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Career of Navy leader, innovations, controversies, accomplishments, retirement.

The purpose of this research is to examine the career of Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover. The plan of the research will be to set forth in general terms t... more

The purpose of this research is to examine the career of Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover. The plan of the research will be to set forth in general terms the background and circumstances under which Rickover moved through the ranks of the U.S. Navy to a major command, and then to discuss in detail whether he should have been retained on active duty in 1982, when he was obliged to retire, or should have been retired some 30 years earlier. There is a view that no public employee, whether civilian or military, and of whatever rank and reputation, should be allowed to persist in a government job that carries high authority. Indeed, the very fact that some few wellknown public employees have for various reasons found ways to achieve what appears to be a lifetime tenure has been enough to excite curiosity, if not some kind of adversarial investigation. Alter, for example

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Use by local govts. in development projects, purpose, need for, procedures, computers.

Traffic Access/Impact Studies In many United States cities, traffic congestion has become a major public policy issue. Furthermore, most large-scale... more

Traffic Access/Impact Studies In many United States cities, traffic congestion has become a major public policy issue. Furthermore, most large-scale development significantly alters a community's transportation environment. However, despite increasing demand for urban development, local governments are often limited in their ability to fund infrastructure improvements such as roadway construction. During the 1980s, such factors led to widespread concern regarding the traffic impacts of various urban site developments. One method of determining whether or not a given area's roadway network can support a development's traffic is to perform a site traffic access/impact study. A diverse array of local agency requirements and technical procedures currently exist for conducting such analyses. Under certain circumstances, a uniform

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Applications, management, network concept, critical path method, scheduling & control, simulation, focusing on quantity surveying.

THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTERIZATION ON THE BUILDING INDUSTRY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON QUANTITY SURVEYING Introduction The introduction of computerization into t... more

THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTERIZATION ON THE BUILDING INDUSTRY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON QUANTITY SURVEYING Introduction The introduction of computerization into the operations of the building industry began in the late-1950s. The earliest applications of computer technology in the building industry were related to project scheduling. Computerization of the quantity surveying function did not begin until the late-1970s. Quantity surveying is the formal process of determining quantities from drawings and specifications, and is a part of the broader process of estimating wherein costs are associated with such quantities. The effects of computerization on the building industry are reviewed in t

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Role & significance in construction bidding. Innovations, technology, quantity surveying, design, software. Outline.

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COST ESTIMATING AND CONSTRUCTION BIDDING Outline I. INTRODUCTION. A. Research purpose. B. Research scope. II. COST ESTIMATING IN CONSTRUCTION. A. Elements of the cost estimating process. B. Requirements for cost estimating in construction. C. Quantity surveying. D. Function of the construction cost estimator. E. Job activities of the construction cost estimator. F. Flow of the construction cost estimating process. III. CONSTRUCTION BIDDING. A. Initiating the bidding process. B. R

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History, purpose, accomplishments, powers, procedures, publications, conflict with corps., leadership, future.

THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Introduction This research examines the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). The examination begins ... more

THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Introduction This research examines the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). The examination begins with a brief history of the FASB and a consideration of the purpose of the organization. Major accomplishments of the FASB are discussed, and the current debate surrounding the FASB are addressed. Purpose and History of the FASB Financial accounting is concerned with recording the actual financial activities of an organization. The purpose of financial accounting, thus, is to provide the financial information necessary for an organization to do its job and for an organization to be able to accurately report its performance to investors, creditors, and governmental agencies. Public confidence

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Examines medieval style of church architecture. Symbolism, politics & economics, theology, examples, Scholasticism, monarchy.

The Gothic cathedral movement was a complex phenomenon but its relationship to the culture of the later Middle Ages has sometimes been idealized. In ... more

The Gothic cathedral movement was a complex phenomenon but its relationship to the culture of the later Middle Ages has sometimes been idealized. In this view the churches were seen primarily as evidence of the selfless devotion of the populations of western Europe to the worship of God. The intricate symbolism of the buildings and their decoration, analogies between architecture and scholasticism, the allocation of vast resources to construction, and the impressive range of technical and stylistic innovation all demonstrate the extent to which the intellectual, economic, administrative, technical and artistic energies of the age were channeled into the creation of the cathedrals. And it cannot be denied that this era of pilgrimages and crusades was a time of intense religious feeling. But to view the cathedrals merely as a manifestation of popular

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Examines the human resources problems at Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing (3M). Details 3M's Human Resource Development (HRD) program, which focuses on training, education, & development.

The 3M Company has made a number of changes in the way it structures its human resources in order to provide greater empowerment to the employees as a... more

The 3M Company has made a number of changes in the way it structures its human resources in order to provide greater empowerment to the employees as a way of improving productivity and reducing turnover. The elements of Human Resources Development are being utilized by the company to improve its overall performance. Human resource development (HRD) has three important components--training, education, and development. When the three are properly coordinated, HRD has a positive effect on worker productivity and so on the productivity of the company. Training improves the performance of workers and so increases their motivation, and as they work harder and produce more, the company profits. HRD is also dedicated to seeing to it that skills do not become obsolete. Employees may have their skills upgraded through added training and education, and this benefits them in terms of promo

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Development of museum education departments. Relationship between museum educators and museum curators; roles of each. Overlapping of roles. Division of labor at museums. Implications of trend toward art as a cultural and historic artifact rather than an aesthetic object. Museum education as an academic discipline. Curators questioning integrity of scholarship of exhibitions and collections.

The Relationship Between Museum Educators and Museum Curators Review of Literature The development of museum education departments as the point of con... more

The Relationship Between Museum Educators and Museum Curators Review of Literature The development of museum education departments as the point of contact between the museum institution and the public has occurred in the context of museum mission statements that declare education to be the essence of the museum experience. Accreditation by the American Association of Museums entails the presumption of education as the core mission of (nonprofit) member institutions of any size and of all kinds. Internet sites for museums in the United States and the United Kingdom routinely articulate education as the essential guiding institutional principle. Typically, the respective roles of curators and educators as articulated in mission statements are collapsed into the educational objectives of the museum, even t

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This paper examines the implementation of ERPs in developing and developed nations, discussing case studies of Oilco and Exploreco, and identifying factors important to the success of ERP implementation.

Enterprise Resource Planning at WorkIntroduction An enterprise resource planning or ERP system is an informationsystem that integrates business proces... more

Enterprise Resource Planning at WorkIntroduction An enterprise resource planning or ERP system is an informationsystem that integrates business processes McGaughey Gunasekaran The average business requires information systems in several functionalareas such as accounting inventory management human resource management and marketing However the individual systems used for each of thosefunctional areas may not be designed for integration with each other Thisresults in standalone systems whose data needs to be manually transportedbetween systems resulting in a loss of efficiency Moreover standalonesystems provide no oversight

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An account of ways in which taxpayer-funded private-sector business operations have been pursued in the US and why it is so difficult to find a coherent viewpoint on the issue in the odern era.

Well before the Revolutionary War one George Washington a Virginiaplanter was a determined land speculator and would-be developer of anintricate canal... more

Well before the Revolutionary War one George Washington a Virginiaplanter was a determined land speculator and would-be developer of anintricate canal system that would connect the western frontier thenconsisting roughly of western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio westernVirginia and Eastern Kentucky to the Tidewater region in and around theChesapeake and the eastern seaboard more generally His so-called DismalSwamp project envisioned a canal from the Potomac River inland that wouldcreate a navigable American trade route to the Atlantic Ocean Royster The project was interrupted by