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• Futurist Andy Hines to Lead Workshop on '…Seeing What's Next'

  - 2007-06-04

  Attendees to learn how to prepare and plan for future HOUSTON -- Futurist Andy Hines, director of consulting with Washington, D.C.-based Social Technologies and University of Houston adjunct professor, is leading a unique workshop sponsored by IABC/Houston on Thursday, June 14, entitled Inside a Futurist's Tool Kit: Figuring Out...

  Tags: CAREER, Outsourcing, PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, University of Houston, workshop

• IABC/Houston January Program Features Dr. Peter C. Bishop

  - 2006-01-09

  HOUSTON -- Futurist and Associate Professor in the College of Technology and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Futures Studies, University of Houston Will Discuss "Riding the Future's Waves of Creative Destruction" What: Local Futurist Peter C. Bishop, Ph.D., recently told the Houston Chronicle that information technology is...

  Tags: Dr., Government, Houston, MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES, University of Houston

• World Oil appoints engineering editor

  - 2005-09-01

  Victor A. Schmidt was named Drilling Engineering Editor of World Oil. He earned a BS in Geology from the University of Florida in 1974 and began his oil industry career with Getty Oil the following year. Schmidt has worked as a geologist and geophysical interpreter with Getty Oil and other...

  Tags: editor, geology, Outsourcing, PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, University of Houston

• Plant Survival, Market Fundamentals And Trade Liberalization

  BNET - 2005-06-01

  Plant turnover increases aggregate productivity when efficient producers are more likely to survive. Given high entry and exit rates and the potential importance of net entry in accounting for aggregate productivity, in this paper we examine the determinants of plant exits and then examine how exits and other forms of...

  Tags: University Of Houston, Productivity, Liberalization, Free Trade, Finance

• A glimpse into today's engineering classrooms

  - 2005-03-01

  Engineers in the U.S. number more than two million, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Job openings are expected to increase by 10% to 20% between now and 2006. Jobs for electrical engineers, the largest segment of the engineering specialties, are expected to increase 21 % to 35% over...

  Tags: computer, engineering, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, Robots, University of Houston

• Short-Term Incentives

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  Short-term incentives refer to the benefits provided to the employees of the organization, in addition to their base pay. In granting these incentives, employees are analyzed from four different perspective viz. individual contributors, team members, work units, and organization members. Scanlon plan envisages the envisioning of ideas and concepts by...

  Tags: Incentive, University Of Houston, Productivity, Sales Force Management, Sales

• University of Houston, Sun Microsystems Work on Environmental Computer Grid.

  - 2001-11-19

  Environmental News Network, Berkeley, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 19--Solving complex environmental problems and getting the most out of energy resources starts with obtaining the most complete and correct information. Now, a new collaboration between Sun Microsystems and the University of...

  Tags: computer, Houston, PRODUCTIVITY, Sun Microsystems Inc., University of Houston

• University of Houston leverages Sun Grid computing technology for environmental modeling and seismic imaging; Sun provides Grid computing engine to facilitate state- of- the-art enhancements in scientific applications development.

  - 2001-11-13

  M2 PRESSWIRE-13 November 2001-Sun Microsystems: University of Houston leverages Sun Grid computing technology for environmental modeling and seismic imaging; Sun provides Grid computing engine to facilitate state- of- the-art enhancements in scientific applications development C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12112001 ...

  Tags: computer, imaging, modeling, NETWORKING, PRODUCTIVITY, Sun Microsystems Inc., University of Houston

• Eric's, Houston

  - 2000-08-21

  The main dining room at the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston reopened in February after being closed for a year, with new interiors, a commercial kitchen and a new menu. Eric's restaurant -- named for Conrad Hilton's son who was...

  Tags: cheese, Hilton Hotels Corp., Houston, Manufacturing, PRODUCTIVITY, University of Houston