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An Investigation of the Nexus Between Strategic Planning and Organizational Learning

Endlich, Norman Andrew - 2001

This study considered the question: "What is the nature of the nexus between strategic planning and organizational learning, and how does it operate in a specific organization?" A single case study using the narrative inquiry approach was conducted at the National Aeronautics and Space...

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The Value of Human Resource Development to an Organization; Providing Technical Assistance to Small Manufacturing Companies

Byrne, Sandra Miller - 1999

Modernization of manufacturing means updatingcapabilities and changing the ways in whichcompanies organize and manage processes, producetheir product, and hire, train, and retain theirpersonnel. Often referred to as "high performance," these qualities are characterized by workertraining and...

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Achieving Enhanced Levels of Human Development Without Waiting on Advances in Economic Development

Pica, Karen Anne - 2009

World leaders, policy makers, and scholars are engaged in efforts to improve human development (HD), which, for the United Nations (UN) Development Program, is about allowing people choices in their lives and providing tools with which to make those choices. Success in increasing human...

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Examining the Relationship between Communities of Practice and Climate of Innovation in the U.S. Federal Government Environment

Chindgren-Wagner, Tina M. - 2009

A recurrent justification for knowledge management initiatives in the U.S. federal government workplace is the assertion that knowledge sharing groups, such as communities of practice, positively impact their members and benefit the organization by fostering a work environment that results in...

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Demographic, Psychosocial, and Educational Factors Related to Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Adults

Stables, Gloria J. - 2002

particular self-efficacy and knowledge/awareness of the health message, are stronger predictors of fruit and vegetable … predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption in adults are self-efficacy, awareness/knowledge of the health message, social …

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INFLUENTIAL CLIENT FACTORS: UNDERSTANDING AND ORGANIZING THERAPISTSâ PERCEPTIONS OF CLIENT FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE REPORTED OUTCOME OF THERAPY

Perkins, Susan Nadine - 2010

Researchers and clinicians report that they think the client is the most influentialcomponent in determining the outcome of therapy. Although a variety of studies have examinedthe impact of various client factors on the outcome of couple therapy, this research is notcohesive and produces...

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Mother's income and child mortality in southern Nigeria

Sulaiman, Ismaila Lawal - 1987

Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be positively associated with survival, both within and between countries. Preston (1975, 1976), in particular, using cross-national data for three separate decades of the 20th century,...

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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986

improvement in the socio-economic indicators i.e. education and health services; relaxation of traditional controls i …

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Health and Growth: Causality through Education

Huang, Rui; Fulginiti, Lilyan E.; Peterson, E. Wesley F. - 2009

investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa and the role of health in the level of educational …

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Time Preference and Its Relationship with Age, Health, and Longevity Expectations

Chao, Li-wei; Szrek, Helena; Pereira, Nuno Sousa; … - 2007

Although theories in both evolutionary biology and economics predict that an individual’s health should be associated … collecting detailed measures of health, time preference, and expected longevity on a sample of individuals in townships around … preference and health, in an area of the world with high mortality and morbidity. Interestingly, we find that both physical …

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