The Atomic Corporation: A Rational Proposal for Uncertain Times

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In The Atomic Corporation the authors' revolutionary theory is put to the test. Looking across all sectors of business, including retail banking, financial services, telecommunications, IT and consultancy, carbon-based corporations (oil and gas companies), and consumer products companies, Camrass and Farncombe discover some real eye-openers, including how truly more efficient these industries become by a change in corporate structure.

The implications for individuals are equally profound and far-reaching. It might take a decade, but it will happen, and nothing will be the same again. Welcome to the Atomic Corporation.

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A DIFFERENT LOOK AT BUSINESS STRUCTURES.......2006-10-29

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Atomic attempts to identify the future business construct based upon trends identified today. Camrass and Farncombe take the analogy of an "atom" that can become part of larger molecules to form value adding business structures. These are more agile and focused organisations than the monolithic businesses today. To their credit, they try to identify those "atoms" rather than just generalise:

* Smart Companies. Smart Companies "serve a broad industrial base, and are knowledge-based businesses capitalizing on skills in innovation" [p. 63].

* Webspinners. Webspinners source the suppliers from which the customer wishes to buy. "They own the relationships between suppliers and customers by improving the matching process across the value chain" [p. 64].

* Customer Managers. "The customer portal must capture, confirm, refine and constantly use the customer's views and experiences .... in suggesting offers" [p. 66].

* Asst Platforms. Asset Platforms are the atoms that actually "make" the goods that are offered by the above atoms.

* Service Platforms. "Service platforms will take responsibility for organizing common `processes' or all other atoms" [p. 68], such as pay, accounting, administration, etc.

* Portfolio Managers. "The principal competency of these atoms is risk taking. Portfolio owners will manage their atoms as a set of investments that are expected to produce returns, maintaining a mix of types of atoms that produces the right profile of risk and reward".

They move further than articulating their observations though, and even provide the characteristics that will make a winning "atom" in the future.
They are a bit "light on" in terms of statistics to back up their observations, but this doesn't detract from their message, which I must agree from my limited reading and observations, is a very real trend.

WHAT I LEARNT

I learnt that we are a "Smart Company", a knowledge based business that relies on innovative ideas, methods and techniques to make our way in this ever competitive world.

I also feel that the "atomic" business world fits into a broader view of the world - that of complexity [see - http://www.santafe.edu), or perhaps more specifically - social complexity. "Atomisation" would seem to be a construct that is likely to do well in this complex world of self organising entities. Much like a flock of birds in flight that continually changes direction and shape (a complex self organising system), the "atoms" of the future business world will be able to change direction and rearrange themselves again and again to meet the changing tastes and demands of the consumers and customers around them.

More importantly, it has validated our approach that puts "knowledge" at the forefront of any business strategy. The future for business rests on how well it can manage its existing knowledge asset, how it can efficiently produce more knowledge suited to its changing context and how it can best leverage that knowledge for competitive advantage in the case of a commercial enterprise or for better service delivery in the case of a public enterprise.

A Universe in an Atom.......2001-12-08

The Atomic Corporation is without a doubt a rational proposal for uncertain times. Authors Camrass and Farncombe use `chemistry' as the vehicle to explain their proposition and they do it very well. They show us `a universe within an atom'. They show us why mega corporations will be compelled to break up into smaller business units or `atoms' so that they can become more agile and adaptable to the demands of more powerful consumers. Corporations will devolve into complex and ever changing web of business-to-business connections or `molecules'.
In many ways, it supports and confirms our book: Ecosystem: Living the 12 Principles of Networked Business. We use `biology' as our vehicle, instead of chemistry. We both use stakeholder relationships in a holistic manner. We both focus on complexity and collaboration. Where we differ is in perspective. Camrass and Farncombe take the atomic (micro) perspective, whereas we take the ecosystem (macro) perspective and yet we reach not dissimilar conclusions. You cannot afford not to read this book.

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As the head of a successful investment firm, Judy Resnick has met thousands of women, many of whom have asked her: Can I learn to take control of my own money--and, in the process, my own life?

Resnick's answer is this: You must, because you, and only you, are responsible for your economic survival. She learned this lesson the hard way. Over and over again, the men in her life--father, husband, boyfriends, investment advisers--told her not to worry about money, that everything was under control. In fact, Resnick had never made a single informed financial choice--and never even had a full-time job--until she was forty. In spite of it all, she went on to found her own investment company, empowering women to learn about their finances while she makes money for them through smart investments.

Resnick takes women step-by-step through the financial concerns that arise at each stage of their lives, including budgeting, insurance, taxes, investing, and retirement. Using her own incredible story, and those of other women with diverse life experiences, she helps women take concrete steps toward achieving financial and personal freedom--and gives them the peace of mind that they can provide for themselves and those they love.

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This book is not very good........1999-11-07

Ms. Resnick's book seems too self-serving and isn't very detail oriented as it relates to how to get started in investing. After reading this book, I still felt lost. I would suggest another book.

great gift for my mom.......1998-05-22

I bought this book as a gift for my mother. She doesn't like to talk about personal finance very much, but I thought she might enjoy this book and be able to learn something from it at the same time. Sure enough, she enjoyed it and is more comfortable talking about finances than she was she before she read it. Great book.

A unusual story of survival and a lesson on independence.......1998-02-18

Judy Resnick explains, through her own mistakes how to deal with life and live in reality. I love her openess about her own life and that she admits that she did a lot wrong before she got it right. I can relate to that better then some M.B.A. that went to school and never lived. As women, we need this reasurrance. Not all of us have the advantage of an education or experience with money until a tragedy hits. I thank her for her honesty. This book is just wonderful

This is a cool book.......1998-02-18

A lot of people are talking about this book, which is both an amazing life story and some great advice on how to get your financial life together. I'd recommend this for all women and for men, too, since Judy Resnick teaches you how to be smart about money, which is a lesson everyone should learn.

Great value to contemporary women.......1998-02-14

While many can and do play at this game, Ms. Resnick does it better than most. The male dominated world she has come to move in so well can be counted upon to throw a few brickbats her way, especially when Ms. Resnick chooses to publicly demystify the arcana of finance and investment. This type of information, engagingly told, is of great value to all contemporary women. Thank you.

I'Ve Been Rich, I'Ve Been Poor, Rich Is Better

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I'Ve Been Rich, I'Ve Been Poor, Rich Is Better
Gene Stone Judy Resnick
Manufacturer: Golden Books Pub Co (Adult)
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I've Been Rich. I've Been Poor. Rich Is Better.: How Every Woman Can Find Economic Security and Personal Freedom

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I've Been Rich. I've Been Poor. Rich Is Better.: How Every Woman Can Find Economic Security and Personal Freedom

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ASIN: 1402876424

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From the Publisher As the head of a successful investment firm, Judy Resnick has met thousands of women, many of whom have asked her: Can I learn to take control of my own money--and, in the process, my own life? Resnick's answer is this: You must, because you, and only you, are responsible for your economic survival. She learned this lesson the hard way. Over and over again, the men in her life--father, husband, boyfriends, investment advisers--told her not to worry about money, that everything was under control. In fact, Resnick had never made a single informed financial choice--and never even had a full-time job--until she was forty. In spite of it all, she went on to found her own investment company, empowering women to learn about their finances while she makes money for them through smart investments. Resnick takes women step-by-step through the financial concerns that arise at each stage of their lives, including budgeting, insurance, taxes, investing, and retirement. Using her own incredible story, and those of other women with diverse life experiences, she helps women take concrete steps toward achieving financial and personal freedom--and gives them the peace of mind that they can provide for themselves and those they love.

Nü ren yao you qian =: I've been rich, I've been poor, rich is better

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NuÌˆ ren yao you qian =: I've been rich, I've been poor, rich is better
Judy Resnick
Manufacturer: Ping an wen hua you xian gong si
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This composition reader, roughly organized chronologically, offers contributions on a myriad of racial and cultural struggles in past and present America. Its combination of primary, secondary, and literary sources encourages readers to think critically about the issues which have shaped the world around them, which take root in the early history of the United States, and which continue to be important in society today. The book also offers a glimpse into the power of language—written and spoken—in shaping ideas, attitudes, and politics when conflicts arise. A wide range of readings (by both well- and lesser-known authors), traces the evolution of conflicts in American history from the 17th century on, and compares and contrasts issues involving race, class, and gender over those centuries. An engaging variety of topics includes transcripts from the Salem witch trials, speeches and writings by a number of native Americans, journals from women who dressed as men in the Civil War so they could fight, and presidential speeches dating back to the 18th century. For anyone who wants to listen to the historical voices that have come together to make America the complex and multicultural place that it is today.

Considering Cultural Difference (A Longman Topics Reader) (Longman Topics Series)

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Considering Cultural Difference (A Longman Topics Reader) (Longman Topics Series)
Pauline Uchmanowicz
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The Culture and Conflict Reader
Pat Chew
Manufacturer: NYU Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0814715796
Release Date: 2001-01-01

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Read the Introduction.

Culture is the lens through which we make sense of the world. In any conflict, from petty disputes to wars between nation-states, the players invariably view that conflict through the filter of their own cultural experiences. This innovative volume prompts us to pause and think through our most fundamental assumptions about how conflict arises and how it is resolved.

Even as certain culturally based disputes, such as the high-profile cases in which an immigrant engages in conduct considered normal in the homeland but which is explicitly illegal in his/her new country, enter public consciousness, many of the most basic intersections of culture and conflict remain unexamined. How are some processes cultured, gendered, or racialized? In what ways do certain groups and cultures define such concepts as "justice" and "fairness" differently? Do women and men perceive events in similar fashion, use different reasoning, or emphasize disparate values and goals?

Spanning a wide array of disciplines, from anthropology and psychology to law and business, and culling dozens of intriguing essays, The Culture and Conflict Reader is edited for maximum pedagogical usefulness and represents a bedrock text for anyone interested in conflict and dispute resolution.

Contributors include: Kevin Avruch, Peter W. Black, Jeffrey Z. Rubin, Frank E. A. Sander, John Paul Lederach, Heather Forest, Sara Cobb, Janet Rifkin, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Laura Nader, Pat Chew, Stella Ting-Toomey, Harry C. Triandis, Christopher McCusker, C. Harry Hui, Anita Taylor, Judi Beinstein Miller, Carol Gilligan, Trina Grillo, James W. Grosch, Karen G. Duffy, Paul V. Olczak, Michele Hermann, Martha Chamallas, Loraleigh Keashly, Phil Zuckerman, Tracy E. Higgins, Howard Gadlin, Janie Victoria Ward, Kyeyoung Park, Taunya Lovell Banks, Margaret Read MacDonald, Mary Patrice Erdmans, Manu Aluli Meyer, Doriane Lambelet Coleman, Bruce D. Bonta, Paul E. Salem, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Marc H. Ross, Z.D. Gurevitch, Mari J. Matsuda, Charles R. Lawrence III, Hsien Chin Hu, Glenn R. Butterton,Walter Otto Weyrauch, Maureen Anne Bell, Martti Gronfors, Thomas Donaldson, Marjorie Shostak, and Heather Forest.
Table of Contents

Part I: Approaching Conflict and Culture: Inquiries, Assumptions, and Constructs

Introduction

1 Conflict Resolution in Intercultural Settings: Problems and Prospects
Kevin Avruch and Peter W. Black

2 Culture, Negotiation, and the Eye of the Beholder
Jeffrey Z. Rubin and Frank E. A. Sander

3 Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation across Cultures
John Paul Lederach

4 Everyone Agrees to Peace
Heather Forest

5 Practice and Paradox: Deconstructing Neutrality in Mediation
Sara Cobb and Janet Rifkin

6 In a Grove
Ryunosuke Akutagawa

7 Harmony Models and the Construction of Law
Laura Nader

8 Vantage Point
Pat K. Chew

9 Toward a Theory of Conflict and Culture
Stella Ting-Toomey

10 Multimethod Probes of Individualism and Collectivism
Harry C. Triandis, Christopher McCusker, and C. Harry Hui

Part II: Gender and Conflict

Introduction

11 The Necessity of Seeing Gender in Conflict
Anita Taylor and Judi Beinstein Miller

12 In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development
Carol Gilligan

13 The Mediation Alternative: Process Dangers for Women
Trina Grillo

14 Role of Ethnic and Gender Differences in Mediated Conflicts
James W. Grosch, Karen G. Duffy, and Paul V. Olczak

15 New Mexico Research Examines Impact of Gender and Ethnicity in Mediation
Michele Hermann

16 The Architecture of Bias: Deep Structures in Tort Law
Martha Chamallas

17 Gender and Conflict: What Does Psychological ResearchTell Us?
Loraleigh Keashly

18 Gender Regulation as a Source of Religious Schism
Phil Zuckerman

19 Anti-Essentialism, Relativism, and Human Rights
Tracy E. Higgins

Part III: Ethnicity, Race, and Conflict

Introduction

20 Conflict Resolution, Cultural Differences, and the Culture of Racism
Howard Gadlin

21 "Eyes in the Back of Your Head": Moral Themes in African American Narratives of Racial Conflict
Janie Victoria Ward

22 Use and Abuse of Race and Culture: Black-Korean Tension in America
Kyeyoung Park

23 Both Edges of the Margin: Blacks and Asians in Mississippi Masala, Barriers to Coalition-Building
Taunya Lovell Banks

24 Not Our Problem
Margaret Read MacDonald

25 Immigrants and Ethnics: Conflict and Identity in Chicago Polonia
Mary Patrice Erdmans

6 To Set Right: Ho'oponopono, A Native Hawaiian Way of Peacemaking
Manu Aluli Meyer

27 Individualizing Justice through Multiculturalism: The Liberals' Dilemma
Doriane Lambelet Coleman

Part IV: Global Perspectives

Introduction

28 Conflict Resolution among Peaceful Societies: The Culture of Peacefulness
Bruce D. Bonta

29 A Critique of Western Conflict Resolution from a Non-Western Perspective
Paul E. Salem

30 Conflict Resolution Approaches: Western and Middle EasternLessons and Possibilities
Mohammed Abu-Nimer

31 The Relevance of Culture for the Study of Political Psychologyand Ethnic Conflict
Marc Howard Ross

32 The Power of Not Understanding: The Meeting of Conflicting Identities
Z. D. Gurevitch

33 The Telltale Heart: Apology, Reparation, and Redress
Mari J. Matsuda and Charles R. Lawrence III

34 The Chinese Concepts of 'Face'
Hsien Chin Hu

35 Pirates, Dragons, and U.S. Intellectual Property Rights inChina: Problems and Prospects of Chinese Enforcement
Glenn R. Butterton

36 Autonomous Lawmaking: The Case of the 'Gypsies'
Walter Otto Weyrauch and Maureen Anne Bell

37 Institutional Non-Marriage in the Finnish Roma Community and Its Relationship to Rom Traditional Law
Martti Gronfors

38 Values in Tension: Ethics Away from Home
Thomas Donaldson

39 Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
Marjorie Shostak

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Identity politics has brought many otherwise suppressed voices to the forefront of legal discourse--women, gay men, lesbians, and racial and ethnic minorities. But it has also treated these traditional identity categories as stable, erasing conflicts and differences within them. After Identity is a groundbreaking collection of essays by legal scholars addressing the social and legal dilemmas of identity politics in all its complexity.

Authored by the leading voices in critical legal studies, feminist legal theory, critical race theory and queer legal theory, these essays explore the importance of sexual, national and other identities in people's lived experiences while simultaneously challenging the limits of legal strategies focused on traditional identity groups. These new ways of thinking about cultural identity have implications for strategies for legal reform, as well as for progressive thinking generally about theory, culture and politics.

After Identity explores some of the most important issues of our times: sexuality, affirmative action, community, post-colonialism and violence. These essays explore these themes through a variety of methodologies and critical perspectives, ranging from first-person narrative and New Historicism to doctrinal analysis.

Contributors: Mary Joe Frug, Janet E. Halley, Dan Danielsen, Gary Peller, Duncan Kennedy, Patricia J. Williams, Gerald Torres, Kathryn Milun, Regina Austin, Gerald Frug, David Kennedy, Karen Engle, Nathaniel Berman, Rosemary Coombe, Kendall Thomas, Ileana Porras, Elizabeth V. Spelman, Martha Minow, Kimberlé Crenshaw.

The Revolution Wasn't Televised: Sixties Television and Social Conflict (AFI Film Readers)

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The Revolution Wasn't Televised: Sixties Television and Social Conflict (AFI Film Readers)
Lynn Spigel
Manufacturer: Routledge
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ASIN: 0415911214

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Caricatures of sixties television--called a "vast wasteland" by the FCC president in the early sixties--continue to dominate our perceptions of the era and cloud popular understanding of the relationship between pop culture and larger social forces. Opposed to these conceptions, The Revolution Wasn't Televised explores the ways in which prime-time television was centrally involved in the social conflicts of the 1960s. It was then that television became a ubiquitous element in American homes. The contributors in this volume argue that due to TV's constant presence in everyday life, it became the object of intense debates over childraising, education, racism, gender, technology, politics, violence, and Vietnam. These essays explore the minutia of TV in relation to the macro-structure of sixties politics and society, attempting to understand the struggles that took place over representation the nation's most popular communications media during the 1960s.

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George Washington Carver-a unique and gifted scientist who made some of the most unusual discoveries. He saw things others overlooked, and now you'll discover how Doctor Carver, born as a slave and rejected as a student, triumphed over incredible obstacles in his quest to become educated. He has rightfully earned a place among America's great achievers. This book is sold at Tuskegee Institute Book Store.

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Fantastic Book.......2000-10-09

This book kept me spellbound. I shared it with my 11 year old son and he enjoyed it as well. It is written in language even much younger children could follow. It was informative and a super book.

George Washington Carver What Do You See? Read-Along (Another Great Achiever Read-Along Series)

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George Washington Carver What Do You See? Read-Along (Another Great Achiever Read-Along Series)
Janet Benge , and Geoff Benge
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