This document provides detailed information on the atmosphere and weather of Venus. This pamphlet describes the technological hardware including the probes that enter the Venusian atmosphere, the orbiter and the launch vehicle. Information is provided in lay terms on the mission profile, including details of events from launch to mission end. The…

This document contains 5,000 references to literature through 1976 dealing with various aspects of solar energy. Categories are established according to area of solar research. These categories include: (1) overview; (2) measurement; (3) low-range solar energy collection (below 120 degrees C); (4) intermediate-range solar energy collection (120…

Given the need for a large stimulus by the federal government in the short-run and given the need for structural reform on our budgeting and taxing process over the long-run, what is likely to happen to federal expenditures for higher education? Two issues likely to arise are: (1) in this next year there is absolutely no excuse for holding back…

A questionnaire was developed to measure faculty morale and was administered to all full-time faculty members (N=51) at a community college. The form developed consisted of three sections: (1) a list of 36 positive and 36 negative hypothetical experiences which the faculty member checked if he/she had experienced the incident described in the…

This report summarizes the findings of one of fourteen panels that studied progress in space science applications and defined user needs potentially capable of being met by space-system applications. The study was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was conducted by the Space Applications Board. The panels…

Contained are 15 papers which identify specific areas for research in human uses of the atmosphere and are designed to foster and stimulate interest in these problems among both social and physical scientists. The papers are a preliminary attempt to cope with the complex social, economic, and legal aspects of modifying the weather. Included is an…

From a theoretical framework, hypotheses were generated which predicted that 1) teachers who had undergone organizational socialization (experienced teachers) would be more employee-oriented than education students who had no teaching experience; and 2) education students would be more professionally oriented than the experienced teachers. Two…

This article describes an attempt by a group of Harvard and M.I.T. graduate students to use organization development methods for the first time in a large urban school system. The group concluded that (1) organization development consultants must be aware of the different environment within which large city school systems operate, (2) such an…

Numerous decisions must be made in the design of computer air conditioning, each determined by a combination of economics, physical, and esthetic characteristics, and computer requirements. Several computer air conditioning systems are analyzed--(1) underfloor supply and overhead return, (2) underfloor plenum and overhead supply with computer unit…

This research attempts to find relationships between the Halpin-Croft Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ) and the Stern-Steinhoff Organizational Climate Index (OCI) in their respective descriptions of organizational phenomena. By organizational climate is meant those characteristics that distinguish the organization from others…

Three key considerations (What is organizational development (OD)? Why do organizations undertake OD efforts? What are the critical phases (and their pitfalls) that make up the OD effort?) are discussed in this paper. The sections include: "What is OD," which presents three definitions of OD and the goals of OD as identified by Bennis; "Why Do…

This study attempted to identify the nature of the relationship between organizational variables and attitudinal and behavioral reactions of individuals to employment - WORK. Employee needs, satisfaction, non-work activities, and overall attitudes toward company and work were assessed through responses to questionnaires; and organizational…

Consultants in change agent roles frequently overlook the importance of adequate descriptive data on the target systems they seek to influence. The state of an organization's health may operate to nullify the best of planned intervention efforts. Survey data from a large, nonpublic, metropolitan high school provided consultants from the Center…

FACULTY PERCEPTION OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE IN A PREDOMINATELY SEGREGATED SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS DETERMINED FROM A SAMPLE OF 45 NEGRO AND 66 WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN A SOUTHEASTERN URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT. A MODIFIED FORM OF HALPIN AND CROFT'S ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE DESCRIPTION QUESTIONNAIRE WAS USED TO GATHER DATA ON EIGHT DIMENSIONS OF…

This paper addresses a number of problems associated with the evaluation of organizational effectiveness. Questions are raised concerning whether there is such a thing as organizational effectiveness, how stable and accurate are the assessment criteria, how widely the criteria can be applied, how such criteria can be of help in understanding…