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    Drift into Failure , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 469min
    What does the collapse of sub-prime lending have in common with a broken jackscrew in an airliner’s tailplane? Or the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico with the burn-up of Space Shuttle Columbia? These were systems that drifted into failure. While pursuing success in a dynamic, complex environment with limited resources and multiple goal conflicts, a succession of small, everyday decisions eventually produced breakdowns on a massive scale. We have trouble grasping the complexity and normality that gives rise to such large events. We hunt for broken parts, fixable properties, people we can hold accountable. Our analyses of complex system breakdowns remain depressingly linear, depressingly componential - imprisoned in the space of ideas once defined by Newton and Descartes. The growth of complexity in society has outpaced our understanding of how complex systems work and fail. Our technologies have gotten ahead of our theories. We are able to build things - deep-sea oil rigs, jackscrews, collateralized debt obligations - whose properties we understand in isolation. But in competitive, regulated societies, their connections proliferate, their interactions and interdependencies multiply, their complexities mushroom. This book explores complexity theory and systems thinking to understand better how complex systems drift into failure. It studies sensitive dependence on initial conditions, unruly technology, tipping points, diversity - and finds that failure emerges opportunistically, non-randomly, from the very webs of relationships that breed success and that are supposed to protect organizations from disaster. It develops a vocabulary that allows us to harness complexity and find new ways of managing drift. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sidney Dekker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/137324/bk_acx0_137324_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Queueing Systems with Multi Interruptions of the Main Server
    Queueing Systems with Multi Interruptions of the Main Server ab 58.99 € als Taschenbuch: Queueing Systems with Server Vacations Extended Vacations Breakdowns Delayed Repairs and Stand-bys. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Mathematik,
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    Resolving Conflicts: Strategies for a Winning team , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 11min
    No matter how hard you work to build a team, the behaviors of a few team members can cause breakdowns and block team progress. This program shows how to quickly resolve the conflicts that sometimes arise when diverse personalities work together. Learn how to: stand firm with those who bog your team down, help negative people develop a positive attitude, handle people who belittle others, and more. This program provides practical advice on how to quickly solve common issues that can prevent your team from reaching its goals. Suitable for all managers and supervisors. ungekürzt. Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bref/000017/bk_bref_000017_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Condominium: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1137min
    A classic novel by John D. MacDonald with an exclusive introduction written and read by Dean Koontz. Welcome to Golden Sands, the dream condominium built on a weak foundation and a thousand dirty secrets. Here is a panoramic look at the shocking facts of life in a Sun Belt community - the real estate swindles and political payoffs, the maintenance charges that run up and the health benefits that run out... the crackups and marital breakdowns... the disaster that awaits those who play in the path of the hurricane... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Ferrone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020308/bk_adbl_020308_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa: An Ethnography of (In)vulnerability (Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 493min
    Why are behaviors associated with masculinity increasing the risk of illness, injury, and premature death among young men? What makes these men vulnerable to substance misuse, interpersonal violence, and suicide? How can recovery look like? This book draws on more than eight years of recurrent ethnographic fieldwork in urban South Africa to answer these globally urgent questions from a systems perspective.Anthropologist Hans Reihling vividly shows that regardless of social and cultural differences, men may have something in common: their struggles to become invulnerable individuals increase their vulnerability. With a focus on three male protagonists living in very distinct urban areas of Cape Town, this in-depth study shows how intractability, sharpness, and daring disrupt relationships and lead to moral breakdowns. Reihling’s critical insight is that these breakdowns have a history and often result from the rise of modern individualism rather than traditional patriarchy that has become a cliché in mainstream gender studies. He conceptualizes affective health as a balancing act between autonomy and connectivity, arguing that after the racist regime of apartheid, this balance has become compromised through the imperative of self-reliance.This book provides a rare perspective on young men’s vulnerability in everyday life that may affect the listener and spark discussion about how masculinities in relationships shape physical and psychological health. Moreover, it shows how men change in the face of distress through religious healing practices and modern psychiatry. The making of "new" men may nevertheless look different than global health and gender transformative development programs envision. Thick descriptions of actual events over time make this ethnographic account not merely an exercise in intellectual digestion but an affective experience that can be enjoyed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Craig Makhosi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/206961/bk_acx0_206961_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Corporate Duel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 92min, (USK 18)
    From Amber Collins comes the next story in the Corporate saga.... Tensions run high between FemTech and NovaTech as both CEOs have breakdowns. They are both racing toward growth tech, and the one who holds it when all the chips fall will be the ones who rule the world. But day-to-day life for the high-powered executives is still quite enjoyable. Both companies enjoy shrinking men - and as the stakes get higher, the shrunken playthings become all the more important.... Also in the Corporate Series:A Corporate TrystA Corporate WarA Corporate Retreat  Contains: (Shrinking woman/shrinking man/growing women) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katrina Medina. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/218224/bk_acx0_218224_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Quantified: Excerpts from the Corporate Matrix , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 400min
    Breakout author and alpha journalist Eddy Justice documents two years of life as a quantified corporate grunt servicing cellular networks. He parallels life on the job with the diminishing middle class, documenting the enforced processes and the subsequent breakdowns that enslave all of us both on the job and off - all while being told it will make your life easier and more profitable. Along with some funny anecdotes, social commentary, and personal experiences, it is a catharsis and a reflection on the question: "Is capitalism consuming itself, and is it an unintended consequence of the information age?" ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John K. Cann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/042500/bk_acx0_042500_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    I Hear You: Repair Communication Breakdowns, Negotiate Successfully, and Build Consensus...in Three Simple Steps , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 494min
    Birth, death, and conflict - three things you truly can't avoid. Whether it's big or small, conflict eats into productivity and makes people feel stuck. Yet solutions exist for even the toughest situations with the most intractable people. The answer lies in better communication - not just using different words, but rather learning to think differently. I Hear You supplies proven techniques for stepping outside one's point of view and seeing things from other perspectives. Sample dialogues show how this shift in thinking leads to better conversations and greatly improved outcomes. Listeners learn how to: Tell the other person's story - the cornerstone of real engagement Look from the outside in and see themselves as others do Recognize the role systemic factors play - and transform a conflict into a shared challenge Overcome the defense mechanisms that derail dialogue For anyone trying to negotiate a difficult situation with a boss, colleague, employee, or client, I Hear You changes opposition into understanding and mere talk into real trust. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wes Talbot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000882/bk_gdan_000882_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Everything You Need To Know About Diabetes
    Everything You Need To Know About Diabetes ab 15.49 € als epub eBook: Expert advice plus 70 recipes complete with nutritional breakdowns. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Sachthemen & Ratgeber, Gesundheit und Fitness,
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    From the Links: Golf's Most Memorable Moments , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 401min
    From the Links is a golf hall of fame, shame, and the arcane. Collected here are more than 100 of golf's greatest moments: from the famous to the long forgotten; from the links of Scotland in the 1800s to the 1938 US Open; from the 1954 US Women's Open to the 2010 Masters, and even to the little known Martini Invitational in 1971 and starring the giants of the game down to the struggling pros and amateurs. Told in whimsical fashion, these are stories of triumph, amazing holes-in-one and other feats, hilarious gaffes, classic matchups, heart-racing final rounds, trailblazing careers, monumental breakdowns, and much, much more. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Harding. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/006982/bk_bbcw_006982_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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