Eupsychian Management in the Age of the Knowledge Worker

2021 ◽  
pp. 002216782110129
Author(s):  
James R. Regan
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Type ◽  
Growth Prospects ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Peter Drucker ◽  
The Mind

Over the past 50 years, a new type of worker emerged in companies across America called the “knowledge worker.” It was a kind of worker that was first envisioned by Peter Drucker in 1959 in his book The Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New “Post-Modern” World. Drucker in describing the work of a knowledge worker said, “Productive work in today’s society and economy is work that applies vision, knowledge and concepts—work that is based on the mind rather than on the hand . . . Educated people are the “capital” of a developed society” (p. 120). In 2005, Davenport stated that there were approximately “36 million knowledge workers in the United States, or 28 percent of the labor force . . . and they tended to be closely aligned with the organization’s growth prospects” (pp. 6-7). This story reflects one person’s three-decade long journey, as a knowledge worker, in the world of high technology searching for humanistic beliefs as inscribed by the eupsychian philosophy of Abraham Maslow. Herrmann stated that the organizations along the way were similar in that they all reflected “systems of meanings, places of cultural practice and performance, and of domination, resistance, and struggle.”

scholarly journals Iconography as a Means of Reaching Political Power: A Case Study of Three Georgian Presidents

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgi Aptsiauri
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
New Type ◽  
Political Iconography ◽  
The Mind

This paper focuses on analyzing the structure of political iconography as one of the methods to achieve political power. On this basis, the political iconography of three Georgian presidents is analyzed. In the modern world, the most important tool for politics and politicians is creating a political icon. Political iconography is directly connected with Christian iconography. It is widely known that in order to get the desired impact on the society, various forms and means of mass communication are used such as personal, social, visual, rhetoric, audio, and communication. Using them without creating iconographic image from politicians does not have any result. Political iconography reaches and mostly remains in the mind of the society, and this leads people to make their decision to support the politician who is a hero of the iconography. This fits the narrative, meaning, and common discourse of the society, which formed an iconographic image of the certain politician. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a new type of political iconography of Georgia was born which is essentially different from the Soviet iconography. The political iconography of these three Georgian presidents is based on the narrative of creating a modern state. There is however a substantial difference between them. Zviad Gamsakhurdia created the political iconography of a savior, Edward Shevardnadze was seen as an iconic politician, and Mikheil Saakashvili was a creator of power and savior.

scholarly journals Rodney Stark, Subjective Religiousness and a Prolonged Farewell to Secularization Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-112
Author(s):  
A. V. Appolonov
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Secularization Theory ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
Negative Role ◽  
Long Term Trends

In 1999, Rodney Stark announced that the secularization theory had died and should be buried in a graveyard of failed doctrines. He presented the rationale for this verdict in Secularization, R.I.P., which was supposed to show that the theory of secularization is not capable of correctly describing either the past or the current state of religiosity in European countries, and even more so in the rest of the world. While Stark’s findings have been accepted by many scholars, the current researches show that Stark was too hasty with his conclusion, and the theory of secularization still has significant descriptive and explanatory potential. Thus, the results of recent research by Ronald F. Inglehart show that, although religions continue to play an important role in the modern world, their importance is steadily declining even in countries and regions that were previously considered permanently religious (for example, in the United States or in South America). Accordingly, Inglehart speaks of “recent acceleration of secularization” as the reality in which most countries in the world live. In the situation of the ongoing discussion about how fully and accurately the secularization theory is able to describe the laws and mechanics of social changes, it also becomes relevant to consider the question of why the previous criticism of the theory, including that of Stark, was not very effective. It seems that in Stark’s case the following factors have played a negative role: an ideologized approach equating the theory of secularization with secularism, the interpretation of the subjective religiosity of some societies as an unchangeable constant, which, moreover, should be accepted as constant for all other societies, and an extremely simplified interpretation of fundamental principles of secularization theory, which, according to Stark, is no more than the prophecy about the end of religion. The incorrectness of some Stark’s critical ideas is demonstrated by a statistical analysis of long-term trends in the religiosity of Iceland, Great Britain, and the United States. The most telling example seems to be that of Iceland, whose religious landscape has changed dramatically over the past three decades and bears little resemblance to the image of rural religiosity of the 1980s that Stark drew in Secularization, R.I.P., and which he considered unchanged.

scholarly journals Re-imagining Operatic "Objects": Commentary on Neumann's Phenomena, Poiesis, and Performance Profiling: Temporal-Textual Emphasis and Creative Process Analysis in Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 272
Author(s):  
Georgia Volioti
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Performance Profiling ◽  
The Past ◽  
Metropolitan Opera ◽  
Musical Object ◽  
Musical Works ◽  
And Performance

Objects come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and forms. The notion of musical works as objects, represented by their written scores, has proved to be effete and limiting to the study of music as diverse social-cultural practice and performed craft. The past two decades have witnessed considerable efforts to renew conceptual and methodological tools, and Neumann's study makes a valuable contribution to this effect. This commentary responds to some issues raised by Neumann's article in relation to the notion of musical "object". Specifically, I retrace the shift from a score-based to a process-oriented musicology geared towards performances, placing the concerns of contemporary opera studies within this broader disciplinary change. I consider some implications of technology in mediating new operatic objects for discourse. Finally, I reflect on some of the inherent dangers of objectifying performance in empirical analyses.

scholarly journals Health literacy: What we know and don’t know - A literature perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Kim D. ◽  
O’Connor S.J. ◽  
Williams J.H. ◽  
Opoku-Agyeman W. ◽  
Chu D.I. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
General Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Us ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Inadequate Health Literacy

Health literacy has become an important topic to discuss in the US healthcare system. Almost nine out of ten adults in the United States lack the knowledge and skills required to manage their health and prevent disease. While studies have shown the importance of health literacy, not may have explored its’ history and conceptual roots. Hence, the purpose of this study is to address the gap in the literature by reviewing studies related to the past, present, and the effect of health literacy. The results have shown that inadequate health literacy does affect patients’ general health and performance of the US healthcare system.

scholarly journals Dressed in a Present from the Past: The Transfers and Transformations of a Swedish Bridal Crown in the United States

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 695-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizette Grad én
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
New World ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Past ◽  
Museum Object ◽  
Female Bodies ◽  
And Performance

Ever since the emigration from the Nordic countries the Old world and the New world have maintained an exchange of ideas, customs, and material culture. This cultural heritage consists of more than remnants of the past. Drawing on theories of material culture and performance this article highlights the role of gifts in materializing relationships between individuals, families and organizations in the wake of migration. First, I build on a suggested coinage of the term heritage gifts as a way of materializing relationships. Thereafter, I map out the numerous roles which a Swedish bridal crown play in the United States: as museum object, object of display and loaned to families for wedding ceremonies in America. The transfers and transformations of the bridal crown enhances a drama of a migration heritage. This dynamic drama brings together kin in Sweden and America and maps specific locations into a flexible space via the trajectory of crown-clad female bodies.

A Short History of Police and Policing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Emsley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ancient Egypt ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Short History ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

The police are constantly under scrutiny. They are criticized for failings, praised for successes, and hailed as heroes for their sacrifices. Starting from the premise that every society has norms and ways of dealing with transgressors, this book traces the evolution of the multiple forms of ‘policing’ that existed in the past. It examines the historical development of the various bodies, individuals, and officials who carried these out in different societies, in Europe and European colonies, but also with reference to countries such as ancient Egypt, China, and the United States. By demonstrating that policing was never the exclusive dominion of the police, and that the institution of the police, as we know it today, is a relatively recent creation, the book explores the idea and reality of policing, and shows how an institution we now call ‘the police’ came to be virtually universal in our modern world.

Karen Tei Yamashita

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Asian American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Japanese American ◽  
The Past ◽  
Asian American History ◽  
Karen Tei Yamashita ◽  
American Heritage ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relationship Of

Karen Tei Yamashita’s novels, essays, and performance scripts have garnered considerable praise from scholars and reviewers, and are taught not only in the United States but in at least half a dozen countries in Asia, South America, Europe. Her work has been written about in numerous disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Karen Tei Yamashita: Fictions of Magic and Memory is the first anthology given over to Yamashita’s writing. It contains newly commissioned essays by established, international scholars; a recent interview with the author; a semiautobiographical keynote address delivered at an international conference that ruminates on her Japanese American heritage; and a full bibliography. The essays offer fresh and in-depth readings of the magic realist canvas of Through the Arc of the Rain Forest (1990); the Japanese emigrant portraiture of Brazil-Maru (1992); Los Angeles as rambunctious geopolitical and transnational fulcrum of the Americas in Tropic of Orange (1997); the fraught relationship of Japanese and Brazilian heritage and labor in Circle K Cycles (2001); Asian American history and politics of the1960s in I Hotel (2010); and Anime Wong (2014), a gallery of performativity illustrating the contested and inextricable nature of East and West. This essay-collection explores Yamashita’s use of the fantastical, the play of emerging transnational ethnicity, and the narrative tactics of reflexivity and bricolage in storytelling located on a continuum of the unique and the communal, of the past and the present, and that are mapped in various spatial and virtual realities.

Errors Resulting From Excluding the Effects of Humidity on the Performance of Combustion Turbine Plants Equipped With Evaporative Coolers

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sasso
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Brayton Cycle ◽  
Cooling Systems ◽  
Combustion Gas ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
The Past ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

Combustion turbine combined cycle (CTCC) plants have generally been the “power plant of choice” over the past two decades for a number of reasons, including first cost, efficiency, and low emissions. Combustion (Gas) turbine (CT) based plants now account for over 30% of the electric power capacity in the United States. Despite the significant reliance on this technology, the electric Independent System Operators (ISOs) have yet to recognize and acknowledge in their production templates, test forms and performance predicting software the Brayton Cycle limitations, most notably how humidity affects output for CT plants equipped with evaporative cooling systems. Such plants account for an estimated 48% of the CT power installed in the last 10 years. Ignoring the impact of humidity on these plants can lead to errors in production predictions beyond the normal tolerance band of 3% to as high as 9% during peak ambient temperatures for certain units. As such the electric ISO’s prediction of available generation and the associated capacity reserve margins have the potential to be overestimated. The article explores the situation in more depth, presents examples within the NYISO, quantifies the potential impact and recommends easy solutions to close the gap.

scholarly journals Automated systems for identification of microorganisms.

1992 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
C E Stager ◽  
J R Davis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Clinical Microbiology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Performance Characteristics ◽  
Automated Systems ◽  
Automated Identification ◽  
The Past ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Automated Instruments ◽  
Automated Identification Systems

Automated instruments for the identification of microorganisms were introduced into clinical microbiology laboratories in the 1970s. During the past two decades, the capabilities and performance characteristics of automated identification systems have steadily progressed and improved. This article explores the development of the various automated identification systems available in the United States and reviews their performance for identification of microorganisms. Observations regarding deficiencies and suggested improvements for these systems are provided.

scholarly journals The role of an anesthesiologist in the pandemic of uncontrolled use of psychotropic drugs

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-117
Author(s):  
Dmitrii A. Svirskii ◽  
Eduard E. Antipin ◽  
Konstantin V. Paromov ◽  
Eduard V. Nedashkovsky
Keyword(s):  
Psychotropic Drugs ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Prescription Opioids ◽  
Psychoactive Drugs ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Medical Care System ◽  
The Past

In the modern world, the number of people using various psychotropic drugs increases every day. The situation that has been described in recent decades associated with the use of narcotic and not criminalized substances in international literature as the OPIOID + (plus) crisis. According to statistics, over the past few years, officially registered deaths from drug overdose have exceeded 70,000 in the United States. Leading causes were synthetic opioids, psychostimulants, and cocaine. This includes prescription opioids, opiates, benzodiazepines, and antidepressants. All aforementioned drugs are used in combination with each other, with alcohol or psychotropic marijuana. For humans, biological, social, and psychological factors are cause the initiation of psychoactive drugs. Due to the lack of a well-functioning medical care system for patients with chronic pain, doctors of all specialties treat pain. In this article, we consider the current situation with mind-altering drugs and apply the role of the anesthesiologist in reducing the growth rate of the opioid pandemic.

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