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Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Return to Unity: The Philosophy of Lo Ch'in-shun, Paul E. Devore
Being an Assistant Principal, Becoming an Administrator: an Organizational Socialization Study, Connie Dickman
Civic Stadium Viability Study: A Regional Perspective, Dan Diessner, Tita Egan, Michael Harrison, David Taylor, and Michael Weeks
Evaluation of Potential Power Generation Projects for Entryinto Pacific Northwest Power Market, John Dorrance, Curt Mayer, Scott Samuels, and Patrick T. Van Hoomissen
Medieval Christocentric Imagery in Selected Novels by Georges Bernanos, Catherine Ann Elia
A Research Review of "Career Development Opportunities & Likelihood of Turnover Among R&D Professionals", Eric Etheridge
Design of a Digital Compensation Filter, Nader Fakhry
The Dream Team, "Only as a Team Can We Succeed!", Karla Fant, Ted Gribble, Tony Madarieta, Tahir Mir, Jim Snell, and George Schultz
A Critical Evaluation of Exploring the Success of Information Technology Enabled Business Process Reengineering, Karla Steinbrugge Fant
Management of Intellectual Property: Copyrights and Patents, Karla Steinbrugge Fant, Ted Gribble, Ed Juline, Vikki Scotti, Alex Tran, and Robert Woolridge
Open-Book Management, Karla Steinbrugge Fant, Ted Gribble, Ed Juline, Vikki Scotti, Alex Tran, and Robert Woolridge
Employee Involvement in Quality Improvement: A Comparison of American and Japanese Manufacturing Firms Operating in the U.S, Nandor Farkas
Dialogue and Critical Thinking in Personal Action, Amanda Elizabeth Feller
An Analysis of Oregon Department of Transportation Planned Highway Construction Projects for Selected Years from 1978 to 1992, Glen A. Fleming
English in the Workplace: Case Study of a Pilot Program, Kim Roth Franklin
People on the Edges of Dreams, Francesca B. French
Institutionalized Discrimination: Three Cases in the United States Military, Sarah H. Frost
The Watchers Team Self Diagnosis, Chris Funke, Greg Nelson, and Hieu-Tony D. Ngo
Increasing Semiconductor Manufacturing's Strategic Value to a Firm, Rob Gagnier
Selling the Body: Representing the Prostitute in Maggie and Sister Carrie, Debra Zoe Gahlhoff
Sustainable Development in the Third World: A New Paradigm?, Terry A. Gentry
Dream Team: Team Project, Peter Ghavami, Beth Gibson, Toryos Pandejpong, and Nattanon Pronanun
Effects of Concurrent Engineering on Make-To Order Products, Peter K. Ghavami and Robert Handfield
Effects of Receptive Language Deficits on Persisting Expressive Language Delays, Traci Lee Giacherro