BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. -- Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. announced today the implementation of an energy savings performance contract project with West Virginia University WVU to significantly reduce the annual energy and water usage at its Morgantown campus facilities. The project is being administered through a comprehensive program of energy-efficient capital...
Not long ago, West Virginia University was known more for students burning couches than the education those students received.Not long ago, West Virginia University was known more for students burning couches than the education those students received.
A 10-year, $188 million facilities master plan for West Virginia University's main campus was unveiled Nov. 10 before the university's Board of Governors.A 10-year, $188 million facilities master plan for West Virginia University's main campus was unveiled Nov. 10 before the university's Board of Governors.
MORGANTOWN - Without adding another wing or more shelves, West Virginia University Libraries is about to grow its collection from 1.4 million bound volumes to nearly 28 million.MORGANTOWN - Without adding another wing or more shelves, West Virginia University Libraries is about to grow its collection from 1.4 million bound...
Some of the more important outcomes of human communication are the perceptions of each other that are stimulated in the participants as a result of their interaction. A person's communication behavior has a major impact on the way that person is perceived by the other communicators involved. The amount of...
In this white paper the model-based estimation of the cost of capital, the common practice uses the average historical factor premiums as a proxy for the estimated factor premiums. But evidence shows that the common practice generates very inaccurate estimates. The article proposed an alternative way to estimate factor premiums...
This paper analyzes a market in which an auctioneer or system operator must satisfy a fixed demand at a fixed price, and attempts to minimize cost as indicated by sellers' bids. This situation may arise in wholesale electricity markets, e.g. when generation price caps are in effect. The paper shows...
The Performance Appraisal PA activity in an organization enables identification of strengths and weaknesses among employees in the organization. PA helps to evolve strategic training programs to equip the employees with necessary skills for job fulfillment. The paper examines the issues involved in conducting PA.
Employee motivation is the psychological feature that arouses an employee to behave in a certain manner for accomplishing certain organizational goals. It is imperative for the organization to enhance motivation level of the employees in order to bring out the best in them. Effecting suitable modifications in the job design...
The Service Level Agreement SLA is a written contract between the customer and the service provider that spells out the detailed terms and conditions of the service between the aforesaid entities. It is a tool to monitor the effective enforcement of the service clauses. The paper examines the concept of...
An organization can be seen as a social institution that has a concrete reason for existence. That reason is its pre-defined goals and objectives. In order to achieve the same, the organizational social entity has to coordinate as a cohesive group. Organizational Structure OS spells out the roles and reporting...
Organizational culture refers to the shared pattern of beliefs, assumptions, and expectations held by organizational members and their characteristic way of perceiving the organization’s artifacts and environment. It affects virtually all aspects of organizational life from the ways in which people interact with each other, perform their work, and dress,...
The paper looks at various motivational theories in order to re-design work in an organization and optimally utilize the available human resources. It emphasizes on incorporating growth opportunities and motivating elements in the work profile itself. It argues that this way job enrichment can be ensured.
MORGANTOWN - To keep tip with its expanding menu of offerings, West Virginia University Press has moved into a large office suite in White Hall at WVU and hired a full-time production and design coordinator.MORGANTOWN - To keep tip with its expanding menu of offerings, West Virginia University Press has...
May 24--West Virginia University is not skirting fair bidding and prevailing wage laws by funneling a construction project through the WVU Foundation, a judge ruled Tuesday. May 24--West Virginia University is not skirting fair bidding and prevailing wage laws by funneling a construction project...
Jan. 25--The American College of Surgeons has verified the Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center at West Virginia University as a Level I trauma center. Jan. 25--The American College of Surgeons has verified the Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center at West Virginia University as a...
Jul. 6--The West Virginia University president's chief of staff confirmed Wednesday that he called law school professor Justice Frank Cleckley after reading a newspaper account reporting that he might have a consulting role in a lawsuit challenging t Jul. 6--The West Virginia University president's chief of...
Nov. 3--West Virginia University wants to change the face of Jacksons Mill over the next six years, constructing a hotel addition with 78 new rooms, a huge barnlike "multipurpose facility," a gazebo-style addition to the trademark Mount Ver Nov. 3--West Virginia University wants to change the...