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What are the implications of assuming that employees have the knowledge and ability to direct their own work and make valuable contributions to achieving organizational success…
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What are the implications of assuming that employees have the knowledge and ability to direct their own work and make valuable contributions to achieving organizational success? This article explores some answers to this question by, among others: reviewing ideas of early management thinkers; establishing the pedigree of current management concepts of empowerment and participation; and by extracting lessons from successful management implementation of the latter two concepts in two types of organizations rarely discussed in the management literature: non‐profits and partnerships. Among the lessons for managers is the need to recognize the important roles that strong missions, genuine trust, and widely dispersed information play in attaining organizational success via empowerment and participation. Also examined are some unique and paradoxical challenges presented to leaders if they truly obtain the participation acknowledged as crucial for organizational survival in a postmodern age.
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This article applies Total Quality Management (TQM) concepts to the specific case of contracting out. Specifically, it applies quality expert E. Edwards Deming’s 14 points to the…
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This article applies Total Quality Management (TQM) concepts to the specific case of contracting out. Specifically, it applies quality expert E. Edwards Deming’s 14 points to the management of contracts by firms employing contractors. His points are generally held to be the “bedrock philosophy” on which any TQM effort must rest. By adapting these quality concepts and philosophies to contracting practices, processes and procedures, managers can develop Total Quality Contracting (TQC) approaches for their organizations.
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John Chelliah and Anita Prasad
The paper aims to present typologies of transnational money laundering in South Pacific island countries, thereby filling a gap in the extant literature.
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The paper aims to present typologies of transnational money laundering in South Pacific island countries, thereby filling a gap in the extant literature.
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This paper is based on seven significant transnational money laundering cases involving South Pacific island nations. It provides analyses of the modus operandi of criminals and classifies those according to typologies from anti-money laundering authorities and bodies.
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Typologies of money laundering have arrived through a content analysis of seven cases involving transnational money laundering destined for South Pacific island nations. The typologies which have emerged show the predominant forms of transnational money laundering in this region. This knowledge could be useful to government policy-makers and financial institutions pursuing anti-money laundering initiatives.
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There is a dearth of academic research into typologies of transnational money laundering involving the South Pacific. This paper makes a useful contribution to the extant literature by providing the most recent typologies in this respect.
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Many libraries—public, academic, special—have taken the opportunity provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities to offer programming in the humanities to their…
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Many libraries—public, academic, special—have taken the opportunity provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities to offer programming in the humanities to their communities. These libraries have realized the benefits of NEH funding to their institution, their constituency, and their image and role in the community. Other libraries, especially small and medium‐sized libraries, have not yet taken the plunge and applied for NEH funding. In a conversation with Tom Phelps of the office of Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archives at NEH, we discussed how and why libraries should develop humanities programs to bring to their users “the pleasures of the mind.”
Timothy R. Graeff and Susan Harmon
Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the privacy of their personal information and information about their purchase behaviors. The current study examines the extent…
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Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the privacy of their personal information and information about their purchase behaviors. The current study examines the extent to which consumers are concerned with how their personal information is collected and used, their awareness and knowledge of data collection practices using discount (loyalty) cards, the relationship between demographics and privacy concerns, and the relationship between privacy concerns and purchase behaviors. Results from a telephone survey of 480 consumers suggest that even though consumers are concerned about how personal information is collected and used, very few consumers are aware of how discount (loyalty) cards are used to collect personal level purchase data. Results also suggest that concerns about the use of personal information vary by demographic market segments, and that privacy concerns are significantly related to consumers’ purchasing behaviors on the Internet.
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DURING much of the Second World War, the affairs of the Library Association were conducted for the Council by an Emergency Committee. The record of its meeting on 10th June 1941…
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DURING much of the Second World War, the affairs of the Library Association were conducted for the Council by an Emergency Committee. The record of its meeting on 10th June 1941, includes the following: “A resolution having been received suggesting that a committee be formed to consider post‐war reconstruction, it was resolved that by means of a notice in the LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RECORD, Branches and Sections should be invited to formulate suggestions for the consideration of the committee. A draft questionnaire for the purpose of an enquiry into the effects of the war on the public library service was approved”. In July, the Committee reported “further arrangements … for carrying out an exhaustive survey designed to give the necessary data for full and detailed consideration and ultimate recommendation as to the future of public libraries, their administration and their place in the social services”. The promised notice appeared as an editorial in September.
Corporate funding is an alternate source of financial support for libraries not to be overlooked. Corporations give grants through corporate foundations, through advertising and…
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Corporate funding is an alternate source of financial support for libraries not to be overlooked. Corporations give grants through corporate foundations, through advertising and marketing budgets, and directly through the corporation's charitable contributions budget. James P. Shannon, former Vice President and Executive Director of the General Mills Foundation, is a leading expert in the area of corporate funding. His book, The Corporate Grant Making Handbook, is scheduled for publication by Jossey‐Bass in April 1991.
How did gays in the military go from being characterized as dangerous perverts threatening to the state, to victims being persecuted by the state, to potential heroes fighting on…
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How did gays in the military go from being characterized as dangerous perverts threatening to the state, to victims being persecuted by the state, to potential heroes fighting on behalf of the state? What implications does this shift have for understanding the means by which the liberal state uses law to include the previously excluded? Offering a critical account of the inclusion of gays in the military, I argue that while the lifting of the ban can be seen as an important step in a classic civil rights narrative in which the liberal state gradually accommodates the excluded, pop culture allows us also to see state and minority group interest convergence as well as divergence, revealing the costs of inclusion.
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Brandon J. Cosley, Shannon K. McCoy and Susan K. Gardner
The present study examined the role of voice in facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration. According to the group-value model of procedural justice, voice relates to…
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The present study examined the role of voice in facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration. According to the group-value model of procedural justice, voice relates to interpersonal relationships among coworkers because it facilitates a greater interest in helping the group (e.g. group-serving behavior). We argue that because of the relationship between voice and one type of group-serving behavior--advice sharing--that greater perceptions of voice would also predict more collaboration. In a field study examining collaborative social networks among university researchers, we found that greater perceptions of voice positively related to both degree of advice sharing and collaboration. Moreover, the extent to which individuals shared advice fully mediated the relationship between perceived voice and collaboration. Implications for voice and collaboration are discussed.