Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / This research sought to determine which skills were necessary for entry-level office workers in NH as perceived by secondary business teachers and training directors. 175 questionnaires of 263 were returned by secondary business teachers and 78 of 143 questionnaires were returned by training directors. Each questionnaire contained ninety-three competencies which were classified into seven general skill areas. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and Lotus were used to analyze the data. Methods of analysis included frequency distributions, percentages, cumulative frequencies, means, cross tabulations, t-tests, and paired t-tests. The ten most important skills reported were: read/follow written directions, accurate typing, keep confidentiality, take accurate phone messages, follow oral instructions, type business letters, answer the telephone, demonstrate good listening skills, organize work, and proofread. The two general skill areas of the seven which need the most improvement were planning, organizing, decision-making; and written/oral communications. The nineteen individual skills of the ninty-three which need improvement in instruction were: answer the telephone, handle outgoing mail, keep confidentiality, meet and greet people, organize work, place telephone calls, read/follow written directions, set priorities, take accurate phone messages, work under pressure, work with interruptions, work without close supervision, demonstrate good listening skills, follow oral instructions, proofread, speak clearly and accurately, spell and define words, use correct grammar, and write legibly. Nineteen of the individual skills had a significant difference when analyzed by size of company with the larger companies placing a greater emphasis on importance. There was insufficient data to draw conclusions regarding necessary skills by the type of business. Size of school, school location, and number of business teachers had little effect on the necessary skills needed by entry-level clerical office workers although teachers in Northern NH placed a greater emphasis on the accounting skills than did teachers in Sourthern NH. The major implication of this study is that more emphasis needs to be placed on planning, organizing, decision-making, written and oral communication skills. / 2031-01-01

Face-covering was studied in three purebred Hampshire flocks in Southwest Virginia. The method of evaluation consisted of the assignment of grades by each of a committee of graders acting independently. The scale of grades ranged from one for faces bare of wool beyond the poll to five for faces fully covered to the nostrils. By assignment of plus and minus values for those faces considered to fall slightly above or below an event unit, ewes and lambs could be separated into fifteen classes. Some points receiving attention in the course of the study were: (1) the method of visual evaluation of the face-covering trait, (2) the effect of fleece length on appearance of the face, (3) the effect of age on extent of face-wooling among lambs, and (4) heritability of face-covering. / M.S.

The ram C-1659 is the sire of more outstanding winners at the International Livestock Exposition from 1913 to 1938 than any other ram. Blendworth Herriard 45215, the sire of C-1659, is the most important sire of ewes the dams of winners at the same show. Concentrations in varying proportions of the blood of these two rams and other sons and grandsons of Goldmine, have produced more important winning sheep than any other blood or families used in the United States. As far as the age of either parent is concerned with Hampshire sheep, the offspring born at one age is no more apt to be a winner than the offspring born at another. A good breeding individual was apt to be so from the beginning. However, ewes for example, may respond very differently to two rams of unlike breeding as far as quality of offspring is concerned. Rams may differ in their ability to transmit desirable characteristics to their offspring on the basis of sex of the offspring. Some may sire better ewes, while some may sire rams of superior quality. This work suggests that there may be a 1:3:1 ratio among outstanding rams so that of five sires randomly selected, one would sire superior ewes, one superior rams, and three could do both equally well. / Master of Science

Thesis (M.Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1980. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographies. / The summit house is examined as a building type. The Green Mountain climate is analyzed. A site is chosen in order that specific, as well as general, issues can be addressed during the design process. Protection is provided from only those aspects of the environment which pose a threat to the health or safety of the users. A cooperative attitude is defined toward the site and toward the climate. Natural forces are harnessed to reinforce selected architectural intentions. Natural forms which have evolved in a protective response to strong winds and various thermal actions are identified . The most effective of these are subsequently composed of or contained in built forms exposed to similar stresses . The relationships between winter and summer uses are clarified. Building materials and techniques and the qualities of access and enclosure are varied in response to daily and seasonal changes in the climate and in the activities it allows. A positive attitude toward continuity with the landscape is used as a generator of local and total building form. / by Eliot Warren Goldstein. / M.Arch

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Boston University / A case study of a rural area wage and benefit survey in the Monadnock region of Southwestern New Hampshire, illustrating the conception, development, and scope of the survey and its effect on management practices and procedures in that area.

No abstract available. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1975.

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Theses (M.S.)--University of New Hampshire (Dept. of Zoology), 2008. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Theses (Ph.D.)--University of New Hampshire (Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science Program), 2008. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Theses (Ph.D.)--University of New Hampshire (Dept. of Zoology), 2007. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.