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Clegg, Judith; Smart, Dawn Hanson – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
Developing a new line of business in an independent consulting firm provides an excellent way to expand, increase income for the company, and create cross-marketing opportunities. If it is not done correctly, however, this potential opportunity can imperil the existence of the business. This chapter's case highlights the benefits new lines of…
Descriptors: Consultants, Personal Autonomy, Entrepreneurship, Cooperation
Manner, Jane Carol – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
Recent years have provided an interest on the part of public school systems regarding Montessori as an educational choice, often as a magnet school option. "No Child Left Behind" legislation emphasizes the social and learning needs of individual children as well as a national spirit of accountability for academic achievement, and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Montessori Method, Conventional Instruction
Munoz, Ricardo F.; Le, Huynh-Nhu; Ippen, Chandra Ghosh; Diaz, Manuela A.; Urizar, Guido G., Jr.; Soto, Jose; Mendelson, Tamar; Delucchi, Kevin; Lieberman, Alicia F. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2007
A prenatal intervention designed to prevent the onset of major depressive episodes (MDEs) during pregnancy and postpartum was pilot tested at a public sector women's clinic. The "Mamas y Bebes"/Mothers and Babies Course is an intervention developed in Spanish and English that uses a cognitive-behavioral mood management framework, and incorporates…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Birth, Incidence

Carroccio, Jean; And Others – Journal of Volunteer Administration, 1996
Collaboration between a private home health agency and public volunteer agency (the Senior Companions Program) was evaluated through interviews, site visits and questions. Volunteers were highly valued and important to the organization despite additional administration and training burdens. It was a cost-effective way to expand community-based…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Nurses, Older Adults, Private Sector

Masland, Mary C.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1996
An overview of the theoretical concepts of capitation, a method of paying a provider a fixed price per person served, is presented in conjunction with practical lessons from the literature documenting capitation efforts in public mental health. An analytic framework identifies five major planning concerns in capitation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Mental Health Programs, Models

Imhabekhai, Clement I. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2002
Examines government activities in Nigeria in relation to prison support services, including health, counseling, training, legal aid, and library services. Recommends public agency networking with nongovernmental organizations to provide needed services. (JOW)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Correctional Institutions, Foreign Countries, Nongovernmental Organizations

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1994
Two collaborative inquiry groups share their processes and findings, such as coresearchers' lived experience is equal in importance to formally collected data; knowledge created in the group belongs to the group; and coresearchers must be equal in contribution and commitment. (SK)
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Cooperation, Group Dynamics

Bell, Edwin D. – Planning and Changing, 1989
The work of the Visions Education Task Force suggests that Jenne's conceptualization of strategic planning in the public sector can be remarkably effective. A necessary condition for effectiveness was a supportive setting. The rational process of strategic planning proved inappropriate for addressing nonrational issues related to the community's…
Descriptors: Committees, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Government, Planning

Yaffe, Jerry – Public Personnel Management, 1992
As the largest single employer in Los Angeles County and the largest county government in the nation, Los Angles County is heavily affected by demographic and workplace trends. Its unique diverse, multilingual population presents particular challenges in the preparation of a literate work force. (SK)
Descriptors: Accountability, Employment Patterns, Government Employees, Local Government

Swiss, James E. – Public Administration Review, 1992
Total quality management will not work well in government agencies because of stress on products, not services; on well-defined consumer groups; on inputs/processes, not results; and on preoccupation with quality. An effective revised version emphasizes client feedback, performance monitoring, continuous improvement, and worker participation. (SK)
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Public Administration, Public Agencies, Public Sector

Siegel, Sidney R.; Rees, Beth Yvonne – Public Personnel Management, 1992
A survey of more than 725 federal, state, and local government agencies received a 30 percent response indicating that 52 percent provide preretirement education (considerably less than the private sector); public agencies emphasize financial more than psychosocial or physical issues; and public sector programs make little postretirement contact…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Government Employees, Participation, Preretirement Education

Marginson, Simon – Australian Bulletin of Labour, 1991
Compares Australian academic salaries and those throughout the rest of the English-speaking world; examines movements in prices and community wages; and compares salaries in similar occupations in the public sector. Examines the changing nature of academic salaries. (JOW)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Private Sector, Public Sector
Lazarewicz, Robert S. – School Administrator, 1994
As one Maryland district's experience shows, a district-operated food-and-nutrition service is capable of meeting student demands while maintaining a fiscally, administratively, and nutritionally sound program. Districts should first evaluate their food programs as to student satisfaction, financial health, performance and cost/savings incentives,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service, Guidelines, Privatization

Lemire, Louise; Saba, Tania; Gagnon, Yves-Chantal – Public Personnel Management, 1999
A survey of 192 managers and professionals in the Quebec public sector indicated that the absence or inadequacy of practices linked to career planning, development, and support, as well as lack of opportunity to play new roles and participate in work groups, accentuates the perception of career plateauing. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Foreign Countries, Organizational Climate

Lankes, R. David; Sutton, Stuart A. – Government Information Quarterly, 1999
Explores the potential mission of the National Education Network (NEN) in light of the emerging global learning infrastructure made possible by the Internet. Develops a five-part framework for exploring the nature of education information provision in a networked digital environment and examines government-sponsored and private sector initiatives.…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Government Role, Information Networks, Internet