Police unionism in Atlanta has received considerable editorial attention by Atlanta local news media. The need for collective bargaining rights has been uppermost in the minds of the police union members and other labor activists. However, opposition to such demands has been an ongoing trend, making it necessary for the writer to evaluate the percep tions of selected individuals of the Atlanta city government on the potential impact of collective bargaining in Atlanta Police Department. Regardless of the law prohibiting strikes by public safety employees, strikes do occur. As a result, the writer notes that collective bargaining should not be synonymous with strikes. The writer also learned that there is an absence of a statutory provision authorising collective bargaining in Atlanta Police Department. The significance of this study lies in its attempt through research, to devise a harmonious working relationship between the police, the city government and the local residents. The study concludes that the benefits of police collective bargaining in Atlanta outweigh whatever may be potential negative impacts. This study, therefore, advises the City of Atlanta to enact an ordinance allowing collective bargaining in its police department. Information obtained from interviews formed the primary data source, while literature review obtained from relevant labor journals and books formed the secondary data source.

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of testing as a tool for measuring minimum competency as it applies to occupational licensure. The primary purpose of State Examining Boards for licensure and certification is to protect the public from unsafe or incompetent practice of individuals in a profession or trade by which the public may suffer harm through loss of life, health or pro perty rights. The significance of this study is to examine the impact testing has in attempting to assess an individual's level of minimum competency for occupational licensure. In the current debate on occupational licensure, the following questions have been raised: How accurately can minimum competency be measured? What will be the standards for measuring minimum competency? Is a passing score on a State Board examination an accurate reflection of minimum competency? In an attempt to address these concerns the writer identified four areas of licensure testing that impact greatly on the credentialing process. These areas included: test validity, test reliability, test bias, and test policies. The main sources of information were informal conversational interviews and participant observation. Secondary sources included books, articles, lectures and journals. While the writer's findings were inconclusive, and many of the problems that are common with testing were not evident with the State of Georgia Examining Boards Division, Examination Development and Test Administration Section the writer offered several recommendations in an effort to improve on the efficiency of the Examination Section of the Board.

The primary intent of this paper is to examine personnel perceptions of the leadership style of the executive director of a medical center. This study is significant because leadership is the cornerstone of every organization. Based on the responses given, it was found that employees perceived the executive director's leadership style as autocratic. Also, a majority of the respondents favored the director's leadership style, and felt it to be beneficial to the organization. They stated that the supervisory channels are clearly identified. Relative to job satisfaction, and the issue of whether or not enough time is allowed for the completion of assignments, a large percentage of the respondents indicated that they liked their jobs, even though there were some employees who said they did not have enoueh tirr,e to complete their work. This study utilizes both primary and secondary data sources. The primary source consists of a seventeen-item questionnaire administered to fifty-two of the sixty-five staff members at the medical center. The secondary sources used were books, research journals, and a United States Health and Human Services Continuation Grant for Community Health Centers. Recommendations to improve the quality of work-life at the center are offered.

The primary purpose of this study is to examine issues raised against the use of evaluation as a mechanism for ensuring the attainment of the objective of comparable worth. The significance of this study lies in the fact that wage discrimination against female dominated jobs has been practiced in this country for a long time. Such discrimination contradicts the egalitarian posture that America attempts to project on the rest of the world. Thus, any efforts aimed at removing this sore spot on the American body politic is not only significant but also a step in the right direction. The major findings of this study are that critics of job evaluation raise issues relevant to its reliability, validity, choice of factors, weighting of factors and job analysis. In spite of these criticisms, the advocates of comparable worth maintained that job evaluation is still useful to assess job content and worth. This study principally relied on secondary data such as books, journals, and reports.

The primary intent of this degree paper is to provide an assessment of transportation approaches that are presently being utilized by human service agencies to meet and improve the mobility needs of their respective client groups. Also an attempt has been made to discuss"and recommend the option of coordinating or consol idating agency sponsored and public transit systems as a more cost effective and service efficient approach to the delivery of transportation services as provided hy human service agencies. In the past twenty years there has been substantial growth in both the number and percentage of elderly. children. mentally/physically disabled, and economically disadvantaged individual s in the United States. At the same time there has been a significant increase in the number of programs and the level of support aimed at addressing their health and welfare needs. Based on current population trends and greater life expectancy of the transportation disadvantaged group, its population will continue to grow over the next several decades. For the elderly, children, mentally/physically disabled and economically disadvantaged community, adequate means of transportation will continue to be a pressing concern. At the present time, there are a great many publ ic and private institutions and agencies dedicated to ensuring the mohil ity of these individuals. Public transit agencies are playing a lead role among these groups and the public transit industry, through the policies and services being implemented around the country, is reaffirming its continued strong commitment to providing the most effective and efficient means of meeting the mobility needs of the transit dependent. The main sources of information consisted of various federal, state, and-local level documents, reports, plans, manuals, and case studies containing relevant information on how human service agencies may provide and improve the specialized transportation services of their target clientele groups.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an objective analysis of the establishment of a Bachelor of Science Nursing Program at Morris Brown College. This paper is intended to assist the College administrators in better evaluating and assessing problems which may occur in implementing future developmental programs. It is important to do this study because nursing education seems to be an exciting match of educational opportunity and community need. Morris Brown College has elected to institute such a program as a result of data which reflect continuing disproportional black representation among currently licensed registered nurses. Also, current statistics show that 30 percent of practicing, black nurses graduated from associate degree programs compared to 11 percent of all non-minority nurses. The baccalaureate nursing program planned by- Morris Brown College will enable individuals to earn a Bachelor's Degree in nursing either at the entry level or as the next step in their nursing education. In addition, Morris Brown College is located in the urban center of Atlanta, and the inner-city population nursing care needs are both urgent and underserved. The activities planned by the college in connection with nursing program will include inner-city clinical experiences. Accomplishment of this educational goal will prepare Blacks and others for meaningful participation in mainstream society as health care professionals. The nursing program is important, also, from a financial point of view. It satisfies the requirements of the Secretary of Education and enabled the College to obtain an educational grant under Title III Special Needs Program, thereby providing the funds to pilot the project. Primary data for this paper were obtained through participatory observation and interviews with personnel from the following divisions at Morris Brown College: Natural Sciences and Mathematics; Social Sciences; and from the office of the Vice President for Develomental Affairs. Primary data was also obtained through interviews with: Ms. Carolyn Hutcherson, Director of Georgia State Licensing Board; Dr. Stephen Wilson, Associate Dean of the College of Health Sciences, Georgia State University; Dr. Cecilia H. Cantrell, Chairman of the School of Nursing at Georgia, State University. Additional data were obtained from books, journals, magazines and correspondence.

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This degree paper examines salary compression in the Department of Administrative Services of the City of Atlanta. The primary intent of this paper is to determine whether salary compression is greatest in the relationship between the hourly subordin ates and the salaried supervisors. It is also the intent of this paper to examine the impact of compression on morale, productivity, and turnover. Survey research was employed in the analysis of the problem. Additional data were obtained through the Department of Administrative Services-Bureau of Personnel and Human Resources in the form of book lets, pamplets, and computer print-outs. Also a wide variety of sup portive materials (e.g., books, periodicals, and magazines) was used. The findings of this study suggest that salary compression in the Department of Administrative Services is a problem that is most severe in the relationship between the salaried subordinates and the salaried supervisors. This study also revealed that salary compression lowered morale, decreased productivity, and increased turnover in the organiza tion.

The primary intent of this degree paper is to analyze the use of career/labor market information in the Atlanta CETA Summer Youth Employment program. In addition, an effort has been made to develop a plan which demonstrates effective use of labor market information within the current framework of the Program.

This investigation examined sense of community, interaction, and feedback. When the three variables are combined, they equate to what is called the human element. This research analyzed each of the variables independently and combined (the human element) in the traditional classroom environment and the distance learning classroom environment. Sixty six (66) survey participants were used to analyze the results of the study. The investigator utilized non probability sampling to obtain the study participants. The participants were composed mostly of undergraduate students who completed SW 350: Child Welfare at San Francisco State University. A survey instrument was created which was adapted from previous researchers' tools. The findings of the study indicated that there is no statistically significant difference in the human element in the traditional classroom environment and the distance learning classroom environment. Course format has a statistical significant difference on sense of community. Students' responses indicate that there is a difference in sense of community in the distance learning environment and the face-to-face environment. A chi square test was calculated. It concluded that students favored sense of community more in the face-to-face environment rather than the distance learning environment. Course format does not have a statistical significant difference on interaction. Course format does not have a statistical significant difference on feedback.