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Maza, Samia. "Routage robuste de chariots autoguidés bi-directionnels." Nantes, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003NANT2088.
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Les chariots autoguidés (ou AGVs) sont des moyens de transport automatisés qui sont de plus en plus utilisés dans les systèmes manufacturiers flexibles. Le routage sans conflits est un des problèmes très importants à traiter dans les systèmes d'AGVs, en particulier si les chariots sont bidirectionnels. . .
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Thomas, Hervé. "Optimisation des trajectoires d'une flotte de chariots mobiles." Nantes, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994NANT2111.
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Les travaux menes dans le cadre de cette these portent sur l'optimisation des trajectoires d'une flotte de chariots mobiles en milieu industriel, sous les aspects planification de trajectoires en milieu evolutif et sous contraintes industrielles, et optimisation de ces trajectoires afin d'assurer a la flotte un debit maximum. Le systeme de planification propose permet de definir en ligne, pour chaque chariot assigne d'une mission, sa loi horaire lui permettant d'evoluer sur son chemin sans crainte de collision avec les autres chariots en mouvement. Nous proposons ensuite deux solutions permettant de minimiser l'encombrement des chemins par les chariots, et donc d'augmenter leur debit. La premiere consiste a optimiser la trajectoire des chariots dans l'espace libre abscisse curviligne temps de maniere a leur faire parcourir leur chemin le plus rapidement possible. La seconde reside dans des modifications locales des chemins aux abords des carrefours afin de minimiser les ralentissements qu'occasionne la traversee de ces carrefours par d'autres chariots. Une application de ces travaux a ete realisee en collaboration avec le service de recherche technique de la poste (srtp). Cette application a pour but la comparaison des resultats issus de notre systeme de planification par lois horaires avec ceux issus de l'approche locale par code de la route developpee par le srtp, lors de la supervision d'une flotte de chariots mobiles au sein d'un centre de tri postal. Les resultats de cette comparaison montrent que notre methode semble mieux adaptee a traiter ce type de probleme que la methode de planification par code de la route
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Van, der Merwe Pieter Johannes. "Studies on the representational and Linear B documentary evidence for the existence and technology, and the military use of the chariot in mainland Greece and Crete during the late Helladic and late Minoan period." Thesis, University of Cape Town, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23521.
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Conilh, Christophe. "Commande d'une machine asynchrone dédiée à la traction des chariots de manutention électriques." Phd thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2007. http://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/7520/1/conilh.pdf.
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Ce travail propose un système de traction AC pour les chariots de manutention électriques. Ce système embarqué est composé d'une machine asynchrone basse tension, fort courant alimentée par un onduleur de tension MLI et une batterie. Le contrôle vectoriel direct à orientation du flux rotorique est proposé pour piloter l'ensemble. Cette stratégie permet d'obtenir des performances dynamiques et statiques du chariot qui répondent au cahier des charges désiré. Pour développer un système à bas prix, une réduction du nombre de capteur est faite. Un observateur déterministe d'ordre complet du flux rotorique est mis en place, en association avec la reconstruction des courants statorique au moyen de la mesure du courant de bus de l'onduleur. Le capteur de vitesse de rotation est remplacé par un observateur adaptatif de vitesse. L'architecture du système de traction proposé est validée en simulation avec le logiciel Saber. Un banc d'essai est réalisé pour obtenir une validation expérimentale.
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Lacressonnière, Fabien. "Conception de structures de conversion d'énergie à double fonctionnalité pour chariots électriques de manutention." Artois, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005ARTO0205.
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Actuellement, dans les chariots électrique de manutention, deux convertisseurs statiques distincts sont utilisés : d'un côté un variateur de vitesse et de l'autre un chargeur de batterie. Notre étude porte sur l'utilisation des éléments de la chaîne de traction (variateur de vitesse) comme chargeur de batterie afin de réduire le coût et améliorer les performances. Pour mener cette étude, deux types de chariot ont été choisi : le transpalette à motorisation à courant continu et un chariot élévateur à motorisation à curant alternatif. Après un bref rappel des technologies et normes à respecter (pollution harmonique du réseau, isolation galvanique), le choix de la topologie s'est porté sur le convertisseur à stockage capacitif (CUK) avec isolation galvanique pour le transpalette et sur un onduleur/redresseur à M. L. I. Pour le chariot élévateur. Une étude mécanique pour les deux chariots a permis de conclure sur l'efficacité du freinage par récupération. Afin d'analyser l'influence d'un courant de charge ayant une composante sinusoïdale sur la batterie, le modèle équivalent de la batterie a été introduit. Pour le transpalette, l'analyse complète (dimensionnement, modèle dynamique, C. A. L. C. ) du convertisseur à stockage capacitif a été effectuée. Pour le chariot élévateur, le moteur asynchrone est couplé directement à la roue motrice et il est utilisé comme transformateur lors de la charge de la batterie. Une étude de dimensionnement du moteur a été menée et son association avec l'onduleur/redresseur M. L. I. A été analyséeNowadays, in electric industrial trucks, two distinct power converters are used : on the one hand a speed controller and on the other hand a battery charger. The aim of the study is to use the existing components (speed controller) to realize a battery charger in order to reduce the cost and improve performances. To undertake this study, two industrial trucks have been selected : a transpallet with DC motorization and a fork lift truck with AC motorization. After a brief reminder on the technologies and standards to respect (harmonic pollution, galvanic isolation), the choice of the topology was made on the CUK converter with a galvanic isolation for the transpallet and on a P. W. M. Inverter/rectifier for the fork lift truck. A mechanical study for the two industrials trucks has allowed to conclude on the effectiveness from the regenerative braking. In order to analyse the influence of a charging current with a sinusoidal perturbation on the performances of the lead-acid battery, the electrical model has been introduced. For the transpallet, the full analyse (dimensioning, dynamical model, snubber) of the CUK converter has been done. For the fork lift truck, the induction motor is directly coupled at the main wheel and it is used like as a transformer during the charge of the battery. A dimensioning study of the motor has been presented and its interaction with the P. W. M. Inverter/rectifier has been analysed
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Shenfield, L. W. "Chariots in early Greek culture : myth vs. reality; from the Bronze Age to the Fourth Century BC." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365175.
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Nezdařilová, Andrea. "Společenská odpovědnost firem." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-113589.
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The aim of my thesis is to consider a contemporain concept of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and all relative activities in the international company and to propose a potential development of this concept for a specific region. Theoretical part explains fundamental features of the corporate social responsibility, its' history, three pillars and organizations which are dedicated to this concept. Practical part of this paper analyses the system of CSR in the international company. In this part there is a history of the CSR applicated in the company, the rating and the contemporain status of the corporate social responsibility. There are mentioned also the methods of measurement of CSR which proclaim the level of corporate social responsibility in the company. There is a focus on the concept of CSR applicated in the Czech republic and some new ideas how to improve it.
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Dupuy, Christine. "Guidage cartésien d'un chariot d'atelier." Toulouse, ENSAE, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987ESAE0004.
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Les travaux réalisés s'inscrivent dans le cadre de recherches sur les robots mobiles d'atelier en vue d'accroître leur flexibilité quant à la modification des trajectoires et à l'extension du réseau et à plus long terme leur autonomie d'évolution. Ces chariots autonomes appartiennent à une nouvelle génération apparue afin de s'affranchir des contraintes imposées par le fil ou tout autre moyen de guidage impliquant la matérialisation des chemins à suivre. Afin de permettre l'exécution de manœuvres complexes, telles que notamment l'évitement d'obstacles, et la reconfiguration rapide et peu coûteuse des trajectoires, les recherches se sont orientées vers une commande des chariots permettant le suivi de trajectoires non matérialisées : le guidage cartésien. Ce type de commande permet de connaître à tout instant la position et l'orientation du véhicule dans divers référentiels de travail : le système de planification et de gestion de l'atelier ont alors accès à tout instant à ces informations. Notre travail a consisté à concevoir et réaliser le guidage cartésien d'un chariot autonome évoluant dans un environnement coopératif partiellement connu.
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Dupuy, Christine. "Guidage cartésien d'un chariot d'atelier." Grenoble 2 : ANRT, 1987. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37604768w.
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Anderson, Lindsay. "Conspicuous charity." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1616.
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Schroeder, Marc A. "Higher-order Charity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24697.pdf.
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Bozhkov, D. S. "Charity in pricing." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/66249.
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Nowadays enterprises in any sphere of activities can not achieve their aims without considering important social needs. The social importance of commodity producers is realized through various programs (sponsorship, patronage, support, etc.). One of the new forms of activities is their involvement in pricing.
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Bozhkov, D. S. "Charity in pricing." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/65321.
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Knespl, Vojtěch. "The role of Running-oriented Charity Fundraising and its Application for Světlo pro svět NPO." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-264304.
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This master thesis analyses the role of running charity fundraising and its impact on non-profit organizations. It discovers the impact of various non-profit marketing and fundraising methods to address the donors, both current and prospective. First part of the thesis is focusing on explanation of key terms and concepts of non-profit organizations. It also describes what the position of marketing in the nonprofit sector is and how the fundraising is done. Author then identified the main fundraising methods in which non-profit organizations use running to make an impact. All identified types are supported by the real life examples. An intensive mapping of running oriented charity events in the Czech Republic and its deep analysis has helped author to identify what are the key success factors to be used when designing a new fundraising or marketing plan linked to running initiatives for Světlo pro svět NPO.
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Parsons, Elizabeth. "Participating in charity retailing : shopping, volunteering and managing in charity shops." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.536229.
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Wu, Hsiao-yun. "The Zhou chariot : Politics, cultures interactions, and identity." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.527324.
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Pinheiro, Elias Manuel Morgado. "The origin and spread of the war chariot." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/5485.
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Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em História - Civilizações do Médio Oriente e Ásia AntigaUma das mais bem sucedidas tecnologias da Idade do Bronze foi o carro de guerra. O seu sucesso levou a uma dispersão inaudita através da Ásia. A problemática das suas origens é tradicionalmente abordada numa base regional. O presente estudo pretende abordar o assunto de um ponto de vista trans-regional, focando as ligações existentes entre diferentes regiões, de forma a gerar uma visão mais abrangente do problema. Para além disso, procura evidenciar as ligações existentes entre as regiões mais periféricas, a Índia e a China, e o tradicional núcleo de desenvolvimento do carro de guerra, a Ásia Ocidental e as estepes Eurasiáticas. Considerando as ligações entre as estepes a sul do Urais e a Ásia Ocidental, é possível concluir que os primeiros passos no desenvolvimento do carro de guerra ocorreram nas estepes da região de Sintashta, c. 2000 BC. Contudo, na Ásia Ocidental, essa tecnologia foi mais tarde adaptada a modelos autóctones, de forma a criar um veículo melhor equipado para lidar com as necessidades locais. Apesar da existência de pequenas adaptações locais, as semelhanças entre os vários modelos de carros de guerra permitem rejeitar a possibilidade de um desenvolvimento independente em diferentes regiões. De facto, é possível identificar uma só tradição referente ao carro de guerra ao longo do continente asiático, da Ásia Ocidental à China, e das estepes Eurasiáticas à Índia.
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Lacroix-Cuerrier, Vincent. "Les ONG religieuses et l'État chinois." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/33016.
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Les organisations caritatives religieuses connaissent depuis la fin de l’ère maoïste une croissance importante en Chine. De façon générale, ces organisations complémentent les services de l’État, lequel a réduit sa présence dans la sphère sociale au cours de la période de Réforme et d’ouverture. Face à ces groupes, le Parti communiste chinois est passé d’une attitude répressive à une attitude instrumentale. La présente thèse explore le détail de cette instrumentalisation. Elle constate, grâce à une étude de terrain, l’attitude différenciée du Parti communiste envers les groupes caritatifs religieux, selon que ceux-ci adhèrent à une religion « chinoise » ou « étrangère ».
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Vesely, Peter M. "Categorical combinators for Charity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq20858.pdf.
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Tuckey, Charles E. "Pattern matching in charity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24702.pdf.
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Paniculangara, Joseph Thomas. "Essays on consumer charity." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5003.
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In the second essay, I turn to the joint effect of psychological distance and dispositional empathy on charitable donation. Empathy or "Einf??hlung" is defined as feeling one's way into the situation of another. While the literature suggests that empathy generally increases various forms of prosocial behavior including donations, I argue that this effect is contingent upon the psychological distance between donor and recipient. The role of empathy is especially pronounced when the recipient is perceived to be psychologically closer to the donor. This is because closer psychological distance leads to greater identification by the donor with the recipient, which in turn leads to greater donation. I demonstrated support for the hypothesized interaction between dispositional empathy and psychological distance in three experiments, each addressing a different type of psychological distance. I conclude this dissertation with a discussion of the theoretical contribution and managerial importance of the findings. Managers of not-for-profits are confronted with a multitude of challenges in increasing donations while optimizing their resources. By pointing out the processes that underlie individual donors' decisions on charitable donations, this dissertation addresses a long-felt but rarely addressed lacuna in the literature.; Two essays comprise this doctoral dissertation on consumers and their charitable donations. The overall objective is to investigate the role of psychological distance in charitable donations, with each essay dealing with a different moderator of this relationship. In the first essay, I study the interactive effect of social distance and processing mode (affect vs. cognition). Specifically, people tend to donate more if they use their emotions rather than cognition as diagnostic inputs for decision making, especially when donor and recipient are separated by greater social distance. This may be because affect-driven and cognition-driven donors are influenced by different goals. Affect-driven donors are mainly motivated by a consummatory goal of increasing their "warm glow" utility whereas cognition-driven donors are mainly motivated by an instrumental goal of increasing "public goods" utility (i.e., making a contribution that may benefit the donor as well). While both consummatory and instrumental goals are relevant at closer social distance, only the consummatory goal is at work at greater social distance, which leads to a social distance by processing mode interaction. The hypothesized effect is tested in a series of three experiments that use different contexts and dependent measures (e.g., donation of money vs. time).ID: 030422857; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2011.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-88).
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Fitzgerald, Patrick Allen. "Equality, charity and democracy." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187514.
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Equality, Charity and Democracy focuses on the connection between equality and what I call the redistributive relationship. The redistributive relationship is the relationship between benefactor and beneficiary in the provision of goods and services. The redistributive relationship can embody an array of both virtues and vices, but I argue that in most cases we are currently alienated from it. In other words, the current system of governmental aid separates benefactor and beneficiary and thus makes their relationship anonymous and impersonal. The dissertation tries to both explain this problem of alienation and determine whether there is any solution to it that doesn't also create even bigger problems. "Justice, Charity and Discretion" defends a distinction between justice and charity by distinguishing between perfect and imperfect duties. I argue that we should conceive of the duty of charity as merely an imperfect duty. Furthermore, when we think of our duties to aid the less advantaged in this way we need not come to politically conservative conclusions. "Equality as an Action Guide" looks at Ronald Dworkin's theory of equality to determine whether it can guide our political decisions. I conclude that Dworkin's theory can not provide us with an effective action guide--an action guide that is usable, determinate and correct. "Direct, Indirect and Directionless Egalitarianism" describes the problem of alienation and how this problem may motivate three kinds of egalitarian theories. Direct egalitarianism attacks inequality using redistribution alone; indirect egalitarianism attacks inequality using governmental measures other than redistribution, and directionless egalitarianism argues that equality is best promoted by the government doing nothing. "Liberal Indirect Egalitarianism: National Service and Student Loan Reform" compares Franklin Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps and Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps. I argue that Roosevelt's national service program exemplifies direct egalitarianism while Clinton's exemplifies a liberal approach to indirect egalitarianism. "Conservative Indirect Egalitarianism: Devolution and Adoption" looks at the House Republican plan for welfare reform and interprets the main arguments as forms of conservative indirect egalitarianism. "Directionless Egalitarianism: Private Charity and Self-Reliance" looks at the libertarian argument that equality would be best promoted if the government does nothing. I conclude that there are serious problems with these liberal, conservative and libertarian forms of egalitarianism and in the concluding chapter look at education as a prospect for alleviating the problem in the long term.
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Humphreys, Robert. "The Poor Law and charity : the Charity Organisation Society in the provinces 1870-1890." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.361928.
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The thesis studies the response of provincial Charity Organisation Societies (COS's), and similar institutions, to the Poor Law crusade against outdoor relief, 1870-1890. The Societies investigated include those at Birkenhead, Birmingham, Brighton, Leainington, Liverpool, Manchester and Salford, Oxford, Reading, and Southampton. Powerful individualistic propaganda, and support from influential elites, created an aura of COS authority on social affairs which has persisted for more than a century. The research exposes the reality of failure and contradiction in the English provinces behind the facade of unrestrained COS pronouncements. It is shown that provincial COS's were shunned by Poor Law guardians, philanthropists, the clergy, and by the poor themselves. This left scant chance for the Government's intended close working relationships between the official relief and organised voluntary sectors. The thesis examines the disappointing response to COS appeals for lady visitors, and discusses the financial difficulties of many COS's. Within their economic constraints, provincial organising Societies attempted a miscellany of relief methods, some contravening COS principles. The COS ridiculed Poor Law doles for their inadequacy but the research shows that grants from the provincial organised voluntary sector were generally of less value. The ideological and financial advantages of loans increased their popularity with COS's until defaults challenged the efficacy of vaunted COS methodology. COS pensions for "special cases" are shown to have been classdivisive and to possess characteristics the Society themselves criticized about outdoor Poor Law relief. The objectives and provincial achievements of the COS movement by 1890 are debated using criteria they may have chosen in 1870 and are found to be wanting. A number of hypotheses are examined, each designed to explain why a few among the late Victorian provincial middle-class remained committed to cos principles, obdurately indifferent to the changing tide of peer-group opinion.
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Richards, Jacquelyn. "Just take from the rich and give to the poor critique of charity as the solution to economic inequality /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1023.
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Woolley, Alexandra. "Du bon usage de la vertu : images de charité dans l'art français du XVIIe siècle." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015TOU20131.
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Au XVIIe siècle, considérée comme la "royne de toutes les vertus", la charité incarna le triomphe des œuvres salutaires face au sola fide des protestants. Elle connut alors une riche iconographie, par la mise en scène des "Sept œuvres de Miséricorde" ou sous la forme d’une tendre allégorie de la maternité bienfaisante. L’unité apparente de ces images codifiées révèle, à l’analyse, une extraordinaire richesse d’interprétation car elles furent soumises en France à différentes adaptations, équivoques ou déviations sous l’influence des nouvelles exigences spirituelles et sous la pression de la montée en puissance de l’absolutisme. Ce travail tend ainsi à offrir un regard approfondi sur la représentation du bienfait envers les pauvres au "siècle des saints". Il propose une relecture des images polysémiques de la charité qu’elles soient d’essence religieuse, politique ou purement esthétique afin de discerner les messages dont elles furent investies et les glissements signifiants ou ambigus qu’elles exprimèrent, de la spiritualité la plus pure à la sensualité la plus troublanteDuring the Seventeenth Century, charity was considered as the "queen of all virtues" and as a concept embodied, the triumph of good works in opposition to the protestant’s sola fide. The iconography of this virtue proliferated as a consequence and was not only represented by the "Seven works of mercy" but also allegorized as a breastfeeding maternal figure. When analyzed, the seemingly harmonious codified images reveal to be an extraordinary source of interpretation as they were subjected to various adaptations in France. Their ambiguous deviations were encouraged by the renewal of catholic spirituality and the rise of absolute power. This thesis aims to examine the iconography of charity towards the poor during this period which has been described as the “Century of Saints”. It propose to reread these polysemic images, whether they be religious, political or purely aesthetical to discern the messages which they were invested with and to distinguish the significant and equivocal shifts they expressed, from the purest spiritual sentiment to the most disturbing eroticism
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Morris, Christine Elizabeth. "The Mycenaean chariot krater : a study in form, design and function." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.308529.
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ZHANG, LIFEI. "Localisation et guidage par camera d'un chariot suivant un trajet marque." Rennes, INSA, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989ISAR0006.
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Presentation d'un systeme de videoguidage dans lequel une camera analyse la trajectoire a une distance d'environ un metre a l'avant du chariot, qui permet le guidage lateral et la localisation longitudinale du chariot
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De, Masi Sonya Marie. "Xenophobic charity : escaping the cultural ghetto /." Title page and introduction only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09ard372.pdf.
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Evans, Samantha Jane. "Interpretation and legitimacy in charity regulation." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.542965.
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Bienkowska, Susann, and Malin Churchill. "Corporate Social Responsibility, a Necessary Charity?" Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-26162.
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Martin, N. "Neutrality, charity law and public benefit." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1449201/.
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This thesis addresses three interrelated problems raised by charity law. The first concerns the conceptual understanding of the practices of charities. Charitable organisations must pursue one or more of a set of designated purposes; and in pursuing those purposes they must provide public benefit. Although these terms may seem clear, their meaning and implications are contested, and there are some authors who even deny that there are two separate tests. The second problem addressed by this thesis concerns the normative principles that might account for the practices of charities. This problem is prompted by the fact that in granting charitable status the state makes a value judgement about certain goods; it tells us that a given set of conceptions are worthy of special provisions, such as tax exemptions, that are not available to the pursuit of other conceptions. In short, there appears to be prima facie conflict between charity law and liberal neutrality. This gives rise to the third problem of what, methodologically, we are to do when considered judgements and theoretical convictions pull in different directions but both with good reason. In seeking to reconcile the practice of charity and liberal neutrality, this thesis takes a reflective equilibrium approach. Having dismissed several accounts of neutrality as either incapable of accounting for the conflict, or entailing unworkable strategies for the practice of charity, this thesis proposes a two-‐stage argument. The first is a neutral justification for the promotion of altruism in general, and the second draws from neutrality of treatment to explain why all conceptions of the good should have the opportunity to obtain charitable status. This argument contains a proviso for associations to do so, which arises from the conceptual discussion of the two main principles of charity law.
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Crow, Kellie T. "Cognitive control, choice, and charity donation." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122922/1/Kellie_Crow_Thesis.pdf.
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While customers are regularly asked to donate to charity at the checkout, and they regularly agree to do so, marketing research has so far been unable to understand what drives checkout donations. The thesis sought to reconcile two theories which offered opposing predictions for how making multiple choices in a row impacts donations to charity. It was found that making many choices in a row, such as those made when buying groceries, increases donations.
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Roudière, Patrick. "L'engagement des femmes dans les sociétés françaises de la Croix-Rouge 1864-1940." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSE3050/document.
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A la fin du XIXe siècle, trois sociétés françaises de la Croix-Rouge apparaissent. Ces associations humanitaires sont auxiliaires du Service de Santé des armées. Les hommes et les femmes bénévoles soignent les soldats français blessés. Les femmes bénévoles sont infirmières, conductrices automobiles, etc. Peu à peu, elles s'imposent et deviennent essentielle dans le fonctionnement général des Croix-Rouges. Aux yeux des hauts gradés militaires, des médecins et des hommes des Croix-Rouges, elles se rendent indispensables par leurs zèles, leurs dévouements, leurs sacrifices notamment lors de la guerre entre la France de Napoléon III et la Prusse (1870-1871), pour la première fois véritablement pendant la Grande Guerre (1914-1918) et la Seconde Guerre mondiale (1939-1945). En temps de paix, les femmes sont polyvalentes. Elles collectent des fonds, tissent des réseaux avec les populations locales, les milieux économiques et politiques. Elles recrutent de nouvelles bénévoles pour les former ensuite au métier d'infirmière. Ces femmes appartiennent aux milieux aisés de la noblesse et de la bourgeoisie. Elles remplacent leurs homologues masculins quand ils sont en sous-effectifs à certaines fonctions et selon les périodes. Elles permettent aux Croix-Rouges de continuer à assurer leurs missions en faveur des combattants blessés, des victimes d'épidémies et catastrophes naturelles. Les femmes engagées dans les Croix-Rouges ont un destin extraordinaireAt the end of the nineteenth century, three French companies of the Red Cross appear. These humanitarian organizations are auxiliaries of the Health Service of the Armed. Men and women volunteers care for the wounded French soldiers. Volunteers are women nurses, auto conductive, etc. Gradually they become necessary and essential in the overall functioning of the Red Cross. In the eyes of senior military officers, doctors and men of the Red Cross, they make themselves indispensable by their zeals, their devotion, their sacrifices particularly during the war between France and Napoleon III of Prussia (1870-1871), for the first time really in the Great War (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). In peacetime, women are versatile. They raise funds, weave networks with local populations, economic and political circles. They recruit new volunteers for the next train as a nurse. These women belong to the upper classes of the nobility and bourgeoisie. They replace their male counterparts when they are understaffed in certain functions and over time. They allow the Red Cross to continue to assurer their missions for the wounded fighters, victims of natural disasters and epidemics. Women involved in the Red Cross have an extraordinary destiny
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Macháčková, Hana. "Možnosti marketingové orientace fundraisingu charit." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2006. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-479.
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Diplomová práce pojednává o fundraisingu neziskových organizací. Zaměřuje se především na stránku komunikace a strategie fundraisingu. V teoretické části seznamuje čtenáře se základními pojmy použivánými ve fundraisingu, dále popisuje metody a nástroje fundraisingu. Praktická část se věnuje zhodnocení a srovnání australské charitativní organizace Anglicare Sydney a české charitativní organizaci ? Arcidiecézní charita Praha. V dipl. práci jsou popsány a zhodnoceny silné a slabé stránky kampaní a některých komunikačních materiálů. Autorka využívá vlastních zkušeností z odborné pracovní stáže v Anglicare Sydney a získáných poznatků z návštěv pracovníků Arcidiecézní charity Praha.
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Dumon, Sébastien. "Guidage par recalage laser d'un chariot de manutention en milieu industriel structuré." Orléans, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999ORLE2074.
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Cette thèse traite d'un système de guidage par recalage laser de chariots de manutention sans conducteur en milieu industriel structuré. A partir d'un contexte de travail existant, un principe de localisation relative, puis absolue, est proposé. Les performances des capteurs choisis y sont étudiées et leurs limites mises en évidence, notamment en terme de précision et de portée. L'axe principal des travaux présentés concerne l'étude de la navigation de chariots dans un environnement connu. La création et le suivi de trajectoires répondent aux contraintes et besoins du fonctionnement d'une usine de production, en respectant les précisions, les gabarits et les cadences. On y introduit le principe de "l'antenne virtuelle" pour le suivi de ligne droite et la notion de virages "traînes" et de virages "surcompensés". Une trajectoire particulière est également présentée : le changement de ligne permettant de relier deux lignes parallèles entre elles. Par ailleurs, un concept d'apprentissage de circuit sur site est décrit, avec pour objectif de le compléter par des outils performants, apparentés notamment à la CAO. Enfin, la présentation d'applications industrielles vient compléter le mémoire, soulignant ainsi la validité et les limites du système de guidage proposé.
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Goodall, Richard Charles. "Identity and the professionalisation of charity shops." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2002. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1317700/.
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This thesis is a study of organising practices and cultural identities amongst those at the top of charity shop organisations ('Heads'). Its main argument is that people's personal identities are crucial in shaping their material practices and therefore the subsequent economic outcomes of these practices. Those wishing to understand the aspects of life conventionally referred to as 'economic' can learn much by investigating the identification processes of the people involved. Similarly, if policy-makers (governmental or organisational) wish to achieve certain 'economic' outcomes, their policies should address processes of identification. This argument is examined using research into material practices and identity processes in charity shop organisations, in particular the Heads. The thesis questions how the rapid professionalisation of charity shops in the 1980s and 1990s was related to the identifications of a certain generation of charity shop Heads. Using participant-observation fieldwork of three charity shop organisations and semi-structured interviews with twenty charity shop Heads, it develops theories of identity and theories of professionalism. To theories of identity it adds a five-level understanding of selfhood; a distinction between three separate identification processes; the suggestion that personal, organisational and sectoral identities are related and co-emergent; and the argument that identities must be studied as 'produced-in-interaction' as well as received from 'external' discourses. To theories of professionalism it proposes a move beyond the limited view of 'a professional' as a member of an expert occupational group, towards 'professional' as a fluid but powerfully normative description that can be applied to all organisational actors and activities. Finally, the thesis offers support for its main argument and policy recommendations for those working with charity shop organisations; and addresses the spatialised nature of identity processes.
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Land, David Edward. "Geographies of charity : institutionalised mediations of generosity." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.432674.
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Cavallo, Sandra. "Systems of charity in Turin (1541-1789)." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1993. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1348923/.
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The thesis represents the first thorough study of forms of charity and medical and poor relief in an Italian city in the post-Renaissance period. It complements the studies of other Italian cities carried out for an earlier period and contributes to comparison between European patterns of charity. The study reverses the usual demand-centred approach, which sees transformations in charitable provision mainly as a response to changing demographic and economic conditions, by focusing instead on the role played by changes in the nature of "supply", i.e. in the social composition of governors and benefactors and in the indirect and symbolic meanings which charity embodied for its dispensers. The main argument of this study is that the nature of control over charity had a significant impact on the form initiatives towards the poor took: dynamics of conflict, prestige and patronage among the elites contributed to forge charitable attitudes and definitions of poverty to a much larger extent than it has been recognised. Wills and other biographical material, figurative representations of charity and analysis of the architectural form of institutions have been used, besides the more obvious sources, to trace shifts in the symbolic implications of charity. This study also contributes to a reassessment of the periodisation and the features usually regarded as typical of the 'Italian model' of charity and poor relief. It argues, in particular, that the importance of institutional forms of care and assistance has been exaggerated and the role played by outdoor relief for the poor and sick underestimated. Moreover, it emphasises the crucial function of the municipal government as agency of relief well into the early modern period.
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Pemberton, Charlie Samuel Christie. "Charity, homelessness, and the doctrine of creation." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/charity-homelessness-and-the-doctrine-of-creation(a0e80de6-557b-4f48-8f6b-8837beff4971).html.
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This thesis explores Gustavo Gutiérrez‟s and John Milbank‟s articulations of the doctrine of creation, with a view to developing a criterion that can be used to inform our understanding and evaluation of Christian charities that address homelessness and operate in contemporary British civil society. Milbank and Gutiérrez‟s works both ask questions of the peace or life that can be instituted through charitable practices. They also develop, from the doctrine of creation, their own theological accounts of social and political orders, normative anthropologies, and accounts of the interpersonal. For both Milbank and Gutiérrez, the doctrine of creation maintains a paradox: the internality and externality of the created world in relation to God. Part One of this thesis explores these respective accounts of charity and creation, noting the strengths and limitations of each position. Part One ends with a qualified endorsement of Gutiérrez‟s theology and defends the utility of the criterion he deploys in his work to judge the task of theology and praxis of the church: integral liberation. The second part of this thesis progresses in three steps. First, I put forward a theological methodology which is attentive to the logic of theo-political language and our current neoliberal socio-political order. I argue that it is prudent to think of political theology as a counter-hegemonic discourse, and in dialogue with Ernesto Laclau and Chantel Mouffe, Francis Schüssler Fiorenza and Gutiérrez, I explore and endorse political theology as spiral in character. I go on to extend Laclau and Mouffe‟s analysis of neoliberalism by developing and defending the hypothesis: 'charities are dual'. By engaging with the work of Frank Prochaska, this section argues that charities are both religious and political, as well as being both internal and external to the state apparatus. Furthermore, I contend that charities constitute and ameliorate the social exclusion attributed to homelessness, and that selfless giving, under the current circumstances, is internal to a process of volunteer self-making. By attending to the dualities of homelessness charities, this part of the thesis sets charities in their current context and proposes an elective affinity between current charitable practices and the hegemony of neoliberalism. At the end of the thesis, I return to the doctrine of creation and ask how attention to this doctrinal locus can help us to move homelessness charities beyond their dependence on the existence of homeless people, and their embeddedness in our current neoliberal arrangement. I argue that charities, and civil society more broadly, have an important role to play in envisioning and establishing a theo-politics of common life. To do so, I contend that we need to articulate a robust account of the role of the state, must defend human rights, nurture egalitarian and non-hierarchical charitable practices, be attentive to what the homeless can teach charities and volunteers about our current order, and reform aspects of charitable law. In each of these cases, I defend a paradoxical politics of integral liberation. In summary, this thesis aims to make an original contribution to the growing body of literature that explores homelessness and theology by coordinating the paradox of creation, the duality of charity, and the double truths of neoliberalism.
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Charitos, Efstratios I. [Verfasser]. "Autograft reinforcement to preserve autograft function after the Ross procedure / Efstratios I. Charitos." Lübeck : Zentrale Hochschulbibliothek Lübeck, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1002838002/34.
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Huian, Georgiana. "Le rôle du cœur dans l'édification de la subjectivité et de l'intersubjectivité augustiniennes." Thesis, Paris 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA040153.
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L’objectif de cette thèse est de mettre en lumière la centralité du coeur dans la dynamique de la subjectivité et del’intersubjectivité augustiniennes. Elle se propose de regagner, à partir des oeuvres d’Augustin, le sens profonddu coeur comme source et centre ordonnateur de toutes les fonctions et potentialités du sujet : intellectuelles,volitives, affectives et perceptives. Le coeur est encore étudié comme noyau d’articulation d’une anthropologieapophatique, espace qui cache une profondeur incompréhensible, fondée dans la constitution iconique de l’êtrehumain. Ainsi, l’impénétrable mystère du soi se montre toujours situé dans un rapport primordial avec le mystèrede son Archétype, ce qui ouvre vers l’expérience de l’intersubjectivité. La deuxième partie de cette recherches’emploie à considérer comment, chez Augustin, le cor devient l’espace de résonance des rencontresintersubjectives avec les autres et avec Dieu. Pris entre le mystère du coeur de l’autre et la soif de la présence del’autre, le coeur abrite une tension essentielle qui projette le soi vers l’autre, vers le semblable. Or, l’élucidationdu sens de cette tension réclame un nouveau regard sur la thématique de l’amitié et de la charité. Le momentfinal de notre étude est consacré aux cheminements du coeur vers l’accomplissement du soi dans l’hospitalitéréciproque entre le créé et l’Incréé. Ce pèlerinage spirituel nous introduit dans un culte intérieur accompli dans lecoeur. Ainsi le soi, totalement consommé dans l’offrande de son coeur, est rétabli dans son être liturgiqueThe purpose of this thesis is to shed light on the centrality of the heart in the dynamic of Augustinian subjectivityand intersubjectivity. It aims to regain, following the works of Augustine, the profound sense of the heart assource and center governing all functions and potentialities of the subject: intellectual, willing, emotional andperceptive. The heart is also investigated as an articulating core of an apophatic anthropology, as a space whichhides an incomprehensible deepness in the iconic constitution of the human being. Thus, the impenetrablemystery of the self is always situated in a primordial relationship with the mystery of its Archetype, and thisopens to the experience of the intersubjectivity. The second part of this research is dedicated to considering how,in Augustine’s conception, the cor becomes a space of resonance of intersubjective encounters with the othersand with God. Caught between the mystery of the other’s heart and the thirst of the other’s presence, the hearthosts an essential tension which projects the self towards the other resembling itself. However clarifying thesignification of this tension requires a new glimpse at the themes of friendship and charity. The last part of mystudy is devoted to the routes of the heart towards the accomplishment of the self in reciprocal hospitalitybetween the created and the Uncreated. This spiritual pilgrimage introduces us in the interior cult assumed withinthe heart. In this way the self, while totally consumed in the sacrifice of its heart, is reestablished in its liturgicalbeing
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Camur, Aysel. "Charity Programmes: Representations Of Poverty In Turkish Television." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605061/index.pdf.
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This thesis analyses the representation of poverty in the charity programmes broadcast on Turkish television, namely Deniz Feneri, Kimse Yok mu, Yarinlar Umut Olsun and Yolcu. It examines the continuities, discontinuities and breaks in the representation of poor with reference to Turkish cinema, novel and media. Critical discourse analysis of the charity programmes indicates that poverty is legitimised and naturalised, being made no reference to social, economic and political context of poverty. The construction of the poor as &ldquoobjects of aid&rdquo
given by &ldquo
philanthropists&rdquo
is examined and it is argued that the poor become a means of salvation, self-realisation and self-fulfilment of &ldquo
philanthropist&rdquo
. It is here claimed that Islam and nationalist-conservative discourse serve the internalisation and tranquillisation of poverty in the programmes. The study also analyses the visual and aural representations of the poor in the programmes. The slow-motion, black and white photographs, close-up, limited motion, and the music accompanying the pictures are the most fundamental tools of dramatising poverty in the charity programmes
and they address to &ldquo
conscience&rdquo
of &ldquo
philanthropists&rdquo
. It is also argued that voiceover and subtitling efface the voice of the poor.
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Weetman, Jamieson. "Testamentary piety and charity in London : 1259-1370." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397460.
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Gibson, Helen Ann. "Towards an understanding of the business-charity link." Thesis, Brunel University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.482114.
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Al, Fadhel Hessa Mubarak. "Charity accountability : evidence from the United Kingdom (UK)." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2018. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/428061/.
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This thesis examines UK charities' accountability through the use of annual reports and annual reviews as formal accountability tools. The overall aim of the thesis is to undertake a coherent analysis of the accountability of annual reports and annual reviews using multiple dimensions of text and disclosures by empirically examining UK charities' accountability disclosure. Given the overall aim, the objectives of this thesis are: first, to assess the effectiveness of narrative communication textual characteristics - specifically chairman's statements - in the context of the role played by trustees in delivering charity accountability; second, to examine the determinants of the extent of performance disclosures in the top 100 UK fundraising charities; and third, to investigate narratives' disclosure trends, strategies and rationales in the annual reports by Kids Company to communicate its performance and activities over time and around critical events, until its final collapse and leaders cognitive behavioural traits (e.g., hubris) impact on disclosures. Systematic engagement with the literature surrounding charities' accountability helps to identify the problems and highlights the knowledge gaps in discharging accountability through public discourse. Three different theoretical frameworks are used to develop and address the research questions of the thesis: stakeholder theory, resource dependence theory, legitimacy theory and hubris. Due to the nature of the research questions and the theoretical framework, the underpinning philosophy for this study is pragmatism. The research outcome of the first paper revealed that charities tend to behave instrumentally when preparing chairman's statements to cover both bad and good news, but charities still reflect some ethical sense by adopting a felt accountability by prioritising internal accountability. The second paper showed that the overall level of the Performance Disclosure Index (PDI) remains weak with a high emphasis on input and output information and less focus on efficiency, outcome and effectiveness disclosures. Moreover, there have been shifts in the influence of resource providers and stakeholders on the level of charity accountability. The third paper revealed that positive and uncertainty words (frequencies) dominated the narrative disclosures, while more positive performance news was emphasised using hyperbole words. It was found that the charity responded to external concerns either reactively or proactively. Finally, informed by hubris literature, it is indicated that the most common form of hubris found in the CEO statements was overconfidence and attribution of performance to self. Overall, this thesis contributed to the field on a number of different levels - theoretical, methodological and contextual - as well as informing policy and practical implications by providing a multi-layered understanding of the charity accountability phenomenon within the UK context.
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Norton, Benjamin. "Strategies for greener logistics in the charity sector." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2015. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/388074/.
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Charities work throughout the world to raise money for a variety of good causes. Within the UK, the sale of donated used goods is a major stream of revenue for charities. Charities use a range of different logistical methods to collect donations that can run at considerable cost. This study has identified a range of different ways in which charities could change the way in which they operate to find cost, time and environmental savings and maximise use of their assets. One way in which charities can make the most of their existing assets is through improved placement of their donation banks. Of real interest is the impact that bank placement (with respect to the characteristics of the local population) has on stock yield and quality, and what relationships can be derived to realise a more informed bank location and servicing strategy. Donation banks were shown to yield greater amounts during the summer months, and proximity to services such as schools was also found to have a positive effect on donation yields. Areas with an average population age of late 40’s and of high affluence were found to yield the best quality donations. Charities can find cost savings by rethinking the ways that they collect, transport, process and distribute donated goods. The efficiency of localised collection strategy against centralised collection strategy has been studied. Existing routes used by the case study charity have been audited and subsequently optimised. Potential savings were found through increasing the number of shop serviced banks rather than servicing through centralised collection, although requiring a larger fleet of vehicles. The use of ICT technology has been considered in further improving charity logistical strategy. Remote monitoring technology can help to quantify donation collection routes, assist in reducing wasted journeys to donation banks and uncover the magnitude of donation bank textile theft. The developed Smartphone App has shown that it can help to promote collaboration and dynamism within the charity logistics supply chain. A cultural shift in the way that profits are measured will be necessary to see real collaboration between shops.
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Croft, Nicholas Adrian. "The charity hospice : a theory of governance processes." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2010. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/7491/.
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The study considers the processes by which a charity hospice reconciles internal, external and governmental tensions in the provision of public healthcare services. Thus the focus is on change, decision-making and relationships with public sector partners. The study is practice-based utilising a grounded theory methodology and a case study strategy based in two empirical phases. Phase 1 comprises a single organisation case study at a charitable hospice for the purposes of theory production. Data collection was primarily via participant observations from a close insider perspective as recognised by Adler & Adler (1987). Emerging theory from phase 1 was later tested and developed via Phase 2 empirics, comprising a cluster of four organisational case studies. Data collection during phase 2 was based in semi-structured interviews and, in part, critical incident technique. Around thirty interviews were held, evenly spread across participating organisations and between trustees and managers. The original contribution is a theoretical model of governance processes that identifies the ‘individual contribution’ of trustees and the ‘collective will’ of the board of trustees as key concepts. It is recognised that both are subject to ‘leakage’ from their maximum potential. Component elements of the three concepts are identified and discussed. A three-tier model is presented using these key concepts as linkages between governance, culture and change management. The theory is used to form a framework for practice, aimed at facilitating improved control and effectiveness of a charity hospice board of trustees. The theory is placed in a critical realist perspective for discussion. The study contributes to the debate on issues around public and voluntary sector commissioning and funding relationships. There is also a methodological discussion in the context of researching from the perspective of a close-insider addressing issues of access, ethics and the dual role of researcher/practitioner. There is a contention that production of emergent grounded theory for testing and development and the Scapens (1990) differentiation between positive/normative perspectives may be too simplistic for the purposes of this study.
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Bos, Olivier. "Essai en théorie des enchères tournois et charité." Paris, EHESS, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009EHES0127.
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Cette thèse est constituée de cinq essais sur les enchères à offres payantes. Les deux premier chapitres analysent les enchères à offres payantes telles des tournois lorsque les valuations sont fonctions de l'effort puis le nombre d'agents aléatoire. Les trois derniers chapitres essaient de déterminer si les enchères offres payantes sont toujours de meilleurs mécanismes pour lever des fonds à des fins caritatives lorsque les agents sont asymétriques. Pour cela, des environnements en information complète puis incomplète sont considérésThis thesis is composed by five essays on all-pay auctions. The first two chapters analyze all-pay auctions as contests when the valuations of the agents are effort-dependent and the number of participants stochastic. The last 3 chapters determine if all-pay auction; are still better mecanisms than loteries and winner-pay auctions at rising money or charity when bidders are asymmetric. Ta do it, complete as well as incomplete information are considered
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Hermann, Catherine. "Assistance et charité dans le diocèse de Genève." Chambéry, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005CHAML002.
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A partir du XIIIe siècle, le diocèse de Genève a conçu une organisation hospitalière selon des critères qui lui sont propres, en lien direct avec le caractère fortement rural de son territoire. La géographie, mêlant zones de haute ou moyenne montagne et vallées fertiles, s'impose comme un facteur fondamental de cette mise en place. L'absence totale d'établissements importants mais la présence d'un tissu assez dense d'hôpitaux de campagne ou de petits bourgs, souvent centres administratifs, est caractéristique de la région étudiée. Parallèlement aux hôpitaux, des structures vouées exclusivement à l'accueil des malades atteints de la lèpre voient le jour, comme partout en Europe occidentale : les maladières. L'élaboration d'un inventaire des hôpitaux comme des léproseries, a constitué l'assise de ce travail. Il a permis d'étudier leur répartition géographique ainsi que les rythmes de leurs fondations. Dans ce but, les fonds testamentaires mais aussi et surtout les importantes documentations administratives genevoise et savoyarde (comptes de châtellenies, des receveurs généraux et de l'hôtel des princes, soit plus de mille rouleaux) ont été consultés. Deux autres sources remarquables, les visites pastorales et les comptabilités hospitalières du XVe siècle, permettent d'aller au-delà de l'étude purement institutionnelle et économique des hôpitaux et plus largement des maladières. Malgré des moyens financiers souvent restreints, le pauvre peut trouver un minimum de confort, voire un certain réconfort dans ces petites structures qui abritent rarement un nombre de lits supérieur à dix. La majorité des hôpitaux du diocèse de Genève s'est en fait limitée à accueillir surtout des voyageurs, nombreux le long de l'axe Genève-Chambéry, parfois des femmes enceintes, rarement quelques malades et n'a donc pas eu une importance médicale de premier plan. Cependant, si les moyens mis en oeuvre diffèrent considérablement d'une institution à l'autre, les objectifs ainsi que la tradition culturelle et religieuse qui leur sont associés ne varient pas dans leur essence de ceux des grands établissements du tempsFrom the XIIIe century, the diocese of Geneva has organized an hospital structure according to criteria's which are specifics, in direct relation with its rural land and landscape. Geography, mixing areas of high and middle moutain and fertile valleys, is one of the element of this disposal. A total absence of establishments of importance but the presence of quite a number of hospitals in the country or in small towns, often administration centers, are typical of our study. Simultaneously to the hospitals, structures have been devoted exclusively to the healing of leper appear, like eveywhere in western Europe : leproseries. The elaboration of an inventory of the existing hospitals and leprosarium has been the spine of our work. This has allowed us to study geographical location and frequency of their founding. With this goal in mind, the testamentary documentation, but above all the important administrative documentation in Geneva country and Savoy (accounting of castellanies, district collectors and "hôtel des princes" more than 1000 rolls) have been taken in account. Two other sources of great interest, pastoral visits and hospital book keeping in the XVe century allow us to go beyond of a purely functional and economical study of hospitals and more widely leprosaries. In spite of financial means relatively limite, the poor can find a minimum of comfort in these small structures that shelter seldom over 10 beds. A knowledge of medieval indigence gives a human vision of our work. The majority of the hospitals in the diocese of Geneva has in fact limited itself to house mainly travelers, many along the road Geneva-Chambéry, sometimes pregnant women, rarely sick people, and then had not a medical role of first importance. However, if the means used are considerably different from one institution to the other, goals and cultural and religious traditions that are part of them do not differ in their essence from the largest establishments of the time
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Ramjaun, Tauheed R. "Exploring charity brand relationships in a healthcare context." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2014. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/22036/.
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The brand relationship paradigm (Heding et al. 2009) has been applied extensively in the commercial consumer-brand context (Breazale and Fournier 2012) but there has been scant attention to the study of corporate brand relationships (Abratt and Kleyn 2010) and more specifically in the charity domain where there has been a growing interest in charity branding during recent years. Therefore, this study consisted of exploring brand relationships within a particular charity context in the UK whereby the host organisation was a national healthcare charity providing different types of services to people living with arthritis. The conceptual framework guiding this study was drawn from both corporate branding and brand relationship theory with a view to apply new approaches to the study of the charity brand. Due to the exploratory nature of this investigation, an inductive research methodology was adopted where data collection involved qualitative interviews with twenty-two participants including three extensive biographical interviews. Findings suggest the importance for charities to better understand the salient aspects of their corporate brand that effect brand-beneficiary relationships. Six aspects have been identified from the perspectives of beneficiaries and were labelled as follows: brand clarity, brand personality, brand communication, brand presence, brand experience, and brand ethics. Morever, brand relationship were investigated from an interpersonal relationship metaphor perspective (Hinde 1997, Fournier 1998, Saledin 2012) resulting in the identification of four brand relationship roles (Mentor, Befriender, Entertainer, Enabler) and one desired brand relationship role (Medical Expert) from the perspectives of beneficiaries. This study therefore contributes to academic knowledge by providing new insights and perspectives on brand relationships between a healthcare charity brand and its beneficiaries. In addition, practical managerial recommendations are suggested to assist the host charity in its branding efforts.