The Local Budget as a Complex System
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030949028 | 161 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 3 MB
This book examines budgeting by analyzing the local government budget as a complex system, thus adding a new dimension to traditional budget textbooks. It is designed to complement existing texts-not replace-by putting the budget in a complex system, general equilibrium framework. A complex systems framework adds to conventional budget analysis in at least four ways: It looks at the budget as the result of many variables that are outside the finance department's purview; it understands that there are multiple interdependences among these variables; it suggests analysis of non-obvious relationships among actions in the budget process in order to optimize results; and it argues that the actors in the process must understand that their budgetary behaviors have indirect and far-reaching implications that go beyond the budget document.

The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning by Eve Fairbanks
English | July 19th, 2022 | ISBN: 1476725241 | 416 pages | True EPUB | 4.18 MB
A dozen years in the making, The Inheritors weaves together the stories of three ordinary South Africans over five tumultuous decades in a sweeping and exquisite look at what really happens when a country resolves to end white supremacy.

The Business Ecosystem in the Middle East and Europe : Geopolitics, Brand Equity and Frugal Entrepreneurship
by Philip S. Baker and Dante A. Baker
English | 2020 | ISBN: 1536185264 | 378 Pages | True PDF | 12.8 MB

Strukturanalyse der Gegenwart
Deutsch | 2022 | ISBN: 3658282525 | 393 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
Strukturfragen und Funktionsprobleme der modernen Gesellschaft sind für René König ein Leitthema, das in den unterschiedlichsten Zusammenhängen immer wieder auftaucht, wenn er sich konkreten inhaltlichen Problemfeldern der Gesellschaft in einer soziologischen Gegenwartsanalyse zuwendet Dabei hat König keine systematische Strukturanalyse der Gesellschaft betrieben, auch hat er die Gesellschaft nicht einer abstrakten strukturell-funktionalen Betrachtung unterzogen. In systematischen Beiträgen oder gelegentlich auch beiläufigen Aufsätzen zu den Themen Massengesellschaft und Zeitbewusstsein, Konsum und Ernährung, Alter, Jugend und Geschlecht, entfaltet sich vor allem im Zusammenhang von Industrialisierung und Technikentwicklung sowie unter dem übergeordneten Fokus des sozialen Wandels eine prägnante, konsistente und kontinuierliche Analyse gesellschaftlicher Strukturzusammenhänge, mit denen König "soziologische Orientierung" in der Gegenwartsgesellschaft vermitteln wollte. Zusätzlich enthält der Band Königs Beiträge zur Sozialpsychologie und Psychoanalyse.

Stephen Kotkin, "Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941"
English | ISBN: 0143132156 | 2018 | 1184 pages | PDF | 30 MB
"Monumental." -The New York Times Book Review

Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro, "Socialist States and the Environment: Lessons for Eco-Socialist Futures"
English | ISBN: 0745340415 | 2021 | 280 pages | PDF | 3 MB
More than thirty years after the collapse of the USSR, the critique of state socialism is still used to deny alternatives to capitalism, irrespective of global capitalist ecological and social devastation. There is seemingly nothing worthwhile salvaging from decades of state socialist experiences. As the climate crisis deepens, Engel-Di Mauro argues that we need to re-evaluate the environmental practices and policies of state socialism, especially as they had more environmentally beneficial than destructive effects. Rather than dismissing state socialism's heritage out of hand, we should reclaim it for contemporary eco-socialist ends. By means of a comparative and multiple-scaled approach, Engel-Di Mauro points to highly diverse and environmentally constructive state socialist experiences. Taking the reader from the USSR to China and Cuba, this is a fiery and contentious look at what worked, what didn't, and how we can move towards an eco-socialist future.

Dawn Apgar PhD LSW ACSW, "Social Work ASWB Masters Practice Test: 170 Questions to Identify Knowledge Gaps Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 0826147224 | 2017 | 246 pages | AZW3 | 1108 KB
Note to Readers: Publisher does not guarantee quality or access to any included digital components if book is purchased through a third-party seller.

CADArtifex, "SOLIDWORKS 2018: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users Ed 5"
English | ISBN: 1984967665 | 2018 | 782 pages | AZW3 | 47 MB
SOLIDWORKS 2018: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate User textbook is designed for instructor-led courses as well as for self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers and designers interested in learning SOLIDWORKS for creating 3D mechanical design. This textbook is a great help for new SOLIDWORKS users and a great teaching aid in classroom training. This textbook consists of 14 chapters, total 782 pages covering major environments of SOLIDWORKS: Sketching environment, Part modeling environment, Assembly environment, and Drawing environment, which teach you how to use the SOLIDWORKS mechanical design software to build parametric models and assemblies, and how to make drawings of those parts and assemblies. This textbook also includes a chapter on creating multiple configurations of a design.

Nandan Mullakara, "Robotic Process Automation Projects: Build real-world RPA solutions using UiPath and Automation Anywhere"
English | ISBN: 1839217359 | 2020 | 388 pages | AZW3 | 20 MB
Learn RPA by building business solutions such as ERP and CRM automation, software robots, and intelligent process automation from scratch

Jay Folberg, "Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law [Connected eBook] Ed 4"
English | ISBN: 1543809081 | 2021 | 816 pages | AZW3 | 3 MB
Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook on CasebookConnect, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities, plus an outline tool and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law, Fourth Edition, covers negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and hybrid approaches, preparing law students to represent clients in all types of alternative dispute resolution. The text is practical, while grounded in theory. Drawing on the authors' decades of experience as teachers, practicing neutrals, and ADR trainers, this casebook provides vivid examples from actual cases, literature, and current media. It also offers diverse readings by leading authors, along with comprehensive video-based resources and attention to prominent developments in the field. The text integrates coverage of law, ethics, and practice, as well as interesting notes, thoughtful problems, and provocative questions.