Notes and documents - On the Early Use and Origin of the Term 'Obeah' in Barbados and the Anglophone Caribbean

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.S. Handler ◽  
K.M. Bilby
Keyword(s):  
Anglophone Caribbean ◽  
Early Use

scholarly journals Slave medicine and Obeah in Barbados, circa 1650 to 1834

2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 57-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome S. Handler
Keyword(s):  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Anglophone Caribbean ◽  
Early Use ◽  
Over Time

Describes the medical beliefs and practices of Barbadian slaves. Author discusses the role of supernatural forces in slave medicine, the range of beliefs and practices encompassed by the term Obeah, and how the meaning of this term changed over time. He emphasizes the importance of African beliefs and practices on which Barbadian slave medicine fundamentally rested. In the appendix, the author discusses the early use of the term Obeah in Barbados and the Anglophone Caribbean.

Incentives Available for Early Use of E-Prescribing

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
SHERRY BOSCHERT
Keyword(s):  
Early Use

APLIKASI SCORE CARD UNTUK PENILAIAN KINERJA PENGELOLAAN SUNGAI

Kinerja ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 38-51
Author(s):  
Anis Lutfiati
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Performance Measurement System ◽  
Measuring Instruments ◽  
Evaluation Activity ◽  
Executive Performance ◽  
Balance Score Card ◽  
Score Card ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Early Use

Evaluation activity should basically clear and provide context for the improvement ofmanagement processes for the better future . This should be realized by every management withinthe company wherever located . Clarity measurement tools will help achieve the objectives of thecompany later . One of the measuring instruments are applied is BSC (Balance Score Card ).BSC Assist management to evaluate and help correct the exact performance of the company.At first , the BSC is used to improve executive performance measurement system. Early use of theexecutive's performance is measured only in terms of finances. Then developed into a morespacious with four perspectives, which are then used to measure the performance of theorganization as a whole . The four perspectives, namely financial, customer, internal businessprocesses and learning and growth .In the development of the BSC has helped many companies to successfully achieve its goals. BSChas several advantages that are not owned traditional systems management strategy. Theadvantages of the BSC approach in the strategic planning system is able to produce a strategicplan, which has the characteristics : a comprehensive, coherent, balanced and measured .Basin , is an area that needs attention . Governments and communities must work together toachieve clean rivers, healthy, and productive and provide sustainable benefits to the surroundingcommunity. If the indicators are assessed in the score card is identical to the indicators used inthe monitoring and evaluation of the basin, the score card is also a tool for monitoring andevaluation of the river basin

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