Conducting School Surveys On Drug Abuse: Global Assessment Programme On Drug Abuse

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This publication provides a practical guide designed to assist member states of the United Nations to collect drug abuse data in school settings. It is intended to contribute to the collection of information on drug use and trends, which can be used to guide reduction activities. The module explains process of conducting school surveys including research design, sampling, data collection, methodology and reporting. Potential problems that a researcher may encounter in the implementation of the surveys are also discussed.

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Drawing on their many years' experience of teaching children 3 to 8 years, the authors explain the development and range of young children's mathematical marks and representations. They show how to assess and support these early mathematical graphics. The authors believe that this is the key to success in school mathematics and to higher levels of achievement.

Offering a wealth of practical guidance to support teachers of young children, the book is linked to current educational theory. It sets out ways of helping children make sense of mathematics and suggests an alternative approach to the use of worksheets. It is supported by numerous examples of children's own representations and intuitive methods. Children are then more able to translate between their informal knowledge and more abstract forms of mathematical symbolism, which they meet as they progress through school.

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An exceptionally comprehensive treatment of this subject aimed at students in business, management, science, and engineering. Topics include linear, non-linear, integer, and dynamic programming, network analysis, quadratic and separable programming, inventory control, probabilistic methods, and many other topics. Numerous applications.

Metaheuristics:: Progress as Real Problem Solvers (Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series)

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Metaheuristics:: Progress as Real Problem Solvers (Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series)

Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0387253823

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Our globalized world brings us increasing complexity and many computationally hard problems. Metaheuristics are mathematical optimization methods that have become a powerful answer to many of these difficult problems. As a growing set of robust methods, Metaheuristics is producing effective algorithms that compute approximate solutions of high quality in realistic computational time.

METAHEURISTICS: Progress as Real Problem Solvers is a peer-reviewed volume of eighteen current, cutting-edge papers by leading researchers in the field. Included are an invited paper by F. Glover and G. Kochenberger, which discusses the concept of Metaheuristic agent processes, and a tutorial paper by M.G.C. Resende and C.C. Ribeiro discussing GRASP with path-relinking. Other papers discuss problem-solving approaches to timetabling, automated planograms, elevators, space allocation, shift design, cutting stock, flexible shop scheduling, colorectal cancer and cartography. A final group of methodology papers clarify various aspects of Metaheuristics from the computational view point.

The volume's objective is to consolidate works in operations research, management science, artificial intelligence, computer science, and related fields to further the understanding of basic principles and the developing domain of Metaheuristics. This includes genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, tabu search, evolutionary computation, greedy randomized adaptive search procedures (GRASP), scatter search, ant system, variable neighborhood search, guided local search, iterated local search, noising methods, threshold accepting, memetic algorithms, neural networks, and other hybrid and/or variant approaches for solving hard combinatorial problems.

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An effective state is essential to achieving socio-economic and sustainable development. With the advent of globalization, there are growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world to be more responsive to the demands of internal and external stakeholders for good governance, accountability and transparency, greater development effectiveness, and delivery of tangible results. Governments, parliaments, citizens, the private sector, NGOs, civil society, international organizations and donors are among the stakeholders interested in better performance. As demands for greater accountability and real results have increased, there is an attendant need for enhanced results-based monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs, and projects.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive ten-step model that will help guide development practitioners through the process of designing and building a results-based monitoring and evaluation system. These steps begin with a "Readiness Assessment" and take the practitioner through the design, management, and importantly, the sustainability of such systems. The Handbook describes each step in detail, the tasks needed to complete each one, and the tools available to help along the way.

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Cogent, Succinct, and Informative.......2005-07-26

With increasing pressure on public sector and non-profit organisations to move from activity-based management to a more results-based orientation, Ms. Kusek and Mr. Rist of the World Bank have written what they call a Handbook for Development Practitioners.
The challenges associated with moving towards a results-based monitoring and evaluation system are broken down into ten steps, each with relevant background material, and a set of questions to guide one through the process. For example, in step one - Conducting a Readiness Assessment, eight key questions are highlighted such as (i) what potential pressures are highlighting the need for an M&E system within the public sector? (v) how wil the system support better resource allocation and the achievement of program goals? (vii) where does capacity exist to support a results-based M&E system? Other chapters have similar guides, checklists, etc.
Though both authors are from the World Bank, examples from other donors and activities in other countries provide a wide perspective throughout the text.
I have been reading this book in conjunction with Paul Niven's Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies (ISBN: 0471423289) as both define and describe inputs, outputs, outcomes, and performance measures in great detail and put them all together in an "overall performance-based framework."
If you are interested in aid effectiveness, the Millennium Development Goals, monitoring of poverty reduction strategies in developing countries, and performance measurement, you must have a copy of this book.

Balanced Measures for Strategic Planning: A Public Sector Handbook

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Balanced Measures for Strategic Planning: A Public Sector Handbook
Kathleen Monahan
Manufacturer: Management Concepts
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1567260969

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Based on the NPR Best Practices Report on Balancing Measures study, this groundbreaking book expands on practices and maps out how to use tem to improve strategic planning.

Achieve balance and buy-in! Balanced Measures for Strategic Planning shows you how to: Define customers, stakeholders, and your value chain. Gather input - and allies. Measure team and individual performance. Communicate internally and externally. Create cascading performance management.

With increased emphasis on performance measures, the public sector is seeking a new strategic planning approach. Balanced Measures for Strategic Planning: A Public Sector Handbook translates today's best approaches into action steps for meeting your mission through just the right balance of customer expectations, employee needs, and fiscal responsibilities.

With Balanced Measures for Strategic Planning, you can turn the right measures of ... Customer/stakeholder satisfaction Employee learning and growth Financial management Mission achievements

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Exploring a variety of methods for improving the economic performance of organizations, this multidisciplinary text covers macro- and micro-perspectives while considering strategic planning, systematic process analysis, leadership studies, group dynamics, and human motivation theories. It highlights "quality of relationships" as a guiding principle within the framework of public administration and stresses customer, client, and stakeholder satisfaction. With over 1000 literature references, tables, drawings, and equations, and appendices of laws and regulations, the book responds to the mandate for high performance and increased productivity.

Teams in Government: A Handbook for Team-Based Organization (St Lucie)

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Teams in Government: A Handbook for Team-Based Organization (St Lucie)
Jerry W. Koehler
Manufacturer: CRC
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Binding: Paperback

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Like American business executives, many government leaders realize that a continuation of the traditional management of objectives approach will achieve failure. Those willing to change are searching for a new approach to managing government. The authors of Teams in Government believe the best approach is Total Quality Management (TQM). Why TQM? Because it consists of gradual, unending improvement activities that involve every person in the organization in a totally integrated effort to improve performance and quality at every level and to increase customer satisfaction. The government has two types of customers-the person who receives the benefits of its services and the taxpayer who supplies the money to fuel an efficient and effective operation. If you are looking for the tools and techniques that will enable you to deliver government services that not only meet but exceed the expectations of your customers, to do it right the first time, you need Teams in Government. Any government organization that wants to switch from focusing solely upon meeting the needs of the bureaucracy (primarily on meeting objectives and quotas designed by the upper echelon), who are furthest from your customers, will find TQM to be extremely effective.

Management of government quality assurance functions for NASA contracts (SuDoc NAS 1.18:5300.4 (2B-2))

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Management of government quality assurance functions for NASA contracts (SuDoc NAS 1.18:5300.4 (2B-2))
NASA
Manufacturer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Technical Information Service, distributor
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A manual of advanced techniques for quality circles in the public sector

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A manual of advanced techniques for quality circles in the public sector
Roy L Beasley
Manufacturer: Maryland Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life, College of Business and Management, University of Maryland
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A Manual of basic techniques for quality circles in the public sector

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A Manual of basic techniques for quality circles in the public sector
Victor G Obringer
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Ozone monitoring, mapping, and public outreach : delivering real-time ozone information to your community (SuDoc EP 1.2:OZ 7/17)

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Ozone monitoring, mapping, and public outreach : delivering real-time ozone information to your community (SuDoc EP 1.2:OZ 7/17)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Manufacturer: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Laboratory, Office of Research and Development
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Ozone monitoring, mapping, and public outreach delivering real-time ozone information to your community (SuDoc EP 1.2:OZ 7/17/CD)

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Ozone monitoring, mapping, and public outreach delivering real-time ozone information to your community (SuDoc EP 1.2:OZ 7/17/CD)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Manufacturer: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development
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Long-Range Planning of Japanese Corporations (Studies in Organization Volume 37)
Toyohiro Kono
Manufacturer: Walter de Gruyter
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 3110137933

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Elihu Thomson was a major American inventor of electric light and power systems. A contemporary of Thomas Edison, Thomson performed the engineering and design work necessary to make electric lighting a common product. From the 1880s to the 1930s, Thomson was employed by the General Electric Company and its predecessors. Working within the corporation, Thomson reveals how successful inventions are based on explicit links among technological artifacts, marketing strategy, and the business organization needed for manufacturing and marketing.

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Royalty Free - ReadySetPresent (Inspirational Quotes): Keep your audience focused and engaged by using our carefully selected collection of thoughtful, witty and humorous quotes. Use in a presentation with an LCD projector, make handouts, and create overheads. This topic includes 25 quotes, slide transitions, clipart and animation. It is a must-have supplement for anyone interested in presenting on these or related topics. Packaged on 3.5" floppy disk/s. PC compatible. You may use this product over and over again.

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Environmental Marketing-Strategies, Theory, Research and pra.......2000-04-15

Aunque no ofrece una perspectiva global de lo que significa el marketing ecológico, este libro recoge algunos de los artículos académicos más relevantes en materia ambiental. Muy recomendable para aquellos lectores que buscan una visión de la materia objetiva, cientifica y avalada con investigaciones sólidas. Para el lector que busque un libro práctico, con casos empresariales, probablemente esta no sea la lectura más adecuada.

Environmental Marketing Strategies, Practice, Theory and Research

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Environmental Marketing Strategies, Practice, Theory and Research
Michael Jay Polansky
Manufacturer: Jaico Publishing House
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Binding: Hardcover

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Drawing on previously unknown primary sources in both Chinese and Russian, Deborah A. Kaple has written a powerful and absorbing account of the model of factory management and organization that the Chinese communists formulated in the 1949-1953 period. She reveals that their "new" management techniques were adapted from Soviet propaganda during the harsh period of Stalin's post-war reconstruction. The idealized Stalinist management system consisted mainly of strict Communist Party control of all aspects of workers' lives, which is the root of such strong Party control over Chinese society today. Dream of a Red Factory is a rare and revealing look at the consolidation rule in China; told through the prism of the development of new "socialist" factories and enterprises. Kaple completely counters the old myth of the "Soviet monolith" in China, and carefully reconstructs how the Chinese communists came to rely on an idealized, propagandistic version of the Soviet model instead.

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Expected more..........2003-04-20

I expected more from this book - at least some concrete, document examples (verbage) on tailoring IT policies. Readers should look here for an overview but elsewhere for mor e detail.

Disappointed reader.......2002-09-09

I was not at all pleased once I received the book at the full purchase price. I was expecting more formal policies already written. The ones included in the book are very broad and most likely unuseful in their current format to most any business. I recommend that you get the book, but do not pay the full price for it. Find it used.

IT director.......2002-01-18

This book did a very good job filling in some gaps in my
knowledge of running an IT operation. This book is very
helpful for technical people who find themselves now having
to manage an IT department. Policies and procedures are very
important in making an IT shop run smoothly, and this book
will give you a head start in getting your shop in order.

IT Governance Policies and Procedures, 2008 Edition

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IT Governance Policies and Procedures, 2008 Edition
Michael Wallace & Larry Webber
Manufacturer: Aspen Publishers, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0735566348

Product Description

The 2008 Edition of IT Governance Policies and Procedures is a comprehensive update to what was previously known as IT Policies and Procedures: Tools and Techniques That Work. IT Governance Policies and Procedures will help you to devise an information systems policy and procedure program uniquely tailored to the needs of your organization. Not only does it provide sample policies, but this valuable resource gives you the information you need to develop useful and effective policies for your unique environment. For fingertip access to the information you need on policy and planning, documentation, systems analysis and design, and much more, the materials in this ready-reference desk manual can be used by you or your staff as models or templates to create similar documents for your own organization. The 2008 Edition has been updated to include: The latest on IT governance methodologies such as ITIL, COBIT and ISO 20000 and how to apply them to your organization Actual policies that you can modify for your own use to enforce proper governance of IT within your organization New worksheets on the enclosed CD you can use for planning and documentation of your critical processes Tools and tips for mitigating the impact of events that can interrupt your business New information on data management and how to manage and protect your critical data Best practices on the disposal of out-of-service equipment

IT Policies and Procedures: Tools & Techniques That Work

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IT Policies and Procedures: Tools & Techniques That Work
George H. Jenkins
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Binding: Paperback

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It Policies and Procedures: Tools & Techniques That Work 2004

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It Policies and Procedures: Tools & Techniques That Work 2004
George Jenkins , Michael Wallace , and Larry Webber
Manufacturer: Aspen Law & Business
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ASIN: 0735545723

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IT Policies and Procedures: Tools & Techniques That Work
George Jenkins; Michael Wallace; Larry Webber
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ASIN: B000QY37HS

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