Bøger af Christian Maurer

In the shadow of personality cults, barbarity, absurdity and madness, very often the human beings behind the influential leaders disappears. The science fiction writer and founding father of the Scientology Church, L. Ron Hubbard, and the late Beloved Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, meet by accident in Venice in the fifties. Spontaneous sympathy soon turns into a very special, deep friendship. From petty juvenile jealousy over a bumpy lifetime with setbacks and frictions until their deaths, the uninhibited reader finds curiosity and banalities, mixed with serious world political decisions. Last but not least, the reading illuminates connections and facts which we now perceive as the legacies of these two men.

The International Student Conference in Tourism Research (ISCONTOUR) offers students a unique platform to present their research and establish a mutual knowledge transfer forum for attendees from academia, industry, government and other organisations.The annual conference, which is jointly organized by the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems and the Management Center Innsbruck, takes place alternatively at the locations Krems and Innsbruck.The conference research chairs are Prof. (FH) Mag. Christian Maurer (University of Applied Sciences Krems) and Prof. (FH) Mag. Hubert Siller (Management Center Innsbruck).The target audience include international bachelor, master and PhD students, graduates, lecturers and professors from the field of tourism and leisure management as well as businesses and anyone interested in cutting-edge research of the conference topic areas.The proceedings of the 9th International Student Conference in Tourism Research include a wide variety of research topics, ranging from consumer behaviour, tourist experience, information and communication technologies, marketing, destination management, and sustainable tourism management.

Der Band bietet eine kompakte Einfuhrung in die Nichtsequentielle Programmierung als gemeinsamen Kern von Vorlesungen uber Betriebssysteme, Verteilte Systeme, Parallele Algorithmen, Echtzeitprogrammierung und Datenbanktransaktionen.

The International Student Conference in Tourism Research (ISCONTOUR) offers students a unique platform to present their research and establish a mutual knowledge transfer forum for attendees from academia, industry, government and other organisations.The annual conference, which is jointly organized by the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems and the Management Center Innsbruck, takes place alternatively at the locations Krems and Innsbruck. The conference research chairs are Prof. (FH) Mag. Christian Maurer (University of Applied Sciences Krems) and Prof. (FH) Mag. Hubert Siller (Management Center Innsbruck).The target audience include international bachelor, master and PhD students, graduates, lecturers and professors from the field of tourism and leisure management as well as businesses and anyone interested in cutting-edge research of the conference topic areas. The conference topics include marketing and management, tourism product development and sustainability, information and communication technologies, finance and budgeting, and human resource management.

Der Roman beschreibt den Aufbruch des Helden zu einer Reise, die Reise, den Aufenthalt und die Rückkehr. Eine phantastisch klingende, in Wahrheit aber reale Anzeige weckt in Professor Orbasil, der kein echter Professor ist, den Wunsch nach einem anderen Leben. In dem Roman mischt sich Realistisches und Phantastisches. Ebenso wie der Held, dessen Perspektive das Erzählen nicht verläßt, zugleich sehr wirklich und gespenstisch ist. Fast weiß man genau, was in der Außenwelt geschieht und was nur im Kopf des Helden vor sich geht. Am Ende scheint alles wie am Anfang zu sein. Aber nicht ganz. Beinahe schließt sich ein Kreis, doch läßt die Linie eine Öffnung.

Do people only act out of self-interest? Or is there a less pessimistic explanation for human behaviour? Maurer delves into early-Enlightenment debates on self-love from both famous and lesser known authors, including Lord Shaftesbury, Bernard Mandeville, Francis Hutcheson, Joseph Butler, Archibald Campbell, David Hume and Adam Smith.