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This paper discusses how, in order to keep the shuttle program an effective vehicle for space exploration, safety of the astronauts must always be the first concern. It explains how deadlines must always be flexible and based on the ability of NASA to make a launch that is as safe as possible. It also discusses how final votes on decisions must be made anonymously to eliminate the influence of group pressure for a goal inappropriate for such a risky endeavor.

From the Paper
"The Rodgers Commission, in addition to making numerous suggestions about how to improve the structure of shuttles and ways to increase safety for the astronauts, noted the management decisions that contributed so significantly to the disaster. They particularly noted that decision makers were under considerable pressure to maintain ambitious flight schedules (Harwood, 1986). This pressure stemmed from both political and economic forces. NASA will have to decide whether its goals are one of scientific inquiry or of making money through space exploration. When it is recognized that these two goals are incompatible, they will have to be prioritized. Given the inherently danger to space exploration, it will be clear that safety, based on the best science available, will have to be the overriding concern. In decision meetings, the structural dynamic must support real inquiry, not simply support a predetermined and preferred outcome."

Tags:exploration, danger, policy

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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.

Tags:NASA

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This paper details a needs assessment for quality improvement at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). It includes program goal setting, prioritizing program goals, funding and operational decision-making. The purpose of the assessment is to improve quality performance at NASA.

Tags:NASA, Aeronautics, Space

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This paper discusses how the regulatory environment and regulatory policies influence the development and impacts of natural disasters within both the developing world and the developed world. As part of its discussion, the paper looks at how certain social groups within society and between societies (the homeless, ethnic minorities, women, and the poor) are vulnerable to disasters because of the political and regulatory environment they find themselves in. Specifically, those who should protect the less-fortunate or vulnerable often fail to do so because of avarice, poor communication, and an organizational unwillingness to share information with other stake-holders

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"How the regulatory environment in general, and regulatory policies in particular, have influenced the development and impacts of natural disasters faced in both the developing and developed worlds This paper, as the aforementioned title indicates, discusses how the regulatory environment and regulatory policies influence the development and impacts of natural disasters within both the developing world and the developed world. As part of its discussion, the paper looks at how certain..."

Tags:disasters, developing, developed

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This paper explores many of the emotional issues the elderly encounter when faced with a natural disaster. The author addresses feelings of vulnerability and isolation that are particular to the senior population. The writer also discusses how problems the elderly already experiences, such as mental health issues and dementia, may be compounded by a natural disaster. A natural disaster may also bring out previous traumas from the senior's life. The author concludes that natural disasters can increase and exacerbate stress and anxiety in the elderly and possibly lead to serious psychological issues.

From the Paper
"Studies have also focused on the fact that the elderly experience certain identifiable and particular stress factors and vulnerabilities in the face of natural disasters. "We must acknowledge that certain vulnerabilities exist among many elders and that these vulnerabilities are likely to intensify at times of disaster and during the often lengthy recovery process" (Oriol W.) The realization of the vulnerability of older people to disaster is evidenced by the collaboration between Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) and The National Council on the Aging (NCOA), in bringing an important resource to communities to improve crisis counseling for the elderly. (Oriol W.) Therefore there is a growing body of research which mirrors the concern about the effects of emotional and psychological stress on the elderly in times of natural disaster."

Tags:elderly, senior, citizens, older, adults, disasters, trauma

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In this article, the writer examines the information available for helping children cope with natural disasters. The writer examines three Web sites to determine what information is available. The writer discusses children's anxieties and fears and strategies for coping.

From the Paper
"For this paper the Administration For Children and Families The Department of Health and Human Services (ACF) and Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health (RTC) Web cites were accessed to determine what information was available for helping children cope with natural disasters. The first cite provided more information for families. For example the Administration For Children and Families The Department of Health and Human Services provided information cites with specific information. Ready Kids provided information for kids regarding how to create ..."

Tags:children, families, FEMA, disasters, psychosocial

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This research examines how Chinese monetary policy is utilized as a foreign policy device for very specific gains in international relations in a fashion that other countries do not utilize their monetary policy. A large aspect of this discussion centres on the managed float of the Chinese currency, the Renminbi (RMB), which has only just recently been un-pegged from the U.S. dollar. The paper discusses, however, how there are several other aspects of China's monetary policy that have been used to indirectly influence, positively, Chinese positions in terms of international relations and foreign policy.

Tags:chinese, economic, policy

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This essay examines whether the US open door policy toward China was consistent and dependable in dealing with the factions during the Chinese civil war in China during 1940-49. The paper analyzes the background and origins of the "open door" policy which date back to the mid 19th century. The paper examines the "open door" policy in light of American isolationism and as the US became a world power following World War II. This policy of limited involvement with China directed US policy until the Chinese Civil War.

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" An important, though undeclared, corollary to the policy, however, was that the United States was not willing to risk war to enforce its open door policy and its main foreign policy interest lay in Europe rather than Asia. This resulted in a number of serious setbacks for the policy, particularly during the Sino-Japanese war as well as the Chinese Civil War in which the Nationalists and the Communists were engaged in a bitter civil war for power in the country. Since the US was unwilling to use force, the most it could do was to use diplomacy to enforce the "open door." Such a lukewarm approach in support of a policy could, at best, be only partially successful and when the 'open door' was pointedly ignored by the Japanese during its seizure of Manchuria in 1931 and the subsequent full-fledged Sino-Japanese war in 1937, the US could do little to prevent its violation."

Tags:China, US, foreign, policy, open, door, policy, Chinese, Civil, War

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The sunshine policy is widely used to describe the entire unification policy that was designed to unify Korea and enable the country to play a stronger role in the global economy. While the actual policy had a much less interesting name, the sunshine policy covers the aspects of the cultural change that Korea went through in this policy's implementation. This essay provides an overview of the policy from the perspective of economic and political strategy as well as culture.

From the Paper
"The term "sunshine policy" is often referred to the "symbolic and ideological underpinnings" of the "engagement policy"; a strategy announced in 1998 which attempted to implement actual economic and political policies designed to move the Korean peninsula to a unified nation state (President Kim Dae-Jung's Unification Policy 58). However, the sunshine policy is also widely used to describe the entire unification policy that was designed to unify Korea and enable the country to play a stronger role in the global economy (Marquand par. 10)."

Tags:sunshine, policy, korea

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The paper discusses how the sunshine policy which has dominated North and South Korean diplomatic policy for the last several years is a matter well-deserving of closer attention. The following paper explores what the policy is, why it came into being, how it is implemented, what its benefits and disadvantages are and how it works. The paper also explores its ramifications for the future. The paper explains that, as should become evident, the Korean sunshine policy is something which is really far more complicated than novice observers might believe at first glance. The sunshine policy is, broadly stated, a policy emphasizing the rapprochement of the two Koreas and its origins may be traced back to a 1972 Joint Communique between the two governments.

Tags:sunshine, policy, korea