713 research outputs found
Burj Al Arab
No full textinterior, guest room, desk with television screen rising from inside it, 200
Chelsea Tower
No full textexterior, towers along Sheikh Zayed Road, with Chelsea Tower near center, 200
Article by Ronald Atkins
No full textPhotocopied article by Ronald Atkins about new releases by Mike Westbrook, Chris McGregor, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea and Edward Wilkerson. The author describes shortly each recording
Recommended from our members
Economic costs of congestion in the East Midlands
No full textThis report estimates levels of congestion in the East Midlands and quantifies the economic costs associated with this congestion. Analyses for both the strategic road network (motorways and trunk roads) and the region's main urban areas are provided
Al Rostamani Building
No full textexterior, Sheikh Zayed Road, with 21st Century Tower at left and Rose Tower (under construction) in center, 200
2000 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Ace Atkins and M.C. Beaton
No full textThe Sub-Librarians planned and advertised a program with renowned science fiction and fantasy author Philip Jose Farmer. George Scheetz was instrumental in making that introduction. However, due to ill health, Farmer was unable to travel and had to cancel close to the program date.
However, on very short notice, Ace Atkins agreed to come to Chicago and speak to the group. Atkins had spoken to a very appreciative group of Sub-Librarians the previous year in New Orleans, and he gave another stellar performance in Chicago. He talked about his new book, Leaving\u27 Trunk Blues, which is another Nick Travers mystery, this one set in Chicago, from St. Martin\u27s Press.
St. Martin\u27s also stepped up and offered to have author M.C. Beaton join Ace as a speaker. M.C. Beaton is a pseudonym of Marion Chesney, who may be best known as the author of romance novels set during the English Regency. Her first detective story as M.C. Beaton came out for St. Martin\u27s in 1985. She has two series-one set in Scotland with Hamish Macbeth and one set in the Cotswolds with Agatha Raisin.
St. Martin\u27s generously provided copies of both authors\u27 books for signing after the program.
Marsha Pollak chaired the program, welcomed the audience, explained the change in speakers, called for toasts and introduced the authors
Knowlegde in Atkins
No full textThis project aims to investigate how knowledge is constructed and handled in the organization of Atkins Denmark. Knowledge is complex and has always been a part of society and thus affecting organizations. The concept is often examined as an object, which can be managed and transmitted, with a Scientific view. This project uses a sociological theory of knowledge with a social constructivism approach, as knowledge is personal and is created in interactions. The project investigates knowledge in Atkins through a case-study of just that. We have conducted three semi-structured interviews with department heads from three different departments in Atkins. Knowledge is researched with Haridimos Tsoukas´ theory to understand knowledge as socially constructed and profoundly collective, and to investigate how organizations go about sharing knowledge with the understandings of explicit and tacit knowledge. The project uses Karl E. Weicks’ theory on loosely and tightly coupled systems to understand how knowledge affects organizing in Atkins. The way an organization is organized determines how knowledge is understood and managed within the social processes. The project has concluded that Atkins is a loosely coupled system, because there is both distinctiveness between the departments, and the elements in the organization are very much responsive to one another. The understanding of knowledge and the organizing of Atkins have been applied to conduct a discussion of the results in regard to additional research, where it has been concluded that it is not possible to manage knowledge by implementing Knowledge Management, even if it is done according to the social paradigm, because of the organizing of Atkins. Furthermore, it has been concluded that Atkins can gain an advantage of managing knowledge, more than it is currently being, because they currently miss out on knowledge through multiple processes.<br/
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