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Influence of organizational culture and organizational commitment towards employee performance among employees of LGU Tagum and Asuncion
No full textIn Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master in ManagementIncludes bibliographical referencesThe study dealt with the organizational culture and organizational commitment towards employee performance among LGU Tagum and Asuncion employees. The main objective of this study was to determine the significant relationship between organizational culture and organizational commitment to employee performance among employees of LGU Tagum and Asuncion using quantitative, non-experimental research design utilizing a technique with regression analysis. This study randomly selected permanent and contractual employees of LGU Tagum and Asuncion employees, with 305 employees as respondents. Statistical techniques such as Mean, Pearson r, and Linear Regression Analysis were employed as the statistical tools used for data treatment of this study. Results a showed a very high level of organizational culture in terms of mission, involvement and adaptability while a high level of consistency. The study resulted a high level of organizational commitment in terms of affective commitment, normative commitment and continuance commitment. Also, the study showed a high level of employee performance in terms of working experience and salary while a very high level on job satisfaction. Moreover, an association exists on variables between organizational culture and organizational commitment toward employee performance. Therefore, organizational culture and organizational commitment affect employee performance among employees of LGU Tagum and Asuncion.658.314 5xiii, 105 page
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
A case-study amongst the Enxet of the Paraguayan Chaco
No full textAn explanatory model of religious change in small-scale subsistence societies is developed, in which it is argued that the relative balance of domination between neighbouring societies is a crucial factor in the development of stimuli for religious change. Societies which retain control over their productive resources exhibit relative satisfaction with their well-being and change is usually restricted to diffusion. However, in a colonial situation the well-being of the dominated people is threatened and they enter a crisis. This is characterized by a realization that their ritual practices no longer adequately control the superempirical universe, and by a reduction in their sense of self-worth and prestige. A common response is religious transformation and the resultant conversion movements can be conceived of as active constructions of more satisfying cultures in which attempts are made to re-impose control over the mystical universe and to regain prestige and self- worth. The mechanism used is intercultural sociality: the dominated people look to the colonizers for the secret of their perceived success but the difficulties of intercultural communication result in frequent misinterpretation. The model is used to explain religious change amongst the Enxet Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco. Prior to colonialism, change amongst the Enxet was limited to diffusion. However, post-1885 their land was invaded by the white man, plunging them into a crisis. Two independent conversion movements are examined and successfully explained by reference to the theoretical model. However, a third movement, conversion to Anglicanism, illustrates the influence of culturally-specific factors on the character of a movement. The Enxet, as immediate return hunter- gatherers, viewed the Anglican church as a "foraging resource" and the adoption of Anglicanism by a minority of Enxet was little more than a technique of gaining access to the economic benefits available
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
ANÁLISE DAS RELAÇÕES ENTRE OS RESULTADOS DA AVALIAÇÃO INTERNA E EXTERNA DOS CURSOS DE GRADUAÇÃO
No full textNa década de 80, havia apenas uma voz clamando pela necessidade de se avaliar a educação em nosso País, a do Senador João Calmon. Hoje, muitos parlamentares discutem a avaliação, se manifestando contra ou a favor aos tipos e formas de avaliação das Instituições de Ensino Superior, entrando em pauta de discussões de professores, alunos e pais, sendo notícias em jornais, rádios e televisão. O Ministério da Educação e Cultura (MEC), através de sua Secretaria de Educação Superior (SESu) ou da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes), durante anos buscou melhorar a qualidade de ensino das universidades brasileiras, usando a avaliação como estratégia, agindo como agente de mudança. Segundo ALKIN (1972), Avaliação é o processo de determinar as áreas das decisões em questão, selecionar a informação necessária, e coletar e analisar informações para prover um sumário de dados úteis àqueles que tomarão decisões ao escolher entre alternativas. Quando se pretende entender a quantidade e a qualidade dos recursos, atividades e resultados de uma instituição, é necessário verificar e avaliar as suas entradas (input), processos e resultados ou saídas (output) desse sistema. Em uma instituição de ensino, os inputs envolvem os recursos humanos e não humanos, dentre eles: estudantes, membros do corpo docente e livros para biblioteca, os Processos que englobam as atividades escolhidas ou programadas, com o crédito de serem capazes de alcançar os resultados desejados, e os Resultados que são conseqüências produzidas por processos que podem incluir o desenvolvimento de novas competências, nova produção de conhecimento e serviço prestado ä comunidade. Nesse sentido, evidenciando o discente e o docente como elementos principais do sistema de ensino, desde a iniciação do aluno na universidade (matéria prima) até a formação do aluno (produto final), onde o docente atua como um dos principais instrumentos do processo de formação do aluno, o Sistema de Avaliação da Educação Superior no Brasil, no que tange a graduação, procura através da avaliação externa, mais precisamente do Exame Nacional de Cursos (ENC) e da avaliação interna, através da Avaliação Institucional, fornecer informações que ajudam direcionar políticas educacionais, buscando uma melhor qualidade da educação superior em nosso país. Segundo Loacker (1998), a qualidade da avaliação do estudante está estreitamente associada à qualidade da instrução que os estudantes realmente experimentam. Com a necessidade de analisar as transformações ocorridas no ensino superior e que implicam nova visão do ensino universitário decorrente das pressões sociais e, sobretudo do sistema produtivo, faz com que as universidades busquem conhecer melhor a si próprias, e confrontar com informações seguras as críticas que freqüentemente recebem de professores, alunos e famílias. Desde 1977 quando o antigo DAU – Departamento de Assuntos Universitários, papel hoje realizado pela SESu e CAPES, discutia temas relacionados a avaliação do ensino com o objetivo de oferecer um ensino de qualidade aos alunos, constatou através de pesquisas extensivas, que o uso das respostas dos alunos para avaliar o desempenho do professor, contribuem de forma significativa para a compreensão do processo ensino-aprendizagem. Como parte do Sistema de Avaliação da Educação Superior, o ENC que tem como objetivo maior à busca da qualidade do ensino de graduação busca inicialmente, diagnosticar informações relevantes referentes às condições de ensino, enfocando as dimensões organização didático-pedagógica, corpo docente e instalações dos cursos submetidos ao exame. Parte integrante do mesmo Sistema, a Avaliação Institucional, também busca enfocar as mesmas dimensões do ENC, só que no âmbito organizacional. Neste sentido, será que há correlação entre a avaliação interna, através das informações coletadas pela Avaliação Institucional e entre a avaliação externa, através do exame nacional de cursos? Buscando responder essa pergunta, o artigo propõe analisar, através de métodos estatísticos, as relações existentes entre o desempenho avaliado pelo discente com o ENC, através da influência do desempenho dos alunos no Provão com o desempenho docente analisado pela Avaliação Institucional. As analises das relações entre o desempenho avaliado pelo discente com o exame nacional de cursos, propiciará a ligação entre a avaliação interna e a avaliação externa, procurando dar auxílio no processo de tomada de decisão e subsidiar o estabelecimento das ações e metas a serem atingidas em Projetos Institucionais, elevando a qualidade de ensino e a consciência da necessidade de um processo de avaliação pertinente e criterioso
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Correspondencia diplomatica entre el Gobierno del Paraguay y la legacion de los Estados Unidos de América y el cónsul de S. M. el Emperador de los franceses. Publicada en el semanario de la Asuncion. Horrendos crímenes del tirano Paraguayo declaraciones arrancadas por la tortura Lopez declarado enemigo del Genero Humano por el Ministro Washburn. Circular de este cuerpo diplomático
No full textCircular of the diplomatic corps, originally published in the weekly press of Asuncion, containing diplomatic correspondence between the Government of Paraguay, the United States legation and the French consul, detailing the crimes of the Paraguayan president Carlos Antonio López, and his declaration as enemy of the people by the United States minister to Paraguay, Charles A. Washburn. Includes a list of people residing in the United States Legation in Asuncion. Signed Charles A. Washburn, dated 13 August 1868. Followed by 'Acta del ministro Americano Washburn al de S. M. B. Revelando los horrores del Paraguay', also signed Cárlos A. Washburn. Possibly published 186
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
No full textIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
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