This book provides comprehensive coverage of issues that facility managers in the property industry need to understand and apply in the pursuit of value for money over the life span of built facilities. The authors introduce the fast-growing discipline of facility management; examine the core competencies that facility managers should possess and study different contemporary drivers of change. The book emphasises the need to consider facilities management issues at the pre-design stage of the construction process; rather than only when the building is completed; in order to maximise value for money.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. interesting. well constructed ideasBy pinklemonI came to this book because I think Daniel Levitin recommended this book in his own "This Is Your Brain On Music". which was a good read but I felt it skimmed some details that I wouldve liked to know more about. This book goes very. very deep into musical expectation and its relevance in culture. listening habits. art. and for me it was an effective gateway into the field of psychology. even evolutionary biology. It never gets too preachy. always aware that expectation is just one element of music. It gets very dry at times. and if youve been to music school you can probably skip the number-crunching bits on cadential harmony and meter. Still. good reading.55 of 58 people found the following review helpful. Music and SurpriseBy E. N. AndersonFinally. a real five-star book about music. For some reason. there are thousands of books about language. but almost no serious ones analyzing the biology and psychology of humanitys other communication systesms. Every society has a highly developed musical tradition. every society uses music in countless ways including the most sacred religious ceremonies. and yet hardly anyone has stepped forward to analyze it as a basic communication channel for humans. David Hurons book is on surprise in music. He shows how music creates expectations of pattern. from simple rhythm up to very complex patterns (the concerto. the symphony...) that only sophisticated listeners know. Musicians notoriously love to play with these patterns. to surprise the listeners and thus create new pieces and prevent boredom. Huron distinguishes several types of surprise. on the basis of a highly sophisticated evolutionary and cognitive psychology as well as an astounding knowledge of music. He knows everything from the complexities of Beethoven and Schoenberg to the joik songs of the Saami of arctic Europe. and even knows what happens when you play the latter to rural folk in southern Africa. By contrast. such earlier works as Robert Jourdains MUSIC. THE BRAIN AND ECSTASY were greatly limited by confining their attention to western classical and classical-derived pop forms. thus missing everything from cross-rhythms to alternative scales. Surprise presupposes a whole file of knowledge of patterns and schemas. and a deep cognitive and emotional investment in same. Huron takes these mostly for granted. Obviously. the next step is to figure out why people love complicated musical patterns in the first place. Especially. humans love the theme-and-variation type of play with patterns that dominates music from Elizabethan lute solos to jazz to ragas. These are not exactly surprising. especially when you know the pieces. but they are always delightful. Why? Huron mentions body rhythms. speech rhythms. and the like. There is obviously more. I think there is much more about pattern--in music and in general--that we need to study.1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Great book!By DanielGreat information. and written in an accessible way. David Huron makes well-supported information fun to read! I HIGHLY recommend this book to any musician. regardless of field.
