Classroom management and discipline is a major concern of administrators, teachers, and parents at all levels of formal education. In response to this concern, a variety of classroom management systems have been presented as remedies to this dilemma. There is, in light of the attention afforded classroom management, a need for a model by which the discipline systems can be examined. A structured examination of these programs, via the "Inquiry Cube", will be of assistance in the evaluation of the discipline programs of William Glasser, James Dobson, and Lee Canter. In this study, the philosophic basis for theoretical models was outlined, criteria of adequacy for "good" theoretical formats discussed, the models used to examine and evaluate the selected classroom management systems were presented, and a discipline checklist for teachers was proposed. The major thesis of this study was that values and goals act as legislative agents in the determination of the organization or structure of discipline systems and programs. The structures of discipline programs are then constructed according to a definite set of rules which, in turn, determine and signify the relevent date of the discipline systems. In examining the programs it was demonstrated that the systems suffer the weakness of the reductionist fallacy. Care must also be taken to insure student and support staff involvement at a meaningful level. Another concern is the possibility that any given classroom management program may become mechanistic and imposingly uniform, thus eliminating many student options. Classroom management and discipline, being comprised of its own universe of discourse and categories, is educational subject matter and, as such, is educative. The discipline checklist concluding this work is comprised of notions included in many of the programs studied and, aside from some structural additions, is not entirely unique. Yet, if this study is helpful at all, it should serve the function of bringing attention to theoretical models as vehicles which can be used to examine and evaluate classroom management systems. The discipline programs of the future will only be as good as the tools used to determine and inform their adequacy.

"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in [Contract Management] from the Naval Postgraduate School, September 2008." / Advisor(s): Yoder, E. Cory ; Simon, Cary A. ; Nalwasky, Richard. "September 2008." "Joint applied project"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on October 31, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Michael W. Boudreau, Ron Tudor. Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-133). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2003. / Title from title screen (viewed Aug. 5, 2003). "March 2003." Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-133). Also issued in paper format.

This study explored perceptions of performance feedback communicated by Japanese supervisors to their U.S. subordinates in Japanese subsidiaries in the U. S. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with both Japanese supervisors and U.S. subordinates and their responses were tape-recorded. The purpose of the study was to assess perceptual similarities and differences held by participants in regard to appropriateness and effectiveness of positive and negative feedback. The participants were asked to give their opinions about the functions, timing, frequency, and specificity of positive and negative feedback as well as overall appropriateness and effectiveness of feedback. Other related issues such as U.S. subordinates' feedback-seeking behavior and perceptions of the relationship quality were asked as well. The descriptions given by the participants were interpreted and then compared and contrasted within companies and across cultural groups to find similarities and differences in perceptions. Perceived overall appropriateness and effectiveness, thus competence, of feedback reflected satisfaction or perceived appropriateness of each dimension of feedback; timing, frequency, and specificity. In addition to these dimensions, explicitness and manner of delivery emerged from the participants' responses, especially from U.S. participants'. Japanese supervisors tended to emphasize timeliness, frequency, or specificity of their feedback to explain the overall competence of their feedback. U.S. subordinates, on the other hand, tended to focus on the extent of explicitness of feedback and manner of delivery to determine overall competence of feedback given by their Japanese supervisors. Overall satisfaction perceived by U.S. subordinates inversely related to their feedback-seeking behavior. When U.S. participants' needs for feedback were satisfied by their supervisor, they did not seek further information about their performance. An exception was that when U.S. subordinates did not find feedback meaningful in general, they did not seek feedback, despite their dissatisfaction with feedback given to them. Relationships were described by both Japanese supervisors and U.S. subordinates in terms of the extent of formality, professional quality, friendliness, and trust. Satisfaction with the relationship was positively related with U.S. participants' satisfaction with overall feedback. In relationships where communication flows continually in a transactional sense, and/or closeness and mutual trust was perceived, U.S. subordinates tended to find feedback from their Japanese supervisors to serve positive functions. / Graduation date: 1995

Pacific whiting (Merluccius productus) is commercially and ecologically one of the most important fishery resources in the Pacific coast of the United States. The fishery is currently going through a period of rapid and profound transformation that could cause a substantial redistribution of benefits among domestic users. Benefits from the Pacific whiting fishery consist of conflicting biological, social, economic and regional objectives. A major management issue is the problem of resource allocation between the domestic offshore and shore-based fleets. Economic analysis of fishery policy based on the single objective of maximizing present value of net revenues (PVNR) fails to realistically confront the Pacific whiting fishery management problem. This work proposes the use of the less restrictive concept of Pareto optimality as a criterion for efficiency in the fishery. The main objective of this dissertation is to develop a multiobjective bioeconomic policy model of the Pacific whiting fishery in the United States. The purpose of the model is to analyze the implications (trade-offs) of resource allocation alternatives on the level of three policy objectives PVNR, production, and female spawning biomass. Pareto optimal solutions for the three policy objectives were generated under various specifications of the model by means of generating techniques. Three policy instruments were considered: harvest quotas, fleet/processing capacity limits, and allocation between the shore-based and offshore fisheries. Results were presented in the form of trade-off curves. The analysis suggests that policy objectives in the case of Pacific whiting are non-complementary. Instead of a unique "optimal" policy solution the Pacific whiting fishery policy problem possesses an infinite number of [Pareto] "optimal" policy solutions. The principal characteristic of Pareto optimal solutions is that in moving from one to another, the objectives must be traded-off among each other. In spite of the uncertainties regarding the dynamics of the Pacific whiting fishery, the preliminary nature of the data and the simplistic specification of the model, the analysis in this work demonstrates the potential benefits of vector optimization for fishery policy development and analysis. / Graduation date: 1993

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This study analyzes the divisions, attitudes, and background characteristics of political consultants. The political consulting field has grown greatly within the last decade, and a growing amount of attention is being paid to these once obscure political professionals. To help answer some of the questions raised about the political consulting field, I have written this thesis. The first part is an overview of the history of political consulting. The history tracks the growing use of political consultants in political campaigns, as well as the birth of new campaign technologies and their effect.The second part of the thesis is an examination of some of the major areas of political consulting. These areas include Campaign Planning/Management, Computer Listing, Direct Mail, Fundraising, Media Planning/Production/Placement, Phone Banks, Political Action Committee Solicitation, Public Opinion Polling/Surveys, Public Relations, Research, Speechwriting, Vote Demographic Analysis, and Voter Contact/Turnout.The third part of the thesis is a description of, and the results of a survey conducted of political consultants. The questionnaire probed into areas such as ideology, party preference, attitudes toward the electorate, candidates, and campaign services. Also explored were motivating factors in taking on a campaign, advantages and disadvantages of being a political consultant, and their involvement in regional/international political consulting.The results of the survey are described in terms of frequency distribution and cross tabulation by campaign service areas in an analysis of the findings at the end of the thesis.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. / Title from title screen (viewed June 28, 2005). "June 2004." Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-61). Also issued in paper format.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of History, 2005. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: A, page: 0306. Adviser: Wendy Gamber. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed Dec. 13, 2006)."