Example sentences of "[noun pl] and systems [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Dividing previous schools of thought into goal attainment models and systems models ( and criticizing both of them ) , Miles defines organizational effectiveness as ‘ the ability of the organization to minimally satisfy the expectations of its strategic constituencies ’ ( Miles , 1980 , p. 375 ) , thus demanding both sets of criteria .
2 In its north London sites , for example : 15 per cent of staff were professional/technical management ; 50 per cent professional/technical , e.g. programmers , engineers and systems analysts ; 17 per cent professional support staff such as accountants and administrators ; and 18 per cent non-professional support staff , including technical assistants , secretaries and clerks .
3 Integrated pest management will undoubtedly become more widespread once meteorologists , engineers , biologists and systems analysts — to name only a few — all work together .
4 The 50MHz SparCard 2+ single board computer delivers 35.6 MIPS and is designed for personal computer builders and systems integrators needing additional processing power for their embedded Unix systems .
5 Together , external verifiers and systems verifiers can ensure that a flexible and centre-focused quality assurance service is available to centres while verification of national standards is maintained .
6 Trading giant Mitsubishi Corp has gained exclusive sales rights for Japan to the SNA ps5520 software package that connects the IBM Corp AS/400 used as a host with the Apple Computer Inc Macintosh as a client : the company already sells a similar package which connects IBM mainframes and Macs ; the software , as reported , was developed jointly by IBM and Apple , and has been localised by a Mitsubishi-related software house and the package will be sold through IBM Japan office systems dealers , Mac dealers and systems integrators ; the SNA ps3270 emulator is already installed on a trial basis at some 10 large companies , Mitsubishi says ; it looks to sell around 5,000 copies over the next year .
7 In general terms the whole strategy is guided by a Steering Group which in turn devolves responsibility for Costs and Systems Improvements and for Education to Working Groups .
8 Accordingly , the Principles and Systems sections of the chapter inherit this pattern ( see Figure 13 ) .
9 Alliances are high on Bull 's list of priorities : the group wants to talk to any consultancy firms , independent software vendors and systems integrators .
10 Sainsbury 's , only occasional users of search , would make exceptions in the cases of jobs currently hard to fill , such as top accountants and systems analysts .
11 Winix has already captured support from several computer firms and systems integrators including Tandem , Motorola , MicroAge and Science Applications International Corp ( SAIC ) , and says it is negotiating with several OEMs .
12 It boasts 71 members representing Scottish business users , software producers , management consultants , technical consultants and systems integrators , the academic community , government and training .
13 The operation , which normally takes two and a half hours , lasted twice as long , allowing the surgeons and systems engineers to mix the robot technology with traditional procedures .
14 Contact between centres and systems verifiers is , of course , not restricted to visits alone .
15 This project attempts to answer these questions , concentrating on computer programmers and systems analysts and building on the base of information gathered during the past few years at Bristol .
16 The development of this style , then , should be credited not only to architects , but to the whole range of bureaucratic and business interests , academics , developers and systems builders , and the various strata of decision makers .
17 Here , the ‘ design group ’ consists of user representatives and systems analysts .
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