Budgetary policies and available actions: a generalisation of decision rules for allocation and research decisions

The allocation problem in health care can be characterised as a mathematical programming problem but attempts to incorporate uncertainty in costs and effect have suffered from important limitations. A two stage stochastic mathematical programming formulation is developed and applied to a numerical example to explore and demonstrate the implications of this more general and comprehensive approach. The solution to the allocation problem for different budgets, budgetary policies, and available actions are then demonstrated. This analysis is used to evaluate different budgetary policies and examine the adequacy of standard decision rules in cost-effectiveness analysis. The research decision is then considered alongside the allocation problem. This more general formulation demonstrates that the value of further research depends on: i) the budgetary policy in place; ii) the realisations revealed during the budget period; iii) remedial actions that may be available; and iv) variability in parameters values.

A future with a history: the Wesleyan witness of the Free Methodist Church, 1960-1995 . Volume 1

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Labor Law - Labor-Management Relations Act, Section 14(c) and National Labor Policy Require Affirmative Declination by NLRB Before State May Assume Jurisdiction. Stryjewski v. Local 830, Brewery Distributor Drivers (Pa. 1967).

This recent case discusses Stryjewski v. Local 830, Brewery Distributor Drivers (Pa. 1967)

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Wisdom Management: Tensions Between Theory And Practice In Practice

Because modern managerial discourse emerges from a dominant discourse characterised by neo-liberalism and rational managerialism, there is little place for wisdom in its theory and practice. A rare instance of management seeking to retain wisdom is a Canadian Public Service document, The Getting and Keeping of Wisdom. This document is (computer-assisted) text-analysed to determine the extent to which it meets nine criteria of wisdom derived from Aristotelian philosophy and recent psychological studies. Although the document soundly applies empirically-based psychological theory, there is a tension this and the values and assumptions privileged in the dominant discourse. Thus the capacity for wise management is inhibited to the extent that it attempts to work within the dominant managerialist discourse. Just as knowledge management is limited by a limited theory of knowledge, it is likely that wisdom management will be weakened by a lack of knowledge about wisdom

Green Infrastructure as a Campus Storm Water Management Tecchnique

The primary impact of urbanization to water resources is the increase in impervious surfaces from buildings, parking lots, and transportation corridors. This hardening of an urban watershed can dramatically increase runoff, creating more extreme and more frequent flood events, as well as reducing recharge to groundwater and summer base flows. Urbanization also results in an increase in the types and severity of pollutants. Associated with modified flows is an increase in concentrations and total loads of pollutants, and a decrease in the watershed’s natural ability to assimilate these pollutants. Percent ISA (impervious surface area) in small urban watersheds has been suggested as a predictor of cumulative impacts to water quality resulting from urbanization (Chester and Gibbons, 1996). Cumulative ISA greater than 10% appears to put water resources at risk (Mesner, et al, 2015; Arentsen et al, 2004, Brabec et al, 2002), while watersheds with greater than 25% ISA often have impacted water bodies. Best management practices (BMPs) can mitigate against these impacts. BMPs include landscape features such as grassy swales, retention and detention basins. These are designed to collect and increase infiltration of runoff from parking lots, new subdivisions and other areas of concentrated ISA (Jia et al, 2012). This research specifically explores how green roofs provide a similar benefit. Precipitation soaks into specially designed vegetated areas on roofs, slowing down and reducing runoff. Green roofs provide the added benefit of reducing temperatures on roof tops, thus mitigating the “heat island” effect seen with many urban areas. The project also includes research on storm water management at USU Logan\u27s main campus through a green infrastructure master plan and educational outreach implementation

Mutual Expectations: The Relationship of the President to the Student Personnel Officer

This article is a transcription of an address presented by Dr. David McKenna at a recent pre-conference workshop at an ACPA conference. The workshop was sponsored by ACSD in conjunction with the annual prayer breakfast. Dr. McKenna shared insights gleaned from his more than thirty years of service in Christian higher education including three presidential posts. The article focuses on two areas. They are one, what a president expects from a senior student affairs officer and two, what the SSA can expect from a president