This book shatters the barriers between traditional Finance and Human Resources by demonstrating that People Economics is a win-win for both companies and their employees. There have been many attempts to bring clarity to the term 'human capital', People Economics breaks through with common language and a relevant framework. The stories, real-life examples and calculable metrics provide tangible ways to bring human capital measurement to life. ESG and sustainability reporting, corporate tr...

Mit den Veränderungen in der Welt der Medien hat sich das Leben junger Menschen grundlegend gewandelt. Jugendliche, bereits Kinder tauchen mit ihren mobilen Alleskönnern immer autonomer in die offene und vernetzte Welt digitaler Medien ein und entziehen sich dabei immer mehr einer direkten Einflussnahme. Erziehende und pädagogische Fachkräfte fragen sich, wie sie den Medienumgang unter diesen Vorzeichen überhaupt noch angemessen begleiten können und wie sie ihre Schützlinge für die Nutzung...

Dieses Buch deckt alle relevanten mathematischen Themen eines Grundstudiums der Natur- oder Ingenieurwissenschaften ab, von der Analysis (inklusive einer ausführlichen Behandlung gewöhnlicher Differentialgleichungen mitsamt Modellierungsaspekten) und der linearen Algebra bis hin zu den wichtigsten Lösungsmethoden für partielle Differentialgleichungen.Das selbstständige Erlernen der Inhalte wird durch zahlreiche anwendungs- und praxisrelevante Beispiele motiviert und durch interakti...

She wants the freedom to practice medicine, and he needs a wife. But their bold escape from Boston’s high society rests on a marriage vow neither intended to make real.Victoria Mountbatten has fought hard to earn her medical degree, but her powerful father uses his influence to block any doctor from hiring her. Faced with an ultimatum—marry a society gentleman or face disinheritance, Tori sees only one path to freedom. She makes a bold proposition to Dr. Harrison B...

Dieses Buch enthält in kompakter Form all das, was an mathematischen Grundlagen für ein Studium der Natur- oder Ingenieurwissenschaften fundamental ist. Damit eignet sich das vorliegende Werk einerseits als Repetitorium und andererseits hervorragend als „Spickzettel“ für Prüfungen.

In the quiet hollows of a dying Appalachian town, a guarded nurse and a grieving teacher must decide if a second chance at love is worth the risk.After losing her fiancé in the Great War, nurse Bethany Astor swore she'd never risk her heart again. But when the Red Cross sends her to the struggling mountain town of Laurel Ridge, Tennessee, she meets a schoolteacher whose pain mirrors her own. As she uses her skills to heal his injured leg, Bethany discovers...

In the rugged Montana Territory, a Boston socialite's bid for freedom collides with a rancher's quest for a family.According to Boston’s elite society, Ella Mountbatten has it all: status, prestige, and a bright future. What they don’t know is that her life as a socialite has become a gilded cage of abuse and oppression under the control of her cruel fiancé and domineering parents. Desperate to escape, Ella flees Boston and seeks refuge in the small town o...

It was only a forty-minute foreign film, but it sparked a legal confrontation that has left its mark on America for more than half a century. Roberto Rossellini’s Il Miracolo (The Miracle) is deceptively simple: a demented peasant woman is seduced by a stranger she believes to be Saint Joseph, is socially ostracized for becoming pregnant out of wedlock, but is finally redeemed through motherhood.Although initially approved by state censors for screening in New York, the film was at...

A buried secret in Harmony Springs could cost a pastor and a teacher their careers—and their second chance at love.Lydia Jefferson buried her dreams long before the death of her husband. Now she’s locked her heart to men for good. In Harmony Springs, she’s finally found freedom from the shameful failure and loss of her past—until her childhood sweetheart arrives to be the new pastor.Samuel Allen never thought he’d love again, not after his fiancée walked ou...

This collection breaks new ground in four key areas of feminist social thought: the sex/gender debates; challenges to liberalism/equality; feminist ethics; and feminist perspectives on global ethics and politics in the 21st century. Altogether, the essays provide an innovative look at feminist philosophy while making substantive contributions to current debates in gender theory, ethics, and political thought.

Les importantes avancées médicales de ces dernières années ont permis à de nombreuses patientes atteintes de pathologies chroniques d'accéder à la grossesse. Ces mutations du monde médical ont notamment influencé le mode de travail des gynécologues-obstétriciens qui ont été amenés à prendre en charge ces patientes de manière plus régulière. Au cours de leur grossesse, ces femmes seront suivies à la fois par le médecin spécialiste de la pathologie et par un médecin obstétricien. Il faut don...

At one point in her life, author and co-founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church Kathy Keller sought pastoral ordination. Yet she came to adopt the view that men and women have different roles in marriage and ministry, and that fulfilling such roles pleases God and leads to greater personal fulfillment.In this unapologetic but nuanced piece, Keller presents a caring and careful case for biblical gender differences and the complementarian view of women in ministry. At the same time, ...