides a vendor-neutral, technology-agnostic, and industry-agnostic reference architecture for managing the business of IT.

The Open Group IT4IT Reference Architecture standard comprises a reference architecture and a value chain-based operating model.

The IT Value Chain has four value streams supported by a reference architecture to drive efficiency and agility. The four value streams are:

* Strategy to P...

Information Security Foundation based on ISO/IEC 27002 Courseware is for anyone who wants to deliver courses aimed at passing the ISFS (Information Security Foundation) exam of EXIN.

This courseware is primarily developed for a classroom training in Information Security Foundation based on ISO/IEC 27002. The basis for this courseware is the 3rd revised edition of the study book Foundations of Information Security Based on ISO27001 and ISO27002. The various modules in the courseware relate to ...

It's the idea of Plato: our soul/mind (whatever we call it) can be viewed as two horses: one, very beautiful, the other not. And we are sitting on the carriage and have to manage the two horses in order to work together... This may be the reason why we can be happier than animals, but also the reason why we can be much more sad than them Also it is the reason why only we humans have religions.

Ideas of Spock, Hirgoyen, Plato, Aristoteles, Heidegger, Miller, the Script, the Beatles... And a d...

This book is an essential business reference, summarising all nine fundamental disciplines that are required for an MBA course: Marketing, Ethics, Accounting, Organisational Behaviour, Quantitative Analysis, Finance, Operations, Economics, and Strategy. The author addresses all disciplines by means of case studies, which can be used by students to improve their knowledge of specific MBA topics. The value of the case study method is: that it simulates a real environment and helps to prepare th...

In The Dream Facilitator Roy Sá Klijnstra explains in easy to understand language why we do what we do and why we feel how we feel. With Sá Klijnstra's nine step program you will learn how to master your mind and body in order to progress yourself to the person you want to become. Once you understand the principals and techniques behind the nine steps you will find out that the happiness and fulfillment you are searching for lies in the expansion of the human being that you are today.

With ...