Bøger om Alexander

In the year 1705, the main church in Lübeck, a centre of the Holy Roman Empire, was cloathed in colourful tapestires and filled with candles to mark the death of the emperor. A grand display of music was planned for the occasion by the city’s most illustrious composer. A twenty-year old J.S. Bach travveled nearly 400 kilometers to hear this music, composed by a man few have heard about today. His name was Dieterich Buxtehude and until recently, his music was almost entirely forgotten. Listening to his music, one will realise that it is embodied by an incredible dynamism and a unique beauty, refreshing for our modern ears. So, how could such incredible music, that moved the heart of Bach, be forgotten?What is even more surprising about Buxtehude is his Danish background and upbringing in Elsinore -  the royal city where Shakespeare staged Hamlet. Just like the court of Hamlet, Buxtehude’s Elsinore was a place filled with royal musicians. This begs the question of him being inspired by earlier royal composers in Denmark.Alexander Winkler delves into all this and more in his vivacioous descriptions of Buxtehude’s life and music.

Organisation og organisering Er en gennemgang af organisationsteori fra de tidligste forsøg på at organisere merkantile virksomheder i antikken til nutidens IT-intensive arbejde i organisationer. Denne grundbog til videregående uddannelser introducerer på fin og pædagogisk vis centrale ideer indenfor organisationsfeltet. "Organisation og organisering giver en god oversigt over organisationsteorien på en måde, som er stimulerende og relevant for både studerende, forskere og praktikere. Bogen byder på en oversigt over organisationsteorihistorien, som er enestående i sin detaljerigdom, og som ikke blot er med for at hædre gamle klassikere, men også for at vise, hvordan nogle idéer lever videre i nye sammenhænge hundrede år senere. Samtidig byder den på et udvalg af de nyeste tendenser i organisationsstudier og forsøger at give et bud på fremtidens organisationsteori. Bogen rummer mainstream såvel som avantgarde og peger på det skandinaviske bidrag til den internationale viden om organisation. Sidst, men ikke mindst, er det lykkedes forfatterne at formidle stoffet let og pædagogisk uden at forenkle komplekse tanker og ideer." Professor Barbara Czarniawska, GRI, Göteborgs universitet