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71	The evolution of literacy : a cross-cultural account of literacy's emergence, spread, and relationship with human cooperation Mullins, Daniel Austin January 2014 (has links) Social theorists have long argued that literacy is one of the principal causes and hallmark features of complex society. However, the relationship between literacy and social complexity remains poorly understood because the relevant data have not been assembled in a way that would allow competing hypotheses to be adjudicated. The project set out in this thesis provides a novel account of the multiple origins of literate behaviour around the globe, the principal mechanisms of its cultural transmission, and its relationship with the cultural evolution of large-group human cooperation and complex forms of socio-political organisation. A multi-method large-scale cross-cultural approach provided the data necessary to achieve these objectives. Evidence from the societies within which literate behaviour first emerged, and from a representative sample of ethnographically-attested societies worldwide (n=74), indicates that literate behaviour emerged through the routinization of rituals and pre-literate sign systems, eventually spreading more widely through classical religions. Cross-cultural evidence also suggests that literacy assumed a wide variety of forms and socio-political functions, particularly in large, complex groups, extending evolved psychological mechanisms for cooperation, which include reciprocity, reputation formation and maintenance systems, social norms and norm enforcement systems, and group identification. Finally, the results of a cross-cultural historical survey of first-generation states (n=10) reveal that simple models assuming single cause-and-effect relationships between literacy and complex forms of socio-political organisation must be rejected. Instead, literacy and first-generation state-level polities appear to have interacted in a complex positive feedback loop. This thesis contributes to the wider goal of transforming social and cultural anthropology into a cumulative and rapid-discovery science. 302.2
72	Faculty Senate Minutes May 7, 2012 University of Arizona Faculty Senate 07 May 2012 (has links) This item contains the agenda, minutes, and attachments for the Faculty Senate meeting on this date. There may be additional materials from the meeting available at the Faculty Center. Roster New Committee Members Shared Governance Grade Appeal Policy Credit-by-Exam Policies Physical Education Acceptability of Transfer Credit Applied & Industrial Physics, PSM Medical Physics, PSM Annual Performance Reviews 5 yr Performance Reviews APPC-Annual Report C-11 Annual Report CAFT Annual Report Conciliation Annual Report Corporate Relations Annual Report Grievance Clearinghouse Annual Report SAPC Annual Report Shared Governance Review Annual Report Ethics & Commitment Annual Report AZ Athletics
73	El Control de gestión en organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro: el caso particular de los colegios de economistas de España Soldevila García, Pilar 05 July 2000 (has links) Esta investigación ha identificado los instrumentos de contabilidad de gestión que los gestores de las organizaciones no lucrativas, y más concretamente de los colegios de economistas de España, utilizan y pueden utilizar como sistemas de información para el control de la gestión y para la mejora de su eficiencia, eficacia y economía. Se han realizado tres estudios empíricos: 1. A los gestores de los colegios de economistas, para conocer situación y nivel de implantación de instrumentos de control de gestión .2. Se ha centrado en el análisis de la situación a nivel también de instrumentos de contabilidad de gestión de determinadas asociaciones inglesas que están destinadas a profesionales que ejercen en especialidades que en España pueden realizar los economistas. 3. A usuarios de los colegios, par ver nivel de calidad de los servicios y actividades que los colegios realizan y los efectos de la profesionalidad múltiple que los caracteriza. / It presents the results of a study about management control in non-profit organizations, focusing on the particular case of the Associations of Economists in Spain. In order to do it, a revision of literature and empirical studies have taken place to find out the implementation and level development of the instruments of management accounting in non-profit organizations. The study has been completed with three empirical studies, first directed to Associations of Economists in Spain, the second to associations from the UK related to the economy and the company, and, third directed to users from an Economists'Professional Association. Moreover, interviews of managers of different Associations from the UK have been made. History of non-profit organizations Antropologic theorys of control Culture Classical theory of control Open Systems Theory Human relations Contingency theory Systems of information Financial accounting Management accounting Chartered of Accountands Accounting Professional Bodies Cost accounting Associations of Economists Evolución sector no lucrativo Management control Implementation systems of information Historia organizaciones no lucrativas Clasificación colegios profesionales Instrumentos contabilidad de gestión Profesionales Clasificación entidades no lucrativas Asociaciones inglesas de contabilidad Relaciones humanas Profesión Teoría de la contingencia Sector no lucrativo Cultura Teoría de los sistemas abiertos Contabilidad financiera Sistemas mecanicistas Teoría clásica Entidades sin ánimo de lucro Plan estratégico Colegios profesionales Organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro Asociaciones profesionales Contabilidad de gestión Contabilidad de costes Asociaciones Control de gestión Contabilidad Colegios economistas eficiencia Control presupuestario Cuadro de mando integral eficacia Quality of services Inducatir Psicosocials theorys of control Calidad de los servicios Planificación Planificación estratégica Economista Liberalización servicios Indicadores Profession Sistema de información Non profit sector Strategic business planning Control Planification Balance Scored Card Economy Financial planning Economist Efficiency Planning Efficient Performance Classification of associations Evolution of non-profit organizations 06 347 65

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