Maintains that research in newspapers is mostly concerned with who reads a paper rather than why they make a particular choice. Believes that more emphasis should be given to the…
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Maintains that research in newspapers is mostly concerned with who reads a paper rather than why they make a particular choice. Believes that more emphasis should be given to the question‘why’ if development of marketing effectiveness is to be made. Specifies that increased competition between the various media and within each medium, combined with very rapid social change, has forced managements to take a much closer look at the reasons behind media choice. Concludes that it is apparent that the factors that affect newspaper readership and newspaper choice are many and complex.
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In this chapter, we follow the growth of the pricing discipline, especially through the ideas of one of the earliest of pricing's pioneers: Dan Nimer. The Nimer influence on…
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In this chapter, we follow the growth of the pricing discipline, especially through the ideas of one of the earliest of pricing's pioneers: Dan Nimer. The Nimer influence on pricing has been foundational, sewing seeds for the growth and development of various pricing fields and subfields – pricing objectives and pricing strategy, value-based pricing, costing and pricing, financial analysis of pricing, and price sensitivity. The ideas we present in this chapter originated largely with Nimer, many in his own voice. We interweave them with the ideas of other contributors to the pricing discipline to show the development of the field. Dan taught many foundational pricing concepts; they are captured in seminars and articles kept through the years. Founding pioneer to pricing, Nimer's influence will remain long into the new century as pricing enters a new phase as a strategic capability of the firm.
James H. Dulebohn, Brian Murray and Gerald R. Ferris
Interest in the nature of influence attempts in the performance evaluation process has increased in recent years. Researchers have conducted a number of important and revealing…
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Interest in the nature of influence attempts in the performance evaluation process has increased in recent years. Researchers have conducted a number of important and revealing cross‐sectional investigations, but there remains virtually no longitudinal work in this area. The present study attempted to address this need by conducting a multi‐period investigation of influence tactics use and affect that addressed three questions: (1) Are individuals consistent in their use of influence tactics across evaluation periods? (2) Are prior‐period performance ratings reflected in subsequent influence tactic use? (3) What role does affect, both supervisor and subordinate, play in this process? A latent variable structural model was tested using longitudinal data from managers and employees of food services units. Our results indicated that there is a cycle of continued influence tactic use across time periods, performance ratings help to determine subsequent tactic use, and both supervisor and subordinate affect play a role in the influence‐evaluation process. Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed.
Gerald Wistow and Gill Callaghan
Hartlepool's connected care pilot is a partnership between residents, councillors, Turning Point, the NHS and the local council in one of the most deprived wards in England. A…
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Hartlepool's connected care pilot is a partnership between residents, councillors, Turning Point, the NHS and the local council in one of the most deprived wards in England. A local audit was conducted by residents, demonstrating the relevance of information held by the community about its needs, ambitions and interactions with services. A new service model aims to provide integrated responses to complex need, commissioned through a local partnership agreement and delivered through a social enterprise. The implementation will demonstrate how far real power is shifting to local people.
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Gergely Koczka and Gerald Leber
The simplified modeling of many physical processes results in a second-order ordinary differential equation (ODE) system. Often the damping of these resonating systems cannot be…
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The simplified modeling of many physical processes results in a second-order ordinary differential equation (ODE) system. Often the damping of these resonating systems cannot be defined in the same simplified way as the other parameters due to the complexity of the physical effects. The purpose of this paper is to develop a mathematically stable approach for damping resonances in nonlinear ODE systems.
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Modifying the original ODE using the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a linearized state leads to satisfying results.
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An iterative approach is presented, how to modify the original ODE, to achieve a well-damped solution.
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The method can be applied for every physical resonating system, where the model complexity prevents the determination of the damping.
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The iterative algorithm to modify the original ODE is novel. It can be used on different fields of the physics, where a second-order ODE is describing the problem, which has only measured or empirical damping.
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The chapter provides a case study of the strategic-level employee involvement (EI) program at a high-performance company, Delta Air Lines. EI at Delta – probably the most…
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The chapter provides a case study of the strategic-level employee involvement (EI) program at a high-performance company, Delta Air Lines. EI at Delta – probably the most extensive in breadth, depth, and representational structure for nonunion workers at an American company – extends from shop floor to board room. Attention here is on the board component: a group of five peer-selected employees called the Delta Board Council (DBC) which has a nonvoting seat on the board of directors and participates in a wide range of strategic decisions and roles. The chapter discusses why this kind of representational EI group, although widespread up to the 1930s, is now quite rare in the United States. The main part of the chapter focuses on the structure, purpose, and accomplishments of the DBC, presented through a question and answer (Q&A) interview with a founding DBC member. Provided are numerous EI “lessons-learned” and “do’s” and “don’ts” for managers.
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Total quality management is both an aspirational and an inspirational concept with elements of the philosophical, quasi religious and qualitative juxtaposed with the empirical and…
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Total quality management is both an aspirational and an inspirational concept with elements of the philosophical, quasi religious and qualitative juxtaposed with the empirical and quantified. In the audit society there are many voices clamouring for recognition and acclaim. With the possibility that we are being over‐audited, and the ambiguity of evaluative reports on the various competing contenders, the time ahead will be both challenging and interesting.
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Janice A. Dole, Gerald G. Duffy and P. David Pearson
Purpose – The purpose of this chapter is to consider the historical context of the gradual release model as it emerged following the early twentieth century emphasis on…
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Purpose – The purpose of this chapter is to consider the historical context of the gradual release model as it emerged following the early twentieth century emphasis on behaviorism as psychologists (and reading researchers) increasingly focused on cognition in the reading process. This “cognitive turn” in educational psychology was followed closely by a “social turn” with its focus on the socially constructed nature of texts, learning, and reading, particularly influenced by Vygotsky and work on scaffolding.
Design/methodology/approach – This chapter uses literature from the field to contextualize the gradual release of responsibility (GRR) model and to discuss research or practice chapters included in this edited volume.
Findings – This chapter described the transition from behaviorism to cognition to social construction as it applies to the reading process generally and to GRR in particular. It noted that this transition has required teachers to be more nimble and flexible than ever before, cautioned that the complexity of classroom life and the pressures on teachers can cause techniques such as GRR to be misused, and suggested ways to manage the group work which is central to social cultural approaches to literacy. And along the way it spotlighted the ever-widening range of applications of the GRR documented in the earlier chapters of the book.
Practical implications – The section in this chapter with most immediate practical implication is clearly the section on misuses of the GRR model. This section discusses some misuses of the model: neglecting explicit teaching; missing the middle (i.e., jump from explicit teaching directly to independent practice); and applying in an overly rigid manner.
Originality/value of paper – This chapter makes an original contribution to the field in providing a historical context for the gradual release model and for addressing the chapters in this edited collection. The authors also point to some areas for next steps forward as reminders to those applying the model.
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Mr. John Nott, Secretary of State for Trade, has announced the following changes in the composition of the Board of British Airways:
Geo. Bassett, the revamped jelly babies‐to‐Nquorice all‐sorts confection group, has in Bill Mills (left) a managing director who dislikes using redundancy as a management tool and…
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Geo. Bassett, the revamped jelly babies‐to‐Nquorice all‐sorts confection group, has in Bill Mills (left) a managing director who dislikes using redundancy as a management tool and who believes that bonuses should not exceed 25% of earnings. Ken Gooding reports; pictures by Patrick Thurston.