Il libro introduce alla gestione delle operations e dei processi all'interno di un sistema produttivo industriale o di servizi, rivolgendosi sia agli studenti dell'università sia a chi ha già qualche esperienza di management. Il testo ha un approccio pratico. Ogni capitolo si apre con due esempi tratti dalla realtà, mentre all'interno viene illustrato un caso di studio, in cui sono presenti situazioni che richiedono al lettore di condurre analisi e prendere decisioni. Problemi ed esercizi di fine capitolo consentono di verificare in modo puntuale l'apprendimento dei concetti esposti.

In un mondo sempre più complesso e competitivo, la prestazione è fondamentale. Questo pocketbook offre strumenti e tecniche per aiutare persone, squadre e organizzazioni a raggiungere l'eccellenza. Una guida chiara, sintetica e operativa per gestire le prestazioni e accrescere il coinvolgimento.

Famous for the excavations carried out by Sir Mortimer Wheeler in 1951-52, the late Iron Age earthwork complex at Stanwick, North Yorks, is the largest prehistoric site in northern England. The site was probably the seat of the Brigantian queen Cartimandua, and both the structures and the finds from the site reflect this status. A recent re-evaluation of the radiocarbon dates has led to a new chronology which has rewritten our understanding of late Iron Age Britain. This volume reports not only on the excavations of the 1980s, but also synthesises other work in the environs of the site.

Un'introduzione alla gestione delle operations e dei processi all'interno di un sistema produttivo industriale o di servizi. Il testo ha un approccio pratico e concreto. Ogni capitolo si apre con due esempi tratti dalla realtà e illustra un caso di studio che richiede al lettore di mettersi alla prova attraverso analisi e decisioni. Problemi ed esercizi di fine capitolo consentono di verificare in modo puntuale l'apprendimento dei concetti esposti. Il manuale è corredato dalla versione digitale interattiva del testo in lingua inglese in cui sono disponibili ulteriori contenuti di integrazione didattica e autoverifica dell'apprendimento.

A Girl's On-Course Survival Guide to Golf is a portable guide that addresses every detail of a woman's golf game, from tee to green and in-between. It's packed full of instructional, step-by-step photographs for every technical aspect of the game, while also covering course management, mental tools, rules and etiquette, and a hysterical jokes section for when all else fails. A Girl's On-Course Survival Guide to Golf is approachable, user-friendly, and perfectly sized for the golf bag. This guide allows readers to improve their game while they are playing, with a wire binding that allows for easy use on the golf course. No more wishing you could remember what you read in last month's golf magazine—now every question is answered. The clear, easy-to-follow, how-to photographs and illustrations provide re-creatable visuals that will ensure success from the tee to the green.

Federico Borromeo, Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan (1564-1631), is well known as a leading Catholic reformer and as the founder of the Ambrosiana library, art collection, and academy in that city. Less known is the fact that the institution's art museum was the culmination of many decades of reflection on the aesthetic qualities and religious roles of art, Borromeo recorded his reflections in two treatises.

De pictura sacra (Sacred Painting, 1624) laid out the rules that artists should follow when creating religious art. Borromeo touched on dozens of icono-graphical issues and in so doing drew on his deep knowledge not only of church fathers, councils, and scripture but also of classical art and literature. In Musaeum (1625) Borromeo showed a less doctrinaire and more personal side by walking the reader through the Ambrosiana and commenting on specific works in his collection. He offered some of the earliest and most important critiques to survive on works by artists such as Leonardo, Titian, and Jan Brueghel the Elder.

This volume offers, for the first time, translations of the treatises directly into English as well as freshly edited Latin texts, an introduction, extensive notes, and an appendix on the Academy of Design that was established in conjunction with the museum. These treatises will be of great interest to students of the history of art, museums, and religion.

The I Tatti Renaissance Library is the only series that makes available to a broad readership the major literary, historical, philosophical, and scientific works of the Italian Renaissance written in Latin, Each volume provides a reliable Latin text together with an accurate, readable English translation of facing pages, accompanied by an editor's introduction, notes on the text, brief bibliography, and index. Presenting current scholarship in an attractive and convenient format, The I Tatti Renaissance Library aims to make this essential literature accessible to students and scholars in a wide variety of disciplines as well as to general readers.

How to leverage ordinary greatness to create a competitive advantage for any organization

Enabling readers to maximize leadership skills, no matter the venue, Ordinary Greatness helps those who are in leadership positions to optimize their organizational results by improving their ability to recognize and create greatness in those who they lead. Featuring real-world stories, this practical guide helps readers relate to both famous and everyday heroes and shows leaders how to improve their immediate environment. In addition, actionable tips and insights are included to equip business leaders to remove the blinders that keep them from seeing their organization's ordinary greatness.

Pamela  Bilbrey and Brian Jones are organizational consultants, executive coaches, and international speakers and workshop facilitators

Jones (art history, University of Massachusetts, Boston) has selected five Roman altarpieces painted from 1595-1625 and studied them exhaustively in a brilliant example of interdisciplinary scholarship. Rather than focus on the paintings as art, she looks at them as a form of communication to the viewer. Using contemporary commentaries, broadsheets, sermons, liturgy, popular drama, legal documents--anything that reflects a culture, she has pieced together an image of how these altarpieces were received by the Catholics of Rome of the counter-Reformation. She takes into account the purpose of the churches and the congregation. Parallel photos of the altarpieces, first as close ups and then in the context of the church, stress the difference between seeing art in a vacuum and as a part of daily life. The book has several color plates as well as black and white. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This collection of nine essays offers new evidence of the creativity of religious culture in an era conventionally known as the Counter-Reformation. Religion and the arts in Italy, ca. 1550-1650, are shown to have prospered, with or without ecclesiastical approval.

Two sisters share the system of organizing household chores that they created to make managing a home less time consuming and more efficient, in an updated, witty handbook that explains how to reduce chaos and clutter and achieve organization in the home. Original.

Il 28 aprile 1618 Federico Borromeo donava la sua collezione di quadri, disegni, stampe e sculture alla costituenda Pinacoteca Ambrosiana. Riformatore ecclesiastico, autore di scritti sull'arte sacra, collezionista e protettore di pittori come Caravaggio e Jan Brueghel dei Velluti, il cardinale, arcivescovo di Milano, dava così forma al progetto dell'Ambrosiana, comprendente una biblioteca, un museo e un'accademia di belle arti che due anni dopo avrebbe aperto i battenti. Questa istituzione tripartita sarebbe stata preposta, nella diocesi, alla riforma della cultura religiosa e delle arti in conformità con i decreti del Concilio di Trento. Così, in un periodo complesso e tormentato come quello tra il Cinquecento e il Seicento, l'Ambrosiana appare non solo indicativa della pastorale borromaica, ma anche illuminante su aspetti talora trascurati del rapporto fra pensiero religioso e arte. È quanto emerge nello studio di Pamela M. Jones che, proprio attraverso il 'caso Borromeo', suggerisce una rinnovata comprensione dell'età post-tridentina e del contributo offerto dai riformatori italiani allo sviluppo delle arti figurative. In contrasto con l'immagine di una teologia cupa e rigida, spesso associata a questo periodo, il programma di rinnovamento culturale promosso dal Borromeo e la sua concezione dell'arte sacra attestano infatti una spiritualità ottimistica, ben visibile nella scelta delle opere acquistate o commissionate per il Museo Ambrosiano.

The SLOB Sisters return with a foolproof guide to organizing one's home and personal life, in a practical and simple program that helps dejunk the home, reorganize schedules, and streamline and update everyday life. Original. $50,000 first printing.