Thesis--Münster. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (23 p. at end).

Thesis--Münster. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (23 p. at end).

Saarbrücken, Univ., Diss., 1993. / Computerdatei im Fernzugriff.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1974. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

Universiẗat, Diss., 1993--Saarbrücken.

This case looks at organizational change, funding and environmental concerns that occurred as the company shifted its focus from the military to the commercial. After its acquisition by Boeing in 1996, it developed a vigorous employee involvement program. EI and workforce training were the two key mechanisms to mitigate instability. 120 EI groups developed plus six self-directed teams. Negotiated between the UAW union and Rockwell International in 1990, the EI program creates an opportunity to say how work is done, which represents an important culture change occurs. Leadership skills are just as important to success are technical skills. Rocketdyne is still faced with organizational and cultural change challenges, through the growth in the space sector.

ABCM is an accounting tool that can help companies recognize true costs and make critical choices. ABCM is designed to help firms shift their priorities from individual products to the overall manufacturing environment. BCAG is the world's largest manufacturer of commercial airplanes. It is crucial to move the corporate financial department from account role to that of business partner. The ABCM model organizes activities in terms of their relationship to final cost objects. Looking at two pilot studies, this case study shows the benefits that can be reaped from ABCM implementation. The IAM has supported the adoption of ABCM as a way to get at the true costs of production. There is caution, however, that ABCM is not a panacea.

Substance abuse and dependence has been a problem in the United States for over 100 years (Whitebread, 1995). In the past two decades the abuse and dependence of methamphetamine has increased and the rates have remained steady (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2004). Advances have been made in the development of treatments for substance abuse and dependence. Research has continued to show that treatment modalities enhanced by case management services are more effective in the treatment of substance abuse and dependence. There has also been progress made in the research regarding the therapeutic benefits of employment for persons with substance abuse and dependence. However, the research regarding methamphetamine abuse and dependence is lacking in regards to the effects of employment, and the case management needs of this population. The aim of this study is to expand research on methamphetamine abuse, dependence, and treatment. By using variables including measures of demographics, education, income, utilization of substance abuse treatment services, healthcare coverage, measures of mental health status, measures of physical health status, and measures of arrest record to predict employment status of persons who report methamphetamine use, implications were developed for treatment providers and case managers to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of treatment. The present study utilized the 2006 and 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data to determine if measures of demographics, education, income, utilization of substance abuse treatment services, healthcare coverage, measures of mental health status, measures of physical health status, and measures of arrest record have significant associations to employment status of persons who report methamphetamine use. A chi-square analysis was used to determine which variables have significant associations to employment status. In addition, this study sought to determine if these independent variables are significant predictors of employment status among methamphetamine users. A binary logistic regression analysis was used to predict employment. The results of the study showed that several of the independent variables had significant associations to employment status of persons who report methamphetamine use. However, the binary logistic regression analysis only resulted in one significant predictor. The results of this study were used to develop implications for case managers.

Thesis (D.N.S.)--Boston University. Missing pages 47, 48 in numbering only. / This is an exploratory study involving the total psychotherapeutic approach within an institutional setting, where a psychiatric resident and a doctoral student in nursing combine their efforts over a period of two years in co-therapy with a borderline schizophrenic female patient. Graphs and tables of major events in time sequence are used to investigate the relationships between crisis situations on the ward, emotionally hazardous situations in the patient's personal life, emotionally hazardous situations in the psychotherapy setting, and critical events in the therapeutic team conflict, as they coincide with the disturbed behavior exhibited by the patient. Significant comments made by the treatment team, their advisors, and the patient are used to elaborate on the interactions and reactions [TRUNCATED]

Community case management services provide targeted care to patients with long term health conditions (LTCs) and complex needs, at high risk of adverse events such as emergency hospital admissions. However, there is no standardised evidence informed programme for providing such care, including for patient monitoring. The complexity of older patients, those most likely to have multiple LTCs, and who often present with frailty and atypical symptoms, enhance the difficulty of on-going monitoring and targeting of care. There is an established relationship between ageing and LTCs, frailty and muscle strength, and function and service use, suggesting that muscle strength may be a useful aid to monitoring. Whilst muscle strength is a known indicator for future health, it is not known whether monitoring it is feasible or useful as a short term indicator in older people, especially those at high risk of adverse events. Patients are initially identified for case management by predictive modelling and/or clinical judgement, but little is known about the patients who go on to receive such care. The feasibility and usefulness of routine measures of muscle strength to help clinicians provide timely interventions were investigated alongside case management patients’ health, functional and physical status. An initial pilot study in healthy older adults (n=21) investigated four portable measures of strength, grip strength, sniff nasal inspiratory pressure (SNIP), peak inspiratory flow (PIF) and peak expiratory flow (PEF), and confirmed, via the collection of repeated measures at two time points one week apart, the reliability and acceptability of all but SNIP. A follow on feasibility study explored the acceptability and stability of the three successfully piloted measures in case management patients (n=8) and clinicians (n=5) via researcher administered questionnaire, with the reliability and stability of the measures assessed using a variety of statistical tests including intra-class correlation coefficients and Bland-Altman plots, on data collected over a maximum 7 week period. Concurrently measures of physical and functional ability and health were conducted. A third study analysed routine primary and secondary care case management patient data (n=101), allowing the development of a health and demographic profile of patients, including an assessment of frailty. The pilot and feasibility studies confirmed the reliability and acceptability of three portable measures of strength, PIF, PEF and grip strength. The high level of muscle strength stability observed in patients over the short-medium term, despite adverse events, suggested that whilst monitoring muscle strength may be feasible it would not be useful over this time period. Analysis of routine primary and secondary care data, identified case management patients as predominately female, with age skewed towards the older old and experiencing high levels of deprivation. Multiple LTCs were commonly recorded, and a wide variety of conditions noted. Health service use varied greatly, with few patients recording frequent usage. A frailty index suggested that frailty was common, and highlighted the potential for the development of a useful frailty index using routine data to improve the targeting of case management services towards those who are most at risk.