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A Model Of Organizational Learning And Its Application To The Realities Of Public Sector Organizations, Curry Clifford

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines how organizational learning can be implemented in public sector organizations based on a comprehensive literature review. The findings reveal that because organizational learning has largely been used in the private sector and the two sectors are fundamentally different, the challenge is determining how it can be successfully implemented in the public sector.

Determining The Property Value Impact Of Landfills, Okwuchukwu Gerald Uba

Dissertations and Theses

The decline in property value can be due to owner's act or exogenous act from the operation of landfills. Landfill neighbors, especially home owners, perceive landfill operation to pose environmental safety problem such as ground water contamination and methane gas leakage that could affect home value.

Owners of landfills, especially those landfills that accept only dry waste (limited purpose landfill), claim that since their facilities meet the requirements of environmental regulations and the type of waste they accept could not possibly produce methane gas and leachate there is no property value impact of their facilities.

Several studies have shown that …

Reorganization Of Orleans Region 1 Of The Louisiana Office Of Family Support, Mary A. Williams

Electronic Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this case management project is to examine the reorganization of a large metropolitan family support office of the Louisiana Department of Human Services. The case study focuses on the creation of a new district office in the New Orleans area, in response t this reorganization initiative. This case study serves as the basis for discussion of the constraints and opportunities forced by a state agency regarding the internal and external pressures to provide more efficient and effective service delivery.

Implementing And Managing Change In The Fire Service, Terence Allen

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the potential for strategic planning to act as a tool for anticipating, identifying, and successfully managing change within the fire service based on an analysis of the external change issues that are affecting the fire department as a workplace. The findings reveal that there are many components of the strategic planning process that can assist in the implementation and management of change in the fire service.

Employee Assistance Programs: Suitable Tools For Ontario Boards Of Health, Michael Bragg

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the prevalence of employee assistance programs (EAPs) in Ontario based on a survey of 38 public health units in the province. The findings reveal that only 42 percent of the respondent agencies provide assistance to their employees due to a number of issues associated with the development of these programs, but public health units tend to have a higher level of EAPs in place than the general workforce.

Human Services: The Future Role Of Local Government In Ontario, Stephen Cairns

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the role of local government in the planning, delivery, and management of human services based on a discussion of provincial programs in Ontario. The findings reveal that local government’s role in human services is being eroded due to provincial initiatives and provincial-municipal agreements that assume greater control by the Ontario government in local activities.

Restructuring Local Government In Ottawa-Carleton, George Vadeboncoeur

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the Ontario government’s proposed major changes to the local government of Ottawa-Carleton with respect to the political structure and the distribution of responsibilities. An analysis of three previous studies of regional government in the municipality was conducted. The findings reveal that a two-tier structure of local government is acceptable and the proposed changes would empower the regional government, although some minor changes regarding the delivery of services are required.

Affirmative Action And Minority Construction Firms : An Analysis Of The Public Works Set-Aside Programs In Louisiana, Curtis L. Boyd

Electronic Dissertations and Theses

City of Richmond v. Croson received national attention when the Supreme Court mandated that all states and municipalities conduct a disparity study to investigate the possibility of discrimination against minority firms in the construction industry, as a precondition for maintaining or instituting a set-aside program. This paper is an offspring of that disparity study conducted in Louisiana. It will primarily focus on disparity in the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) in awarding public works construction contracting in Louisiana; however, it is important to examine the effectiveness of the set-aside program and determine if there are administrative problems within the …

The Case Of Soybean Development In Brazil : United States Foreign Agricultural Development Assistance Programs And Other Factors, Shiri A. Ndang

Electronic Dissertations and Theses

This paper examines the case of soybean development in Brazil and the role of the United States (U.S.) involvement in such development through U.S. foreign agricultural development assistance program. The paper examines, in the context of Brazil, the prevailing questionable perception that there are conflicts and inconsistencies in such assistance programs affecting U. S. agricultural exports to foreign markets. After examining the major factors which determined the size and growth of the Brazilian soybean industry during the seventies, the paper concludes that although U.S. assistance contributed to Brazil's soybean production, Brazilian government policies played a relatively larger role in such …

Analysis Of The Impact Of The United Nations' Sanctions On South Africa, Kabelo G. Tlhomelang

Electronic Dissertations and Theses

This research project examines a series of the United Nations' sanctions imposed on South African from 1970 through 1990. The goals of these sanctions were to force South Africa to abandon its apartheid policies. The paper examines diplomatic and economic measures including the oil and arms embargoes. Economic sanctions precipitated economic crisis which forced the South African government to reexamine its apartheid policies, and this marked the beginning of change. Multiparty negotiations between the government and black nationalist are in the process to establish a multiracial society. For the first time in more than three hundred fifty years in April …

Satisfaction With Social Support Among Recent Widows, Rachael Ann Silverman

Dissertations and Theses

One of the important issues in research on social support has been the relationship between received support and perceptions of support. While most research has been unable to discover a strong link between these two constructs, three theories have emerged in the literature to explain how such a link might be discovered. One theory states that it is important to study support in the context of a stressful life event. Another suggests that when studying social support it is important to make distinctions between positive and negative interactions. A third approach focuses on specificity issues, predicting that it is important …

An Assessment Of Court-Mandated Treatment Of Batterers In Kentucky, Ron Clatos

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Sociology by Ron Clatos in May of 1993.

Towards A Universal Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, T. P. Radhakrishnan

Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations

The 1968 Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) came into force in 1970 and expires in 1995. In 1995 an extension conference has to be convened to decide whether the treaty continues in force indefinitely or will be extended for an additional period or periods.

The treaty, cosponsored by the us, the USSR, and the UK, has 155 signatories, but a few countries like Israel, India and Pakistan have refused to be bound by it. They have done so mainly on the formal grounds that the treaty is structurally discriminatory between nuclear and nonnuclear weapons states.

What are …

The Concept And Determinants Of Sustainable Development And Their Applications For Public Administration In Developing Countries, Ndiribe Ambrose Amsalem Ndiribe

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Implementation Of Neighborhood Conservation Projects In Portsmouth, Virginia, 1960-1990, Robert Brooke Albertson

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Management

The study describes and analyzes the implementation of federally-funded neighborhood conservation programs in two of Portsmouth, Virginia's oldest urban neighborhoods by addressing four research questions: (1) To what extent is there variation in the implementation of neighborhood conservation projects in differing neighborhood settings? What are the factors that account for such differences? (2) To what extent are the neighborhood conservation projects distributive or regulatory programs, and what forms of conflict and/or cooperation result from this? (3) What is the intergovernmental context of neighborhood conservation projects, and how does this affect the nature of bargaining and negotiation among governmental units? and …

A Preliminary Study Of A Job Analytic Inventory Derived From A Behavioral Consistency Method For Assessing Intrinsic Motivation, William John Banis

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Management

The research question for this study asked if the Job Specifications Inventory (JSI) had acceptable internal reliability and an ability to differentiate among occupational groups. The JSI was designed to have subject matter experts rate the importance of skill, content, context, relationship and work focus requirements of jobs or occupations. The JSI used a taxonomy of 268 behavioral elements derived from the content analyses of satisfying achievements reported by a large, diverse clientele. A clinical-type behavioral consistency method was used to extract performance dimensions from clients' achievements to build the taxonomy. The achievement-based taxonomy was seen as potentially enhancing productivity …

A Multiple Case Study Of Selected Individuals Who Facilitate The Successful Adoption Of Environmental Public Policy, John H. Austin

Health Services Research Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the personal and professional characteristics of successful individuals who have had a positive influence on the development of public policy concerning the environment. Additionally, which characteristics are most likely to enhance success and determine which of these characteristics might contribute to efforts toward developing public environmental policy in the future were investigated. The purpose was accomplished through the design and implementation of a multiple case study utilizing a qualitative research methodology. The sample for this study included six public servants who were identified as actively involved in affecting the development of public …

The Identification And Magnitude Estimation Of Stressors In A Selected Military Population At One Training Command, Susan W. Miller

Community & Environmental Health Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify the most stressful aspects of being a student at a military training command. ·Forty students listed the significant stressors that they encounter at the training command. This list was reviewed and consolidated into a stressor rating questionnaire with 16 stressors. A convenience sample of 86 students rated the stressors. In the second part of the study, the students rated the stressors on a scale of "0 to 1000". The study revealed that the most significant stressors for students were absence of family and friends, uncertainty about their future, dealing with instructor's attitudes, …

The Municipal Role In Child Care – Ontario, Karen Chan

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the municipal role in child care based on interviews, surveys, workshops, conferences, and focus groups with officials from Ontario municipalities. The findings reveal that the planning and development of human services is shared between the provincial and municipal levels of government but provincial legislation regarding child care must include the appropriate allocation of responsibility to the municipal level in order to ensure that the service is institutionalized.

The Diffusion Of Public Defenders In Virginia: A Study In Organization Adaption And The Relationships Between Values, Decisionmaking Processes, And Organizational Output, Cyril Woodvil Miller, Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

Research into indigent defense issues has shown that the growth in the use of public defenders has been accompanied by increased bureaucratization and has paralleled the expansion of the right to counsel and the "due process revolution." The goal of this research is the development and testing of a model of organization adaptation which explains for public defender offices in Virginia the evolution of multiple and contradictory organizational goals, the means by which they balance conflicting values and goals, and the effect of resulting decision making processes on organizational output. The basic research question addressed is the relationship between values, …

Management Perceptions & Attitudes Towards Privatization In Egypt, Dalia El-Demellawy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Proposition 111 And Congestion Management Programs: A Case Of Over-Bureaucratization, Scott Richard Priester

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Determining The Parks And Recreation Services Of The Fontana Community, Mitchell James Assumma

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

An Assessment Of The Logistics Alternatives For Seaport Access : The Case Study Of The Republic Of Niger, Ali Djimba

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study To Determine What Factors Influence Employee Sick Leave Usage In The Riverside County Department Of Mental Health Administration, Sally Aguilar Beavan

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Telecommuting, Is It Part Of The Future For The Upland Police Department?, Rodney John Lines

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Wellness Programs In Police Departments And How They Effect Workers' Compensation Claims, Herbert G. Mckee Jr.

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

An Exploratory Needs Assessment Of Naval Station Long Beach's Transition Assistance Management Program For Naval Personnel, Ruth Ann Vaughan

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Leadership In Local Government Computer Service Organizations Within The State Of California, Robert Benjamin Beavan

Theses Digitization Project

Situational leadership -- Management coaching -- Leadership principles.

Constantly Vulnerable Yet Persistently Strong: A Study Of The Financial Condition Of The Liberal Arts College, Robert Joseph Bouressa

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The purpose of this study is to analyze the income and expenditure patterns at three Liberal Arts I colleges in the Midwest from 1979-89. It combines from hard data from HEGIS/IPEDS financial reports and interviews with campus administrators to examine the effects the 1980s had on the institutions and makes a judgment about the financial condition of each college as they entered the 1990s. The study also examines state, local, and federal policies and presents the administrators' policy views about solutions to help ensure a financially strong sector of liberal arts colleges. It was concluded that the financial condition of …