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Cet article explore les revenus des diplômés des collèges communautaires et des programmes universitaires de premier cycle. Le premier but de cette étude est de déterminer si les programmes des collèges communautaires en formation technique et appliquée procurent à leurs finissants de meilleurs revenus que ceux des arts libéraux, soi‐disant « plus mous ». Le second but est d'examiner les répercussions économiques de L'obtention d'un nouveau titre scolaire de niveau postsecondaire qui n'a pas été conçu dans le but d'être une continuation du premier titre, une pratique connue sous le nom de « recyclage ». Des comparaisons par champ d'étude sont aussi étudiées.This paper explores the earnings of graduates of community college and university undergraduate programs of different fields of study. There are two goals of this study. The first goal is to determine whether technical and applied community college programs provide their graduates with better earnings outcomes than do the so‐called "softer" liberal arts programs. The second goal is to examine the economic implications of obtaining an additional post‐secondary credential that is not designed to be a continuation of the first credential, a practice known as "recycling." Comparisons by field of study are also investigated.

The international influence of the Robens Report on occupational health and safety management (OHSM) is widely recognised. Its approach to self-regulation and advocacy of greater consultation between workers and employers, helped formulate regulatory strategies for health and safety at work that have been extensively adopted internationally in modern OHS legislation and encouraged by national regulatory agencies. In this paper an attempt is made to describe what this means in terms of structures, processes and orientations of joint arrangements for OHSM in workplaces and to analyse strengths and weaknesses in their application. In Australia various approaches to reforming workplace arrangements have been informed by ideas derived at least in part from Robens. My intention is not to provide a detailed critique of Australian practice but to locate it within wider international experience in order to better understand the nature of participatory OHSM, the role of 'self-regulation' its links to OHS outcomes and the various supports and constraints underpinning its success or failure. Systematic approaches to participative workplace arrangements for OHS in Australia are therefore contextualised by comparison with those in other countries and especially with EU member states where revisions have emphasised the regulation of participative OHSM, following the impact of the EU Framework Directive 89/391. At the core of the paper is the question of the continued relevance of these approaches in a world of work that is fundamentally changed since they were originally formulated several decades ago. It looks at ways in which regulatory bodies, employers, trade unions and OHS practitioners have addressed the challenges to OHSM posed by changes in the structure and organisation of work and the labour market and it seeks to understand what it is about participatory strategies for OHSM that make them useful in the present regulatory and economic environment.

Much of the literature in the field of logistics and supply management is concerned with the role that should be taken by business activities to add value for the customer and the shareholder. One of the problems currently under discussion is how this may be achieved. Discusses the issues underlying shareholder value management and planning. It proposes that value drivers are identified and examined in the context of both value and cost implications when related to the broader objectives of delivering shareholder value. A model is proposed which links EVA criteria, operating management criteria and logistics options. The model offers managers the opportunity to explore operational options and their impact on shareholder value criteria.

Presents an evaluation of a trade union project to appoint regional health and safety representatives in farm‐working. Outlines the background and development of the scheme and assesses its outcomes. Reviews the problem of health and safety in agriculture and discusses the scheme as a means of improving the health and safety performance of the small enterprises typical of the industry. Identifies factors that have supported or constrained the activities of the regional safety representatives and evaluates their importance. Compares the scheme with analysis of more developed provisions for regional health and safety representatives found in Sweden and identifies and discusses a number of supporting and limiting factors common to both schemes. Concludes the project has achieved very limited success in improving joint consultation on health and safety in agricultural employment. Suggests its limited progress is a result of constraints specific to the industry rather than those of employment in small enterprises in general. Proposes further strategies that the trade union might adopt to increase the chances of success within the industry.

Discusses research into provisions for education and training in health and safety offered by trade unions in a number of European countries. Uses material gathered in the survey to consider the role of trade union training in health and safety and its contribution to the operation of participative management of health and safety at the workplace level. Discusses the significance of employee representation in health and safety regulation and examines the support provided by trade union training in the context of factors that influence its effectiveness. Several specific aspects of trade union training are identified as characteristic. Other aspects of trade union health and safety education that contribute to the overall support and proactive role of trade unions in preventative health and safety are identified and discussed. Trade unions make extensive provision for education and training in occupational health and safety. This is a significant factor in raising awareness of health and safety issues and the development of a preventive health and safety ethos in all of the countries included in the study. Argues that it is possible to identify a common pedagogy in trade union education and training in occupational health and safety. This pedagogy is rooted in the educational methods of labour education, emphasizing the value of participants' own experience and developing a collective approach to the definition and solution of problems, while encouraging listening and communication skills in this process. Shows that although trade unions have suffered a loss of influence and power across Europe during the past decade ‐ and in some countries their losses have been severe ‐ in the case of education and training in health and safety, generally trade unions have maintained a significant provision as well as continuing to develop an innovative and dynamic approach to its content and delivery.

The Register of Current Research in the field of Physical Distribution Management has been compiled from the response to a request for such information made to Universities in 23 countries throughout the world. The last register was published in 1972 in this journal.

The product portfolio and product life cycle concepts are not recent in management education. Indeed the product life cycle has been around for some considerable time and the product portfolio concept of a range of products at various stages of their respective life cycles with differential market share and growth rate values has been implicit in many companies' policies for some time.

At a time when "out of stock" is rapidly becoming a way of life there is merit in attempting to assess the cost to the business. This article suggests some of the areas which should be considered.

There are a number of environmental pressures working to develop a pattern for future grocery retailing. Urban congestion is forcing re‐development of city centres to exclude the private car, but at the same time restriction of delivery activities is likely. Combined with this is the pressure from retailers to move in to off‐centre areas.

This monograph considers recent developments in management techniques and proposes their use in physical distribution system planning. The recent developments in physical distribution management are reviewed and the author considers how such techniques as missions analysis and systems thinking may be combined into a useful planning model with which the problems of physical distribution system design may be analysed and solved. The monograph is not specific in that it does not offer management "ten easy steps to system design". It takes a broad view of the problems involved and is concerned with an approach to system planning rather than specific problem solutions.

Management's function is cyclical, consisting of seven elements:

Frank B. Wynn was a leader in the first decades of the 20th Century. In the process of establishing timeless leadership standards for reconstructing his biography, it became apparent that no such standard existed, owing to more than 300 definitions of leadership at the end of the 20th century. The central research question asked what elements of leadership are historically and logically independent of context, and if those elements can be illuminated in a specific example of a leader examined from holistic criteria? The study consisted of an etymology of leadership terms, an exploration of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Categories, an examination of the criteria for accurate definition, and finally a reconstructed biography of Dr. Frank B.Wynn.