Open Source Applications Springer Book Series Editor: Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/ossbook/A new overall interdisciplinary framework called “i learning” integrates managerial organization and technology aspects also known as “technology enhanced learning”. Open Networked "i Learning": Models and Cases of “Next-Gen” Learning begins its investigation with the important changes that have recently occurred within the management, technology and society fields. Social and cultural aspects of society that influence the “dynamics” and the “styles” of the learning processes are presented as well. The last section of this edited volume focuses on possible future scenarios of the learning processes by describing the main models, processes, tools, technologies, and involved organizations.Open Networked "i Learning": Models and Cases of “Next-Gen” Learning is suitable for advanced under- and graduate level students and professors concentrating on computer science, engineering and business management as a secondary text or reference book. Professionals and researchers who work in the related industry of technology enhanced learning will find this book useful as well.

I grandi cambiamenti tecnologici e socio-economici stanno ridisegnando lo scenario in cui le organizzazioni operano e competono. Dalla velocità, complessità e indeterminatezza di tali cambiamenti emergono tentativi di nuovi approcci al management dell'impresa basati su interdisciplinarità, visione di sistema e pensiero strategico. Il volume si muove in questa direzione presentando un framework fondato su cinque pilastri concettuali: il valore creato dall'organizzazione per i suoi shareholder e stakeholder; il value network come contesto e modello organizzativo dinamico; il prodotto-servizio quale leva del vantaggio competitivo; le risorse organizzative con la centralità della conoscenza e dei processi d'apprendimento; la gestione dei processi quale fondamentale paradigma strategico-operativo. La concezione sistemica dell'impresa come progetto complesso e un orientamento allo sviluppo di competenze e capacità dinamiche rendono "Fondamenti di ingegneria del business" un efficace strumento di supporto all'apprendimento in curricula universitari focalizzati sul business management, ma anche un manuale di potenziale interesse per manager, professionisti e qualunque lettore interessato ad acquisire una prospettiva di frontiera dell'impresa moderna.

Dynamic Learning Networks: Models and Cases in Action represents an attempt to provide a network perspective of organizational learning to drive dynamic competition through extended firm learning processes. This edited volume, contributed by worldwide experts in the field, provides academics and company managers with an extended view of organizational learning networks from real cases and different perspectives.Dynamic Learning Networks: Models and Cases in Action is based on the workshop, Managing Uncertainty and Competition through Dynamic Learning Networks. It was organized by the E-Business Management Section of Scuola Superiore ISUFI – University of Salento (Italy) – and held in Ostuni (Italy) in July 2008.Dynamic Learning Networks: Models and Cases in Action is designed for a professional audience, composed of researchers and practitioners working in corporate learning. This volume is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science.

A revolutionary movement, founded in 1924 by André Breton, dedicated to expressing the imagination as revealed in dreams. The surrealist circle was made up of many great artists, including Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, and Salvador Dalí.

The representation of the female body has inspired some of the finest works in art history. This volume, which aims to offer a fascinating visual survey of the nude, features nearly fifty paintings and sculptures—often celebrated masterpieces—spanning from classic to contemporary art.

A heightened form of illusionism, the art of trompe l'oeil flourished from the Renaissance onward. Both witty and serious, trompe l'oeil is a game artists play with spectators to raise questions about the nature of art and perception.

Freedom of religion did not come easily to Cuba or Puerto Rico. Only after the arrival of American troops during the Spanish-American War were non-Catholics permitted to practice their religions openly and to proselytize. When government efforts to ensure freedom of worship began, reformers on both islands rejoiced, believing that an era of regeneration and modernization was upon them. But as new laws went into effect, critics voiced their dismay at the rise of popular religions. Reinaldo L. Roman explores the changing relationship between regulators and practitioners in neocolonial Cuba and Puerto Rico.

Attraverso l'abbraccio, un gesto materno, per di più compiuto nei confronti di bambini (ovvero persone non ancora ritenute degne di considerazione) Gesù invita i credenti di ogni epoca ad accogliere i "piccoli", gli "ultimi", e al tempo stesso a lasciarsi abbracciare da lui per entrare nel suo regno.

La monografia illustra le prospettive di sviluppo della Puglia nell'era della globalizzazione e delle interazioni crescenti fra economia e tecnologie; fornisce indicazioni sul nuovo ruolo delle istituzioni a livello regionale e locale; riflette su quanto sia importante, per una crescita equilibrata e stabile del territorio, che una giovane classe dirigente sappia interpretare le nuove istanze.