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American Warfare In The Twenty-First Century, Paul R. Camacho Sep 2003

American Warfare In The Twenty-First Century, Paul R. Camacho

New England Journal of Public Policy

Over the last several years there have been a number of calls for the development of a new theoretical doctrine to govern the force structure of the United States military. The last big change in doctrine occurred in the post-Vietnam era. It involved not simply the change to the all-volunteer force, but an abandonment of escalation brinkmanship and open-ended missions. The subsequent Powell Doctrine demanded the use of overwhelming force and clear objectives and boundaries for military intervention. As the new millennium approached, the deficiencies of the Powell Doctrine became apparent — the multilateral approach of coalition building and the …


Survey Of Technology Use In El Paso County, Mathew Mcelroy, Dennis L. Soden Feb 2003

Survey Of Technology Use In El Paso County, Mathew Mcelroy, Dennis L. Soden

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


A Provisional 'Thumbs Up' To New Zealand Bank Call Centres, Janet G. Sayers, Carole Page, Andrew Barney, Kogi Naidoo Jan 2003

A Provisional 'Thumbs Up' To New Zealand Bank Call Centres, Janet G. Sayers, Carole Page, Andrew Barney, Kogi Naidoo

Janet G Sayers

An investigation into the human reource practices in several New Zealand bank call centres show that they engage in many 'best practice' processes for their staff.


The Use Of The Internet In The Personal Sales Function For Building Materials B2b Firms: Adding Value With Technology, Robert G. Grant Jan 2003

The Use Of The Internet In The Personal Sales Function For Building Materials B2b Firms: Adding Value With Technology, Robert G. Grant

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper seeks to explore the potential of the internet for adding value to members of a highly standardised and largely commodity priced industry. The focus is on the largely interpersonal area of personal sales to give an understanding of the need to look at processes underlying functions to get an appropriate evaluation of the potential benefits derived from the use of such technology. Beyond this, the paper deals with the analysis required to evaluate the potential impact of the adoption of technology based systems by such organisations to illustrate the complexity involved in such adoption. There are conclusions which …