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Procurement Fraud & Data Analytics, Sridhar Ramamoorti, Scott Curtis

Accounting Faculty Publications

The purpose of this article is to bolster the government auditor's ability to detect procurement fraud through the use of information technology (IT) tools in performing more sophisticated data analytics and effective audit testing. The article primarily focuses on fraud detection. The government auditor should customize the application of general fraud detection principles to specific facts and circumstances and use sound professional judgment. Procurement fraud detection tests may help identify fraudulent activity and also inefficiencies, waste and abuse.

Why Toyota And Honda Topped The 2002 J.D. Power Quality Study, Susan Lightle, Kenneth Yale Rosenzweig, John Talbott

Accounting Faculty Publications

Toyota again topped the annual J. D. Power and Associates quality study released in late May of 2002. Toyota scored the highest mark ever with l 07 defects per l 00 vehicles, while Honda came in second with 113 defects. The study was based on responses of approximately 65,000 new car owners queried during their first 90-days of ownership.

These results do not surprise us, as we have been fortunate to make numerous sojourns to the Toyota plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, and observe the manufacturing processes. These trips were normally facilitated by a former Japanese student of ours, Minako Yanke, …

The Problem Of Unwanted Pets: A Case Study In How Institutions “Think” About Clients’ Needs, Leslie Irvine

Pets Collection

The research on organizational framing and the metaphor of institutional “thinking” highlight the ways that social problems organizations shape the ameliorative services they deliver. Social problems work then perpetuates representations of problems that may not match the conditions clients face. This study extends social problems literature to argue that organizations sometimes “think” differently about the problems they intend to solve than do persons involved with these problems in everyday life. Using ethnographic research and interviews, this article contrasts the way in which animal sheltering, as an institution, frames the problem of unwanted animals with how the public interprets that problem. …

Partnerships Of Nonprofit Organizations And Business For The Development Of Community Social Welfare Activities: The American Experience, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Partnerships between traditionally non-profit social services (the theme of the conference), funded by various donative arrangements and subsidized by government contracts, and any type of commercial business ventures are still relative rare in the mainstream of U.S. social work today. We can identify three distinct positions on the question among scholars in the U.S. today: A general management perspective found in business schools, a public affairs perspective found in schools of public administration, and two perspectives among social workers. The vast majority of those social work have undoubtedly never heard of this issue. Yet, a very small portion of social …

Research Opportunities In Internal Auditing, Sridhar Ramamoorti

Accounting Faculty Publications

Focuses on the book Research Opportunities in Internal Auditing, edited by Andrew D. Bailey Jr., Audrey A. Gramling and Sridhar Ramamoorti. History, evolution and prospects of internal auditing; Internal audit function; Auditing risk assessment and risk management processes.

The Commons: Our Mission, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The commons points to a set of ideas and practices anchored deep in Anglo-American history, law and culture that offers powerful ways to explain the unique mission and role of nonprofit activity, voluntary action and philanthropy

Aligning Capital Investment Decisions With The Balanced Scorecard, Andra Gumbus, Bridget Lyons, Dorothy E. Bellhouse

WCBT Faculty Publications

The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) has evolved from a measurement tool to a strategic management tool used by thousands of organizations. The Balanced Scorecard has proven to be a powerful tool in translating strategy into action in the for-profit sector and has recently been adopted by increasing numbers of not-for-profit organizations as well.

University of Bridgeport Hospital, part of the Yale-New Haven Health System, has been using the BSC for over three years to effectively translate strategy into dayto-day operations. The hospital has also linked the capital budgeting process to the BSC to ensure that resource allocation is aligned with strategic …

The No-Kill Controversy: Manifest And Latent Sources Of Tension, Arnold Arluke

State of the Animals 2003

Although some argue that everyone in the debate shares a passionate concern for the welfare of animals, a rift over this issue divides the shelter community. Ultimately, the best interests of animals may not be best addressed in a climate of controversy and criticism. To understand and perhaps reduce this controversy, the tensions fueling the no-kill conflict need to be identified and the breadth of the gulf separating its two camps assessed.

3. Message From The President, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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1. Mission, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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4. Fom Coordinators & Presidents, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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5. Inaugural Meeting, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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2. Foreword From The Chairman, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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11. Friends On Tour, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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10. A Small World Of Discovery, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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6. Volunteers, Take A Bow, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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12. New Directions, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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8. Interest, Commitment And Enthusiasm, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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9. Cultural Exchange In Japanese, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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7. Shared Vision, United Passion, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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19. Front And Back Cover, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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14. International Connections, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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18. Publication Details, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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17. Thank You Sponsors And Acknowledgements, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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16. Fom Organisation Chart, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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13. Reaching Out To The Wider Community, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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15. Behind The President's Chair, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

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20. Friends Of The National Museum Singapore 25th Anniversary 1978-2003 [All Pages], Friends Of The Museum

Friends of the Museum Collection

This version is the entire book comprising 52 pages including the cover.

Feminist Tigers And Patriarchal Lions: Rhetorical Strategies And Instrument Effects In The Struggle For Definition And Control Over Development In Nepal, Coralynn V. Davis

Faculty Journal Articles

This article offers an analysis of a struggle for control of a women’s development project in Nepal. The story of this struggle is worth telling, for it is rife with the gender politics and neo-colonial context that underscore much of what goes on in contemporary Nepal. In particular, my analysis helps to unravel some of the powerful discourses, threads of interest, and yet unintended effects inevitable under a regime of development aid. The analysis demonstrates that the employment of already available discursive figures of the imperialist feminist and the patriarchal third world man are central to the rhetorical strategies taken …