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Freeth, Rebecca. "Just facilitation : facilitating sustainable social change in contexts of injustice." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17933.

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Cioranu, Adrian Gabriel. "Facilitation versus security." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=99131.

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The aviation industry is undeniably playing a very significant role in our day-to-day life. A vast and inter-connected web of flights ensures swift passenger travel and cargo traffic. However, in the name of security, otherwise intrinsic technicalities tend now not only to hinder on further development of aviation facilitation but also take over and lead towards the exact opposite result. What are the current measures taken by the international community to streamline passenger travel? What are the new initiatives which ought to be implemented? How is the future of aviation facilitation going
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Sirolli, Ernesto. "Local enterprise facilitation." Thesis, Sirolli, Ernesto (2004) Local enterprise facilitation. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2004. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/315/.

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In a rapidly globalizing economy, many communities are stranded in unemployment or work without meaning. This thesis asks the question: can local communities create economic development with fulfilling work? The experience of the author in African development projects is used to pose questions about modernist approaches to development. The alternative approaches to work and human development by Fritz Schumacher, Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers are melded with the political insight of Robert Putnam, to suggest that the answer to the above question can be positive. Their theories are distilled in
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Sirolli, Ernesto. "Local Enterprise Facilitation." Murdoch University, 2004. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040820.143953.

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In a rapidly globalizing economy, many communities are stranded in unemployment or work without meaning. This thesis asks the question: can local communities create economic development with fulfilling work? The experience of the author in African development projects is used to pose questions about modernist approaches to development. The alternative approaches to work and human development by Fritz Schumacher, Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers are melded with the political insight of Robert Putnam, to suggest that the answer to the above question can be positive. Their theories are distilled in
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McIlveen, Rob. "Studies in social facilitation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379938.

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Shepstone, Laura Louise. "Compassion-facilitation after trauma." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/29516.

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Literature Review: Background: Compassion-facilitating interventions (CFIs) seek to increase feelings of reassurance, safeness and well-being, and are suggested as a new psychotherapeutic approach to treat post-traumatic stress. Objectives: This review summarises and synthesises the literature investigating CFIs for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in clinical adult populations. Method: A systematic review of the experimental and intervention literature to date was completed using PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Knowledge databases. Results: CFIs show large to medium effect sizes in reducing
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Wardale, Dorothy. "Managers' and facilitators' perceptions of effective group facilitation." University of Western Australia. Graduate School of Management, 2006. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0010.

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This research examines managers’ and facilitators’ perceptions of effective facilitation. A review of the literature revealed that practitioners have written much of the existing information regarding the practice of facilitation. There has been little validation of findings by independent researchers and little empirical research. None of the claimed outcomes on facilitation effectiveness had been confirmed by managers. Further, where research had been conducted it had focused on immediate, rather than longer term issues and outcomes. This research seeks to rectify the lack of robust research
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Johnson, Brian Edward. "Pedagogical methodology & architectural facilitation." Thesis, Montana State University, 2010. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2010/johnson/JohnsonB0510.pdf.

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Pedagogical methodology has rarely been considered as a driving force in educational facilities planning and design. Because of constantly changing learning modalities, state standardization of learning and incredibly diverse educational demographic, designing learning spaces that support various pedagogies is paramount if our students are to succeed in the knowledge-based economy. From its beginnings as the rural one-room school house to the contemporary single volume, teaching and learning methodologies are continually changing and adapting to contemporary necessity. Little emphasis has been
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Knutson, James Foster. "Learning facilitation through intercorrelated cues." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28783.

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Hodge, Simon. "Interspecific facilitation in Drosophila systems." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.262236.

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Orliac, Thomas. "The economics of trade facilitation." Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2012. http://spire.sciences-po.fr/hdl:/2441/7o52iohb7k6srk09n8lgk48g7.

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Cette thèse explore les dimensions spécifiques de la facilitation des échanges et leurs impacts sur le commerce. Dans une première partie, j’étudie les différentes façons de mesurer la facilitation des échanges. Je reviens sur les indicateurs traditionnellement utilisés tout en étudiant leurs limites. Je parcours également une série d’études de cas, ainsi que les accords internationaux incluant des dispositions spécifiques. Constatant la nécessité de recourir à des indicateurs plus désagrégés, je construis un indicateur composite de la facilitation des échanges couvrant plusieurs dimensions. J
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Hennessy, Dee. "Frameworks for effective improvised facilitation." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2015. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/76989/.

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The starting point for this study is the facilitation of groups engaged in knowledge exchange and the ways in which facilitation in that context can be more flexible, more responsive, more creative and more effective. Only anecdotal evidence exists relating to what this study calls Improvised Facilitation and defines as the generation of a series of in-situ, micro-designs at each step and turn, independent of established formats and processes. The study attempts to understand better what those micro-designs might involve, by interrogating the practice dimensions of this emergent and poorly art
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Venter, Jan Harm. "The law of retrenchment: s 189a facilitation - the impact of facilitation in large-scale retrenchments." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9149.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>Employers trapped in economic difficulties or facing tough business challenges often wave the wand of retrenchment in the hope that the problem will go away. This often leads to workers unexpectedly finding themselves unemployed and queuing at the unemployment offices. In 2002, legislative provisions were introduced into the statute dealing specifically with large-scale retrenchments,1 allowing the parties to appoint an external facilitator to facilitate the retrenchment process. Although this new retrenchment process for large scale retrenchments is ref
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Park, Sung Jun. "Social facilitation effects of virtual humans." Thesis, Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006, 2006. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-07102006-132005/.

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Ferron, Lucas. "Corticospinal Facilitation During Hand Laterality Judgments?" Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/37010.

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Observing others performing actions is a common way to learn new motor skills. Such ability appears to be linked with one’s ability to imagine actions (motor imagery) (Wang et al. 2014). While motor imagery has been widely used in the context of athletic performance, the same approach has also been advocated in rehabilitation settings, where they often target populations with chronic pain using mobile health applications (de la Vega and Miro 2014). However, we still have very limited information as to how the ability to perform motor imagery addresses this rehabilitation application (Johnson
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Oliver, Cree 1972. "Lehrwerk facilitation of intercultural communicative competence." Monash University, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, 2003. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5796.

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Piera, Alejandro J. "Automation in facilitation of air transport." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33364.

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The air transport industry is at present subject to dramatic traffic growth, which is expected to triple in the next 20 years. The industry must attempt to meet this unavoidable challenge by somehow accommodating the increase in passenger flow. This thesis proposes to examine how automation devices may assist in meeting this challenge by facilitating passenger clearance. They would do so by improving the lengthy, formalistic, and overly-bureaucratic, immigration and customs procedures. A myriad of different legal issues are engaged by these initiatives. Although many of them are mentioned thro
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Brennen, Tim. "Facilitation and inhibition of person identification." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.329857.

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Burger, C. H. (Charles Hamman). "Facilitation : coaching guidelines towards leadership development." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53420.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Facilitation is considered one of the core leadership skills needed for young managers today. In order to master the principles of facilitation, it is necessary for potential facilitators to have a thorough understanding of the four main elements of facilitation namely, The Task at hand, the personal characteristics, skills and techniques required of facilitators, the group dynamics that come into play in the facilitation process and the facilitation process itself. In the continuously changing environment of business, it
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Zaki, Chahir. "Essais sur la facilitation des échanges." Paris 1, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA010037.

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Comme le commerce internaional dépend d'un environnement commercial efficace, la facilitation des échanges est essentielle pour la réalisation des objectifs de libéralisation. Par conséquent, les politiques de facilitation des échanges visant à l'amélioration de l'environnement du commerce sont censés avoir un impact positif sur le commerce et pourrait même amplifier les effets positifs de la libéralisaion des échanges. C'est pourquoi au cours des dernières années, les coûts de transaction qui sont imposés sur le commerce international ont gagné beaucoup d'intérêt tant au niveau empirique qu'a
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フランスア, ディアス ロハス, and Françoise Díaz-Rojas. "Critical role of Ca2+ current facilitation in the short-term facilitation of Purkinje cell-Purkinje cell synapses." Thesis, https://doors.doshisha.ac.jp/opac/opac_link/bibid/BB12998786/?lang=0, 2016. https://doors.doshisha.ac.jp/opac/opac_link/bibid/BB12998786/?lang=0.

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Short-term facilitation, a form of synaptic plasticity, takes place at GABAergic synapses between cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs). We studied the mechanism of this short-term facilitation by directly patch-clamp recording from a PC axon terminal in cerebellar cultures. We show that the Ca2+ currents elicited by high-frequency action potentials were augmented depending on intracellular [Ca2+] on the terminal. The facilitation of synaptic transmission showed 4-5th power dependence on the Ca2+ current facilitation, and was abolished when the Ca2+ current facilitation was supressed. We conclude th
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Brown, Susan J. "The Concept of Facilitation in the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice: Development of an Instrument to Measure Facilitation." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/217069.

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In 2001 the Institute of Medicine identified a significant gap between what is known about how we care for patients and the care that they receive. This identified gap renewed interest in the development and implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP). A number of research studies have evaluated barriers to EBP yet questions still arise as to why evidence is not routinely incorporated into practice. This led to a new field of inquiry called implementation science focused on methods for translating evidence into practice. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (P
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Page, Duane J. "Single word context effects, facilitation or inhibition?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0017/NQ37906.pdf.

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Cook, Susan. "A personal description of small group facilitation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0003/MQ58421.pdf.

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Carlo, Joglar Tomas Ariel. "Competition and facilitation in bird-dispersed plants." Diss., Connect to online resource, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3178338.

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Johnson, Gareth Edward Luke. "Facilitation and biodiversity in the marine benthos." Thesis, Bangor University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.516111.

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Kay, Elora Marie. "Social Facilitation in National Basketball Association Teams." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10193.

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Although social facilitation has been extensively studied over the last 50 years in various domains, it has largely been understudied in the context of team sports. A total of 8950 National Basketball Association (NBA) games were investigated to assess how a team’s skill level and experience interact with audience size to predict performance. More specifically, audience size was measured in two ways: as the number of people in attendance at each game and whether the game was locally televised (fewer television viewers) or nationally televised (more television viewers). Contrary to expectations
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Leigh, Jeanette. "The Role of Facilitation in Business Communication." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2011. http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/26.

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Facilitation is the use of dialogue as a strategic communication tool. It leverages the power of conversation to build shared understanding, generate new thinking, and affect an intended course of action. In the context of business communication, where complexity and change are mainstays, facilitation surfaces as a valuable communication tool for transforming unbridled complexity into meaningful knowledge. As a case study, The China-US Business Leaders Round Table (CUSBLR) provided a unique platform to explore the use and impact of facilitation on improving the level of discussion and particip
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Van, Amerom W. P. C. "Active / interactive learning facilitation in large classes." Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 3, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/483.

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Published Article<br>Anyone who has taught a large class is aware of the physical and emotional constraints upon both lecturer and students. For students the dominant problems are anonymity, passivity and a frustration of not being able to say what is happening to them. For lecturers the dominant problems are not being able to relate to students as individuals, a feeling of being driven back to traditional teaching, being overwhelmed by assessment demands, and a sense of not being in control of the class. An increase in class size requires lecturers radically to reconsider how they deliver the
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Gérard, Guylène. "Effets de facilitation phonologique en présentation auditive." Paris 5, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA05H092.

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L'etude de l'identification des mots est un domaine "classique" de la psycholinguistique mais l'etude de la perception des mots parles ne beneficie que d'un essor tout recent. Cette etude est menee, dans ce travail, grace a l'analyse de l'effet de contexte, l'effet de contexte correspondant au fait que l'identification d'un mot varie selon son contexte de presentation. Ainsi la presentation d'un contexte, qui peut etre constitue d'un ou plusieurs mots, ou d'une phrase, facilite la reconnaissance d'un mot le suivant lorsque ce contexte et le mot sont relies (semantiquement, par exemple). L'obje
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Groot, Annemarie E. "Demystifying facilitation of multi-actor learning processes /." Online version, 2002. http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/25911.

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Lindfors, Axel. "Sustainability Solutions : Lessons on Assessment and Facilitation." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-164967.

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Sustainable development is one of the most influential visions guiding future societies. Encompassed within its vision are various domains where improvements are desirable such as, social equity, environmental degradation, climate change. In the work towards sustainable development firms, government authorities and individuals face various practical challenges tied to these sustainability domains. When facing these challenges, they may implement sustainability solutions, that is, solutions that are framed in the context of contributing to sustainable development. This thesis deals with a parti
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Chambers, Cynthia R., and Eva M. Horn. "Strategies for Family Facilitation of Play Dates." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3855.

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Sheehan, Michael James. "Learning and Implementing Group Process Facilitation: Individual Experiences." Thesis, Griffith University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366069.

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The study reported here addressed the research question, How do individuals experience the learning and implementing of group process facilitation? It utilised a case-study approach, because such an approach was seen as being particularly useful for exploring the processes and actions that were hard to define for people who were learning and implementing group process facilitation. The study sought to move beyond a reliance on theories of knowledge formulated by positivistic processes, and into the realm of interpretivism and constructivism, in order to explore individual experiences. The li
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Ball, Dianne Lesley School of Industrial Relations &amp Organisational Behaviour UNSW. "Facilitation of action learning groups: an action research investigation." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Industrial Relations & Organisational Behaviour, 2004. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/23407.

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The aim of this thesis is to better understand the role of the facilitator in action learning groups. In particular, it focuses on groups established within an organisation, in which the facilitator is a member of the organisation. The two central research questions are: (1) How did the facilitator influence problem solving and group interactions, and how did this vary over time and between each group, and (2) How did the facilitator's role in the organisation impact on the action learning groups? The methodology of action research and a number of principles of grounded theory are employed. Th
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Tsietsi, Tsotang. "Trade facilitation in the Southern African development community: the potential contribution of the world trade organization's trade facilitation agreement." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Law, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33949.

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This PhD thesis studies the facilitation of trade in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It considers the fact that there have been several regional and international agreements that the SADC countries have entered into with the objective of alleviating trade facilitation obstacles in their region. In addition to these agreements, the states have devised national strategies to implement their regional and international commitments. However, despite all of these efforts, the effects on the easing of obstacles to trade facilitation have been minimal and the positive impact on the
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Kingwill, Jonathan. "Can process facilitation re-route ecotourism development? : case studies in facilitating ecotourism planning in South Africa and Madagascar." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4770.

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Bibliography: leaves 58-61.<br>Ecotourism¹ is rapidly growing global phenomenon that has significant impacts on wilderness areas around the world (Honey 1999). Ecotoursim projects that have shown to be successful in achieving sustainability² are however rare³, despite the hope and funding that continues to be invested into them⁴. In order to distribute the costs and benefits of ecotourism equitably among the role players⁵ (RPs) and mitigate negative social and environmental impacts, a different approach to ecotourism development is required. The study aims to explore process facilitation and f
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Sabo, Imre. "The role of the facilitator in the work with groups in the business model innovation process." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-44744.

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This master’s thesis explores the role of the facilitator in business model innovation [BMI]. In the last 15 years BMI has gained increasing importance for companies to establish a competitive advantage. Yet, BMI is considered to be marked by high complexity and phases of uncertainty in the process of creating it. Equipped with the skills and characteristics, a facilitator may support groups in their endeavor to create BMIs. As a result of a qualitative study including expert interviews and observations of facilitated workshops, five aggregated dimensions describing the role of the business mo
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Ferreira, Judite. "Exploring facilitation skills in asset-based transdisciplinary teamwork." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03172005-143440.

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Oviatt, David P. "Social facilitation and motor performance a meta-analysis /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2629.

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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005<br>Thesis research directed by: Kinesiology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Hunter, Dale, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Social Ecology and Lifelong Learning. "Facilitation of sustainable co-operative processes in organisations." THESIS_CAESS_SELL_Hunter_D.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/482.

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This thesis explores the quality and sustainability of facilitated co-operative processes in organisations, and the difficulties and opportunities associated with this way of working. Three complementary research methods have been used: a survey, an Internet dialogue and a co-operative inquiry of facilitators, managers and academics. The survey revealed that facilitators have diverse and sometimes contradictory approaches to their organisational work, co-operative processes are not easy to sustain within hierarchical organisations, and that facilitator ethics need clarification. The developmen
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Shumka, Ellen. "The social facilitation of bullying : a multilevel analysis." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43517.

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It is well documented that bullying is harmful and relatively common among children and adolescents. Children report understanding that bullying is wrong, yet bullying continues to be a persistent problem in schools. The goal of the present study was to examine whether children’s bullying behaviours were socially facilitated by group norms and beliefs. Children’s justifications and rationalizations for engaging in wrongful behaviour, a phenomenon referred to as moral disengagement (MD), have been linked to bullying behaviour at the individual level. Specifically, children who report engaging i
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Huang, Pi-Chun 1975. "The properties of collinear facilitation in human vision /." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=103201.

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The detection threshold of a luminance-defined Gabor is improved by two high contrast, aligned flanking Gabors, an effect termed collinear facilitation. However, the neural basis of collinear facilitation is not well understood. This thesis focuses on a number of issues in collinear facilitation to better our understanding of its neural basis. (1) Cortical sites: the cortical site of collinear facilitation was investigated, and results showed that collinear facilitation is a purely monocular phenomenon. (2) Temporal properties: Collinear facilitation has fast dynamics for initiation and once c
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Hilbert, Anja. "Social facilitation maintenance treatment for adults with obesity." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-209435.

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Introduction: The long-term success of non-surgical weight loss treatment in adults with obesity is limite by substantial relapse, and only a few evidence-based weight loss maintenance treatments exist. This clinical trial investigates the feasibility and efficacy of a social facilitation maintenance programme for weight loss maintenance, tailored to meet the needs of obese adults who have undergone a lifestyle weight loss intervention. Methods and analysis: In a single-centre, open feasibility trial, 72 adults currently or previously obese or overweight who have undergone a lifestyle weight l
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Ferreira, Judite F. N. "Exploring facilitation skills in asset-based transdisciplinary teamwork." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23278.

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Much has been researched on how to manage and participate in teams, as well as on teamwork in transdisciplinary and early intervention groups. However, no single source adequately details the skills needed to facilitate such a unique group as that of the asset-based transdisciplinary team. A limitation in the theoretical body of knowledge regarding this subject matter spurred the purpose of this study to explore the facilitation skills conducive to asset-based transdisciplinary teams. A conceptual framework was created from the researcher’s perspective of the theoretical knowledge researched a
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Primo, Jessyca. "Trade Facilitation and Export diversification in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29364.

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This paper uses a gravity model to investigate the impact of trade facilitation on export diversification in South Africa. This paper uses panel data of 124 countries ranging over the period 2012 – 2016. In this paper, a statistical approach called factor analysis was used to construct four new aggregate trade facilitation indicators from a wide range of primary indicators that measured many aspects of trade facilitation for each of the countries in the panel and the number of product lines exported from South Africa was used as a measure of export diversification. We include simple average im
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Yimenu, Bethlehem T. "Challenging the Role of Relevance on Memory Facilitation." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1459529598.

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Hammar, Tora. "Trade facilitation in Vietnam : recent progress and impact /." Lund, 2008. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/594030366.pdf.

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Hunter, Dale. "Facilitation of sustainable co-operative processes in organisations." Thesis, View thesis, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/482.

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This thesis explores the quality and sustainability of facilitated co-operative processes in organisations, and the difficulties and opportunities associated with this way of working. Three complementary research methods have been used: a survey, an Internet dialogue and a co-operative inquiry of facilitators, managers and academics. The survey revealed that facilitators have diverse and sometimes contradictory approaches to their organisational work, co-operative processes are not easy to sustain within hierarchical organisations, and that facilitator ethics need clarification. The developmen
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Hunter, Dale. "Facilitation of sustainable co-operative processes in organisations /." View thesis, 2003. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20031107.153926/index.html.

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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2003.<br>"A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney School of Social Ecology and Lifelong Learning in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy" "March 2003" Bibliography: 238 - 249.
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