San Antonio College Library

Develops methodologies of use in assessing the impact of libray and information services with respect to the overall performance of corporate organizations, including return-on-investment and cost-benefit analysis, knowledge value-added, intranet team forums, and intellectuual capital valuation.

To make sure library customers are satisfied with what the modern library has to offer, one of the leading reference researchers has outlined practical methods for evaluating reference services. Whitlatch's library-tested tools will make it easy to determine what is working and what is not in the reference department. Her proven techniques will help you to: -- Create a planning strategy. -- Select the best evaluation tools for specific needs. -- Understand...

Discusses how forecasting is conducted, evaluated, reported and applied by academic, private, and governmental bodies, as well as how forecasting might be taught and what costs are induced by forecast errors.

"This survey of microfinance seeks to bridge the gap in the exisiting literature on microfinance between academic economists and practitioners." "The authors move beyond the usual theoretical focus in the microfinance literature and draw on new developments in theories of contracts and incentives. They challenge conventional assumptions about how poor households save and build assets and how institutions can overcome market failures. The book provides...

Essays, evaluations of employment creation and training programmes in the USA - examines trends and objectives of employment policies, 1962 to 1980; evaluates subsidy programmes for the unemployed, young workers and minority groups, the supported-work Experiment for the socially disadvantaged (drug abuses, exoffenders, welfare recipients), public service employment, and direct job creation; considers effect on income distribution and full employment;...

Abstract: In an attempt to trace changes in food production and food consumption since 1950 when the first statistics were available, this book deals with what has happened and makes no attempt to predict. Since 1950, the world food problems consist of a large proportion of the population of Africa, Asia and Latin America, where people are either undernourished, malnourished or both. Hunger has been attributed to both population growth and poverty,...

Presents an evaluation, from a legal perspective, of the main criticisms that have been leveled recently at the key global economic organizations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and its fellow multilateral developmental banks (MDBs), and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Three experts in Human Resources introduce a measurement system that convincingly showcases how HR impacts business performance. Drawing from the authors' ongoing study of nearly 3,000 firms, this book describes a seven-step process for embedding HR systems within the firm's overall strategy--what the authors describe as an HR Scorecard--and measuring its activities in terms that line managers and CEOs will find compelling. Analyzing how each element...

This text provides an introduction to personnel economics, showing how economists can make specific predictions and prescriptions for personnel issues that arise in business on a daily basis. The author focuses on compensation and its relation to worker motivation, selection and teamwork.