The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has recently issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (Revised 2007) Business Combinations. The object of this Statement is to improve the relevance, representational faithfulness, and comparability of reported information about a business combination and its effects. This Statement…

This paper examines the influence of farmer knowledge upon decision making processes. Drawing upon the sociological debates around the ideas of reflexive modernity and biotechnology as well as from classic adoption and diffusion studies, I explore the influences upon farmers' use of "Bacillus thuringiensis" (Bt) corn. Utilizing survey data…

This article contributes to the study of decision-making processes both at a farm systems level and at the level of agricultural research in partnership with commercial farms. It also highlights the way in which adoption and adaptation of innovation occurs in a socially rich context with information, group formation and connectivity converging to…

This study investigates the relationship between the students' understanding of the aims of an investigative activity and their performance when conducting it. One hundred and eighty-one year nine students from a public middle school in Brazil took part in the study. Students working in pairs were asked to investigate two problems using a…

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas will need over 82,000 new teachers by 2008. Many teachers are leaving the profession within 5 years of being employed. Closing a revolving door, teacher preparation programs are discussing this phenomenon. One hundred sixty beginning teacher candidates were surveyed using the Emotional Skills…

Saying no to friends, classmates, and adults is often difficult for young children. In school, children may find themselves in uncomfortable situations that involve choosing between what they perceive as right and going along with others whom they trust. This multimedia workshop kit (16 minute VHS video plus guidebook) helps children understand…

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A research report on management decisions of group broadcasters. (HB)

A research report on management decisions of group broadcasters. (HB)

Biases in judgment reveal some heuristics of thinking about uncertainty. Three heuristics are discussed. (Author/RH)

Article proposes a modified Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) as a management technology that can serve as a tool to help administrators and principals make evaluations and forward-looking decisions on expected educational performance. (Author)

This guide is an attempt to eliminate the need for decision makers to suffer from many of their future errors. It is an attempt to insure that the "right" decision is made the first time. Briefly, the theory is that one can learn from other peoples' experience and thus avoid making future mistakes. This volume is a guide to other…

The purpose of this work is to provide a conceptual framework applicable to most decisionmaking systems and to propose a set of propositions drawing together work from diverse fields concerned with political behavior. In the first chapter, key concepts are distinguished and the literature bearing on the relationships among those concepts are…