The Book of Real-World Negotiations: Successful Strategies from Business, Government, and Daily Life

Joshua N. Weiss
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Real world negotiation examples and strategies from one of the most highly respected authorities in the field

This unique book can help you change your approach to negotiation by learning key strategies and techniques from actual cases. Through hard to find real world examples you will learn exactly how to effectively and productively negotiate. The Book of Real World Negotiations: Successful Strategies from Business, Government and Daily Life shines a light on real world negotiation examples and cases, rather than discussing hypothetical scenarios. It reveals what is possible through preparation, persistence, creativity, and taking a strategic approach to your negotiations. Many of us enter negotiations with skepticism and without understanding how to truly negotiate well. Because we lack knowledge and confidence, we may abandon the negotiating process prematurely or agree to deals that leave value on the table.

The Book of Real World Negotiations will change that once and for all by immersing you in these real world scenarios. As a result, you’ll be better able to grasp the true power of negotiation to deal with some of the most difficult problems you face or to put together the best deals possible. This book also shares critical insights and lessons for instructors and students of negotiation, especially since negotiation is now being taught in virtually all law schools, many business schools, and in the field of conflict resolution. Whether you’re a student, instructor, or anyone who wants to negotiate successfully, you’ll be able to carefully examine real world negotiation situations that will show you how to achieve your objectives in the most challenging of circumstances. The cases are organized by realms―domestic business cases, international business cases, governmental cases and cases that occur in daily life. From these cases you will learn more about:

• Exactly how to achieve Win-Win outcomes
• The critical role of underlying interests
• The kind of thinking that goes into generating creative options
• How to consider your and the other negotiator’s Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA)
• Negotiating successfully in the face of power
• Achieving success when negotiating cross-culturally

Once you come to understand through these cases that negotiation is the art of the possible, you’ll stop saying "a solution is impossible." With the knowledge and self-assurance you gain from this book, you’ll roll up your sleeves and keep negotiating until you reach a mutually satisfactory outcome!

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

未來的錯覺：人類如何與AI共處 (In AI We Trust)

海爾格．諾沃特尼 (Helga Nowotny)
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「如果開始相信演算法能夠預測未來，那就可能會失去未來。」
在AI的世代裏，
如何保有身而為人的意義？

我們正處於一個迷人的時刻，
在一條人類和AI 共同互動演化的軌道上。
數碼科技的每一步發展，
都讓我們重新思考何以為人。

我們已經開始認為，AI比我們還更懂得自己了。預測演算法會針對我們將要消費的物品、未來的行為、情緒狀態提出建議，我們甚至自我馴化，去符合AI的預測結果。當我們以為利用AI 可完全掌控未來時，事實上正好相反。

奧地利社會學家諾沃特尼，在本書延續了她對科技與社會關係、社會時間的經驗與不確定感的研究，從哲學、歷史、社會學、科學角度，探究在數碼人類世，AI如何重塑我們的身分，我們又該如何跟AI共處。

演算法的能力太強了，我們輕易就忘記了「理解」和「預測」之間的重要關係。然而，我們不可屈服於效率的便利，不可放棄理解的渴望，不可拋下背後的好奇心與毅力。

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Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative and compelling” (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Oprah Daily, Time, The Star Tribune, Vulture, The Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Public Library, Esquire, California Review of Books, She Reads, Library Journal

“Urgent and accessible . . . Its moral force is a gut punch.”—The New Yorker

Longlisted for the Inc. Non-Obvious Book Award • Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal

The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?

In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow.

Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedom.

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解構大學排名榜——從三大系統談起 (The Impact of Higher Education Ranking Systems on Universities)

唐寧 (Kevin DOWNING） 、魯克 （Petrus Johannes LOOCK） 、葛瑞非特 （Sarah GRAVETT)
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近年，每當不同的大學排名榜公佈時，傳媒都會爭相報道，而各地的政府、大學的決策者及教授、準大學生、家長、僱主等都會十分關注，因為這直接影響他們日後的政策方向與選校抉擇。

世界漸趨一體，高等教育日益追求卓越，林林總總的大學排名榜應運而生。大學排名是評級機構以教學、研究、推廣及服務質素來評估大學質素的方式。然而，這些評估系統的評估準則及方式卻備受爭議。雖然大學排名並不完美，但的確能為各持份者提供以國際標準為基礎的參考價值。

本書全面分析高等教育排名系統的好壞優劣，並仔細考察了現今國際間認受性最高的三大大學排名榜：世界大學學術排名（ARWU）、QS世界大學排名（QS WUR）和泰晤士高等教育世界大學排名（THE WUR）的起源、拓展與演變，以及其採用的排名方法、不同指標的比重及標準，從而探討這些排名榜對個別院校及整個高等教育界的影響，大學如何在學校政策、資源分配及學術交流等範疇上作出調整及改善，以保持或提升排名位置。更重要的是，本書提出如何改進排名準則，使其採用之數據更客觀真確。排名並非最終目標，每年排名榜都會更新，而排名反映的全球趨勢，更值得大家細思。

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Netflix and Streaming Video: The Business of Subscriber-Funded Video on Demand

Amanda D. Lotz
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Netflix and Streaming Video is the first book to provide a comprehensive foundation for understanding the business of subscriber-funded streaming video and its implications for the role of these services in culture. Drawing on Lotz’s two decades of research, it highlights the similarities and differences among streaming video services (Netflix; Amazon) and video distribution technologies (broadcast; satellite; internet).

The author expertly shows that, by understanding the underlying economic and technological dynamics of these services (and their differences), it is possible to better assess the actions taken by the companies and what the future of video may encompass.

The book is a must-read for students and scholars of Media and Communications Studies, as well as those wishing to learn more about Netflix and streaming video services.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

The City University of Hong Kong Library offers a collection of  VoD (Video-on-Demand) local TV programmes. They covers a variety of topics, including news, current affairs, financial analysis, personal stories, and social issues, providing in-depth documentaries, investigative reports, talk shows, and lifestyle features.

榮歸君國 : 香港戰役中的加拿大軍團

周家建
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2015年，香港特區政府發表《人口政策：策略與措施》報告，統計自1980年以來，約有八十萬香港人移居外地，而加拿大是香港人熱門移民地點之一。兩地雖然隔着遼闊的太平洋，但早在十九世紀末已有頻繁的人員往來。第二次世界大戰讓兩地關係更為密切，成為命運共同體，因為兩地民眾要面對共同的敵人。1941年11月，接近二千名加拿大官兵，在羅遜准將帶領下乘船抵達香港，他們的任務是協助駐港英軍抵擋日軍。十八天激烈戰鬥，造成了二百九十名加拿大官兵陣亡，其中包括羅遜准將。今天，他們仍長眠於香港西灣國殤紀念墳場與赤柱軍人墳場。本書不只是重塑加拿大官兵如何被牽扯進香港戰役，更關注戰爭結束後生還的加拿大官兵的生活，從而闡述戰爭對軍人所造成的身體上和心理上的創傷。

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Might & Magnificence: Ceremonial Arms and Armour across Cultures 
威武奢華：跨文化禮儀兵器藝術展
The exhibition features rare and exceptional pieces from esteemed private and local public collections, with significant loans from the renowned Mengdiexuan Collection (夢蝶軒) and R&J Collection (曾在齋). Together, these works highlight the enduring significance of arms and armour beyond the battlefield, weaving connections across diverse regions and cultures through shared traditions, legends, and histories. READ MORE

“Might & Magnificence: Ceremonial Arms and Armour across Culture” Exhibition
Date: 5 November 2024 - 23 February 2025 (Closed on Mondays)
Time: 10am to 7pm
Venue: Indra and Harry Banga Gallery, City University of Hong Kong
Admission: Free of charge Book a Visit