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    BUDGETARY PRESSURE, ATTITUDINAL DYSFUNCTION AND INVOLVEMENT
    A number of criticisms characterize the budgetary procedure. On a technical level, the budget is criticized for its difficulties in translating strategy into operational decisions, in finalizing and facilitating the steering of the organization. On the human level, the subject of the book, the use of the budget to evaluate performance is said to lead to harmful individual behaviors such as budget slack and data manipulation.The differences between "agency theorists" and "behaviorists from the School of Human Relations" indicate that the issue has only been approached from the psychosocial aspect and has not focused much on the operational side.Two objectives therefore characterize this paper. The first is to determine the cognitive process by which budgetary evaluation influences the propensity to slack and the intention to manipulate data via the theories of reasoned action, planned behavior, and the technology acceptance model. The second is to analyze, through social exchanges, the role of organizational involvement on the direct and indirect links between budget pressure, slack and intention to manipulate data.
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    The Good Life: The Moral Individual in an Antimoral World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 403min
    The Good Life is a deeply reasoned but entertaining polemic about how the notion of morality has been co-opted by the political right, as the culture increasingly embraces the shallow charms of celebrity, gives a pass when it comes to failings in the realm of marital fidelity, and lives comfortably with the notion that we are all driven, more or less, by greed and the desire for power over others. Mendelson, who is for gay rights, sexual equality, labor unions, and the strong regulation of business and finance, is decidedly conservative when it comes to personal morality. She believes that while the right manages to effectively portray its opponents as socialist slackers, it claims a moral superiority it doesn't at all exhibit, lacking, as she says, moral compassion, one of the essential moral virtues. Provocative, inspiring, and deeply grounded, The Good Life shows that while the moral life is a hard road, the more of us who recognize that it is out there to be attempted, the better our culture will be. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Snively. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009791/bk_adbl_009791_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    America: Imagine a World Without Her , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 444min
    Is America a source of pride, as Americans have long held, or shame, as Progressives allege? Beneath an innocent exterior, are our lives complicit in a national project of theft, expropriation, oppression, and murder? Or is America still the hope of the world? New York Times best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza says these questions are no mere academic exercise. It is the Progressive view that is taught in our schools, that is preached by Hollywood, and that shapes the policies of the Obama administration. If America is a force for inequality and injustice in the world, its power deserves to be diminished; if traditional America is based on oppression and theft, then traditional America must be reformed - and the federal government can do the reforming. In America: Imagine a World Without Her D'Souza offers a passionate and sharply reasoned defense of America, knocking down every important accusation made by Progressives against our country. Provocative in its analysis, stunning in its conclusions, Dinesh D'Souza's America will be the most talked about audiobook of the year. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Walter Dixon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/006145/bk_brll_006145_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    God Is Able , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 259min
    Got an impossible situation? The anxiety it brings can wake you in the middle of a needed night’s sleep and then stalk you in the middle of broad daylight. It can sneak up on you and cast a cloak of fear and concern over your shoulders that you can’t seem to shake no matter how hard you try. It can take you down. Squash all hope. Stop you in your tracks.   Impossible. Impenetrable. Unchangeable. Maybe so...until God gets involved. No matter the details of your circumstance, his raw power potential and immeasurable ability refuse to cower in the face of any challenge. Nothing is impossible with God. Nothing. Not even that thing.    This is the uplifting, well-reasoned answer from New York Times best-selling author Priscilla Shirer - not a denial of life’s adversities and troubles but a biblical reminder that God is always up to great things, even when his great things are greater than instant remedies and visible change. He is a God who cares...and a God who can. Believe it. Experience it. God Is Able. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lisa Renee-Pitts. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/003452/bk_hove_003452_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 442min
    A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Scientific American Book Club selection We have entered what is called the "biological century" and a new biopolitics has emerged to address the implications for America's collective value system, our well-being, and ultimately, our future. The Body Politic is the first book to recognize and assess this new force in our political landscape - one that fuels today's culture wars and has motivated politicians of all stripes to reexamine their platforms. As Moreno explains the most contentious issues, he also offers an engaging history of the intersection between science and democracy in American life, a reasoned (and often surprising) analysis of how different political ideologies view scientific controversies, and a vision for how the new biopolitics can help shape the quality of our lives. Jonathan D. Moreno is the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the editor-in-chief for the Center for American Progress' online magazine, Science Progress. He divides his time between Philadelphia and Washington, DC. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Drew Callander. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017830/bk_adbl_017830_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Labyrinth of Fire: Island of Fog, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 594min
    Hal Franklin and his friends have made it safely into Miss Simone's world. As shapeshifters, some of them are looking forward to meeting their alternate kind. But others dread the prospect. Dewey, for instance, quickly feels the pressure of being a centaur. Meanwhile Lauren and Hal are quaking in their shoes. The village in the north is under constant attack from harpies and dragons, and these vicious creatures must somehow be reasoned with and persuaded not to plunder and steal and, most importantly, not to eat humans! The trouble is neither harpies nor dragons are interested in negotiating. Hal and his friends join forces to deal with these serious issues. They end up in the heart of dragon country, down in the Labyrinth of Fire, beneath an oozing volcano. Somehow they must make the dragons see the error of their ways. Their quest forces them to question the extent of their shapeshifting abilities, and this leads to a shocking discovery that is likely to start a war. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fred Wolinsky. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038695/bk_acx0_038695_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It's Killing Us , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 468min
    In this reasoned exploration of justice, retribution, and redemption, the champion of the new monastic movement, popular speaker, and author of the best-selling The Irresistible Revolution offers a powerful and persuasive appeal for the abolition of the death penalty. The Bible says an eye for an eye. But is the state's taking of lives true - or even practical - punishment for convicted prisoners? In this thought-provoking work, Shane Claiborne explores the issue of the death penalty and the contrast between punitive justice and restorative justice, questioning our notions of fairness, revenge, and absolution. Using a historical lens to frame his argument, Claiborne draws on testimonials and examples from Scripture to show how the death penalty is not the ideal of justice that many believe. Not only is a life lost; so, too, is the possibility of mercy and grace. In Executing Grace, he reminds us of the divine power of forgiveness and evokes the fundamental truth of the Gospel - that no one, even a criminal, is beyond redemption. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan John Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005252/bk_harp_005252_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Globequake: Living in the Unshakeable Kingdom While the World Falls Apart , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 497min
    From globalization to the digital revolution, secularization to the great recession, change has never happened so fast and wide and deep as we have seen in recent years. The nature of information and the speed with which it travels is unparalleled, and it is changing our world in seismic ways that reach into every crevice of our lives. It’s as if the tectonic plates of society and culture are being torn apart and reshaped right under our feet. We are living through a cultural "globequake". How should we respond as families? In business? Through our churches? With the hope and stability found not on this shifting ground but in the one who created the heavens and Earth, says pastor and best-selling author Wallace Henley. Drawing from his experiences in politics and journalism plus his deep biblical knowledge, Henley’s analysis is clear, insightful, and thought provoking. There is no alarmist agenda here. Globequake is a well-reasoned guide to navigating the spheres of our lives in a godly manner, even as those spheres wobble on their axes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Parks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/004465/bk_brll_004465_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Last Watchman Still Rides , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 565min
    His name is Roarke. His history is a swath of blood and violence. Released from prison after another man died under his fists, he's found some semblance of peace as a private investigator. Sometimes he's hired to solve a problem. Sometimes he's hired to do something mean. He prefers the one, but he isn't above the other. When he's hired to locate a gorgeous banking executive's missing niece, Roarke suspects the case might be just another ugly custody fight between the girl's parents. A single gunshot aimed his way proves him wrong and convinces him to give the missing girl his undivided attention. Soon, Roarke finds himself drawn away from his Detroit lair and into the northern wilderness where an armed militia calling themselves the Sovereign North are holding the girl. Lead by a silver-tongued preacher and a remorseless killer called The Last Watchman, the Sovereign North are waiting for him. They think they can bargain with him. They think he can be reasoned with. They're wrong. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Callanan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/073488/bk_acx0_073488_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 816min
    Philosophers don't just make claims, they give arguments. Does the existence of evil call into doubt the existence of God? Show me the argument. Will living a just life lead to happiness? Show me the argument. Philosophy starts with questions, but attempts at answers are just as important, and these answers require reasoned argument. Cutting through notoriously dense and verbose philosophical prose, the authors set 100 famous and influential arguments in context, including key quotations, to explain the original style and approach. Each argument is laid bare in its essential form, with premises and conclusions plainly identified and the form of argument specified. Designed to offer a quick and compact reference to everything from Aquinas' Five Ways to prove the existence of God to the metaphysical possibilities of zombie minds, Just the Arguments is an invaluable one–stop argument shop. Michael Bruce currently researches in the history of philosophy. He has taught philosophy and mathematics courses at the University of Washington’s Robinson Center for Young Scholars. Steven Barbone is Associate Professor of Philosophy at San Diego State University. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Ashby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008923/bk_adbl_008923_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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