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11.479 Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries, Spring 2004
Davis, Jennifer - 2004
Policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. Reviews … available technologies, but emphasizes the planning and policy process, including economic, social, environmental, and health … participation in the planning process. Evaluates policies and projects in case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432313
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Consultants’ advice to adopt management control systems: the joint effect of persuasion triggers and manager competence
Leiby, Justin - 2011
CFOs and other managers depend on consultants to provide advice on management control systems (MCS) and the expertise … to investigate whether the consultant’s advice to adopt an MCS depends on its distinctiveness (i.e. whether or not the …’s competence. Consultants are more likely to advise a distinctive versus non-distinctive MCS to an exceptional manager, while they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477968
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The plight of the Sumatran elephant : a case study in conservation medicine in the field
Bartlett, Susan - 2003
The overpopulation problem in Sumatra, and the subsequent devastation of the environment due to logging, the planting of oil palm and rubber trees, and oil drilling, has caused elephants and humans to compete for available natural resources. Deprived of their indigenous forest, elephants destroy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466250
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The Global Expansion of Transnational Retailers: A Case Study of the Localization Strategy of Costco in Taiwan
Yeh, YunLung - 2010
This research focuses on the global expansion of the transnational retail industry. Globalization is a phenomenon experienced by many industries in the present global economy. The global production network (GPN) framework can be used to explain and interpret the phenomenon of transnational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475017
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The effects of a human resources information technology intervention on background check processing in a financial institution: A process level analysis.
Mallari, Alexander David - 2008
The human resources department of a financial institution implemented a multi-component intervention to replace a paper-based hiring system. Organization-wide impacts included changes in the background check operations. To support changes, training was conducted and procedure manuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475019
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Progressing from identification and functional analysis of precursor behavior to treatment of self-injury.
Dracobly, Joseph Daniel - 2009
An evaluation of the utility of assessing and treating severe problem behavior through precursor functional analysis was completed. Ongoing measurement of problem behavior in two settings in the participant's natural environment was conducted for the duration of the study. A precursor to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475036
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Knowledge management in times of change: Tacit and explicit knowledge transfers.
Hall, Heather Leigh - 2005
This study proposed a look at the importance and challenges of knowledge management in times of great change. In order to understand the information phenomena of interest, impacts on knowledge workers and knowledge documents in times of great organizational change, the study is positioned in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475101
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Strategic planning and strategy formation : a case study of Asociacio´n Femenina Q'eqchi
Yarrow, Jessica - 2001
The purpose of this research is to apply theories and models in strategic planning and analysis to my professional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449468
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Human resource management of foreign service nationals
Paul, Scott Alan - 2005
This paper examines the perceived effectiveness of various human resource management practices by United States supervisors in the United States Foreign Service. It attempts to identify, through the review of current human resource management literature and interviews with ten U.S. Foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449510
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Factors that influence the sustainability of a development project, the case of a bilateral aid project in Vietnam
Hoang, Mai Thi Kim - 2006
This study focuses on clarifying factors that influence the sustainability of a development project, by examining a bilateral aid project in Vietnam: "The HIV/AIDS/STI Commune Clinics Network Project." This is a CIDA funded project which started in 2003 and is still going on. The purpose of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449544