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This examination of advances in programme evaluation looks at issues such as deconstructing illuminative evaluation and new paradigm research; programme evaluation as a conceptual practice of power; and pragmatism and evaluative enquiry for organizational learning.

This volume presents essays in the area of the neurobiology of motivation. Contents include research in ingestive behaviour, dopamine and food reward, the effect of insulin in the brain, and mechanisms of thirst and salt appetite.

Contains articles on the sociology of tourism. This volume covers the opening of the field of tourism for social science research, up to the recent work on the ongoing process of change in contemporary tourism. It features interfaces between tourism and other domains - such as religion, crime and language and includes several case studies.

A correspondence from Clark to Giddings that covers the entire period from their first acquaintance in 1886 to Giddings' death in 1931. However, the majority of nearly 280 letters and notes is concentrated within the years 1886-1895 when the most important development of Clark's economic thought as a theoretical economist was accomplished.

Presents an overview of the controversial questions arising in educational research, that depend on the nature of the problem and the extent to which research has been undertaken in an area. This volume is divided into three sections: an introduction to the field; diverse approaches; and the key issues facing educational research worldwide.

Based on field research carried out over a two year period, this book describes processes of transformation that took place over a fifteen year period in five European universities. Five common features identified - described as "organizational pathways of transformation" - are highlighted and used to frame the case-study accounts.

This book should prove useful to scholars in a variety of ways, for it deals with culture-historical, methodological, and evolutionary issues from shedding light on Moundville's development. In addressing matters of culture history, the study presents a detailed and well documented Mississippian chronology

Whilst the old-fashioned vertically-organized firm is far from dead, the fact remains that it is in retreat in the face of increasing cooperation between large companies. These papers explore this recent phenomenon that is changing the nature of business.

Japan has always been an "odd man out" from the standpoint of Western norm or Western finance. It is a country that is as developed as any in the West. However, it is also a country that possesses the institutional and cultural traits that separate it from the West. This book contains 21 papers that address various aspects of Japanese finance.

Each of the articles in this volume focuses upon the connections between a moral and spiritual perspective on life, and the manner in which that outlook is played out in the real world of businesses and organizations.

Aims to present research concerning the strategic importance of environmental concerns within the multinational firm, and to explore the implications of corporate environmental strategy on public policy. This book is useful to students and decision-makers interested in the changing role of multinational enterprises in the global economy.

How can educational research make a greater impact on educational practice? This work explains why it has contributed so little to the understanding and resolution of educational problems, and offers an alternative problem-based methodology (PBM). Two original school-based studies illustrate this approach to educational and social research.

Issues surrounding agriculture have always had pride of place among academic research in economic history. This volume reflects, both geographically and methodologically, the scope of cutting edge work being done in this area.

Features articles on directions in management accounting research, profit impact of value chain reconfiguration blending strategic cost management (SCM) and action-profit-linkage (APL) perspectives, the measurement gap in paying for performance, cost accounting practices used in advanced manufacturing environments, and more.

This volume spans past, present and future approaches to the sociological study of sport. It includes both a selection of the "founding" theorists whose work remains so pertinent to seeing sport sociologically, as well as from more contemporary and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Contains articles which represent both older and established ethnic and racial communities as well as new groups in New York City.

Focuses on accounting and economic development issues in developing countries, with special reference to Africa. This work is a collaboration between African and non-African scholars. It includes chapters that incorporate changes in accounting practices that have arisen between February 1993 and December 1997.

A timely work which represents a major reappraisal of business cycle theory. It revives, with the help of modern analytical techniques, an old theme of Keynesian macroeconomics, namely that market psychology (i.e., volatile expectations) may be a significant cause of economic fluctuations. It is of interest not only to economists, but also to mathematicians and physicists.

This revised Second Edition addresses developments that have transformed library operations in the recent past. The bibliography has been improved to include more management literature and chapters on technical services administration, automation, acquisitions, bibliographic control and preservation have been expanded, reordered and refocused.

An essential reference source for developments in the field of libraries and library science. All areas of public, college, university, primary and secondary schools, and special libraries are given up-to-date, critical analysis by experts engaged in the practice of librarianship, in teaching, and in research.

Contributes to the European debate on the relationship between government and universities. In developing general policy arguments, introduced in the opening chapters and summed up in the concluding discussion, this book examines empirically the "cultures" of four innovative and three stagnant Swedish departments in the social sciences.

There is a growing interaction between economists and sociologists engaged in the study of organizations' strategies. This volume moves the discussion to the next level by focusing the discussion, and taking a step toward systematizing some of the relationships between economic and sociological approaches to strategic management.

Provides a glimpse into the strategic HRM research as seen through the eyes of a number of researchers. The 21st century presents the opportunity for advancing our understanding of the role of people in organizational success. This volume provides a foundation towards that end.

Studies in the US suggest that about 4 per cent of hospital patients are unintentionally harmed by treatment. This book assumes that medicine may benefit and learn from approaches to safety in other areas. It addresses the role of new technologies, both as hazards and in improving safety.

Presents the basic concepts in the transportation and traffic operations field. This book contains chapters on "tools", covering topics such as graphical methods, optimization, probability, stochastic processes, statistics and simulation, which are complemented by application chapters on traffic dynamics, control, observation, and scheduled modes.

The National Science Foundations (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is a dynamic set of projects intent on improving the USA's technical workforce. This book uses the ATE work as a means to focus on key issues for federally funded projects and community colleges facing the challenges of reaching constituents in positive ways.

Emphasizes the developments in interactional theory and practice, plus examples of post-modern ethnography and performance texts focused on border crossings and border performances. This title presents essays honoring Laurel Richardsons contributions to Symbolic Interaction and Communications.

Contains twelve papers discussing the interface between Marketing and Econometrics. The papers in this work are representative of the types of problems and methods that are used within the field of marketing.

An essential reference source for developments in the field of libraries and library science. The text is intended for use by professional librarians and information scientists and includes chapters on document delivery, co-operative cataloguing and strategic quality management in libraries.

An essential reference source for developments in the field of libraries and library science. All areas of public, college, university, primary and secondary schools, and special libraries are given up-to-date, critical analysis by experts engaged in the practice of librarianship, in teaching, and in research.