Diagonal Advance

Diagonal Advance PDF

Author: Anthony D. Baker

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2013-01-25

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0334048605

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Reveals how the divorce of divine perfection from human perfection undergirds the divorce of theology and philosophy. This work shows how these discourses were originally joined by the Church Fathers, to how they were separated in the Middle Ages and modern Anglicanism, to how they can be rejoined.

ADVANCED ALGEBRA

ADVANCED ALGEBRA PDF

Author: MADHUMANGAL PAL

Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 631

ISBN-13: 8120347374

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Intended for the undergraduate students of mathematics, this student-friendly text provides a complete coverage of all topics of Linear, Abstract and Boolean Algebra. The text discusses the matrix and determinants, Cramer’s rule, Vandermonde determinants, vector spaces, inner product space, Jacobi’s theorem, linear transformation, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Besides, set theory, relations and functions, inclusion and exclusion principle, group, subgroup, semigroup, ring, integral domain, field theories, Boolean algebra and its applications have also been covered thoroughly. Each concept is supported by a large number of illustrations and 600 worked-out examples that help students understand the concepts in a clear way. Besides, MCQs and practice exercises are also provided at the end of each chapter with their answers to reinforce the students’ skill.

Bureaucratic Ambition

Bureaucratic Ambition PDF

Author: Manuel P. Teodoro

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2011-10-10

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1421403765

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Winner of the Herbert A. Simon Book Award of the American Political Science Association, American Society for Public Administration Book Award of the American Society for Public Administration Political scientists and public administration scholars have long recognized that innovation in public agencies is contingent on entrepreneurial bureaucratic executives. But unlike their commercial counterparts, public administration “entrepreneurs” do not profit from their innovations. What motivates enterprising public executives? How are they created? Manuel P. Teodoro’s theory of bureaucratic executive ambition explains why pioneering leaders aren not the result of serendipity, but rather arise out of predictable institutional design. Teodoro explains the systems that foster or frustrate entrepreneurship among public executives. Through case studies and quantitative analysis of original data, he shows how psychological motives and career opportunities shape administrators’ decisions, and he reveals the consequences these choices have for innovation and democratic governance. Tracing the career paths and political behavior of agency executives, Teodoro finds that, when advancement involves moving across agencies, ambitious bureaucrats have strong incentives for entrepreneurship. Where career advancement occurs vertically within a single organization, ambitious bureaucrats have less incentive for innovation, but perhaps greater accountability. This research introduces valuable empirical methods and has already generated additional studies. A powerful argument for the art of the possible, Bureaucratic Ambition advances a flexible theory of politics and public administration. Its lessons will enrich debate among scholars and inform policymakers and career administrators.