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Moder and Nicki (MN) presented in a recent issue of this journal a resource allocation model in the context of an urban renewal framework. This model was developed under “certainty” assumption. The present paper extends the MN model to “risk” conditions in the capital budgeting framework of a firm. The paper defines an appropriate measure of risk and explicitly introduces the possibilities of borrowing and lending in the model. Further analysis shows that slight variations of the constraints in the model yield important long-run policy guidelines to the management for resource allocation purposes.

That Austria's monolithic refusal to tolerate religious minorities within its borders in an age of increasingly general religious permissiveness would not for long outlive Empress Maria Theresa must have been apparent to all but the most obtuse contemporary observers. Throughout the period of his coregency (1765–1780), Joseph II had made it plain on more than one occasion that while, unlike Frederick the Great, he did not believe that all his subjects might attain their salvation in whatever way seemed best to them, he was, nevertheless, aware that many of them would persist in assuring their damnation in spite of the best efforts of Church and crown to save them. And he was unwilling to let the obduracy of a minority of his subjects cause the state to lose their wealth, their services, and their loyalty. Dominated by such radical ideas on the place of religious minorities in a state, Joseph, State Chancellor Prince Wenzel Kaunitz, and Franz Joseph Heinke, once Kaunitz's man but now independently charged with drawing up policy guidelines for a subsequent reorganization of Church-state relations, were as early as 1769 discussing not the advisability of tolerating non-Catholic religions but ways and means of implementing such toleration.

Universities in Central Uganda exhibit shortfalls in the area of staff diversity management. This is threatening the development of the universities. However, hitherto, the reasons for the said shortfall were not clear. This paper reports on the findings of a study that delved into these reasons, with specific reference to staff recruitment policies and their implementation. It reports that the fairness of the universities’ employee recruitment guidelines and the way these are implemented are significantly and positively with the universities’ diversity management. The failure to manage staff diversity in a fair manner is attributed to unfairness of some of the universities’ recruitment policy guidelines albeit partially; adherence to the guidelines was found to be more significantly related to effectiveness in diversity management. Subsequently, the paper recommends elimination of recruitment guidelines that discriminate against some would be qualifying applicants and strict adherence to the policy guidelines that promote staff diversity.Keywords: Diversity management; Human Resource Management; Governance.

There is a void in policy guidelines for the responsible treatment of lower and middle management employees. While a ‘constitution’ to protect the rights of these people may seem problematical in terms of what it should cover, and who would administer it, it may be the least troublesome of all the possible alternatives now facing us.

This paper has examined the experience of the European Common Market with medium-term planning and programming since its establishment in 1968. It has been shownthat planning on the industry level and an inward-oriented economic policy are closely interrelated and that French planning was successful in a more-or-less autarchical environment. With entry into the Common Market, however, much of the usefulness of French planning has disappeared. In turn, its generally outward-looking stance, reflecting the interests of the other EEC countries in trade with non-member nations, has not been conducive to applying French methods of planning on the Common Market level. Programming in the EEC has been largely limited to the preparation of five-year projections and guidelines for policy making. But there have been substantial differences between projections and realization, and the projections have been of little value for public and private decision-making. Nor is there evidence that the Community's policy guidelines would have been followed by member country governments. The usefulness of projections could be enhanced if these were prepared for periods of 2–3 years and linked to multinational budgeting as well as to short-term policy making. In turn, a draft programme prepared by a group of senior statesmen, assisted by high-level experts, and subject to public discussion could provide a basis for reaching agreement on structural policies to be carried out during a four-year period corresponding to the tenure of the Commission. In this say, medium-term programming could become a programme of action for the Common Market.

Parole board members make two types of decisions about parole: individual case decisions and paroling policy decisions. The latter set the framework within which the former are made. Paroling policy decisions generally are not explicitly stated. The lack of clearly articulated policy guidelines has resulted in considerable criticism of parole board decision-making practices. This report describes a study being conducted in collaboration with the parole board members of the Youth Correction Division of the United States Board of Parole. The aim is to provide a feed back device capable of making more explicit the presently implicit policies used in making case decisions. A feedback device of this type may enable parole board members to: compare actual poli cies with those desired and take corrective action if indicated, reduce disparity in individual case decision-making by noting deci sions which appear to vary substantially from usual practice, and reduce the criticism leveled against the parole board as having unfettered discretion. The relationships between decision-makers' evaluations of four specific case factors (severity of the offense, institutional program participation, institutional discipline, and chances of favorable parole outcome) and paroling decisions are studied. From these relationships, a method of describing and articulating implicit paroling policy is demonstrated; and preliminary results concerning the relative weights given to the above factors in practice are described.

The Supreme Court decision in the case of Jane Lib vs. the State of Connecticut (1999) held that the institution of matrimony is unconstitutional because it violates the Eighth Amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment. This decision, while freeing some people from bondage, has generated a new type of sexual underclass. The social work profession needs to develop policy guidelines to serve this new underclass.

International liqidity may, for purposes of analysis, be classified as (a) Primary, (b) Subsidiary, and (c) Ad hoc. In estimating the total quantum of international liquidity particularly from the viewpoint of dveloping countries, we exclude ad hoc liquidity. The major supply of international liquidity is concentrated in the hands of industrial countries; while the major demand for international liquidity arises from developing countries which fall under Article XIV of the I.M.F. The problem of international liquidity, therefore, exists essentially for the developing countries only. This paper suggests policy guidelines to get over the problem.

Three hundred and twenty eight serial measurements of blood glucose (SMBG) performed in a Department of Medicine were rated by 7 experienced diabetes specialists. A statistical study showed considerable variation among the raters. Similarly, the ratings of the 7 physicians relative to the mean rating showed a great deal of individual variation. A highly satisfactory correlation was found between the mean rating of the 7 physicians and the M-value of Schlichtkrull as computed from 7 or 8 samples collected during the day. On the basis of these findings the degree of diabetes control for this population can be judged satisfactory, good or very good when the M-value is ⩽ 10. If the M-value is ⩾ 22, control is poor or very poor and major changes in the treatment program are indicated. Intermediate values, seen in one out of five cases, indicate the need for systematic consultation with a diabetes specialist.

Simulation is being used to attain a better understanding of many complex situations. In this analysis, GPSS/360 was employed as a simulation language to investigate the effects of operating policy guidelines and decision rules in the manufacture of component parts used interchangeably in the final product form. The analysis is developed on hypothetical data and interchangeable part mixture based on an actual manufacturing systems. A number of criterion measures are considered, and four policy decision rules are investigated.

The publication of visual material in the AIP Journal has been somewhat erratic in the past, but we hope to make more regular use of illustrations in the future and to publish a greater variety of photographs and drawings. Some policy guidelines may be helpful for potential contributors as well as for our readers.