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Kato, Linda Y.; Riccio, James A. – 2001
The effectiveness of the Jobs Plus Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families, which seeks to increase employment among people living in public housing, was examined through an in-depth study of the experiences of the interagency and resident Jobs Plus partnerships that were formed in seven cities across the United States in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
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Bottery, Mike – Oxford Review of Education, 1996
Suggests that, over the last 15 years, management issues of teachers and other professionals have become increasingly similar. Uses examples and practice from the work of teachers, doctors, and the police in the United Kingdom to identify and discuss theses issues. Includes several charts showing organizational goals and objectives. (MJP)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Milakovich, Michael E. – 1995
Quality-improvement principles are a sound means to respond to customer needs. However, when various quality and productivity theories and methods are applied, it is very difficult to consistently deliver quality results, especially in quasi-monopolistic, non-competitive, and regulated environments. This book focuses on quality-improvement methods…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Services
Jacobs, Johan – 1996
This document, which is based on data gathered during a September 1994 mail survey of 215,284 South African graduates that elicited a total response rate of 18.3%, details the remuneration of graduates (as of July 1, 1994) in a wide range of engineering and architecture-related occupations in the public and private sectors and in self-employment.…
Descriptors: Architects, Compensation (Remuneration), Engineers, Foreign Countries
Velloso, Jacques – 1990
Planning for the higher education system in the past involved designing, implementing, and evaluating a set of envisaged policies, strategies and operational actions for the medium and long-run. In Brazil, however, this sort of planning was virtually abandoned and replaced by short-term planning, partly as a result of the interplay of political…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Planning
Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC. – 1990
This document summarizes the discussions held at a conference of public sector executives and human resource managers designed to address the problems of attracting and keeping good workers in public service. Presentations made by the governor of Georgia, federal officials, educators, and regional representatives in three plenary sessions…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Choice, City Government, Employment Opportunities
Finney, Joni E., Ed.; Callan, Patrick M., Ed. – 1997
This book on the financing of higher education is divided into two parts; the first analyzes national trends and the second focuses on the financing of higher education in five states--California, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, and New York. Three major changes in higher education finance are noted: first, a shift in responsibility away from public…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Finance, Financial Policy, Financial Support
Martens, Hilda – 2001
This innovative session used two "key moments" to interpret an action research case study of the ongoing reorganization of the Belgian Tax Ministry. Both the research and the session used a social constructivist framework. The reorganization consisted of these phases: contracting, exploratory, in-depth, advisory, implementation of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Bureaucracy
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Figueroa, Adolfo – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Presents the central features of an economic theory of social equilibrium based on the theory of distributive equilibrium. Uses the situation in Latin America in the 1980s and 1990s to test the validity of the theory. Argues that excessive inequality cripples sustained growth and democratic movements. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Democratic Values, Developing Nations, Economic Impact
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Jacob, John E. – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1993
Proposes a Marshall Plan for America to be implemented by the private sector and volunteer organizations as well as government. Goals related to improving the conditions in which U.S. minorities live are established for the business community, educators, and the African-American community. The African-American community must commit itself to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Economic Change, Economic Development
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Social Policy Research Associates, Menlo Park, CA. – 1997
Of the 19 projects conducted as part of the Defense Conversion Adjustment (DCA) Demonstration administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Work-Based Learning, 9 tested the dislocation aversion approach. The projects attempted to alleviate the negative impacts of defense cutbacks on communities, firms, and workers. Six projects…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Planning, Cooperative Planning
Banatao, Maria; Criddle, Vicky L. – 1992
Despite the tremendous growth of the ethnic community in Santa Clara County, California, very few minorities are employed in city and county government. The Minorities In Government Internship Project (MIGIP) was established to place minority vocational students with a minimum of 12 quarter units in their major in administrative, technical and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Government Employees, Government School Relationship, Internship Programs
Finance Project, Washington, DC. – 1997
This guide is intended to provide guidance to state and local leaders in identifying the need for finance reform; understanding and evaluating the pros and cons of alternative financial approaches; and designing strategies to build long-lasting public support. Chapter 1 reviews the key forces pushing for reform and outlines principles to guide…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Children
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – 1992
To assist the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress in identifying and resolving policy issues related to the electronic delivery of government services, this study examined selected innovative information technology applications, management practices, and policies that promote experimentation and integration with new electronic…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Federal Government, Government Role
Cohen, Marie – Issue Notes, 1998
This publication, one of a series designed to help policymakers and TANF [Temporary Assistance for Needy Families] agency personnel, offers an overview of programs providing publicly funded paid jobs in the public or nonprofit sector to TANF recipients, as well as of work experience programs in which recipients receive welfare payment in return…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Compliance (Legal), Demonstration Programs
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