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Reading Horizons Vol. 14, No. 1

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 14, issue 1.

We Suggest, Eleanor Buelke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

McCracken, Robert A., and McCracken, Marlene. 1972. Reading is Only the Tiger's Tail.

Professional-Bureaucratic Conflict And Intraorganizational Powerlessness Among Social Workers, Edward J. Lawler, Jerald Hage

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Since Max Weber's classic writings on bureaucracy, the relationship between professionalization and bureaucracy has been a central focus of organization theory and research (e.g., Parsons, 1947; Goulduer, 1954; Blauner, 1964; Blau, 1968, Meyer, 1968b; Blau and Schoenherr, 1971). Some research suggests that professionalization and bureaucratization are alternative or conflicting modes of organization (Udy, 1959 ; Stinchecombe, 1959; Litwak, 1961; Burns and Stalker, 1961; Thompson, 1961; Hall, 1963; Rage, 1965). While other research suggests that professionalization and bureaucratization are actually congruent because structural accommdation minimizes dissension between professionals and bureaucrats (e.g., Blau, 1968; Meyer, 1968b; Kirsch and Lengermann, 1972). However, the …

A Theory Of Decision-Making, A. K. Basu

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In a separate article, it has been stated:

The kinds of theories which social scientists have been able to construct have largely been dependent on the level or the degree of inference which the researchers have been able to draw from observations or experimental designs (which may or may not reflect the empirical world), and the assumptions upon which these inferences rest (Basu and Kenyon, 1972.425).

Notably, in the past three decades the eventual "success" of a theory has been tested on this basis. A major underlying premise in the ideographic science has been that cause and effect represent the …

Social Work, Social Welfare, And The American Family, Ronald A. Feldman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The following discussion proceeds from two basic premises: (1) that the family constitutes one of the most basic units of social structure in contemporary American society, and (2) that the social work profession represents a major, if not the primary, institutional mechanism for coping with the myriad of social problems encountered by American families. The former premise is readily substantiated in view of the observation that the vast majority (over 9O%) of American men and women are married at least once in their lifetimes. However, since family units oftentimes experience severe difficulty in performing key functions and, indeed, in maintaining …

The Sociology Of Client Alienation In Relation To Societal Structure, William D. Poe, Jerry H. Borup

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

STUDY DESIGN

The purpose of the present study is to explore the relationship between client alienation and efforts by the social work profession to intervene in behalf of the welfare poor. Specifically, this investigation focuses on the ideas, proposals, and studies that have appeared in the social work literature that would indicate efforts by social workers to increase or decrease client alienation. Social work is practiced primarily in agency and organizational settings. Attention will be given to the nature of these structures to determine how they affect client alienation and prevent social workers from relieving alienation. The dimensions of client …

Let's Read, Betty Porter

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A new program, Let's Read, began operating at Western Michigan University in 1972. No sooner had it started than it won an award for creative programs from the Adult Education Association of Michigan. Let's Read is based upon the idea that mothers, even poor and uneducated mothers, can learn how to provide intellectual stimulation for their young children.

Communalities And Strains Between Sociology And Social Work, Ralph Segalman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Excerpt from the full-text article:

Despite the seeming Intolerance between the discipline and the profession, and the seeming communications gaps between each of the four models in each of the fields, It is clear that each of the models serves a purpose In the discipline, In the profession and in society. If the social distance between these models can be bridged and If increased tolerance for the seeming mutual incongruity of concepts and behavior is achieved, we may yet be successful in making Sociology and Social Work as useful, relevant and necessary as was manifested In their original purposes posed …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall 1973)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

• From the Chairman – Norman Goroff
• From the Editor - Ralph Segalman
• Social Welfare Texts: A Study in the Sociology of Knowledge – Leslie Leighninger
• Communalities and Strains between Sociology and Social Work – Ralph Segalman
• The Sociology of Client Alienation in Relation to Societal Structure - William D. Poe, Jerry H. Borup
• Marginal and Non-Marginal Persons in the Professions: A Comparative Study of Recruitment in Law, Medicine, and Social Work – Pranab Chatterjee
• Implications of Family Development Trends for Social Welfare and Social Work – Ronald A. Feldman
• Delinquency Theories, Group Composition, Treatment Locus, and a Service-Research Model for …

Change And Social Organization, Alan M. Cohen

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Organizations continually adapt to external organizational imperatives such as technology, population, knowledge and values. The increasing rate and intensity of these imperatives necessitates fhanges in services irrespective of the organization's formal intentions to change. It is suggested that organizational characteristics amenable to handling change do not occur randomly. Six organizational characteristics are discussed. It is emphasized however, that these six organizational characteristics are not in themselves, sufficient to insure the successful implementation of change. A changing relationship between individuals, as well as a process of routinization must also be dealt with if the imperative for organizational change is to be …

Western Official News, September 27, 1973, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Sabbatical Leave Policy Undergoes Changes, Budget $3 Million For Capital Outlay, Fall Enrollment Stands at 20,922

Western Official News, September 6, 1973, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 1973-74 Budget Set at $43,769,000, Western Michigan University Judicial Procedures Approved, Court of Four-Right of Appeal-Emergency Cases-Rules of Evidence, WMU Judicial Procedures, Residency Changes

Differentiating Phonemic And Spectrografhic Speech Characteristics Of Daf Susceptibility, Peter J. Alfonso

Masters Theses

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Student Activism And Implications For Academic Governance In The Bicol University, Legazpi City, Philippines, Jaime Red Recana

Dissertations

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Population Education Through The Curriculum, Pat U. Boquiren

Masters Theses

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An Evaluation Of Tin Can Recycling In Kalamazoo, Michigan, Rose Ann Husted

Masters Theses

An Overview of Tin Can Recycling

Recycling Rationale

The economic system of the United States is based on taking natural resources, converting them into consumer products by industrial processes, and selling these products to consumers. It is assumed that consumers will use up all of these products. But this is not the case. The consumer uses only parts of these goods and discards the unwanted remains.

The Use Of Histological Techniques In The Determination Of Cultural And/Or Environmental Processes In Archaeological Skeletal Populations, Randy L. Parshall

Masters Theses

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The Questionable Moral Value Of Major Characters In The Later Works Of Henry James, Joseph R. Fiore

Masters Theses

Chapter I: Introduction

As human beings, when we cannot see clearly into the workings of life, we call it ambiguous--and rightly so. Judgment of our own behavior and that of others is always suspect. We have a tendency to label this person as "good" or that act as "evil," but there should always be a certain amount of uncertainty as to whether or not our perceptions and our ensuing judgments are correct. Those of us who are literature have also, by habit, come to look at literature as reflecting the same standards of right and wrong, of good and evil. …

The Administration Of The North Central Association Study And Visitation In The Parchment Public Schools, Richard D. Buehler

Masters Theses

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An Experience With College Administrators At Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Christopher E. Nord

Masters Theses

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Parent Training: A Critical Review And Analysis, Mara Sapon Shevin

Masters Theses

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A Study Of Visual Pollution From Overhead Wires And Associated Structures, Robert J. Schodorf

Masters Theses

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The Effects Of A Student Determined Curriculum Versus A Traditionally Determined Curriculum On The Health Interests And Cognitive Development In Health Of College Students, James H. Price Jr.

Dissertations

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Family Structure, Child Mental Patients And Length Of Hospitalization, Martha Bullock Lamberts

Dissertations

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A Comparison Of Two Types Of Vocational Training, Harry Edwin Clay

Dissertations

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Behavioral Comparison Of Septal Lesioned And Anosmic Rats, Sharon Kay Suppes

Masters Theses

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A Study Of University Research Administration; Organizational Structure, Function And Effectiveness, Louis H. Steinberg

Dissertations

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The Effect Of Integrated Grouping And Of Studying Minority Culture In Reducing Cultural Cleavage In Elementary Classrooms, Daniel L. Paul

Dissertations

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A Theoretical Model For The Development Of Organizational Goals And Objectives, John W. Kofel

Dissertations

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A Study Of The Utility And Validity Of Earnings Forecasts, Michael P. Howell

Honors Theses

According to William J. Casey, the past Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and recently appointed Under Secretary of State and Economic Affairs, forecasting should be the first and most important priority of all areas of management and public accounting. Only large institutional investment corporations have had access to such "useful" information when needed. Consequently, large investors are able to make more objective and intelligent investment decisions. A recent study determined that few investment corporations veritably have access to pertinent internal forecasting models. In fact, when interviewed, many executives claimed that even if they could procure such information, they …