The current corporate governance models of today’s organizations are unfit for organizations of the future, and even today. What does this mean for directors and the management? Let’s have a look into the future, divided into long-term, middle-term, and short-term future lenses.

While common usage of the word, text, often refers to written or printed matter, literary and cultural theory extends the term to refer to any coherent set of symbols that transmit meaning to those who know how to read them. In an age where ideas may take many forms and be expressed across different media, texts and reading take on new implications.One goal of the Flows of Reading project is to inspire teachers and students to reflect on what can be considered as reading and what kinds of reading they perform in their everyday lives. Flows of Reading introduces an expanded concept of the term, text, and models a new type of readerĺ䁥ŕone who reads across different media and who understands reading as an activity of sharing, deconstructing, and making meaning.We have created a rich environment designed to encourage close critical engagement not only with Moby-Dick but a range of other texts, including the childrenĺ䁥_s picture book, Flotsam; Harry Potter; Hunger Games; and Lord of the Rings. We want to demonstrate that the bookĺ䁥_s approach can be applied to many different kinds of texts and may revitalize how we teach a diversity of forms of human expression.

These five key components of business write for us operations show just how wide-ranging and also essential the field of business operations is to a business. 

This class covers the history of 20th century art and design from the perspective of the technologist. Methods for visual analysis, oral critique, and digital expression are introduced. Class projects this term use the OLPC XO (One Laptop Per Child) laptop, Csound and Python software.

This course on "Future Internet Opportunities" consists of 10 modules, which are related to the subject from technical, social and business perspectives.

Each module is available at introductory, basic and advanced levels.

The material is developed as part of an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership, and available for everyone to use, exploit and modify. The materials consist of a wide variety of materials: From Powerpoint slides, to interactive materials with videos and quizzes, assignments, and peer learning activities.

This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his time to earn a Ph.D.

This class introduces scientific, economic, and ecological issues underlying the threat of global climate change, and the institutions engaged in negotiating an international response. It also develops an integrated approach to analysis of climate change processes, and assessment of proposed policy measures, drawing on research and model development within the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.

This course is designed to give the student a clear understanding of the pathophysiology of the menstrual cycle, fertilization, implantation, ovum growth development, differentiation and associated abnormalities. Disorders of fetal development including the principles of teratology and the mechanism of normal and abnormal parturition will be covered as well as the pathophysiology of the breast and disorders of lactation. Fetal asphyxia and its consequences will be reviewed with emphasis on the technology currently available for its detection. In addition the conclusion of the reproductive cycle, menopause, and the use of hormonal replacement will be covered.

This book is a cloned version of Information Sources in Chemical and Materials Engineering by Alison Henry, published using Pressbooks under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.

This is an introductory course on computational thinking. We use the Julia programming language to approach real-world problems in varied areas, applying data analysis and computational and mathematical modeling. In this class you will learn computer science, software, algorithms, applications, and mathematics as an integrated whole. Topics include image analysis, particle dynamics and ray tracing, epidemic propagation, and climate modeling.

Short Description:
Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind surveys the central themes in philosophy of mind and places them in a historical and contemporary context intended to engage first-time readers in the field. It focuses on debates about the status and character of the mind and its seemingly subjective nature in an apparently more objective world. Cover art by Heather Salazar; cover design by Jonathan Lashley. Join the conversation about this and the other books in the Introduction to Philosophy textbook series.

Long Description:
Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind (edited by Heather Salazar) surveys the central themes in philosophy of mind and places them in a historical and contemporary context intended to engage first-time readers in the field. It focuses on debates about the status and character of the mind and its seemingly subjective nature in an apparently more objective world.

Written by experts and emerging researchers in their subject areas, each chapter brings clarity to complex material and involves the reader through a wealth of examples. Many chapters include applications of the concepts to film and literature that will stimulate readers to firmly grasp the significance of the philosophy of mind. Subjects covered are how the mind fits into the material world and how to analyze its properties. In that vein, substance dualism, materialism, behaviorism, functionalism, and property dualism are all explored.

In addition, it includes insightful contributions on how to explain seemingly subjective feelings, the mystery of consciousness, conceptual understanding of the world outside of the mind, and free will. The book is designed to be used alone or alongside a reader of historical and contemporary original sources.

If you are adopting or adapting this book for a course, please let us know on our adoption form for the Introduction to Philosophy open textbook series.

Cover art by Heather Salazer; cover design by Jonathan Lashley.

Word Count: 39159

ISBN: 978-1-989014-07-3

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Note: The second edition of this book was published September 2020. You can find it here: Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC - 2nd Edition. This textbook is an introduction to the tourism and hospitality industry in British Columbia, and is written with a first year college and university audience in mind. It is a collaborative work with input from educators, industry leaders, employers, and past graduates of BC’s tourism and hospitality management programs. All chapters have been reviewed by experts in the field. Each chapter is organized thematically moving from a global, then national, and finally provincial context. Chapters contain "Spotlight On" boxes that highlight an organization, business, or other key component and "Take a Closer Look" features that encourage further reading on particular subjects. Key terms, exercises and case studies can be found at the end of each chapter.

Long Description:
This textbook is an introduction to the tourism and hospitality industry in British Columbia, and is written with a first year college and university audience in mind. It is a collaborative work with input from educators, industry leaders, employers, and past graduates of BC’s tourism and hospitality management programs. All chapters have been reviewed by experts in the field.

Each chapter is organized thematically moving from a global, then national and finally provincial context. Some chapters are quite global in focus while others concentrate primarily on British Columbia. Chapter content is based on available data and research, and input from collaborators.

Each chapter features “Spotlight On” text boxes that highlight an organization, business, or other key component of the chapter’s theme. “Take a Closer Look” features encourage students to do further reading on particular subjects.

At the end of each chapter, key terms are presented in alphabetical order to help students gain confidence with terminology. These are followed by chapter exercises and a case study for in-depth exploration of the subject matter. Key terms are summarized in a Glossary at the end of the textbook.

Word Count: 114862

ISBN: 978-1-989623-69-5

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This short video illustrates how warming ocean temperature is a major factor in climate change, particularly the increase in severity of extreme weather (notably storms and drought).

This book titled “Learning QuickBooks® Online - Essential Knowledge for Beginners, 2nd Edition” is written for people without a college degree. The intent is to help people acquire the essential knowledge on QuickBooks with minimum technology education. The book starts from the setup of QuickBooks Online via the web. Readers are taught to use a free version of QuickBooks Online for learning purposes. The learning tool with some restrictions is provided by Intuit Inc. at no cost to learners. The content in this book uses a large number of visual graphics to ease the learning curve. Completion of the QuickBooks Online study in this book can be accomplished in a self-paced learning manner outside of the classroom.

It is hoped that this book will broaden the career development of many office workers including administrative assistants. This can be accomplished by improving their technology skills towards jobs in data entry, bookkeeping, and financial management for small and large businesses.

This website offers an alternative way to approach and design how people work together. It provides a menu of thirty-three Liberating Structures to replace or complement conventional practices.

Library Carpentry lesson to learn how to use the Shell. This Library Carpentry lesson introduces librarians to the Unix Shell. At the conclusion of the lesson you will: understand the basics of the Unix shell; understand why and how to use the command line; use shell commands to work with directories and files; use shell commands to find and manipulate data.

Students use specimens prepared by the teacher and try to decide if each one is living, non-living or dead.  This may be done as inquiry prior to instruction or as reinforcement.

La lombalgie est une entité clinique très fréquemment rencontrée en médecine générale, dans un service d’urgences, dans les consultations spécialisées en orthopédie, en rhumatologie et en médecine physique. Dans une très large majorité des cas, les douleurs sont vraisemblablement dues à des troubles dégénératifs bénins présents au niveau d’éléments anatomiques de la colonne lombaire comme les disques, les articulations interapophysaires postérieures, etc. Ces anomalies peuvent, dans certains cas, entraîner des dysfonctionnements douloureux (contractures musculaires, etc.) généralement transitoires comme en témoigne l’évolution clinique le plus souvent favorable avec disparition spontanée des douleurs en quelques jours alors que les éventuelles lésions dégénératives visibles sur les examens paracliniques persistent (faible corrélation anatomo-clinique). On parle dans ce cas de lombalgie « commune » ou « non spécifique ». Parfois les douleurs lombaires peuvent s’accompagner d’une irradiation douloureuse au niveau du membre inférieur selon un territoire radiculaire caractéristique. Dans ce cas, une compression radiculaire est responsable d’une lombosciatique L5 ou S1 ou d’une lombocruralgie L3 ou L4. Enfin, dans des cas plus exceptionnels, une douleur lombaire peut avoir une cause potentiellement grave (infection, néoplasie, fracture ostéoporotique, rhumatisme inflammatoire, etc.). Dans ce cas, on parlera de lombalgie « spécifique ». Au vu de la prévalence très élevée de la lombalgie et de la nature variée de son étiologie, une stratégie de triage doit être adoptée lors de la mise au point diagnostique afin d’utiliser à bon escient les différents examens paracliniques disponibles dans l’intérêt du patient ainsi que dans une optique d’efficacité.

This course gives an overview of engineering management and covers topics such as financial principles, management of innovation, technology strategy, and best management practices. The focus of the course is the development of individual skills and team work. This is carried out through an exposure to management tools.