As a part of the theme of this session, which is concerned with the role of highways in the national transportation scene, your program committee wanted to have discussed some of the administrative aspects of highway transportation. In particular, it desired that comment be made on the problem of “Maintaining Effective Highway Adminis­ tration.” This is, I assume, subject to interpretation. If ...

At least two different administrative mechanisms are available for the small business manager to develop and pursue a competitive strategy. One refers to managerial skills needed to implement and follow the competitive strategy chosen by the firm. The other refers to the design of organisation structure i.e. how job tasks are divided, grouped and coordinated. This paper argues that the fit betw...

the purpose of this research was to study the effects of four personal and social variables including the age, literacy, job experience and size of herd on different variables such as implementing of managerial strategies in transition period, relevant costs of these strategies, average production per head and gross income of milk sale per head. for this purpose all required information were co...

Treatment duration for men with urinary tract infection (UTI) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is unknown. Fiscal year 2009 Veterans Affairs administrative data were used to compare men with HIV and UTI with non-HIV men with UTI. Antimicrobial selection and duration were similar. Shorter treatment (≤7 days) did not affect recurrence, suggesting that treatment beyond 7 days may b...

this research was administered with the purpose of studying the moderating role of female gender schemas in relations between feminine role models, job ladder and networking opportunity with procedural justice in promotion of women teachers in yazd, kerman and esfahan city. on the basis of the research aims, 280 women teachers were selected from above mentioned cities (from esfahan 100 women te...

globalization of economy and changes  in the world markets in decade of 1990 enhanced the role of management accounting in strategic management process. with the aid of management accounting concepts and techniques, the competitive edge of the manufacturing firms was improved to a large extent. in this article, the major functions and responsibilities of management accounting is described, rela...

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