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Newsome, Sherrica Shawnyae. "A case study in science and technology diplomacy : understanding diplomats' technical competency and interaction with technical experts." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59774.
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Thesis (S.M. in Technology and Policy)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2010.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70).<br>As science and technology are increasingly at the center of global issues, diplomats are less capable of effectively completing their work without heavily relying on scientists and engineers for clarification and insight. This thesis is motivated by a desire to determine if convincing evidence exists that the lack of diplomats' technical knowledge and/or existing relational difficulties between the diplomat and the technical expert have negative effects on international agreements. The first required step, the focus of this thesis, is to gain an understanding of the technical expert and the diplomat's relationship. This thesis has examined, as a case study, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of External Relations' (OER) diplomats - officially known as international program specialists (IPS). The IPSs were interviewed and the data was analyzed using the grounded theory coding process. Statistics and charts were produced from pre-interview questionnaires and competency data and used as supporting evidence for the interview data. The thesis question is expressed and answered through its three sub-questions: What is the IPS's working relationship with scientists and engineers? How do IPSs go about writing the technical content of agreements? What is the IPS' technical competence? The collective answer is that an IPS does not generate the technical content of agreements, but relies heavily on the technical expert for both the content and its clarification. This lack of technical competence is supported by the fact that only 1% of reported OER's employees' competencies are technical (hard math and science) and only 4% are technically related. Additionally, hypotheses were drawn: An evaluation of the current IPS orientation process and OER training procedures may show that, despite perceived difficulties, the practices are the best available; An increased understanding of the IPS's role, on behalf of the technical experts - especially the field experts, should improve the relationship between the IPS and the technical expert; The technical competence of an IPS is, to some degree, dependent on both (1) the working relationship an IPS has with the technical expert and (2) the IPS' capability, capacity, and desire to learn. The study largely implies that the lack of understanding of the diplomat's role may also be apparent in other technical organizations where the method of diplomacy aiding science and technology is practiced.<br>by Sherrica Shawnyae Newsome.<br>S.M.in Technology and Policy
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Henry, Owen. ""Twitter Diplomacy": Engagement through Social Media in 21st Century Statecraft." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1338307388.
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Muir-Harmony, Teasel. "Project Apollo, Cold War diplomacy and the American framing of global interdependence." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93814.
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Thesis: Ph. D. in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Science, Technology and Society, 2014.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-265).<br>This dissertation examines the distinctive and critical role that space exploration played in American foreign relations and national image making in the 1960s. Proposed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, Project Apollo was established, in large part, as a means of demonstrating American power and promoting technocratic values in an international landscape defined by the Cold War, the collapse of colonialism, and the emergence of newly independent nations. While existing scholarship has gestured to this geopolitical context, it has tended to examine activity that takes place on American or lunar soil. This dissertation argues that the geopolitical context was not simply a backdrop but instead the main theater of Project Apollo. By embedding this familiar story back in its global context, this dissertation reinterprets the established narrative of Project Apollo in three significant ways. First, it places greater emphasis on the international stage and the relationship between the US and the world. Second, while the role of the Executive Branch remains essential to this story, this dissertation shifts the focus from engineers and managers, to key actors within the State Department and United States Information Agency, as well as foreign leaders and the world public. Finally, the role of Project Apollo in foreign relations, and public diplomacy in particular, becomes the defining feature of this investigation. By examining how US government elites promoted and disseminated information about space exploration to support American foreign relations interests, this dissertation offers a lens onto attempts to establish national power by fusing perceived values and strengths of science and technology- like rationality and progress- with the image of the nation's political system. These efforts, this dissertation demonstrates, were not only aimed at boosting American prestige, but were also strategic attempts to promote an idea of global unity and progress ushered in by American scientific and technological leadership.<br>by Teasel Muir-Harmony.<br>Ph. D. in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS)
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Pahlavi, Pierre Cyril Cyrus Teymour. "Mass diplomacy : foreign policy in the global information age." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=85196.
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A sophisticated and high tech form of state-to-foreign population diplomacy based on the use of the latest communication technologies has developed rapidly in recent years and has acquired an increasingly important position within a significant number of foreign affairs systems. Pioneered by the heavyweights of the international stage, the phenomenon has spread rapidly to secondary powers and is progressively extending itself to varying degrees to all states around the globe. This thesis grapples with the enigma raised by the brisk re-emergence of this foreign policy concentration by attempting to understand the reasons behind both the quantitative increase in public diplomacy activities and the qualitative evolution of these activities in terms of planning, organisation and implementation. The first argument that this thesis broaches is that the sudden growth of public diplomacy is the result of the shift to a new phase of the information revolution (necessary enabling force) which has been amplified by contingent factors: the explosion of global terrorism (accelerator) and the perception of leaders and foreign policy makers of this new environment (prism). The second argument is that, beyond quantitative growth, the new operational context born of the advent of the global information society provoked a qualitative evolution of the public diplomacy inherited from the Cold War towards what is today mass diplomacy. The result is the appearance of a market driven diplomacy employing persuasive techniques borrowed from the world of public relations and marketing. The new diplomacy is an entrepreneurial diplomacy that limits governmental leadership to a necessary minimum and encourages the participation of private and foreign sub-contractors. It is also a cyber-space diplomacy equipped with new diplomatic instruments such as high-resolution satellite imagery, high-speed networks, digital broadcasting and other marvels of the late twentieth cen
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Arroz, Sónia Silva. "Diplomacia cientifica : justificações, abordagens e ferramentas de uma especialização profissional emergente." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/7711.
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Mestrado em Economia e Gestão de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação<br>O presente trabalho explora com dados novos num campo ainda pouco sistematizado, a Diplomacia Científica - uso de interações científicas, entre países e entidades, para resolver problemas comuns enfrentados pela humanidade e construir parcerias internacionais baseadas no conhecimento.
A importância da ciência no mundo moderno vai além dos objetivos da pura investigação. A ciência é uma linguagem comum e tem sido utilizada por cientistas e governos para avançar o compromisso político entre países, que é o alcance da diplomacia através da ciência. A Diplomacia Científica tem sido vista como solução com potencial para fortalecer e melhorar as relações entre os países, promovendo a boa vontade e fazer avançar as fronteiras do conhecimento.
A Diplomacia Científica pode ajudar a reforçar os sistemas nacionais de inovação numa era de globalização mas, para isso, pode ainda haver possibilidade para melhorar as ferramentas que permitem aumentar a sua eficácia. Esta Dissertação procura estudar a emergência de uma especialização profissional emergente no domínio da Diplomacia Científica, procurando justificações nos estudos da inovação e das relações internacionais. A abordagem metodológica empregue é baseada na consulta de diferentes atores do sistema nacional de inovação e nos seus discursos fundamentados com as suas práticas. Dessa leitura resultaram indicadores das melhores práticas para uma maior eficácia deste profissional no terreno da Diplomacia Científica. Esses recursos servem de referência para o desenho de uma ferramenta de boas práticas - um "guião" tático para um "diplomata de ciência".<br>The present work explores with new data in a still poorly systematized field, Scientific Diplomacy' the use of scientific interactions, between countries and entities, to solve common problems faced by humanity and to a build internationals partnerships based on knowledge.
The importance of science in the modern world goes beyond the goals of pure research. Science is a common language and has been used by scientists and governments to advance the political cooperation between countries, which are the extent of diplomacy through science. Scientific diplomacy has been seen as a solution with potential to strength and to improve relations between countries, promoting the goodwill and advancing the borders of knowledge.
Scientific diplomacy can help to reinforce the nationals systems of innovation in an era of globalization but, for that, there is still the possibility to improve the tools that allows improving its efficiency. This dissertation aims to study the urgency of an emerging professional specialization in the field of scientific diplomacy searching justifications in innovation and international relations studies. The methodological approach employed is based in the consultation of different actors in the in national innovation system and their practices based on their speeches. From this reading resulted in indicators of best practices to a higher efficiency of this professional in the field of scientific diplomacy. These resources serve as a reference to the design of a good practices tool - a tactical "script" for a "science diplomat".
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van, Walsum-Stachowicz Judith Margaretha. "Corporate diplomacy and European Community information technology policies : the influence of multi-nationals and interest groups, 1980-1993." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1995. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2831/.
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While the European-owned information technology multinationals, as represented in the IT Roundtable, exerted a preponderant influence on the development, approval and implementation of ESPRIT in the early and mid-1980s; by the early 1990s, they appeared unable to translate their policy preferences into policy outcomes.' This thesis seeks to establish whether or not these companies lost some of their influence over the European Community and, if so, why. It argues that the IT Roundtable members' corporate diplomacy was less effective in the late 1980s and early 1990s than it was in the early and mid-1980s, for the following three reasons. First, the effectiveness of the IT Roundtable as a channel of political activity was undermined by its declining representativeness, following the structural changes taking place in the industry; by its lack of internal coherence caused by the diverging interests of its members; and by the perception that the Roundtable was suitable for articulating preferences in the area of R&TD but inappropriate for voicing broader preferences on industrial policy. Second, doubts about the necessity of an indigenous IT capability depreciated the perceived value of the asset which conferred political weight on the Roundtable companies: their capability to supply economically and militarily strategic technologies and products. While the realization of short-term economic objectives became more important - even amongst those governments paying lip-service to the necessity of an indigenous IT capability - public investments into the Roundtable companies, ridden by crisis, were not perceived as yielding "value for money", particularly in terms of employment and social and economic cohesion. Third, the EC's ability to realize the IT Roundtable's policy preferences was hampered by the lack of consensus amongst the national governments; the latter's insistence on subsidiarity, national solutions and juste retour; their resistance to spending money, and the fragmentation of the EC's decision-making structure. The EC's ability to supply the policies requested was further hampered by the increasingly globalized nature of the IT industry, and the EC's limited economic leverage over Japan and the US in international negotiations on IT.
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Tooch, David. "The Diffusion of Knowledge in Foreign Policy: The Case of Israel’s Technology Transfers as Tools of Diplomacy." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3178.
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Since its inception, Israel has wrestled with attempts by adversaries to keep her politically isolated in the international arena. To garner more friends and expand diplomatic reach, Israeli leaders initiated a strategy of sharing specialized knowledge with other nations. The technologies and knowledge shared were based on the experience gained from Israel’s distinctive security and developmental struggles. The transfer of technology developed into a foreign policy instrument in Israel’s overall international relations. Technical cooperation became part of a broader foreign relations drive that sought to deliver greater diplomatic recognition for Israel. This strategy, which continues to present times, was born mostly out of two major necessities for the young struggling state. The first, to boost Israel’s political stature in international forums. The second, to counterbalance efforts by Israel’s rivals to keep the Jewish State isolated in the Middle East and the rest of the world. In the early years of the initiative, the technology transfers were mostly confined in fields related to agriculture and the military. In more recent years, the rise of Israel’s hi-tech industry has attracted worldwide attention creating new opportunities for Israeli foreign policymakers to widen the scope of technologies to be offered as part of international partnerships. The dissertation examines the interplay of technology/knowledge transfers as a source of soft power for Israel in efforts to advance relationships even with seemingly unlikely partner nations. It explores the usefulness of know-how sharing in the making, growing and maintaining Israel’s relationships with two influential Asian countries. The study considers the multiple factors including the convergence of interests as drivers of Israel’s ties to India and China in both secretive and open relationships. Over the span of five decades, the Jewish State’s international cooperation efforts have grown in scope of expertise in areas like agriculture, defense, anti-terrorist training, and disaster relief. The study explores the weight of Israel’s technology transfers as tools of diplomacy in terms of propping up trade ties, gaining more favorable policies towards Israel in the context of the conflict with Palestinians and boosting bilateral exchanges in the form of official visits and treaties.
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Aranda, Jorge Eduardo Ferreira Silva. "Diplomacia científica:das boas práticas internacionais a um modelo nacional ótimo." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/14661.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Relações Internacionais<br>Esta dissertação tem por base a seguinte pergunta de partida: existe um modelo ótimo de diplomacia científica e, em caso afirmativo, como pode ser replicado em Portugal?
O estudo assume o objetivo geral de analisar as abordagens estratégicas de vários países à diplomacia científica e os seguintes objetivos específicos: explicar o conceito de diplomacia científica e a sua relevância no contexto atual; relacionar esse conceito com outros conceitos (e. g. diplomacia económica, diplomacia povo-a-povo e diplomacia pública); identificar os objetivos, instrumentos e atores da diplomacia científica; e deduzir implicações práticas que possam concorrer para uma eventual estratégia de diplomacia científica em Portugal.
Numa primeira parte, é explorada a diplomacia científica como vetor da política externa e a evolução histórica do seu conceito. Numa segunda parte, são examinados os objetivos, instrumentos e atores da diplomacia científica. Finalmente, numa terceira parte, é estudado o caso português, bem como as boas práticas de Alemanha, Espanha, França e Suíça, com um enfoque na análise dos motivos subjacentes às diferentes abordagens estratégicas, do modo como os meios definidos correspondem aos objetivos estabelecidos e do grau de envolvimento dos Estados, em particular dos Ministérios dos Negócios Estrangeiros. Com base no estudo de caso das referidas boas práticas internacionais, a dissertação apresenta algumas recomendações para o aprofundamento do conceito de diplomacia científica em Portugal e para o desenvolvimento de uma possível estratégia nacional neste domínio. A dissertação conclui que o modelo ótimo de diplomacia científica, a que se refere o título da mesma, deve ser entendido não como o melhor modelo ou o modelo ideal, mas como aquele que se revela adequado aos desafios que o motivam e às circunstâncias que o enquadram, o que pressupõe a definição clara dos objetivos e instrumentos, bem como o empenho institucional do Estado, nomeadamente, do respetivo Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros.<br>This dissertation is based on the following key research question: is there an optimal model for science diplomacy and, if so, how can it be replicated in Portugal?
The general objective of this study is to analyse different countries’ strategic approaches to science diplomacy, and its specific objectives are to explain the concept of science diplomacy and its relevance in the present context; interrelate such concept with other operational concepts (e. g. economic diplomacy, people-to-people diplomacy and public diplomacy); identify the goals, means and actors of science diplomacy; and derive practical implications that may contribute to a possible science diplomacy strategy in Portugal.
A first section is dedicated to exploring the concept of science diplomacy as a vector of foreign policy and its historic evolution. In the second part, the aims and instruments of science diplomacy are analysed, as well as its actors. The third and final section includes the case studies of Portugal, Germany, Spain, France and Switzerland, with a focus on the underlying motivations of their different approaches, the way how the established instruments meet the identified aims and the degree of involvement of the state, in particular the Foreign Ministry. Based on the case studies of the good international practices mentioned above, this work presents some recommendations towards deepening the concept of science diplomacy in Portugal and developing a possible national strategy in this domain. The dissertation concludes that the optimal model for science diplomacy, which the title refers to, should not be understood as the best or the ideal model, but as the one which proves to be fit for the challenges that stimulate it and the circumstances that shape it, which implies a clear definition of aims and tools, as well as the institutional commitment of the state, namely the respective Foreign Ministry.<br>N/A
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Jarčušková, Lucia. "Digitálna diplomacia Spojených štátov amerických v moslimskom svete." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-204046.
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The master thesis deals with a new phenomenon in the world of diplomacy: digital diplomacy. The main objective of this work is to determine whether the digital diplomacy is able to improve the relationship between the American and Islamic civilization. To fulfill this goal, the case study of Digital Outreach Team, of a team of specialists who search the internet and communicate with Muslims with negative attitude towards US, was used. The work is divided into three chapters. The first chapter provides a theoretical introduction to digital diplomacy. The second chapter is devoted to the use of digital diplomacy in the Unied States: a world leader in information and communication technologies, with an emphasis on digitization of activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the third chapter we find the analysis of the digital activities of the team and assessment of the digital diplomacy on Arab soil.
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Silvia, Adam M. "Haiti and the Heavens: Utopianism and Technocracy in the Cold War Era." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2544.
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This study examined technocracy in Haiti in the Cold War era. It showed how Haitian and non-Haitian technicians navigated United States imperialism, Soviet ideology, and postcolonial nationalism to implement bold utopian visions in a country oppressed by poverty and dynastic authoritarianism. Throughout the mid-to-late twentieth century, technicians lavished Haiti with plans to improve the countryside, the city, the workplace, and the home. This study analyzed those plans and investigated the motivations behind them. Based on new evidence discovered in the private correspondence between Haitian, American, and Western European specialists, it questioned the assumption that technocracy was captivated by high-modernist ideology and US hegemony. It exposed how many technicians were inspired by a utopian desire to create a just society—one based not only on technical knowledge but also on humanist principles, such as liberty and equality. Guided by the utopian impulse, technicians occasionally disobeyed policymakers who wished to promote modernization and the capitalist world-economy. In many cases, however, they also upset the Haitian people, who believed technocracy was too exclusive. This study concluded that technicians were empowered by expertise but unable to build the utopias they envisioned because they were constantly at odds with both policymakers at the top and the people whose lives they planned.
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Thomen, Eva Christine Salzmann. "Policy and practice : an activity systems' analysis of a further diploma in education (technology)." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004525.
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This research examines, within the interpretive paradigm, how emerging educational policy in an in-service educator education programme, namely, a Further Diploma in Education (Technology), is implemented and practiced by educators in the classroom. Technology is a new learning area in the South African curriculum that aims to develop learners' technological skills and promote the practical application of Science and Mathematics. Technology is seen as a way of developing a productive workforce that can design, realise and evaluate technological problems in a global economy. Engestrom's version of Activity Theory was used as the conceptual framework. Activity Theory focuses on 'activity' as a unit of analysis that captures the individual in context. This research focuses on the lecturers' and the students' actions in the programme, and the educators' and the learners' actions in the classroom. The research design was an eclectic case study consisting of two embedded cases within a single larger case namely, in-service educator education. Multiple single cases were selected within the two embedded cases. Trustworthiness and authenticity were addressed through the triangulation of data using mUltiple sources and methods of data collection. Data were analysed and interpreted in a hermeneutic-like process that emerged through gradual induction over time. The findings of the research suggest that the in-service educator education programme did not promote the effective implementation of educational policy. Major challenges to the effective implementation of educational policy include: the formulation and implementation of an INSET programme during rapid educational policy change, the under-preparedness and language difficulties of the participating educators that constrained policy implementation in the INSET programme and the classroom, the role of organisational rules in shaping the activities in the INSET programme and the classroom, and the broader community'S contribution to resource constraints in the classroom. This research suggests that the participating educators are not likely to be major change agents in the transformation of education in South Africa. This concurs with other research findings that suggest that educator education is a weak intervention incapable of overcoming the shortcomings of the educators' own personal schooling or the impact of work experience.
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Singh, Bijan, and n/a. "A comparison of graduates and non-graduates in diploma courses at Fiji Institute of Technology." University of Canberra. Education, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061108.160203.
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This is the first study done to ascertain which factors
significantly determine graduation and non-graduation in the Diploma
courses at Fiji Institute of Technology.
It is a quantitative study and analyses of the effects
of the variables sponsored/private, entry level, race, grade point
average, course sex, age and rural/urban on graduation and
non-graduation.
The significance of this study lies in determining
which improvements are necessary in order to increase the number of
graduates and thus make more effective use of the physical and human
resources. Resource utilisation gains added importance because of
its national implications. The Diploma graduates are the main
source of middle level technical manpower for Fiji; a developing
country which since its independence in 1970, has made satisfactory
social, political and economic progress.
For the period under study, data analysis shows that
the percentage of students graduating was 40.8. Furthermore, the
major finding was that Government sponsored ethnic Indian male
students with New Zealand University Entrance as entry level,
belonging to the 24+ age group produced statistically significant
results.
It has been recommended that both the Fiji Institute of
Technology and the Government of Fiji should increase and strengthen
Government sponsorship of Diploma students. Fiji Institute of
Technology in consultation with industry should work out effective
strategies such as better supervision and the monitoring of
sponsored students' progress throughout the course and provision of
an increased variety of work experiences, in order to improve the
weaker areas of practical experience during the course.
Since this is the first such study, further research in
areas such as the requirements of the Diploma curriculum and the
availability of training facilities and equipment, is recommended.
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Кутуза, А. О. "Інформаційно технологічна революція кінця ХХ століття Інтернет Економіка". Thesis, Одеський національний економічний університет, 2021. http://local.lib/diploma/Kutuza.pdf.
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Доступ до роботи тільки на території бібліотеки ОНЕУ, для переходу натисніть на посилання нижче<br>У роботі розглядається система економічних відносин що виникають між суб’єктами національної економіки в контексті науково-технічної революції.
Проаналізовано становлення, розвиток, функціонування науково-технічної революції та становлення інтернет-економіки вцілому та в Україні зокрема. За результатами проведеного дослідженя можна стведжувати що, нині інтернет-економіка є визначним чинником економічного зростання. Лідери світової економіки розглядають цифровізацію як першочерговий напрямок інноваційного розвитку виробничо-економічних систем різних рівнів. Для нашої країни розвиток процесів цифровізації набуває додаткового значення, оскільки надає реальні перспективи для модернізації економіки, покращення її виробничо-технологічної структури, забезпечення участі у новій глобальній економіці та подолання на цій основі сучасного кризового стану.<br>The formation, development, functioning of the scientific and technological revolution and the formation of the Internet economy in general and in Ukraine in particular are analyzed.
According to the results of the study, it can be stated that today the Internet economy of life. Leaders of the world economy consider digitalization as a priority area of innovative development of production and economic systems at various levels.For development of digitalization processes is of additional importance because it provides real prospects for modernizing the economy, improving its production and technological structure, ensuring participation in the new global economy and overcoming the current crisis on this basis.
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Sutherland, G. "A curriculum framework for an introductory programme in the national diploma: Engineering at the Vaal University of Technology." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1368.
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Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Studies))-- University of Stellenbosch, 2009<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to develop a curriculum framework for engineering
introduction programmes offered at a higher education institution, using a case study
design.
The South African government is attempting to redress the social inequalities which
prevailed in the education sector during the apartheid era. One of their efforts has
involved the widening of access to diverse groups in society in order to increase
participation within the higher education sector. However, many students attempting
their higher education studies are academically under prepared. This is mainly due
to insufficient life skills, communication skills, numeric skills and literacy skills. The
lack of these skills has inspired various international and national higher education
institutions to develop academic programmes aimed at bridging the gap that exists
between secondary schooling and higher education. Introduction programmes for
prospective engineering students have to ensure high-quality curriculum
development procedures in order to secure these students’ academic success
throughout their engineering studies. This, in turn, leads to quality graduates and
addresses the huge shortage experienced by the industry.
An overview of the contextual and conceptual views on curriculum development is
given against the backdrop of the current higher education legislation in South Africa.
The overview regarding curriculum development links the introduction programme
curriculum to generic learning outcomes specifically set at the National Qualification
Framework Level 4. It suggests the application of continuous assessments, in line
with outcomes-based education criteria, together with quality assurance in order to fit
the Higher Education Quality Committee and the Engineering Council of South
Africa’s accreditation criteria applicable to higher education institutions.
During the design and methodological stages, it was established, by means of a
theoretical investigation, that the first phase of this study determines whether
students that successfully completed the introduction programme perform
academically better than students entering the diploma programmes directly. The
theoretical investigation also established that the second phase of this study
determines if the diploma students dropped out of the programme for reasons other
than academic performance.
A triangulation approach was used to increase the validity of the empirical part of the
study and to enhance the rigorous use of both quantitative and qualitative data. The
study results shed light on the need for introduction programmes. In addition, it
proposed a curriculum framework for improved engineering introduction programmes
at the Vaal University of Technology.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie was om kurrikulumraamwerk vir
oorbruggingsprogram vir ingenieurswese-studente in hoër onderwys te ontwikkel.
Die kurrikulumraamwerk is ontwikkel deur middel van gevallestudie wat die
implementering van oorbruggingskursusse in die ingenieurswese indringend
ondersoek het.
Die huidige Suid-Afrikaanse regering poog om die sosio-politieke wanbalanse as
nalatenskap van apartheid, uit te wis. Dit word gedoen deur middel van inisiatiewe
waarin onder meer hoër onderwys prominente vennoot is wat aan diverse
samelewing gelyke geleenthede bied. Die huidige, meer toeganklike bedeling in hoër
onderwys in Suid-Afrika het groot toename van studente uit histories agtergeblewe
gemeenskappe tot gevolg gehad. Die meeste studente wat in hierdie konteks die
hoëronderwyssektor betree, blyk in groot mate onvoorbereid te wees vir hoër
onderwys vanweë hul gebrek aan lewens-, kommunikasie-, numeriese en
taalvaardighede. Hierdie tendens kom ook op internasionale vlak voor. Dit het
inisiatiewe ten opsigte van akademiese ontwikkeling op nasionale sowel as
internasionale vlak genoodsaak. Die doel van akademiese ontwikkeling is primêr om
die gaping tussen die skool en hoër onderwys te oorbrug.
Oorbruggingskursusse moet van hoë gehalte wees om sodoende te kan verseker
dat voornemende studente vir hoër onderwys, en vir die doel van hierdie studie meer
spesifiek ingenieurstudente, van groter akademiese sukses verseker kan wees. Die
suksesvolle implementering van oorbruggingskursusse vir ingenieurswese-studente
behoort in groot mate tot beter gehalte gegradueerde te lei en bydrae te lewer
tot die vraag na ingenieurswese-studente vir die nywerheidswêreld.
Kontekstuele en konsepsuele beskouings ten opsigte van kurrikulumontwikkeling in
die hoër onderwys in Suid-Afrika word deur generiese leeruitkomste bepaal. Hierdie
uitkomste is op vlak 4 van die land se Nasionale Kwalifikasieraamwerk vasgepen. Dit
het ook tot gevolg dat alle programme volgens amptelike Departement van
Onderwys-dokumente aan deurlopende assessering onderwerp moet word, dat die
gehalte van die kursus onderworpe is aan die gehalteversekeringskriteria van die
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Hoëronderwys se Gehaltekomitee (‘HEQC’) en dat dit moet voldoen aan die
vereistes van die Ingenieursraad van Suid-Afrika.
Teoretiese raamwerk is tydens die ontwerp- en metodiekstadium van die studie
daargestel. Die doel van hierdie eerste fase van die studie was om te bepaal of
diplomastudente wat die oorbruggingskursusse suksesvol voltooi het, akademies
beter gepresteer het as daardie studente wat nie die oorbruggingskursus gevolg het
nie. Die tweede studiefase het bepaal of die diplomastudente hul studies vir redes
gestaak het wat moontlik nie met akademiese sukses verband hou nie.
Die navorsing het van triangulasie gebruik gemaak, ten einde die doeltreffende
gebruik van sowel kwantitatiewe as kwalitatiewe data te verhoog. Die resultate van
die studie werp lig op en onderstreep die behoefte aan oorbruggingskursusse. Die
navorsing beveel kurrikulumraamwerk aan vir die ontwerp van verbeterde
oorbruggingskursusse in die ingenieurswese aan die Vaal Universiteit van
Tegnologie.
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Krahn, Mary Anne. "Nurse educators' experience of their jobs in a diploma nursing programme at a College of Applied Arts and Technology." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0017/MQ58048.pdf.
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Taylor, David G. "Development of an infrared optometer thesis submitted in fulfilment of the Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering Research, Auckland University of Technology, 2003." Full thesis. Abstract, 2003.
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Hollis-Turner, Shairn Lorena. "Educating for employability in office environments." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1991.
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Diversity and transformation demands on higher education require that all universities of technology revisit and redesign their qualifications and curricula in order to meet the challenges facing the higher education system in the 21st century, and to align with the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework. The study focused on the knowledge bases of the current and new Diplomas in Office Management curricula, and how these were aligned with the broader aim of enhancing the employability of graduates.
The problem investigated was the contribution of higher education to the work readiness of graduates within a diploma curriculum at a university of technology. This thesis argues that employability is enhanced by the programme and its content. The National Diploma in Office Management is currently being phased out, and a new programme, the Diploma in Office Management, is being developed. These two qualifications are the main focus of this thesis. Knowledge is considered an important component of modern societies, and thus the knowledge bases of the Office Management curricula can play a vital role in fostering the employability of graduates.
The theoretical framework draws on three dimensions of Maton’s Legitimation Code Theory. These dimensions are Autonomy, Semantics and Specialisation, which allow for the analysis of the Office Management curriculum to enable the researcher to develop an understanding of the knowledge base of service and professional knowledge bases of the curriculum. The recontextualisation processes for professional curricula involve the recontextualisation of work practices into academic subjects as well as the recontextualisation of disciplinary knowledge into applied subject areas. This process involves a series of knowledge translations involving choices and struggles, for example, to determine which disciplines are essential in a National Diploma Office Management curriculum. These choices of what makes different categories of knowledge practices legitimate, and the purposes and interests they serve are conceptualised in Legitimation Code Theory. The use of Legitimation Code Theory determined the multi-method approach used to include the views of graduates, employers and academics, who were able to bring their own experiences, expectations, concerns and perspectives into the research process. The methods of data collection included Delphi surveys, documentary data from minutes of DACUM and curriculum workshops, curricular documents and course material, third-year student and alumni surveys, and interview documentation with academics from international and local institutions. These sources were used to secure triangulation of data gathering. The Autonomy dimension of Legitimation Code Theory was drawn on to analyse the documentary and curricular data to examine the history, origin and mission of the Office Management curricula to determine who decided on the knowledge bases of the curricula. The Delphi survey was designed to determine the knowledge areas which form the basis of the Office Management curricula, and to obtain additional content which had been omitted from the current curriculum to assist with the recurriculation of the new Diploma in Office Management. The data from the Delphi surveys, curricular and documentary data and interview data, were analysed by drawing on the Semantic dimension of Legitimation Code Theory to examine the content and knowledge areas which give the Office Management curricula meaning. The design of the Delphi survey also aimed to determine the attributes necessary for the role of the office administrator. The analysis of data produced from a variety of sources utilising the dimensions of the Legitimation Code Theory established that the knowledge base of office management work is that of professional service and support. The findings show that the Office Management curricula focus on technical and highly practical and contextual components with less emphasis given to the significant role of the linguistic knowledge base. Language, writing and oral communication skills are the foundation of the work of office administrators and office managers who are required to communicate at all levels of the organisation with employees and senior staff, and between the company and its stakeholders. The workplace demands of the field of information technology are continuously changing, and focusing on the “technology” without focusing on the communication knowledge principles that support this technology, gives evidence of what Maton calls knowledge blindness in the curriculum. This harks to when the focus on the mechanics of typing and shorthand caused the work of secretaries to become underrated as the focus was not on the multiple and complex literacies associated with this work. A solid disciplinary core of communication theory and a sound knowledge of business communication genres and technical communication are essential for graduates. This will provide graduates with the complex knowledge they will need to draw on to cope with the demands of the dynamic workplace, changing technology and society, and an unknown future.
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Клюс, І. Г. "Інноваційні методи стимулювання попиту у сфері туризму (на прикладі туристичного агентства «Джоін Ап!»)". Thesis, Одеський національний економічний університет, 2021. http://local.lib/diploma/Klyus.pdf.
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Доступ до роботи тільки на території бібліотеки ОНЕУ, для переходу натисніть на посилання нижче<br>У роботі розглядаються теоретичні аспекти інноваційної діяльності у сфері туристичного маркетингу на підприємстві. Висвітлено сутність та типи інноваційної діяльності в процесі ринкового просування туристичних продуктів. Проаналізовано ДПТ як засіб ефективного збуту та комунікації із споживачами. Надано загальну характеристику туристичного агентства у складі мережі «Джоін Ап!». Проаналізовано фінансову-господарську діяльність туристичного агентства «Джоін Ап!» за 2018-2020 роки та його систему маркетингових комунікацій.
Запропоновано шляхи впровадження маркетингових інновацій, як способу стимулювання попиту туристів. Розраховано ефективність запропонованих маркетингових інновацій. Обґрунтовано економічна доцільність впровадження запропонованих заходів для туристичного підприємства.<br>The work deals with the theoretical aspects theoretical aspects of innovation in the field of tourism marketing. The essence and types of innovative activity in the process of market promotion of tourism products are highlighted. DPT is analyzed as a means of effective sales and communication with consumers. Provided a general description of the travel agency within the network "Join Up!" Analyzed the financial and economic activities of the travel agency "Join Up!" for 2018-2020 and its marketing communications system.
The ways of introducing marketing innovations as a way to stimulate tourist demand are proposed. The effectiveness of the proposed marketing innovations has been calculated. The economic feasibility of the implementation of the proposed measures for a tourism enterprise has been substantiated.
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Kube, Sven. "Born in the U.S.A. / Made in the G.D.R.: Anglo-American Popular Music and the Westernization of a Communist Record Market." FIU Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3656.
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Scholars from various disciplines have demonstrated that popular culture factored significantly in Cold War contestation. As a pervasive form of cultural content and unifying medium for baby boomers worldwide, pop music played an important part in the power struggle between the era’s two adversarial camps. Historical studies of the past thirty years have identified initiatives of cultural diplomacy, from radio broadcasting to live concert tours, as key to disseminating Western music in Eastern Bloc societies. This project explains how cultural commerce across the divide of the Iron Curtain familiarized millions of music fans in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) with popular sounds from the United States, the United Kingdom, and other Western democracies. Detailing a process that affected all Bloc states in similar ways, it seeks to enrich the scholarly discourse on the role of pop culture in the twentieth century’s defining ideological conflict.
Through analysis of previously unavailable or inaccessible sources, the dissertation reconstructs the economic development of a communist culture industry and measures the commercial significance of Western commodities in one Eastern Bloc marketplace. Drawing on untapped archival files, it traces the evolution of Deutsche Schallplatten (German Records) from a small private firm into a flagship enterprise on the GDR’s cultural circuit. It illuminates how dependency on technology and resources from capitalist countries prompted East Germany’s managers to prioritize the westward export of classical recordings for the purpose of earning hard currencies. Based on oral histories of contemporary witnesses, it documents how the Amiga label through the parent company’s business ties to capitalist partners advanced the import of Western jazz, blues, rock, pop, and dance music to exhaust the purchasing power of the home audience. Empirically evaluating formerly classified production data for a total of 143 million records, it reveals how the state-owned monopolist engineered a de facto takeover of the domestic marketplace by American, British, and West German performers to achieve high profitability. The dissertation argues that intensifying Westernization of its walled-in music market exemplified the GDR’s decision to concede the Cold War battle over cultural preferences and political loyalties of its citizens out of economic necessity.
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Chlachula, Jakub. "Vývoj nové technologie ztekucení a stabilizace zemin." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-371972.
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Nowadays, efforts are being made to reduce the environmental impact on the planet even at soils management. Excavated soils are treated as waste and often end up in landfill or depot landfills. It is an effort to exploit these soils. By adding suitable stabilizing additives, features such as yield fluidity, moisture or compressive strength can be adjusted. This composite can be further liquefactioned by using water and suitable liquefiers or plasticizers. Such iquefactioned soils are a suitable self-compacting grouts dressing for excavation for the laying of utility grids, where it is necessary to fill the hole again. The advantage are low economic demands and the absence of excess waste. In the course of this thesis the situation of soil usability in the Czech Republic will be evaluated and possible technologies of soil adjusters will be described. Further, the known types of stabilizing additives and their influence on soil stabilization will be evaluated and verified. Then, different types of liquefying additives will be evaluated and verified. The aim of the thesis is to develop a new technology of liquefaction and soil stabilization.
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Fisher, Roy. "The vocational curriculum in England 1974-1994 : a socio-historical study of the Business and Technology Education Council's National Diploma in Business and Finance." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 1999. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/4848/.
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The BEC/BTEC National Diploma in Business and Finance was, from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s, a major vocational award in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Although the majority of BEC/BTEC students were located in the further education colleges within the somewhat marginalised postcompulsory sector, the BEC/BTEC National level curriculum was directly experienced by hundreds of thousands of students as well as their lecturers, and indirectly by a range of educational stakeholders including employers and university tutors coming into contact with former BEC/BTEC students. Having transformed the rhetoric and substantially altered pedagogic practices within further education the BTEC National Diploma was beginning to establish an identity when it was, in effect, superceded by the Advanced GNVQ in Business. Notwithstanding the significance of BEC/BTEC as a major awarding body the associated curriculum attracted relatively little interest from researchers, receiving only a fraction of the attention which has been attracted by the more recent NVQs and GNVQs. This study is primarily a curriculum history which aims to provide an account of a curriculum which was conceived and implemented at a time before policy makers had come to recognise the value of the post-compulsory sector as an engine for potentially improving national economic performance, and as a catalyst for the creation of a culture of life-long learning. The study attempts to theoretically contextualise the BEC/BTEC curriculum as an important instance of vocationalism. Ideas drawn from Gramsci, Althusser, Foucault and Lyotard are utilised in order to provide a critical but multi-perspectival analytical framework. The study incorporates an outline discussion of vocationalism in England; an account of the genesis and development of BEC/BTEC as an institution; an overview of various versions (or "generations") of the BEC/BTEC National curriculum as well as those which have superceded it (using course specifications and associated documents); and presents perceptions of the BEC/BTEC National curriculum drawn from a questionnaire survey and interviews. The BEC/BTEC National curriculum is seen as an innovatory curriculum which, for many students, presented important opportunities to progress. It is suggested, however, that ideological assumptions implicit in the model of vocationalism as operationalised in late Twentieth Century capitalism have necessarily emasculated the critical potential and intellectual integrity of vocational education and training in England.
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Blassoples, Cindy Faith. "The determinants of fit between the world of work and Tertiary learning:A tracer study of Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Marketing Diploma graduates." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/953.
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Dissertation (MTech: Business Administration))-- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011<br>A quantitative research study was conducted in order to gain insight and knowledge into the various destinations CPUT Marketing graduates end up after completing their course of study. A cohort of students that graduated between 2001-2010 was used in this research. The motivation for the study stemmed from the researcher’s experience working at CPUT, lecturing and the researcher’s interaction with the students. The ultimate objective of the study was to trace the graduates, identify their employment status and observe if they are employed in the area for which they have studied.The literature study covers areas that relate to how students choose what to study, graduate skills, the workforce and graduate employment and unemployment. These areas were reviewed from different sources and authors that specialize in graduate development.The researcher elected to work with CPUT graduates as the researcher too is an alumnus of CPUT and was familiar with the policies and procedures of the institution.Results of the research confirmed that tracer studies are an essential tool for tracking graduates and the findings of tracer studies are beneficial for future curriculum development. Although tracer studies yield valuable insight into graduate trajectories they undervalued and underutilized. Furthermore, the results confirm that graduates are employed in the sectors for which they studied or associated sectors. Moreover co-operative education should be further explored to yield better results and perhaps secure employment for the student after graduation.The recommendation is that academic staff revisits the curriculum and better incorporate scarce skills such as critical thinking skills and also institute a formal tracking system that can be used to benefit the department.
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Švikruha, Patrik. "Využití technologie Blazor s frameworkem DotVVM." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-400921.
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Ngwenya, Lorraine. "Case Study Report : science and technology diplomacy and the 2012-2013 German – South African Year of Science." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46068.
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The high degree of interdependence among role players is one of the most important characteristics of the global arena of the twenty first century. The downside of the creation of an integrated and knowledge-driven global society is the increased global inequality, poverty and environmental degradation. Insufficient scientific and technological knowledge to address these challenges is one of the most pressing concerns for the developing countries and emerging market economies of the global South. To increase their technological capabilities without incurring the costs of technological innovation, these countries use science and technology diplomacy to create new and participate in existing global networks for scientific information exchange. The countries of the South do not perceive themselves to be ‘borrowers’ or ‘adopters’ of ready-made technology but as active participants in the acquisition, generation and management of technological expertise.
Developing countries and many emerging economies desperately need to level the global playing field by bridging the scientific and technological gap between them and developed countries. Different needs motivate a developed country, such as Germany to become involved in a bilateral diplomatic relationship with an emerging economy, such as South Africa. Germany aims to increase its access to South Africa’s markets, thereby creating more opportunities for trade and economic growth. South Africa experiences developmental challenges and has since 1994 actively created diplomatic opportunities to ensure the successful transmission of technology to its people. South Africa’s science and technology diplomacy takes place against the background of its national interests related to the transfer of technology to its people. South Africa recognised the necessity of diplomatic specialisation and therefore signed a bilateral science and technology agreement with Germany on 12 June 1996.
The broad aim of this case study is to demonstrate how the science and technology diplomacy between Germany, a highly developed country in the global North and South Africa, an emerging economy in the global South, can be instrumental in addressing the developmental challenges of the latter. More specifically, the purpose of this study is to assess the significance of the scientific and technological diplomatic relationship between South Africa and Germany as manifested during the 2012/2013 German-South African Year of Science.
The main research question is whether the 2012/2013 German-South African Year of Science contributed to South Africa’s ability to leverage scientific knowledge and technological skills from Germany. The first subsidiary question asks whether South Africa can use this Year of Science as a blueprint for similar partnerships with other countries. This leads to a second subsidiary question: What does the South African government need to do to establish a permanent, structural framework for the long-term inclusion of non-state role players in its science and technology diplomacy?
The study finds the Year of Science to be a highlight, a success and in many aspects a blueprint for future cooperation with other countries. This Year of Science demonstrates what a good and dedicated partnership could offer. It strengthened and supported the already existing relations with various non-governmental stakeholders. This Year of Science served as a diplomatic instrument for the inclusion of non-state role players for the promotion of science and technology agreements, the funding of scientific research and the exchange of scientific knowledge. This case study report contributes to the field of science and technology diplomacy in general, but also provides valuable insight in the changes South Africa will have to make to its strategies and policies to benefit more to improve its science and technology diplomacy.<br>Mini-dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2015.<br>tm2015<br>Political Sciences<br>MA<br>Unrestricted
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Ferreira, André Filipe da Costa. "dipblue: a diplomacy agent with strategic and trust reasoning." Master's thesis, 2014. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/72469.
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O Diplomacy é um jogo de tabuleiro de estratégia militar, de turnos, passado no virar do século vinte onde sete potências lutam pelo domínio da Europa. O jogo é jogado por 2 a 7 elementos e caracteriza-se por não possuir factores aleatórios, bem como, por ser um jogo de soma-zero. Este tem uma componente bastante importante quando jogado entre jogadores humanos e que tem sido descartada nos jogos tipicamente abordados por Inteligência Artificial: antes de efectuarem as jogadas, os jogadores podem negociar entre si e discutir assuntos como alianças, propostas de jogadas, trocas de informações, entre outros. Tendo em conta que os jogadores actuam simultaneamente e que o número de unidades e movimentos é bastante extenso, o resultado é uma árvore de jogo demasiado vasta para ser pesquisada eficazmente. A maioria dos jogadores existentes para Diplomacy não tiram proveito das oportunidades que o jogo proporciona e tentam resolver o problema através de pesquisa de soluções e do uso de heurísticas complexas.Esta dissertação propõe uma abordagem para a criação de um jogador artificial chamado DipBlue, que tire proveito da negociação de forma a obter vantagem em relação aos restantes jogadores, através do uso tratados de paz, formação de alianças ou sugestão de acções a aliados. É ainda usada confiança como um meio de detectar e reagir a possíveis traições por parte de jogadores aliados.O jogador foi criado para a plataforma de testes de sistemas multi-agente DipGame e foi testado contra outros jogadores da mesma plataforma e contra variações de si mesmo.Os resultados das experiências demonstram que o uso de negociação aumenta a performance dos bots aliados se todos forem fieis aos acordos efectuados, contudo, quando traídos a eficácia dos bots desce drasticamente. Neste cenário, a capacidade de avaliar confiança provou ser capaz de reduzir o impacto das traições.<br>Diplomacy is a military strategy turn-based board game, which takes place in the turn of the 20th century, where seven world powers fight for the dominion of Europe. The game can be played by 2 to 7 players and is characterized by not having random factors, as well as, by being a zero-sum game. It has a very important component when played by human players that has been put aside in games typically addressed by Artificial Intelligence techniques: before making their moves the players can negotiate among themselves and discuss issues such as alliances, move propositions, exchange of information, among others.Keeping in mind that the players act simultaneously and that the number of units and movements is extremely large, the result is a vast game tree impossible of being effectively searched. The majority of existing artificial players for Diplomacy don't make use of the negotiation opportunities the game provides and try to solve the problem through solution search and the use of complex heuristics.This dissertation proposes an approach to the development of an artificial player named DipBlue, that makes use of negotiation in order to gain advantage over its opponents, through the use of peace treaties, formation of alliances and suggestion of actions to allies. Trust is used as a tool to detect and react to possible betrayals by allied players.DipBlue has a flexible architecture that allows the creation of different variations of the bot, each with a particular configuration and behaviour. The player was built to work with the multi-agent systems testbed DipGame and was tested with other players of the same platform and variations of itself. The results of the experiments show that the use of negotiation increases the performance of the bots involved in the alliances if all of them are trustworthy, however, when betrayed the efficiency of the bots drastically decreases. In this scenario, the ability to perform trust reasoning proved to successfully reduce the impact of betrayals.
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Ferreira, André Filipe da Costa. "dipblue: a diplomacy agent with strategic and trust reasoning." Dissertação, 2014. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/72469.
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O Diplomacy é um jogo de tabuleiro de estratégia militar, de turnos, passado no virar do século vinte onde sete potências lutam pelo domínio da Europa. O jogo é jogado por 2 a 7 elementos e caracteriza-se por não possuir factores aleatórios, bem como, por ser um jogo de soma-zero. Este tem uma componente bastante importante quando jogado entre jogadores humanos e que tem sido descartada nos jogos tipicamente abordados por Inteligência Artificial: antes de efectuarem as jogadas, os jogadores podem negociar entre si e discutir assuntos como alianças, propostas de jogadas, trocas de informações, entre outros. Tendo em conta que os jogadores actuam simultaneamente e que o número de unidades e movimentos é bastante extenso, o resultado é uma árvore de jogo demasiado vasta para ser pesquisada eficazmente. A maioria dos jogadores existentes para Diplomacy não tiram proveito das oportunidades que o jogo proporciona e tentam resolver o problema através de pesquisa de soluções e do uso de heurísticas complexas.Esta dissertação propõe uma abordagem para a criação de um jogador artificial chamado DipBlue, que tire proveito da negociação de forma a obter vantagem em relação aos restantes jogadores, através do uso tratados de paz, formação de alianças ou sugestão de acções a aliados. É ainda usada confiança como um meio de detectar e reagir a possíveis traições por parte de jogadores aliados.O jogador foi criado para a plataforma de testes de sistemas multi-agente DipGame e foi testado contra outros jogadores da mesma plataforma e contra variações de si mesmo.Os resultados das experiências demonstram que o uso de negociação aumenta a performance dos bots aliados se todos forem fieis aos acordos efectuados, contudo, quando traídos a eficácia dos bots desce drasticamente. Neste cenário, a capacidade de avaliar confiança provou ser capaz de reduzir o impacto das traições.<br>Diplomacy is a military strategy turn-based board game, which takes place in the turn of the 20th century, where seven world powers fight for the dominion of Europe. The game can be played by 2 to 7 players and is characterized by not having random factors, as well as, by being a zero-sum game. It has a very important component when played by human players that has been put aside in games typically addressed by Artificial Intelligence techniques: before making their moves the players can negotiate among themselves and discuss issues such as alliances, move propositions, exchange of information, among others.Keeping in mind that the players act simultaneously and that the number of units and movements is extremely large, the result is a vast game tree impossible of being effectively searched. The majority of existing artificial players for Diplomacy don't make use of the negotiation opportunities the game provides and try to solve the problem through solution search and the use of complex heuristics.This dissertation proposes an approach to the development of an artificial player named DipBlue, that makes use of negotiation in order to gain advantage over its opponents, through the use of peace treaties, formation of alliances and suggestion of actions to allies. Trust is used as a tool to detect and react to possible betrayals by allied players.DipBlue has a flexible architecture that allows the creation of different variations of the bot, each with a particular configuration and behaviour. The player was built to work with the multi-agent systems testbed DipGame and was tested with other players of the same platform and variations of itself. The results of the experiments show that the use of negotiation increases the performance of the bots involved in the alliances if all of them are trustworthy, however, when betrayed the efficiency of the bots drastically decreases. In this scenario, the ability to perform trust reasoning proved to successfully reduce the impact of betrayals.
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Mendonça, António Sérgio Correia. "Diplomacia na era da informação e gestão do conhecimento." Master's thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/10823.
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Dissertação de mestrado em Sistemas de Informação<br>A evolução contínua das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) coloca novos
desafios aos actores envolvidos. A adaptação a esses desafios irá criar novas hierarquias
independentes das fronteiras geográficas. As tecnologias de rede como a internet geraram
um poder acrescido para os actores não estatais que capturaram muitas das atribuições
tradicionais dos Estados.
O conceito de diplomacia, desde a sua origem tradicional ao contexto virtual mudou
significativamente. Hoje, qualquer agente diplomático tem de lidar com implicações
substanciais de um novo ambiente comunicacional, considerando o impacto das TIC
numa sociedade crescentemente estruturada em rede e menos hierarquizada. O Estado
deverá ter em conta a emergência de novos actores e a sua relevância na actividade
diplomática.
Nos dias de hoje a actividade diplomática tem de fazer face a uma concorrência acrescida
de actores não estatais que fazem uso de novos recursos informacionais e
comunicacionais. Estes actores (tais como as ONG, média, organizações terroristas,
organizações ambientais e de recursos humanos, entre outros) tornaram-se aptas a
desempenhar algumas das funções estatais típicas gerando uma distribuição mais difusa
do poder, menos centrada no Estado. Muitos deles estão tecnologicamente muito bem
preparados, fazendo um uso intensivo das TIC e, sobretudo, da computação em rede,
obtendo um acesso cada vez mais fácil a um conjunto significativo de pessoas e
informações. As instituições diplomáticas terão de adaptar-se à Era da Informação, determinando esta,
em grande medida o modo como a actividade diplomática será exercida no futuro, e quais
os actores predominantes.
Dado que a informação e a sua gestão são basilares no desempenho de toda a actividade
diplomática, será importante verificar em que medida um acesso mais generalizado a este
recurso poderá alterar o modo como a actividade é desempenhada, mas também ao nível
do público-alvo da actividade, modificando a sua percepção.
O objectivo do trabalho é o de analisar a importância que as alterações tecnológicas têm
na actividade diplomática, avaliando em que medida a emergência de novos actores
relega a acção estatal para um plano secundário.
O desenvolvimento das tecnologias e das redes assume hoje um papel central na
actividade diplomática, requerendo a adopção de novos processos de interacção virtual.
Existe um desconhecimento, por parte dos agentes diplomáticos nacionais, das
oportunidades e ameaças que se colocam actualmente à actividade. Neste contexto, será
necessária uma mudança tecnológica, acompanhada por mudanças nas estruturas das
organizações, e um aumento das qualificações que adapte a diplomacia a uma sociedade
organizada em rede.
Um dos passos fundamentais passa por um investimento permanente na elevação das
qualificações tecnológicas dos diplomatas que poderá passar pela criação de uma
instituição especializada no ensino da diplomacia, intensiva em TIC.<br>The continuous evolution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
implies new challenges to all the people involved in the diplomatic activity. Those
challenges will create new challenges independent from geographical borders. The
network technologies as the internet generated an increased power to non-state actors that
have captured many of the traditional State functions.
The concept of diplomacy, since his origin to the virtual context has changed
significantly. Nowadays, any diplomatic agent has to deal with the substantial
implications of a new communicational environment, considering the impact of the ICT
in a society increasingly networked and less hierarchical. The State must take into
account the emergence of new actors and his relevance in the diplomatic activity.
Nowadays, the diplomatic activity must deal with an increased competition form nonstate
actors that use new information and communication resources. These actors (such as
the NGO’s, media, terrorist organizations, environmental and human resource
organizations) became able to exert some typical State functions generating a more
diffuse distribution of power, less State-focused. Many of these actors are technologically
well prepared, using ICT’s intensively, and, especially network computing, obtaining na
increasingly easy access to a significant number of people.
Diplomatic institutions must adapt to the Information Age, which will determine how the
diplomatic activity will be exerted in the future and who will be predominant.
Since information and information management are essential in the performance of all
diplomatic activity, it is important to check whether a wider access to this resource can
change the way this activity is performed, and also how the public reacts to that wider
access. The aim of this study is to analyse the relevance of technological changes in the
diplomatic activity, assessing to what extent the emergence of new actors will relegate
the State action to a secondary role.
The development of technologies and networks assumes a central role in the diplomatic
activity, requiring the adoption of new forms of virtual interaction.
The Portuguese diplomatic agents are unaware of the opportunities and threats that
concern the diplomatic activity.
In this context, it is essential a technological change, as well as improved organizational
structures, and an increase in qualifications that adapt the diplomatic activity to a
networked society.
A key step should be a permanent investment in the technological training of diplomats,
that may require the creation of an education institution specialized in diplomacy and
ICT.
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LAWTON, Thomas C. "Technology and the new diplomacy : the creation and control of EC industrial policy, with special reference to semiconductors." Doctoral thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/5313.
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Defence date: 9 June 1995<br>Examining board: Michael Borrus (University of California at Barkeley) ; Prof. Roger Morgan (European University Institute) ; Prof. Lynn Mytelka (Carleton University and the University of Paris X, Nanterre) ; Prof. Susan Strange (Supervisor, Warwick University) ; Prof. Douglas Webber (INSEAD, Fontainebleau)<br>First made available online 14 November 2016.<br>This thesis is concerned with the changing nature of European Community (EC) policies towards semiconductor producing firms. It is an important tale to recount, as industrial affairs have, since the early 1980s, been at the forefront of Europe's search for common areas of action. The creation of a single Community-wide industrial policy may thus be viewed as another substantial step towards economic and political union. Whereas other works look at the European Monetary System (EMS) for instance, and test its success or failure as a policy to enhance integration, I look at industrial policy and endeavour to place it in the context of the integration process. One of the hypotheses which I want to develop in this work is that EC policy for the semiconductor industry evolved as part of the Community's efforts to create a common area of action for industrial affairs. The shift in policy emphasis away from the national and towards the EC level for this industry, established semiconductors as the Community's vanguard high technology industry in the post-Single European Act drive towards economic integration. This hypothesis can only be tested through a critical study of EC industrial policy. In undertaking such a study, I am aware of the need to advance a definition of this much abused concept, and to identify its constituent policy mechanisms. Moreover, it is essential to look at how policy evolves and who (i.e. which actors) exerts the greatest degree of control over the policy-making process.
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Cruz, Diogo Henrique Marques. "Deep Reinforcement Learning in Strategic Multi-Agent Games: the case of No-Press Diplomacy." Master's thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/121255.
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Ferreira, Ricardo Jorge Fonseca. "Tecnologias Digitais na Diplomacia." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/94635.
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Relatório de Estágio do Mestrado em Gestão apresentado à Faculdade de Economia<br>This report follows the curricular internship for a master’s degree in Management at the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, developed at the United States Embassy in Lisbon, from February 3rd to June 6th, 2020. The internship was part of an international trade framework, and the internship took place in the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) department, based on strong diplomatic foundations. FCS is a department highly specialised in assisting companies and businesspeople in their efforts to expand their commercial activity across borders and to absorb foreign investment into the American market.During the course of my internship, I was given the opportunity to enter diplomatic activities, with the aim of developing my skills in the field. I developed several projects in the FCS department, and the International Partner Search's, Initial Market Check's, among others, allowed me to explore several subjects taught during the master’s degree.The choice of the central theme of this work was highly influenced by the abnormal crossing, both within society and business, of a period of pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus, also known as coronavirus. This period of instability resulted in the emergence of a number of institutional and operational challenges. It was perceived that companies were not adequately prepared for such a vulnerable and disruptive period, which made it extremely interesting to observe companies' adaptation strategies. The role of digital technologies as a means of combating the economic crisis caused by the spread of the virus was highlighted. As a means of survival, organisations were encouraged to introduce in their operational model a new range of digital tools in order to be able to continue their activity. The accelerated provision of digital capabilities by businesses has resulted in digital technologies accelerating far beyond forecasts. The use of digital platforms, social networks, digital technologies, among others, have become extremely important tools within the business and their use has increased exponentially over the period. This reflects the digital technology endowment of organisations.Diplomacy was part of this core of those affected by the spread of the virus, and like many other organisations, it saw digital technology as a means of support. In this way, digital diplomacy, which for some time has been gaining ground in the traditional diplomatic milieu, has received increased attention from the organisation.The acceleration of digital technology has brought with it new progressive political potential, and although we are experiencing a disruptive period, technology has the characteristic of encouraging innovation, which has resulted in the emergence of new dynamics and business models, which until then would hardly have existed if this urgency had not arisen in the search for new solutions.<br>O presente relatório surge na sequência da realização do estágio curricular para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Gestão pela Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, desenvolvido na Embaixada do Estados Unidos da América em Lisboa, entre o dia 3 de fevereiro ao dia 6 de junho de 2020. O estágio enquadrou-se num âmbito de comércio internacional, sendo que, o estágio decorreu no departamento de Foreign Commercial Service (FCS), baseado sobre fortes alicerces diplomáticos. O FCS é um departamento altamente especializado no auxílio de empresas e pessoas de negócios nos seus esforços em expandir para além-fronteiras a sua atividade comercial e na absorção de investimento estrangeiro para o mercado americano.Durante a realização do estágio foi-me facilitada a possibilidade de ingressar nas atividades diplomáticas, tendo como objetivo desenvolver as minhas capacidades sobre a matéria. Desenvolvi vários projetos agregados ao departamento de FCS, sendo que, a realização de International Partner Search’s, Initial Market Check’s, entre outros, permitiram explorar várias disciplinas lecionadas ao longo do mestrado.A escolha do tema central deste trabalho, foi altamente influenciada pela travessia anormal, tanto no seio social como empresarial, de um período de pandemia causado pelo vírus Covid-19, também denominado coronavírus. Este período de instabilidade resultou no aparecimento de uma série de desafios institucionais e operacionais. Percebeu-se que as empresas não estavam devidamente preparadas para um período tão vulneral e disruptivo, o que viria a tornar-se extremamente interessante observar as estratégias de adaptação por parte das empresas. Destacou-se o papel das tecnologias digitais como um meio de combate à crise económica originada pela propagação do vírus. As organizações, como meio de sobrevivência, viram-se incentivadas a introduzir no seu modelo operacional uma nova gama de ferramentas digitais com o intuito de conseguirem dar continuidade à sua atividade. A dotação acelerada de capacidades digitais por parte das empresas, resultou num acelerar das tecnologias digitais muito acima das previsões. A utilização de plataformas digitais, redes sociais, tecnologias digitais, entre outros, tornaram-se ferramentas extremamente importantes no seio empresarial, sendo que, o seu uso aumentou exponencialmente durante o período. Isto surge como reflexo da dotação da tecnologia digital por parte das organizações.A diplomacia fez parte deste núcleo de afetados pela disseminação do vírus, e como muitas outras organizações, viu na tecnologia digital um meio de suporte. Desta forma, a diplomacia digital que já há algum tempo começou a ganhar espaço no meio diplomático tradicional, mereceu uma atenção acrescida por parte da organização.O acelerar da tecnologia digital trouxe consigo novas potencialidades políticas progressistas, e, apesar de estarmos a experienciar um período disruptivo, a tecnologia tem a característica de incentivar à inovação, o que resultou no aparecimento de novas dinâmicas e modelos de negócio, que, até então, dificilmente existiriam se não tivesse surgido esta urgência pela procura de novas soluções.
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CHIU, PEI-CHIA, and 邱珮嘉. "Research on Constructing Diploma System using Blockchain Technology." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/pj4t47.
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碩士<br>銘傳大學<br>資訊管理學系碩士班<br>107<br>People persuade others to have a certain ability through certificates. However, the advancement of technology has led to the improvement of the forgery of certificates, which has led to problems such as counterfeiting, loss, theft, inefficient manual review and inconvenient certificate. Until the rise of blockchain technology, the problem of the certificate was solved. Blockchain technology uses one-way hash functions, asymmetric encryption, digital signatures, consensus mechanisms, and smart contract to achieve decentralization, immutability, and undeniability. In view of this, universities and colleges have invested in research and issued various blockchain certificate systems. However, today's blockchain certificate system has some lack of security. The verifier can only ensure the authenticity of the certificate, but the verifier cannot confirm the association between the holder and the certificate. And also we cannot ensure that everyone recognizes the certificate issued by the certificate authority. Due to the above problems, our study aims to improve the shortcomings of today's blockchain certificate systems through blockchain, cryptography, biometrics, QR code, and explores how to apply blockchain and biometrics to increase the security, operational efficiency, and ease of use of the diploma system. In addition, our study is different from current blockchain certificate systems that only use one or two ways to ensure certificate security. We consider the problems encountered in actual use, and then use four ways to strengthen certificate security. Finally, our study’s main contribution is based on the current blockchain certificate system, the certificate security is further improved. The Hyperledger Fabric is used to control the identity of the certificate authority, so that users do not have to worry about the verification unit not accepting the certificate.
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lin, Yu-chieh, and 林裕傑. "RFID anti-counterfeiting technology for the diploma of research." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38767803408462541256.
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碩士<br>僑光科技大學<br>工程科技研究所<br>98<br>In recent years, with the Portuguese Prime Minister and South Korea''s elite have been accused of "fake diploma" fake degree swept the global political arena is an indisputable fact that, on the other hand, mainly due to the impact of paper qualifications, resulting in the prevalence of fake degree, global gradually over the life patterns toward "global village" of target forward, fake degree are no longer within the country in the world, but world must face the problem, In Taiwan, for example, the current group of special education can be forged, "as long as you read them, they can counterfeit the delicate micro-Xiao", it is necessary to prevent the application of new technologies to enhance diploma forgery.
This study focuses on the use of RFID build a diploma of security mechanisms used, and from the literature search for existing RFID security mechanisms currently trying to rely on bank notes, supply-chain RFID security technology features and mechanisms.
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Mui, Le Thi, and 黎氏未. "Student’s satisfation for accounting diploma program at Haiduong University of Economics and Technology – Vietnam." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31722732182797716506.
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碩士<br>樹德科技大學<br>經營管理研究所<br>101<br>The purpose of the research is to access the satisfaction of students on the courses of University and to detect factors affecting the satisfaction of the students. The research model which is inherited from the CEQ model of Australian education was adjusted in Vietnam through the research of Nguyen Dinh Tho and partners (2007).
My research method is quantitative which use statistic tools such as Cronbach Alpha, factors analysis, correlation and regression analysis by SPSS 18.0.
The research results showed that the students’ satisfaction was affected directly by 3 main factors: (1) good teaching, (2) appropriate workload and (3) learning community. The research results also showed the differences on the satisfaction between student groups of boys and girls.
At the end, the research point out the limitations and recommendations for further research in future.
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Nel, Charlotte Gezina Jolanda. "A design for RPL assessment for the national diploma in fashion at a university of technology: a case study." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2396.
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M.Tech.<br>Recognition of prior learning (RPL) is a new and untested policy that has become a reality in higher education in South Africa. RPL is seen as an appropriate approach towards offering equity and redress of past imbalances in education and training system and introduces a new perspective on learning – a challenge between the traditional approaches to teaching and learning and learning through experience. In most of the institutions there is an urgent need for assessment methods to implement RPL. Little research on assessment methods and approaches to RPL has been published in South Africa, or on the experiences of RPL candidates and lecturers who have participated in RPL programmes in higher education. Most institutions have little experience in implementing RPL or in recognising life and work experience as a formal “qualification” for credits or admission. The literature on RPL stresses that, although most of the institutions have an RPL policy, there is still a need for individual academic departments to design their own assessment models. The aim and purpose of this study was to investigate various assessment strategies, methods and instruments for the RPL process for the National Diploma in Fashion at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT). This study will benefit individual students in future, as well as the Department of VAD and the VUT who would be prepared for the implementation of RPL when students do apply. A qualitative research method was used which was based on data collection and analysis of key official documents, application information and an interview in order to identify different assessment strategies, methods and instruments for RPL assessment. During the semi-structured interview which was tape-recorded, pre-set open-ended questions were used to verify data already generated from the application information which confirmed the reliability of this study. The research design was a case study and, although this research involved only one case study, the researcher felt that the identified assessment strategy, methods and instruments could be used where conditions are similar. The participant was selected through purposive sampling on the grounds of extensive, proven experiential learning and also because he was willing to take part in the study. The learning outcomes for the different streams in the National Diploma in Fashion were used as themes. A module-match assessment strategy was proposed for RPL assessment for individual modules and clustering for the qualification as a whole or a substantial part of it. Assessment methods and instruments were identified aimed at collecting sufficient evidence and comply with the assessment criteria in general. The authenticity and trustworthiness of the results were confirmed through the involvement of a real candidate and the valuable contributions from his experience in the field of Fashion. The conclusion is that the study has achieved its aim by designing a strategy, methods and assessment instruments for RPL in Fashion. Recommendations have been made with regard to the design process and the need for further research.
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Baxter, Roger. "A model to reduce the divide between South African secondary institutional skills and knowledge, and the entrance requirements for an information technology diploma course." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10352/294.
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M. Tech. (Information and communication technology, Faculty of Applied and computer sciences), Vaal University of Technology<br>Historically, access to information technology (IT) in South Africa educational
institutions has been socially stratified. As a result, many new learners seeking to
enter South African tertiary institutions fail to meet the requirements of their
preferred course and institution. In 2003, the Department of Information and
Corrununications Technology at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT), in
conjunction with the National Institute for Information Technology (NIIT), an
internationally recognised IT organisation, introduced a short course named the
Information Technology Boot Camp (ITBC). This course is now known as the
Introduction to Information Technology course (Intro-to-IT). The course is
targeted at learners who want to study the IT diploma at the VUT but, who as a
result of their Matriculation marks, do not meet the VUT's entrance requirements.
The aim of the course is to prepare and qualify these learners for possible
acceptance into the IT diploma at the VUT. Although the Intro-to-IT course has
impacted positively on the VUT, research has found that learners progressing from
the Intro-to-IT course into the IT diploma course experience difficulties in solving
programming problems in a logical way. Therefore, the failure rate in
Development Software I, a first-semester programming subject, is relatively high.
The model described in this study encompasses alterations (implemented and still
to be implemented) to the syllabus and content of the Intro-to-IT course, changes
to the learning methods and time frames for subjects, and the measurement of these
changes in comparison to previous results. The model also includes a software
program, which will assess the Intro-to-IT applicants, store results and provide
analytical data on all learners' marks and results for the Intro-to-IT short course at
the VUT. This model is designed to provide the necessary skills, knowledge and
basic logic required to allow successful Intro-to-IT learners the opportunity of
success when they enter the VUT's IT diploma stream.
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Opperman, Ingrid. "Relationships between a cognitive testing instrument, academic points scores and average academic results of National Diploma Students at a University of Technology." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/14917.
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Higher education in South Africa faces a variety of challenges including poor pass rates,
large numbers of students dependent on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme,
intrapersonal and socioeconomic challenges of students and vast numbers of applicants vying
for limited places in institutions. The primary method of selection and screening of applicants
is the Academic Points Score (APS), calculated on Grade 12 achievement levels. However,
large numbers of applicants exhibit similar or identical scores which meet minimum
requirements. This makes effective selection difficult in terms of potential to succeed in the
tertiary education context. Therefore, additional selection instruments may be useful in
determining high from low potential candidates. Cognitive instruments are one option
available to institutions and have been investigated to a certain extent, particularly in
conjunction with alternative achievement based assessments. The present study examined a
cognitive instrument utilised for selections at a University of Technology. The instrument is
based on verbal and non-verbal reasoning skills, basic calculative ability, reading
comprehension, memory and spatial reasoning. The results on the sub-tests of this instrument
were examined in relation to APS and average mark achieved during study for National
Diploma courses at the institution. Although statistically significant relationships did exist, as
well as some demographic differences, effect sizes and correlation coefficients were small.
Concerningly, APS did not explain a large percentage of variance in average mark. This
finding is important in light of current selection procedures. Multiple regression and logistic
regression models indicated that two specific sub-tests, in combination with APS, did
contribute to predictive power in determining average mark. A number of themes in terms of
this prediction are explored. These include English language ability, gender differences,
specific cognitive skills and the general validity of utilisation of APS and/or cognitive testing
as predictors of tertiary education success. In light of poor success rates in tertiary institutions
across South Africa, further research into effective selection procedures should be prioritised.
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Morais, Cláudia Santos Pires. "Estudo orgânico-funcional e tratamento arquivístico dos concursos para obtenção do diploma de arquiteto realizados na Escola de Belas Artes do Porto: utilização do software ICA-AToM." Dissertação, 2013. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/68975.
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"The role of digital literacy in the academic performance of first year students in the National Diploma: Information Technology at the University of Johannesburg." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3253.
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M.Ed.<br>The aim of this study is to determine the role of pre-existing levels of digital literacy on the academic performance of students who are enrolled for the National Diploma Information Technology at the University of Johannesburg. The majority of students entering the University of Johannesburg are black and come from schools and communities which do not enjoy the same technologically rich environments as that of their counterparts, yet on entering their first year of studies, they are expected by lecturers to perform at the same level as those from advantaged backgrounds. Students enrolled in 2008 were targeted, using a mixed methods study that incorporated both quantitative and qualitative data to illuminate the factors related to digital literacy that may have influenced the students’ likelihood to succeed in the Information Technology modules. The data that were collected were brought in relation to the students final marks for the subject Information Systems 1 Module A (Computer Concepts). It emerged that the computer literate students performed significantly better during the first semester compared to the computer illiterate students. The computer illiterate students indicated that the lack of computer experience influenced their ability to pass computer related subjects; however, it was not the only limiting factor as socioeconomic factors also played a role. Other results showed that students battled to keep up with the fast pace with which subjects were lectured. The students’ level of the English language is a predictor of their success in the Diploma and more than 70% of students were unable to use the Internet.
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Morais, Cláudia Santos Pires. "Estudo orgânico-funcional e tratamento arquivístico dos concursos para obtenção do diploma de arquiteto realizados na Escola de Belas Artes do Porto: utilização do software ICA-AToM." Master's thesis, 2013. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/68975.
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Castro, Renato Queiroz de. "Blockchain applications for diploma verification in higher education institutions in Portugal - a mixed methods study." Master's thesis, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/134729.
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Castro, Renato Queiroz de. "Blockchain applications for diploma verification in higher education institutions in Portugal - a mixed methods study." Dissertação, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/134729.
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Soares, Vasco Jorge Rodrigues. "Procedimentos de direção de obras no Brasil : visão comparada com Portugal." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/69289.
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Soares, Vasco Jorge Rodrigues. "Procedimentos de Direção de Obras no Brasil - Visão Comparada com Portugal." Master's thesis, 2013. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/65442.
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Soares, Vasco Jorge Rodrigues. "Procedimentos de direção de obras no Brasil : visão comparada com Portugal." Dissertação, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/69289.
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Ellis, Gary William. "Inter-institutional collaboration in Ontario higher education : a case study of the diploma-degree Justice Studies program at the University of Guelph-Humber." 2005. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=232653&T=F.
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Mbambo, Goodwill Phezulu. "Challenges encountered by NATED information system students at Majuba TVET College, Newcastle." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25510.
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A large number of students are struggling with Information System and other computer related subjects. This has a negative impact on students’ academic performance at large. In fact, a number of students from various institutions of higher learning are facing serious Information System challenges.
Information System student on NATED curriculum at Majuba TVET College are facing serious challenges on their studies. This has been indicated by their performance on Information System.
This article intends to draw an attention of education stakeholders, College management and lecturers to this matter. A number of reasons leading to students poor performance in this field has been mentioned. Various studies have been conducted but yet the lack of Information System skills still persists. The main question that guided this study was: What are the stakeholders’ perceptions of the challenges encountered Information System students?
In order to explore and to get some findings for this case qualitative study, semi-structured interviews with relevant stakeholders were conducted. Sample of lecturers, student’s focus groups and college management members was conducted. Data collected from various participants were transcribed verbatim. A combination of literature and data collected produced some findings on the matter. In an attempt to answer the main question, recommendations were made.<br>Educational Leadership and Management<br>M. Ed. (Education Management)