Browsing by Subject "Case studies"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)Recently there has been an increased focus on educating students who are in danger of failing in school or in life, and who, therefore, are "at-risk." The literature addresses defining the at-risk problem, the consequences ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The Food Security Act of 1985 (1985 farm bill) provides a structure for farm program administration through 1990. The 1985 farm bill continues the conservative trend in farm programs initiated by its 1981 predecessor. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)This oral history of Mexican American educators examined the South Texas experience in light of a century-and-a-half of conflict which reflected juxtaposing Anglo Saxon and Chicano ideologies. Texans of Mexican descent who ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1989)Exploratory in nature, this two-stage institutional case study was conducted in response to the declining participation of Blacks and Hispanics in higher education, particularly at predominantly White colleges and universities ...
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A case study of first time use of the Trans Texas Video Network by faculty at Texas A & M University (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)The first year of instructional use of the Trans Texas Videoconference Network (TTVN) by selected members of Texas A&M University faculty was the focal point of the case study. Factors affecting faculty use of TTVN on ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)This study followed the implementation process of Total Quality Management (TQM) with IN the Student Programming Organization in the Memorial Student Center (MSC) at Texas A&M University. The implementation process or pilot ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)A review of the history of Total Quality Control from its originator, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, through the post-war Japanese adaptation of Total Quality Management (TQM), to the Americanization of TQM, first through American ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)The purpose of this study was to investigate processes used by physical therapy students in developing conceptual knowledge in physical therapy. Qualitative methods were used to collect data during a 15-week course entitled ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)The objective of this investigation was to demonstrate that a cost benefit analysis approach, a versatile decision making tool, can be utilized by the Professions of Industrial Hygiene and Safety Engineering to justify ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)The purpose of the study was to determine the decision-makers and the decision-making process in the planning and development of an urban waterfront that is highly visible and accessible to the public. A case study was ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)Several development policies and programs have been enacted to improve the economic vitality, social well-being and quality of life in rural communities. Predominant among these is the attempt by many rural communities to ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)Deterioration of cultural resources has become an issue of increasing concern to the National Park Service over the past several years. Damage to the monuments, statues and cannon at Shiloh National Military Park in ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)This study was designed to further understanding about the intersecting of autocratic and democratic methods of teaching with competitive and cooperative modes of learning in higher education. The investigation was interested ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)No decade thus far has witnessed a more vigorous pursuit for academic excellence than the 1980's. As the literature suggests, the impetus for change to improve the quality of education originates with the professionals ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)This dissertation investigated the impact of personality type on supervisor-subordinate relationships within a budgetary setting. The study investigated the effects of both the individual and the dyadic personality type ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)This study examines the extent to which formal organization theory developed from the analysis of work organizations is applicable to a voluntary social service organization. The specific concepts included in the study ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The demand for historic preservation continues to grow as the potential economic as well as the social and cultural benefits of these activities become more recognized by preservationists, public and private sectors, and ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)The Great Lakes are surrounded by heavily industrialized regions. High frequency of hepatocellular neoplasm in fish has been found. This study was undertaken to assess the environmental contamination by analyzing polycyclic ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)Public accounting firms have characteristics which set them apart from other professional organizations. These characteristics, which create a unique organizational setting, are a high percentage of professionalization, ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)This study investigates the role of locus of control as a moderator of the relationships between budgetary participation and performance, and budgetary participation and job satisfaction. Research is conducted in Mexico ...