This book showcases various methodological approaches to the analysis of organizational talk and text. Arguing that organizations are discursive constructions that are communicatively constituted, the authors use the analysis of transcripts of audio-recordings of naturally-occurring workplace talk and authentic written texts to demonstrate what applied linguistics has to offer to scholarly research into organizations as well as management practice and training. The authors discuss the theoretical underpinnings of discursive approaches to the role language in the communicative constitution of organization, and then each chapter focuses on one particular analytical approach. The chapters cover conversation analysis; membership categorization analysis, positioning theory; ventriloquism; metaphor analysis; and metadiscourse analysis and computer-mediated discourse analysis. Consequently, this interdisciplinary work presents a number of methods that allow researchers unfamiliar with fine-grained linguistic analyses of naturally-occurring talk and text to explore ways of adding to their repertoire of research skills.

Call Number : HD30.3 .D218 2023
Location : PeTARY Main (Level 1)

During our preparation, we found that Agriculture created enormous job opportunities in teaching, research, extension, industrial and financial institutions, which are based on all those examinations conduced by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, various state agricultural universities, state boards and banking institutions. All these examinations are mostly based on objective type questions and students always look for study material that is ready to use and easy to grasp. But, there are only few books available in the market for agricultural competitive examinations. The present book "Agriculture at a Glance" has been prepared in most simple, clear and in appropriate manner so that easy to grasp and remember, based on syllabus of most of agricultural competitive examinations with basic and current knowledge of various fields of agriculture. About the Author : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma is Assistant Seed Certification Officer in Seed Certification Department, Raipur (C.G.). He has also worked as Senior Surveillance Inspector under National Invasive Weed Surveillance Programme and Senior Research Fellow in BRSM, CAET, IGKV, Raipur. He received his B.Sc (Ag.) in 2006 and M.Sc (Ag.) degree in 2008 in the field of Agronomy from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.). He has qualified JRF (Agronomy) during 2006 and Ph.D. Exams of Banaras Hindu University and GBPUAT during 2009-10. He has also qualified National Eligibility Test (ASRB, ICAR). He has published book "Guide for Agricultural Entrance Examinations", many research papers and technical articles. He has lot of teaching experience of Under-graduate programme. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Bhoi is Senior Research Fellow in NPOF Project, Dept. of Agronomy, IGKV, Raipur. He has also worked as manager, sales and merchandise - Food business under Future group and Reliance. He received his B.Sc (Ag.) and M.Sc (Ag.) degree in the field of Agronomy from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwav

Call Number : S494.5.E5 S531 2024
Location : PeTARY Main (Level 2)

This textbook addresses key issues and challenges in contemporary multicultural and multilingual workplaces through the lens of leadership, communication and trust. It draws together contributions from fields including cultural studies, psychology, sociolinguistics, translation and interpreting studies, and business management, making a valuable contribution to the area of language and culture in the workplace. The volume is divided into 5 thematic sections: Intercultural Communication; Cross-cultural Leadership; Economy; Language; and Diversity. It offers a critical analysis on themes that tend to be overlooked in intercultural business and management scholarship, such as multilingualism in the workplace, translation and interpreting in cross-cultural work practices, dignity in the workplace, performing gender in the workplace, and D/deaf people in the workplace. It also revisits themes such as cross-cultural leadership, interculturality and theembedded economy, and managing uncertainty in the context of the contemporary globalized workplace. It then brings everything together in a Cross-Cultural Scenarios chapter at the end, with recommendations for every scenario. Overall, the textbook constitutes an essential resource for honours undergraduate and postgraduate students in these and related fields, as well as academics and practitioners with an interest in globalised workplaces.

Call Number : HF5549.5.M5 .I61 2023
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Despite consistent improvements in the school systems of over recent years, there are still too many children who miss out. It is not only children from disadvantaged backgrounds attending hard-pressed urban schools that the system is failing - even in the most successful schools there are often groups of learners whose experience of schooling is less than equitable.

As a result of their close involvement with a group of schools serving a predominantly working-class community over five years, the authors of this book offer an analysis of how marginalisation within schools can arise, and provide suggestions for responding to this crucial policy agenda. They propose a teacher-led inquiry strategy that has proved to be effective in moving forward thinking and practice within individual schools. However, their research has shown that using the same strategy for system change is problematic within a policy context that emphasises competition and choice. Learning from this experience, the authors analyse the factors that inhibit the collaborative approach needed to reduce inequities that exist between the schools, in order to formulate proposals that can move the system as a whole towards more equitable provision.

Call Number : LC213.3.G7 A296 2012
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The term ‘postcolonial literatures in English’ designates English-language literatures from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania, as well as the literatures of diasporic communities who have moved from those regions to the global north. This volume introduces the central themes of postcolonial literary studies and delineates how these themes are reflected and elaborated in exemplary literary works by postcolonial authors from around the world. It also offers succinct definitions of key terms like Orientalism, hybridity, Indigeneity or writing back.

Call Number : PN56.P555 B283 2019
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“Time in Construction” is a book that focuses on the crucial aspect of construction disputes, which is time. The book discusses how delays in construction projects can lead to increased costs, prompting one party to seek compensation or mitigation. The claims for delay damages or loss and expense can be made by either the employer or the contractor. If there is no entitlement to additional time, it may result in a contract termination and subsequent claims for damages.

The rights of the parties involved are primarily governed by contractual provisions. The book examines the provisions on time found in major standard building contracts used internationally and in Malaysia, such as the Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC), the Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM), the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), and the Public Works Department (PWD/JKR) forms of contracts.

Within the framework of these contractual provisions, the authors delve into key aspects of time-related disputes, including whether time is of the essence of a contract, and if so, its implications, the effects of delays on project progress and completion, the application of liquidated damages, entitlements to extensions of time, and the financial implications of granting extensions of time.

The book incorporates the latest decisions from Malaysian courts, particularly those from the appellate courts that establish legal precedents, as well as significant rulings from other Commonwealth jurisdictions.

Call Number : KPG2590 .F686 2023
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SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol four lies in one acronym? It's baroque. It's arcane. And it's everywhere . SNMP is one of those system management skills that people acquire by experience, stumbling through one horrid implementation after another and counting their knowledge by their scars. SNMP Mastery is your guide to the secret landscape of one of computing's most mysterious tools. You will understand: What makes SNMP simple When to use SNMP, and when not to How to use SNMP securely Objects, MIBs, and OIDs to use the net-snmp management toolkit SNMPv3 efficient queries debugging proxies, SMUX, and AgentX View-based Access Control Model (VACM) extending the net-snmp agent logging, traps, and notifications Stop stumbling through the SNMP minefield. Read SNMP Mastery today

Call Number : TK5105.5 .L933 2020
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5G Wireless Networks book is for students, engineers, managers and for marketing/sales executives, to develop a good understanding of the 5G technology. This book covers the 5G architecture, 5G New Radio (NR), 5G Next Generation Core (NG-Core), Network Slicing, Virtualization of 5G Components, Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) and the various 5G use cases. This book provides details on the evolution of the wireless networks from 1G to 5G, status of 5G deployments and the 5G marketplace (standard bodies, open source communities and vendors). After reading this book, you will be able to have discussions with customers, interviewers and other stakeholders on the 5G concepts, ecosystem and use-cases.This book can be read by audiences who do not have prior knowledge on wireless networking.

Call Number : TK503.25 .V444 2020
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Do you want to find out how a computer network works? Do you want to understand what it all takes to keep a home or office network up and running? This book is all you need! It will help you navigate your way to becoming proficient with network fundamentals and technology.

When the first computers were built during the Second World War, they were expensive and isolated. However, after about twenty years, as their prices gradually decreased, the first experiments began to connect computers together. At the time, sharing them over a long distance was an interesting idea.

Computers and the Internet have changed this world and our lifestyle forever. We just need to touch a small button and within a fraction of a second, we can make a call, send a file or video message. The major factor that lies behind this advanced technology is none other than computer network. That's why it's important to know how it works!

Call Number : TK5105.5 .S428 2019
Location : PeTARY Main (Level 2)

Mooting to Win is a guide for every participant of moot court competitions. It provides a full overview of the process, from why one should participate in a moot court competitions, team selection and planning at the outset, to a detailed overview of the written memoranda that need to be drafted all the way to the most important phase, the oral pleadings.

Call Number : KF281.A2 S618 2019
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Essential Social Psychology introduces you to the core topics in Social Psychology, covering its history, methods, and approaches, as well as helping you grasp key topics such as social influence, group processes, prejudice, friendship, affiliation, and love.

This new edition has a strong emphasis on real-world applications, for example exploring how social psychology was applied during the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been updated to include more in-depth coverage of contemporary topics such as social media, the digital world, as well as social justice topics, such as LGBTQ+ issues in psychology.

This book is ideal for undergraduate students of social psychology.

Call Number : HM251 .C932 2024
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Agriculture is the production of food and goods through farming. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of human civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and pants (i.e. crops) creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and stratified societies. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science.

Agriculture is also observed in certain species of ant and termite. Agriculture encompasses a wide variety of specialties and techniques, including ways to expand the lands suitable for plant raising, by digging water-channels and other form of irrigation. Cultivation of crops of enable land and the pastoral herding of livestock on rangeland remain at the foundation of agriculture. In the past century there has been increasing concern to identify and quantify various forms of agriculture. In the developed world the range usually extends between sustainable agriculture (e.g. permaculture or organic agriculture) and intensive farming (e.g. industrial agriculture). Modern agronomy, plant breeding, pesticides and fertilizers and technological improvements have sharply increased yields form cultivation, and at the same time have caused widespread ecological damage and negative human health effects.

Call Number : S411 .S617 2022
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Handbook of Plant Disease Identification and Management presents the fundamentals of plant diseases identification based on symptomology and management focusing mainly on integrated pest management approach. It discusses a variety of techniques for the diagnosis of crop disease, losses due to crop diseases, and theories behind disease management. It describes how society is constraining the possibilities for management of crop diseases by changing the environment; biologically controlling crop diseases; and the epidemiologic and genetic concepts of managing host genes.

This book discusses managing diseases through diverse chemical, biological, and physical methods. It highlights climatic factors affecting crops by creating favorable condition for most of the diseases. This book serves as a complete guide for growers, researchers, and graduate students to understand basics of plant disease identification. It explains the disease cycle for respective crops with favorable conditions promoting disease development. It intends to aid growers in managing diseases and help scientists with future research.

Call Number : SB731 .A269 2019
Location : PeTARY Main (Level 2)

Principles of Macroeconomics is built on a foundation of core principles, the framework of supply and demand--with an emphasis on real-world data-driven examples, individual everyday decisions, and with a focus on the process of graphing"-- Provided by publisher.

Call Number : HB172.5 .S847 2023
Location : PeTARY Main (Level 1)