Authors:Koenig, Matthias Koenig, Paul De Guchteneire,
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co
Keywords: societies, multicultural, rights, human, democracy
Number of Pages: 326
Published: 2007-05-14
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0754670309
ISBN-13: 9780754670308

Published in association with UNESCO, "Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies" examines the political governance of cultural diversity, specifically how public policy-making has dealt with the claims for cultural recognition that have increasingly been expressed by ethno-national movements, language groups, religious minorities, indigenous peoples and migrant communities.Its principle aim is to understand, explain and assess public-policy responses to ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity. Adopting interdisciplinary perspectives of comparative social sciences, the contribut

Authors:Michael Koenig, T. Kanti Srikantaiah,
Publisher: Information Today Inc
Keywords: asist, monograph, context, connections, management, practice, knowledge
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2008-03-30
List price: $59.50
ISBN-10: 1573873128
ISBN-13: 9781573873123

This is the third entry in an ambitious, highly regarded KM book series edited by T. Kanti Srikantaiah and Michael E. D. Koenig. Where Knowledge Management for the Information Professional (2000) offered information professionals an introduction to KM and Knowledge Management Lessons Learned (2004) assessed KM applications and innovations, Knowledge Management in Practice looks at how KM can be and is being implemented in organizations today. Featuring the contributions of more than 20 experts in the field, the book is unique in surveying the efforts of KM specialists to extend knowledge beyon

Authors:Michael E. D. Koenig, T. Kanti Srikantaiah,
Publisher: Information Today
Keywords: asis, monograph, series, doesn, works, management, lessons, learned, knowledge
Number of Pages: 550
Published: 2004-03
List price: $44.50
ISBN-10: 1573871818
ISBN-13: 9781573871815

Text surveys recent applications and innovations in knowledge management (KM). Demonstrates KM in practice; revealing what has been learned, what works, and what doesn’t. DLC: Knowledge management.

Authors:Thomas Koenig, Michael Rustad,
Publisher: NYU Press
Keywords: law, tort, defense
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2002-01
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0814747574
ISBN-13: 9780814747575

Late night comedians and journalists eagerly seized upon the case of an elderly woman who sued McDonald’s when she spilled hot coffee in her lap as a prime example of frivolous litigation. But as Rustad and Koenig argue, cases such as these are an incomplete and misleading characterization of tort law. Corporations have successfully waged a public relations battle to create the impression that most lawsuits are spurious, when in fact the opposite is true: tort law plays a crucial role in protecting consumers from dangerous and sometimes life-threatening hazards. Without legal remedies, corpo

Authors:Shireen Jejeebhoy, Michael Koenig, Christopher Eli
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: multidisciplinary, research, approach, disorders, gynaecological, reproductive, tract, infections, investigating
Number of Pages: 482
Published: 2003-03-17
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 0521818125
ISBN-13: 9780521818124

Women’s reproductive tract infections and other gynecological disorders are an enormous global health burden. This significant book helps focus research in this important, neglected area. It is a vital tool for doctors, epidemiologists and public health professionals to formulate effective ways of evaluating the scale of this problem within the local community. The book takes an international perspective and recognizes that gathering gynecological information in different societies requires a sensitive and multidisciplinary approach. This research highlights the social significance of th

Authors:Harold G. Koenig, Michael E. McCullough, David B. La
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: health, religion, handbook
Number of Pages: 728
Published: 2001-01-11
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 0195118669
ISBN-13: 9780195118667

Duke Univ., Durham, NC. Handbook reviews and discusses the extensive research on the relationships between religion and a variety of mental and physical health outcomes, including depression, anxiety, heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cancer, and immune system dysfunction. Critiques 1,200 separate studies and ranks them according to their methodology and results.

Authors:Alan J. Koenig, Alan J. Koenig, M. Cay Holbrook,
Publisher: Amer Foundation for the Blind
Keywords: second, vol, education, foundations
Number of Pages: 870
Published: 2000-08-01
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 0891283390
ISBN-13: 9780891283393

This set is a comprehensive compilation of state-of-the-art information on educating visually impaired students, the essential theory forming the knowledge base, and methodology of teaching the visually impaired in all areas. This completely revised, updated edition reflects federal guidelines on educational programming, specialized assessment, and critical knowledge on the core curriculum and expanded core curriculum. A must-have for educators, administrators, policy makers and allied professionals in the visual impairment field!