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Gestaltung und Management von IT-Verträgen: Eine Anleitung für Praktiker

Der wachsende Bedarf an IT-Leistungen erfordert von Unternehmen ein umfassendes Know-how bei der Gestaltung, der Verhandlung und dem Management von IT-Verträgen. Das Werk liefert dazu das richtige Handwerkszeug für Anbieter und Abnahmer von IT-Leistungen.

Gestaltung von Innovationen in Organisationen des Sozialwesens: Rahmenbedingungen, Konzepte und Praxisbezüge

Das Buch bietet einen umfassenden und aktuellen Überblick zur Gestaltung sozialer Innovationen im Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen. Neben theoretischen Analysen stehen vor allem Praxisperspektiven für das ‚Management‘ von Innovationen im Zentrum. Dazu werden Rahmenbedingungen für soziale Innovationen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz analysiert, Akteure des Wandels dargestellt und Fragen der Finanzierung, Wirkungsmessung und Skalierung diskutiert. Dieses Orientierungswissen soll eine kritisch reflektierte Praxis bei der Initiierung, Steuerung und Gestaltung von Innovationsprozessen unterstützen.

Gestaltungssuche im Ertragsteuerrecht: Entwicklung von Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten und Gestaltungsbeispiele (Schriftenreihe Besteuerung der Unternehmung)

Gesundheit und Gerechtigkeit: Ein interkultureller Vergleich zwischen Österreich und den Philippinen (Schriftenreihe Ethik und Recht in der Medizin #4)

Gerechtigkeit spielt bei Gesundheitsfragen mehr denn je eine wichtige Rolle – auch auf globaler Bühne. So wird die Verteilung knapper Ressourcen im Gesundheitswesen in vielen Gesellschaften unter der Perspektive von Gerechtigkeit diskutiert. Die Umsetzung von Gerechtigkeit innerhalb eines Gesundheitssystems zeigt aber auch deutliche Unterschiede zwischen den Kulturen. Der Band untersucht im Vergleich zwischen Europa und Asien (am Beispiel von Österreich und den Philippinen) kulturelle Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede im Verständnis von Gesundheit und Gerechtigkeit. Dabei wird deren Verhältnis theoretisch wie praktisch erörtert. Beispielfelder sind u.a. die Migration von Krankenpflegepersonal, Organtransplantation, der Umgang mit Alternativmedizin sowie Gesundheitsrisiken, die durch den Klimawandel entstehen.

Gesundheit und Medizin im interdisziplinären Diskurs (Gesundheit und Medizin im interdisziplinären Diskurs)

Das Buch "Gesundheit und Medizin im interdisziplinären Diskurs" eröffnet die gleichnamige Schriftenreihe und bildet deren programmatische Einleitung. In acht Beiträgen nähern sich hochrangige Wissenschaftler unterschiedlichster fachlicher Herkunft dem Thema auf kultureller, begrifflicher, theologischer, ethischer, ökonomischer, juristischer und medizinischer Ebene. Dabei wird die gesellschaftliche Bedeutung von Gesundheit und Medizin ausgelotet sowie der politische und juristische Umgang mit ihnen kritisch beleuchtet.

Gesundheit und Selbstbestimmung: Voraussetzungen und Folgen der Einwilligungs(un)fähigkeit von Patienten (Kölner Schriften zum Medizinrecht #23)

Dieses Buch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Einwilligungsfähigkeit von Patientinnen und Patienten aus Sicht des Rechts unter Einbeziehung wesentlicher Erkenntnisse aus Medizin, Psychologie, Ethik und den Verhaltenswissenschaften. Wann eine Person einwilligungsfähig und damit in der Lage ist, eine konkrete Behandlung wirksam zu autorisieren, ist rechtlich bisher nur unzureichend geklärt. Dieser Befund steht im Kontrast zum hohen Stellenwert des sich in der Einwilligungsfähigkeit manifestierenden Selbstbestbestimmungsrechts über die körperliche und seelische Integrität. Die vorliegende Untersuchung arbeitet den aktuellen Forschungsstand zur Einwilligungsfähigkeit rechtsgebietsübergreifend heraus, analysiert ihre rechtsethischen und verfassungsrechtlichen Grundlagen und konkretisiert das Phänomen auf Tatbestands- und Rechtsfolgenseite. Für die mitunter sehr komplexen Rechtsfragen an der Schnittstelle zwischen Medizinrecht, Erwachsenenschutz- und Kindschaftsrecht werden praxisorientierte Lösungen vorgeschlagen. Das Buch schließt mit arzthaftungs- und prozessrechtlichen Anschlussfragen und einem Regelungsentwurf.

Gesundheit und Wirtschaftswachstum: Recht, Ökonomie und Ethik als Innovationsmotoren für die Medizin (Gesundheit und Medizin im interdisziplinären Diskurs)

Der Schutz der Gesundheit verlangt medizinischen Fortschritt. Allerdings werden damit verbundene Ausgabensteigerungen häufig als Fehlentwicklung wahrgenommen. Autoren aus Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Medizinethik sowie medizinischer und juristischer Praxis stellen diese Sichtweise auf den Prüfstand. Sie fragen nach den volkswirtschaftlichen Wachstumseffekten eines innovationsfreundlichen Gesundheitssystems, nach der Zahlungsbereitschaft der Versicherten und dem Stellenwert des Gutes Gesundheit aus Sicht der Bevölkerung.

Gesundheitsaktivismus am Beispiel des Typ-1-Diabetes: #WeAreNotWaiting (Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society)

Trotz großer Verbesserungen in der Versorgung von Menschen mit Typ-1-Diabetes (MmT1D) werden auch bei hoher Motivation und hohem Wissensstand der T1D-Grundlagen und -Therapie die angestrebten Blutglukose-Werte häufig nicht erreicht. Daher hat sich aus der Gruppe der MmT1D und ihrer Angehörigen eine Gemeinschaft zusammengefunden, die auf Basis kommerzieller Technologien sogenannte Open-Source-Closed-Loop-Systeme (OSCLS) entwickelt, welche eine automatisierte Insulinabgabe ermöglichen. OSCLS haben das Potenzial, das Management der Erkrankung zu erleichtern und normnähere Blutglukose-Werte zu erzielen. Die OSCLS sind jedoch weder offiziell geprüfte noch zugelassene Systeme. Aus dem Blickwinkel der Technikfolgenabschätzung untersucht die vorliegende Arbeit mittels leitfadengestützter qualitativer Interviews mit Nutzenden und Fachkräften vorrangig, warum sich die Nutzenden der OSCLS für die Systeme entscheiden und wie sich diese auf das Leben der Nutzenden sowie auf das Gesundheitswesen auswirken. Zudem ordnet diese Arbeit die OSCLS-Bewegung in vergleichbare aktivistische Bewegungen in Medizin und Gesundheit ein sowie in den Kontext der derzeit immer stärker werdenden Bewegung der Patient Innovation.

Gesundheitsökonomik (Springer-Lehrbuch)

Die Autoren erörtern u.a. die Ausgabendynamik im Gesundheitswesen, der Umgang mit der Gesundheit, die Rolle des Arztes und sein Verhalten, Ineffizienzen in Krankenhäusern und Anreize zur Risikoselektion im Krankenkassenwettbewerb. Diese Themen werden stringent mit mikroökonomischen Methoden analysiert, ethische Gesichtspunkte dabei auch berücksichtigt. Sie diskutieren zudem Ergebnisse empirischer Forschung und Reformvorschläge wie die Bürgerversicherung, die Einführung von Pauschalprämien in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung. Auch in englischer Sprache lieferbar: Zweifel/Breyer/Kifmann, Health Economics. 2. ed. 2009. ISBN 978-3-540-27804-7; ausführliche Informationen zum Buch ->springer.com

Gesundheitsökonomik (Springer-Lehrbuch)

Jenseits von Verbands- und Parteiinteressen erläutern die Autoren in dem Band Einsichten und Hintergründe u. a. zur Ausgabendynamik im Gesundheitswesen, zur Rolle von Ärzten und zu Ineffizienzen in Krankenhäusern. Die Themen werden stringent mithilfe mikroökonomischer Methoden analysiert, ohne dabei ethische Gesichtspunkte außer Acht zu lassen. Neue Ergebnisse der empirischen Forschung werden ebenso diskutiert wie aktuelle Reformvorschläge, z. B. die Bürgerversicherung und die Einführung von Pauschalprämien in der Krankenversicherung.

Gesundheitsvorsorge mit TCM: Philosophie – Krankheitslehre – Diagnostik – Therapie

"Das Teuerste auf der Erde ist das Leben" (Daodejing). Im alten China wurden Ärzte so lange gut bezahlt, wie die ihnen Anvertrauten gesund blieben. Der Mensch bildete mit Natur, Himmel und Erde eine untrennbare Einheit. Auch in unserem Zeitalter wird das Thema Gesundheitsvorsorge immer bedeutender, oft mangelt es jedoch an der konkreten Umsetzung. Deshalb ist ein zentrales Anliegen dieses Buches die Integration von traditioneller chinesischer in die westliche Medizin, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der philosophischen Wurzeln der TCM aus den Originalquellen. Zudem geht der Autor sehr praxisrelevant auf Krankheits- und Therapiekonzepte in Geriatrie und Onkologie sowie auf kardio- und zerebro-vaskuläre Erkrankungen und auf Störungen im Verdauungs- und Immunsystem ein. Die therapeutischen Möglichkeiten von Akupunktur, Tuina, Moxibustion, Qigong, Taijiquan, Diät, chinesische Kräutermedizin und Fengshui werden als Ergänzung zur westlichen Schulmedizin aufgezeigt.

Gesundheitswidrige Wohnungen und deren Begutachtung: Vom Standpunkte der öffentlichen Gesundheitspflege und mit Berücksichtigung der deutschen Reichs- und preußischen Landesgesetzgebung

Get an Ethical Life: Get An Ethical Life (Flash)

Get an Ethical Life is a short, simple and to-the-point guide to the basic principles behind ethical, sustainable living, in a few short steps. Even if you are completely new to this way of life, in just 96 pages you will discover some essential ideas and strategies that will make a huge difference if you want to live a more sustainable, balanced life - without having to spend months learning how.

Get Promoted

Are you stuck in a career rut? Are your former peers progressing ahead of you? Are you doing all the hard work but getting none of the rewards? Are you wondering what everyone else seems to know that you don't?Asking for a promotion ranks high on the list of life's most anxiety-inducing activities. Putting yourself out there to higher-ups can be intimidating, and competition can be fierce, especially in the current economic climate. And, of course, what if they say no?But it's also one of the most important things you can do for your career. If you want to move forward in your company or field, promotions are part of the game and they won't just be handed to you - you have to work - and ask - for them. Ready to take that next step? Penguin Experts Series: Get Promoted will give you everything you need to know before the big conversation.

Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy

'Compelling.' Reni Eddo-LodgeA 'must-read book for 2022', as picked by StylistMore than one fifth of children want to become influencers and it's easy to understand why. What if you could escape economic uncertainty by winning the internet's attention? What if you could turn the adoration of your social media followers into a lucrative livelihood?But as Symeon Brown explores in this searing exposé, the reality is much murkier. From IRL streamers in LA to Brazilian butt lifts, from sex workers on OnlyFans to fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes, these are the incredible stories that lurk behind the filtered selfies and gleaming smiles.Exposing the fraud, exploitation, bribery, and dishonesty at the core of the influencer model, Get Rich or Lie Trying asks if our digital rat race is costing us too much. Revealing a broken economy resembling a pyramid scheme, this incredible blend of reportage and analysis will captivate and horrify you in equal measure.

Get Your Knee Off Our Necks: From Slavery to Black Lives Matter

The death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and the ensuing trial of Derek Chauvin for murder a year later has rubbed raw the bloodiest stain on the United States’ history and its world reputation. The nine minutes and 29 seconds during which Chauvin’s knee crushed the spark of life out of Floyd was not unusual in the history of the United States. Before the U.S. Civil War, slaves were routinely beaten to death for disobeying orders or running away, then often lynched. In roughly two centuries, Blacks have achieved nominal freedom. But, as this book’s opening chapter and expert essays that follow indicate, freedom has been conditional based on inequity of wealth, social, and legal discrimination. None of this is new in the United States; what is new is the number of people rising up in protest, a figure in the millions around the world after Floyd’s murder.This book supplies a readable, scholarly account of recent issues in race and racism in the United States that will be useful for general readers, undergraduate students, and their professors. It will be useful in many fields, including Black studies, other ethnic pursuits, United States history, law, criminal justice, intercultural communication, et al. The work contains a powerful historical narrative followed by several important, essays on subjects including George Floyd’s murder, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and many other victims of systematic racism.

Getting a PhD in Law

Getting a PhD in Law is a unique guide to obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of Law in the UK. While there is a wide range of study guides for PhD students in the social sciences and other science-based disciplines,there is very little information available on the process of obtaining a PhD in law. Research degrees in law share some attributes with those in related disciplines such as the humanities and social sciences. However, legal methodology and the place of the PhD in law in the young lawyer's career create unique challenges that have not been addressed by existing guides. Getting aPhD in Law fills this clear gap in the market, providing an accessible guide to the PhD process from topic selection to thesis publication. This readable and informative guide draws on interviews and case studies with PhD students, supervisors and examiners. Getting a PhD in Law will be essential reading for the growing numbers of PhD students in the UK's many law schools-and those internationally who wish to learn from UK best practice.

Getting By: Economic Rights and Legal Protections for People with Low Income

Getting By offers an integrated, critical account of the federal laws and programs that most directly affect poor and low-income people in the United States-the unemployed, the underemployed, and the low-wage employed, whether working in or outside the home. The central aim is to provide a resource for individuals and groups trying to access benefits, secure rights and protections, and mobilize for economic justice. The topics covered include cash assistance, employment and labor rights, food assistance, health care, education, consumer and banking law, housing assistance, rights in public places, access to justice, and voting rights. This comprehensive volume is appropriate for law school and undergraduate courses, and is a vital resource for policy makers, journalists, and others interested in social welfare policy in the United States.

GETTING BY C: Economic Rights and Legal Protections for People with Low Income

Getting By offers an integrated, critical account of the federal laws and programs that most directly affect poor and low-income people in the United States-the unemployed, the underemployed, and the low-wage employed, whether working in or outside the home. The central aim is to provide a resource for individuals and groups trying to access benefits, secure rights and protections, and mobilize for economic justice. The topics covered include cash assistance, employment and labor rights, food assistance, health care, education, consumer and banking law, housing assistance, rights in public places, access to justice, and voting rights. This comprehensive volume is appropriate for law school and undergraduate courses, and is a vital resource for policy makers, journalists, and others interested in social welfare policy in the United States.

Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits

We have all been victims of wrongdoing. Forgiving that wrongdoing is one of the staples of current pop psychology dogma; it is seen as a universal prescription for moral and mental health in the self-help and recovery section of bookstores. At the same time, personal vindictiveness as a rule is seen as irrational and immoral. In many ways, our thinking on these issues is deeply inconsistent; we value forgiveness yet at the same time now use victim-impact statements to argue for harsher penalties for criminals. Do we have a right to hate others for what they have done to us? The distinguished philosopher and law professor Jeffrie Murphy is a skeptic when it comes to our views on both emotions. In this short and accessible book, he proposes that vindictive emotions (anger, resentment, and the desire for revenge) actually deserve a more legitimate place in our emotional, social, and legal lives than we currently recognize, while forgiveness deserves to be more selectively granted. Murphy grounds his views on careful analysis of the nature of forgiveness, a subtle understanding of the psychology of anger and resentment, and a fine appreciation of the ethical issues of self-respect and self-defense. He also uses accessible examples from law, literature, and religion to make his points. Providing a nuanced approach to a proper understanding of the place of our strongest emotions in moral, political, and personal life, and using lucid, easily understood prose, this volume is a classic example of philosophical thinking applied to a thorny, everyday problem.

Getting Incentives Right: Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution

Lawyers, judges, and scholars have long debated whether incentives in tort, contract, and restitution law effectively promote the welfare of society. If these incentives were ideal, tort law would reduce the cost and frequency of accidents, contract law would lubricate transactions, and restitution law would encourage people to benefit others. Unfortunately, the incentives in these laws lead to too many injuries, too little contractual cooperation, and too few unrequested benefits. Getting Incentives Right explains how law might better serve the social good.In tort law, Robert Cooter and Ariel Porat propose that all foreseeable risks should be included when setting standards of care and awarding damages. Failure to do so causes accidents that better legal incentives would avoid. In contract law, they show that making a promise often causes the person who receives it to change behavior and undermine the cooperation between the parties. They recommend several solutions, including a novel contract called "anti-insurance." In restitution law, people who convey unrequested benefits to others are seldom entitled to compensation. Restitution law should compensate them more than it currently does, so that they will provide more unrequested benefits. In these three areas of law, Getting Incentives Right demonstrates that better law can promote the well-being of people by providing better incentives for the private regulation of conduct.

Getting Incentives Right: Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution

Lawyers, judges, and scholars have long debated whether incentives in tort, contract, and restitution law effectively promote the welfare of society. If these incentives were ideal, tort law would reduce the cost and frequency of accidents, contract law would lubricate transactions, and restitution law would encourage people to benefit others. Unfortunately, the incentives in these laws lead to too many injuries, too little contractual cooperation, and too few unrequested benefits. Getting Incentives Right explains how law might better serve the social good.In tort law, Robert Cooter and Ariel Porat propose that all foreseeable risks should be included when setting standards of care and awarding damages. Failure to do so causes accidents that better legal incentives would avoid. In contract law, they show that making a promise often causes the person who receives it to change behavior and undermine the cooperation between the parties. They recommend several solutions, including a novel contract called "anti-insurance." In restitution law, people who convey unrequested benefits to others are seldom entitled to compensation. Restitution law should compensate them more than it currently does, so that they will provide more unrequested benefits. In these three areas of law, Getting Incentives Right demonstrates that better law can promote the well-being of people by providing better incentives for the private regulation of conduct.

Getting it Right: Making Corporate-Community Relations Work

A company begins exploration of future operations in a remote and rural area of a poor, but resource-rich country. The communities in this area welcome the company's interest, seeing the prospects for improved social and economic conditions. They look forward to the creation of jobs and other income opportunities, and they look forward to being connected to the outside world through the company.The company, for its part, wants to get it right with local communities. In order to understand the context in which they plan to operate as well as to demonstrate their respect for local mores, managers hire an anthropologist or a non-governmental organization (NGO) to do community surveys. They see these as the first steps for establishing good relations between the company and local communities.Five years later, a visitor to the area sees schools and clinics that the company has built and staffed for the community. He sees upgraded roads and electricity that had not existed before. He sees increased activity in the region, more people and more vehicles, as people have migrated to the area for work. But he hears the company manager complain that he spends far too much time dealing with the community's "never-ending demands" and with "local trouble-makers," and he hears community members complain that "the company has done nothing for us."This book has been written for corporate managers who are responsible for company operations in societies that are poor and politically unstable. Many such managers are frustrated with the situations they face. They try their best to run effective, profitable and beneficial operations that take account of the needs of all their stakeholders, including local surrounding communities. But, even with their best efforts, they encounter community dissatisfaction, unrest, opposition, and delays and, worse yet, threats and violence.In many ways, this book is also written *by* such managers because the information and learning it includes come directly from their day-to-day, grounded field experience. For seven years the authors have spent days and weeks at over 25 sites of companies – including (among others) BP, ChevronTexaco, Barrick, Shell, Total, and Newmont – operating in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Australia, and North America, talking with both company staff and local people. They have gathered evidence of how the daily, ongoing operations of companies interact with, affect, and are affected by the societies where they work. They have heard lots of complaints – on both sides. They have seen policies and programs, intended to establish positive relations, backfire and, instead, bring angry demonstrations at the company gate and seemingly endless negotiations and demands. They have also seen operations that are appreciated and supported by local people because of the positive impacts they have had.Both corporations and communities begin their interactions with positive attitudes and expectations, but in a short time tensions between the two rise and negative attitudes can supplant positive ones. In each location where CEP has seen this story play out, there are, of course, variations and details that reflect the specific context and local history. But the regularity and similarity of complaints across so many contexts also show that there are clear, and predictable, patterns in the processes by which company–community relations turn sour.Getting it Right reports, analyzes, and sorts the broad and varied experiences of these many corporations, bringing forward the lessons that can be usefully applied in other settings. The aim is to help corporate managers *get it right* with respect to interactions with local communities, so that they can more efficiently and effectively accomplish their production goals and, at the same time, ensure that local communities are better (rather than worse) off as a result of their presence. The book also addresses what has been learned about how companies can interact, appropriately and positively, with national governments and advocacy NGOs in ways that promote

Getting it Right: Making Corporate-Community Relations Work

A company begins exploration of future operations in a remote and rural area of a poor, but resource-rich country. The communities in this area welcome the company's interest, seeing the prospects for improved social and economic conditions. They look forward to the creation of jobs and other income opportunities, and they look forward to being connected to the outside world through the company.The company, for its part, wants to get it right with local communities. In order to understand the context in which they plan to operate as well as to demonstrate their respect for local mores, managers hire an anthropologist or a non-governmental organization (NGO) to do community surveys. They see these as the first steps for establishing good relations between the company and local communities.Five years later, a visitor to the area sees schools and clinics that the company has built and staffed for the community. He sees upgraded roads and electricity that had not existed before. He sees increased activity in the region, more people and more vehicles, as people have migrated to the area for work. But he hears the company manager complain that he spends far too much time dealing with the community's "never-ending demands" and with "local trouble-makers," and he hears community members complain that "the company has done nothing for us."This book has been written for corporate managers who are responsible for company operations in societies that are poor and politically unstable. Many such managers are frustrated with the situations they face. They try their best to run effective, profitable and beneficial operations that take account of the needs of all their stakeholders, including local surrounding communities. But, even with their best efforts, they encounter community dissatisfaction, unrest, opposition, and delays and, worse yet, threats and violence.In many ways, this book is also written *by* such managers because the information and learning it includes come directly from their day-to-day, grounded field experience. For seven years the authors have spent days and weeks at over 25 sites of companies – including (among others) BP, ChevronTexaco, Barrick, Shell, Total, and Newmont – operating in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Australia, and North America, talking with both company staff and local people. They have gathered evidence of how the daily, ongoing operations of companies interact with, affect, and are affected by the societies where they work. They have heard lots of complaints – on both sides. They have seen policies and programs, intended to establish positive relations, backfire and, instead, bring angry demonstrations at the company gate and seemingly endless negotiations and demands. They have also seen operations that are appreciated and supported by local people because of the positive impacts they have had.Both corporations and communities begin their interactions with positive attitudes and expectations, but in a short time tensions between the two rise and negative attitudes can supplant positive ones. In each location where CEP has seen this story play out, there are, of course, variations and details that reflect the specific context and local history. But the regularity and similarity of complaints across so many contexts also show that there are clear, and predictable, patterns in the processes by which company–community relations turn sour.Getting it Right reports, analyzes, and sorts the broad and varied experiences of these many corporations, bringing forward the lessons that can be usefully applied in other settings. The aim is to help corporate managers *get it right* with respect to interactions with local communities, so that they can more efficiently and effectively accomplish their production goals and, at the same time, ensure that local communities are better (rather than worse) off as a result of their presence. The book also addresses what has been learned about how companies can interact, appropriately and positively, with national governments and advocacy NGOs in ways that promote

Getting More: How You Can Negotiate to Succeed in Work and Life

You're always negotiating. Whether making a business deal, talking to friends or booking a holiday, negotiation is going on. And most of us are terrible at it.Experts tell us to negotiate as if we live in a rational world. But people can be angry, fearful and irrational. To achieve your goals you have to be able to deal with the unpredictable.In Getting More, negotiation expert Stuart Diamond reveals the real secrets behind getting more in any negotiation - whatever more means to you. Getting More is accessible, jargon-free, innovative ... and it works.