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Mendez, Cluny; Atkinson, Christopher L. – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2021
The implementation of sustainability and green public procurement (GPP) initiatives in school districts has been the subject of some debate; questions over definitions and programme goals have led to inconsistency and concerns about programme achievements. The legitimacy of programmes rests not only with the announcement of policy by officials,…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Certification, Purchasing, Conservation (Environment)
Sosa, Erica T.; Ullevig, Sarah L.; Spitsen, Ellen; Heine, Anne; Perez, Casey; Shields, Kathleen – American Journal of Health Education, 2019
Background: The Sodium Reduction Initiative (SRI), a voluntary collaboration among the local health department and community partners, aimed to reduce sodium in worksites and federally funded meal programs throughout Bexar County. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess sodium-related purchasing, preparation, and policies among food…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Food Service, Community Cooperation, Agency Cooperation
Page, Timothy F.; Nederhoff, Dawn M.; Ecklund, Alexandra M.; Horvath, Keith J.; Nelson, Toben F.; Erickson, Darin J.; Toomey, Traci L. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2015
Objective: The purpose of this study was to document the development and testing costs of the Enhanced Alcohol Risk Management (eARM) intervention, a web enhanced training program to prevent alcohol sales to intoxicated bar patrons and to estimate its implementation costs in a "real world", non-research setting. Methods: Data for this…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Intervention, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking
Colasanti, Kathryn J. A.; Matts, Colleen; Hamm, Michael W. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2012
Objective: This study investigated changes in Michigan school food service directors' farm to school (FTS) participation levels and perspectives since a 2004 survey and factors that would facilitate FTS expansion. Design: Electronic survey census of all Michigan school food service directors. Setting: Michigan kindergarten-12th grade schools.…
Descriptors: Food Service, Lunch Programs, Food Standards, Purchasing
Field, Joseph A.; Elbert, Dennis J.; Moser, Steven B. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
The usage of social media networks, such as websites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, had become the number one activity on the internet by 2010. The sweeping increase in usage led organizations to explore the marketing possibilities the networks offered. The turning point occurred when organizations began to ask whether it was feasible to use…
Descriptors: Campuses, Social Networks, Mass Media Use, Web Sites
Palmer, Lance; Bliss, Donna L.; Goetz, Joseph W.; Moorman, Diann – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
Many college undergraduates lack basic financial management knowledge and skills while bearing ever increasing debt burdens upon graduation. In order to encourage students to become aware of their spending patterns and weigh those patterns against personal values, a self-monitoring project was implemented as a class activity. The resulting effect…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Money Management, Debt (Financial), Consciousness Raising
Geidne, Susanna; Eriksson, Charli – Health Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the implementation by a non-governmental organization (NGO) of an intervention with two different strategies--one employing confrontational approaches, the other cooperative ones--aiming to reduce the rate of successful purchase attempts (PAs) of medium-strength beer in Sweden.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries, Alcohol Education
Chan, Tak Cheung – American School Board Journal, 2001
A survey of 145 schools found that all had experimented with innovative purchasing approaches. Many used electronic methods, such as credit-card, fast-track requisition (most popular), bidding and purchasing, and data interchange. Results suggest that nonelectronic innovations (just-in-time, cooperative, direct, and consortium leverage purchasing)…
Descriptors: Bids, Consortia, Cooperation, Efficiency
James, Randolph I. – Performance and Instruction, 1987
Describes how two methodologies for analyzing and improving performance--performance engineering and organization mapping--were used in a case study involving the purchasing department of an electric utility. Highlights include the establishment of a model of the desired results, measuring existing performance, and the designing of an improvement…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Improvement, Measurement Techniques, Models
Hecht, Herbert – 1982
This publication provides guidance for the introduction of computer software tools within agencies of the United States government or within other installations where there has been little or no prior use of software tools. From a survey of current tool usage, it is concluded that the greatest obstacles to effective use of software tools are…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Guidelines
Schimizzi, Ned V.; Dudley, Donald – 1983
The study reports on a nationwide survey that investigated the specific planning steps and procedures used by colleges and universities in implementing microcomputer instruction into their teacher education curriculum. The findings presented are based on 101 usable responses to a 55-item questionnaire mailed to five major college and university…
Descriptors: Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Planning
Schimizzi, Ned V. – 1983
A nationwide mail survey was conducted of 400 randomly-selected schools in the 50 states to investigate the decisions made by schools in implementing microcomputer instruction and the procedural planning systems developed by schools to integrate microcomputer instruction into the program. An introduction, statement and explanation of the problem,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Mojkowski, Charles – 1984
Designed to help school districts move from exploring the use of computers in the classroom to the comprehensive planning and development of computer education programs, this guide is organized around five steps essential to the process of developing a district program. Phase 1 includes the following preliminary activities involved in planning for…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comprehensive Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy