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Item A systems analysis of Southwest Theatre Association: an internship(Texas Tech University, 1988-05) Norman, Stanley SainArts management in America is facing a major crisis. Because of new demands for skills in planning, organizing and financial control, full-time administrative roles have become more prominent in art organizations in America. Boards of many art organizations have become increasingly concerned with the quality of administration. There is a fundamental lack of trained managers in the arts. Establishment of a policy and procedure manual could relieve arts managers of dozens of decisions which would otherwise be remade almost daily. Written policy and procedure manuals make possible the most efficient achievement of the goals and objectives of the organization. The purpose of written policy and procedures is to provide the managerial infrastructure for achieving the goals and objectives of the organization, A set of guidelines or a model of procedures is needed in order to develop a blueprint for use by other art organizations in generating, collecting and categorizing their own policy and procedure. Every art organization that could develop a written policy and procedure guideline would save critical time. This study was executed in an eight-month internship with Southwest Theatre Association. The internship provided the opportunity to: (a) study and analyze the management operations of a typical art organization, (b) study archival processes and the methods of scholarly research, and (c) study available information concerning the collection, organizing and development of policy and procedure. The hypothesis of the study is that if a model of procedures aimed at generating, collecting and categorizing policy and procedure for one art organization is established, other art organizations may use it to increase efficiency and lead to more effective management. Learning the history and understanding the background of the art organization selected is vitally important to the success of the study. It is critical in determining the goals and objectives of the organization, as well as in establishing an organizational personality. The administrative and organizational history of SWTA is one of continual striving for continuity in leadership and increased programs and activities for its members. Officials hoped the combined result of these continual efforts would mold SWTA into a year-round organization, with the capability of providing year-round activities and services. Despite organizational progress, SWTA remains an organization with only one real function during the year. That function is the annual convention. As the Association nears its fortieth birthday, the idea of continuity and year-round service remains only an idea. It is the underlying basic objective in planning for future growth and development of the organization. The internship/study addressed many of the initial recommendations made by the Long Range Planning Committee (LRP) when it studied SWTA operations in 1987. This included establishing two-year objectives, job descriptions, and volunteer solicitation. The findings and recommendations made by the LRP in most areas are concurrent with the findings and recommendations of this study. A Policies and Procedures Manual, an Executive Director, and a permanent office location are the three most pressing priorities of SWTA today.Item Coyote (Canis latrans) diet in the Blue Range Recovery Area, Arizona and New Mexico(Texas Tech University, 2004-05) Carrera-Trevino, RogelioControl and extermination of wolves (Canis lupus) in North America has been associated with a coyote (Canis latrans) range expansion. With the natural recolonization and wolf reintroduction programs during the last few decades in some areas, wolves have eliminated coyotes. In other areas, coyotes maintain high densities in the presence of moderate wolf densities. Interactions between wolves and coyotes can have significant impacts on their distribution and abundance. The purpose of this study was to describe the coyote diet and compare it to the diet of the recently reintroduced Mexican wolf in Arizona and New Mexico. Scats were collected from April 1998 through October 2001, in an opportunistic sampling strategy. Scats were broken apart by hand and undigested parts of food items were separated and identified with the aid of a reference collection. We found that coyote diet was composed mostly of mammalian species followed by vegetation and insects. Elk was the most common food item found in coyote scats. Mexican wolf diet had a higher proportion of large mammals and less small mammals than coyote diet did; however, elk was also the most common food item found in Mexican wolf scats. Our results suggest that Mexican wolf diet although different from coyote diet, had less large mammals and more small mammals and was more similar to coyote's diet than previously reported. Considering results in other areas, we could expect that Mexican wolves will have a negative impact on coyotes.Item "Here is a place": an application of the group involvement approach to a readers' theater production of Southwest literature(Texas Tech University, 1971-08) Loving, M. LavernNot availableItem Prayers, poems and questions : plays that point toward the unknown(2014-05) Bender, Katie J.; Dietz, Steven; Lynn, KirkThis thesis document explores the open systems I have used to develop my plays throughout my three years at the MFA Playwriting Program in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin. Looking closely at two plays, The Fault and Still Now, from inspiration to production, I will chart how they are structured as open systems; the former a prayer, the later a question, and ask how these plays activate an audience towards the unknown.Item The Dallas wholesale ladies' apparel market: a case study of a market in transition(Texas Tech University, 1965-08) Fisher, Edward KayNot availableItem The Forgotten Races(Texas Tech University, 2005-08) Palmer, Curtis; Appledorn, Mary J. V.; Anderson, Amy B.; Hobbs, Wayne C.Not Available.