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Interview with Martha Manning - OH 297
No full textMartha Joyce Richardson Manning (1936-) is a 1973 Winthrop College graduate (Masters Degree) who was enrolled to further her career as a reading teacher at the suggestion of parents and school board members. Mrs. Manning was married the Reverend Jesse Franklin “Frank” Manning (1933-2006) and has three children at the time of her enrollment. Mrs. Manning discusses her professional life as well as her experience as a student in the education program at Winthrop. She talks about her professors, her rigorous class load, and the College president, Dr. Charles B. Vail (president from 1973-1982). Mrs. Manning graduated with a “Reading Teacher Award,” and took a test to receive a certification that allowed her to teach reading from elementary to college levels in South Carolina. She discusses how Winthrop helped her to further her passion for education.
Martha Manning is the author of her autobiography My Angel and Me (2017)https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/1153/thumbnail.jp
Bob Manning & son: soul, inheritance, and forgotten stories
No full textBob Manning & Son is a long-form multimedia nonfiction essay based on interviews, historical research, and personal accounts. The essay documents the life of Swedish-American soul singer, Bob Manning, and explores the familial inheritance of his children, primarily through the perspective of his son, Matthew Manning (author)
Second to fourth digit ratio and sensation seeking
No full textSensation seeking has been described as a trait referring to the tendency to seek novel, varied, complex, and intense sensations and experiences; and the willingness to take risks for the sake of such experiences. Explanations for sensation seeking have been based upon genetic, evolutionary, psychophysiological, and sociocultural models. This study further examines the possibility that prenatal hormones - as measured via 2D:4D finger length ratio - may influence the development of certain personality characteristics associated with sensation seeking (Austin, Manning, McInroy, & Mathews, 2002). We studied the relationship between 2D:4D ratios, a supposed proxy for prenatal testosterone (T), and sensation seeking as assessed by the Sensation Seeking Scale Form V (SSS-V) in a sample of 278 German and UK University students. There were significant sex differences for 2D:4D and on the SSS-V, with males having lower 2D:4D ratios, but higher SSS-V scores. Furthermore, right- and left-hand 2D:4D in males was significantly negatively associated with total sensation seeking score, and the boredom subscale. No significant associations were found for women. Since low 2D:4D is supposed to indicate exposure to higher levels of T in utero, our data suggest that there may be an organizational effect of T which influences later development of sensation seeking personality characteristics in men
Editor's inscription in Valentine Duval : an autobiography of the last century
No full textEditor Anne Manning's gift inscription to author William Stebbing (1832–1926), "To William Stebbing from his affectionate friend the editor Nov. 2, 1860".Manning, Anne, 1807-1879
New Approaches to Measuring Management and Firm Organization
No full textWe detail the methodology that we have been using to quantify managerial and organizational practices across firms and countries in recent years. This has been used in many pieces of research at the Centre for Economic Performance. We discuss the pros and cons of such survey tools, describing how our methods lie between the traditional surveys used by economists and the case studies more common in other parts of social science.surveys, data, organization, management
Results, Performance Budgeting and Trust in Government
No full textThe book identifies four categories of
performance budgeting, namely direct performance budgeting,
performance informed budget (PIB), opportunistic performance
budgeting and presentational performance budgeting. While
the Conference papers often refer to performance budgeting
broadly defined, much of the book focuses on PIB, the most
common category of performance budgeting adopted to date,
making the argument that this is likely to be the most
applicable in many Latin American countries. The book
combines two seemingly diverse governance topics, adopts
contrasting analytic styles to address these, and seeks to
draw out their inter-connections, with particular reference
to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) and Latin American countries. The first topic is PIB,
which is discussed largely from the practical perspective of
policy makers and practitioners, reflecting that it is a
major public administration reform that has been underway
for several decades. The second topic is the trust of
citizens and firms in government. This book is divided into
seven chapters. Chapter one provides an overview of PIB,
building on two decades of experience and lesson-learning,
and sets out the key themes that provide the basis for the
discussions in the subsequent chapters. Chapter two
introduces the concept of trust in government, particularly
in OECD and Latin American countries, and explores why this
matters for development. Chapters three, four, and five
explore key dimensions of PIB, including the institutional
foundations, the production of performance information, and
the uses of performance information. Chapter six considers
the impact of performance improvement on trust in government
in OECD and Latin American countries. Chapter seven provides
a guide for practitioners on PIB
The second to fourth digit ratio and asymmetry
No full textBackground: Deviations of physical characteristics from bilateral symmetry, in otherwise symmetric individuals, are supposed to result from environmental perturbations during development. One cause of such perturbations may be sex steroids such as testosterone and oestrogen. Aim: The study examined the relationship between second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D), a putative negative correlate with prenatal testosterone and a positive correlate with prenatal oestrogen, and asymmetry. Methods: Eleven traits (including the second and fourth finger lengths) were measured in a sample of 680 English children aged 2-18 years, and second to fifth finger lengths in samples of 120 Austrian and English undergraduate students aged from 17 to 30 years and 213 Polish adults aged from 26 to 90 years. Results: Significant U-shaped curvilinear associations between 2D:4D and all 11 traits were found in English children with the strongest associations between 2D:4D and composite asymmetry of second plus fourth digit, and second to fifth digits. Further investigation of the relation between 2D:4D and digit asymmetries in the sample of Austrian and English undergraduates and the Polish adults confirmed significant U-shaped relationships between 2D:4D and finger asymmetries. Conclusion: Our data show that both low 2D:4D (a marker of high prenatal testosterone) and high 2D:4D (a marker of high prenatal oestrogen) are associated with elevated levels of asymmetry and this relationship applies particularly to finger asymmetry
Reforming Fiscal and Economic Management in Afghanistan
No full textThe paper cover two broad themes in the
recent reform of fiscal and economic management in
Afghanistan. The first part, The Journey So Far, sets out
the impressive policy and institutional reforms that the
Interim and Transitional Administrations have made since the
Bonn conference in November 2001. It provides some details
of the challenges faced by the Ministry of Finance, and very
particularly the complexities of managing intensive donor
interest and significant volumes of development assistance,
while balancing the need for responsiveness to donor
priorities with a concern to build institutional strengths
of the public sector. The section notes the complexity of
the vested interests that had built up within the
administration during the Soviet and Taliban periods, and
the need to revive, while simultaneously reforming, the
fiscal management processes. The second part, Current
Priorities, explores the fiscal and economic management
tasks that the Ministry of Finance is now confronted with.
The section opens with a review of the strategic options for
structuring the Ministry of Finance, and the additional
challenges and opportunities presented by the new
constitution. The revised budget law is perhaps the most
significant and far-reaching of the institutional reforms
planned. The significance of the municipalities as a
potential platform for enhanced service delivery to an
increasingly urbanized population is also noted
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