Showing papers on "Resource management published in 1986"

Fostering and facilitating entrepreneurship in organizations: Implications for organization structure and human resource management practices

Abstract: Two particularly important factors involved in successful corporate entrepreneurship are organization structure and human resource management practices. By selecting and implementing the appropriate structure and practices, human resource professionals can systematically foster and facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship within their organizations. The more that new and different entrepreneurial activities are needed, the more that complete structural arrangements as well as policy and procedure flexibility are needed. In this article, structural practices appropriate for different degrees of entrepreneurial activity are described. But because appropriate structural practices alone are not sufficient for effectiveness, necessary human resource management practices are also described in detail. Throughout, implications for structural and human resource management practices in advancing entrepreneurship are considered.

Tropical Ecology and Physical Edaphology

Abstract: The ecological consequences of agricultural development in the tropics are described in this book, emphasizing the effects upon tropical climate, soils and vegetation, and proposing schemes for resource management. The results of deforestation, intensive land use and the use of agrochemicals and farm machinery are considered in terms of the alteration to the physical and hydrological prospects of soil, microclimate and productivity. The important role of soil biota and macrofauna in maintaining favourable levels of soil physical properties is also examined. The quality of the management of tropical resources affects the level of agricultural production obtained so proposals are made for suitable farming systems and soil management strategies which will both preserve the resource and sustain economic production.

Natural fire management in National Parks

Abstract: An evolving understanding of ecological processes, together with ambiguities in National Park Service policy, have led to multiple interpretations of the role of management in our large natural area National Parks. National Park Service management policies must be dynamic and responsive to changes in scientific knowledge and societal values. We propose that the principal aim of NPS resource management in natural areas is the unimpeded interaction of native ecosystem processes and structural elements. The case of the changing role of natural fire management is used as an example in developing this rationale.

A Handbook of Management Techniques

Abstract: Corporate management marketing management operations management information technology management science planning and resource allocation efficiency and effectiveness.

Strategic human resource management and firm effectiveness in industries experiencing decline

Abstract: Unstable economic conditions, in conjunction with other external and internal influences, have prompted attempts to understand the nature of organizational decline. While a number of issues have been carefully considered in recent theory and research, little effort has been made to consider the implications of human resource management practices for firms in declining industries. The present study examined human resource practices in three industries that experienced decline, and investigated the relationship of organizational performance with effective human resource management.

Handbook of Natural Resource and Energy Economics

Abstract: Some Basic Concepts. Economic theory of depletable resources: An introduction (J.L. Sweeney). The optimal use of exhaustible resources (G.M. Heal). Intertemporal consistency issues in depletable resources (L. Karp, D.M. Newbery). Analytical Tools. Buying energy and nonfuel-minerals: Final, derived, and speculative demand (M.E. Slade, C.D. Kolstadt and R.J. Weiner). Mineral resource stocks and information (D.P. Harris). Strategies for modeling exhaustible resource supply (D. Epple, J. Londregan). Applications to Policy and Forecasting Issues. Natural resources in an age of substitutability (P. Dasgupta). Natural resource cartels (D.J. Teece, D. Sunding and E. Mosakowski). The economics of energy security: Theory, evidence, and policy (M.A. Toman). Natural resource use and the environment (C.D. Kolstad, J.A. Krautkraemer). Energy, the environment, and economic growth (D.W. Jorgenson, P.J. Wilcoxen).

Resource management in construction

Abstract: Resource plannirtg and management is one of the most important ingredients for competitiveness and profitability in today's construction industry. In order to control costs, equipment and labor should be utilized in the most efficient way possible. This can be achieved by minimizing the total cost of leased resources under the constraint of maximum and most efficient use of owned equipment and contracted labor force. This paper presents a mixed‐integer linear programming model for the management of resources throughout the project life. Based on the Critical Path Method time analysis, the model derives the schedule for equipment rentals and transient resources, as well as the utilization scheme for owned equipment and other available resources. The model can be used as an estimating tool for multi‐project resource planning and sharing, and as a means to implement the most efficient utilization of resources throughout the duration of the whole project.

Risk-based decision making in water resources

Abstract: This book includes papers presented at the Engineering Foundation conference on Risk-Based Decision Making in Water Resources and at a session at the ASCE National Convention in Boston. The papers deal with the application of risk analysis to a diversity of water resources problems. Current risk-assessment issues confronting water resources planners and areas of uncertainty are evaluated. Requirements and procedures currently promoted by engineers in federal and state water resources agencies are identified. Decision analysis methods and/or models that can explicitly incorporate risk preferences are reviewed and identified. Dam safety, flood control, environmental impacts, and social aspects of water resources planning and management are covered.

Managing computing resources in intranets: an electronic commerce perspective

Abstract: Intra-organizational networks (intranets) are increasingly being developed for information sharing and collaborative work in geographically dispersed organizations. However, organizations are increasingly realizing that having an intranet in itself may not provide expected increase in productivity and benefits. Intranet resources have to be managed appropriately and with organizational goals in mind for intranets to be a meaningful part of organizational environment. In this paper we provide a framework to manage the resources in the intranets using the concepts of electronic commerce. Specifically, we propose the creation of an electronic organizational unit, intranet Resource Management Unit (iRMU), that manages user requests using a dynamic priority pricing approach. The iRMU integrates a dynamic priority pricing approach with the concepts of topology management, security management, and software-agents based service construction to create a comprehensive resource management environment. The contribution of this paper is to provide a framework that integrates existing technological base with economic pricing approaches to create an economics-embedded intranet resource management approach.

World Enough and Time: Successful Strategies for Resource Management

Abstract: How to improve living standards and promote economic growth throughout the world while still maintaining our natural resources and environmental quality. "A global blueprint for the future."--Al Gore

Game Theory Models of Fisheries Management — a Survey

Abstract: A survey of the literature dealing with the multi-agent exploitation of fishery resources is presented. The most common problems of fishery management include competitive exploitation of open-access fishery resources, non-cooperative and cooperative or bargaining approaches to resource management. This survey concentrates on papers which deal with dynamic game and control theory problems of resource modelling and bargaining.

Multiple use in the Snake River Birds of Prey Area.

Abstract: Ecological Relationships In the Area The Snake River Birds of Prey Area, which is managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Boise District, contains the greatest concentration of noncolonial nesting raptors (hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures, and owls) in the world. Each spring more than 1,500 raptors congregate to nest and raise their young in the sheltered canyons along this 80-mile stretch of the Snake River Canyon located south of Boise, Idaho. The Prairie Falcon, Golden Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, American Kestrel, Northern Harrier, Great Horned Owl, Common Barn-owl, Western Screech-owl, and Longeared Owl nest in this area at unequalled densities. The Short-eared Owl, Burrowing Owl, Swainson's Hawk, and Turkey Vulture are less abundant. Bald Eagles and Roughlegged Hawks commonly winter in the area, and 9 other species use the area during the non-nesting season. Many other uses, including livestock grazing, occur with this raptor concentration. The mix of geological features, soils, vegetation, and animal communities is found nowhere else in the world, and is ideal for supporting such a profusion and variety of raptors. The towering canyon walls provide a nearly endless supply of nesting sites, and the surrounding desert furnishes an abundant food supply. In addition to the unique raptor population, the area supports a large diversity and abundance of wildlife consisting of more than 250 bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian, and fish species. It also contains one of the highest badger population densities recorded, with as many as 13 badgers per square mile. The area is in the Upper Sonoran Life Zone with hot, dry summers and mild winters. Annual precipitation averages between 8 inches near the river and 12 inches towards the foothills. North of the canyon, soils consist of deep, finely textured bess deposits brought in from the west by Pleistocene winds. These deep, silty soils provide excellent substrate for burrowing rodents. South of the river, soils are primarily alluvial deposits, typified by outwash plains and "badlands." These soil differences result in variations in vegetation and prey. Vegetation in the area is typical of the shrub steppe, consisting of both pure stands and mosaics of big sagebrush, wi nterfat, shadscale, rabbitbrush, black greasewood, grass and riparian vegetation types. In 1980 shrub vegetation types

Creative management in recreation, parks, and leisure services

Abstract: Managers in the leisure-service system management as a professional discipline key management tasks - organizing, planning, directing recreation programming facilities development and maintenance creative fiscal management human resource management - maximizing staff performance public and community relations leisure services and the law - risk management concerns evaluation, research and management information systems the successful manager - future perspectives.

Hardware resource management

Abstract: An application programming interface enables system hardware resources to interact with application programs to provide a plurality of signal processing functions. Conflicting resource requirements by the application programs are detected. An application may preempt a currently executing application by claiming the hardware resources currently in use. The application from which resources have been claimed is identified so that it may be resumed when the required resources become once again available. Before the resources from a given application are claimed by another application, the user is provided a warning so that he may alter the order in which the applications are run.

Fisheries thematic mapping ― A prerequisite for intelligent management and development of fisheries

Abstract: ABSTHACT The relevance of Fisheries Thematic Mapping in the general fisheries context is discussed and the current importance of resource mapping, particularly in the new Exclusived Economie Zones of developing countries, is indicated. An historical perspective on development of fisheries science in long established fishing areas supports recognition of resource mapping as an important preliminary stage to fish stock assessment, particularly for coastat resources. Some methods of assessment that stem directly from such mapping exercises are referred to, as are the dangers of uncritical use of population models which assume that “dynamic pool” assumptions apply do geographicallg dispersed and contagious populations. A review of spatial considerations that affect various types of fisheries analysis is given. Some criteria, and a rougir classification of various types of applications of mapping in ftsheries are proposed, which include their use in fisheries prospection, in support of research vesse1 surveys, statistical and information gathering systems; the preparation of fisheries resource management plans and the leasing of marine culture purposes; coastal planning and environmental impact studies; and in support of negotiations on maritime boundaries and fisheries access agreements. The lime scales for updating fisheries maps vary between different applications. In some cases thc~ main consideration should be ease of updating rather than great accuracy - which is constrained by the limited posilion - finding capabilities of small fishing vessels. The need for promoting routine application of neu technology such as microcomputers and remote sensing in mapping, as well as suitable software for rapid compilation and updating of various thematic maps, is stressed.

Perceptions of Resource Criticality in Times of Resource Scarcity: The Case of University Departments

Abstract: In this article the authors discuss research they conducted that examined the relationship between the perceptions of respondents about the scarcity of support staff and faculty at universities and...