These hearings, representing the testimony before the Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in August, 1978, sought to require government contractors to establish and operate alcohol abuse and alcoholism programs and services, or to arrange for referral to such services. Statements are included from witnesses representing such agencies as the…

THE STUDY MATERIALS IN THIS BOOK FOLLOW CLOSELY THE FORMAT AND CONTENT OF THE CLERK-CARRIER EXAMINATION (ADDRESS CHECKING TEST AND FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS TEST). THERE ARE STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS, TESTS FOLLOWED BY CORRECT ANSWERS, AND REPRODUCTIONS OF FORMS THE CANDIDATE WILL BE ASKED TO FILL OUT WHEN APPLYING FOR A CLERK-CARRIER POSITION…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER COMMON BEHAVIORS COULD BE IDENTIFIED ACROSS OCCUPATIONS TO SERVE AS A BASIS FOR CURRICULUM BUILDING. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH INCUMBENTS IN 47 AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS AND 36 OCCUPATIONS IN THE METAL FABRICATING INDUSTRY FOR A TOTAL OF 466 INTERVIEWS IN COLORADO AND NEBRASKA. THE INTERVIEW…

The social-psychological studies of human relations in industry, which appeared in their most complete form in 1939 in "Management and the Worker" are evaluated from the perspective of subsequent studies and in the light of the many critiques made of the original work. The experiments are briefly described and criticisms of the Mayo human…

The 1966 report of the National Standards Committee summarizes the results of the 1965 questionnaire from 89 institutions of higher education which are listed by name. Tabulations and graphs of data are given in the areas of the cost of administration of the plant operation, janitorial services, utilities, grounds, labor, traffic and security.…

Improvements in methods for measuring employment and unemployment that went into effect in January 1967, new definitions, and comparisons of data collected by the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the new Monthly Labor Survey (MLS) are presented. The improvements are in line with the recommendations of the Gordon Committee in its 1962 report.…

Douglas Mitchell suggests that statute construction issues arise from the interaction between the realities of power resources and the goal of giving each interest group sufficient power to protect and pursue its own interests while preserving the rights or interests of others. California SB 160 explicitly limits the scope of bargaining to wages,…

The statistical report on public employment in 1974 briefly summarizes the trend of increasing public employment (especially at the State and local level), increases and variations in average monthly earnings of government employees, the distribution of State and local government employment by type of government and by State areas, and the sources…

The interim report of Project SKILL, a Wisconsin demonstration project which provides job placement of handicapped persons in State Civil Service positions, covers second year activities of the project. Second year developments included: definition of intake and screening as a staff speciality; utilizing of special personnel strategies to decrease…

This monograph presents the first study of Negro police officers in Texas, the need for them and factors surrounding their use. It was felt that the need for Negro police officers was more than symbolic, and recommended fair representation in the agency that regulates their everyday life. Minority officers can provide a special competence in…

The manual provides supervisors with both a reference as they assist employees in writing descriptions and developing performance indicators and with a guide for conducting performance appraisal interviews with employees. It contains the basic guidelines for the operation of the performance appraisal system, discussing such matters as how often…

This paper summarizes the findings of a study investigating the beliefs and attitudes of six key respondent groups regarding issues surrounding television advertising and children. The six groups included in the study are spokesmen for Action for Children's Television (ACT); the presidents and top executive officers of advertising agencies…

This study was designed to discover whether a university or a group of universities in the Southwest should establish a teaching and research center concerned with governmental management. The study focused on: (1) means for solving problems of federal officials at the regional level; (2) possible and feasible activities of Southern Methodist…

An examination of the varied approaches to educate and assimilate the American Indian into the mainstream of American life by the Federal Government from 1928 through 1964 is presented in this thesis which provides background regarding programs initiated by each Federal administration in office during this period. Notable changes occurring during…

Course designers and teachers of English as a second or foreign language need a pedagogical grammar, that is, a collection of linguistic statements about English which specifies the linguistic behaviors that an ESL/EFL learner will need to acquire and which can easily be used in the preparation of materials and lessons. Pedagogical grammars…