The Effect of Landowner Attitude on the Financial and the Economic Costs of Acquiring Land for a Large Public Works Project

The purpose of this study was to examine the various economic and financial costs relating to the acquisition of property required for the construction of three reservoirs and to determine if any correlation could be made between the attitudes of the landowners selling property and the costs. Rough River Reservoir, Dewey Reservoir, and West Fork of Mill Creek Reservoir were studied. The costs involved in purchasing right-of-way were classified qualitatively and quantified to the extent possible. A procedure was devised to quantify 15 factors influencing attitude and an equation was derived to predict the landowner\u27s attitude from these determining factors. Two plots were made of attitude versus the associated costs in order to observe the effect of attitude on costs. The results indicate that although the problem is complex, it is possible and practical to quantify the landowner\u27s attitude and to define the relationship between this attitude and the associated costs

If You Build It, Will They Come? A Study of the Effect of System Structure on the Institutionalization of Knowledge Management within Organizations

Along with its importance, the difficulty of identifying, capturing, systematizing, categorizing, and disseminating previously tacit knowledge within the organization is becoming increasing clear. The author has previously proposed a biological/cognitive metaphor for the structure and functioning of an effective organizational knowledge management system. A series of case studies will be conducted to investigate the accuracy of this metaphor and to determine the effect of system structure on the process of knowledge management within consulting organizations. Institutionalization will be analyzed using Giddens’ Structuration Theor

Thoughtful Practitioners and an Engaged Legal Community: The Impact of the Teaching of Procedure on the Legal Profession and on Civil Justice Reform

What difference does the teaching of civil procedure as an academic subject make to the practice of law, to the professional community in which lawyers practice, and to civil justice reform? In this article, proceduralists from Canada, England and Wales, the United States and Australia analyze the broader implications of teaching civil procedure as an integral feature of an academic legal education rather than as a part of vocational training. They consider ways in which the approach taken to the teaching of procedure in their legal system has influenced the evolution of the profession during a decade of increased public interest in the civil justice system and has had an impact on the approach taken to civil justice reform