This paper outlines the steps taken by the Interior Design Unit and the Facilities Maintenance Unit to develop a team dynamic and a methodology for defining a company standards…
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This paper outlines the steps taken by the Interior Design Unit and the Facilities Maintenance Unit to develop a team dynamic and a methodology for defining a company standards programme to be utilised in building projects. The aim is to accent the need for the collaboration of the two units in developing a process ensuring aesthetically pleasing and maintenance‐friendly attributes. The reader will discover proven design/maintenance ideas developed through the partnership that can be applied to their own organisations. The step‐by‐step process utilised by Interior design and Facilities Maintenance to develop a company standard programme is outlined in detail. Vendor/product evaluation, vendor selection, product specifications and timely process review are identified.
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In June the author visited Hungary for a two week period under the British Council's Cultural Exchange Programme to review the current state of the Co‐operative Movement in…
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In June the author visited Hungary for a two week period under the British Council's Cultural Exchange Programme to review the current state of the Co‐operative Movement in Hungary. What he describes as one of his most “interesting and rewarding visits” was to the Skala group head office where he met the Chairman of the group, and then the Skala‐Buda department store where he was given a conducted tour of this “jewel” of Hungarian retailing.
The Birthday Honours List announced on Saturday, 15th June, included an MBE for Jim Bunting, chairman of dyehouse automation specialists Beacon Controls of Bradford.
This paper aims to explore the important role boundaries play in back-office framing of environmental engagement. This is of particular interest because it is not clear how…
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Purpose
This paper aims to explore the important role boundaries play in back-office framing of environmental engagement. This is of particular interest because it is not clear how organizations in an industry without standardized environmental reporting navigate their boundaries behind the scenes and why they engage with the environment the way they do. This element of their environmental identity offers important insights into the emergence of sustainability reporting.
Design/methodology/approach
Guided by Miles and Ringham (2019) the authors conduct an ethnography of the Montana ski industry. The ethnography includes extensive on-site observations at nine Montana ski areas and interviews with 16 ski area executives, two regulators and a land development executive.
Findings
The authors find three key boundaries – accountability structure, degree of regulatory burden and impact measurement approach – that shape the back-office economic and environmental framing of ski executives (Goffman, 1959, 1974). From these back-office frames the authors identify four front-office cultural performances – community ecosystem, quantitative ownership, approval seeking and advocacy platform – that represent the environmental engagement strategies at these resorts.
Practical implications
Understanding the relationships between boundaries and environmental engagement is an important step in developing appropriate industry-wide environmental accountability and sustainability expectations. The study’s findings extend to other industries that are both highly dependent on the environment and are in the early stages of developing environmental reporting standards.
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Ski resorts operate in an industry that is impacted by changes in the natural environment. The authors chronicle the process by which boundaries lead to framing which leads to environmental engagement in this weather-dependent industry. The authors explain the process of environmental identity building, the result of which both precedes environmental reporting and puts such reporting into context. In this sense, the authors show how boundaries are set and maintained in the ski resort industry, and how fundamental these boundaries are to the development of individual companies' environmental engagement strategies.
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Pictured posing of a mug shot is John Price, export manager of Dane & Company Ltd.
D.J. Svetkoff, D.N. Smith and B.L. Doss
Recently great interest has developed for a high speed, flexible machine vision system which can accurately determine solder paste and component placement for both process…
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Recently great interest has developed for a high speed, flexible machine vision system which can accurately determine solder paste and component placement for both process verification and quality control inspection. Present SMT inspection systems must cope with the unpredictable appearance of components and backgrounds and are often used only to determine presence and absence. This paper describes a new approach which combines greyscale data with a three‐dimensional map of the board under test. Originally this method was proposed as a robust technique for locating components in low contrast greyscale images. However, experience working with manufacturers and developers of placement equipment has shown that emerging SMT inspection requirements indicate the importance of three‐dimensional information. In addition to the detection of components and measurement of orientation, examples are shown of solder paste volume measurements, lead co‐planarity, and tombstone effect detection.
A rectangular paint container, the Rolltainer, has won first prize in the packaging industry's annual “Eurostar” prizegiving at the Packintec show in Milan.
Purpose – Cory Booker will likely step down as mayor of Newark in 2014 or 2018. When he does, the possibility of a strong Latino candidate emerging is quite likely. There are a…
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Purpose – Cory Booker will likely step down as mayor of Newark in 2014 or 2018. When he does, the possibility of a strong Latino candidate emerging is quite likely. There are a number of black politicians who would like to succeed Booker as well. This chapter identifies eight potential successors to Booker and assesses their ability to create a multiracial electoral coalition using prior vote performance in citywide elections.Design/methodology/approach – This study regresses district (or precinct) level vote preferences for the aforementioned potential successors in previous elections on the racial and ethnic composition of the district, using voter district demographic data from 2000 and 201011The 2010 data is still incomplete at the time of publication. As such, this data will be used sparingly. compiled by the US Census Bureau and the Minnesota Population Center.Findings − There is a decade’s worth of evidence suggesting racially polarized voting among blacks and Latinos in Newark. The racialized black and Latino candidates examined in this chapter had much stronger support in districts with large coethnic populations. In contrast, the more deracialized candidates often had softer support in districts with high concentrations of coethnic voters, but often performed better in districts with higher concentrations of non-coethnics.Originality/value − While the author cautions against reading too much into the findings, the results do portend a future of racially polarized voting in Newark, especially as the city’s population diversifies and as different factions vie for power.