Procedures Manual (LAPM)

LPPs are Local Programs Procedures. These documents are used for the rapid deployment of new procedures and policies between updates of Local Assistance manuals, guidelines and programs. They are numbered according to calendar year and order in which released. This is the 7 th LPP issued in 2004; hence, it is LPP 04-07. PURPOSE The purpose of this LPP is to: • Cite the appropriate authority for EEO Contractor Compliance pursuant to the FHWA Order 4710.8, dated February 1, 1999; as well as to provide standard “EEO Contractor Compliance ” review report procedures based on the appropriate authority. • In addition, this LPP makes corrections to LPP 04-01 Chapter 15, “Advertise and Awar

The challenges of change:Exploring the dynamics of police reform in Scotland

Despite a long tradition of pessimism regarding the scope for meaningful change in police practices, recent structural reforms to police organizations in several European countries suggest that significant change in policing is possible. Drawing on recent research into the establishment and consequences of a national police force in Scotland, this article uses instrumental, cultural and myth perspectives taken from organization theory to examine how change happened and with what effects. It highlights how police reform involves a complex interplay between the strategic aims of government, the cultural norms of police organizations and the importance of alignment with wider views about the nature of the public sector. The article concludes by identifying a set of wider lessons from the experience of organizational change in policing

“Rapid-Impact Interventions”: How a Policy of Integrated Control for Africa's Neglected Tropical Diseases Could Benefit the Poor

Controlling seven tropical infections in Africa would cost just 40 cents per person per year, and would permanently benefit hundreds of millions of people

From roses to bullets: the rise and decline of post-Soviet colour revolutions

The chapter explores the reasons for the colour revolutions’ successes and failures in the post-Soviet space. The article starts with an overview on the colour movement from the first stirrings to the present day. We then propose criteria that will be applied to our analysis, constructed on five variables. The factual analysis of individual countries that follows is built around these five variables

Systems Alignment: Linking Tertiary Institution Learning Modes and Graduate Attributes to Business Enhancement

In recent years moves towards flexible learning have taken many forms across the tertiary institution sector. Along the way, many formats and approaches have been trialed. Previous research has examined influences between tertiary learning modes and student outcomes, or the influences between student outcomes and graduate students’ employability. This paper takes a holistic view, and develops a Business Value Enhancement Model, which maps the tertiary institution learning offerings to student learning outcomes, and to business enhancement (delivered by employed graduate students)

The Ipad: A Tablet Toolkit Supporting Blended And Flexible Learning

Learning has shifted along the learning continuum from the traditional face-to-face classroom into interactive ICTsupported environments. The ‘cone of learning’ assists in understanding this learning shift. Emerging portable ICT content management systems (CMS) such as the iPad offer new student-empowered, interactive, non-linear, selflearning opportunities. The ‘interactive 3P learning system’ framework presented herein, enables researchers to test the effectiveness (and value) of the iPad as a mobile student CMS across blended and flexible learning environments. This environment enables testing for improved student personal interactivity (and recognition), and for improved student learning outcomes (measured (i) quantitative student-perceptions, and (ii) qualitative achieved-results)

Engaging Technologies-Savvy Consumers With The Internet Of Things

Consumers today engage in and with interactive online activities. These activities are compiled from a vast array of online-hosted components loosely termed the Internet of Things (IoT). At the same time innovative corporates are delivering latest IoT-related and consumer-targeted smart solutions. This paper proposes the MVL model as a pathway to examine consumer value relationships, and to then map these relationships against relevant IoT-generated revenue streams. Hence, by capturing and tracking their IoT savvy consumer’s actions and activities, the corporate can gauge the success of their IoT offerings

Extending the Biggs 3P Teaching and Learning Model: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

A structural equation modeling approach is used to build understanding of the Biggs 3P model of teaching and learning within the tertiary institution sector. A learning quality dependent construct is used to show the Biggs 3P construct blocks do display significant two way interactions between each and every construct, and so act as an interlinked system