Beverly Fletcher takes an inside out look at Organization Transformation (OT). OT is a new area of theory and practice which effectively helps organizations make large-scale changes in purpose, structure, culture, and strategy. The past decade has seen rapidly changing environmental conditions which have made previously successful organizational practices ineffective. Economic, cultural, social, and political trends have combined to create a critical need for theories and practices that aid transformative changes in organizations. Fletcher's book explores this topic by studying fourteen selected theorists and practitioners of Organization Transformation. This study has implications not only for organizational behaviorists but for business firms; government agencies; and community, human services, and educational organizations who need assistance with their own transformations.Fletcher has gathered extensive data through in-depth interviewing. She explores this new field by studying the motives and philosophical assumptions of current OT theorists and practitioners. What do they have in common that makes them an identifiable group? On what points do they differ? What do they consider as important contributions of OT? What are their predictions of OT's future impact on organizations? Fletcher focuses on her participants' organizational concepts, beliefs, values, and practices to create a fascinating profile of great use to any agency or organization.

Storms in Space

Business & Money

Freeman, John W.

Management & Leadership

Cambridge University Press

For anyone who has tried to unscramble the plot of Mozart’s The Magic Flute by skimming through an incomprehensible synopsis in a rapidly darkening hall, this compact, well-written, well-designed collection of stories of the great operas will be a boon.
The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas, published jointly by the Metropolitan Opera Guild and W. W. Norton, contains the plots of 150 of the world’s most popular operas; there are also short, informative biographies of each of the 72 composers represented, and historical background material pertinent to each work. For those of who have enjoyed the The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas, the highly successful companion to this volume, Guide to Recorded Opera, allows the music lover the luxury of choosing a particular recording of a favorite work on the basis of description and recommendation by a well-informed expert. “How would you compare the Callas and Tebaldi Toscas?” “Is there a good recording of Boris Godunov available on CDs?” “Did Joan Sutherland ever record Micaela?” These and hundreds of other questions are answered in this Guide, in which a corps of experienced music critics and discophiles evaluate all the complete recordings of 150 operas by 71 composers.
This box set includes volume one of The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas and The Guide to Recorded Opera. The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by John W. Freeman, associate editor of Opera News magazine, this 584-page volume provides: *The complete plots of 150 different operas, including lists of roles and premiere dates. *Biographical information on all of the 72 different composers represented, as well as historical background material on each opera. *Easy access to the stories through both a table of contents listed by composer and an alphabetical index by opera title. *A foreword by the Met’s music director and principal conductor, James Levine, and an introduction by Peter Allen, host of the Texaco/Met radio broadcasts and the “Live from the Met” telecasts. Whether for quick, pre-performance reference or an evening of browsing through favorite stories, this volume is an invaluable addition to every opera-lover’s library.
The Guide to Recorded Opera, the only such volume authorized by the Metropolitan Opera Guild, offers a wealth of invaluable information for the opera lover. *Casts, dates, and compact disc availability for all the complete recordings of 150 different operas. *Critical evaluation by an outstanding authority of each complete recording of each opera. Recommendations for the best recordings of every work. *Access to the reviews facilitated by two tables of contents: one organized alphabetically by composer, the other by title. *A detailed index by artist. Whether it is used for recommendations on which recording to buy, or for a bird’s-eye view of the recording history of a specific opera, the Guide to Recorded Opera will prove an indispensable addition to the opera lover’s library.

The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas

Arts & Photography

Music

W.W.Norton&Company

“Explores a large area of repertory that lies beyond the basic, with considerable attention paid to American opera, but includes also the less familiar operas of Rossini, Verdi, Massenet, and Wagner. Freeman has organized his material in fastidious though not excessive detail and presents it in a down-to-earth, conversational manner. His highly informative essays on the composers are particularly valuable.” ―George Jellinek The opera-goer's indispensable guide. About to see Rossini’s William Tell, Verdi’s I Lombardi, Gluck’s Alceste, Philzner’s Palestrina, Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream? The stories of these operas and 120 others are told, clearly and concisely, in this companion volume to the highly successful Metropolitan Open Stories of the Great Operas. Opera News associate editor John W. Freeman untangles and summarizes the often complicated plots and provides, in addition, an informative biographical sketch of each composer, world and U.S. premiere dates, lists of characters, and other background information. The works included here are selected from the repertory of European and American opera companies. They span more than three and one-half centuries, from Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (1640) to Philip Glass’s The Voyage (1992), and are set in venues as diverse as the legendary Palace of Time (Lully’s Atys) and twentieth-century Manhattan (Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X). The operas are arranged alphabetically by composer and indexed by all the usual versions of the title (e.g., Der Zigeunerbaron, The Gypsy Baron). Published jointly by the Metropolitan Opera Guild and W. W. Norton, the book is not only a most valuable resource but also, as Beverly Sills notes in her foreword, immense fun just to read.

The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas, Volume 2

Offers profiles of modern and lesser known opera composers and includes plot summaries of their major works

The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Imagine what an extra-terrestrial Weather Channel would be like, with a professional space weatherman as your forecaster, and you get rather close to the astounding aspects of nature described in John Freeman's Storms in Space. Known only to a handful of space scientists, yet capable of disrupting technical systems as extensive as communication satellites and electric power grids Storms in Space is the first book to unveil the unseen elements of outer space. Opening with a series of vignettes (describing how the Northern and Southern lights [the aurora] are a visible manifestation of space storms, or how satellites serve as weather stations in space), Freeman provides visual analogies to help illustrate the effects of a storm in space on people. These vignettes explore the chain of events that lead to the storm and to connect the facets of the storm with the scenes in the vignettes. Freeman details the state of the art in forecasting space storms, the models that are used, and the prospects for their future improvement. He also describes the hazards of space storms for human technological systems including human space flight. Storms in Space provides both a new understanding and appreciation of how seemingly insignificant disturbances out there can have major effects right here. John W. Freeman is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University. Over the past 35 years he has directed a number of satellite instrumentation projects, including the Apollo 12, 14, and 15 projects for which he was awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement (1973). He has also served as Editor-in-Chief of Space Power. Freeman is currently working to develop a model that will forecast the intensity of the Van Allen Radiation Belts and helping to build a National Space Weather Service.

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Portraits of Greatness: Toscanini

Toscanini, Walfredo

Treves Pub Co

Imagine what an extra-terrestrial Weather Channel would be like, with a professional space weatherman as your forecaster, and you get rather close to the astounding aspects of nature described in John Freeman's Storms in Space. Known only to a handful of space scientists, yet capable of disrupting technical systems as extensive as communication satellites and electric power grids  Storms in Space is the first book to unveil the unseen elements of outer space.    Opening with a series of vignettes (describing how the Northern and Southern lights [the aurora] are a visible manifestation of space storms, or how satellites serve as weather stations in space), Freeman provides visual analogies to help illustrate the effects of a storm in space on people. These vignettes explore the chain of events that lead to the storm and to connect the facets of the storm with the scenes in the vignettes. Freeman details the state of the art in forecasting space storms, the models that are used, and the prospects for their future improvement.  He also describes the hazards of space storms for human technological systems including human space flight.  Storms in Space provides both a new understanding and appreciation of how seemingly insignificant disturbances out there can have major effects right here.   John W. Freeman is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University.  Over the past 35 years he has directed a number of satellite instrumentation projects, including the Apollo 12, 14, and 15 projects for which he was awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement (1973).  He has also served as Editor-in-Chief of Space Power.  Freeman is currently working to develop a model that will forecast the intensity of the Van Allen Radiation Belts and helping to build a National Space Weather Service.

Canadian Child Welfare Law: Children, Families, and the State (2nd edition) provides students in social work and law with an introduction to child welfare law. This complex, demanding and important area of law and social work practice receives relatively little attention in professional schools and academic journals. For practicing lawyers and social workers who have not had the opportunity to study child welfare law, this book provides a useful overview of a complex area, as well as serving as a reference work for busy practitioners in the child welfare field. This second edition substantially updates material in the 1991 edition, including consideration of the impact of new legislation and the Charter of Rights. It also includes new chapters on liability issues for child welfare workers and agencies, and on the perspectives of social workers with respect to the legal process. The final chapter offers the personal views of four judges on the challenges that they face in dealing with child welfare cases.

Este es una síntesis de las fisica helioterrestre o 'meteorologia especial,' inclyando los avances en la tecnología de la energia y las telecomunicaciones. Entre los asuntos cotidianos relacionados con la fisica helioterrestre se encuentran las famosas auroras polares, la intergridad de las líneas de distribución de energía elécrtica, la fiabilidad de los sistemas de colocación global por satélite (GPS) y las comunicaciones via satélite.

Las tormentas en el espacio (Spanish Edition)

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Storms in Space

The Metropolitan Opera: Stories of the Great Operas

The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas, Volume 2

The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas

Storms in Space

Portraits of Greatness: Toscanini

Storms in Space

The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas, Volume 2

Las tormentas en el espacio (Spanish Edition)