Authors:Claire Weeks, Andrew Butterworth,
Publisher: CABI
Keywords: welfare, broiler, auditing, measuring
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2004-09-08
List price: $133.00
ISBN-10: 0851998054
ISBN-13: 9780851998053

In response to concerns about animal welfare, food assurance schemes are now incorporating standards for animal welfare. This is particularly important in the poultry industry, where much attention has focused on the welfare of broilers (meat birds). However, there is as a result a greater need for scientifically-based methods for the measurement and auditing of welfare.This book brings together papers by international experts from the academic, professional and industrial sectors. It examines practical ways of measuring and auditing broiler welfare on-farm, during transit and pre-slaughter. R

Authors:Paul Martin, Patrick Bateson,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: guide, introductory, behaviour, measuring
Number of Pages: 238
Published: 1993-05-28
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0521446147
ISBN-13: 9780521446143

Measuring Behaviour is a guide to the principles and methods of quantitative studies of behavior, with an emphasis on techniques of direct observation, recording, and analysis. In the new edition, all sections have been updated and revised, particularly those dealing with the technology of recording behavior, and there are new sections on regression and multivariate statistics. As with the first edition, the authors strive for brevity and clarity of presentation.

Author: Panel on Review of the National Institute of Occup
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: workplace, respirator, measuring
Number of Pages: 81
Published: 2007-05-31
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 030910288X
ISBN-13: 9780309102889

Book DescriptionRespirators are used in a variety of workplaces including emergency response, mining operations, construction, manufacturing, and hospitals. In 2001, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioned a nationwide survey of respirator use in the workplace, the results of which were published in the 2003 report Respirator Usage in Private Sector Firms. The purpose of the survey was to evaluate respirator use and practices, including training practices and the value of respirator manufacturer’s instruction, in order to h

Author: Committee to Assess the Portfolio of The Division
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: enterprise, engineer, science, measuring
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2000-04-15
List price: $37.75
ISBN-10: 0309068924
ISBN-13: 9780309068925

Provides a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources. Also, provides a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the federal government. Softcover.

Author: Wayne W. Eckerson
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: managing, business, monitoring, measuring, dashboards, performance
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2010-11-09
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0470589833
ISBN-13: 9780470589830

Tips, techniques, and trends on harnessing dashboard technology to optimize business performance In Performance Dashboards, Second Edition, author Wayne Eckerson explains what dashboards are, where they can be used, and why they are important to measuring and managing performance. As Director of Research for The Data Warehousing Institute, a worldwide association of business intelligence professionals, Eckerson interviewed dozens of organizations that have built various types of performance dashboards in different industries and lines of business. Their practical insights explore how yo

Author: Peter Smith University of York.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: sector, public, outcome, measuring
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 1996-03-01
List price: $55.95
ISBN-10: 074840404X
ISBN-13: 9780748404049

Outcome in the management of public services refers to the impact of a particular public sector activity. This book provides a critical assessment of the way outcome is measured, exploring the need to balance objective and subjective forms of

Author: Adrian Henriques
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Keywords: social, footprint, managing, measuring, impact, corporate
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 2010-04
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 1844076539
ISBN-13: 9781844076536

It is widely accepted that sustainability has an inescapable social component, but companies find it very hard to understand and measure their social impacts. Why is this? This book, by noted CSR practitioner, consultant and educator Adrian Henriques, provides the first coherent approach to identifying, understanding, measuring and accounting for corporate social impact.Beginning with an analysis of the nature of corporate social impact and the role of the stakeholder, the complex relationship of social impact to economic and environmental impacts is explored. This naturally leads to an examin