http://pdfcast.org/rss/cat/social en-us http://pdfcast.org/pdf/the-promise-of-empathy Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:44:38 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/the-promise-of-empathy Social Know yourself
Know your job history
Know the questions
Prepare questions of your own
Ask the following questions
Get the Big Picture
Make a good First Impression
NB - DO'S AND DON'T'S
Dress Code
Conduct the interview
PREPLANNING FOR YOUR INTERVIEW
An accomplishment is the result obtained in a given job situation or circumstance, typically unique to your contribution
]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/job-interview-tips Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:37:40 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/job-interview-tips Social due to increasing traffic volumes, but also due to urbanization. In the end more peo-
ple are being exposed to higher noise levels in their dwellings (Nijland et al. 2003).
To try to mitigate the effects of the noise the European Comission (EC) has decided
that infrastructure use charges in the European Union (EU) should be based on the
short-run marginal costs, which includes environmental costs such as noise, air pollu-
tion, global warming etc. If this is implemented in a manner where vehicles that cause
less emissions and wear on the infrastructure pay less for the infrastructure use it will
create an incentive to develop and use environmentally friendly technology. In the
case of noise emissions this will lead to a demand for low noise technology such as
low noise tires. It will also put a focus on the noise source itself, instead of solutions
such as noise barriers and insulation windows. This is a positive development since it
has been known for a long time that reducing the noise at the source is more cost
effective than building barriers or improving façade insulation (Oertli 2000; de Vos
2003).]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/road-noise-charges-based-on-the-marginal-cost-principle Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:25:30 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/road-noise-charges-based-on-the-marginal-cost-principle Social conducted about many aspects of their lives, including the interplay that exists between daily roles and
activities of men, women and children. The majority of literature on the changing roles of women is
based in a rural or urban context often exploring changes that have occurred as a result of a
modification in their life-course such as employment or economic change. My research will add to
current gender debates by considering changes that are occurring to and by men, women and children
in a society that ‘goes beyond the rural1’ namely the Bajo community of Sama Bahari, commonly
known as Sampela. Causative factors of change have to either be imported into the society or result in
an internal transformation of thought or ethic. Conclusions that are derived from such a unique isolated
community could be used to explain the initial drive and impetus behind changes that are occurring in
rural settings. ]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/changing-gender-roles-a-view-from-beyond-the-rural Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:15:15 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/changing-gender-roles-a-view-from-beyond-the-rural Social http://pdfcast.org/pdf/horizontal-hostility-relations-between-similar-minority-groups Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:02:52 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/horizontal-hostility-relations-between-similar-minority-groups Social http://pdfcast.org/pdf/relat-rio-de-actividade-2009-arcd-viladerei Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:40:32 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/relat-rio-de-actividade-2009-arcd-viladerei Social http://pdfcast.org/pdf/that-s-me-ben-v-1 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:46:16 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/that-s-me-ben-v-1 Social http://pdfcast.org/pdf/b-6645-08 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:58:35 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/b-6645-08 Social http://pdfcast.org/pdf/article-yvonne-yu-kolkata Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:41:31 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/article-yvonne-yu-kolkata Social organisation, from the perspective of embodied cognition. It entails the notion of ‘cognitive distance’
between people that have developed their cognition in different environments. This yields the notion
of organisation as a ‘focusing device’, to establish shared cognition on a sufficiently high level of
cognition, appropriate for the goals of an organization, and to reduce cognitive distance for the sake of
efficient collaboration and for the resolution of conflict. This focus yields organisational myopia,
which needs to be compensated by outside relations, between firms, at some cognitive distance. Next,
on the basis of principles derived from cognitive science, this paper tries to resolve the problem of
combining structural stability and change, which in economics is known as the problem of combining
exploitation and exploration. This provides the basis for a theory of learning and innovation in
organisations and economies. The theory is elaborated on the basis of the notion of ‘scripts’, also
derived from cognitive science.
]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/elements-of-a-cognitive-theory-of-the-firm Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:02:30 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/elements-of-a-cognitive-theory-of-the-firm Social and most people think of the hot
new products that come out of an
organization’s R&D labs: new tech-
nology, new software, new manufac-
turing methods. Things that are
faster, better, cheaper. But the focus
on products, services, and methods
that R&D labs turn out can be short
sighted, according to Liisa
Välikangas, Director of Research at
the Strategos Institute, a Menlo Park,
California firm specializing in inno-
vation. “Companies that seek to lead
in innovation need to look beyond
the R&D lab to identify innovative
organizational structures and forms
that can help them identify and ex-
ploit opportunities ahead of their
competitors.”]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/new-paradigms-innovative-forms-of-organization Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:05:09 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/new-paradigms-innovative-forms-of-organization Social globe. They are products of poverty, war, urbanization, political
instability, family breakdown, and HIV/AIDS, among others. Many are
not homeless, but primary income earners for their extended families.
Many participate in the sex and drug trade because of limited income
generation alternatives. How can we support these youth and increase
their opportunities while respecting them as independent actors in
their own lives? Street Kids International suggests a critical paradigm
shift as the basis for being responsive and effective and describes its
approaches for working with street youth as participants and assets
within their present communities.]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/changing-paradigms-for-working-with-street-youth-the-experience-of-street-kids-international Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:50:30 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/changing-paradigms-for-working-with-street-youth-the-experience-of-street-kids-international Social their functions by responding to the needs of data users and more general government priorities,
guided by law and science, and with due regard to the safety and good will of their respondents
(that is, the data providers), all within allowed budgetary and administrative constraints. In these
pressing circumstances, the explicit consideration of ethical issues is often reflexively diverted into
a consideration of whether or not a given action is legal or in conformity with permitted
administrative arrangements, or simply in accord with the policies and priorities of the current
government. In addition, because government statistical personnel also properly perceive
themselves as engaged in scientific work, they sometimes consider that the beneficence of their
scientific work, particularly when apparently legal, excuses further ethical examination.]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/official-statistics-and-statistical-ethics-selected-issues Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:52:34 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/official-statistics-and-statistical-ethics-selected-issues Social representation is of significant importance when historical silences are being
renarrativised after having surfaced or being ‘retrieved’ from the cracks and interstices
of the national project where they have been consigned to, for decades. This becomes a
particularly pertinent issue in the case of representing histories of sexual violence of
Muktijuddho, (Liberation War of Bangladesh, 1971) whose articulation, discovery and
excavations have been a predominant feature in the 1990s in Bangladesh. This paper
based on my fieldwork in Bangladesh on the histories of sexual violence of 1971
undertaken between 1997-1998 and between 2002-2003, attempts to point out the
ethical considerations in representing the voices of women who are survivors of that
violent history of 1971 and particularly in the context of the website:
www.drishtipat.org ’s campaign for these women. It also attempts to map out the
context within which the renarrativisation of accounts of sexual violence of 1971
emerged in Bangladesh in the 1990s and among various other narratives highlights one
such survivor, Champa’s, ‘story’. This paper explores the processes through which
history of rape during 1971 and birangonas are being remembered and their experiences are transformed into narratives. This would hence enable a
reconceptualisation of oral history as a methodological tool for representation of such
narratives.]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/ethical-issues-concerning-representation-of-narratives-of-sexual-violence-of-1971 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:38:27 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/ethical-issues-concerning-representation-of-narratives-of-sexual-violence-of-1971 Social Atomic Energy", nations have been obliged to adjust to significant new factors that have
come to dominate the world energy market. At previous meetings, the industrialized nations
were assuming a long-term future dependence on the use of nuclear energy for electric
power generation. The developing nations were closely monitoring the circumstances
governing investment in nuclear power but were for the most part acknowledging that for
them the point of entry was some way off. The IAEA itself was acting to provide access to
the nuclear option for those nations that were exploring the scale of their future commitment
to nuclear energy. There was a certain fluidity in the situation as each nation examined its
own position in the general programme of nuclear power development. Public opinion
had, for the most part, acknowledged from a distance the availability of nuclear power.
But it failed to perceive the implied future scale of dependence on nuclear energy and was
apathetic to its social and ethical implications.]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/public-acceptance-of-nuclear-power-some-ethical-issues Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:29:47 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/public-acceptance-of-nuclear-power-some-ethical-issues Social http://pdfcast.org/pdf/translating-drivers-of-engagement-to-meaningful-actions-case-study-from-cpf-board Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:40:36 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/translating-drivers-of-engagement-to-meaningful-actions-case-study-from-cpf-board Social the changes in social behaviors and ‘sense of place’ that is being
empowered since the Internet made it on the scene. Today’s students
view the Internet as both a source of entertainment and an
educational tool. The development of virtual environments is a
conceptual framework that needs to be addressed by educators and it
is important that they become familiar with who these virtual learners
are and how they are motivated to learn. Massively multiplayer
online role playing games (MMORPGs), if well designed, could
become the vehicle of choice to deliver learning content. We suggest
that these games, in order to accomplish these goals, must begin with
well-established instructional design principles that are co-aligned
with established principles of video game design. And have the
opportunity to provide an instructional model of significant
prescriptive power. The authors believe that game designers need to
take advantage of the natural motivation player-learners have for
playing games by developing them in such a way so as to promote,
intrinsic motivation, content learning, transfer of knowledge, and
naturalization.]]> http://pdfcast.org/pdf/endogenous-fantasy-based-serious-games-intrinsic-motivation-and-learning Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:11:20 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/endogenous-fantasy-based-serious-games-intrinsic-motivation-and-learning Social http://pdfcast.org/pdf/sanggu-memo Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:24:22 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/sanggu-memo Social http://pdfcast.org/pdf/email-politico-conace Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:30:53 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/email-politico-conace Social http://pdfcast.org/pdf/this-week-s-conservative-chronicle Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:35:49 -0500 http://pdfcast.org/pdf/this-week-s-conservative-chronicle Social