This comparative case study assesses the effects of an empowered staff management model on staff perceptions of the delegation of authority, opportunities to participate in decision making, supervisory relations, supervisory relations, prison management, job satisfaction and burnout. Indices of staff work environment were created by factor analysis of responses of 149 staff to organizational cl...

a former foster child, I am inclined to see the Irtish child care service as being tied up with red ^Pe. But fortunately, there are many people in he service itself who are trying desperately to cut l^'s red tape and to pioneer child care with a 'new ??k', similar to the methods already being used successfully in The Netherlands and Denmark, both these countries, the most outstanding ^aiity see...

In this study, we consider the problem of walking in an unknown generalized street or G-street, for a simple robot. The basic robot is equipped with a sensor that only detect the discontinuities in depth information (gaps). In the former recent researches some competitive strategies for walking the robot in street polygons have been presented. In this research we have empowered the robot by add...