This Week's Stories: The Clock Is Ticking Lowell Takes Over as Berkeley’s New University Librarian Summit on Ways Universities Can Prevent Major Losses from Disasters Kaiser’s Denton Named VC for Capital Projects Jenny Franchot, Renowned English Department Associate Professor, Dies at 45 Boalt Professor Joins 9th Circuit Court Report Sheds Light on May 19 Power Outage As Mexican Immigrants Adapt to American Society, Their Mental Illness Rates Increase Dramatically Experts Share Their Knowledge Through Regents’ Lectures Professor Robert Brentano Promises “Fast, Proactive” Academic Senate It’s Not Rocket Science, It’s Geographic Information Science   Regular Features Books News Briefs		Books posted October 21, 1998   The Craft of Religious Studies Edited by Jon Stone Lecturer in Religious Studies This collection of 14 original essays by distinguished scholars of religious studies reflect on their approaches to understanding the mysteries of religious experience. Though the human dimension of scholarship is often overlooked in religious studies, an examination of research and analytical methods reveals much about the development of religious studies as a humanistic discipline. 335 pages St. Martin's Press, New York   After Restructuring: Empowerment Strategies at Work in America's Hospitals By Thomas Rundall Professor and director of the graduate program in Health Services Management David Starkweather Professor emeritus of Health Services Management at the School of Public health Barbara Norrish Graduate of Berkeley's doctoral program in Health Services and Policy Analysis After Restructuring examines nine hospital systems as they restructure and reports on the most effective strategies and practices for making organizational change within hospitals and other health care organizations. The book shows what actually happens in health care institutions that have restructured their clinical operations and offers valuable information on how to plan and manage strategically the effects of change on patient care, nursing and the culture of the organization. 360 pages Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers    [ Back to top ] .

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