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individual participant of the organisation. Much of the internal marketing discussions has emphasised the relevance of the four traditional components of marketing mix. In recent times it is not enough. Following A. Dune’s view, there is a need for the fifth element. The additional element is people, an element that exists within both the internal and external marketing mix. Internally, employees are customers to whom the firm must deliver value, while externally they are a value-added component of the

examples in more than one of the chapters, illustrating a different theme in each. Any work of architecture may of course be examined through any or all of the filters, though this will not necessarily produce interesting revelations in all instances. Towards the end of the book there are some case studies which show how a fuller analysis of a particular work can be achieved by examining it under a number of themes. 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people have contributed, knowingly or unwittingly, to

practice. Positivism is a philosophical movement characterized by an emphasis upon science and scientific method as the only sources of knowledge, a sharp distinction between the 6 Martin Griffiths realms of fact and value, and a strong hostility toward religion and traditional philosophy. Positivists believe that there are only two sources of knowledge (as opposed to opinion): logical reasoning and empirical experience. A statement is meaningful if and only if it can be proved true or false, at

evaluate the state's claims on us and orient our efforts at political change. The normative component of political theory is the search for such standards and for the reasoning that forms their justification. We do not often take the same attitude toward the complex structure of institutions and practices that lies beyond the state. This is in accord with the modern tradition of political theory, but it is worth asking if there are reasons of principle for following tradition in this respect. In this

knowledge about the target company. If a target company is known well, a high level of integration (absorption) might be favourable since this allows for more operating synergy potential. If the target is not or hardly known, a two step approach towards a high level of integration (absorption) was found to be most effective. First, a low level of integration (preservation) is favourable to get to know the target. A preservation type of integration strategy already allows revenue based operating synergy

to pay rather more for her treatment before claiming her refund. In the past Mme Rouge had lived for a period with her husband in London, and had required gynaecological treatment while there. Mme Rouge was shocked at the difference in attitudes towards patients—the very curt treatment and interpersonal relations that she experienced as an NHS patient left her feeling patronised and unaware of exactly what was happening to her and why. 8 HEALTH CARE IN FRANCE AND GERMANY Skiing Accident

loved also the weak, the poor, the defenceless, the old man and the little child. Hence Les Pauvres Gens, Booz endormi, Petit Paul. He delighted in the monstrous, he revelled in extremes, and he had little perception of the lights and shades which make up ordinary human character. Neither his poems nor his romances show much trace of that psychological analysis which is the peculiar feature of so much modern literature. Child of the nineteenth century, as he was in so many respects, in many of the

judges on the advice of the PM and exercises her prerogative of mercy. The Queen and Church The Queen is the head of the Church of England and the Church of Scotland. Her title states that she is the Defender of the Faith. She has a specific role towards the Church of England, but also recognizes and supports the various other faiths practised in the UK and the Commonwealth. Archbishops and bishops are appointed by the Queen on the advice of the PM; they take an oath of allegiance to the Queen on

W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110 Library of Congress Cataloging-inPublication Data Carr, Nicholas G., 1959– The shallows: what the Internet is doing to our brains/Nicholas Carr.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN: 978-0-393-07936-4 1. Neuropsychology. 2. Internet—Physiological effect. 3. Internet—Psychological aspects. I. Title. QP360.C3667 2010 612.80285—dc22 2010007639 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10110 www

permi88ion). 1. C. Ogden & I. Richards, The Meaning of Meaning 11 (lOth ed. 1956). 36 LANGUAGE AND MEANING Ch. 3 Ch.3 SOME BASICS 37 and beyond the reach of the metalanguage, which is the language used to talk about language. Fifth, the diagram takes no account of the relationships among sym­ bols. To place these elements in more useful perspective within the general theory of meaning, sometimes called "semiotic," Figure 2 is offered as an amplification of and possible improvement