Purpose – Presents findings of the recent evaluation of the Leading Modern Public Libraries development programme with reference to the management versus leadership dynamic. The programme provided a strategic intervention to address a perceived weakness in leadership development within the public library sector in England. Drawing on recent examples from the literature, the theoretical differen...

where z = (x, t) ∈ RN×R and 1 ≤ p0 ≤ N. By convenience, hereafter the term “Kolmogorov equation” will be shortened to KE. We assume the following hypotheses: (H.1) the matrix A0 = (aij)i,j=1,...,p0 is symmetric and uniformly positive definite in R p0 : there exists a positive constant μ such that |η| μ ≤ p0 ∑ i,j=1 aij(z)ηiηj ≤ μ|η|, ∀η ∈ R0 , z ∈ R; (1.2) (H.2) the matrix B ≡ (bij) has constan...

We consider a smooth Tonelli Lagrangian L : TTn → R and its viscosity solutions u(x, P ) characterized by the cell equation H(x, P + Dxu(x, P )) = H(P ), where H : T ∗Tn → R is the Hamiltonian associated with L. We will show that if P0 corresponds to a quasi-periodic Lagrangian invariant torus, then Dxu(x, P ) is Hölder continuous in P at P0 with Hölder exponent arbitrarily close to 1, and if b...

PURPOSE The effect of one pesticide spraying season on DNA damage was measured on B and T lymphocytes among open-field farmers and controls. METHODS At least two peripheral blood samples were collected from each individual: one in a period without any pesticide application, several weeks after the last use (January, at period P0), and another in the intensive pesticide spraying period (May or...

Hospital leaders face challenges from many different arenas--business, finance, and patient care. One resource often overlooked as a strategic asset is the hospital board of directors. Too often hospital boards erroneously assume or are forced into the roles of either micro-management or crisis management. Board education, which focuses on pertinent healthcare market information and strategic d...

Leadership has been a major topic of research in psychology for almost a century and has spawned thousands of empirical and conceptual studies. Despite this level of effort, however, the various parts of this literature still appear disconnected and directionless. In our opinion, a major cause of this state of the field is that many studies of leadership are context free; that is, low considera...

The 2008 crisis highlighted the linkages between the financial sector and the real economy, as well as between the corresponding stabilization policies: macroprudential and monetary (M&Ms). Our game-theoretic analysis focuses on the increasingly adopted separation setup, in which M&Ms are conducted by two different institutions (e.g. in Australia, Canada, Eurozone, Sweden, Switzerland and the U...

Relationships between strategic HRD practices and organizational learning were explored through a literature review. Organizations that learn and develop their SHRD practices have more opportunities to obtain and integrate the nine SHRD outcomes in the learning process: organizational missions and goals, top management leadership, environmental scanning, HRD strategies and plans, strategic part...