This book deals with the effects that the baby boom is having in the federal service which managers will have to deal with. The author reports that there is a serious morale problem which, if left unchecked, will result in declining productivity and growing ineffectiveness. At the crux of the problem is evidence that inflation and policies of attrition have not only reduced the influx of college graduates into the lower levels of the public service, but have also put the lid on the rapid rate of promotion that was prevelant in the 1970's. The bottle-neck created by decision makers at higher levels who can no longer advance upward is being felt like a chain reaction throughout the system. There are indications that those who occupy both upper and lower levels of the public service hierarchy feel trapped in their current positions. The author puts forth a number of proposals she thinks will help to restore motivation and incentive in the federal bureaucracy. Average reading.
This book deals with the effects that the baby boom is having in the federal service which managers will have to deal with. The author reports that there is a serious morale problem which, if left unchecked, will result in declining productivity and growing ineffectiveness. At the crux of the problem is evidence that inflation and policies of attrition have not only reduced the influx of college graduates into the lower levels of the public service, but have also put the lid on the rapid rate of promotion that was prevelant in the 1970's. The bottle-neck created by decision makers at higher levels who can no longer advance upward is being felt like a chain reaction throughout the system. There are indications that those who occupy both upper and lower levels of the public service hierarchy feel trapped in their current positions. The author puts forth a number of proposals she thinks will help to restore motivation and incentive in the federal bureaucracy. Average reading.
Divided into logical easy-to-use sections, Neotyphodium in Cool-Season Grasses is an up-to-date anthology of the latest knowledge on the genus Neotyphodium. This thorough text covers the molecular biology of Neotyphodium endophytes and their effects on grass hosts, invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores, and the plant communities in which they interact. The expert editors also include information on the commercial uses of endophytes in livestock and turf industries. Researchers and teachers in grass research, extension, agronomy, and animal toxicology, and university libraries with courses in these subjects should not be without this important text.
For decades, dealing with the Middle East has proved to be a very divisive issue for the United States and Europe. During the Cold War, heated transatlantic disputes emerged over a host of issues including the Suez Canal, the Palestine–Israel conflict and the containment of Iran. Nonetheless, these differences did not significantly impair transatlantic relations due to the solidarity engendered by the Soviet threat in Europe. With the demise of the Soviet Union, common tasks in Europe no longer overshadow differences in other regions. The United States and Europe follow different approaches on the question of democratization in the Middle East. This difference is rooted in the respective political cultures on each side of the Atlantic. The United States’ appetite for democratization may be awakened by powerful strains of idealism, but it is also limited by powerful strains of isolationism—on one level, the US would prefer to stand aloof from the world, avoiding the dangers and compromises that come with engagement. American politics is not suited to the slow pace of incremental change, the sullying tasks of nation-building and the ambiguities of governing foreign cultures and understanding their practices. No such isolationism pushes Europe toward quick solutions. Indeed, Europe generally prefers slow and incremental movement toward democracy. Europeans favor engaging target states rather than isolating them, bringing about a gradual political transition rather than an abrupt change of regime. Just as it took generations for liberal democracy to take firm root in Western Europe, the EU is patient in its goal of exporting its model to the south and east. Despite the long history of transatlantic tension over the Middle East, some signs of potential convergence have recently emerged. Although the situation in Iraq remains unstable and uncertain, both sides of the Atlantic seem ready to put behind them the open acrimony that surrounded the war; and on Iran, the EU-3 (the United Kingdom, France and Germany) and Washington have been working in unison since early 2005. However, despite recent examples of convergence, considerable transatlantic differences over the Middle East promise to persist, becoming more and less pronounced in step with adverse and positive developments in the region. That these differences are rooted in contrasting historical experiences, political cultures and political systems makes it likely that disagreements over Middle East policy, as in the past, will remain a key source of transatlantic tension in the future.
This book considered the biological, ecological, toxicology, and chemical aspects of research topics as they relate to endophytes of grasses. Several chapters reflect the very pragmatic applications of endophytes and endophyte-infected grasses. Other chapters offer future applications for endophytes and are therefore discussed from theoretical viewpoints. This book contains the collective writings of an international group of experts on fungal endophytes of grasses, all of whom are directed toward, understanding, creating, and exploiting the positive aspects of endophytes. With this book, we are attempting to stimulate and facilitate future explorations of the grass endophytes.
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