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City Of Las Vegas Human Resources Promotional Selection Process Program Evaluation, Rik Holman, Cecil Johnson, April Thomas, Steve Weber May 2008

City Of Las Vegas Human Resources Promotional Selection Process Program Evaluation, Rik Holman, Cecil Johnson, April Thomas, Steve Weber

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The City of Las Vegas Human Resources Department requested the evaluation team examine the perception of fairness in the promotional selection process as demonstrated by the results of the 2007 Diversity and Inclusion Survey and related complaints from some of the employees. Based on discussions with the Human Resources department and subsequent interviews with other stakeholders, the main focus of the evaluation team covered the strengths and weaknesses of the promotional process and determining the reasons for the perceived preferential treatment in the promotional process as expressed by city employees who responded to the 2007 Diversity and Inclusion Survey. While …

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Boulder City, Nevada Revenue Generating Analysis, Mayra A. Castro, Dolores P. Leyva, Arnetta M. Meagher, Wade Zimmerman Apr 2008

Boulder City, Nevada Revenue Generating Analysis, Mayra A. Castro, Dolores P. Leyva, Arnetta M. Meagher, Wade Zimmerman

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Boulder City (City) is unique in the State of Nevada as being a non-gaming city, maintaining a controlled growth ordinance, and steadfastly holding to its “small town” values and character. The City has been facing budgetary challenges as future expenditures are anticipated to continually exceed revenues if current services levels are maintained. Indeed, fiscal reviews indicate the City has been transferring contingency monies between funds to cover overages for the past several fiscal years. This “robbing Peter to pay Paul” methodology may offer a temporary solution to the shortage but may be detrimental as a long term solution.

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Faculty Profile: Jodie Drapal Kluver And Non-Profit Consulting, Michael Kryzanek Dec 2007

Faculty Profile: Jodie Drapal Kluver And Non-Profit Consulting, Michael Kryzanek

Bridgewater Review

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Agroecosystems Analysis From The Grass Roots: A Multidimensional Experiential Learning Course, Mary Wiedenhoeft, Steve Simmons, Ricardo Salvador, Gina Mcandrews, Charles A. Francis, James W. King, David Hole Apr 2003

Agroecosystems Analysis From The Grass Roots: A Multidimensional Experiential Learning Course, Mary Wiedenhoeft, Steve Simmons, Ricardo Salvador, Gina Mcandrews, Charles A. Francis, James W. King, David Hole

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

An intensive, experiential travel course in Agroecosystems Analysis was conducted in Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska (United States) during summers of 1998 and 1999. The intended student audience was advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Pretravel readings and a week-long series of farm visits, which consisted of in-depth interviews with the farmers and their families, prepared student teams to analyze and evaluate the production, economic, environmental, and social sustainability of 10 farms. Students shared their analyses both orally and in written reports. Based on a multifaceted student evaluation process, we found that participants were highly motivated, strongly engaged with the course …

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Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Cate Weeks, Betty Biodgett Jun 2002

Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Cate Weeks, Betty Biodgett

Inside UNLV

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The Business Of Politics As The Politics Of Business, Ibpp Editor Jan 1998

The Business Of Politics As The Politics Of Business, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents arguments for and against the significant employment of business practices in domestic and foreign policy development and implementation within representative democracies.

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Industrial Resources: Lyon County, Kentucky Library Research Collections Jan 1984

Industrial Resources: Lyon County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Lyon County

"Resources for Economic Development: Lyon County, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, Division or Research and Planning in cooperation with the Lyon County Chamber of Commerce, 1984. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

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An Analysis Of United States Commodity Freight Shipments, Karen R. Polenske Aug 1972

An Analysis Of United States Commodity Freight Shipments, Karen R. Polenske

Applications

The concern of the present paper is to present a discussion of the application of a new analytical tool, the multiregional input-output model, to investigate the transportation requirements in different regions of the United States.

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