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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1992.
An examination of the decision making environment at NASA and surrounding political/financial context, focusing on the Challenger explosion.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 47.95
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"The Nasa Decision-Making Environment
This research examines the decision-making environment within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In part, this examination is based on Case No. 25, "The NASA Space Shuttle Disaster" (Marx, Stubbart, Traub, & Cavanaugh, 1987, pp. 829-844).
Background
NASA is an organization that owes its beginning to a political crisis in the United States. Early Soviet space successes further fueled Cold War fears among the American population; fears that were maintained at high levels by American politicians at the best of times.
The success of the Soviet Sputnik program caused the American government to rush head-long and ill-prepared into a "me too" ..."
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NASA, 2005.
This paper examines and analyzes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration better known as NASA.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper offers an organizational assessment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The writer of this paper examines NASA's history and mission while also evaluating its goals and objectives. The paper also analyzes NASA's strengths and weaknesses while detailing the organization's strengths and weaknesses.
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Trade Spaces in "Trading Spaces", 2002.
A representation of hegemonic masculinity in the popular television series "Trading Spaces".
3,010 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 88.95
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The textual analysis of the TV series "Trading Spaces" explores the possibility of interchanging gender roles in this home improvement showcase. A strong case is built on the unchanging male hegemony. However, the paper shows that the series does focus, in a particular way, on issues of gender and power, and especially on the supposedly changing nature of masculinity. Provides limitless examples from the show to exemplify gendered television.
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"Since its launch in September 2000 as a late-afternoon show, Trading Spaces has regularly scored a 2 or 3 household rating in its universe in prime time, according to Neilson Media Research data, peaking one Saturday evening in April at a 3:2 for an episode featuring the Dixie Chicks. With that all-time household record for TLC, Trading Spaces also beat out all broadcast networks in delivery of adults 18-49 that night (the network regularly ranks in the top 10 of all cable networks in delivery of adults 18-49 and adults 25-54). By the conclusion of its third season, Trading Spaces will have taped 65 new episodes compared to last season's 40, and can be seen in 70 million homes in America, and internationally in Canada, Japan, Australia, Thailand, and the Philippines (Foege)."
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"Space" by James Michener, 1991.
A critical analysis of the work on the origins and development of the U.S. space program and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"Space by James Michener deals with the United States' space program, from its earliest explorations with rockets after World War II to the Viking probes of the other planets in our solar system. As with all of Michener's books, Space is well-researched, and the reader can be educated about the many facts of astronauts and space shuttles while being entertained by the fictional characters that the author has created.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has its birth as the second World War is concluding: Michener traces the steps of German scientist Wernher Von Braun (one of the "real" people in this book) and young rocket maker Dieter Kolff as they flee from Hitler's Nazi regime. Hitler had hoped that experts like Von Braun would provide instruments to help him win the war, but there was a defection, and Stanley Mott, an American..."
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Public Administration: Four Major Administrative Traditions, 2004.
This paper reviews four fundamentally different intellectual traditions and offers input as to where the "public administration" of the U.S. is in 2003.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper introduces the issue of public administration and then discusses four major theories of public administration: the Hamiltonian Tradition, the Jeffersonian Tradition, the Madisonian Tradition, and Wilsonian Tradition. The paper then compares these traditions and provides an analysis of the traditions and today's U.S. executive administration.
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"Alexander Hamilton's insistence on a strong executive branch was not based solely on his desire to push his own philosophy of public administration on the young nation. He had seen the failure of the Articles of Confederation in its attempt to solidify the country; states quarreled about everything before ratifying the Articles, and some even went out on a limb and had their own foreign policy. States couldn't agree on paying for a national army, nor on taxation and spending. Hamilton's balancing act was, how does the country create an executive "powerful enough to make the government strong" (Kettl, page 30) and yet how does the country prevent a concentration of too much authority and power in the White House? Hamilton had plenty of experience in executive decision-making, as he was the very first treasury secretary in the nation; and it was his authorship of documents on public credit, national banking, and manufacturing that later formed the basis of the executive branch of national government."
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Electronic Medication Administration, 2008.
This paper determines the effects electronic medication administration records (EMARs) have had on reducing medication administration errors and improving patient safety.
1,639 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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The paper addresses the hypothesis that the use of electronic medication administration records (EMARs) should significantly improve overall medication administration accuracy in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and safety of medication administration. The paper shows how electronic methods remove risks of inattention or fatigue and maintains that patient safety should not be compromised by unnecessary and preventable clerical errors in medication administration.
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Introduction
Significance to Nursing
Review of Literature
Summary
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"Presently, error reduction in patient identification in hospital relies on accuracy of data collection and strict adherence to procedures ensuring the relay of patient data is error-free. This often involves a "human factor," because the steps involved, from the recording of data to signing out blood from the blood bank involves one or more personnel, each prone to errors, most especially when tasks are repetitive and fatigue sets in. Usually, these extreme situations are avoided but not totally. In this sense, another solution must be found to further reduce patient identification errors in blood transfusions."
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The Flawed Foreign Policy of the Bush Administration, 2008.
A critical discussion of the flaws in the Bush administration's foreign policy, with particular focus on incidents surrounding 9/11.
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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In an analysis of the Bush administration's conduct before and after 9/11, this paper discusses the shortcomings of the administration's foreign policy. The paper argues that the most celebrated of its foreign policy shortcomings is the failure by anyone in the administration to act on various bits and pieces of intelligence regarding individuals with known associations to the al Qaeda. The paper also criticizes the administration's unwillingness to confront the factual details surrounding September 11th and the contrast between the implications of the event and the opportunistic, internationally despised responses which the administration has been unwavering in applying in such venues as Afghanistan and Iraq. To conclude, the paper offers two major policy recommendations. First, it suggests that the only clear path for reconciliation with the international community is to begin anew with fresh leadership. Second, which is conditional upon implementation of the first, it suggests beginning a process of reconciliation with former allies.
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"It has been indicated with absolute consistency, both domestically and internationally in case after case of intelligence community documentation, that there was a widespread awareness of the growing threat of domestic terrorism. In the transition between the Clinton and Bush administration's, outgoing National Security Advisor Sandy Berger informed the incoming Condoleeza Rice to anticipate that Osama bin-Laden would be her number one priority. This was a message that was consistent with President Clinton's exponentially increasing financial and diplomatic focus on the terrorist threat of bin Laden that even resulted in a nearly successful attempt on the Saudi mastermind's life."
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Medication Administration Errors, 2004.
An examination of what nurses perceive as the causative factors contributing to medication administration errors.
1,742 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper examines how, too often, health care systems do not take the time necessary to define causative factors for medication administration errors and how, rather, it is more convenient to simply assign blame. It looks at how studies suggest that medication administration errors are on the rise and how far more errors happen than are currently reported. It proposes a study to investigate how health care systems contribute to medication administration errors and to better define exactly what critical factors are most to blame for those errors. It aims to examine the notion that systematic errors are in large part to blame for administration errors, rather than individual errors. It also intends to develop a framework for identifying potential causes for errors, thus supplying nursing care professionals much needed tools to enable them to prevent such errors.
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Introduction
Background of Problem
Significance of the Problem
Problem Statement
Conceptual Framework
Preliminary Literature Review
Method
Research Design
Data Collection Procedure
Ethical Considerations
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"In a health care environment, a system may be defined as the following: an integrated delivery system, a centrally owned multi-hospital system, an operating room, an obstetrical unit or an oncology unit (NAP, n.d.: 45). To understand how errors might happen in a system, one must first examine the more far reaching elements of a system. For example, the operating room can be tied to the larger surgical department, which is part of a hospital, which is "part of a larger health care delivery system" (NAP, n.d.:45). This makes the process of identifying an error within the system more challenging, because there are greater areas to examine."
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Public versus Private Personnel Administration, 2004.
An analysis of the differences between public and private personnel administration.
2,734 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper discusses and compares the theories of public personnel administration and private personnel administration. The paper contends that the theorists of the past such as Ogburn, Machiavelli and Marx have offered many great contributions to our current understanding of public and private administration. These theorists' ideas are examined in the paper. The paper concludes with the belief that there is a clear indication that public administration is directly dependent on the social system as well as the system of production prevalent in society.
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"The practice of public personnel administration has evolved in a continuum from the Classical Management theory, through shifting emphasis on Behaviouralism, Systems theory and Contingency theory (Haque & Ahmed, 1992). Past research and theorists have suggested that the development of modern management thought and practice can be traced by examining the evolution of societies as they have passed from pre-industrial economic structure. This development applies to public personnel administration as well, as there appears to be a correlation between a complicated system of production and the progress of the techniques of administration (Haque & Ahmed, 1992). "
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Public Administration, 2002.
A research paper on the makeup of the public administration system in America.
1,987 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This essay deals with prominent figures in public administration and considers the effect of their writings and theories on the field of public administration. The paper provides an analysis of the core areas of public administration and how these areas interrelate with one another; taking into account the theories and writings of major players in the field of public administration and how their views shaped these areas.
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"The principles of public administration are the clearest description of its usefulness to society and government. This administrative science is barely 100-125 years old in the U.S. and a little over 200 years old in France. Tracing its roots back to Napoleon, public administration evolved largely as a result of the increasing complexity of society, economy and technology. The French system of Public Administration is still considered by many to be the world's best. Compared to Germany and Britain, the U.S. was relatively slower to utilize public administration in widespread government."
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The Bush Administration and Lobbying, 2002.
An examination of factors which influence decision making in the Bush Administration.
4,150 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 151.95
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This paper explores how the Bush Administration is driven by concerns from industry, including oil and transportation, and that this might arguably impact national policy. Currently, the environmentalist movement is worried because many of the members of the Bush Administration are themselves former lobbyists for industry and fuel businesses. This paper investigates the current policies of the Bush Administration and their interests in industry- related lobbies. This paper shall be written with an emphasis on environmentalism in order to demonstrate why some organizations feel that the industries and the Bush Administration are too closely connected at this time.
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Public Administration, 2005.
This paper discusses public administration, making use of chapters of the book "Managing the Public Sector, Seventh Edition" by Grover Starling.
4,050 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 1 source, $ 160.95
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In this article, the writer offers summaries of chapters in the book "Managing the Public Sector, Seventh Edition" by Grover Starling. The writer notes the need to define the field and to differentiate public administration from other forms of administration or management. The writer points out that the author does this first by introducing two public administrators and considering their jobs and clarifying just what they do.
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"Starling first addresses the need to define the field and to differentiate public administration from other forms of administration or management, and the author does this first by introducing two public administrators and considering their jobs and just what they do. Both handle public agencies which serve the needs of the populace in a governmental structure. Such agencies are organizations, like any other, but organizations, which are directed at certain specific and public tasks. Such organizations do not seek to make a profit but instead seek to spend public monies effectively and efficiently. The public administrator oversees a number of employees and must apply effective management practices just as would a manager in a private firm, though the rules may be different and the service is different from what would be provided by a private company."
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Education Administration, 2004.
A comprehensive analysis of the past, present and future role played by the administrator of education.
5,624 words (approx. 22.5 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 136.95
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This paper presents extensive research about all aspects of administration in the area of education. The paper provides an historical review of educational administration as well as information concerning contemporary issues, challenges, initiatives and legislation in the administration of education in the new millennium. The paper contends that an administrator of education is someone completely cognitive to the needs and issues surrounding him, while at the same time is able to withdraw himself from those factors in order to make reliable and credible decisions regarding the administration of education.
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Statement of Thesis
Methodology
Limitations of the Study
Scope of the Study
Findings of This Study
Introduction
Literature Review
General Issues in Teaching
Diversity in Race, Ethnicity and Other Differential Demographical Characteristics
Developmental Theories
Racial Development: Racism, Sexism
Comparison of School Leadership and Corporate Leadership Positions
Leadership within the School - School Administration Reality
News, Updates and Recent Reports
Governance and Legislation
Technology and the School Administrator
Recommendations from School Principals
Internships and the Impact of Leadership in Educational Settings
Suggested Practices and Procedures: Strategic Foresight
Conclusion
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"The study of Education Administration or simply said the leadership within a school is that which guides, leads, propels, and motivates the teachers and thereby the students as well. The environment of the school is critical in setting the stage for the optimal learning experience. It is initially the superintendent and principal who will determine the primary focus of the school both in terms of curriculum, environment and learning atmosphere in relation to ethnicity, race, and gender mutual-respect, autonomy and equality in the learning experience."
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Postmodern Feminism and Public Administration, 2007.
A look at the contributions of the postmodern feminist theory to public administration.
1,083 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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The paper looks at the principles of postmodern feminism, highlighting this tradition's important break from traditional liberal feminism. The paper examines the writings of postmodern writers such as Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler, especially their writings on the social construction of the "masculine" and "feminine." It then looks at traditional public administration's "hard" approach that conflicts with ideas that have been referred to as "soft." The paper argues that postmodern feminism can help to create a synthesis between these two approaches, one that combines the best features of both the "hard" and "soft" styles of public administration. It also contends that postmodern feminism jars administrators from their comfort zones and in the process, generates new and innovative modes of thinking.
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Postmodern Feminism
Public Administration
Conclusion
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"Far from being a monolithic entity, feminism has a variety of traditions and focuses. This diversity is reflected in the various approaches of feminism towards studying and criticizing the representation of women in public life. Traditional liberal feminism, for example, has focused on key questions of access. This first wave of feminism believed that when women had access to public institutions such as education and the work place, then gender inequity would be erased. The period of "modernity" was therefore characterized by women's access to areas of public life that was traditionally reserved only for men."
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Public Administration Education, 2002.
An examination of the effectiveness of public administration in preparing students for a career.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 16 sources, $ 87.95
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Examines the effectiveness of public administration in preparing students for a career. The gap between theory and practice in the discipline of public administration. Identifies areas where public administration education is not effective. Need to focus education on speciific levels of government. Teaching ethical decision-making to enhance ethics & values.
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"Effectiveness of Professional Education in Public Administration
Introduction
In the Future of Governing: Four Emerging Model, Peters (1996) discussed the future of public administration. Although his primary emphasis was on the future structure and focus of the practice of public administration, Peters (1996) also noted that public administration education programs generally were not preparing graduates for the demands of public administration in the future.
Three issues identified as important areas where public administration education is not as effective as is desirable in preparing graduates for future responsibilities in public administration provided the foci for an examination of the effectiveness of public administration education. These issues..."
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