Government management of two media-facilitated crises involving dioxin contamination of food     

Jacob CJ  Lok C  Morley K  Powell DA 《Public understanding of science (Bristol, England)》2011,20(2):261-269

Incidents become crises through a constant and intense public scrutiny facilitated by the media. Two incidents involving dioxin contamination of food led to crises in Belgium and the Republic of Ireland in 1999 and 2008, respectively. Thought to cause cancer in humans, dioxins reached the food supply in both incidents through the contamination of fat used for animal feed. The food and agricultural industries connected to each incident relied on crisis management activities of federal governments to limit adverse public reaction. Analysis of the management of the two crises by their respective federal governments, and a subsequent review of crisis management literature, led to the development of an effective crisis management model. Such a model, appropriately employed, may insulate industries associated with a crisis against damaged reputations and financial loss.  相似文献   

Nationally Normed Elementary Achievement Testing in America's Public Schools: How All 50 States Are Above the National Average   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

John Jacob Cannell 《Educational Measurement》1988,7(2):5-9

Dr. Cannell asks how all 50 states can report being above average on nationally normed tests. Me reports that increased achievement is by no means the whole explanation for this finding. Whatever the full explanation of the phenomenon to which Dr. Cannell has brought widespread attention, he clearly presents a challenge to specialists in educational measurement both to better account for the phenomenon and to find better ways of explaining test results to the public.  相似文献   

The National Standards Scene: NISO and related U.S. standards organizations     

Mary Ellen Jacob  Deborah L. Rings 《Publishing Research Quarterly》1988,4(3):11-19

Those entering the world of publishing standards for the first time may find it a baffling alphabet soup—with NISO, ANSI, BISG, IEEE, NIST, and ANSC floating on a broth bubbling with activity. Jacob and Rings sort out the acronyms, explaining what each of these groups does and how they interact. Mary Ellen L. Jacob, vice president for library planning at OCLC, is responsible for strategic planning activities regarding libraries and library services. Mrs. Jacob is also the board chair of the National Information Standards Committee. Deborah L. Rings, information analyst for library planning at OCLC, is responsible for identifying trends and factors relative to the library and information science areas, and for assessing their impact and potential impact on OCLC and its strategic planning processes.  相似文献   

Various Anticoagulants and Fluoride do not Affect HbA1C Level     

Maneesh Mailankot  Thushara Thomas  P. Praveena  Juliet Jacob  Jobin Rajan Benjamin  D. M. Vasudevan 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2012,27(2):209-209

  相似文献   

Corrigendum to “The impact of NIH postdoctoral training grants on scientific productivity” [Res. Policy 40 (2011) 864-874]     

Brian A. Jacob 《Research Policy》2012,41(2):497

  相似文献   

An administrative mess: A case study from the officiating community     

Stacy Warner  Jacob K. Tingle  Pamm Kellett 《Sport Management Review》2012,15(3):368-380

This case is written for instructors of classes focused on strategic management, organisational behaviour, human resource management, and/or an officiating course. The case highlights the numerous administrative processes a new employee in a sport organisation would face. Although the case is fictional it is based on the authors’ personal and professional experiences in athletics administration and officiating, and further draws upon the authors’ research in the area of officiating. Consequently, this case study was constructed based on first-hand observation, interviews and conversation with numerous officials and administrators, and through the examination of documents frequently used to manage officials. As a result, the case provides an opportunity for students to critically evaluate and address: (1) a sport organisation's policies and procedures; (2) issues related to human resource management within a sport setting; (3) the managerial response after an organisational failure.  相似文献   

Conceptions of quality in four different disciplines     

Ole‐Jacob Skodvin 《Tertiary Education and Management》2013,19(1):65-80

Abstract

The paper is based on a book (written by the author and his colleague Markku Lehikoinen) dealing with definitions of quality and views on the applicability of different methods of quality assessment to four different disciplinary fields: physics, biology, sociology and history. The paper focuses on conceptions and definitions of quality voiced by scholars representing the different disciplines. The study involved semi‐structured in depth interviews with 33 experienced scholars. The disciplines under study were chosen to represent diverse disciplinary cultures, with the aim of finding out about the potential impact of (social and cognitive) cultural characteristics of the disciplines on conceptions of quality. The findings show both common views across disciplinary fields and disciplinary differences.  相似文献   

Graphical Analysis of Test Items     

Theo A. van Batenburg  Jacob A. Laros 《Educational Research and Evaluation》2013,19(3):319-333

Graphical Item Analysis (GIA) visually displays the relationship between the total score on a test and the response proportions of the correct and false alternatives of a multiple-choice item. The GIA method provides essential and easily interpretable information about item characteristics (difficulty, discrimination and guessing rate). Low quality items are easily detected with the GIA method because they show response proportions on the correct alternative which decrease with an increase of the total score, or display response proportions of one or more false alternatives which do not decrease with an increase of the total score. The GIA method has two main applications. Firstly, it can be used by researchers in the process of identifying items that need to be excluded from further analysis. Secondly, it can be used by test constructors in the process of improving the quality of the item bank. GIA enables a better understanding of test theory and test construction, especially for those without a background in psychometrics. In this sense, the GIA method might contribute to reducing the gap between the world of psychometrists and the practical world of constructors of achievement tests.  相似文献   

EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS     

Jacob B. Pollak 《Journal of Jewish Education》2013,79(3):178-181

  相似文献   

Some Guiding Principles for the Curriculum of the Jewish School of Tomorrow     

Jacob S. Golub  Leo L. Honor 《Journal of Jewish Education》2013,79(3):150-173

  相似文献