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Condición: Good. 1985 first edition, R. Cheatham / Pepperdine University (Malibu, California), 8 7/8 x 11 inches tall blue buckram cloth hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to spine, printed only on recto side of each leaf, x, 290 ff. Six-page article summarizing the study's conclusions, from a 1985 California Association of School Business Officials publication, laid in. Light staining, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Light staining to top margin of blank front free-endpaper and first few pages of text, including title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce study. OCLC (No. 320421709) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide, at Pepperdine University. ~K~ A study which examines the California public school maintenance and operations procedures which have had an impact on the effects of diminished financial resources for schools during the 1970s and 1980s. Among the findings: 1. Increased productivity slows the growth and reduce the level of major maintenance backlog; 2. Effective preventive maintenance programs are essential to control major maintenance backlog; 3. Clear communications between communities, legislators, boards of education, administrators, managers and workers, including information about materiel, personnel, goals and budgets, reduces major maintenance backlog and increases productivity; 4. Ten of 25 variables related to maintenance functions were found to be significant; 5. Two of 25 variables related to operations functions were found to be significant; 6. Fifteen of 54 variables related to maintenance productivity, and five of 52 variables related to operations productivity, were found to be significant; 7. To maintain school facilities at an acceptable standard of appearance, districts must provide sufficient budgets to hire skilled personnel at competitive wages and purchase needed materials and equipment.