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Nero, Christopher, and Anand S. Dighe. "Analysis of Pathology Department Web Sites and Practical Recommendations." Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 132, no. 9 (September 1, 2008): 1423–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5858/2008-132-1423-aopdws.
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Abstract Context.—There are numerous customers for pathology departmental Web sites, including pathology department staff, clinical staff, residency applicants, job seekers, and other individuals outside the department seeking department information. Despite the increasing importance of departmental Web sites as a means of distributing information, no analysis has been done to date of the content and usage of pathology department Web sites. Objective.—In this study, we analyzed pathology department Web sites to examine the elements present on each site and to evaluate the use of search technology on these sites. Further, we examined the usage patterns of our own departmental Internet and intranet Web sites to better understand the users of pathology Web sites. Design.—We reviewed selected departmental pathology Web sites and analyzed their content and functionality. Our institution's departmental pathology Web sites were modified to enable detailed information to be stored regarding users and usage patterns, and that information was analyzed. Results.—We demonstrate considerable heterogeneity in departmental Web sites with many sites lacking basic content and search features. In addition, we demonstrate that increasing the traffic of a department's informational Web sites may result in reduced phone inquiries to the laboratory. We propose recommendations for pathology department Web sites to maximize promotion of a department's mission. Conclusions.—A departmental pathology Web site is an essential communication tool for all pathology departments, and attention to the users and content of the site can have operational impact.
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Vanblaere, Bénédicte, and Geert Devos. "The Role of Departmental Leadership for Professional Learning Communities." Educational Administration Quarterly 54, no. 1 (June 28, 2017): 85–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013161x17718023.
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Purpose: Department heads play a pivotal role in the functioning of departments in secondary schools. However, quantitative research about the role of departmental leadership for the development of professional learning communities (PLCs) in subject departments in secondary schools remains scarce. As PLCs are seen as promising contexts for teachers’ continuous professional development, it is highly relevant to study how department heads can facilitate PLC characteristics in their department. Research methodology: This study examines how two dimensions of departmental leadership (group- and development-oriented) relate to interpersonal PLC characteristics in departments. Survey data were collected from 248 experienced mathematics and French teachers in 62 departments in secondary schools in Flanders (Belgium). Two multilevel regression analyses were conducted with collective responsibility and reflective dialogue as dependent interpersonal PLC characteristics. We controlled for several demographic teacher variables and structural departmental variables. Findings: Our results nurture optimism about the potential of departmental leadership for interpersonal PLC characteristics. More specifically, teachers who perceive high group-oriented departmental leadership experience more collective responsibility in their department. Furthermore, teachers’ perceptions of both group-oriented and development-oriented departmental leadership are significantly related to the reported frequency of teachers’ reflective dialogues. Implications: This study suggests that department heads play a critical role in facilitating interpersonal PLC characteristics in departments. As a result, department heads need to be carefully selected and adequately supported. As this article is one of the first to offer a quantitative perspective on this matter, it offers an instrument for future studies and informs policy about departmental leadership practices.
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Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, and Farzana Shafique. "Role of departmental library in satisfying the information needs of students: A survey of two departments of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur." Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries 12 (December 1, 2011): 30–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.47657/201112822.
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The study aims to investigate the role and importance of departmental library in satisfying information needs of students. Perceptions of the students of the Department of Management & Business Administration (MBA) (having departmental library) and the students of the Department of Library & Information Science (LIS) (who did not have a departmental library) were comparatively analyzed. The study assesses the satisfaction level of the respondents from the MBA department with services of their departmental library. It also explores the LIS students' opinion about the need of departmental library. A questionnaire was distributed among 150 students of both the departments. The results show that most of the respondents from MBA department were satisfied with nearly all of the departmental library services. It was also found that most of the respondents from both the departments recommended the provision of online databases and Internet service for their departmental library. They also demanded more computers, digital collection and magazines/newspapers. The respondents from MBA department were found more interested in scholarly journals, multimedia services and audiovisual material than the respondents from LIS department. All of the respondents agreed that departmental library should be provided in all academic departments of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur.
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Joshi, Purnima, and Vijay Francis Peter. "A Study of Administrative Functioning of Different Departments of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore." International Research Journal of Engineering, IT & Scientific Research 3, no. 5 (September 8, 2017): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.21744/irjeis.v3i5.536.
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As the Administrative functionality has a vital role to play in the higher education system but loopholes lies in everywhere. The study taken up by the scholars reveals the present status of administrative functioning of various departments of D.A.V.V, Indore. Aim The aim of the study was to find out present status of administrative functioning of various departments of D.A.V.V, Indore. Methodology: A self-made questionnaire was constructed in order to find out the administrative functioning of various departments of D.A.V.V, Indore. Subject selection and Statistical Application Total (N) 70 participants have been chosen to get the data for the study. To see the present status of the administrative functioning of the various departments of UTD we have used descriptive Statistics. To find out the statistical result scholars have used Microsoft Excel and presented it graphically. Result and Conclusion On the basis of chosen factors, School of Education M=2.9 which rate the administrative functioning of the department 3 as per the 5 points Likert scale we have taken to analysis this department’s rated 2, which can be categorized as an Average. This department rated the least because of the poor administrative functioning. Conclusion: Administrative functioning through the department is `A’ grade accredited from NAAC but due to poor administrative work students and stakeholders are suffering to get their day to day work done. The result and conclusion can be reality check for the department to work for the betterment of their administrative section which can be a layout for the betterments of all the loopholes to cover up though this study.
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Fanani, Muhyar, Akhriyadi Sofian, Kaisar Atmaja, and Endang Supriadi. "Analisis Komparatif atas Hasil Tracer Study Program Studi Hubungan Internasional dan Administrasi Negara." JSW: Jurnal Sosiologi Walisongo 1, no. 2 (November 30, 2017): 207. http://dx.doi.org/10.21580/jsw.2017.1.2.2595.
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<div><p class="ABSTRAKen">One of the indicators of a developed faculty is the numbers of department organized by the faculty. In order to develop the faculty, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, the State Islamic University Walisongo had planned to prepare a new department. Applying the method of survey as a preliminary study, this research was purposed as tracer study. The research questions are those related to job acceptance of the alumni and how long the alumni to get job after they finish their study, it was revealed that the Department of International Relations and the Department of Public Administration have been assumed to be priorities. This study focused on six famous and highest rank state universities in Java having mentioned departments. Based on this research result, it was recommended to heads of the State Islamic University Walisongo to set up the Department of International Relations and the Department of Public Administration as the effort for developing the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.</p></div>
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Wensong, Yu, Wang Shujun, and Cai Xiaoshen. "Research on Departmental Collaborations in the Local Government Energy Conservation." E3S Web of Conferences 236 (2021): 03009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202123603009.
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The scientific and reasonable departmental collaboration is the key to effective energy conservation work carried out by local governments. This study collects energy-saving policy texts and energy efficiency data of 121 local governments, uses data mining, social network analysis, and related analysis methods to analyze the departmental collaborations in local government energy-saving, and reveals the main problems in departmental collaborations. The results show that: from the structural law, the collaborations with the Department of Water Resources should be strengthened, and the collaborations with Department of Culture and Tourism and Department of Education should be reduced, which can improve energy efficiency. The main problem of current departmental collaborations is that Department of Water Resources is facing obvious lack of collaborations, and the collaborations between relevant departments and Department of Water Resources should be strengthened.
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Nguyen, Diep T. N., Stephen T. T. Teo, Helen DeCieri, and Marcus Ho. "Perceived formal authority and the effectiveness of the HR department in Vietnam." Personnel Review 48, no. 2 (March 4, 2019): 551–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pr-03-2017-0073.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether formal authority of the HR department has any impact on line managers’ evaluations of HR department effectiveness.Design/methodology/approachTwo studies were conducted in Vietnam. Study 1 comprised a survey of 405 line managers to test the hypothesized model. Study 2 comprised a survey conducted with 155 line managers validated the findings from Study 1. Structural equation modeling and PROCESS macro were used to analyze the data.FindingsLine managers’ perceptions of the HR department’s formal authority had a positive and indirect impact on HR department effectiveness through the HR department’s strategic involvement and influence. Public sector line managers tended to perceive their HR departments as possessing a higher level of formal authority than did their private sector counterparts.Research limitations/implicationsThis study extends the theory of political influence as it applies to the HR department. Specifically, the study provides empirical evidence of the influences of an organization’s political conditions on the perceptions of HR department effectiveness. This study also contributes to the extant literature on HRM in Vietnam by showing how Vietnam’s HR departments can utilize power and influence in accordance with specific ownership types.Practical implicationsPublic sector HR managers could establish their formal authority among stakeholders as a way to enhance the recognition of HR department effectiveness. This can be done by relying on the presence of the traditional bureaucratic characteristics of the public sector which confer the HR department with formal authority.Originality/valueThe study contributes an understanding of the determinants of HR department effectiveness in the context of Vietnam. Research findings show that highly formal authority practices in the public sector affect the way line managers perceive the strategic involvement of the HR department. The more formal the authority, the more the public sector HR department is perceived to be involved in the strategic management process. Thus, formal authority is a prerequisite that public sector HR departments need to signal its importance among line managers. To have a long-term influencing role in the organization, the HR department in the public sector needs to develop its political and influencing skills. In contrast to this, the private sector HR department needs to develop a strategic partnership with line managers in order to increase its influence and perceived effectiveness.
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Wang, Xiaocan, and Jie Huang. "Department-specific collection assessment." Collection and Curation 39, no. 1 (August 23, 2019): 22–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cc-02-2019-0005.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the pilot project of collection assessment performed by an academic library for the Computer Information Science (CIS) Department specifically and share the experience involved in this assessment. Design/methodology/approach In this descriptive research, the library gathered and analyzed a set of evaluation reports for CIS-related print and electronic materials. This assessment includes analyses of physical items, periodicals, electronic resources, peers’ databases, faculty syllabi, as well as departmental allocation fund. Findings This project shows the importance of collaboration between the library and academic departments on collection evaluation and assessment. It demonstrates that the assessments of a department-specific collection can provide the library with insights into the quality of the collection and help librarians better understand the information requirements of the faculty and students in the department. By analyzing the data collected in the assessment, the library can spend the tight budget on the most needed core materials related to the curriculum and research of the department. This project provides a good example for future routine assessments. Practical implications The procedure, results and future work of this assessment provide other academic libraries with insights into and practical solutions to department-specific collection assessments. Originality/value The study describes a set of collection assessment activities specific to a disciplinary department undertaken by Spiva Library. Few studies have been conducted to study department-specific collection assessments. This type of study can assist a university library to develop a core collection in support of teaching, learning and research for individual academic departments.
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Modi, Dr Ashwin G., and Sushman Sharma. "To Study the working conditions Level in Rajasthan Healthcare Department." International Journal of Scientific Research 1, no. 1 (June 1, 2012): 49–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/22778179/jun2012/17.
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Hazels, Tabetha, Kelli Schutte, and Shelly McVay. "Case Study in Using Integrated Rubrics in Assessment." Journal of Education and Culture Studies 4, no. 3 (August 15, 2020): p81. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/jecs.v4n3p81.
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This case study takes a look at an integrated approach to assessment. The paper walks through the process of alignment of college mission and learning outcomes with departmental and course level outcomes. The department developed integrated assignments that are implemented across a four-year program to ensure learning outcomes. In order to assess those outcomes, the department developed an integrated rubric that is applied at multiple stages of the program levels as well as in various courses. This allows for feedback that is both summative and formative for future changes. The feedback loop has helped provide insight into course level and department level changes, but it has also enhanced departmental climate and work processes.
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Yan, Zehua. "The Impact of Inter-Departmental Games on Policy Advocacy of Industrial Association – With Technology Incubator Association in City T as a Case Study." China Nonprofit Review 10, no. 2 (December 21, 2018): 371–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18765149-12341348.
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AbstractIn the China-specific dual management system of social organizations, competent government department’s support for and supervision over industrial associations affect and even determine their political engagement and policy advocacy. By analyzing the technological incubator association in the city of T, this paper finds that when local government departments have overlapping duties and interests, the industrial association, if it can help the disadvantaged department increase the chips for the power and resource game, can receive more attention, support and policy discourse power from that department. Besides, in the local government’s management model, a big enterprise with scale and resource advantages has more chances to communicate and interact with the government department that’s superior to the one in charge of the industrial association, so the industrial association in which this big enterprise is a member can get more attention and support from the competent department, making it more effective in policy advocacy.
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Okamoto, John. "Personnel Department Organizational Development Study." Public Personnel Management 22, no. 1 (March 1993): 7–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009102609302200102.
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This article reviews the City of Seattle Personnel Department's comprehensive examination of the Department's mission, key programs, and its organizational structure. This review was undertaken in order to improve customer services and productivity, in the face of budget cuts and other reductions in resources.
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Tyrrell, Pascal N., Alan R. Moody, J. Oscar C. Moody, and Neda Ghiam. "Departmental h-Index: Evidence for Publishing Less?" Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 68, no. 1 (February 2017): 10–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carj.2016.05.005.
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Purpose The h-index is an established method for determining an individual faculty member's impact on the scientific literature. The purpose of this study was to measure and describe over time the combined h-index of a large university medical imaging department. Materials and Methods All faculty members from the Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, were identified from administrative records for 6 separate years between 2000-2014. Individual members' and the departmental h-index were calculated using citation data from the Scopus database. Descriptive univariate statistics were reported. Factors contributing to the change in departmental h-index over time were assessed using linear regression analysis. Results The number of faculty members increased from 117 in 2000 to 186 in 2014. The departmental h-index increased from 48 in 2000 to 142 in 2014. During this time period, the median h-index for faculty members increased from 4 (interquartile range 2-8) to 10 (interquartile range 5-19). Regression analysis revealed that for every additional staff member, the departmental h-index increased by 1.4 (standard error = 0.1, P < .01), whereas, by increasing the median h-index of members by 1 the departmental h-index increased by 15.7 (standard error = 0.6, P < .01). Conclusion Our study suggests that to increase a department's h-index, it is important to foster impactful research from within the faculty ranks of the department. The h-index of academic radiology departments is a meaningful tool that allows for evaluation from within and against other academic centres.
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Clay-Williams, Robyn, Natalie Taylor, Hsuen P. Ting, Gaston Arnolda, Teresa Winata, and Jeffrey Braithwaite. "Do quality management systems influence clinical safety culture and leadership? A study in 32 Australian hospitals." International Journal for Quality in Health Care 32, Supplement_1 (January 2020): 60–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzz107.
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Abstract Objective This study aimed to explore the associations between the organization-level quality arrangements, improvement and implementation and department-level safety culture and leadership measures across 32 large Australian hospitals. Design Quantitative observational study, using linear and multi-level modelling to identify relationships between quality management systems and clinician safety culture and leadership. Setting Thirty-two large Australian public hospitals. Participants Quality audit at organization level, senior quality manager at each participating hospital, 1382 clinicians (doctors, nurses and allied health professionals). Main outcome measures Associations between organization-level quality measures and department-level clinician measures of teamwork climate, safety climate and leadership for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), hip fracture and stroke treatment conditions. Results We received 1332 valid responses from participants. The quality management systems index (QMSI, a questionnaire-based measure of the hospitals’ quality management structures) was ‘positively’ associated with all three department-level scales in the stroke department, with safety culture and leadership in the emergency department, but with none of the three scales in the AMI and hip fracture departments. The quality management compliance index (QMCI, an external audit-based measure of the quality improvement activities) was ‘negatively’ associated with teamwork climate and safety climate in AMI departments, after controlling for QMSI, but not in other departments. There was no association between QMCI and leadership in any department, after controlling for QMSI, and there was no association between the clinical quality implementation index (CQII, an external audit-based measure of the level of implementation of quality activities) and any of the three department-level scales in any of the four departments, after controlling for both QMSI and QMCI. Conclusions The influence of organization-level quality management systems on clinician safety culture and leadership varied depending on the hospital department, suggesting that whilst there was some consistency on patient safety attitudes and behaviours throughout the organizations, there were also other factors at play.
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Zhang, Jun Li, Fang Wang, Qin Fei Yu, Ke Li, Wen Juan Ding, and Yu Wang. "Study on Multi-Department Joint Supervision Mechanism for Redevelopment of Industrial Contaminated Sites." Applied Mechanics and Materials 768 (June 2015): 660–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.768.660.
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There is strong demand for redevelopment of the sites of industrial enterprises having been shut down or relocated (hereinafter referred to as industrial contaminated sites) due to its good geographical location. Direct development of contaminated sites without any remedy and restoration will bring prominent risks of environmental security, health and society. The government must pay high attention to this issue. This paper analyzes environmental risks and relevant supervision departments in different links of the process from relocation to redevelopment of industrial sites. Based on these, this paper presents the whole-process mechanism for prevention and control of environmental risks of the relocation, flow (land use change) and post-flow stages involving several government departments such as industry & information department, national land department, housing and construction department and environmental protection department. This study could provide an important reference to the establishment of effective joint supervision mechanism for redevelopment of contaminated industrial sites in China.
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Clash, Thomas W., and John B. Delaney. "New York State’s Approach to Asset Management: A Case Study." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1729, no. 1 (January 2000): 35–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1729-05.
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The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has undertaken an effort to design and implement an asset management system for overseeing the state’s diverse and complex transportation system. The department has built an appropriate organizational and business foundation for the effective use of sound, integrated databases and technical modeling tools. For more than a decade, well before asset management attracted interest from the transportation community, NYSDOT has advanced this concept on four fronts: developing well-defined organizational roles within a highly decentralized department; designing and implementing a formal and disciplined core business procedure (the program update process) to cover both program development and performance monitoring; developing key transportation management systems (pavement, bridge, congestion and mobility, and public transportation), even without a federal mandate; and designing and implementing a state-of-the-art automated program and project management system that serves, in part, to integrate the department’s use of the individual management systems and maintains all essential data for developing and managing the program. New York’s experience strongly suggests that despite the difficulty and time required to carry out the key processes, these four elements represent the heart of an asset management system. When identifying and developing additional technical elements, state departments of transportation should heed the importance of building and maintaining an effective organizational and business foundation.
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Ishiyama, John, Tom Miles, and Christine Balarezo. "Training the Next Generation of Teaching Professors: A Comparative Study of Ph.D. Programs in Political Science." PS: Political Science & Politics 43, no. 03 (June 30, 2010): 515–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049096510000752.
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AbstractIn this article, we investigate the graduate curricula of political science programs and 122 Ph.D.-granting political science programs in the United States and how they seek to prepare political science teachers. We first investigate whether the department offers a dedicated political science course at the graduate level on college teaching, and whether the presence of this class correlates with the size of the department, the size of the university, the ranking of the department, and so on. We find that whether a program offers a graduate course on teaching is inversely related to the research productivity of a department, and that departments at public institutions are more likely to offer such courses than are departments at private institutions. Second, we conduct content analysis of a sample of syllabi from departments that offer such courses to ascertain the kinds of topics that are covered. Finally, we briefly describe some model programs that seek to prepare graduate students for teaching careers that integrate graduate student teacher training throughout the Ph.D. program.
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Aiello, Michael F. "Policing through social networking." Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles 91, no. 1 (January 31, 2017): 89–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032258x17690932.
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Researchers are starting to explore predictive models for departmental usage of opportunities to self-represent online. This is the first study to independently address police social networking in the US across a variety of social media platforms. Using the sampling frame of the 558 ‘self-representing’ municipal police department respondents in the 2007 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) data, I collected information concerning whether departments maintained active accounts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in 2014. The LEMAS data provides key independent variables concerning each department’s community-oriented policing commitment and technological sophistication. Ultimately, these organisational features are not predictive of departmental use of any of the three social networking sites.
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Eren, Mutlu Erkan, Fuat Altunbaş, and Mutlu Köseli. "Social Media Use In Law Enforcements: A Study Of Bingol Police Department." AJIT-e: Online Academic Journal of Information Technology 5, no. 17 (November 15, 2014): 7–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5824/1309-1581.2014.4.001.x.
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Kumar, Suchetan, and Karnika Shah. "Conservation and Digital Access of Available Rare Collections of Central Himalaya Region: A Study of Kumaun University." Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services 8, no. 1 (May 5, 2018): 27–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2018.8.1.507.
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The main objective of the study is to conserve and preserve manuscripts/rare books available at DSB Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. Eventually, digitized them and upload in digital repository software at G.B. Pant Library. A survey method is applied and twenty four (24) questionnaires are distributed to the twenty four (24) departments of DSB Campus, Kumaun University. In the survey, researcher got the total 53 rare books and 24 manuscripts from Zoology, Physics, Forestry, Sanskrit, and Hindi Departments. The manuscripts/rare books are not available in remaining nineteen (19) departments of this campus. Preventive and curative work is being done only in twenty four (24) manuscripts of Sanskrit Department, due to the scarcity of funds. After that the images was captured through camera then deciphering the manuscripts through subject expert and making digital repository of these rare documents in Dspace software. The result revealed that Zoology Department contains 44 (23008 folios) rare books of general zoology, entomology, fish and fisheries, genetics, invertebrates and amphibiology. Physics Department contains 1 (470 folios) rare books of spectroscopy. Forestry Department contains 3 (1208 folios) rare books of silviculture. Hindi Department contains 3 (500 folios) rare books aalochanaye and kavitaye and Sanskrit Department contains 24 (297 folios) manuscripts. The conservation process enrich the rare documents and digitization makes them global accessible. The purpose of this study is same and we have tried to make these said documents accessible within the library premises and save the rich heritage culture of Central Himalayan Region of Uttarakhand, India.
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YU, X., P. HOOFT, and H. DELOOZ. "Emergency department walk-in patients study." European Journal of Emergency Medicine 3, no. 3 (September 1996): 163–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00063110-199609000-00005.
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Kajal, Jha, Bhatta Pramod, and Shrestha Sirjana. "Study of Patient flow and treatments done in Patients Visiting Striroga and Prasutitantra (Gynae/Obs) Department of T.U. Ayurveda Campus Teaching Hospital (TUACTH)." Journal of Ayurveda Campus 1, no. 1 (October 19, 2020): 26–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.51648/jac.8.
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Striroga and Prasuti Tantra (SRPT) (Gynae/Obs) department is one of the most important departments in any hospital. A number of patients get effective, affordable and safe Ayurvedic treatments from outpatient services of different departments of Ayurvedic hospital. But the number of patients in the OPD of SRPT department is very less inspite of its importance. The purpose of this study is to find out the frequency of patients who got benefits from treatments and services provided in the OPD of Striroga and Prasutitantra department so that the awareness as well as quality of services can be improved and different programmes can be introduced in the future to increase the outflow of the patients in the SRPT department.
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Stoddart, Rick, and Evviva Weinraub Lajoie. "The Possibilities are Assessable: Using an Evidence Based Framework to Identify Assessment Opportunities in Library Technology Departments." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 9, no. 4 (December 9, 2014): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8mk6g.
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Objective – This study aimed to identify assessment opportunities and stakeholder connections in an emerging technologies department. Such departments are often overlooked by traditional assessment measures because they do not appear to provide direct support for student learning.
Methods – The study consisted of a content analysis of departmental records and of weekly activity journals which were completed by staff in the Emerging Technologies and Services department in a U.S. academic library. The findings were supported by interviews with team members to provide richer data. An evidence based framework was used to identify stakeholder interactions where impactful evidence might be gathered to support decision-making and to communicate value.
Results – The study identified a lack of available assessable evidence with some types of interaction, outreach activity, and responsibilities of staff being under-reported in departmental documentation. A modified logic model was developed to further identify assessment opportunities and reporting processes.
Conclusion – The authors conclude that an evidence based practice research approach offers an engaging and illuminative framework to identify department alignment to strategic initiatives and learning goals. In order to provide a more complete picture of library impact and value, new and robust methods of assessing library technology departments must be developed and employed.
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Pedersen, Anna Helene Meldgaard, Kurt Rasmussen, Regine Grytnes, and Kent Jacob Nielsen. "Collaboration and patient safety at an emergency department – a qualitative case study." Journal of Health Organization and Management 32, no. 1 (March 19, 2018): 25–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhom-09-2016-0174.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how conflicts about collaboration between staff at different departments arose during the establishment of a new emergency department and how these conflicts affected the daily work and ultimately patient safety at the emergency department. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative single case study draws on qualitative semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The theoretical concepts “availability” and “receptiveness” as antecedents for collaboration will be applied in the analysis. Findings Close collaboration between departments was an essential precondition for the functioning of the new emergency department. The study shows how a lack of antecedents for collaboration affected the working relation and communication between employees and departments, which spurred negative feelings and reproduced conflicts. This situation was seen as a potential threat for the safety of the emergency patients. Research limitations/implications This study presents a single case study, at a specific point in time, and should be used as an illustrative example of how contextual and situational factors affect the working environment and through that patient safety. Originality/value Few studies provide an in-depth investigation of what actually takes place when collaboration between professional groups goes wrong and escalates, and how problems in collaboration may affect patient safety.
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Elrod, Cassandra C., William J. Daughton, Susan L. Murray, Caroline M. Fisher, and Barry B. Flachsbart. "Repositioning An Academic Department To Stimulate Growth." American Journal of Engineering Education (AJEE) 2, no. 1 (May 12, 2011): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/ajee.v2i1.4272.
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The complexity of the market in higher education, and the lack of literature regarding marketing, particularly branding, at the academic department level, presented an opportunity to establish a systematic process for evaluating an academic department’s brand meaning. A process for evaluating a brand’s meaning for an academic department is developed in this paper using Keller’s Customer Base Brand Equity model. This process will aid academic departments experiencing perception problems or wishing to improve their brand to better understand their existing brand meaning and assess the alignment between the student market perception and the industry market perception. This systematic process for evaluating a brand’s meaning is presented as applied to a case study.
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Stockard, Jean, Jessica Greene, Priscilla Lewis, and Geraldine Richmond. "PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY IN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS: A STUDY OF DEPARTMENT HEADS IN TOP-RANKED CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENTS." Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 14, no. 1 (2008): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/jwomenminorscieneng.v14.i1.10.
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Yang, Guang, and Tian Tian Zhou. "A Study on Informatization Construction of Sharing “One Map” between Land and Planning Departments." Applied Mechanics and Materials 580-583 (July 2014): 2749–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.580-583.2749.
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Based on the full research on the recent information construction of land and resource department and planning department, and the requirement of the related business management, this article has a detailed illustration of the popular construction ideas, "resources sharing" and "One-Map", along with the construction conception of geographic information system with sharing "One-Map" between land and planning departments.
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Lee, Yi-chi, and Yong-su Han. "Comparative Study of ‘Chinese Literature Department’ and ‘Chinese Language Department’ in Taiwan." Journal of Chinese Language and Literature 112 (October 31, 2018): 181–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.25021/jcll.2018.10.112.181.
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Griffin, Melanie, Barbara Lewis, and Mark I. Greenberg. "Data-Driven Decision Making: An Holistic Approach to Assessment in Special Collections Repositories." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 8, no. 2 (June 10, 2013): 225. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8d03m.
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Objective – In an environment of shrinking budgets and reduced staffing, this study seeks to identify a comprehensive, integrated assessment strategy to better focus diminished resources within special collections repositories.
Methods – This article presents the results of a single case study conducted in the Special and Digital Collections department at a university library. The department created an holistic assessment model, taking into account both public and technical services, to explore inter-related questions affecting both day-to-day operations as well as long-term, strategic priorities.
Results – Data from a variety of assessment activities positively impacted the department’s practices, informing decisions made about staff skill sets, training, and scheduling; outreach activities; and prioritizing technical services. The results provide a comprehensive view of both patron and department needs, allowing for a wide variety of improvements and changes in staffing practices, all driven by data rather than anecdotal evidence.
Conclusion – Although the data generated for this study is institutionally specific, the methodology is applicable to special collections departments at other institutions. A systemic, holistic approach to assessment in special collections departments enables the implementation of operational efficiencies. It also provides data that allows the department to document its value to university-wide stakeholders.
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Misiūnaitė - Bačiauskienė, Eglė, and Palmira Jucevičienė. "Realisation of the Knowledge Management Process in Study - related Performance of Academic Departments." Pedagogika 115, no. 3 (September 10, 2014): 8–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/p.2014.024.
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The context of knowledge management determines the following research question: how theoretical constructs of knowledge management are realised in the performance of academic departments? The research aim is to identify the implementation of study-related knowledge management process at academic department.
The empirical research is based on the case study strategy. After targeted selection of cases, in-depth interviews were carried out at two academic departments, where groups of experts had been identified. The collected data were processed by criterion-based analysis. The Department X possesses expertise in education and methodological competence in curriculum construction and study process realisation; study-related processes of collective and individual knowledge management are articulated by study-related terminology and informal identification of knowledge in the process of social interaction dominates here; unfortunately little coordination is given to the acquisition, dissemination, creation, storage and application of knowledge.
The Department Y informally reduces the study-related knowledge to the concept of professionalism and knowledge of the study programme content; methodological competence of designing and implementing a study programme (module) is referred to as developing. In this context, the need for knowledge acquisition is realised by attracting external expert knowledge. At this Department, the process of study related knowledge is not systemic and strongly coordinated; individual not collective efforts prevail.
Summarising the analysis of the two case-studies, it is evident that a formalized system of knowledge management has not been yet created and implemented in the departments. However, the educational and subject-related competences of the department lead to unintentional knowledge management process that is naturally taking place through the process of studies management with the prevailing non-formal activities of organizational knowledge identification, acquisition, creation, dissemination, storage and application.
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Koch, Hope, Jie (Kevin) Yan, and Patrick Curry. "Consumerization-conflict resolution and changing IT-user relationships." Information Technology & People 33, no. 1 (May 21, 2019): 251–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/itp-11-2017-0411.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how the digital workplace, in particular employees using consumer tools at work (users), impacts how internal IT departments function and their relationships with users they have historically supported. Design/methodology/approach An interpretive, longitudinal case study highlighting how one IT department coped with the conflicts using consumer tools at work creates a trend called IT consumerization. Findings Internal IT departments manage the conflicts IT consumerization poses through an ongoing process of conflict and conflict resolution. This impacts the IT department’s relationship with users along three dimensions: IT-control, user-self-sufficiency and IT-user partnerships. Originality/value While there is an ongoing debate about internal IT departments needing to change, the study shows how one IT department did change in response to IT consumerization. The authors develop a data-driven model grounded in theories that explains how IT departments cope with the conflicts IT consumerization poses.
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Hedija, Veronika. "Gender Wage Differences in the Czech Public Sector: A Micro-level Case." Review of Economic Perspectives 16, no. 2 (June 1, 2016): 121–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/revecp-2016-0009.
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Abstract The aim of this study is to estimate the unexplained gender pay gap in individual departments of a Czech hospital, to find out whether this gap varies between departments and, if so, to identify the possible causes of these differences. To estimate the unexplained part of the gender pay gap, we use the average treatment effect on the treated (ATT), and to identify the causes behind differences in the unexplained gender pay gap we use a linear regression model. We find that the ATT varies significantly between departments. To explain these differences, we use selected characteristics of the departments: the department’s size, the proportion of women in the department, and the gender of the departmental head. We come to the conclusion that women’s wages increase relative to male wages as the proportion of female employees grows. On the other hand, the unexplained gender wage gap is not proven to be lower in smaller or female-led departments.
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Galina, Benjamin J. "Whither critique in the world language department?" Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 16, no. 3 (July 13, 2016): 305–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474022216652769.
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Language departments have long confronted a disciplinary divide between the study of literature and language. This divide in tenure lines and course content has engendered a similarly deep-seated divide in pedagogical practices. In world language departments, critique often seems confined, for reasons both epistemological and historic, to literature courses. Conversely, in language courses, instructors commonly utilize corrective feedback to train students to think like disciplinary experts. Is it possible then to define a signature pedagogy of the world language department? This article seeks to answer this question by locating a common disciplinary belief in the centrality of language to human experience. Examining the history of critique in teaching and learning in world language departments, the author traces this belief in order to propose a resolution to the departmental divide in the form of a “bilingual critique” that combines elements from both sides.
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Dichter, Heather L. "Corporate Consolidation and Content-Management Systems in College Athletics Web Sites: A Case Study of MGoBlue.com." International Journal of Sport Communication 7, no. 2 (June 2014): 234–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2013-0136.
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This historical case study addresses the issues related to the use of content-management systems (CMSs) in the production of a college athletic department Web site. The article considers the factors that influenced a university athletic department to adopt a CMS. Corporate consolidation among CMS providers frequently affected the options available to athletic departments. Using an in-depth interview with the primary individual behind the University of Michigan’s athletic department Web site, MGoBlue.com, this article also explores how the explosion of Web-site content and adoption of a CMS has transformed the workflow in athletic media relations.
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Shah, Divyesh, Rushabh Shah, Shaili Patel, Ronil Patwari, Sweta Rawat, Kashish Shah, Vidhi Parikh, Madhvi Panchal, Hiral Shah, and Krutika Khemani. "Study of Ayurvedic Dispensaries under Centrally Sponsored Schemes of AYUSH Department in Gujarat." Indian Journal of Applied Research 4, no. 1 (October 1, 2011): 306–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/2249555x/jan2014/89.
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Tingaz, Emre Ozan, Muhsin Hazar, Hacer Ozge Baydar, Belgin Gokyurek, and Temel Cakıroglu. "A Comparative Study of Students’ Happiness Levels and Thinking Styles in Physical Education and Sport Teaching, and Other Departments, in Turkey." International Journal of Higher Education 7, no. 3 (June 10, 2018): 163. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v7n3p163.
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The objectives of this research were to compare the happiness and thinking styles of undergraduate students in the Physical Education and Sports Teaching Department and different departments, and to examine the relations between the students’ happiness levels and their thinking styles. Using the correlational study design 661, undergraduate students were determined by a convenience sampling method. Participants were selected in terms of being easily accessible from Gazi University, which is located in the Ankara province, Turkey. The analysis indicated that the Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching students' average level of happiness was significantly higher than in some other departments. However, the Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching students' need for cognition was not significantly different from the students from other departments. Physical Education and Sports Teaching students' faith in intuition was significantly higher than the Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling students’. Besides, the happiness levels and thinking styles did not differ significantly by gender. There was a positive correlation between their faith in intuition and happiness. However, there was no significant relation between their happiness levels and need for cognition, nor need for cognition and their faith in intuition.
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Dunlap, Scotty. "Frametown: Addressing Declining Volunteerism through Empowering Female Engagement." Fire 3, no. 3 (July 7, 2020): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire3030027.
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The goal of this research is to identify the drivers that have resulted in an exceptionally high level of female engagement in the Frametown Volunteer Fire Department (FVFD) in the rural community of Frametown, West Virginia. Females comprise only 11% of the volunteer fire service in the US, however, they comprise approximately 60% of the Frametown Volunteer Fire Department, including the Chief, President, and Secretary. Structured interviews were used to investigate factors that have led to recruitment and retention of female volunteers. Interviews were conducted with 24 of the department’s 29 members with representation from female (n = 14) and male members (n = 10). Male members were included in the study to gain meaningful information from both gender perspectives as their story-telling added context to the evolution and current organizational culture of the department. Themes from the interviews included organic growth of the department, a sense of service to the community, a mentoring family environment, a heightened level of compassion as a value women bring to the fire department, and gender inclusiveness within the department as key recruitment and retention factors. The results of this study may provide insight into how other volunteer fire departments can increase female volunteers, particularly in an age of declining volunteerism.
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Reap, Mary, and Alexander J. Popovics. "Perceptions of a College According to Intended Department of Study." Perceptual and Motor Skills 69, no. 3_suppl (December 1989): 1347–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1989.69.3f.1347.
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Ratings of college characteristics by students intending to major in several areas of study were compared to assess whether they held different perceptions about Marywood College. Analysis indicated that some perceptions of characteristics differed according to intended department of study. The ways in which knowledge of these perceptions was used to improve marketing processes at the departmental level are discussed.
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Reap, Mary, and Alexander J. Popovics. "Perceptions of a College According to Intended Department of Study." Perceptual and Motor Skills 69, no. 3-2 (December 1989): 1347–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00315125890693-253.
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Ratings of college characteristics by students intending to major in several areas of study were compared to assess whether they held different perceptions about Marywood College. Analysis indicated that some perceptions of characteristics differed according to intended department of study. The ways in which knowledge of these perceptions was used to improve marketing processes at the departmental level are discussed.
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Wiebe, Donald, and Luther H. Martin. "Documenting the Delusion: A Case Study." Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 27, no. 3 (August 25, 2015): 279–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700682-12341340.
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This paper documents the lack of interest in creating an environment to promote a naturalistic study of religious thought and behavior at the Department for the Study of Religion (dsr) of the University of Toronto. Thedsr, it seems to me, simply exemplifies the point about the self-deception and delusion that characterizes many departments for the study of religion about their academic or scientific credibility that I make in the essay.
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Heryanda, Komang Krisna. "TRACER STUDY OF MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, GANESHA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION YEAR 2013 - 2015." International Journal of Social Science and Business 2, no. 1 (March 28, 2018): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.23887/ijssb.v2i1.13769.
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Tracer study is an approach that allows college institutions to obtain information about possible deficiencies in the educational process and learning process. It can also be the basis for future improvement planning activities. This tracer study research could see the illustration of two sides, namely the graduates’ side as the service user of the education institution and the stakeholder side as the graduate user. This tracer study aimed at getting an overview of the lecture program that had been obtained by the graduates, as well as the quality of graduates produced by the Department of Management. The target of this tracer study was the alumni of Management Department graduates in 2013 - 2015 and the stakeholders in this case were the service users of Management department graduates. The results of this study indicated that the graduates produced by the Management Department had an average waiting time of less than 12 months (1 year) to obtain a job. The types of jobs graduated from Management Department were mostly in the private sector, there was only one person who decided to become an entrepreneur. Most of the graduates earned 1 million rupiah - 3 million rupiah per month as the first income. Most graduates were satisfied with the aspects of learning gained during their study in Management Departments as well as the response about learning experience. Graduates were quite satisfied with the learning experience during the course in Management Department. The graduates complained about inadequate lecture facilities condition. It was certainly a serious significance to be addressed immediately. Most of the users of the graduates (stakeholders) were satisfied with the ability of management department graduates. It was just the aspect of English language skills that were still considered less. In accordance with English language skills, communication skills were also complained by graduate users (stakeholders). Keywords: Alumni of Management, Tracer StudyTracer study is an approach that allows college institutions to obtain information about possible deficiencies in the educational process and learning process. It can also be the basis for future improvement planning activities. This tracer study research could see the illustration of two sides, namely the graduates’ side as the service user of the education institution and the stakeholder side as the graduate user. This tracer study aimed at getting an overview of the lecture program that had been obtained by the graduates, as well as the quality of graduates produced by the Department of Management. The target of this tracer study was the alumni of Management Department graduates in 2013 - 2015 and the stakeholders in this case were the service users of Management department graduates. The results of this study indicated that the graduates produced by the Management Department had an average waiting time of less than 12 months (1 year) to obtain a job. The types of jobs graduated from Management Department were mostly in the private sector, there was only one person who decided to become an entrepreneur. Most of the graduates earned 1 million rupiah - 3 million rupiah per month as the first income. Most graduates were satisfied with the aspects of learning gained during their study in Management Departments as well as the response about learning experience. Graduates were quite satisfied with the learning experience during the course in Management Department. The graduates complained about inadequate lecture facilities condition. It was certainly a serious significance to be addressed immediately. Most of the users of the graduates (stakeholders) were satisfied with the ability of management department graduates. It was just the aspect of English language skills that were still considered less. In accordance with English language skills, communication skills were also complained by graduate users (stakeholders).
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McDonald, S. E., N. K. Chadha, and R. S. Mills. "Changing practices in the consent process for nose and throat procedures: a three-year study." Journal of Laryngology & Otology 122, no. 10 (March 3, 2008): 1105–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022215108001795.
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AbstractObjectives:To assess elective surgery consent practices amongst senior house officers from a selection of UK ENT departments, and to compare results with those obtained in a similar survey in 2002.Methods:A telephone survey of senior house officers in 40 UK ENT departments was carried out to assess departmental consent policies and knowledge of complications of common ENT operations.Results:Over 80 per cent of the senior house officers surveyed remained responsible for obtaining consent for routine surgery. Since 2002, there had been a significant increase in the proportion of departments which: used the Department of Health model consent form; provided patient information leaflets; and had an established informed consent protocol. Senior house officers' knowledge of specific complications remained poor.Conclusion:There has been a small change in the practice of obtaining informed consent, in accordance with General Medical Council guidelines. Many senior house officers continue to perform this duty, however, and the majority are poorly trained.
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Cheng, D., and P. Ku. "Emergency Department Organ-Donation Card Pilot Study." Transplantation Proceedings 41, no. 5 (June 2009): 1463–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.12.033.
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Crilly, Julia L., Gerben B. Keijzers, Vivienne C. Tippett, John A. O'Dwyer, Marianne C. Wallis, James F. Lind, Nerolie F. Bost, Marilla A. O'Dwyer, and Sue Shiels. "Expanding emergency department capacity: a multisite study." Australian Health Review 38, no. 3 (2014): 278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah13085.
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Objectives The aims of the present study were to identify predictors of admission and describe outcomes for patients who arrived via ambulance to three Australian public emergency departments (EDs), before and after the opening of 41 additional ED beds within the area. Methods The present study was a retrospective comparative cohort study using deterministically linked health data collected between 3 September 2006 and 2 September 2008. Data included ambulance offload delay, time to see doctor, ED length of stay (LOS), admission requirement, access block, hospital LOS and in-hospital mortality. Logistic regression analysis was undertaken to identify predictors of hospital admission. Results Almost one-third of all 286 037 ED presentations were via ambulance (n = 79 196) and 40.3% required admission. After increasing emergency capacity, the only outcome measure to improve was in-hospital mortality. Ambulance offload delay, time to see doctor, ED LOS, admission requirement, access block and hospital LOS did not improve. Strong predictors of admission before and after increased capacity included age >65 years, Australian Triage Scale (ATS) Category 1–3, diagnoses of circulatory or respiratory conditions and ED LOS >4 h. With additional capacity, the odds ratios for these predictors increased for age >65 years and ED LOS >4 h, and decreased for ATS category and ED diagnoses. Conclusions Expanding ED capacity from 81 to 122 beds within a health service area impacted favourably on mortality outcomes, but not on time-related service outcomes such as ambulance offload time, time to see doctor and ED LOS. To improve all service outcomes, when altering (increasing or decreasing) ED bed numbers, the whole healthcare system needs to be considered.
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Wiler, Jennifer L., Michael A. Ross, and Adit A. Ginde. "National Study of Emergency Department Observation Services." Academic Emergency Medicine 18, no. 9 (August 30, 2011): 959–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01151.x.
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Gabayan, G. Z., S. F. Derose, S. M. Asch, S. Yiu, and B. C. Sun. "218: The Death after Emergency Department Study." Annals of Emergency Medicine 56, no. 3 (September 2010): S72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.266.
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Cipriano, Robert E., and Richard L. Riccardi. "The Department Chair: A Nine-Year Study." Department Chair 27, no. 1 (June 2016): 16–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dch.30093.
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Ikeda, Yukihiro. "Estimation of Infectious Medical Waste Quantities on a Per-patient Basis: An Observational Study at a Hospital." Open Waste Management Journal 12, no. 1 (December 31, 2019): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874347101912010001.
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Introduction: Infectious medical waste management in hospitals is very important. The potential impacts of infectious medical waste discharged from hospitals on populations and society are considered greater than those of general industrial waste. Therefore, the estimation of infectious medical waste discharged from healthcare facilities should be accurate. The present study reports the quantity of infectious medical waste discharged per ward per day per inpatient by weight. Methods: In medical wards, the digestive surgery ward discharged the most infectious medical waste. In addition, the digestive surgery ward had the highest quantity of infectious medical waste per day per inpatient. Infectious medical waste quantity estimates based on beds were lower than those based on inpatients, with minimum and maximum underestimates of 6% and 21%, respectively. Results & Discussion: Infectious medical waste discharged per patient per day was low in the outpatient department. The operating room and the emergency department discharged 10-fold more infectious medical waste than the wards. The operating room, the emergency department, and the clinical inspection department accounted for 60% of infectious medical waste discharged from hospitals. Conclusion: Notably, there are considerable differences among departments when evaluating hospital waste, particularly in hospitals with surgery and critical care departments, which is different in the case of evaluations based on bed counts.
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Ponce, Francisco A., and Andres M. Lozano. "Academic impact and rankings of American and Canadian neurosurgical departments as assessed using the h index." Journal of Neurosurgery 113, no. 3 (September 2010): 447–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2010.3.jns1032.
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Object The authors undertook a study to estimate the relative academic impact of neurosurgical departments in Canada and the US using the h index, a measure of the number of citations received by a collection of work. Methods The study included 99 departments of neurosurgery with residency programs participating in the US National Residency Matching Program, and the 14 analogous Canadian programs. Three types of h indices were determined—one reflecting the cumulative work attributed to a neurosurgical department, h(c); one restricted to the cumulative work published over the past 10 years, h(10); and one limited to work published in 2 major North American neurosurgical journals, hNS(10). For an article to be included, attribution to a neurosurgical department had to appear in the address field in the database Thomson's ISI Web of Science. The three h indices were compared with each other, and their relation to other measures such as size of the department, degrees held by the faculty, and research funding was examined. Results Significant correlations were found between the citation indices and faculty size, number of publications and the types of degrees held by the faculty, and funding by the US NIH. Three types of authorship were identified: neurosurgeon, nonclinician researcher, and nonneurosurgeon clinical affiliate. The degree to which the latter 2 nonneurosurgeon categories contributed to the departmental h index varied among departments and can confound interdepartmental comparison. Limiting articles to those published in neurosurgical journals appeared to correct for the influence of nonneurosurgeons in departmental impact and reflect neurosurgeon-driven scholarship. Conclusions The h index may be useful in evaluating output across neurosurgery departments.
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kirkpatrick, susan. "E Pluribus Unum?" PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 117, no. 5 (October 2002): 1279–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1632/003081202x61188.
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Forty years ago, when my department was established as one of the first departments of the new San Diego campus of the University of California (UCSD), its founders had a free hand to construct a new model for literary study by recasting the institutional infrastructure that traditionally divided the field by language or language group. The initial vision, as summarized in the introduction to an early graduate program review, was relatively abstract:The Department of Literature was founded […] on the uncommon but quite logical assumption that there are habits of mind and methods of inquiry peculiar to literary study, whatever the language, and that the literatures of the world have more in common than the usual departmental divisions acknowledge. […] From the standpoint of research and teaching interests, [its structure] runs counter to the provincialism that afflicts many departments of single national literatures.(“Graduate Program Review”)