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Partington, Geoffrey. "The significant past in Australian thought : some studies in nineteenth century Australian thought and its British background." Title page, preface and contents only, 1989. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09php2732.pdf.
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Martinez-Fernandez, Cristina Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment UNSW. "Networks for regional development : case studies from Australia and Spain." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Built Environment, 2001. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/20482.
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This study investigates the role of regional networks for economic development (RENEDs) in regions suffering from industrial dislocation. It proposes that RENEDs significantly affect regional development. It also investigates the aspects of RENEDs that promote interorganisational collaboration on projects, and examines how RENEDs foster and manage them. The research uses a case study approach, and presents two regions suffering from the decline of their main economic source. These regions are the Hunter region of New South Wales (Australia) and the Le??n province of Castilla Y Le??n (Spain). A pilot study and a survey were conducted in both regions. Three types of analysis were applied: network, statistical and qualitative. The research method makes it possible to replicate research and develop a theory of regional networks for economic development. The results show that success of RENEDs is determined by capital investment generated by the projects, their influence in changing the economic bases of the regions, and the improvement to regional network capital. This study found that frequency of communication is a structural element that significantly affects the production of projects. However, other variables affect projects, such as external pressures from globalisation, government policies and ideologies, and internal constraints from the public, private and civic sectors. This thesis concludes that RENEDs have an important role in regional planning through the formulation of specific projects that target economic disparity. RENEDs represent a system of relationship that enrich the network capital of the regions as an important asset for their future.
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Wengraf, Ivo Tristan. "Places and practices of automobilities : case studies of British motoring." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.533909.
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Walker, Beverly C. "An action research study of strategy implementation in a not-for-profit community organisation." Monash University, Dept. of Management, 2004. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5186.
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Weisberg, Jacob. "Labour turnover : a case study of early quits in British Rail." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324604.
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Hamilton, Gregory Stuart. "A Study of Cyclogenisis in the North of Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1374.
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The region of interest in this study is the ocean area to the north of the Western Australian coast; that is, the Timor Sea. It is the tropical cyclones (TC) that generate in this area that most often affect the people and industries located in this region of Western Australia. Accordingly, it is the case that there is a continuing need to improve our understanding of these systems using both observations and numerical models. After an introduction to the problems caused by TCs in the north of Western Australia, a description is made of the study area. A review of the various meteorological systems that can be identified in the tropics is provided. This is followed by a history of research on cyclogenesis. A detailed discussion is undertaken on the current state of knowledge of tropical cyclogenesis. This theoretical understanding subsequently is applied to three case studies. Following a description of the data used and the analysis techniques, the three case studies are presented. In each case study, a system, which later becomes a tropical cyclone, is analysed during the genesis period. The three case studies examined in this thesis are, case 1 (TC Tim, 1994), case 2 (TC Elaine, 1999) and case 3 (TC Isobel, 1996). In each case, the system was studied for at least 10 days prior to it being named. This approach was adopted to ensure that any potential development was not overlooked. A system is named when it reaches sufficient intensity for gale force winds to exist in all quadrants around the centre of that system. For each case, the environment in the vicinity of the location where the system was initially identified was studied until an evolving system was identified. Monitoring of the system continued until it was named.Observations from the Geostationary Meteorological Satellite and the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program comprised the physical data set. In parallel with this data collection activity, meteorological products from a numerical model were catalogued over the same time interval. The thesis presents comparisons of the satellite products and the model output over the study period. In part, motivated by the outcomes of this comparison, it was determined to investigate further prospects for using the array of satellite-derived products that might be more appropriate for use as a forecasting support tool. Finally, as an example, a prototype index is proposed which has potential to demonstrate the degree of development of a system. In this work, for want of a name, this index is termed the Hamilton Index (HI). It uses meteorological products derived from the microwave DMSP series of satellites and provides a temporal sequence of values of the index that are applied to monitor the developing of the TC systems in the three case studies. The meteorological variables used in the index were selected because they were accepted indicators of tropical cyclogenesis identified in the research literature. When applied to the three case studies, the HI showed a significant improvement in sensitivity to the state of development of the systems, especially when compared to the computer model data examined for the case studies.
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Wood, Beverley. "Attitudes toward the elderly : a case study of nursing students' attitudes." Monash University, Faculty of Education, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8808.
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Haskell, Johnna Gayle. "Experiencing freefall, a journey of pedagogical possibilities." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0017/NQ48643.pdf.
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edu, aruddy@indiana, and Annie Ruddy. "Internationalisation: Case studies of two Australian and United States universities." Murdoch University, 2009. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20090416.20912.
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Higher education has undergone significant change as universities have sought to respond to government reforms in a period of globalisation. One major reform that globalisation has introduced is the reduction in state funding for higher education. Universities have turned to other resources to provide funding and one of these is the recruitment of international students. The focus of this thesis is on contrasting the internationalisation policies of two nations, Australia and the United States, by analysing published policies, statistics and carrying out interviews on two campuses. Two universities, one in Australia and the other in the United States, served as case studies to examine the strategies used to implement these policies. Approximately 100 participants were interviewed, including administrators and faculty members, international and domestic students.
Each university featured internationalisation as a goal in its mission statement. By integrating intercultural and global dimensions into the teaching, research and service functions of a university, internationalisation encompasses a multitude of activities that provide an educational experience. While administrators generally stated that the implementation of strategic plans to achieve international goals had been successful, many faculty members, domestic and international students were of the view that international goals were yet to be realised. These contrasting discourses revealed that each university was falling short of achieving its internationalisation goals. Faculty members and domestic and international students expressed dissatisfaction about cultural insensitivity, lack of adequate services that offered housing and emotional/social support, and language barriers. At the same time, each university was achieving some of its internationalisation goals. In conclusion, strategies are suggested that might improve the implementation of internationalisation at both universities.
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Govinnage, Sunil Kantha. "Environmental Regulations of the Mining Industry: Two Case Studies from Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75445.
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The study analyses the Western Australian mining regulatory framework of environmental compliance. Through the case studies of Yeelirrie uranium mining approval, and Collie coal mining, it identifies a dichotomy (Acts of Parliament and State Agreements) of mining legislation and multi-agency approach challenging effective environmental protection. Grounded in sustainability and social sciences approaches, the thesis draws from expert interviews to identify weaknesses and best practices. It makes recommendations for strengthening the implementation of the mining regulatory framework.
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Cliff, Jennifer E. "Following versus breaking with precedent : organizational conformity and deviation in the British Columbia legal profession." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0018/NQ48623.pdf.
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Dietz, Graham. "Partnership in British workplaces : four case studies in the development of trust." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2002. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1692/.
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In the last 10 years, the debate on the idea of 'partnership' at work has been reignited, and has come to dominate British industrial relations. But what I call 'the 1990s version' is still only an emerging phenomenon. Progress in the debate is exacerbated firstly by confusion over a precise and workable definition, secondly by predictable ideological hand-wringing and point-scoring, but most significantly, by a lack of clear and independently-assessed case studies of verifiable partnership organisations. In this thesis I aim to set out a standard definition of partnership that does justice to the word (suggesting, as it does, an enduring and committed pact for mutual gain between more or less equal participants). I derive this primarily from the literature on another much-maligned concept: trust. My theoretically robust and practical definition provides for a coherent set of observable principles and practices which, I argue, ought to be present for an organisation to be accorded 'partnership' status. It is to be hoped that this may draw a line under the ongoing debate on defining partnership. Moreover, using trust to formulate the definition of partnership renders the latter concept attractive to every school of industrial relations thinking, from unitarists to Marxists, and offers several testable research hypotheses. It also contributes to restoring the much-neglected quality of trust to a position of central significance in employment relations theory. To address the lack of genuine fieldwork evidence of partnership, I present the findings from four post-implementation qualitative case studies. Each comprises a narrative of the partnership and the development of relationships based on trust. I identify, from respondents' own accounts of events, where partnership has influenced trust levels, and vice versa. In my conclusions I address the advantages and disadvantages, pitfalls and benefits, of trust-based employment relationships using partnership. Finally, I speculate on what might be the fate of this, the latest British programme to manage "pluralism's problems".
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Turner, David Samuel. "Supportable retail capacity : a downtown Vancouver case study." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31237.
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Planning for the provision of retail growth and change within our increasingly complex urban areas is a challenge facing all large urban areas in Canada. The purpose of this thesis is to highlight the need for retail market analysis and its use as a tool for policy makers in predicting the consequences of long range planning policy options.
This study suggests that the notion of supportable retail floorspace is a concept which relies to a significant extent on non-market forces and as such, meaningful forecasts can only be achieved based on clearly defined regional and local government planning policy.
The literature review discusses the major theoretical contributions in retail evolution and modelling techniques to provide a context for the step-by-step approach to retail market analysis conducted in the case study. This is followed by a review of major trends in retail supply and demand which will affect retail development over the next decade. Lastly, a theoretical review of commercial development trends and an analysis of trends in the G.V.R.D. over the past decade is presented, highlighting the growth of regional town centres.
The case study applies the principles discussed by conducting a trade area analysis to develop a detailed retail expenditure potential model from which supportable retail floorspace estimates for the Downtown Vancouver peninsula are derived. The study utilizes secondary data sources including Statistics Canada, the G.V.R.D., and the City of Vancouver, as well as data from numerous other public and private sources. From the range of "planning options" or market share scenarios run, it becomes clear that the amount of retail floorspace supportable on the downtown peninsula depends to a large extent on regional market and non market forces outside the control of Vancouver planning authorities.
Conclusions derived from the analysis are of both practical and theoretical significance. From a practical standpoint it is clear that Vancouver's downtown peninsula will support additional retail growth over the next decade. However, the wide range of supportable floorspace estimates obtained through the five scenarios run highlights the need for both municipal and regional government to more vigorously identify the role that Downtown Vancouver should play within the regional market into the next century. This would enable the city to be proactive rather than reactive to retail development initiatives and proposals from developers by narrowing the supportable retail capacity to a more meaningful range.
From a theoretical perspective it is demonstrated that the step-by-step approach to market analysis is a useful tool in highlighting the market effects of long range planning options. It is also noted that retail models typically deal almost exclusively with the econoomic aspects of shopping activity and to be truly meaningful retail policy must also include social criteria relating to shopping activity. Furthermore, it is recognized that retail models are best used as a part of a wider analysis for an evaluation of the costs and benefits of retail development which also takes into account other policy fields and issues such as municipal finance, transportation planning, urban form and environmental considerations.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Preece, Melady. "Exploring the stepgap : how parents' ways of coping with daily family stressors impact stepparent-stepchild relationship quality in stepfamilies." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ56604.pdf.
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Calder, Benjamin Lindsay. "The economic impact of unseasonable weather : case studies from South Australia in 1992 /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arc1458.pdf.
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Irving, Kate. "Case studies in restraint use in an acute teaching hospital : a Foucauldian approach." Thesis, Curtin University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/918.
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This thesis reports the outcomes of research into the use of restraint in the care of patients in an acute teaching hospital in Australia. The literature review undertaken for the study revealed much research into restraints showing evidence of the harm they cause, and their ineffectiveness as a safety measure. The literature indicates that the prevalence of restraint use is high - about a third of all hospital patients over the age of eighty-five years may be restrained at some time during the period of their admission.The main emphasis in my investigation was to uncover an understanding of how the use of restraints has remained possible, despite negative reports on their efficacy and questions about their possible abuse of human rights. Primarily, 1 set out to provide vide an understanding of restraint practice, and of how it is maintained and legitimised in a metropolitan teaching hospital.The study was guided by a Foucauldian approach to discourse analysis. The study reports on in depth studies of three patients. The case studies extend beyond observations of the patients to include interviews with members of the multidisciplinary team: nurses, doctors, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Medical and nursing notes were another source of data.A discursive formation was identified by which restraint use is justified, and legitimised by the health professionals who use it. Five discourses were established, constituting: inability to 'self govern'; an appropriate environment; treatment; duty of care; and marginalisation.The study concludes that restraint use can be understood as a complex discursive practice. Through this discursive practice we can understand how staff maintain a monopoly over the truth and perpetuate claims about the inevitability of restraint use. Knowledge of these discursive practices enables an understanding of how the current educational approaches to restraint reduction are likely to have little immediate or sustained impact. With these understandings, we are hopefully better placed to change practice in a way that does not substitute one undesirable approach for another. If this is so, the value of this thesis will lie in its influence on practice as much as in its contribution to scholarship.
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Bartlett, Karen Hastings. "Evaluation of bioaerosols in elementary school classrooms in a coastal temperate zone." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ48602.pdf.
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Hamilton, Gregory Stuart. "A Study of Cyclogenisis in the North of Western Australia." Curtin University of Technology, School of Applied Science, 2002. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=14595.
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The region of interest in this study is the ocean area to the north of the Western Australian coast; that is, the Timor Sea. It is the tropical cyclones (TC) that generate in this area that most often affect the people and industries located in this region of Western Australia. Accordingly, it is the case that there is a continuing need to improve our understanding of these systems using both observations and numerical models. After an introduction to the problems caused by TCs in the north of Western Australia, a description is made of the study area. A review of the various meteorological systems that can be identified in the tropics is provided. This is followed by a history of research on cyclogenesis. A detailed discussion is undertaken on the current state of knowledge of tropical cyclogenesis. This theoretical understanding subsequently is applied to three case studies. Following a description of the data used and the analysis techniques, the three case studies are presented. In each case study, a system, which later becomes a tropical cyclone, is analysed during the genesis period. The three case studies examined in this thesis are, case 1 (TC Tim, 1994), case 2 (TC Elaine, 1999) and case 3 (TC Isobel, 1996). In each case, the system was studied for at least 10 days prior to it being named. This approach was adopted to ensure that any potential development was not overlooked. A system is named when it reaches sufficient intensity for gale force winds to exist in all quadrants around the centre of that system. For each case, the environment in the vicinity of the location where the system was initially identified was studied until an evolving system was identified. Monitoring of the system continued until it was named.Observations from the Geostationary Meteorological Satellite and the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program comprised the physical data set. In parallel with this data collection activity, meteorological products from a numerical model were catalogued over the same time interval. The thesis presents comparisons of the satellite products and the model output over the study period. In part, motivated by the outcomes of this comparison, it was determined to investigate further prospects for using the array of satellite-derived products that might be more appropriate for use as a forecasting support tool. Finally, as an example, a prototype index is proposed which has potential to demonstrate the degree of development of a system. In this work, for want of a name, this index is termed the Hamilton Index (HI). It uses meteorological products derived from the microwave DMSP series of satellites and provides a temporal sequence of values of the index that are applied to monitor the developing of the TC systems in the three case studies. The meteorological variables used in the index were selected because they were accepted indicators of tropical cyclogenesis identified in the research literature. When applied to the three case studies, the HI showed a significant improvement in sensitivity to the state of development of the systems, especially when compared to the computer model data examined for the case studies.
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Lapanan, Nicha, and Stefan Anchev. "Wealth effects from asset securitization : (the case of Australia)." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-47813.
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Asset securitization is one of the most important financial innovations recently. With an impressive growth in terms of volume of issuance, from almost zero to five trillion USD, in a period of 15-20 years, it is one of the most rapidly growing markets in the financial world. Yet, little is known about this, literally invisible market. Companies engage in asset securitization for a variety of reasons and numerous advantages and disadvantages of asset securitization can be found throughout the literature. Asset securitization has an impact on a number of stakeholder groups: shareholders, managers, employees, investors, the financial markets and ultimately the overall economy and society. Asset securitization is one of the reasons for the financial crisis that started in mid 2007. Since the recent financial turmoil, it became clear the asset securitization was the primary funding source for companies in the financial industry and it was the primary supplier of credit in developed economies. Because of its importance and impact, it is very important that we study the reasons, the motivations, the consequences and the effects from this so powerful financial innovation. And it is important to study it from as many different aspects as possible. Many questions surrounding asset securitization are unanswered and it is important to answer them sooner. This study investigates the wealth effects from asset securitization on the shareholders of the securitizing companies. We study whether the announcement about a pending securitization transaction has any impact on the stock price of the securitizing company. That way we can discover whether asset securitization creates wealth, destroys wealth or has no impact on wealth at all. Not many studies have been done on this topic so far. The existing seven studies are focused mainly on the US and the EU market and report contradicting results. In this study, for the first time, data from Australia is being used. The Australian securitization market is the second, single most active securitization market in the world, after the US market. We conduct quantitative analysis on a sample of 98 securitization transactions during the period 2000-2006. With this sample, we cover almost 29% of the number of securitization transactions during that period and almost 39% in terms of volume of issuance. To analyze the data we use standard event study methodology, common for this type of studies. Our analysis reveals that investors in Australia do not perceive asset securitization favorably. Securitizing companies’ stock price decreases in the 10 days around the securitization announcement day, resulting in statistically significant wealth losses for the originating companies’ shareholders. Furthermore, the wealth losses are significant for less frequent securitizers, for securitizers that engage in small volume securitization transactions and for securitizing companies with low asset quality. With this study we make theoretical and practical contribution. We lend empirical support to the previous theories and we help managers, shareholders and investors shape their forecasts.
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Hoffmann, Terrence Martin, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Using competencies in human resource management: case studies in Australian companies." Deakin University, 1998. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050815.114903.
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This study investigated the use of competencies for human resource management in seven Australian companies. Despite advocacy for the use of competencies by Government Committees and Task Forces (For example Carmichael (1992), Mayer, (1992) and Karpin, 1995), and the existence of competency standards for eighty per cent of the Australian workforce, the competency approach has not been widely adopted. A review of the literature indicated that the term competency had several meanings with different implications for its use depending on the meaning. The study looked at how individuals have defined the term and applied the approach to human resource management practices.
Interviews were conducted with Human Resource and Training managers, and operative staff in companies using competencies. How they defined the term, described the rationale for using competencies, and applied competencies to selection, training, performance appraisal and remuneration were determined. Case studies were written for each company to describe their particular application of competencies.
Competencies were found to be defined in several ways by those interviewed. Some advantages of using competencies in human resource management applications were found. The amount of work involved in introducing the competency approach was described as a reason why competencies have not been more widely adopted.
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Gonzalez, Nelson Rafael. "Employment, technology and competition in the age of retail electronic banking : the British case." Thesis, University of Bath, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.256816.
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Jayatilaka, Jennifer A. "An investigation of family literacy practices of eight families with preprimary children and a family literacy program conducted in a low socio-economic area." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1998. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/991.
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Study of the research literature showed that literacy skills are socialised in young children along with their learning of oral language. This socialisation process occurs within a child's home environment long before they enter formal schooling. Family literacy has been shown to have the potential to impact powerfully on children's perceptions about literacy use through role models and support provided by various family and community members. Literacy activity is often deeply embedded in daily family practices. For some children, differences between home and school literacy practices can occur. Where this mismatch occurs for children in low socio economic homes the problems associated can be compounded. In the present study a formative experimental design was used to investigate and describe some of the literacy practices of eight families living in a low socio-economic environment as identified by the parents of children attending a preprimary centre. Some family literacy programs designed to reduce the effect of the literacy mismatch between home and school have been found, in research literature, to be unsuitable for certain communities because of their inability to address the needs of individual families. The present study reports on the results of a family literacy program jointly planned by the teacher/researcher and parents of eight families from a low socio-economic community. It describes the nature of the family literacy program and the perceptions of the program held by the eight participants. Issues arising from this family literacy program design are highlighted and some implications for educational practice and further research are presented.
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Oerlemans-Buma, Ingeborg Karin. "Secondary school students engagement in educational change : critical perspectives on policy enactment." University of Western Australia. Graduate School of Education, 2005. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2005.0076.
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Michael Fullan (1991) commented that little was known about how students viewed educational change, as no one had thought to ask them. By 2004 there was a small but growing literature seeking the views of students on a range of issues associated with schooling. This thesis presents the findings and analysis of a study of students’ perceptions of educational change. Much educational change involves shifts in power and responsibilities between the different actors, such as governments, school administrators, teachers, parents, the community and students. Despite widespread interest in educational change it is usually the macro-level policy elite who exert the most influence, using their power, privilege and status in order to propagate particular versions of schooling; students continue to be the ‘objects’ of policy initiatives, submerged in what Freire referred to as a ‘culture of silence’. Students are frequently excluded as participants in both the process and decision making phases of change. This research was based on exploring the exclusion of students from the processes of change in schools, resulting from a top-down policy initiative by the State department of education in WA, the Local Area Education Planning (LAEP) Framework. How policy is defined and acted on is explored, and the roles students could have, but often do not, are highlighted. An eclectic hybrid conceptual framework drawing on both critical theory and a postmodern policy cycle approach was used to analyse the LAEP Framework policy processes and students’ perceptions of the changes that ensued. The research comprised in-depth case studies of three schools undergoing substantial educational restructuring as the result of the macro-level LAEP Framework policy in the State of WA. Key elements of the policy were school amalgamations, closures and the creation of Middle Schools. Data collection methods included focus group and semi-structured interviews with students from the three schools, as well as document analysis, staff interviews and field notes. The research found that students were very perceptive about educational change, that they were deeply impacted by educational change and that they wanted to participate in restructuring agendas. Several meta-level themes emerged from the students’ ‘voices’, including issues associated with disempowerment, and competing social justice and economic discourses. The findings foreground the often messy and contradictory tensions evident in policy processes. The thesis concluded by developing theory on ways in which students could be included meaningfully as participants in educational change
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Chandra, Yanto Marketing Australian School of Business UNSW. "Internationalization as an entrepreneurial process." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Marketing, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/30552.
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Despite the substantial amount of work undertaken on internationalization to-date, most has placed little emphasis on the temporal processes and dynamics of internationalization in shaping firm internationalization histories. This is reflected in several problem areas in theories and research regarding internationalization including accelerated internationalization, full and partial de-internationalization and use of multiple modes of entry at a point in time. This study addressed an important question: what factors and processes affect the way a firm???s pattern of internationalization changes over time? Although mainstream theories of internationalization and recent advances that link internationalization and entrepreneurship assume the importance of ???opportunity???, there is a paucity of research that that places ???opportunity??? as the core process in internationalization. By embracing time as a key dimension, this study reconceptualized internationalization as an entrepreneurial process: as the process of opportunity discovery, evaluation and exploitation in international markets. The research was undertaken in two phases. Phase 1 included a literature review covering the internationalization and entrepreneurship research streams. The discovery-evaluation-exploitation framework from entrepreneurship was used to identify relevant factors and explore eight case studies. By drawing on results from the exploratory research, an initial conceptual model and a set of propositions were developed. In Phase 2, fifteen case studies were theoretically sampled from a pool of small and medium enterprises from the knowledge and non-knowledge based industries in Australia. The data collection and analysis followed a process, event-driven approach to case study research involving the mapping of key sequences of events as well as within and cross case analysis. The results clarified the nature and pattern of opportunity discovery, evaluation and exploitation, and a number of factors that influence this process: the role of prior knowledge, network ties, serendipity, absorptive capacity, bricolage, the nature of uncertainty, feedback mechanisms and effectual versus causal reasoning. The findings also suggest the evolutionary process of firm development and internationalization and show that born globals may be a classification error. The results indicate that full and partial de-internationalization as well as the use of multiple modes of entry are influenced by the interconnectedness of opportunities across the founding, domestic and international context over time; the role of Knightian uncertainty which can push or pull the patterns in many directions and how firms rely on effectual reasoning. The results provide a better understanding of the basic mechanisms of internationalization. The academic contributions of this thesis include the extension of Jones and Coviello???s (2005) model and previous models by developing a dynamic, process model of internationalization that is capable of addressing the temporal and dynamic gaps in internationalization; the integration and reconciliation of extant theories of internationalization by understanding the role of mode of reasoning; and the establishment of ???opportunity-firm??? nexus as a suitable unit of analysis in internationalization and international entrepreneurship research. Finally, the managerial contributions include guidance for firms and entrepreneurs in terms of dealing with uncertainty and complexity in international markets using the appropriate mode of reasoning (i.e. effectual, non-predictive approach vs. causal, predictive approach) in the right context and circumstances.
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Blue, Ian A. "The professional working relationship of rural nurses and doctors : four South Australian case studies." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phb6582.pdf.
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Le, Thi Kieu Huong. "Performing Arts Management in a Climate of Adjustment: Case Studies from Vietnam and Australia." School of Policy and Practice, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1115.
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Doctor of Philosophy(PhD)This thesis investigates performing arts administration and management in the current economic and social environment in Vietnam and Australia within a context of globalisation. A comparative study of two major arts organisations in both Vietnam and Australia was carried out to investigate the following: why and how performing arts organisations are adapting to the changing environment; how arts leaders are adapting to changes; and whether arts managers need specific arts management training. The suitability of pertinent training packages and tertiary arts management courses from an Australian perspective are examined to determine whether these could be adapted for arts administration training in Vietnam. A qualitative case study approach was employed, using judgemental sampling. Two case studies were in Vietnam (the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and the Hanoi Youth Theatre), and two in Australia (the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Theatre Company). Some arts administrators involved with managing these performing arts organisations were interviewed in-depth, and relevant documents, regulations and policies in the arts field were also analysed to lay a foundation for comprehending the operation and management of performing arts organisations in both countries, at a time of change. Findings indicate that globalisation and particularly economic changes are major pressures that are pushing arts organisations to adapt. Furthermore, in the context of the knowledge economy, credentials have become increasingly important for arts leaders to obtain their positions, while in order to be successful in their positions, practical experience, innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset proved to be even more essential. It is suggested that some pertinent arts management training courses in Australia could, if adapted, contribute to enhancing arts management and the entertainment industry in Vietnam, as well as providing mutual benefit to both Vietnam and Australia.
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Miller, Emma. "British television coverage of the global South : case studies in content and audience reception." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2003. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6867/.
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The starting point of this thesis is that British television coverage of the developing world is increasingly limited, both in terms of quantity and the lack of background information. There tends to be very little coverage of developing countries, and what there is doesn't explain them very well. This thesis aims to use this starting point as a basis for exploring ways in which television coverage might be improved in order to develop public knowledge and enable audiences to place issues affecting developing countries in a wider context of globalisation. Television is the focus of this research because it remains the key source of news information in Britain. A key aim is to assess how far the neo-liberal ideology that supports globalisation is replicated in television reporting of the South. The other side of this assessment is the availability of alternative views and explanations. The analysis will examine these questions empirically. The empirical work undertaken for this research involved a detailed examination of television coverage of the global South, and of audience responses to it. One of the aims here is to identify the contextual information that helps make sense of such world affairs. To do this, the thesis is divided into three parts. Part One will discuss the context of capitalist globalisation, including economic, political and cultural aspects. The second part of this thesis examines how television covers the majority world and how it explains events and their relation to globalisation. Part Three consists of the audience reception component of this research.
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Pettinato, Davide Domenico. "Understanding the discourse of British Muslim NGOs : Islamic relief and MADE as case studies." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/33164.
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Inspired by the increasingly high visibility of British Muslim NGOs (BMNGOs), by the lack of research on their discourses and by the growing salience of frames theory within the mainstream NGO sector, this thesis offers a significant and original contribution by exploring, describing, and analysing the discourse of two BMNGOs carefully selected as case studies: Islamic Relief (IR) and MADE (Muslim Action for Development and the Environment). The primary aim of the thesis is empirical, driven by the research question: ‘what frames seem to be at work in the discourse of BMNGOs?’ Through an in-depth analysis of a range of public documents produced by the two case studies (e.g. annual reports and websites), the thesis identifies and analyses the main frames used by IR and MADE to articulate three key aspects of their discourses: i) organisational identity; ii) mobilisation efforts; and iii) conceptualisations of their supporter base. Guided by this overarching research question, the thesis offers an original and interdisciplinary insight into the nuances of the case studies’ meaning systems, thereby showing their complexities and resonance with multiple narratives and ideational repertoires. The emerging ‘thick descriptions’ of IR and MADE represent, in and of themselves, the main results of the study, which is intended to enable readers from different disciplinary backgrounds to gain a nuanced insight into BMNGOs’ discourses. At a secondary level, the thesis also pursues the theoretical aim to start exploring how the frames identified in the study inform the two research sub-questions: ‘how to think about BMNGOs?’ and ‘how to think about British Muslim civic engagement?’ Several observations are put forward in this regard. Taken together, these suggest that IR can be understood as a faith-based organisation that simultaneously draws on a range of heritages and increasingly offers opportunities for active citizenship among British Muslims within the framework of what is broadly characterizable as a ‘NGO-led order’. On the other hand, the thesis suggests that MADE can be understood as an exemplar of the current era of ‘loose activist networks’, more precisely as a ‘Muslim lifestyle’ social movement organisation that promotes among British Muslims a multifaceted form of civic engagement inspired by an Islamic ethical framework.
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Tomaney, John. "Technical change and the transformation of work : the case of the British coal industry." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/322.
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This thesis examines the suggestion that dramatic changes are occurring in the organisation of work and production, and that these amount to the emergence of a new 'post-Fordist' industrial paradigm. In particular, the claim that introduction of new forms of microelectronic-based technologies is leading to the emergence of new forms of skilled work, and that, as a result, old forms of industrial conflict are ameliorated, is analysed. The value of this conceptualisation of contemporary workplace change is questioned. A critique of the 'post-Fordist' argument is offered. This stresses: that new tendencies in the organisation of work can be discerned but that generally these are occurring alongside enduring forms of hierarchy and control; that the new forms of work and production represent a reformulation of traditional capitalist concerns of efficiency and control through the extension of 'flow principles'; and that the pattern of change in reality is highly uneven and spatially differentiated. An examination of the pattern of workplace restructuring in contemporary Britain reveals that it owed little to the unfolding of a new, universal industrial paradigm, and more to a peculiar concern with the alleged 'restrictive practices' of labour. Significant changes in work and industrial relations are acknowledged to have occurred, but are seen as owing less to the inherent properties of new technology than to historically developed pattern of social conflict and compromise. The study then offers more substantial evidence of the nature of workplace change through a case-study of the nationalised British coal industry. The post-war process of mechanisation and the rationalisation of work and industrial relations is analysed. It is argued that in the 1970s a strategy of technical change was initiated in which microelectronic-based technologies were important. The impact of this restructuring on two coalfields - the North East and Selby - is examined. Although centrally-determined, the pattern of restructuring was highly uneven and, in each case, was overlain by a concern with alleged labour indiscipline. Thus restructuring owed as much to dominant perceptions of the British industrial problem, as did it did to the demands of new technology.
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Irving, Kate. "Case studies in restraint use in an acute teaching hospital : a Foucauldian approach." Curtin University of Technology, School of Nursing, 2001. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=12711.
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This thesis reports the outcomes of research into the use of restraint in the care of patients in an acute teaching hospital in Australia. The literature review undertaken for the study revealed much research into restraints showing evidence of the harm they cause, and their ineffectiveness as a safety measure. The literature indicates that the prevalence of restraint use is high - about a third of all hospital patients over the age of eighty-five years may be restrained at some time during the period of their admission.The main emphasis in my investigation was to uncover an understanding of how the use of restraints has remained possible, despite negative reports on their efficacy and questions about their possible abuse of human rights. Primarily, 1 set out to provide vide an understanding of restraint practice, and of how it is maintained and legitimised in a metropolitan teaching hospital.The study was guided by a Foucauldian approach to discourse analysis. The study reports on in depth studies of three patients. The case studies extend beyond observations of the patients to include interviews with members of the multidisciplinary team: nurses, doctors, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Medical and nursing notes were another source of data.A discursive formation was identified by which restraint use is justified, and legitimised by the health professionals who use it. Five discourses were established, constituting: inability to 'self govern'; an appropriate environment; treatment; duty of care; and marginalisation.The study concludes that restraint use can be understood as a complex discursive practice. Through this discursive practice we can understand how staff maintain a monopoly over the truth and perpetuate claims about the inevitability of restraint use. Knowledge of these discursive practices enables an understanding of how the current ++educational approaches to restraint reduction are likely to have little immediate or sustained impact. With these understandings, we are hopefully better placed to change practice in a way that does not substitute one undesirable approach for another. If this is so, the value of this thesis will lie in its influence on practice as much as in its contribution to scholarship.
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Xie, Shaohua. "Links between devolution and changes in curriculum policy : a case study of year 8-10 social studies curriculum in Western Australia since 1987." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1998. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/975.
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This study investigates the links between devolution and Year 8-10 Society and Environment (SAE) curriculum policy in Western Australia (WA) since 1987. It explores whether changes to the structure within which SAE resides, the process through which curriculum decision making occurs, and the content of SAE are consistent with the principles and practice of devolution. An attempt is made in the study to determine whether these changes would have occurred anyway, even if devolution had not been introduced. The investigation is based on a radical humanist model of social inquiry, As such, it uses a critical theory conceptual framework to inform a qualitative research paradigm. Two sources provide qualitative data for the study, namely, interviews and documentary material. The interview material comes from discussions with twenty six senior education officers, school staff, academics and other stakeholders. The documentary material includes key system-wide policy documents, Year 8-10 curriculum frameworks, guidelines and syllabi, and relevant school level publications. Generally, the analysis of data gained from those two sources support the claims made by critical theorists about the impact of devolution upon curriculum policy. More specifically, the findings show that in WA, since 1987, state curriculum development has contributed to a reinforcement of social control, a widening of social inequality and an intensification of the school's role as an agent of narrowly defined economic interests. These links are shown to be consistent with the critical theory argument that devolution is underpinned by corporate managerialism and that it involves not only a decentralisation of responsibility but also a recentralization of power. The study concludes by suggesting that the implications of WA's experience of devolution for China depend largely on whether China's context and needs are examined in terms of a consensus model or a critical theory model of society.
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Garcia, Alexander S. "Geomagnetic field intensities from Tertiary and late Carboniferous igneous rocks of the British Isles and Australia using modified Thellier and microwave palaeointensity techniques." Thesis, Kingston University, 2006. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/20376/.
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Thermal Coe-modified-Thellier (CMT) and microwave (MW) palaeointensity (PI) investigations have been conducted on the Permo-Carboniferous Great Whin Sill (GWS) of northeast England, the Tertiary dyke swarm from the Isle of Skye and rocks from the Eastern Australia Cenozoic igneous province. These results provide important new palaeointensity data for the global palaeointensity (PINT) database in sparsely covered time windows. The GWS complex comprises at least three temporally distinct phases of intrusive activity. Fifty-six samples split between two of these phases, dated at ca. 269Ma and ca. 294Ma, have been investigated. Rock-magnetic investigations indicate pseudo-single- domain (PSD) grain assemblage of magnetite, with Curie temperatures between 550[sup]°C and 560[sup]°C in most samples. On comparison, data from CMT and MW investigations could not be distinguished in terms of quality or their respective mean PI value. Combined CMT and MW results yield Virtual Dipole Moments (VDM) of 1.2±O.1x10[sup]22 Am[sup]2 and 1.6± O.2x10[sup]22 Am[sup]2 for the younger and older phases respectively. These results, when coupled with previous estimates within the PINT database, support the view that the geomagnetic field intensity was dominantly lower during the Permo-Carboniferous Reverse Superchron in comparison with the present day value. The Tertiary dyke swarm of Skye comprises basaltic and doleritic intrusions. Thermomagnetic results suggest that the dominant magnetic mineral is magnetite or low-Ti titanomagnetite, with Curie temperatures between 490[sup]°C and 570[sup]°C. Hysteresis data suggest that samples comprise a PSD grain size assemblage. Many samples carry two anti-parallel remanence components, but the secondary low temperature (100- 300[sup]°C) is unstable. A mean 2.2± 0.91x 10[sup]22 Am[sup]2 VDM is calculated for the ChRM between 300-550[sup]°C, from forty-three samples. Several basaltic lavas and intrusions were sampled and investigated from the Australian Cenozoic igneous rocks. Rock magnetic analysis indicates Ti-enriched titanomagnetite (TM[sub]70- TM[sub]50) as the dominant magnetic phase in all samples with pseudo-single domain characteristics. The primary titanomagnetite carries a stable single component magnetization. Comparable MW and CMT data combine to produce three mean VDMs; 4.7± 0.7x 10[sup]22 Am[sup]2, 2.9± 1.4x 10[sup]22 Am[sup]2 and 3.1± 1.7x 10[sup]22 Am[sup]2 for volcanic rocks dated at c.48Ma, 46Ma and 22Ma respectively. The low mean PI from both the British and Australian igneous provinces is comparable with results from contemporaneous rocks, documented in the PINT database, suggesting the early Tertiary field was weaker than that of the present day. Results from each of the sampled igneous provinces demonstrates comparability between the microwave and thermal CMT palaeointensity techniques. However, while the microwave method significantly shortens experimental time, no significant enhancements in data quality or success rates were achieved on the rocks investigated.
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Kole, John Kirwa Tum, and jkole2002@yahoo com. "Case Studies Of Overseas Kenyan Students At La Trobe University, Australia: Academic And Related Challenges." La Trobe University. School of Educational Studies, 2007. http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au./thesis/public/adt-LTU20090130.115451.
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This study involves an exploration of the perceptions of four overseas Kenyan students about their educational experiences at La Trobe University. A related aim of this research is to find out how these four students� previous learning in Kenya affects their learning and living experiences in Australia, for instance, in terms of demands associated with differences in learning and teaching styles, cultural expectations and proficiencies in English.
A non-positivist, qualitative methodology is adopted for this research which employs an interview-based case study approach. Qualitative research demands that the world be approached with the assumption that nothing is trivial and that everything has the potential of being a clue which might unlock more comprehensive understanding of what is being researched.
While the findings of this study confirm current understandings of the issues that international students commonly face, they also provide a more complex and individualized picture of the needs and aspirations of overseas Kenyan students. As the case studies demonstrate, the academic and related challenges four Kenyan students have encountered at La Trobe University are best understood in relation to several contexts. The difficulties these international students have experienced in the context of transition or border crossing � between two countries, cultures and educational systems � were exacerbated by inadequate pre-departure preparation and orientation on arrival. Incongruities between two educational systems � in particular between their prior teacher-centred schooling in Kenya and the unfamiliar student-centred university education in Australia � colour the academic and related challenges such students struggle to address, at least in their initial year at University. The broader, global context of the commodification and marketization of higher education � along with increasing strains of an under-resourced university sector in Australia � also impinge upon the lives of these four La Trobe students, in a variety of ways.
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Lester, Cathrynne Delohery. "The "Popular movement" towards Federation : case studies in local history on Federation in South Australia /." Title page, contents, introductions and conclusions only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arl6422.pdf.
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Payne, Alice Ruth. "Design, sustainability and Australian mass-market fashion : three case studies." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61985/1/Alice_Payne_Thesis.pdf.
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The production of fashion garments has negative environmental and social impacts that can potentially be reduced through decisions made in the design process. This research explores to what extent Australian mass-market fashion designers consider environmental sustainability within product design. The study presents three case studies from different market levels, assembled through interviews with designers, along with an analysis of the Australian mass-market fashion industry. The project provides insights into the workings of the fashion design process within mid and high volume companies, and identifies opportunities and barriers for consideration of sustainability.
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Loncaric, Mladen A. "What is the meaning of disengagement as lived by students who left school without graduating." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ27189.pdf.
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Sheridan, Casey John. "Faculty vitality in two community colleges : factors reported by instructors as affecting their productivity." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29496.
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This study investigated community college faculty productivity from within the overall context of faculty vitality. The study was conducted at Fraser Valley College in Abbotsford and Chilliwack, British Columbia, and Red Deer College in Red Deer, Alberta. Two research problems were addressed. First, which work related factors, as reported by continuing contract teaching faculty at the two community colleges, facilitated or hindered the productivity of instructors? Second, to what extent are a composite set of factors, based on those suggested in the literature as affecting faculty vitality, perceived by faculty at these colleges to affect their productivity?
The research was descriptive, extending faculty productivity and vitality inquiry into the community college context using a case study approach. A questionnaire employing the critical incident technique was used to collect data from faculty about incidents they perceived as having had a personally significant effect on their productivity. A definition of community college faculty productivity for use in the critical incident process was developed using a 12 member Delphi group consisting of three faculty and three administrators from each college. Rating of the composite set of vitality factors was accomplished by asking the respondents to rate each factor on a five point bipolar rating scale based on their perception of the priority each factor had in affecting their productivity.
The 330 incidents collected by the questionnaire (171 facilitating, 159 hindering) were classified into 15 incident categories which in turn were able to be grouped into four major areas each of which provides a theme for the related categories they contain. All factors in the composite set of vitality related factors received a minimum mean rating of three on the five point scale.
Conclusions drawn include: (1) the frequency of incidents by category should not be the only measure of category importance because frequencies may vary by institution, by instructor, and over time; (2) the categories reflect an open rather than closed classification system and as such are interrelated; (3) the categories reflect both facilitating and hindering incidents; (4) factors suggested by the literature as affecting vitality are perceived by faculty to affect their productivity but these results may hide a diversity of views for a particular situation; (5) the factors identified as facilitating or hindering community college faculty productivity should not be interpreted as applicable in all situations or for all faculty.
Research results suggest increased awareness by administrators (at the colleges in the study) of the facilitating/hindering productivity factor category scheme should lead to a working environment more facilitative to faculty productivity if either facilitating incidents are increased and/or hindering incidents are reduced. The productivity factor assessment section of the questionnaire results suggests administrators at the two colleges should be sensitive to any actions which are perceived as undermining quality of performance.Education, Faculty of
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Naumann, Peter James. "Dream keepers : collection and display of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander material culture in three European museums." Phd thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/113888.
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Museums are places of contest and revelation. Ethnographic objects have been too
simply perceived as the trophies of colonial conquest, appropriated from Indigenous
makers and owners and kept in European museums. Through a detailed examination
of three European museums’ collections of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander holdings, the thesis argues that a multi-dimensional reading of the museums
and their collections offers a more nuanced understanding for both museums and
Indigenous source communities. It shows that colonial power alone is insufficient to
explain the variations found between these museum collections. Nor does a singular
colonial view describe the complexities of exchange that occurred in the process of
making the collections, nor the diversity of influences and motivations that inspired
both museums and collectors. This thesis outlines how many of the collectors,
including government officials, missionaries and social scientists, worked with
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people towards the understanding, recognition
and preservation of their culture. They often acted with mixed motivations, at times
regardless of perceived colonial interests.
This study focuses on cultural material in three European museums: Musee du quai
Branly, Paris; The British Museum, London; and Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin. It
has two key themes. One theme explores similarities and differences between
respective museums with reference to the nature and development of their
collections. The other theme examines the classification and treatment of objects by
museums. It does so by researching the histories of the collections, their collectors,
their displays, and the role of art and ideas in the museums’ development.
The thesis traces developments from the nineteenth century, when Aboriginal
people were classified as a society with the most 'prim itive' of cultures, to more
recent times, where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art is displayed in major
art galleries around the world as fine art. This metamorphosis is followed through
these three European museums and reveals each country’s significantly different
approaches, which have transformed over time. A more multi-faceted understanding
of cultural material and the museums that house it offers new opportunities for both
Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
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Hansen, GS. "History curatorship in Australia : case studies from the National Museum of Australia 1991-2008." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10453/33281.
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University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.The main argument of this thesis is that history curatorship in Australia does not, as yet, possess a mature critical culture. While there is a growing literature in the academy about museums, there is surprisingly little material written by practising history curators. History curatorship, as such, lacks a tradition of critical writing about its professional practice. All too often curators move from one project to the next with little time to reflect on the way they work. While some curators have written about their work the impression emerges that history curators are still struggling to define what it is they do and how they do it. In this thesis I explore the relationship between theory and practice, or praxis, in relation to history curatorship. In most exhibitions curators seek to apply a theoretical framework to the subject matter they are working on. In some instances this is a self conscious process and in others it is implicit in their work. I will explore a series of case studies from projects I have completed at the NMA to explore this relationship in my own work. As such the thesis is designed to be an interrogation of my own professional practice. Reflecting on the work I have completed provides some valuable insights into the practice of history curatorship.
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Hollero, Maria Elisa School of Social Science & Policy UNSW. "Deconstructing the racialisation experience of Asian Australians: process, impact and response." 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/40518.
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The study uses racialisation as a lens to understand the racist experiences of ordinary Asian Australians. It examines the racialisation processes underlying these experiences and explores the strategies employed to respond to and mitigate the impact of being racialised. It addresses the need to develop the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of racialisation and anti-racism in light of the dearth of research work on these especially in Australia. Different elements from various theories were drawn to frame the empirical investigation since no single theory was adequate as anchor for this qualitative study. In-depth interviews and focus groups with 64 Asian Australians generated rich narratives that provided interesting insights on the personal, political, and spiritual dimensions of human experience that connect the lives of racialised subjects. Deconstructing stories of racialised subjects laid bare the essence of racist experiences by revealing insights into when and how race becomes a salient signifier of difference. Racialisation provides a productive way of understanding racist experiences since it allows for the unpacking of the multi-layered linked processes of racial categorisation, racial differentiation and problematisation, marginalisation and exclusion, inferiorisation and devaluation. These processes are ordinarily part of the experiences of minority people. They constitute what can be called 'everyday racialisation'. The study uses stress-coping theory to examine the long-term and cumulative impact of being part of a racialised group. It shows how exposure to racism stressors has multifarious effects on the health and well-being of racialised subjects. The everyday racialisation of minority groups affects their socio-psychological functioning and limits the life chances and economic opportunities available to them. In addition, the study demonstrates how Asian Australians cope with the stress of their everyday racialisation by drawing from their personal repertoire of discursive, cognitive and behavioural strategies. These, in combination with outside support mechanisms, make up what can be termed ?everyday anti-racism? strategies. Racialisation provides valuable insights into when, how and why racialised subjects deploy these different strategies to negotiate, contest and bridge the constraints and boundaries imposed on them. The study offers an integrated model for understanding racialisation experience and lays the foundation for developing further the concepts of 'everyday racialisation' and 'everyday antiracism'.
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Martínez, Fernández M. Cristina. "Networks for regional development : case studies from Australia and Spain /." 2001. http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~thesis/adt-NUN/public/adt-NUN20041213.093040/index.html.
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O’Donnell, Christine Ann. "Outreach in community archives in British Columbia: four case studies." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4051.
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In the past, little has been written about the practical
aspects of outreach. This thesis investigates the value of
outreach and how it is put into practice in British Columbia's
community archives. Interviews with managers of four community
archives were conducted. The findings reveal that three of the
interviewees regard outreach as a high priority and a
fundamental part of regular activity. For these respondents,
outreach activities have been positive and beneficial. They
have successfully used outreach to augment and assist with
acquisition, preservation and use of archival records. Only one
interviewee presented a passive and cautious approach towards
outreach. Results of this study indicate that outreach
activities are not influenced by the administrative setting or
the budget of the archives.
This study identified the essential components necessary
for the implementation and delivery of successful outreach
initiatives as: a regular source of funding, incorporation into
an annual work plan, district goals and objectives that are
relevant to the mandate of the institution, attention to the
target audience, community co-operation and support, and
evaluation of results.
This study reaffirms the value of archivists practising
outreach, and provides encouragement to those who are looking
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Xu, Zhen. "Predicting Wildfires and Measuring their Impacts: Case Studies in British Columbia." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5310.
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As the most destructive forest disturbance in British Columbia, wildfire becomes more worrisome for increasing uncertainty due to climate change. The current study investigates the potential to predict wildfire occurrence using climate indexes and quantify its marginal prices for property values at the municipal level, so as to provide a quantitative indicator for decision making in regard to influences of wildfire occurrence in the near future. First, significant correlations between monthly temperature and precipitation and large fire occurrence with distinctions in terms of distances to municipalities are proved by statistical analysis. Monthly wildfire occurrence are then statistically estimated with the four-month lags of the El Niño index and predicted using count models with regional differences. At last, the hedonic pricing model shows distance based positive impact of fire frequency and negative impact of fire size in neighbouring areas on property values.Graduate
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Bowling, Jill R. "Technology, welfare and intensive animal farming : case studies of the poultry and pig industries." Phd thesis, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/130320.
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This thesis examines the use of new technology in the post-war
Australian poultry and pig industries and the implications of this
technology for animal welfare. The literature on animal welfare and
technology adoption has been brought together using an organisations
perspective. It is argued that in order to understand why new
technology has been adopted it is necessary to examine the
organisations and institutions which influence farmer decision-making.
Farmers are constrained to varying degrees by the organisations and
institutions in their operational environment and as they have adopted
increasingly sophisticated technology developed off the farm they have
lost further control over decision-making. The theoretical framework
emphasises the interaction between farmers and organisations but also
takes account of the wider political economy and the role of
individuals. The separate chapters discuss the changes that have
occurred in the layer, broiler and pig industries.
The use of intensive technology has increased efficiency and
reduced uncertainty in the production process. Balanced against these
advantages are welfare disadvantages. Intensive technology has been
criticised by welfare groups who have put new pressures on farmers.
As a result farmers have been placed in a difficult situation: to
remain economically viable they have been forced to adopt new
technology yet at the same time they have been criticised for using
it.
Analysis focuses on the differing perspectives taken by the major
groups in the welfare debate in order to clarify their positions. The
determination of welfare is discussed with reference to the problems
involved in assessing optimum or even acceptable conditions.
There are a number of areas in which welfare and farm profits can
be improved together, and others where increased animal welfare will
incur higher costs. These will have to be met by the consumer, either
directly through higher prices or indirectly through subsidies to the
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Chomik, Treena Anne. "Case study of health goals development in the province of British Columbia." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9847.
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Health promotion research and practice reveal that goal setting and monitoring have
gained increased acceptance at international, national, provincial/state, regional and local levels
as a means to guide health planning, promote health-enhancing public policy, monitor reductions
in health inequities, set health priorities, facilitate resource allocation, support accountability in
health care, and track the health of populations. The global adoption of health goals as a strategy
for population health promotion has occurred even though few protocols or guidelines to support
the health goals development process have been published; and limited study has occurred on the
variation in approach to health goals planning, or on the complex, multiple forces that influence
the development process.
This is an exploratory and descriptive case study that endeavours to advance knowledge
about the process and contribution of health goals development as a strategy for population
health promotion. This study seeks to track the pathways to health goals in British Columbia
(BC) and to uncover influential factors in rendering the final version of health goals adopted by
the government of BC. Specifically, this study explores the forces that obstructed and facilitated
the formulation and articulation of health goals. It considers also implications of health goals
development for planning theory, research and health promotion planning. Data collection
consisted of twenty-three semi-structured interviews with key participants and systematic review
of BC source documents on health goals.
Data analysis uncovered nearly 100 factors that facilitated or obstructed the BC health
goals initiative, organized around three phases of health goals development. Key factors
influencing the premonitory phase included (a) government endorsement of health goals that
addressed the multiple influences on health, (b) expected benefits of health goals combined with
mounting concern about return on dollars invested in health, and (c) effective leadership by a
trusted champion of health goals. Key influencing factors in the formulation phase included (a)
the positioning of the health goals as a government-wide initiative versus a ministry-specific
initiative, (b) the "conditioning" of the health goals process through the use of pre-established
health goals and "orchestrated" consultation sessions, and (c) the make-up and degree of
autonomy of the health goals coordinating mechanism. The articulation phase of health goals
development revealed several influencing factors in relation to two chief issues that characterized
this phase: (a) the lack of specificity of the health goals, and (b) the variable portrayal of the
"health care system" as a priority area in the BC health goals.
This study also revealed several concessions and trade-offs that characterized the BC
health goals process. For example, the formulation of health goals that addressed the broader
health determinants yielded health goals without the capacity for measurement, (b) the
operational and bureaucratic autonomy of the health goals coordinating mechanism led to
feelings of alienation from the health goals process and product among some branches of the
Ministry of Health and some established health interests, and (c) the use of pre-determined health
goals and the delivery of educative sessions based on the determinants of health generated claims
of bias and a lack of trust and fairness in consultation processes and mechanisms.
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Blue, Ian Alasdair. "The professional working relationship of rural nurses and doctors : four South Australian case studies / Ian Alasdair Blue." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21833.
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Partington, Gordon Geoffrey. "The significant past in Australian thought : some studies in nineteenth century Australian thought and its British background / by Gordon Geoffrey Partington." 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/18991.
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Phan, Tan Thi. "Tapestry of resilient lives : socio-cultural explorations of ten Vietnamese inner-city youths." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11278.
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Traditional psychological research on resilience has focused on individual traits and
abilities and minimized the role of cultural and socio-political contexts in its analyses. In
this tapestry, I use a narrative framework to learn about ten Vietnamese refugee youths,
who have received university scholarships to attend university, but whose life chances
would otherwise be considered, at high risk of failure because of their race, ethnic, and
income status. I also interviewed their parents. Their narratives are discussed in the light
of historical, cultural and social contexts in which they live and learn. In reporting the
students' life stories, I use the concepts of "dance of life " that takes place within a context
of shared human stories.
The parents' endurance, struggles, and hopes accumulated over generations,
become a story of collective resiliency. This story provides the informative thread for a
collaborative weaving of the students' "dance of life" in which the children's individual
responsibility for their academic (achievements. For the refugees academic resilience is a
pervasive individual and collective experience, rooted in the distortions of social relations
and the disruptions of community life that are the product of an oppressive society.
Resiliency becomes the common "process" of participation open to all individuals, and
conjoins deep personal meaning and shared common purpose. Thus, academic
achievement is seen by the refugees as an effective instrument of empowerment and
liberation for the entire family, community, and the hope for the future
The self as narrated by these students orchestrates a dance between and among
themselves within a family, a community, and across generations. The students'
achievement is motivated by a debt of love and gratitude to those members of the family
achievement is motivated by a debt of love and gratitude to those members of the family
and the community to which they belong. Students stated that through their own efforts
and the "right attitudes" they could reach their goals in school and break down the barriers
of discrimination. They reported growing closer and more emotionally dependent on their
parents over time. They struggled more with how to have and maintain satisfying peer
relationships without becoming independent from their parents.
This study opens a door to the discussion of socio-cultural perspectives that may
partially explain previously reported outcomes of high achievement among Vietnamese
refugee youths, despite their humble origins and their parents' low level of in come and
education.
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Owen, Starr Leona Allaby. "Now we’re a university college: a kaleidoscope of meanings." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/6126.
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I conducted a case study at Multisite (a pseudonym), an established
community college that is becoming a university college. I explored and
attempted to understand (a) the organizational culture, and (b) how faculty
members interpret this transition. I conducted prolonged observations and
interviews with 39 faculty members.
I explored the culture by means of what I label the themes of family, of
participation, and of institutional mission. I also explored it using multiple
perspectives, especially a fragmentation perspective (Martin, 1992). I used the
metaphor of a kaleidoscope to signify shared frames of reference without
consensus on meanings.
I modified Geertz' (1973) sensemaking perspectives and developed a
framework. It entails three elements: (i) a perspective, (ii) a symbol or issue, and
(iii) the interpretation of (ii) within (i). It is consistent with Weick's (1995)
description of organizational sensemaking.
An individual may focus on (a) traditional (e.g., communal and
participatory) cultural values, (b) emergent (e.g., academic) cultural values, or (c) pragmatic interests. The interpretation may be positive, negative, neutral, or
postponed, depending on the perceived status of the cultural value or of the
pragmatic issue. Interpretations seem not to be associated directly with objective
characteristics, such as length of service, program affiliation, or academic
credentials attained.
Fragmented meaning systems are associated with fragmented
interpretations; fragmented interpretations are associated with fragmented patterns
of organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Faculty who use a traditional
cultural perspective indicate that they or their colleagues retain their level of
commitment or have lost it, according to whether traditional values seem retained
or lost. If they are uncertain what will happen to traditional values, they are
uncertain whether they or their colleagues will remain engaged. Faculty who use
an emergent cultural perspective indicate an increased job satisfaction; they may
indicate decreased organizational commitment. Faculty who use a pragmatic
perspective may see the transition positively and express enthusiasm for their
work; they may see it negatively and express low levels of organizational
commitment. I suggest that factors in the external environment have precipitated
changes in organizational values which, in turn, have precipitated changes in
organizational commitment and job satisfaction.