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REVISITING THE DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE: M. L. KING, JR

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a preacher and leader of a nonviolent movement that continues to transform America and the world. He was one of the twentieth century's most influential men and lived an extraordinary life. He led the civil rights movement that rebelled against segregation. He synthesized ideas drawn from many different cultural traditions and became one of the world's best-known advocates of non-violent social change strategies.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF RELIABILITY CENTER MAINTENANCE: A BUSINESS CASE FOR LESS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE

The essence of preventive maintenance (PM) is to achieve the highest possible level of facility availability at the lowest cost. Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) can be used to develop effective PM programs. Availability is the instantaneous probability that a system or component will be available to perform its intended mission or function when called upon to do so at any point in time. RCM is a logical, structured framework for determining the optimum mix of applicable and effective maintenance activities needed to sustain the operational reliability of systems and equipment while ensuring their safe and economical operation and support.

ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY

Building robust administrative capacity is important in the delivery of services to constituents. However, administrative capacity requires political will and vision, as well as, shared goals and measurable metrics that optimize performance. It also requires an activist role in investment and training, and industrial and trade policies. The balanced scorecard is a mechanism that could be used to facilitate citizens and government goal setting and to assess accountability and performance.

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AT THE NEW JERSEY SITE OF THE XYZ CORPORATION

This case study examines the quality management process at the XYZ Company New Jersey manufacturing site. It attempts to assess the overall impact of quality on the site operations from the employees’ point of view. Interviews with site managers, supervisors and employees support the claim that some organizations use Total Quality Management to legitimize their organizations.

LEADER VISIBILITY: A CASE STUDY APPROACH

This case study examines the impact of leader visibility on servant leadership and leadership in general. interviews with leaders and followers indicate that leaders visibility is necessary to influence constituents.

IMPROVING ACCOUNTABILITY AND DIVERSITY THROUGH ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION

Assessment and accreditation are important tools for improving accountability and diversity in educational systems, particularly when coupled to measurable goals and robust performance systems.

THE CHALLENGES OF CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE

An effective condition based maintenance regime requires a good understanding of asset criticality; failure rates modes and, effects; as well as total cost of failures. Therefore, understanding what to monitor for a given asset requires reliability and financial related data.

RECESSIONS, WHY DO THEY OCCUR?

The effectiveness of the economy and financial institutions depend on the ability of the Federal Reserve to use monetary and credit policies in pursuit of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates, as well as supervising and regulating banking institutions to ensure the safety and soundness of the nation's banking and financial system and to protect the credit rights of consumers.

CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE

A well-implemented condition based maintenance (CBM) regime requires management support, data analysis to determine cost-effective monitoring points, and a knowledgeable and disciplined maintenance organization. The main objective of CBM is to ensure that assets fulfill their mission in the most cost-effectively manner.

EMPLOYEES' REACTION TO ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING: THE INFLUENCE OF PROCEDURAL JUSTICE

Organizations adopt enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, a software program integrating core business functions, to enhance organizational performance. However, ERP systems often run into implementation problems and thus have not lived up to all the promises suggested by advocates. Implementation problems may be traceable to lack of input from employees and delegation of ERP functionality to vendors and consultants. This study investigates the impact of procedural justice, perceived organizational support, and ERP leadership during the ERP  implementation process on employee involvement with, and commitment to, ERP systems.

CRUDE OIL PRICES: SHORTAGE OR SPECULATION?

All major oil companies use traders to ensure a regular supply of crude oil to their refineries. The trader’s role is to purchase crude oil in advance. Traders also resell crude oil purchased at a low price for a profit.

CAPACITORS

In terms of electrical savings, capacitors reduce line losses and power factor penalty. Generally, electricity utility suppliers install revenue meters capable of recording kilowatt demand, kilowatt-hours (kWh) and kilovolt-amp reactive hours (kVARh) on customers’ electric lines that exceed pre-established peak demand levels.

LIFE CYCLE COST

Life cycle cost (LCC) is an important technique for evaluating the total cost of ownership between mutually exclusive alternatives. Executive Order 13123 requires government agencies to use life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) to minimize the government’s cost of ownership.

REORGANIZING CUSTODIAL WORK

Custodial work is a process with clearly defined, actionable, and measurable tasks. Therefore, it requires thoughtful design to maximize quality and minimize cost.

BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS

Building automation systems (BAS) provides facility managers with the ability to monitor, track, and respond to the performance of facility assets.

MIDDLE EAST INSTABILITY DRIVES CRUDE OIL PRICES

Many politicians and pundits attributed higher prices to increased demand, shortages, or supply manipulations by energy companies. Demand, however, has not increased significantly and crude oil is plentiful.

PILOT TESTING TEAM CLEANING

Team cleaning could increase productivity by more than 50%. It relies on three or more cleaning employees to perform specialized tasks. A good team cleaning programs is first created on paper, then pilot tested to ensure that it is devoid of inefficient tools and equipment (Frank, 1999).

BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING: AN INFORMATIONAL TOOL FOR STAKEHOLDERS

The evolving concepts of building information modeling (BIM) can serve as a vehicle for improving building design, as well as operability, maintenance and safety. The aim of BIM is to use computable data to capture and coordinate customer, user and market requirements and to develop cost-effective design and technical requirements. Its adoption, therefore, is contingent on the need for well-defined and widely applicable processes, particularly in the project definition phase, that will improve decision-making, reduce cost, and enhance stakeholders’ involvement in building projects.