TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT: LESSONS FROM BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT
In: Public productivity & management review, Volume 18, Issue 4, p. 321-331
ISSN: 1044-8039
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In: Public productivity & management review, Volume 18, Issue 4, p. 321-331
ISSN: 1044-8039
In: FAU Libraries' Special Collections
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
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In: Journal of political economy, Volume 30, Issue 4, p. 594-595
ISSN: 1537-534X
In: Policy studies review: PSR, Volume 6, Issue Feb 87
ISSN: 0278-4416
Provides an introduction to a symposium which examines the expected outcomes of an economic development strategy for high technology. Looks at the complexities of implementing such a strategy and lists some of the expected outcomes. (DCL)
In: Policy studies journal: an international journal of public policy, Volume 17, Issue Spring 89
ISSN: 0190-292X
The purpose of this symposium is to examine the role of economic development from several perspectives--whether it be at the national, state, or local level. One factor which continually emerges from discussions of economic development is the critical role of investments that can be made by the parties involved. (JLN)
In: Policy studies review: PSR, Volume 6, Issue Feb 87
ISSN: 0278-4416
Examines patterns and predictors of local government economic development in one state. Uses data from local governments and various statistical analyses to derive common dimensions of local government power and examine predictors of these dimensions. Results suggest that state policies on development strategies have to be developed and effectively exercised to increase the power of the local government in the multiple constituent network. (Abstract amended)
Previous research investigating the response of plasma beta-endorphins (beta-EP) to resistance exercise has resulted in equivocal findings. To examine further the effects of resistance exercise on beta-EP immunoreactivity, 10 male and 10 female college-age students participated in a series of controlled isotonic resistance exercises. The session consisted of three sets of eight repetitions at 80% of one repetition maximum (1-RM) for each of the following exercises: (1) bench press; (2) lateral pull-downs; (3) seated arm curls; and (4) military press. Blood plasma was sampled both before and after the lifting routine and beta-endorphin levels were determined by radioimmunoassay. A Students t test for paired samples indicated that mean(s.e.) plasma beta-endorphin levels after exercise (10.5(1.3) pg beta-EP ml-1) were significantly decreased as compared with pre-exercise (control) levels (16.5(1.2), P < 0.05). While the mechanism(s) contributing to the decrease in immunoreactivity is unclear, it may be the result of the synergistic effect of beta-EP clearance during rest intervals and changes in psychological states between sampling.
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In 1985 the French government created a unique circuit for the dissemination of doctoral theses: References went to a national database "Téléthèses" whereas the documents were distributed to the university libraries in microform. In the era of the electronic document this French network of deposit of and access to doctoral theses is changing. How do you discover and locate a French thesis today, how do you get hold of a paper copy and how do you access the full electronic text? What are the catalogues and databases referencing theses since the disappearance of "Téléthèses"? Where are the archives, and are they open? What is the legal environment that rules the emerging structures and tools? This paper presents national plans on referencing and archiving doctoral theses coordinated by the government as well as some initiatives for creating full text archives. These initiatives come from universities as well as from research institutions and learned societies. "Téléthèses" records have been integrated in a union catalogue of French university libraries SUDOC. University of Lyon-2 and INSA Lyon developed procedures and tools covering the entire production chain from writing to the final access in an archive: "Cyberthèses" and "Cither". The CNRS Centre for Direct Scientific Communication at Lyon (CCSD) maintains an archive ("TEL") with about 2000 theses in all disciplines. Another repository for theses in engineering, economics and management called "Pastel" is proposed by the Paris Institute of Technology (ParisTech), a consortium of 10 engineering and commercial schools of the Paris region.
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