A Gift of Beauty

A brochure explaining the Campanile project, as well as plans for its completion by the 75th Anniversary of the University. It explains the meaning behind the bells and the tower, as well as explaining some of the functional design and features of it. The estimated cost is $80,140.00.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/buildings/1068/thumbnail.jp

Ceilings of Palacio del Infantado, a virtual reconstruction

The Cazadores Room was a rectangular room, located on the main floor of the south wing, and which is covered with a coffered ceiling, the largest of all, shaped like an inverted coffered ceiling, polychromatic and constructed based on interlocking strips. Communication will examine and explain how, through documented sources and the remains preserved after the fire, it is possible to get a precise picture of this coffered ceiling, explaining its design and construction; analyzing its floor plan, its different components, delving in the assembly plans and construction procedures to do so.Peer Reviewe

A Catholic Church for Annunciation Parish Albuquerque, New Mexico

The purpose of this study is to research and design a Catholic Church for Annunciation Parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Upon speaking to the pastor of the church, Monsignor Coggiola-Mower, I found him quite willing to devote some time to explaining the basic ideas, beliefs, and needs of the church. Since the parish has long-range plans for a church on a site which they now own, my proposal will be in line with a need that will exist in the future if it does not already exist

The Diffusion of Human Resource Innovations: The Case of Flexible Benefits Plans

The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of current theories for organizations\u27 decisions about employee benefits. Drawing on organizational and economic theories, we offer alternative explanations for patterns in the adoption and design of flexible benefits plans. An integrated model of firms\u27 flex plan decisions is presented

What does the doctor plan to say? Physician-generated plans for advance care planning conversations

Background: Importance of advance care planning or enabling individuals to make decisions regarding their future care is widely recognized. How physicians plan for or approach such conversations remains understudied. Aim: Physician plans were examined through a multiple goals theoretical framework. Of interest were the goals present within the plans as well as content referenced within each goal category. Method: In an online survey, physicians (n = 45) were provided a hypothetical scenario and asked to design a plan to communicate to the patient about their options for life-sustaining treatment. Providers were asked how they would engage in the conversation and what they would plan to discuss. A content analysis of physician responses was conducted. Results: Findings indicated that plans primarily consisted of task and identity goals. Content of reported plans overwhelmingly involved soliciting patient goals, explaining treatment options, and investigating patient knowledge of the medical condition. Conclusions: The current study addresses the paucity of research around what content providers prioritize and which conversational goals are present. This information affords role clarity for interdisciplinary teams and gives insight to where other team members can contribute to enhance patient outcomes. Reliance on theoretical frameworks offers a systematic build of this research where cross-study connections can be identified

A Theoretical Exploration of the Adoption and Design of Flexible Benefit Plans: A Case of Human Resource Innovation

This article explores theoretical explanations of managers\u27 decisions about flexible benefit plans. We (1) examine the adoption and design of flexible benefit plans through four theoretic lenses: institutional, resource dependence, agency, and transaction costs; (2) integrate the relevant insights gained from these theories into a more complete model and derive propositions for future research; and (3) generalize the insights gained from exploring a specific innovation to broader questions surrounding decisions about other human resource innovations

A Theoretical Exploration of Firms\u27 Decisions About Flexible Benefits Plans

The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of current theories for organizations\u27 decisions about employee benefits, an area that has traditionally received little attention from researchers in the field of human resource management. Drawing on organizational and economic theories, we offer alternative explanations for observed patterns in the adoption and design of flexible benefits plans. By critically analyzing current theories in the context of flexible benefits plans, we hope to gain insights not only into the factors that may determine organizations\u27 benefits decisions, but also into the strengths and weaknesses of the theories themselves. We find that the conflicts, overlaps and limitations inherent in the theories as applied to benefits issues are substantial. The implications for future research are discussed

The Knowledge Gap in Workplace Retirement Investing and the Role of Professional Advisors

The dramatic shift from traditional pension plans to participant-directed 401(k) plans has increased the obligation of individual investors to take responsibility for their own retirement planning. With this shift comes increasing evidence that investors are making poor investment decisions. This Article seeks to uncover the reasons for poor investment decisions. We use a simulated retirement investing task and a new financial literacy index to evaluate the role of financial literacy in retirement investment decisionmaking in a group of nonexpert participants. Our results suggest that individual employees often lack the skills necessary to support the current model of participant-directed investing. We show that less knowledgeable participants allocate too little money to equity, engage in naive diversification, fail to identify dominated funds, and are inattentive to fees. Over the duration of a retirement account, these mistakes can cost investors hundreds of thousands of dollars. We then explore the capacity of professional advisors to mitigate this problem. Using the same study with a group of professional advisors, we document a predictable but nonetheless dramatic knowledge gap between professionals and ordinary investors. The professional advisors were far more financially literate and made better choices among investment alternatives. Our results highlight the potential value of professional advice in mitigating the effects of financial illiteracy in retirement planning. Our findings suggest that, in weighing the costs of heightened regulation against the value of reducing possible conflicts of interest, regulators need to be sensitive to the knowledge gap