Author: Panel on NSF Decisionmaking for Major Awards Nati
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: science, foundation, national, decisionmaking, award, major
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1994-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0309050294
ISBN-13: 9780309050296

As part of its mission to foster high-quality scientific and engineering research, the National Science Foundation (NSF) plans, grants, and administers major awards to universities and other research institutions for national research facilities, multidisciplinary research centers, and other large-scale research projects. Although few in number, less than 100, such projects account for about 30 percent of NSF’s annual research budget. This book provides a useful overview of how such projects are planned, reviews proposals for merit, and evaluates ongoing projects for renewal awards. The

Author: Rashid Khalidi
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: war, decisionmaking, siege
Number of Pages: 241
Published: 1985-12-15
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0231061862
ISBN-13: 9780231061865

A fascinating and often terrifying firsthand account of the 1982 war in Lebanon, Under Siege vividly reveals the complex negotiations and military maneuvers which ended with the evacuation of the P.L.O. from Beirut. Rashid Khalidi, a Palestinian, lived with his family in Beirut during the siege and ensuing massacres. Using many usually inaccessible sources, such as P.L.O. telexes and government messages, and interviews with key military officials and diplomats, he tells the story from the compelling viewpoint of those living amid the fighting. Khalidi provides a carefully detailed picture of

Author: Jim Suhr
Publisher: Quorum Books
Keywords: system, decisionmaking, advantages, choosing
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1999-01-30
List price: $110.95
ISBN-10: 1567202179
ISBN-13: 9781567202175

Choosing By Advantages is a set of concepts and methods designed to make decisionmaking more effective for organizations, communities, and individuals. The system is particularly useful for strategic planners, engineers, consultants, and managers, though anyone, from families to the largest firms, will find the concepts valuable and simple to follow.

Author: Stuart Johnson
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: new, decisionmaking, defense, tools, challenges
Number of Pages: 390
Published: 2003-04-25
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0833032895
ISBN-13: 9780833032898

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War--and then the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001--transformed the task of American foreign and defense policymaking. This book outlines the dimensions of that transformation and sketches new tools for dealing with the policy challenges--from modeling and gaming, to planning based on capabilities rather than threats, to personnel planning and making use of "best practices" from the private sector.

Authors:Alan Meisel, Kathy L. Cerminara,
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Keywords: decisionmaking, life, law, right
Number of Pages: 1374
Published: 2004-03-04
List price: $280.00
ISBN-10: 0735546657
ISBN-13: 9780735546653

The Right to Die, Third Edition analyzes the statutory and case law surrounding the profound issues of end-of-life decisionmaking. Whether the situation calls for long-term planning or quick, unexpected decisionmaking, this cogent, one source treatise guides you through all the available channels for helping your clients reach the ultimate resolution. This comprehensive edition guides general practitioners, elder law, health law, and health care professionals through complex issues pertaining to passive and active hastening of death and such subsequent statutes as The Oregon

Author: Ralph L. Keeney
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: creative, decisionmaking, path, thinking, focused, value
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 1996-02-01
List price: $30.50
ISBN-10: 067493198X
ISBN-13: 9780674931985

The standard way of thinking about decisions is backwards, says Ralph Keeney: people focus first on identifying alternatives rather than on articulating values. A problem arises and people react, placing the emphasis on mechanics and fixed choices instead of on the objectives that give decisionmaking its meaning. In this book, Keeney shows how recognizing and articulating fundamental values can lead to the identification of decision opportunities and the creation of better alternatives. The intent is to be proactive and to select more attractive decisions to ponder before attempting any solu

Author: Terrence K. Kelly
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: data, decisionmaking, improving, workforce, technical, scientific
Number of Pages: 114
Published: 2004-09-25
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0833036513
ISBN-13: 9780833036513

Presents a conference convened to address questions about the adquacy on science and technology manpower in the United States.