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| Web URL(s): | https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/article/ekstrom-visual-9-2-11.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Ekstrom, John |
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| Author Affiliation: | Assistant Superintendent, Hinsdale Golf Club |
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| Title: | Visual Improvement Program: Photos help communicate and evaluate grounds department activities and have proven successful in increasing staff performance and membership satisfaction |
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| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 49, No. 35, September 2 2011, p. 1-4. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 4 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Aesthetic values; Golf greens; Maintenance guidelines; Personnel management; Planning; Records; Staff motivation; Visual evaluation
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| Abstract/Contents: | Mentions the potential for superintendents to conduct quality control, and profiles a Visual Improvement Program (VIP) at Hinsdale Golf Club in Clarendon Hills, Illinois. Details the reestablishment of the greens, bunkers, and teeing grounds, as well as the development of the VIP. States that "the first task in formulating the VIP was to create standards for 12 areas of maintenance." Summarizes the method for measuring the renovation's success, and suggests that the results of the VIP "have been positive." Lists reasons why the program "has become an invaluable tool for the management staff," and provides a method for the creating of a VIP. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Translated reprint appears in TGM: Latinoamérica, Vol. 96 Noviembre 2011, p. 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, with translated title, "Cómo mejorar los trabajos de mantenimiento: Programa de mejora visual: Las imágenes pueden ser muy útiles para comunicar y evaluar las actividades del departamento de mantenimiento y han demostrado que mejoran con éxito el rendimiento de los empleados y la satisfacción de los socios" and variant pictures, Lang: Spanish
Includes sidebar, "Putting green standards", p. 3
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Ekstrom, J. 2011. Visual Improvement Program: Photos help communicate and evaluate grounds department activities and have proven successful in increasing staff performance and membership satisfaction. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 49(35):p. 1-4. |
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