Bücher von Andreas Sofroniou

2011 POLITICS, ORGANISATIONS, PSYCHOANALYSIS, POETRY. - This book brings together a condensed explanation of how the year 2011 will bring a struggle for pre-eminence in many societies, and how public laws will be necessary to regulate it. The people of any country must not hope too much of any government. The best society will be that in which tyranny and caprice of power are prevented and in which men are free to create diverse and spontaneous institutions within the framework of law. Included is Sigmund Freud's formulated method of psychoanalysis and for comparative reasons the thoughts and concepts of some other great philosophers. Also, how organisations and fiscal businesses will serve the people. Inserted are some of the author's own poems which may be of significant symbolism.

A guide to designing and developing the 'front-end' for systems applications, including the standards and guidelines for the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the Human Computer Interface (HCI), through which users communicate with the computer system and the database. Also, dialogue styles in which a user is provided with a hierarchically organised set of choices pointing to and interacting with visible elements.

In order to make it easier to read and to be used as a working manual, this version of the Change Management book is printed in large fonts and larger-clearer diagrams.The Concept of Change Management has traditionally been concerned with finding effective solutions to specific operational problems. This book deals with new, better methods, techniques, and tools for processing the required changes.Change Management personnel have gradually come to realise that their tasks should include the designing of systems that predict and prevent future problems. Substantial effort has therefore been devoted in recommending a rational methodology for the management of changes.

MORAL PHILOSOPY:The terms ethics and morality are closely related. We now often refer to ethical judgments or ethical principles where it once would have been more common to speak of moral judgments or moral principles. These applications are an extension of the meaning of ethics.Strictly speaking, however, the term refers not to morality itself but to the field of study, or branch of inquiry, that has morality as its subject matter. In this sense, ethics is equivalent to moral philosophy. Although ethics has always been viewed as a branch of philosophy, its all-embracing practical nature links it with many other areas of study, including anthropology, biology, medicine, economics, history, politics, psychology, sociology, and theology.

I.T. RISK MANAGEMENT.A risk is an uncertain event, which may have an adverse effect on the project's objectives. This book explains a proven risk management methodology, which should be very effective in the quest for identifying risks throughout the project lifecycle. It describes the processes, which commence by identifying the enterprise's most important and risky projects, as these must be given priority. The book is, essentially, dealing with a method that permits the collection of knowledge and experience from those involved.

Psychology From Conception To Senility.The psychology of child culture, Pre-natal, post-natal and all the other stages of development; from conception to death in old age.The book concentrates on the upbringing of children and offers guidance in establishing the right relationship between the child and the parents. It deals with the pre-natal and post-natal influences and expands into the realms of continuous development of the human personality.Remembering that human personality with all its complex characteristics never stops developing; from the foetus stage, to birth, growing up and to dying in old age.

CELEBRATING SIXTY YEARS OF COMPOSING POETRYIt was sixty years ago when I wrote my first four lines of a poem in English. This was called The Fireplace. I was thirteen years of age and a second year student of The English School in my hometown Morphou, Cyprus.The composition of poetry is an art where words construct sentences, verses using metaphors and symbols, which in turn are based on imagination, facts, and life experiences.A poem does not have to rhyme and yet it can be a stanza, a canto to a loved one, an ode to a hero, a sarcastic remark to emphasise the importance of a point made, an elegy composed to explain feelings arranged as a work of art.What prose can explain in three hundred pages, a poem (as a masterpiece) can express in one single page; with more meaning, using larger-than-life pictures describing timeless classic scenes, memorable events and bringing immortality to life itself.

For us Greeks, 'POIESIS', (poetry) means the creation of anything, in this case structurally using words with specific meaning. The composition of poetry is, therefore, an art where words construct sentences, verses using metaphors and symbols, which in turn are based on imagination, facts, and life experiences.A poem does not have to rhyme and yet it can be a stanza, a canto to a loved one, an ode to a hero, a sarcastic remark to emphasise the importance of a point made, an elegy composed to explain feelings arranged as a work of art.The poems included in this collection have endured time and kept the promise of including all that is described above. The subjects chosen, show such versatility that the reader will require time to read the elevated expression of thoughts and feelings.

Sexuality is a vast subject covering many fields of study. Genitality, with which it is usually confused, is only small part of it, yet sex books and sex education tend to deal almost entirely with sexuality. This book describes sexuality as a new perspective on love, emotion and relationships. The contents play such an important part in sex for every member of the family. By studying and discussing human and sometimes animal sexuality from infancy onwards, this book will offer a better understanding of sex and its many diverse situations, starting with the mythological comprehension of Eros (the god of love), including sex as a biological and physiological subject, extending into the psychology of sex and concluding with the realm of idealistic child rearing. In religion, morality, social customs and artistic themes, sex is and has always been an immensely powerful factor. In fact, sex pervades every culture in the world.

This book, CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AND GREAT THINKERS, encompasses nine titles of different subjects and their issues, namely:PSYCHOLOGY, CONCEPTS OF BEHAVIOUR,PSYCHOLOGY OF CHILD CULTURE,PSYCHOTHERAPY, CONCEPTS OF TREATMENT,FREUDIAN ANALYSIS,JUNGIAN SYNTHESIS,SOCIOLOGY, CONCEPTS OF GROUP BEHAVIOUR,PHILOLOGY, CONCEPTS OF EUROPEAN LITERATURE,SOCIAL SCIENCES, CONCEPTS OF BRANCHES AND RELATIONSHIPS,PHILOSOPHY FOR HUMAN BEHAVIOUR.As such, the author attempts to bring together the concepts and thoughts of social scientists and the values of philosophical endeavours.

Management is the science used for the application of quantitative techniques to business decision-making. Business Management covers the whole range of decision-making by management, for example, information technology, operations research, production management, marketing, personnel management, and cost accounting. Management methods operate by forming a quantitative representation of a business problem that is by putting a numerical value on the factors involved. This modelling process enables the major elements of the decision to be identified and considered in relation to the whole problem. Alternative solutions can be put forward, evaluated and an optimum solution found. There is always a need to balance the quantitative approach with behavioural considerations, keeping in mind that business decisions involve people. Whilst experience can be used to suggest how people might react in the future, conditions change and consequently people's future reactions are not always predictable.

There can be little doubt that Systems, Risks, Changes, the Internet, Information Technology in general, is and will be increasingly important in the years ahead. This book has been designed for the business person, for the student and the systems professional who needs an overview regarding the logical analysis in Information Technology and the systems involved. The book explores the fundamental aspects of operational computing, the development of new information systems, and the structured methodologies used. Systems Analysis is discussed according to their structure and the book focuses on further developments in information technology and their planning. In writing the book, the author is mostly concerned with the logical analysis and the managing of systems and people, the risks involved and the changes required in multi-national corporations, software houses, government departments, the European Union, and academia.

In writing the book, the author is mostly concerned with the logical analysis and the managing of systems and people in multi-national corporations, software houses, government departments, the European Union, and academia.There can be little doubt that Information System, the Internet, and Information Technology in general, is, and will be increasingly important in the years ahead.The book explores the fundamental aspects of operational computing, the development of new information systems, and the structured methodologies used. Systems Analysis is discussed according to their structure and the book focuses on further developments in information technology and their planning.

There can be little doubt that information systems and computing in general will become increasingly important in the years ahead. This book is, therefore, aiming to fill a gap in the current business and tutorial literature. The 'MANAGE THAT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT' book has been designed for the business person, for the student and the computer professional who needs a detailed overview of projects and the systems involved. The book explores the fundamental aspects of operational computing and the development of new information systems. Current systems are discussed according to their structure and the book focuses on further developments in information technology, and their planning.

Followers of Stoicism offer for consideration various metaphysical systems, united chiefly by their ethical implications. All variants on the pantheistic theme that the world constitutes a single, organically unified and benevolent whole, in which apparent evil results only from our limited view. Their philosophy had at its core the beliefs that virtue is based on: Knowledge; Reason and Harmony.The changes of circumstances were viewed with evenness of mind: pleasure, pain, and even death were irrelevant to true happiness. In time, the idea that only the accomplished wise man (the philosopher) could attain virtue was challenged, and Stoicism became more relevant to the reality of politics and statesmen.The Stoic belief in the brotherhood of man helped philosophy to make a real impact in later Republican Rome; upon such men as the young Cato (whose suicide brought him a martyr's fame), Brutus, and Cicero. Its disciples included Seneca, tutor and adviser to Nero and the emperor Marcus Aurelius.

This book on DEFINE THAT SYSTEM has been designed for the business person, for the student and the computer professional who needs a detailed overview of Project Management, Information Technology and the Risks threatening the systems involved. The book explores the fundamental aspects of operational computing, the development of new information systems, the choice of packages and the structured methodologies used. Current systems are discussed according to their structure and the book focuses on further developments in information technology, the management of projects and their planning. In writing the book, the author is mostly concerned with the development and the managing of systems and people in multinational corporations, software houses, government departments, the European Union Commissions and academia.

This book is intended to provide details and guidance as an Information Technology and Management Workshop. The writing of this book is based on readers' requests for an objective tutorial and workshop for the I.T. Systems, Programs, Project Management, and perhaps as a Computing Encyclopaedia.As a book, or manual for training, the material documented herein will include; Pre-workshop Activities, Project Management Principles, Integration of Methodologies, Aid to Participants' Presentations, Project Management Requirements, Interfaces of Tools, and Post-workshop Coaching.The large size of this book allows it to be divided into seven sections, which cover the Background of Computing, I.T. Workshop, Procedures for Systems Development, Logical Analysis of Systems, Risks Management, Management of Changes, and Business on Internet.

Philosophy may be briefly defined as the study of the nature and implications of rational thought. From this, general study conclusions may be drawn about the implications of rational thought in specific fields, such as the moral and political, and these implications constitute moral and therapeutic philosophy. If, as the empiricist believes, philosophy leads to the conclusion that the rational part of experience is much smaller than is commonly supposed, this is itself a rational proposition of the first importance. The purpose of this book is to indicate, in the most general and summary fashion, the logical and metaphysical background of philosophy, as conceived by the BRITISH PHILOSOPHERS OF THE 16TH TO 18TH CENTURY.

In the dazzling blue waters of the Mediterranean paradise, the island of Cyprus, close to its coast lays Adelphi Isle. Tourists dare not visit this palm-fringed exotic place, as all uninvited visitors are discouraged and chased away at gunpoint, for Adelphi Isle is the headquarters of a ruthless narcotics syndicate.When ex-marine Spyro Cava innocently crosses the syndicate's path, he does not heed their warnings but is determined to penetrate the isle's defences. Unwittingly Spyro and his companions are now part of the gripping thriller set in the very real world of international crime.Spyro's outrage and curiosity regarding the fate of the Venus brings him into direct conflict with the local constabulary and even more powerful adversaries, the denizens of the nearby Turkish authorities of the old port of Othello, Famagusta, and the international cartel of the Colombian Narcotraficantes.

Sociology as a social science refers to the systematic study of the development, structure, and functioning of society. In the last two centuries sociologists analysed many facets of their own societies, in the more general context of observing the causes and consequences of the transition from traditional pre-industrial life to modern societies. The fundamental postulate of sociology is that human beings act not by their own free decisions taken rationally, but under the influence of history and culture, and the expectations and demands of others: human beings are both the products and the makers of their societies. During the 20th century, sociologists have been particularly interested in the influence of role, status, class, and power on experience and behaviour, in the family and in the community; in the factors which contribute to cohesion and conflict; in social structure and social stratification; and in social problems such as crime, drug addiction, and domestic violence.

Although Aristotle is well known as a philosopher, scientists acknowledge his influence in almost every branch of the sciences. He definitely benefited from Plato (his teacher) on matters of the politis and the personality characteristics of the individual.What many modern thinkers forget is the impact that Aristotle made with his research into the specific sciences. In his Athenian academia, or Lyceum, Aristotle established his unique method of teaching - the peripatetic.Many of his biological experiments were backed by specimens sent to him by his ex-pupil Alexander the Macedonian. It is said that Alexander the Great collected samples from every country he conquered and forwarded them to his tutor.Aristotle established a scientific methodology which, even in modern days, influences the academic world. His research in biology, his writings in physics, and his afterthoughts (meta-after) his papers and lectures on physics (metaphysica) undoubtedly made an impact on the method of treating people.

THREE MILLENNIA OF HELLENIC PHILOLOGYThis book describes the Greek Philology and its associated subjects of literature, linguistic and other arts. It explains the Hellenic era of three millennia of Philology as part of all other human activities; reflecting the ancient, classical, ecclesiastical, medieval and modern concepts, including the current social and economic conditions.Furthermore, it elaborates on the philological class stratification as it appears in life; among the primitive civilisations and modern European literature.Additionally, the book explains the class distinction in philology, literature, linguistics, comedies, opera, ballads and dramas of ancient and modern times.It gives details of the historical and comparative philological terms as used in linguistics studies; the ways in which specific languages have developed and the ways in which languages in general can change.

They were both children of poverty, born into the dark slums of East London. Yet their worlds could hardly have been more different. Eric De Milo blessed with a loving Italian family and an artistic gift that gave him a chance for a better life. On the other hand, Helena Whitman who knew little of love or kindness, her gift was for survival. Then astonishingly, love blossoms between them, and for a while, it seems that nothing can tear them apart.However, can their love endure when it separates Eric from the world he cherishes?This is the story of a love that yearns to flower despite every obstacle, the kind of love that endures the hardships of the East London slums.The first time he saw her she was in a gallery, standing right in front of one of his pictures. To Eric De Milo, a young artist in London, she was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. Her name he learnt was Helena, and she came from a world that was very different from his.

CYPRUS,DEPRIVATION OF FREEDOMThe geographical position of the island of Cyprus never allowed her to be free, nor will it ever be self-governed under the present European Union's approach to the island's political situation and its people's financial problems.Cyprus has always been strategically important for the various tyrannical old Empires; hence the reason why Cyprus was colonized for more than two and a half thousand years.A Mycenaean colony in the 14th century BC, it was ruled successively by the Assyrian, Persian, Roman, and Byzantine empires. Richard I of England conquered it in 1191 and sold it to the French Crusader Guy de Lusignan under whom it became a feudal monarchy. An important base for the Crusades, it eventually came under the control of Italian trading states, until in 1571 it fell to the Ottoman Empire. It remained part of the Ottoman Empire until 1879, when it was placed under British administration. It was formally annexed by Britain in 1914 and in 1925 declared a crown colony.

Epistemology is the explanation of how we think. It is required in order to be able to determine the true from the false, by determining a proper method of evaluation. It is needed in order to use and obtain knowledge of the world around us. This book attempts to provide a systematic overview of the epistemological problems that several questions may raise and focus in some depth on issues relating to the structure and the limits of knowledge and justification. While this book provides an overview of the important issues, it leaves the most basic questions unanswered; as such epistemology will continue to be an ever-expanding area of philosophical discussion as long as questions remain.

The 436 pages of six books (integrated into one tome) include Information Technology, Management, Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Expert Systems, Systems Analysis, Computing, Risk Management, and Change Management.In writing this volume, the author took into consideration the advance of today's information technology and computing in general, the principles of work and leisure alike, factory and business operations, networking, defence, medicine, education and the domestic environment. Also, the social concerns that computers and their systems influence our attitudes to privacy, and employment.Although the world of computing became smaller with new ultra-small computing systems, equipped with wireless networking systems worldwide, the reader can appreciate that the construction of such systems is as complex as a house built in a swamp. It does, therefore, require careful planning and design. Just as a house must have an architect's plan, so does a system.

Pericles, the Athenian political leader and general was noted for his oratory, political acumen, and integrity. He was instrumental in strengthening and extending the Athenian Empire.He originated a major building programme, of which the jewel was the Parthenon, the temple that dominated the acropolis. When the spectre of war with the Peloponnesians threatened in the 430s, Pericles determined to resist their demands. After the Peloponnesian War broke out, he persuaded the Athenians to abandon the countryside when the Spartans invaded and to rely on their fleet. He was briefly deposed from the generalship when plague shattered Athenian confidence, but was re-elected the following year. He died of plague soon afterwards.In expanding Pericles' biography, modern historians consider this Athenian statesman as being largely responsible for the full development of Athens, of both the Athenian democracy and the Athenian Empire, making Athens the political and cultural focus of Greece.

The purpose of this book is to fill a great public need regarding the subject of Therapeutic Psychology, the many schools of ideas of the subject of Psychology, and the terminology used in comprehending the study of Human Behaviour.The contents of this book bring the authority and clarity of science and the light of reason to a field that has remained too long in the darkness of confusion, misunderstanding and false belief.In place of guesswork and legend that so often pass for 'psychology' this book makes available to the reader, the verified findings and most challenging theories of the world's great psychologists, philosophers and researchers.The author hopes that the depths of therapeutic psychology and human behaviour need not remain perplexing and mysterious.

Winds of ChangeThis is the third book of poems composed by Andreas Sofroniou.In this anthology the reader will discover the philosophical simplicity of his poems; the metaphors and the symbolism are all present in this collection. Uniquely, every poem is preceded by a picture, a drawing, or a photograph, each one closely portrayed.Andreas Sofroniou wrote his first serious poem at the age of thirteen years and published his first collection in 1960. Since then, as an author, he has written thirty-one books, which subjects include: fiction, information technology, philosophy, management, psychology, and poetry.

This presentation of Jung's psychotherapy is intended to give a condensed picture and an introduction to his extensive publications and method of therapy. Jung popularised the terms 'introvert and extravert', interpreted the deeper conscious levels, and established psychotherapy as the treatment of disorders. His theory of 'psychic energy' emphasised a final point of view as against a purely causal one. His discovery and exploration of the 'collective unconscious', with its 'archetypes' was an impersonal substratum underlying the 'personal unconscious'; the concept of the psyche as a 'self-regulating system' expressing itself in the process of 'individualisation'. Jung's latter work included dreams and drawings interpretation, symbolism, myths, historical antecedents, physics... Thus, Jung's work has become of great importance for medicine, psychology, anthropology, religion, art, history, literature, etc...