Download or read book The Role of ARL Libraries in Extension outreach written by and published by Association of Research Libr. This book was released on 1998 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Change Transformation in Government Organizations written by Ronald R. Sims and published by IAP. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Change (Transformation) in Government Organizations” discusses recent efforts to bring about change in government organizations. The book brings together contributions by a number of managers, practitioners, academics and consultants in the study of international, federal, state, and local government efforts to respond to increased calls for change (transformation) in public sector organizations. Each contributor describes their work in this area using as a backdrop the fact that public sector organizations continue to be under new and substantial pressures to change and transform themselves. Hence a collection of current contributions such as those in this book are intended to add to the ongoing debates and rewriting of the success and failures of change in public sector organizations. The ultimate purpose of this book is to further our knowledge about the related issues and current efforts to bring about change or transformation in public sector organizations. The contributors, all experts with extensive experience as change agents in both public and private sector organizations not only support their analyses and discussions of specific cases and change (transformation) management issues but also provide practical tools, ideas and lessons learned, intended to be generalizable to other public sector agencies and helpful to those responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating similar efforts in the years to come. The audience for the book will be government managers, scholars and others interested in undertaking or learning about such efforts.
Download or read book Accountability and Radical Change in Public Organizations written by Ronald R. Sims and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1998-10-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sims and the contributors to this challenging new volume maintain that public sector organizations must radically reinvent themselves, if they are to survive and succeed in their missions: to provide quality service to their clients at a cost taxpayers can afford (or are willing to pay). They offer a firsthand look at how change occurs at all levels of government, and from this and other experiences they lay out strategies and tools that others in government can use quickly and with good results in their own public organizations. However, Sims and his panel of experts also note that not everything in organizational change will produce positive benefits; some results will be negative, and these too must be understood and dealt with. By compiling the viewpoints, advice, experiences, recommendations of public managers themselves, plus consultants, academics, and citizens who benefit from government (and are often its harshest critics), Sims gives readers a solid, realistic insight into the problems of today's public agencies, and workable advice on how to solve them. Accountability and Radical Change in Public Organizations examines the current government and reinvention initiative occurring in public organizations at the local, county, state, federal and international levels. The book highlights the importance of understanding that change in government will continue to be a way of life for public managers, thus requiring an ongoing analysis of those forces driving change and the need to increase our understanding of why certain change efforts work and others fail miserably in government. The contributors to this volume emphasize that while reinvention, accountability, and change are serious initiatives that public managers must confront they must take caution and learn from each others' experiences.
Download or read book Final Report written by Food Assistance & Nutrition Research (Program : U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Keeping the Faith written by Wayne Flynt and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wayne Flynt tells the story of his life and his courageous battles against an indifferent or hostile power structure with modesty but always with honesty. In doing so he tells us the story of how Alabama institutions really are manipulated, and why we should care.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Multimedia Foundations written by Vic Costello and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key words, chapter highlights, and chapter summaries make it easy to identify core concepts of each chapter --
Download or read book Save the World on Your Own Time written by Stanley Fish and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Save the World on Your Own Time is invariably smart, stimulating, and provocative. It is filled with insights and crackles with verve. It is a joy to take in." - Texas Law Review
Download or read book Culture Bump written by Stacey Nickson and published by Culture Bump. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From our family dinners to our workplace, our social media to our nightly newscast-everywhere we look today we see uncertainty, frustration, and division. How can we possibly connect beyond our differences-without a natural or man-made disaster to bring us together? Culture Bump: 8 Steps to Common Ground is truly a book for our times-these times of divisiveness and uncertainty.Culture Bump: 8 Steps to Common Ground is a life-changing book packed with the knowledge and tools that will equip you to successfully interact with anyone anywhere. Based on over 40 years of research and practice, the 8 Step Protocol presented in the book is a specific process to find connection beyond cultural, gender, age, racial, political and other differences. Each of the 8 Steps targets one or more of the critical effects of encountering differences and guides readers to repair the emotional distance, broken relationships, and mental uncertainty that are obstacles on the road to reconnection. This groundwork assures readers with absolute certainty that we human beings can connect with one another authentically and consistently-no matter if we agree with one another or not.CB8 is not only great as a personal guide for individuals to use; it is also a valuable resource for groups. It has specific strategies for classes, book clubs, or community groups who are interested in learning how to deal with differences within or outside their communities. In fact, along with the 8 Step tool, it gives practical Do's and Don'ts for having Conversations for Connection with people who have a different point of view. In short, CB8 the book offers a transformative experience for individuals and groups to deepen their own understanding and practice "walking through their culture bumps" toward common ground.
Download or read book New Directions in Civic Engagement written by Kathleen Ferraiolo and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Librarians Serving Diverse Populations written by Lori Mestre and published by Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr. This book was released on 2010 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A qualitative and quantitative assessment and research study of the paths and experiences of librarians whose duties include serving diverse cultures. Through surveys, interviews, and evaluation of documents, the author explores issues and challenges raised by the results of the research study. Mestre provides recommendations for improvements to curricula and training at Library Schools, for libraries seeking someone to fill positions such as diversity librarian positions, for follow-up training and support after librarians are hired and for how to strengthen diversity efforts. Also included are two chapters that provide guidance for getting started as a liaison for diversity and cross-cultural efforts in academic libraries. This book is the first such research study in academic librarianship.
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Special Committee on Aging written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Designing Better Engineering Education Through Assessment written by Joni Spurlin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for engineering faculty and department chairs as a practical guide to improving the assessment processes for undergraduate and graduate engineering education in the service of improved student learning. It is written by engineering faculty and assessment professionals who have many years of experience in assessment of engineering education and of working with engineering faculty. The book reflects the emphasis placed on student outcomes assessment by ABET, Inc., the organization that accredits most U.S. engineering, computer science and technology programs, as well as providing substantial equivalency evaluations to international engineering programs. The book begins with a brief overview of assessment theory and introduces readers to key assessment resources. It illustrates–through practical examples that reflect a wide range of engineering disciplines and practices at both large and small institutions, and along the continuum of students’ experience, from first year to capstone engineering courses through to the dissertation–how to go about applying formative and summative assessment practices to improve student learning at the course and program levels. For most institutions, assessment of graduate education is new; therefore, there are readers who will be particularly interested in the chapters and examples related to graduate education. This book concludes with a vision for the future of assessment for engineering education. The authors cover five basic themes:· Use of assessment to improve student learning and educational programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels· Understanding and applying ABET criteria to accomplish differing program and institutional missions· Illustration of evaluation/assessment activities that can assist faculty in improving undergraduate and graduate courses and programs· Description of tools and methods that have been demonstrated to improve the quality of degree programs and maintain accreditation· Identification of methods for overcoming institutional barriers and challenges to implementing assessment initiatives.
Download or read book Diverse Issues in Higher Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Managing Forests and Water for People under a Changing Environment written by Ge Sun and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests cover 30% of the Earth’s land area, or nearly four billion hectares. Enhancing the benefits and ecosystem services of forests has been increasingly recognized as an essential part of nature-based solutions for solving many emerging global environmental problems today. A core science supporting forest management is understanding the interactions of forests, water, and people. These interactions have become increasingly complex under climate change and its associated impacts, such as the increases in the intensity and frequency of drought and floods, increasing population and deforestation, and a rise in global demands for multiple ecosystem services including clean water supply and carbon sequestration. Forest watershed managers have recognized that water management is an essential component of forest management. Global environmental change is posing more challenges for managing forests and water toward sustainable development. New science on forest and water is critically needed across the globe. The International Forests and Water Conference 2018, Valdivia, Chile (http://forestsandwater2018.cl/), a joint effort of the 5th IUFRO International Conference on Forests and Water in a Changing Environment and the Second Latin American Conference on Forests and Water provided a unique forum to examine forest and water issues in Latin America under a global context. This book represents a collection of some of the peer-reviewed papers presented at the conference that were published in a Special Issue of Forests.
