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The Position Of The City Manager In Decision Making In Kalamazoo, Michigan City Government, John Adrian Straayer

Masters Theses

Purpose and Method

The Purpose

This paper is a descriptive analysis of two aspects of decision making in one council-manager government. First, it is an examination of the relationship between the city council and the city manager, noting the influence of the city manager on policy. Secondly, it is an exploration of the limitations which existing elite group(s) may place on policy decision making by the legal city government.

Relationship Between Home Management And Ability To Manage Interpersonal Relationships, Carol Rathbun Fites

Masters Theses

Chapter I

The Problem and Its Background

It is the purpose of this chapter to first present some general concepts pertaining to management, and then to present the problem explored in this study. The purpose of the problem, basic assumptions made, and definition of terms used in the investigation are explained. Also included is the background and importance of this study. A summary concludes the chapter.

Construction And Validation Of Six Mental Health Sub-Scales By Age, Sex, And Educational Status, Thomas James Boynton

Masters Theses

Chapter I

Introduction

Purpose of the Study

The topic considered in this thesis is the construction and validation of six mental health sub-scales which are based upon procedures controlling for age, sex, and educational status. Each item in a 22 item mental health scale is tested for validity by age, sex, and educational status. Six sub-scales, one for each dichotomy of the three social groups, are constructed from this procedure. The validity of these sub-scales is then tested via six different criteria of mental health. Finally, the validity of the six sub-scales, the original 22 item scale, and a related …

Analysis Of The Relationship Of Items On An Employment Application To Length Of Service, Margery Hidenach White

Masters Theses

Certain factors on an application blank may be predictive of length of service and of job success. If personal history items which successfully differentiate between the short-term and long-term employee or the desirable and undesirable employee can be identified, it would assist in the selection process.

A review of recent research concerning factors on an employment application as related to job success reveals that, although considerable research was done in this area during the early 19SO's, there has not been much published in the past two years. Apparently there are three reasons for this: (1) early results indicated high validity …

The Feasibility Of An Automated System Of Statistical Package Fill Control, David E. Portinga

Masters Theses

The Nature of the Problem

Variation in Package Fill

When a consumer purchase of package of a dry grocery product he expects to receive a package which is properly filled, i.e., a package which contains at least the stated net weight and that contains an amount of volume which closely approximate the volume capacity of the package.

Each year hundreds of producers of dry grocery products are packaging and distributing billions of packages of their products. On each of these packages can be found a statement as to the amount of product contained, usually expressed in terms of net weight. …

An Examination Of The Purchase And Pooling Of Interests Methods For Recording Business Combinations, James J. Leisenring

Masters Theses

Abstract

At the present time corporate business combinations are occurring frequently as they have in two previous periods of American history. The purpose of this study is to examine the two accounting methods which are now used to record business combinations and to study the consequences of having two methods for recording similar business combinations.

The criteria used to choose between the two accounting methods are examined. It is found that the criteria used are unacceptable for selecting one of the alternative methods.

An explanation of the principles involved in recording a combination as either a purchase or a pooling …

A Measurement Of The Spin Relaxation Time Of Optically Pumped Rubidium Vapor, Robert Oliver Breault

Masters Theses

Chapter I

The Problem and Atomic Energy Levels

In 1949 Francis Bitter proposed a method for optcally detecting radio frequency resonance. That same year Alfred Kastler, Fcole Normale Superiéure, Paris, France, introduced a technique, which he called "Optical Pumping", of concentrating atoms in some of the Zeeman sublevels of one of the hyperfine state levels of the ground state. These two experiments are the basis of research involving optical methods of atomic orientation and of magnetic resonance.

An Investigation Of The Influence Of Certain Phonetic Contexts Upon Articulation Of The /S/ Sound, Theodore J. Peters

Masters Theses

Chapter I

The Background and Purpose of the Study

Introduction

Clinical experience as well as considerable research, which will be discussed later in this chapter, has shown that children are inconsistent in their misarticulation of speech sounds. Children who typically misarticulate a sound may, nevertheless, articulate the sound correctly in certain words. Several authors have suggested that these occasional correct productions of the usually misarticulated sound can be useful in therapy. For example, in a discussion of therapy techniques Van Riper (32, p. 273) has recommended the use of "key words" in helping a child correct his articulation errors:

Although …

Andrew Jackson: Blackbird Of L’Arbre Croche, Grace Walz

Masters Theses

Prologue

I work very slowly on my lecture. My strength is failing and my eyes are so that I cannot use them by candlelight. I have many pages written with pencil and when I can get them copied in ink, I will send them to you.

My object in trying to have this printed is that it might live after I am dead and finally be adopted as the plan or means to bring about the true development of American Indians.

My days are numbered, as I am entirely unable to do any manual labor, not only from old age …

The Russian Revolution Of 1905 As Depicted By Contemporary American Reports, With Special Emphasis On The "Bloody Sunday" Incident Of January 22, 1905, Patrick Kay Bidelman

Masters Theses

Preface

On Sunday morning, January 22, 1905, a crowd of workers marched through the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia. They were led by a Russian Orthodox priest, Father George Gapon, who had a petition to grievances to present to Czar Nicholas II. As they converged on the square in front of the Winter Palace, they were fired upon by the Imperial troops. The result was a complete military victory for the autocracy and a casualty rate among the petitioners that has caused the incident to go down in history as "Bloody Sunday."

On Monday, January 23, newspapers throughout the United …

And Yet I Have Loved Him: The Judgement Of William Of Saint Thierry On Peter Abelard, Rozanne Elder

Masters Theses

First paragraph:

On the second of June in the year 1140, a Council of the Church in Sens formally condemned as heretical nineteen propositions from the works of Peter Abelard, philosopher, theologian, and teacher of unparalleled popularity. Denying emphatically that his teaching varied in any way from that of the Church, Abelard appealed to Rome, only to have Innocent II uphold the decision of the Council. He upheld the condemnation of Abelard’s works, ordered his writings to be burned, forbade him ever again to teach, and, finally, ordered him to perpetual penance. The condemnation of Abelard can be laid to …

An Investigation Of Employee Attitudes And Employee Performance, Richard V. Washburn

Masters Theses

Industrial managers are showing an increasing interest in employee attitudes, opinions and morale. This conclusion is reflected in the fact that many companies conduct attitude and opinion surveys, train their supervisors in human relations and provide other functions designed to create favorable attitudes.

Management concern for the promotion of favorable employee attitudes may be attributed to two main factors. Part of the concern may be attributed to a general trend toward greater social responsibilities of industry. The other, and perhaps greater part can be attributed to an assumption that employees with favorable attitudes are more productive than those with generally …

U. S. Gold Policy From April 1933 To De Facto Stabilization Of The Dollar Upon A Gold. Basis In January 1934, Robert A. Hageman

Masters Theses

Introduction

An inadequate banking system and an attachment to monetary panaceas are both characteristic of the American past. When the Revolutionary War began, the colonist were ill-prepared to meet the growing burden of financial stress in the newly formed Confederation. In order to bring some degree of organization to the unstable monetary system, the Continental Congress fixed the ratio between gold and silver at 15.3 to 1 and authorized the issuance of Continental notes redeemable in Spanish-milled dollars or their equivalent in gold or silver. But after 1780, "continentals" depreciated so rapidly they soon ceased to circulate, and coins replaced …

"That Was The Western That Was" - True Story? Tv Guile 1964, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

"That Was the Western That Was" - True Story?

TV Guile

May 23, 1964

Featuring:

• Homer Carter
• Paul Rood
• Edith Clark
• Carl Lindeman
• Alonzo Goldsmith

University High Highlights 5/20/1964, University High School

Western's high school newspaper

This is the student newspaper from University High School, the high school that was on the campus of Western Michigan University, then called University High Highlights, in 1964.

Brown And Gold - 1964, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Yearbooks (1906-1985)

• Contents • Introduction • Academics • Features • Organizations • Residence Halls • Greeks • Athletics • Graduates • Graduate Activities • Faculty Index • Organization Index • Student Index

The Development Of Collective Investment Funds For Bank Trust Departments, Floyd L. Parks

Masters Theses

Introduction

In recent years the policies of many of our financial institutions have changed to meet the public demands and the degree of competition. It hasn't been too many years ago when most bankers felt that an automobile loan should be repaid in 24 months rather than the 36 month period which is now common. Some lenders today are even offering a 42 month repayment period. It wasn't too long ago when most banks were paying 2 1/2% on their savings accounts while the standard rate now is 3%, with most banks offering an even higher rate of 4% for …

Western Michigan University Magazine Vol. 22 No. 2, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• President's Corner Inside Cover
• WMU's First Board of Trustees
• Quietly Collecting History-WMU Archives
• More than 80 Years Service
• Distributive Education Banquet
• No Snow, But It Was Still Go
• Alumni Subscription Club Scholarship
• Fame of Speech and Hearing Clinic Grows
• Mrs. Cornelia Robinson Honored
• Swimming Team Extends String
• Loyalty, Pride, Enthusiasm: Doolittle's Keys
• Baseball Team: Rookies, Veterans
• Alumni Council, Board Directors
• In Memoriam
• Class Notes

Bulletin: Western Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog 1964-1965, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Board of Trustees
• Administrative Officers
• Admission, Degrees and Certificates
• University Honors College
• Institute of Regional Studies
• School of Applied Arts and Sciences
• School of Business .
• School of Education
• School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• School of Graduate Studies
• Awards, Fellowships and Scholarships
• Buildings and Grounds
• Student Activities and Organizations
• Miscellaneous' Information
• The Faculty
• Administrative Staff
• Index

Round Robin, Dorothy E. Smith

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Letters to the editor.

Reading Horizons Vol. 4, No. 3

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 4, issue 3.

Christianity Encounters Totalitarianism In Germany, Viola M. Gross

Masters Theses

First paragraph:

The German Church of the twentieth century offers a unique opportunity for study. It has twice faced a totalitarian government and has needed to learn to exist and carry on its witness to the Word of God in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles. The purpose of this paper is to contrast and compare the answer of the Church and the Christian to the National Socialists and to the Communists in East Germany, and to determine if possible if Christianity has learned the way through its desperate struggle in this century to continue its task under a hostile …

University High Highlights 3/25/1964, University High School

Western's high school newspaper

This is the student newspaper from University High School, the high school that was on the campus of Western Michigan University, then called University High Highlights, in 1964.

University High Highlights 3/11/1964, University High School

Western's high school newspaper

This is the student newspaper from University High School, the high school that was on the campus of Western Michigan University, then called University High Highlights, in 1964.

Western Michigan University Newsletter, March 1964, Western Michigan University

Western Newsletter (1955-71)

• Faculty Members Named to Administrative Positions
• WMU Math Students In National Competition
• New Centrex System in Operation
• Dean Osborn Receives Honor
• Begin Advertising Lecture Series

University High Highlights 2/12/1964, University High School

Western's high school newspaper

This is the student newspaper from University High School, the high school that was on the campus of Western Michigan University, then called University High Highlights, in 1964.

University High Highlights 1/15/1964, University High School

Western's high school newspaper

This is the student newspaper from University High School, the high school that was on the campus of Western Michigan University, then called University High Highlights, in 1964.

Bulletin - Western Michigan University: The Graduate Catalog 1964-1965, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Board of Trustees
• Graduate Calendar of Events
• Administration
• Section I Procedures and Regulations
• Admission
• Re-entry
• Permission to Enroll
• Admission to Candidacy
• Requirements for the Degree
• Registration, Student Load, and Fees
• Fellowships and University Services
• Section II Graduate Fields and Programs
• Programs Leading to the Master's Degree
• Biology
• Blind Rehabilitation
• Business Administration
• Chemistry
• Economies
• Education
• English
• Geography
• History
• Librarianship
• Mathematics
• Medieval Studies
• Music
• Occupational Therapy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology and Anthropology
• Speech Pathology
• Sixth-Year Programs
• Educational Administration
• School Psychological Examiner
• Section III
• Description of Courses
• School of Applied Arts and Sciences
• Agriculture
• Distributive Education
• Home Economies
• Industrial …

The Highlander 1964, University High School

Highlander Yearbook

This is the yearbook for University High School 1964

• Faculty
• Staff
• Organizations
• Sports
• Classes
• Advertisements

Calliope Fall 1964

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.