This paper combines new and old institutionalism to explain enduring differences in organizational strategies. We propose that differences in the influence of corporate departments lead their facilities to prioritize different external pressures and thus adopt different management practices. Specifically, we argue that external constituents who interact with particularly influential corporate...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democrats in the House and Senate for the first time are being offered the chance to respond to the President's State of the Union address with videotaped remarks delivered over the Internet directly to constituents WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democrats in the...
What is organizational effectiveness? Some arts organizations base their evaluation on the number of constituents served. Others define it as achieving a balanced budget at the end of the year. And yet others see the opening of a new building as proving their organization's effectiveness. But these, and many other...
Driven by rising service-level expectations in the private sector, nonprofit organizations are experiencing increased pressure to provide better service to their constituents and use contributions effectively. Many nonprofits have no choice but to seek ways to enhance service delivery with limited resources in an effort to reduce operational costs significantly....
Leadership is a reciprocal process between those who choose to lead and those who choose to follow. Any discussion of leadership must attend to the dynamics of this relationship. Strategies, tactics, skills, and practices are empty unless the fundamental human aspirations that connect leaders and their constituents is understood (the...
This paper presents national estimates of dietary intakes of macronutrients, micronutrients, and other dietary constituents for persons 2 months and older, by socio-demographic variables. Data on nutrient intakes are a crucial piece of information toward the determination of total dietary intake. Together with anthropometric and laboratory data, information on nutrient...
Kintera Inc. recently announced the launch of Kintera Sphere v8.0, its new social CRM system. The system enables organizations to drive all interactions based on comprehensive knowledge of constituents and provides a single, interactive system to manage relationships. Uniting constituents' online and offline experiences into one database, Kintera's social CRM...
Earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays sent out a questionnaire to gauge what's bugging his constituents, a ritual he has periodically gone through since he was elected to Congress in 1987. "Which is the most important issue for Congre Earlier this year, U.S....
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Physicians for Social Responsibility, representing over 20,000 medical professionals and concerned citizens nationwide, today called on Congress to heed the demands of constituents and reject the rush to war with IrWASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Physicians for Social Responsibility, representing over 20,000...
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- State Sen. Robert Ford has told thousands of constituents that Charleston news directors have conspired to keep him off the air. In a mailing to some 50,0000 constituents, the senator, who did not return calls, said that local n CHARLESTON, S.C....
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 7, 1998--Next Generation Network Inc. ("NGN") supports the California Senate and House of Representative as they work in support of their constituents and the entire State of California.
Byline: Bruce Geiselman The United States needs to re-examine its strategy for dealing with constituents of emerging concern in water supplies, according to an engineer who spoke at last month's Weftec conference. "It's time for a...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. /U.S. Newswire/ -- Long Rochester legislators received a strong message from AARP today on the need for drug affordability laws, emphasized by hundreds of Rx bottles filled with notes from constituents urging the lawmakers to pass importanROCHESTER, N.Y. /U.S. Newswire/ -- Long Rochester legislators received a strong message...
The French and German stock markets have corrected their overbought conditions, but the FTSE 100 has not. Meanwhile, the Dow and S&P are undergoing a mini-correction. A majority of Dow constituents now trade under their 20-day moving averages, w The French and German stock markets...
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. /U.S. Newswire/ -- Long Island legislators received a strong message from AARP today on the need for drug affordability laws, emphasized by hundreds of Rx bottles filled with notes from constituents urging the lawmakers to pass importantLONG ISLAND, N.Y. /U.S. Newswire/ -- Long Island legislators received a...
The FDA proposal to modify labeling regulation to require the term 'contains glutamate' to be included in highly hydrolyzed protein products will have a significant negative effect on the food industry since it sets a precedent for constituent labeling ofThe FDA proposal to modify labeling regulation to require the term...
A January 29 ASAE Town Hall meeting, "The New Realities of Congressional Communications," examined how recent events have made it challenging to deliver messages to Congress. Speakers Robert Neel, president, House System Administrators Asso A January 29 ASAE Town Hall meeting, "The New Realities of ...
After conducting extensive research to ensure the opinions of all constituents were heard, the Private Company Financial Reporting Task Force has unanimously recommended that a process be established to evaluate potential changes to generally accepted accounting principles to improve the usefulness of financial reporting for private companies. Specifically, the task...
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