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Gustavsson, Erik. "Gud - logisk, verklig eller onödig? : en retorisk analys av Richard Dawkins och John Lennox argumentation om Guds existens." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för lärande och miljö, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-9698.
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This study has its background in the debate about religion and the existence of God, which has been an ongoing issue throughout the Western cultural tradition. Today´s information society has been an impact on the increasing interest for this subject. The essay’s main task is to accomplish a rhetorical analysis of two books, Illusionen om Gud (2008) by atheist Richard Dawkins and Guds dödgrävare (2010) by Christian John Lennox, in order to investigate the authors’ use of rhetorical strategies to influence their audience. The texts are studied using a qualitative approach with the theoretical basis of some well-defined rhetorical variables: ethical, logical and pathetic means of persuasion, propaganda, and the important factor that a message always is presented in a certain context in which the recipients both have their own values and subjects to general truths and common frames of reference. The analysis is intended to convey the rhetorical essence of each author, and uses this image to discuss aims and methods in the communication. Both authors demonstrate varying propagandistic strategies and base their arguments from common context and widely recognized frames of reference. Lennox almost exclusively uses methodological logo arguments, while Dawkins often uses the pathetic persuasion founds.
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Chow, Samson Sik Yan. "Living with the dead : is it necessarily to be so? why not NIMBY, sense of place and spatial justice : a case study of locating funeral business in Hung Hom /." View abstract or full-text, 2010. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?SOSC%202010%20CHOW.
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Howarth, Glennys. "The funeral industry in the East End of London : an ethnographical study." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281592.
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Akçali, F. Özge. "Occupationism : occupational discrimination in relation to funeral directors." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26116.
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Occupationism recently has been introduced and defined as discrimination on the basis of one's occupation (Carson, 1992; Krumboltz, 1991, 1992). In this qualitative study, the existence of occupationism is investigated through the examination of the results of interviews with six funeral directors. The statements of the participants describing occupationist acts (either positive or negative) were classified into a number of categories at both fine-grained and more superordinate levels. Implications of the results for the proposed occupationism construct and suggestions for future research and career interventions are discussed.
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Pullinger, S. "Factors affecting the ability to undertake repeated sprint performance." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2014. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/4340/.
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The aims of this thesis were to: 1) to review research in the area of repeated sprint (RS) performance and diurnal/circadian rhythmicity; 2) to develop a new RS protocol that conforms to field based team sport time-motion analysis and determine its reliability and compare this with a RS protocol previously utilised in the literature; 3) to assess the sensitivity of the RS protocol following acute altitude exposure and simulated soccer specific exercise 4) to investigate diurnal variation of RS performance and assess whether modulating rectal and/or muscle temperatures lead to changes in RS performance. A review of the published research literature investigating the relationship between RS performance and time-of-day variation was conducted. Six studies made it through the whole analysis process for systematic review. It was established that there was evidence to support a late/early afternoon peak in peak power in RS performance around the peak of the rhythm of core temperature. However, there is a clear demand for more rigorous investigations which control factors specifically related to chronobiological investigations. A reliability study was then performed using running as the mode of exercise for the RS test using two different RS protocols to determine the number of trials required to establish high levels of reliability. The first RS test (consisting of a total of 10 sprints, 6-s in duration with 30-s of passive recovery) was a commonly used protocol in the literature and the second was a newly created RSA protocol which is better representative of field based team sports activity (consisting of a total of 10 sprints, 3-s in duration with 30-s of passive recovery). It was established that a number of performance measures of RSA non-motorised treadmill running in both protocols were reliable. However, measures of fatigue were not. Further, it was found that both protocols took 3 sessions to fully familiarise individuals. The main aim of the next study was to investigate the sensitivity of the RSA protocol by examining the effect of altitude and fatigue on RS performance. The first finding was that acute altitude exposure reduces RS performance by 3.1 to 6.5% at 1500-m and 6.2 to 12.8% at 3000-m. The second finding was that RS performance was reduced by 4.6 to 5.8% in a fatigued state. The newly created RS performance protocol is sensitive enough to detect a negative change following altitude acute exposure and a 90-min football-specific intermittent treadmill fatiguing protocol. A diurnal protocol was then employed in order to address the clear demand for more rigorous investigations in chronobiological studies of RS performance. A total of 20 participants took part in this study and it was found that RS performance was significantly higher in the evening compared to the morning ranging from 3.3 to 8.3% in all measures except fatigue index. Diurnal variation now established in RS performance, two studies assessed whether modulating rectal and/or muscle temperature leads to a change in RS performance and further determine how much can be attributed to the influence of an endogenous, temperature-dependent component. The first study (n = 12) established that raising morning rectal temperature to evening values by active warm-up did not increase RS performance to evening values. However, lowering evening rectal or muscle temperatures to morning values by pre-cooling decreased RS performance to values normally observed in the morning. The second study (n = 12) found passively raising morning rectal temperature to evening values, or passively raising morning and evening rectal temperatures to 38.5ºC did not increase RS performance nor offset diurnal variation. Both studies concluded that although central temperature may provide some endogenous rhythm to RSA, the exact mechanism(s) for a causal link between central temperature and human performance are still unclear, and may involve multiple of components and mechanisms.
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Gregory, John C. "An interrelated model of the motivation to undertake and sustain training." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.578964.
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The majority of research on motivation in the work place focuses on work itself and most educational research looks at motivation in the classroom. There is little research which looks at the motivation to undertake training. With this in mind, the purpose of this research was to look at what motivates individuals to undertake training in the workplace with a view to improving the take up of training within the author's local authority. An initial search was undertaken through literature and the Internet to look at the most common motivational theories. Having completed the search, a literature review was conducted to consider eight of the most common; four need and four process theories. These eight theories were explored, to s.ee if any elements could be utilised in relation to, the motivation to undertake training. Having highlighted several factors that could be used, an Initial Interrelated Model was designed to encapsulate the relevant findings from each theory. The research set out to look at how individual perceptions about the motivation to training compared with the Initial Interrelated Model. It was not possible in the time frame allocated for this research to conduct a large number of interviews and so a two tier approach to research was used. Questionnaires were distributed with statements related to the Initial Interrelated Model to see if the general perception was that the elements of the model were relevant. Once analysis of the questionnaires had been completed several interviews were conducted to explore more in depth these findings and to look at some of the perceptions of individuals on reasons to take up or avoid training. From the research, a revised model of the motivation to undertake and sustain training was developed which combined the large number of reasons into categories. The model provides a cyclic process that can be used as an aide memoire to raise awareness of the diverse motivational needs that could be considered if an organization is looking to improve the take up of training.
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Balmer, John Martin Thomas. "The nature of corporate identity : an explanatory study undertaken within BBC Scotland." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1996. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23779.
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This doctoral thesis is concerned with the management phenomenon of corporate identity. In brief, the writer's pre-understanding of corporate identity is that it refers to what an organisation 'is', i. e. its innate character. Data for this thesis was collected within a subsidiary of a high profile, internationally known, highly secretive and quintessentially British institution: the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The objectives of this thesis are (a) to explain the nature of the social psychological process involved in corporate identity formation and (b) to explain the basic social structural process involved in acquiring and sustaining a corporate identity. This thesis is felt to be distinctive in three regards in that (a) the doctorate focuses on the identity of a subsidiary and in particular its sub brands, i. e. BBC Scotland (the subsidiary) and its relationship with BBC Radio Orkney and BBC Radio Shetland, (b) the writer appears to be the first management academic to have negotiated access within the BBC in order to undertake an extensive period of research, (c) this is thought to be the first PhD on corporate identity where the researcher has relied exclusively on in-depth qualitative methods of data collection within the research paradigm of naturalism. As such this thesis does not seek to establish universal laws regarding corporate identity but aims to contribute to an understanding of the phenomenon. In the tradition of naturalism the findings are in effect hypotheses since they only refer to the organisation under study. However, such findings potentially have real value in that the writer has to demonstrate connoisseurship of the institution under study and authenticity with regard to the data collected. The writer believes that he has met these requirements through revealing the distinct ideologies present within BBC Radio Orkney, BBC Radio Shetland as well as some of the ideologies within BBC Scotland. The findings of this doctorate revealed that (a) the basic social psychological process underpinning corporate identity was one of affinity. The data revealed that in both stations personnel has an affinity with at least six ideologies based on affection, alliance, closeness, attachment, nostalgia etc. The data not only demonstrated the importance of affinity to the basic social psychological process of corporate identity formation but also revealed that personnel had an affinity with different categories of ideology, i. e. corporate, professional and cultural. Thus the basic social psychological process of corporate identity can be described as being both multi-layered and complex. This has led the writer to give the following definition of corporate identity. "A corporate identity refers to what an organisation "is", e. g. its innate character. It is underpinned by a unique mix of ideologies (e. g. organisational, professional, etc) to which personnel have an affinity. An organisation's identity is experie nced through everything an organisation says, makes or does, e. g. is experienced through total corporate communications. All identity may be good, bad, negative, unwanted etc". With regard to explaining the basic social structural process of corporate identity the synthesis of the data suggests that senior managers should undertake four activities (a) define the corporate mission and philosophy; (b) be sensitive to the multiple ideologies present within the organisation; (c) evaluate the ideologies vis a vis the corporate mission and philosophy and (d) nurture those ideologies which support the mission and philosophy. In light of the findings this doctorate provides policy advice to senior managers of BBC Scotland and the BBC; to the Secretary of State for National Heritage; to senior managers generally and to management academics.
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Ali, Mahdi Mohamed Abdulsamad. "A framework for enhancing the success of construction projects undertaken in Libya." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2011. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19242/.
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The construction industry is a key player in the development of the Libyan economy. It contributes for about 5.2% of the Libyan Gross domestic Product (GDP) and employs around 3.2% of the total workforce, which include Libyan and other nationalities. Construction projects successes are the public face of the construction industry. However, with the increasing number of project delays and/or failure facing the development of the construction sector, it is important to determine the factors affecting construction projects success and develop appropriate solutions to such problems. View studies have been carried out which concentrated on specific factors including projects' success, but these were very limited in the range of the study, and organisations are still struggling with how to complete projects successfully. Preliminary literature review and pilot study identified that the major cause of construction projects failure are management methodologies, selection of project team members, external factors and the procurement methods. Findings from the literature review, questionnaire survey and interviews were used to develop a framework to improve the success of construction projects, which was validated by experienced and professionals in the Libyan construction industry. The findings which are drawn from this research include establishment and evaluation of the factors that affects projects success including external factors (economic and political), contractual system and the selection of the project team members. The framework is considered to be a major contribution to knowledge and is recommended for use to ensure successful construction project implementation in both the public and private sectors. The framework provides very important criteria for the selection of the project team in order to ensure that appropriate persons are selected. The findings also provide solutions and methodologies for organisations to use to ensure that project will be successfully completed. The framework will contribute to construction projects' success and hence enhance and promote the development the construction sector in Libya.
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DREWSEN, VICTORIA, and SOPHIE LÖÖB. "Corporate social responsibility in risk assessment processes undertaken in Swedish export transactions." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-224160.
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Cappiello, Roberta. "La localizzazione videoludica: Undertale, una proposta di traduzione." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/11343/.
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La prima sezione dell'elaborato fornisce una breve introduzione sul mercato videoludico odierno e descrive il processo di localizzazione di videogames focalizzandosi sulle fasi che lo compongono e sulle problematiche principali che sorgono durante questo processo. La seconda sezione invece si occupa del caso di studio specifico, fornendo una proposta di traduzione accompagnata da un commento riguardante i principali punti problematici affrontati durante il lavoro di traduzione.
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Mbatha, Martha Senzangani. "A case study of development projects undertaken in developing countries : successes and failures." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75974.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1986.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH
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Rizzo, Daniela. "La localizzazione amatoriale di videogiochi: il caso di Undertale." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/13721/.
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Negli ultimi anni, l'industria del videogioco ha raggiunto delle dimensioni notevoli, generando nel 2016 91 miliardi di dollari a livello mondiale. La localizzazione dei videogiochi è diventata essenziale per far fronte ai costi di sviluppo sempre maggiori di questi prodotti, ricoprendo un ruolo rilevante nella loro commercializzazione in mercati esteri. Al contempo, l'adattamento di un videogioco presenta caratteristiche distinte dalla localizzazione di altri software. Il progetto trattato nel presente elaborato, ossia la localizzazione del videogioco Undertale attraverso la modifica diretta del codice sorgente, offre uno sguardo al flusso di lavoro tipico e alle problematiche caratteristiche della localizzazione professionale dei videogiochi, inoltrandosi nei dettagli tecnici del processo. L'elaborato è suddiviso in tre capitoli. Nel capitolo 1 viene analizzata la localizzazione professionale dei videogiochi, il flusso di lavoro tipico e le problematiche più frequenti, come il limite di caratteri, la presenza di elementi grafici impossibili da modificare o di elementi culturali che potrebbero necessitare di adattamento o censura. Nel capitolo 2 viene trattato il fenomeno della localizzazione amatoriale, includendo i risultati di un sondaggio condotto tra utenti italiani per indagare sulla loro percezione della qualità generale delle localizzazioni ufficiali e di alcune strategie traduttive. Nel capitolo 3 sono presentati i dettagli del progetto di localizzazione di Undertale: dalle caratteristiche del codice sorgente, all'identificazione delle stringhe e al reverse engineering dei metacaratteri, giungendo quindi al workflow seguito per la traduzione e il testing del gioco localizzato. Nel capitolo 4 trova spazio un commento alla localizzazione, con l'analisi delle problematiche tecniche e linguistico/testuali affrontate. Infine, vengono discussi i risultati raggiunti, sottolineando potenzialità e limiti di progetti di localizzazione simili.
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Morad, Abadi Omid. "The role of rankings in the marketing undertaken by universities through their institutional websites." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/458691.
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Los rankings de universidades se han popularizado y representan un tema de estudio emergente (Hazelkorn, 2011; Dill, 2005; Albach, 2012; Tomàs Folch & Castro,2015). Por ello este estudio trata de estudiar el papel de los rankings en la estrategia de marketing de cuatro universidades catalanas metropolitanas y cómo las universidades implementan su posición internacional a través de su página web para responder a las preguntas:
• ¿De qué manera las universidades utilizan su posición en los rankings en las estrategias de marketing para competir mejor?
• ¿De qué manera las cuatro universidades catalanas ponen de relieve sus posiciones en los rankings a través de su página web oficial?
El objetivo general de este estudio es averiguar el papel de su posición en los rankings a través de su sitio web oficial para destacar sus imágenes entre otras universidades, como los instrumentos principales para competir en los mercados globales.
La metodología de este estudio es mixta: una combinación de estudio cualitativo y cuantitativo. Se trata de estudiar el papel de los rankings en la estrategia de marketing de la universidad catalana y cómo las universidades implementan su posición internacional. Para ello se han elaborado tres instrumentos: una pauta de análisis de la web, una entrevista semiestructurada a agentes implicados en la gestión de marketing de las cuatro universidades catalanas y un cuestionario dirigido a 558 estudiantes de terceros ciclo: Máster y Doctorado.
Los resultados muestran que la mayoría de los estudiantes han seleccionado su universidad en función de la posición del ranking de cada una de ellas. Como consecuencia las universidades que tienen mejor posición en los rankings podrían atraer los mejores estudiantes. Además, las universidades que tienen la página web con mejor diseño y más visibilidad de los rankings podrían atraer y conseguir más estudiantes e investigadores que otras universidades con peor posición en los rankings. Sin embargo se observan diferencias entre la importancia que le dan los estudiantes de Máster y los de Doctorado siendo estos últimos los que le dan mayor importancia a la posición de los rankings a la hora de elegir su universidad.
En síntesis se ha llegado a la conclusión que actualmente el ranking tiene un papel muy importante en las universidades y ello implica mayor competencia entre ellas. El ranking proporciona información al público, los estudiantes, investigadores y usuarios en general. Por ello las estrategias de marketing tales como el diseño e inclusión de la posición del ranking de una universidad en su página web cobran un papel importantísimo en la gestión universitaria.University rankings have become more popular and represents an emergent topic (Hazelkorn, 2011; Dill, 2005; Albach, 2012; Tomàs Folch & Castro,2015) .Consequently, this research study the role of rankings in the marketing strategy four metropolitan Catalan universities and how this universities apply their international positions through their official webpage for answering this questions: • How do these Catalan universities use their rankings positions in their marketing strategies for better competing? • What are the outcomes for the 4 mentioned Catalan universities, by highlighting their rankings positions through their official website? General objective of this study is to analyze, the role of rankings and to describe how effectively the website indicators such as: technical, marketing and rankings have been applied by those mentioned Catalan universities in their official website for burnishing their images among others as the main instruments for competing in the global markets. The methodology of this study is a mixed combination of both qualitative and quantitative methods. It is about studying the role of rankings in the marketing strategy of the mentioned Catalan university and how universities implement their international ranking position through their website for better presentation and manifestation. To do this, three instruments will be applied: a web analysis guideline, interviews with communication and promotion department of each Catalan universities and a questionnaire of 558 PhD and master students. The responses of majority of students show that most of the students have made their selection of their university, based on the rankings position. Universities with a better rankings position could attract more elite students. In addition, universities that have the web page with the best design and more notifications of rankings could attract and get more students and researchers than other universities. However, it is observable that the PhD students regarded the importance of rankings more than the Master students. Finally, according to the responses and interviews, it has been reached to this conclusion that now a day; rankings play a very important role between the universities. The ranking provides and manifest information to the public, students, elites, researchers. Therefore, the marketing strategies is involved with the design and rankings positions of the universities in their webpage which play a very important role in the university management.
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Bellamy, Alan Maurice. "Doctor of Counselling Psychology : research undertaken for the award of Doctor of Counselling Psychology." Thesis, City University London, 1998. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/7709/.
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Aim: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a counselling psychology service in primary care. Method: Comparison of SCL-90R and HAD scores of a group of clients in treatment with those of a control group receiving GP-only care, at four points in time; and with scores while waiting for treatment. The design combines elements of an open trial with elements of a randomised controlled trial, although full randomisation was not possible in practice. The results are expressed in terms of numbers of cases and effect size, as well as in terms of test scores, in an attempt to indicate levels of clinical as well as statistical significance. Comparison of number of visits made to general practitioners by participants in each group during the six months before and after treatment. Results: The results indicate that the service was clinically effective: clients improved significantly after treatment on the scales used, the numbers of 'casee decreased significantly, and the number of visits to the general practitioners also dropped. Compared to the control condition, the treated clients did better on all these indicators, but the difference between the two groups was not great enough to show statistical significance at the 0.1% level required by the use of multiple planned tests, or on MANOVA, although on the major indicators (SCL-90R GSI and HAD Depression and Anxiety) significance was reached at the 5% level. The overall effect size was coculated to be 0.32. As it was 15 greater than zero, it indicates that the service's interventions were more effective than GP-care, but the magnitude of the effect was in the small to medium range. Conclusions: The results of the research demonstrate that the counselling psychology service under study was clinically effective. On all indicators used, clients of the service improved over the period of treatment, and did so to a greater extent than patients in the control condition. However the advantage over the control group was not sufficient for statistical significance at the level required, and this is reflected in the relatively moderate effect size.
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Dinwoodie, John. "The decision to undertake vocational higher education in shipping and logistics in the UK." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1895.
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This work investigates the decision to study shipping and logistics at advanced levels in the UK. Documented evidence reports and analyses the perceptions of students on vocational courses in shipping, transport and logistics and investigates why they chose their particular fields of study. A range of instruments are presented to analyse how students perceived that they had arrived at their study decisions, including national surveys of undergraduates in maritime business, postgraduates in shipping and logistics and professionals contemplating updating short courses. Qualitative, quantitative and mapping methods are presented along with perceptions of relevant professional outcome roles and other factors. Exploratory approaches to proposing and evaluating alternative approaches to teaching aimed at raising the student's perception of the nature of professional skills requirements were predicated by identifying and defining local student schemae and tailoring aids to their specific learning and teaching requirements. A cognitive mapping approach enabled comparisons of perceptions between postgraduates, whose individual beliefs, after being mapped and modelled as a directed network, were analysed, and differences between maps were quantified. Quantitative pairwise map comparisons included 54 individuals generating 1430 synchronal comparisons in one cohort and four diachronal cohort comparisons. These revealed that distance measures constrained by the numbers of transmitters or receivers, and the strength of relationships where appropriate, formed the best discriminators. Empirical and theoretical explanations of maps and attempts to compare particular subgroups and explain differences were often inconclusive. A unified social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice and performance generated useful propositions relating to how individuals manage issues of self-efFicacy, expected outcomes from decisions and their personal goals. Substantive work revealed problems of conflicting domains between students' verbatim statements, only weakly coincident with theoretical concepts. Conclusions that mapping is most powerful/when based on qualitative analysis of the richness and diversity of individual perceptions; infer that no simple standard decision process is operating and hence no single recruitment marketing device is apparent. In applying and disseminating findings, where possible, proposals were made to assist organisations promoting careers awareness and recruitment into relevant professions and university based vocational courses, published by relevant professional bodies.
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Carroll, Malcolm C. "An examination of organisational issues in third sector organisations which undertake nonviolent direct action." Thesis, Aston University, 2008. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/15290/.
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Th is thesis is an examinat ion of organisat ional issues faced by Third Sector organisations which undertake nonviolent direct action. A case sWdy methodology is employed and data gathered from four organisations: Earth First! ; genetiX Snowball; Grecnpeacc; and Trident Ploughshares. The argument commences with a review of the literature which shows that little is known of the organ ising of nonviolent direct action. Operational definitions of 'organ isation ' and "nonviolent direct action' are drawn from the literature. ' Organisation' is conceptualised using new institutionalism. 'Nonvio lent di rect act ion ' is conceptualised using new soci al movement theory. These concepts inform the case study methodology in the choice of case, the organisations se lected and the data gathering tools. Most data were gathered by semi-struclUred interview and participant observation. The research findings result from theory-building arising from th ick descri ptions of the case in the four organisations. The findings suggest that nonviolent di rect ac tion is qualitatively different from terrorism or violence. Although there is much diversity in philosophies of nonviolence, the practice of nonviolent d irect action has much in common across the four organisations. The argument is that nonviolent direct action is an institution. The findings also suggest that new institutionalism is a fruitful approach to st udies of these organi sations. A long with nonviolent direct action, three other institutions are identi fied: ' rules'; consensus decision-making; and 'affinity groups'. An unanticipated fi nding is how the four organisations are instances of innovation . Tentative theory is developed which brings together the seemingly incompatible concepts of in sti tutions and innovation. The theory suggests preconditions and then stages in the development of ncw organisational forms in new social movements: innovmion. The three pre-conditions arc: the existence of an institutional field ; an 'institution-broker' with access to different domains; and a shared 'problem' to resolve. The three stages are: unlocking existing knowledge and practice; bridging different domains of practice or different fie lds to add, develop or translocate those practices; and establishing those practices within their new combinations or novel locations. Participants are able to move into and between these new organisational forms because they consist of familiar and habitual institutional behaviour.
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Potts, W. H. C., of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, Faculty of Agriculture and Rural Development, and School of Horticulture. "A systems analysis undertaken to improve employer awareness of and career opportunities for Hawkesbury agriculturalists." THESIS_FARD_HOR_Potts_W.xml, 1993. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/422.
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Beginning in 1978, the learning paradigm of the Faculty of Agriculture at the (now) University of Western Sydney - Hawkesbury was progressivly altered from the classical didactic approach to, by 1985, a student self-directed, experiential learning environment. This entailed shifting from a faculty-perceived narrow agricultural production perspective to one of a multi-discplinary rural development focus. The focus of this systems inquiry is that of a marketer examining a well-established faculty task (function), with the objective of determining how well that task is being performed, and what (if any) remedial action is indicated. The inquiry indicates that there has been a failure to maximise potential in the faculty subsystem that is responsible for communication with concerned publics. The failure is general, in that it was not confined just to communication with employers of faculty outputs. All publics were involved; the faculty's separate messages were not being sensibly delivered to employers, prospective students, undergraduates, academic peers, and government. Analysis of the issues led to the development of a marketing (information) strategy that recognises the need to re-order the faculty's information-formulation and delivery subsystem. A series of proposals is advanced for consideration and debate by the Action Research Team as to which of these several actions should be considered as desirable and feasible for implementation. The estimated costs of implementation of the plan are presented on an item by item basis.Master of Science (Hons)
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Potts, W. H. C. "A systems analysis undertaken to improve employer awareness of and career opportunities for Hawkesbury agriculturalists /." View thesis, 1993. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20031128.141720/index.html.
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Vinall-Collier, Karen Annette. "A nationwide study of the processes of care undertaken in Rheumatology clinics throughout the UK." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.616474.
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Rheumatology Out-patient clinics throughout the UK. A particular aim was to identify the contribution of Consultant Rheumatologist, Clinical Nurse Specialist and patient by comparing and contrasting physician-led and nurse-led clinics. A total of 107 direct observations from audio recordings of clinic consultations were analysed with the Roter's Interactional Analysis System (RIAS). This produced a patient centeredness score for each consultation as well as classification of interaction as either task focussed or socio-emotional. 'Patient initiated question asking' (not prompted.by the practitioner through questions) was of particular interest but is not distinguished under the RIAS. Hence, 10 cases (patient and practitioner matched consultation transcripts and interviews) were selected for further exploration of patient initiations to offer greater insight into the patients' meaning making. Thirty semi-structured interviews were undertaken with practitioners (N::;16) and patients (N=15) within 24hrs following their consultation and analysed using thematic analysis. The purpose of the analysis was to explore both practitioner and patient perceptions of the clinic visit to inform the interaction analysis undertaken using the RIAS. This research has enhanced understanding of Clinical Nurse Specialist consultations in Rheumatology, in particular the role of communication in the interaction and potential means to enhance patient participation as a precursor to shared clinical decision making. It is concluded that identifying processes of care and communication behaviours that are patient-centred help to activate patients. The contribution of a theoretical framework of Context-Mechanism-Outcome illuminates that processes do not occur in a vacuum and that contextual characteristics are especially important when comparing across practitioner groups .
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Shepherd, Ian. "The impact of a child's death : an interpretative phenomenological analysis undertaken with five head teachers." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/4051/.
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This research explores with five head teachers their views and experiences of a period when a child was terminally ill and subsequently died when in their school community. The participants were selected purposively from Derbyshire head teachers who had experienced the death of a pupil in their school community. After interviewing the participants using a semi-structured interview schedule the transcribed interviews provided the data for the research. The interviews were analysed, using the methodology of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, to explore the experiences of each of the participants. Three superordinate themes were identified which were; Emotions and their management Interactions with the bereaved family Interaction with the school community Additionally, an overarching theme of Elevation was identified. Each theme is presented and illustrated with abstracts taken from the original data. This is accompanied by interpretation which is also discussed and compared with knowledge from the existing literature. The research has illustrated the complications that exist for head teachers in managing their emotions and the possibility of these emotions intruding on their personal and family life. It has illustrated the way in which the relationship between the head teacher and the bereaved family changes and how it changes their interactions within the school community. This research led to the consideration of the influence of the cultural expectation enshrined in the saying, 'De mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est' (Of the dead, nothing unless good). Also considered is the behavioural derivative of this saying and how it shapes the responses that head teachers make when managing a school community when a child has died. It also led to the consideration of the implications of the research findings for an support professionals who help schools.
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Schafer, Cyril Timo, and n/a. "Post-mortem personalisation : an ethnographic study of funeral directors in New Zealand." University of Otago. Department of Anthropoplogy, 2006. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070427.115528.
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This thesis examines the personalisation of Pakeha (European) post-mortem practices in New Zealand. While much of the discourse surrounding funerary and disposal processes maintains that contemporary practices demonstrate a �denial� of death and funeral director esurience, funeral directors themselves have argued that the austere Anglophone approach to death has been superseded by personalised practices. This transformation has become particularly evident in the last two decades and emphasises a historic shift to funeral services that encompass the heterogeneity of late-modern individuals. The aim of this thesis, however, is not to recapitulate funeral director rhetoric or reiterate the criticisms levelled at the industry, but to critically examine the implications and manifestations of personalisation, and explore the funeral directors� role in the provision of contemporary funeral services. In addition to archival research, this ethnographic endeavour includes in-depth interviews with funeral directors (and related occupational groups) and an extended period of participant observation. The theoretical issues explored in this thesis are grounded in this ethnographic data.
This study reveals that personalisation is integrally linked to constructions of grief, the pastoral role of funeral directors, and Foucault�s concept of bio-power. Funeral director participants asseverated that funeral practices had �evolved� to effect the �healthy� resolution of grief. Personalised funerals represented a re-alignment of �natural� human needs and cultural practices, and funeral director rhetoric amalgamated essentialist interpretations of grief with personalised memories and continuing bonds (Klass and Walter 2001). Funeral directors explicitly linked personalisation to secularisation, emphasising the perceived lack of �guidance� and �care� in contemporary society. Although �impersonal� religious funerals provided funeral specialists with an important point of departure, many funeral directors emphasised the pastoral dimension of contemporary funeral directing. This dimension constitutes a key component of the funeral directors� role and permeated all facets of funeral service - particularly the increasing range of after-care funeral options.
Although the funeral director rhetoric emphasises the democratisation of funeral practices and the primacy of individuality, an examination of the discourse reveals that this personalisation also demonstrates the normalising technologies integral to Foucault�s concept of �pastoral power�. I argue that funeral directors play a significant role in articulating the boundaries of �appropriate� funeral behaviour by accentuating the importance of �authenticity�, �dignity� and �healthy grief�. These concepts underline the expertise of funeral directors, define the acceptable parameters of post-mortem practices, and reify the integral involvement of funeral directors in the construction process. The specific subjectivity promoted by funeral directors constitute individuals that are not only �honest� and �real�, but recognise the �need� for a funeral service, emotional expression, and memorialisation. These individuals similarly realise the importance of integrating the deceased into their own biographies, while acknowledging the significance of guidance and control. This subjectivity clearly legitimises the role of the contemporary New Zealand funeral director. This thesis illustrates, therefore, that funeral directors play a salient role in articulating bio-power within New Zealand society, and that this endeavour is integrally linked to the occupations� continuing pursuit of professional identity.
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Ayre, Tracey Jane. "How effectively can a best value review be undertaken within a local authority emergency management service?" Thesis, Northumbria University, 2004. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/1847/.
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The legal duty of Best Value requires local authorities to fundamentally review all services in order to achieve continuous improvement. They must challenge how services are delivered, compare performance with those of others, consult the local community to assess whether needs are being met and explore the potential use of competition in future delivery. 'Challenge', 'compare', 'consult' and 'compete' are referred to as the 'Four Cs' and underpin the legislative Best Value framework. This research aims to explore how effectively Best Value can be applied to the provision of Emergency Management services by U.K. local authorities. Five key factors were identified as influencing the way Emergency Management services are provided: level of funding; legislative base; service monitoring; culture and public awareness. A census of service stakeholders within all mainland U.K. local authorities was conducted. Analysis of data collected revealed a range of associations between the five key factors and stakeholder perceptions relating to Best Value implementation. This data was also used to identify and critically evaluate the application of several existing quality management models in assisting local authorities achieving the 'Four Cs' within Emergency Management. This evaluation revealed usage of these models, either in isolation or combination, exclusively within the service would not achieve the effective measurement of the 'Four Cs', nor address the perceived drivers and barriers to Best Value implementation. Using primary data and literature review findings, a specific support model applying Best Value principles to Emergency Management was developed. This support model is regarded by practitioners as having the potential to assist local authorities in achieving implementation of rigorous and comprehensive Best Value Reviews within Emergency Management.
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Pointon, A. J. "An investigation into the experience of Large Goods Vehicle drivers directed to undertake National Vocational Qualifications." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2016. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/30386/.
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This study sought to investigate the influence on the operational effectiveness of experienced Large Goods Vehicle drivers undertaking National Vocational Qualifications and the role of Further Education in the delivery of vocational qualifications to experienced practitioners. With the exception of studies conducted on behalf of Skills for Logistics (Grey, 2005; Winters, 2007, 2010) there was little research, which was openly available, that examined the deployment of National Vocational Qualifications to Large Goods Vehicle drivers. The specific focus of this research was concerning the effectiveness of work-based competency assessment NVQ programmes delivered to Large Goods Vehicle drivers working within the Road Freight sector of the logistics industry. Using an interpretive, qualitative based study and drawing on an Action Research approach, I analysed interview and observational data gathered during three Action Research cycles, undertaken over an eighteen month period. During the Action Research cycles, participant reflection was used as a key change mechanism. The research findings indicated a low level of satisfaction with regard to the objectives and outcomes of the National Vocational Qualifications programme for Large Goods Vehicle drivers and an unwillingness by the research participants to engage in overt reflective activity. There was very little credibility afforded to the National Vocational Qualifications by either the participating Large Goods Vehicle Drivers or their Managers. However, following the inclusion of an additional 'demand led' element into the programme, there was further evidence to demonstrate that as experienced practitioners the Large Goods Vehicle drivers did value professional development predicated upon the validity and credibility of the provision available. The key findings from the study provide evidence for concluding that professional development is valued by experienced Large Goods Vehicle drivers, who are both willing and able to engage with work-based learning if it is within the context of their experience, aspirations and praxis.
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Mabirizi, David. "Determinants of maternal delivery at rural health facilities a study undertaken in the Mpigi District of Uganda." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11285.
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Includes bibliographical references.Mpigi District is a rural district in Uganda with high maternal morbidity and mortality. While most pregnant women in Uganda attend antenatal clinics, few ultimately deliver their babies in a health facility. Interventions have not achieved increased utilisation of maternal services. A review of maternal determinants and factors associated with health facility delivery is the focus of this study. To determine the reasons why women deliver in health facilities; to identify the maternal determinants or factors associated with health facility delivery; and to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of women who deliver in health facilities. This quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study of 257 women who delivered in the Mpigi District in 2008/2009 used face-to-face interviews at which a questionnaire was administered. Women delivered in health facilities because they expected a safe delivery. Ten factors were found to be significantly associated with a higher possibility of health facility delivery: eight or more years of education (P=0.002); previous health facility delivery (P<0.0001); first delivery in a health facility (P<0.0001); no history of a non-health facility delivery (P <0.0001); more than 50% of deliveries in a health facility (P=0.007); three or more antenatal care visits (P=0.031); above-average socio-economic status (P=0.016); living in a household of three or fewer individuals (P=0.028); living within 30 minutes? travel time of a health facility (P=0.007); and history of contraceptive use (P=0.046). These are the maternal determinants of health facility delivery in this rural setting. The mothers that delivered in health facilities were 15 and 29 years old (85.2%), either married or cohabiting (77.5%), had completed eight years or more of formal education (53.5%), lived within a radius of up to 30 minutes? journey from a health facility (67.2%) and lived in a household of four or more individuals (76.0%). This study shows that there are specific maternal characteristics (sociodemographic descriptors) that are associated with increased possibility of health facility delivery.
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Pellowe, Carol Margaret. "The educational preparation of midwives to undertake HIV antenatal screening : does it meet the needs of women?" Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2004. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019818/.
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De, Bruyn Christoffel Wilhelmus. "A comparative analysis of the projects undertaken in the development of a taxation framework in the digital economy." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20795.
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The objective of this comparative paper is to analyse and compare the work undertaken by the OECD's TFDE and the DTC on the taxation of the digital economy in light of the overarching project on BEPS, with a view of analysing the possible application of the proposed options to address the tax challenges of the digital economy in the South African taxation framework.
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Rugg, Julie. "The rise of cemetery companies in Britain, 1820-53." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2017.
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Cemetery companies were the principal agency of the transition from a traditional reliance on graveyards to the use of modern extra-mural cemeteries. The thesis comprises a study of the 113 cemetery companies established from 1820 to 1853, a period which saw the origin of this type of enterprise and its spreading throughout Britain. The companies are not analysed as economic entities, but rather as representations of a range of attitudes towards the problems associated with intramural interment. To facilitate discerning different trends relating to the public perceptions of the burial problem, the companies have been classified according to type. This is an exercise which relies on textual analysis of company documents to understand the principal motivation of each group of directors. Three different types of company are examined in the thesis. Directors of enterprises within the first group to emerge saw the burial problem as a religious-political issue, and used cemetery companies as a means of providing extended space for burial which was independent of the Established Church. The new cemeteries had unconsecrated ground, and offered the freedom for Dissenters to adopt any burial service they wished. The increased enthusiasm for all joint-stock enterprise in the mid-1830s saw the advent of the speculative cemetery company, which saw in the burial issue the potential to make profits in one of three ways: by tapping a specific territorial market, a particular class market, or by buying and selling the scrip of grand and impractical necropolitan schemes. A third type of company dominated the 1840s, and its main concern was the provision of extra-mural cemeteries as a sanitary measure. In addition to studies of these three groups of companies, the thesis presents analysis of two additional themes essential to the progress of burial reform: fears concerning the integrity of the corpse; and the cultural significance thought to attach to cemetery foundation. The thesis demonstrates, by studying these companies, that the reasons for taking action to found cemetery companies could vary considerably, and that perception of the burial issue altered a number of times.
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Nyman, Samuel Robert. "Evaluation of a website designed to encourage older people to undertake balance training for the prevention of falls." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485437.
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Falls are common and represent a major cause of severe injury and death among older people. Effective interventions to prevent falls have been developed, in particular 'balance training' - activities that enhance balance, coordination, and lower-leg muscle strength. However, older people's uptake offalls prevention interventions can be low, and so older people require advice to help motivate them to undertake balance training. Tailoring, the method ofmaking advice personally relevant to individuals, has been successfully used with other health behaviours to make advice more persuasive. The Internet lends itself to tailoring health advice, as it can reach a wide audience and present personally relevant advice to users through interactive websites. This thesis evaluated the use oftailoring in falls prevention. A website was created that presented tailored advice intended to encourage older adults to undertake balance training. Theory and research guided the selection of factors chosen to tailor the advice and to evaluate its efficacy. From interviews with older people and health and social care providers, views towards the website suggested that the website was usable and acceptable. In a randomised controlled evaluation comparing the tailored advice with a generic equivalent, questionnaire scores indicated that after receiving the tailored advice, older people reported that the advice was more personally relevant, and reported greater confidence and intention to undertake balance training. Completing an action plan also increased· older people's confidence to undertake balance training. Based on the feedback from participants derived from the two qualitative studies and the limitations identified from the quantitative study, a revised version ofthe website was created and re-tested. In a partial replication study, the tailored advice was reported by older people as more personally relevant and good for them to do, and creating an action plan increased their confidence to undertake balance training, although the effects of the intervention on intentions were weaker than in the first study, and did not quite reach significance. Nevertheless, the effect oftailoring on personal relevance and intention, and the effect of an action plan on confidence were significant' in a meta-analysis ofthe two quantitative studies. Whilst not conclusive, this research suggests that a website providing tailored advice to encourage older people to undertake balance training may be usable and acceptable, and lead to greater intention and confidence to undertake balance training.
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Weldesellassie, K. Isaac. "An investigation and analysis of IGAD as an international organisation and its functions undertaken so far in making peace." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502407.
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The creation of an international (intergovernmental) organisation such as IGAD is the realisation that problems faced by States can only resolve or can be best resolved through cooperation. The advantages of cooperation and the costs of non-cooperation are increasingly understood and even characterised by many States particularly in the post-Cold War era. Within the international system, mainly as adjuncts of the State system, international organisations become an indispensable forum for debating problems, whether by consultation or negotiation, adopting and developing international rules on matters of common interest (for instance, providing a mechanism for dispute resolution and prevention). On other occasions, international organisations can and have to compete with those very States created them. For years, the IGAD countries have been better known for wars and rivalries rather than cooperation under international rules. Against this background, the Heads of State and Government of the East African sub-region decided to establish a forum for their expanded cooperation that embraces socio-economic and political fields. The establishment of IGAD and its priority mission in sustainable development, peace, stability and security (inter- and intra-State conflict resolution and prevention) in itself presented an era of dialogue and hope for the sub-region. The creation of IGAD by the Member States was brought about by the recognition of their collective political will and common interest. The will and determination to cooperate and consequently lay down basic international rules and frameworks of cooperation itself was a prerequisite for the creation of and granting with powers and/or functions to IGAD as an organisation. This was the basic foundation and rationale for establishing IGAD. The challenge then becomes, as the hitherto experience has shown, the commitment to such international cooperation from each IGAD Member in accordance with the Agreement Establishing IGAD. The logical corollary to the will to establish IGAD is the need to take certain measures by IGAD's Member States on the basis of the establishing agreement in order to achieve the objectives for which it was created. In fact, the conclusion of the treaty by which IGAD was created is the beginning, not the end, of commitment whether internationally or nationally through the principle ofpact sunt servanda. The uncertainty in law and practical nature relating to IGAD is that if Member States do not want to cooperate and grant a power to the Organisation they created, then the Organisation cannot work properly. Moreover, the likely impact of the political commitment and genuine cooperation of the Member States of IGAD remains open to question. The creation of IGAD as an international organisation and its law and functions are made for a purpose, which is the achievement of the common goal and interest of the Member States (prosperity and peace). This purpose for which IGAD was created ought to be facilitated for its fulfilment. IGAD Member States, however, tend to pay and have paid little attention to the Organisation and its purposes after they created it in terms of their behaviour towards IGAD's principles and objectives and their compatible synergetic system from the domestic aspect of the national governance. Thus, I have chosento investigate these factors that have influenced the IGAD's creation vis-a-vis its status as an international organisation and its efforts in peace, stability and security missions.
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Schlagintweit, Elizabeth. "The fiscal implications of land use decisions : an analysis of three municipal expenditure-revenue analyses undertaken in Greater Vancouver." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26914.
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This thesis explores the theory and practice of incorporating a financial perspective into land use planning. Although it is well known that land use changes have definite consequences on municipal finances, there is little empirical information to guide municipal planners in analyzing and understanding the fiscal consequences of their decisions.
In this thesis the role of municipal expenditure-revenue analysis in land use planning is analyzed. Municipal expenditure-revenue analysis represents a methodology used to quantify the net cost to a municipal government of providing services to specified land use categories. The nature and historical development of municipal expenditure-revenue analysis is described, and criteria for the evaluation of such analyses are developed. On the basis of these criteria, three municipal expenditure-revenue studies, undertaken in metropolitan Vancouver, are analyzed and evaluated in order to highlight current field practice and key issues in this area of analysis.
The evaluation of the three case studies illustrates that despite considerable efforts on behalf of the analysts involved, the results of the studies have little direct application in planning and policy formulation. All three studies were found to have shortcomings which place in question the reliability and validity of the results. Despite these shortcomings, it is concluded that the process of undertaking expenditure-revenue analysis is valuable in that it provides an explicit framework in which planners and other municipal officials can consider the financial implications of land use decisions.
On the basis of the analysis and evaluation undertaken in this thesis five recommendations are developed which will help analysts to improve the reliability of both the process and results of future expenditure-revenue analysis. This, in turn, will increase the potential of the direct application of these studies' results in planning and policy formulation. The recommendations made in the concluding chapter of this thesis are listed below: (1 ) Municipal expenditure-revenue analysis should be undertaken under objective circumstances;
(2) The resources available to municipal expenditure-revenue studies should allow a thorough and in-depth analysis of the expenditure and revenue associated with the specified land use categories;'
(3) The study methodology should combine the range of approaches discussed in Chapter 2 of this thesis;
(4) Municipal expenditure-revenue analysis should be computerized; and (5) All aspects of an expenditure-revenue analysis should be clearly documented.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Smith, Stephen W. "BECOMING : an analysis of narratives describing the experiences of nurses who have undertaken training in solution focused brief therapy." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1220.
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This thesis is a study of the experiences of nurses who have undertaken training in Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). While the clinical outcomes of using SFBT, and other psychological therapies, to treat clients have been the subject of much research, the outcomes of training therapists to use SFBT has been relatively unexplored. It is, therefore, my intention to address, in part, this uncharted area of practice. Utilising a mixed methodology, the study is divided into two Stages. In Stage I, an original Solution Focused (SF) methodology is developed and used to conduct individual interviews with twenty participants. Interviews are transcribed and treated as narrative texts, and are then subjected to multi-factored analysis enabling the synthesis of a ‘group narrative’ and the construction of a typology of experience. In Stage II, I conduct further in-depth interviews with three of the original participants and utilise a hermeneutic methodology, drawing on the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer, to engage with the texts generated from these interviews. The texts are explored thematically, and through the nursing metaparadigm of Jacqueline Fawcett, and are compared with a metaparadigm of SF practice. The research suggests that training is SFBT can have a profound effect on the clinical practice, and professional identity, of nurses, and that this is related to the paradigm of nursing which informs their practice. Where the nursing paradigm is of the dominant ‘assessment and delivery of care needs’ modality, SFBT training has little to offer the nurse; however, where the nursing paradigm reflects an ‘interpersonal, dynamic’ modality based on shared relationships, training in SFBT can be a transformative experience for the nurse. This research makes an original contribution to the field of SFBT and to our understanding of the relationship between SFBT and nursing. Building on the work of earlier scholars, it argues that SFBT is congruent with some nursing paradigms, and not all nursing paradigms as previously suggested. It also advances our understanding of how the scope and field of SF practice may be delineated.
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McKee, Margaret. "Taking the dharma into their lives : a study of New Zealand women who have chosen to undertake Buddhist practice." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Religious Studies, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8126.
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This study presents a view of New Zealand women in Buddhism, based on information supplied by 62 women who have personally decided to undertake Buddhist practise. It excludes those from Buddhist family backgrounds. The aim of the study is to portray these women from sociological, religious, and psychological points of view. Survey techniques involved the use of interviews and questionnaires. Questions were predominantly open-ended in order to obtain both factual data and personal opinions. Chapters 2 and 3 record background data to provide an overview of the women, including their reasons for turning to Buddhism, and some of the ways in which it has influenced their attitudes and actions. Chapter 4 explains why 'conversion' is a proper term to use when describing these women's Buddhist practice even though it differs from the familiar Christian form. Chapters 5 and 6 describe what women and Buddhism each give to the other. They also include a criticism of Buddhism's patriarchal structure. Chapter 7 discusses the women's views on possible future changes to Western Buddhist communities in New Zealand.
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Deane, John. "How are academic Heads of Department supported to undertake their diverse roles in post-1992 English Higher Education Institutions?" Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2017. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/5700/.
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There has been acceptance for some time of the importance of the role of the academic Head of Department (HoD) to the successful delivery of a Higher Education Institution’s (HEI) vision and strategy. It has been argued that due to the increased pace of change in English Higher Education in the last few years, with a trebling of fees and regulatory change, a recent Higher Education and Research Act (2017), and the introduction of the Teaching Excellence Framework, that there is even more need for effective HoDs. There has also been acceptance for some time that the training and support provided for those taking on the HoD role has been limited. The focus of this research study is how academic HoDs in post-1992 English HEIs are supported to undertake their role, taking into account both how decisions are made and their academic identity. This study adopted an interpretive approach – in line with social constructivism – exploring the perceptions, feeling, and beliefs of HoDs. 14 semi-structured interviews were undertaken with HoDs in two post-1992 English HEIs to obtain their views on how decisions are taken either in a managerial or collegial manner, how their identity forms part of the support they draw upon, and the informal and formal networks and support mechanisms they utilise. A further seven semi-structured interviews were undertaken with senior managers to triangulate the data from HoDs. The data was analysed using template analysis and the key themes were identified. The findings suggest firstly that HoDs prefer a decision-making environment that utlises a ‘soft’ form of managerialism or collaborative and collegial culture in which decisions are made. This form of ‘soft’ managerialism, it is argued, allows for the development of informal support mechanisms. Secondly, the study found that HoDs were unable to maintain their research whilst being in the role (and this was a frustration to them), but they found their disciplinary networks and identity important in undertaking the role of HoD. Finally, the study established that the informal forms of support accessed by HoDs, either within or outside their institution, were of most value in allowing them to successfully undertake their role. The time and space to network and reflect with others on the common challenges they all faced provided the support that was of greatest value to HoDs. Although the findings from this study cannot be generalised they could be of value to HEIs and human resources managers, as well as designers of HoD leadership programmes in taking into account how best to support the development of informal support networks for HoDs.
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Muniz, Jeremy P. "Dueling with death Christian funeral preaching as dialogue /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2009.
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Brophy, Christina Suzanne. "Internship in school counselling undertaken at a St. John's high school with a research component studying an adolescent relationships group." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ36100.pdf.
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Ismail, Salma. "The Langa enrichment programme : a study of students' perceptions of the performance of the programme, undertaken to improve its functioning." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17360.
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Bibliography: p. 104-111.This study focuses on the Langa Enrichment Programme an educational support programme for black students studying under the Department of Education and Training in the Cape Peninsula. The study aimed to determine students' reasons for attending the programme, their perceptions of its strengths and weaknesses and their recommendations for improvements. Student expectations of the programme and reasons for the high dropout rate especially amongst Standard Nine and female students were explored. To contextualise the study and to give further insights into student views a brief summary of the apartheid education crisis is given. Educational support programmes are reviewed as is liberalism's response to the crisis in education and the history and culture of the South African Institute of Race Relations. The methodology used was two-fold: self-administered questionnaires to 126 Standard 10 Mathematics students and a series of focus group interviews with small groups of students. The findings may be summed up as follows. Students were generally positive towards the teachers, teaching methods and administration of the programme. They requested that teachers should teach and complete the syllabus, emphasizing exam questions, revision and scientific experiments, and explore alternative small group teaching with critical discussions. Students also requested a comprehensive career guidance programme, bursary information and increased financial assistance. Students expressed a reluctance to pay fees and this, coupled with increasing requests for financial and educational supp01t, raises the issue of welfarism on the programme. Reasons for the high dropout rate amongst Standard Nines included that they write an internal examination. Social pressures from boyfriends and peer groups and regarding clothes were given as reasons for female students dropping out of the programme. The students appear to determine the direction of the school in that as a result of their demands the programme has changed from an enrichment programme to a compensatory one. Recommendations in the concluding chapter of this study are that the Enrichment Programme should draw up clearer policy guidelines in conjunction with staff and students; liaison with DET secondary schools, tertiary institutions and other enrichment programmes should be improved; career guidance programmes linked to bursary information should be implemented; bursaries and other incentives should be linked to attendance and academic performance on the programme; a full time co-ordinator should be employed.
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Hails, Euan. "Development and delivery of cognitive behavioural therapy training in New South Wales, Australia : project undertaken in the spirit of action research." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2012. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/37090/.
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This study set out to investigate the understanding of psychological interventions and their place in practice (psychological mindedness) at an Australian mental health service and whether or not it was possible to train clinicians to introduce cognitive behavioural therapy to practice. The study investigated if, after training, clinicians' self-efficacy and readiness to use learnt skills is increased as they begin to deliver cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to patients. To do this a methodological approach was adopted, developed and delivered in the spirit of action research and conducted utilising a practice development model, that employed skills based education and experiential learning methods. A staff scoping survey was conducted to ascertain the psychological mindedness of clinical staff and to gain a picture of the availability of talking therapies across the health service. Following this survey an eight-day CBT training course was developed and delivered. A pre- and post- course questionnaire was applied to gain data on participant’s readiness to use skills and an increase in their self-efficacy pertinent to CBT that they learnt during the course. The results of the scoping survey showed that there was use of talking therapies by clinicians and that these clinicians desired training in CBT. The results of the CBT course questionnaire showed that it is possible to increase clinician’s self-efficacy and readiness to introduce skills to practice post attendance on an eight-day CBT training course. The delivery of focused talking therapy training across a mental health service can over time and with adequate levels of support and supervision, enable the delivery of CBT to service users. Principles of action research, practice development and the use of skills based education and experiential learning methods if implemented and supported actively can increase patient’s access to psychological therapies and train staff in the application of the same.
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Crone, Robert. "A case study of a research and development programme undertaken by one Northern Ireland co-educational secondary (intermediate) school 1981-1985." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252794.
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Woodhead, Roy M. "The influence of paradigms and perspectives on the decision to build undertaken by large experienced clients of the UK construction industry." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1999. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/21081/.
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This thesis explains how paradigms and perspectives influence both the process and content of the decision to build undertaken by large experienced clients of the UK construction industry. The level of client experience is drawn from a sample with a collective value of around £300-350 million, which are in turn taken from a group of clients who spend around £1 billion per year on construction industry projects. The thesis moves from a "messy" (Ackoff, 1979) view of the research problem and client dissatisfaction (Latham, 1994 and Egan, 1998) to arrive at a clear understanding of how the decision to build is made. Its scope begins by considering the intial stimulus that triggers the decision-making process and finishes when the developing proposal receives a firm commitment in the form of budgetary sanctioning. This thesis argues that it is the allocation of funds which marks the boundary between a proposal and project stage and so names the proposal's evolution phase the "Pre-Project Stage". The overarching aim of the thesis is to prepare the way for improved client satisfaction and it achieves this goal by explaining the following: • The process of the decision to build and its structure is determined by the expectations of paradigms and perspectives. • The content of the decision to build process and the conversations within it are influenced by other competing paradigms and perspectives that seek to impose 'their' criteria by which their definition of 'good' decisions can be recognised. • The internal and external influences on the decision to build's process and content stem from the complex interrelationships that influence the dominance of perspectives within individual paradigms that are at the same time in competition to determine how success is recognised. • How the decision to build can be improved is explained as a corollary of the realisation that contrasting views of what is a 'good' decision can exist at different levels within the same client organisation. The use of grounded theory (Glasser and Strauss, 1967) with a multiple case study research methodology (Yin, 1994), built around thirteen core questions, led to a detailed explanation and conclusions which satisfied the research aims and Qbjectives. Central to this detailed explanation is the consequence of dividing the process of decision-making between constituent groups within the client organisation; these groups are decision approvers, decision takers and decision shapers. The explanation articulates the decision to build as a paradigm in its own right and reveals that the people involved in the decision making process are ,in reality a co-ordinated-collection of smaller groups. This division of decision making lacks consonance as the various groups push different process and content agenda in an attempt to arrive at a successful decision. It is paradigms and perspectives that guide logic as they provide a means of objectifying decisions and also link the decision to build to a wider society. The thesis highlights that conflict can exist between the decision approvers',' takers' and shapers' view of effectiveness and III efficiency. Essentially the property department, who are the decision shapers, see their role as delivering projects and so it is through their paradigms and erspectives that they attempt to justify subjective aims as objective decisions. Shapers see their primary role as driving potential-projects through the approval process to achieve budgetary sanctioning and are often in competition with other shapers from different parts of the same organisation. Decision shapers see the approval process not as a mechanism to improve decision quality, but as a series of obstacles in the way of the project's delivery. Should anything stifle the shapers drive to get a proposal through the pre-project stage, then they will make modifications and adapt their approach in an attempt to ensure that the proposal becomes a project. The unifying theme is that all the actors seek to realise 'good' decisions and that for shapers 'good' decisions result in the successful delivery of a building. The construction industry's interpretation of 'client' can now be redefined as a small group of property related professionals working in a much larger organisation which has a core business that is tangential to the decision to build. Validity is achieved by establishing agreement with subjects during data collection, by selecting experienced subjects who want to be seen as using best practice, by using cross-sectional corroboration within the case studies and literature, by using grounded theory and its inherent ability to confirm theory as it emerges out of data, by providing an audit traIl from explanation to the data, and by verifying its findings in a validating workshop.
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Vereenooghe, Leen. "Do people with intellectual disabilities have the skills to undertake cognitive behavioural therapy? : an investigation into computerised training to improve accessibility." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2015. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/56822/.
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While people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) are at increased risk of developing mental health problems, they are disadvantaged when accessing mental health services. The aims of this thesis are threefold: 1) to evaluate the efficacy of psychological therapies for people with IDs who experience mental health problems, 2) to improve the suitability of adults with IDs for cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and 3) to explore the acceptability of computer programmes in therapy as a reasonable adjustment to improve therapy accessibility. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the current literature were conducted and identified CBT and individual therapies as the most efficacious treatment for anger and depression. Although adults with IDs and concurrent mental health problems appear to benefit from psychological therapies, clinical trials need to make use of improved reporting standards and larger samples. Next, in two subsequent single-blind mixed experimental designs the efficacy of computerised training programmes in improving CBT skills in people with mild to moderate IDs is evaluated. Training programmes focused on linking situations to feelings and discriminating between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. When compared to an attention-control condition, training improved cognitive mediation skills, as assessed by the ability to link situations and mediating beliefs to feelings, and improved the ability to differentiate between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. In a concluding qualitative study, the perspectives of service users with IDs and clinicians on using computers in therapy were explored. Both service users and clinicians were positive about the potential functions and benefits of using computers in therapy, but also drew attention to potential challenges and barriers. Together, these studies show that computers can be used to improve the suitability of people with IDs for CBT and meanwhile encourage further exploration into the possibilities that these technologies can open up for improving the accessibility of psychological therapies.
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Sethuraman, Kavita. "A study to determine the effects of the status of women on child growth undertaken in the Mysore region of Karnataka, India." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.407075.
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Mansaray, Peter Sorie. "Combating corruption in Sierra Leone a review and an assessment of strategies undertaken by past governments to curb corruption in Sierra Leone." Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2003. http://d-nb.info/99573416X/04.
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Hunter, Billie. "Emotion work in midwifery : an ethnographic study of the emotional work undertaken by a sample of student and qualified midwives in Wales." Thesis, Swansea University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.588081.
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Concerns have been expressed regarding low morale and problems with recruitment and retention in UK midwifery. Evidence suggests that integrated midwifery practice may exacerbate these difficulties and impact on the emotional aspects of work. This thesis explored how a range of midwives experienced emotion at work. focusing on sources of emotion and how emotions were managed. The study was conducted in three phases, with the data obtained informing and complementing each other. A multi-method ethnographic approach was utilised, using focus groups, interviews and observations. In Phase One, focus groups were conducted with student midwives on both eighteen month and three year programmes (n = 27). Themes generated were then explored further with qualified midwives in Phase Two (n = 11) and Phase Three (n = 29). Qualified midwives represented a broad range of clinical locations, length of clinical experience and occupational status. Thematic data analysis indicates that community and hospital environments present midwives with fundamentally different work settings that have diverse values and perspectives. The result is two primary occupational identities and ideologies, which are in conflict. Hospital midwifery is dominated by meeting service needs, via a universalistic and medicalised approach to care; the ideology is, by necessity, 'with institution'. Community-based midwifery is more able to provide an individualised, natural model of childbirth reflecting a 'with woman' ideology. This ideology is officially supported, professionally and academically. However, there is no clear match between ideology and context, and this impacts on occupational identity. Managing these conflicting ideologies requires emotion work. Emotion work strategies, learned during socialisation, reflected 'affectively neutral' or 'affectively aware' approaches. A theoretical framework is proposed, which identifies interrelationships between context, occupational identity, occupational ideology and emotion management. The dilemmas created by conflicting occupational ideologies need to be understood in order for low morale in midwifery to be addressed
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Tarrant, A. D. "Why does European Union Legislation sometimes empower national regulatory authorities and sometimes empower European Agencies to undertake regulation for the single market?" Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1334685/.
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This thesis investigates why EU single market legislation sometimes privileges national regulatory authorities ("NRAs") as the authoritative decision-makers while other legislation in the same field privileges EU regulatory Agencies. Most of the literature on both EU regulatory Agencies and independent NRAs has explained their creation in functional terms. While there may be functional benefits to be gained from creating regulatory bodies in EU legislation, the thesis argues that their design is not necessarily determined by the standard functional imperatives – indeed, sometimes such delegates, at least from the perspective of actually meeting functions such as credible commitment, may be designed by principals to be ineffective. The theory advanced in the thesis is that Member States will prefer NRAs to be the bodies controlling implementation in those cases where there is distributional conflict and Agencies and/or the Commission where there is not. The Commission and the European Parliament will usually advocate supranational regulatory institutions but will be unable to overcome collective Council preferences where they are in favour of NRAs. The empirical findings in the thesis with respect to the acts of delegation suggest these hypotheses are correct. In addition, the thesis hypothesises that regulatory outcomes will be consistent with the type of design adopted. Consequently, an examination of regulatory implementation is also undertaken in order to verify whether this is the case. The thesis finds that implementation outcomes also vary depending on the type of institution selected.
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Gibbons, Zoë. "Applying the theory of planned behaviour to investigate staff decisions to undertake 'focused work' with child relatives of adults with multiple sclerosis." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.437399.
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Okello, Francis Xavier. "The beginnings of evangelization in Eastern Uganda : 1895-1924 : an effort undertaken by the missionaries of St. Joseph's society, London - the Mill Hill missionaries /." Roma, 2007. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb413382901.
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Griffiths, Clark. "A description of the projects undertaken by the first Kansas City Design Center Urban Design Studio and recommendations on how to improve the student experience." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/3854.
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Darke, Nicola Susan. "Afrikaner Nationalism and the Production of a White Cultural Heritage: An analysis of selected works undertaken by Dirk Visser and Gabriel Fagan from 1967-1993." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13640.
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This dissertation entitled The Afrikaner Nationalism and the Production of a White
Cultural Heritage: An analysis of selected works undertaken by Dirk Visser and
Gabriel Fagan from 1967-1993 examines the construct of a white settler heritage
as promoted and implemented through various restorations and reconstructions of
DutchNOC buildings. The primary rationale of this study is to critically assess the
actions of the main protagonists in the creation of this heritage, that is, the
Department of Public Works, the National Monuments Council, Anton Rupert (and
his Historic Homes of South Africa), the Simon van der Stel Foundation, the
Institute of South African Architects and the provincial institutes. Directly related to
this issue is the assessment as to whether the isolationist nature of the South
Africa contributed to the plethora of stylistic restoration and reconstructions
undertaken during the apartheid era.
This study comprises two sections: first, the examination of the intellectual
theoretical texts of Foucault, Nora and others pertaining to power, ideology, history
and memory, as well as the seminal texts of Jokilehto and Choay which discuss
the stylistic and historicist conservation theories of Viollet-le-Duc; and second, the
analysis of selected case studies undertaken by Fagan on behalf of the state (The
Castle of Good Hope and De Tuynhuys) and Visser on behalf of Rupert and
Historic Homes of South Africa (Drostdy of Graaff-Reinet).
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Byrne, Delma V. "The influence of early work experiences undertaken before leaving second level education on the socio-economic outcomes of school leavers in the Republic of Ireland." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/24010.
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Young people increasingly engage in work opportunities while still in second level education, and these ‘early work experiences’ can be acquired through part time job holdings or as school organised work experiences as part of a wider programme of studies. This dissertation examines the characteristics of a representative sample of second level education school leavers who participate (or not) in early work experiences in terms of gender, and an array of socio-economic family and parental background factors as well as a measure of socio-economic disadvantage in the area in which they live. The influence of early work experiences on socio-economic outcomes relating to participation in further/higher education and participation in the labour market are then examined. Two main approaches are considered: human capital and social capital. The first approach emphasises the role of early work experiences as a source of human capital that adds to the productivity of young people and which would be recognised in the labour market. The second approach emphasises the role of factors such as family background, school type attended and regional both in determining participation in and outcomes of early work experiences. Based on this theoretical framework, a number of hypotheses are tested. The dominant statistical methodologies used to analyse the data from the 2003 School Leaver Survey were formations of generalised linear models. The results indicate that both human and social capital approaches are useful for examining the influence of early work experience on later outcomes, but that selection into these types of early work experience have the greatest influence on socio-economic outcomes.
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Tolley, Clare Louise. "An investigation of healthcare professionals' experiences of training and using electronic prescribing systems : four literature reviews and two qualitative studies undertaken in the UK hospital context." Thesis, Durham University, 2018. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12845/.
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Electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) is the process of ordering medicines electronically for a patient and has been associated with reduced medication errors and improved patient safety. However, these systems have also been associated with unintended adverse consequences. There is a lack of published research about users’ experiences of these systems in UK hospitals. The aim of this research was therefore to firstly describe the literature pertaining to the recent developments and persisting issues with ePrescribing and clinical decision support systems (CDS) (chapter 2). Two further systematic literature reviews (chapters 3 and 4) were then conducted to understand the unintended consequences of ePrescribing and clinical decision support (CDS) systems across both adult and paediatric patients. These revealed a taxonomy of factors, which have contributed to errors during use of these systems e.g., the screen layout, default settings and inappropriate drug-dosage support. The researcher then conducted a qualitative study (chapters 7-10) to explore users’ experiences of using and being trained to use ePrescribing systems. This study involved conducting semi-structured interviews and observations, which revealed key challenges facing users, including issues with using the ‘Medication List’ and how information was presented. Users experienced benefits and challenges when customising the system, including the screen display; however, the process was sometimes overly complex. Users also described the benefits and challenges associated with different forms of interruptive and passive CDS. Order sets, for instance, encouraged more efficient prescribing, yet users often found them difficult to find within the system. A lack of training resulted in users failing to use all features of the ePrescribing system and left some healthcare staff feeling underprepared for using the system in their role. A further literature review (chapter 5) was then performed to complement emerging themes relating to how users were trained to use ePrescribing systems, which were generated as part of a qualitative study. This review revealed the range of approaches used to train users and the need for further research in this area. The literature review and qualitative study-based findings led to a follow-on study (chapter 10), whereby the researcher conducted semi-structured interviews to examine how users were trained to use ePrescribing systems across four NHS Hospital Trusts. A range of approaches were used to train users; tailored training, using clinically specific scenarios or matching the user’s profession to that of the trainer were preferred over lectures and e-learning may offer an efficient way of training large numbers of staff. However, further research is needed to investigate this and whether alternative approaches such as the use of students as trainers could be useful. This programme of work revealed the importance of human factors and user involvement in the design and ongoing development of ePrescribing systems. Training also played a role in users’ experiences of using the system and hospitals should carefully consider the training approaches used. This thesis provides recommendations gathered from the literature and primary data collection that can help inform organisations, system developers and further research in this area.