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McLellan, Cathy. "Building capacity for change." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0017/MQ49197.pdf.
Full textHeslop, Vivienne Rosemary. "Sustainable capacity : building institutional capacity for sustainable development." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/5905.
Full textMaras, Melissa Ann. "Building Evaluation Capacity in Schools." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1215117424.
Full textStavros, Jacqueline M. "Capacity Building: An Appreciative Approach." Case Western Reserve University Doctor of Management / OhioLINK, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1560435084090361.
Full textKennedy, Helen, and Helen E. Kennedy@hotmail com. "Cultivating Indigenous Capacity Building Through Leadership Development." RMIT University. Education, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20091015.154146.
Full textTurner-Bourne, Rachel. "Community capacity building and the Vancouver Agreement." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ54588.pdf.
Full textMansour, Abla. "Building leadership-capacity for sustained school-improvement." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/9396.
Full textTodd, Kevin M. "Local festivals and their community building capacity." Virtual Press, 2003. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1266024.
Full textDepartment of Urban Planning
Taha, Kofi A. (Kofi Abdul Malik). "Creative capacity building in post-conflict Uganda." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63238.
Full textCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-51).
Creative Capacity Building (CCB) is a methodology that emphasizes the ability of people living in poverty to create livelihood technologies, i.e., machines and tools that increase income, improve health and safety, decrease manual labor or significantly save time. By distilling key elements of the design process into a hands-on curriculum that is accessible to any educational level, and relying upon the principles of participatory development and appropriate technology, CCB promotes a democratic framework for the application of technology in development that encourages people to become active creators of technology, not just recipients or users of technology. This thesis describes my personal experiences developing and implementing this new approach with Amy Smith, Director of D-Lab @ MIT, in several post-conflict communities in Northern Uganda. The principle claims of this paper are: 1) by emphasizing local participation and innovation, CCB is software for the hardware of Appropriate Technology 2.0, an updated and strengthened version of the appropriate technology movement that is no longer in favor in development circles; 2) the CCB curriculum is not effective as a stand alone intervention and requires a broader methodology that includes ongoing trainings, resources and venues that develop local capacity; 3) CCB also requires a reinterpretation of the role of the development professional from that of an external, "expert consultant" to a self-reflective participant and facilitator that enhances the abilities of others to transform their own lives and communities 4) the positive impact of every technology intervention, including CCB, is contingent upon successful navigation of the local setting-- in particular the cultural, political, economic, organizational and interpersonal dynamics that affect implementation; and 5) the ethics embedded in CCB have provided me with a framework for a personal theory of practice and a practice of action that prioritizes engagement in short-term poverty elimination strategies over long-term economic or political strategies, and that embraces the vulnerability that is required to bear witness, to reflect, to practice mindfulness in working and interacting with people, and to always maintain hope.
by Kofi A. Taha.
M.C.P.
Ramaccia, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Marie). "Creative agencies : a model for building community capacity." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67234.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-226).
This research investigates how existing initiatives based in artistic and non-artistic disciplines build indigenous capacity for leadership in disenfranchised communities through the application of the creative process. There is a perceived disparity between the missions and processes of community-based arts initiatives and non-arts initiatives in practice and in literature. However, this thesis evaluates both types of initiatives against a set of measurements for successful capacity building and finds that all cases enlist a similar creative process. Often considered only in relation to artistic endeavors, an agenda-drive, democratic, creative process can incubate leadership. The components for such a process are identified and discussed in this research through in-depth narratives and analyses of three initiatives: the Highlander Research and Education Center in eastern Tennessee, Appalshop in eastern Kentucky, and the Village of Arts and Humanities in North Philadelphia. Despite widely varying vehicles for capacity-building - popular education and organizing, arts and media production, and spatial transformation and arts programming, respectively - all enlist the creative process. This research finds that the creative process can provide an analogous experience to that which community leaders enact to create change while concurrently developing a skill set that is transferable to the activities of community leadership. Additional benefits and impediments because of the use of the arts in capacity-building endeavors are discussed in this thesis. While indigenous cultural expression and artistic production are valuable when integrated, the initial motivations and backgrounds of the founding artists, the perceived competition between artistic production and leadership development, and the misconception of the purpose of their efforts by a broader audience, introduce challenges to capacity building. Additional challenges to all capacity-building initiatives stem from a mismatch between the measurements required by their funding sources and those that capture their most meaningful output.The findings of this research can provide guidance for new and veteran practitioners of leadership development, community development, or community-based artistic enterprises.
by Elizabeth M. Ramaccia.
M.C.P.
Clark, Alison J. "Sustainable School Improvement| Suburban Elementary Principals' Capacity Building." Thesis, Concordia University Chicago, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10106124.
Full textThe increase of intense pressures to ensure long-term education reforms have created a challenge to school leaders as they direct and nurture the abilities of others. Although there is no single model of successful leadership, there is a common repertoire of values and actions used for sustainable school improvement. Raising capacity is a key task for principals. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand and describe suburban elementary principals’ practices and perceptions as change leaders related to capacity building. The study further explored the reciprocal effects model on how principals responded to the changing environment. Three principals, their superintendents and one teacher for each case provided data collected through interviews, documents, and a researcher journal. Inductive and deductive analysis were used, first within-case and then through a concluding cross-case. Findings confirmed that building capacity is all encompassing. As principals seek to build capacity, there are many interconnected actions. Results demonstrated varied practices, skills, and responsibilities used among principals, including: setting goals; professional development; collaboration; teacher leadership; and shared responsibility. This study can provide guidance to universities, Boards of Education, and other administrators. Recommendations for further research include expanding the sample to include secondary principals and to explore capacity building in rural and urban settings. Additionally, there should be continued research on the reciprocal effects model using mixed methods.
Mosala, Nthabiseng N. "Developing a capacity building policy for academic libraries." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7816.
Full textThis study was conducted in order to establish how to address the issue of capacity building in academic libraries. The libraries of the two Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs), the University of Western Cape (UWC) and Peninsula Technikon (Pentech), participating libraries in the Cape Libraries Cooperative (CALICO) were used as models to assess the extent to which skills attainment contributes towards capacity building. The study found that there is no policy that looks specifically at addressing capacity building in these two libraries. Training was found to be the core element towards attaining capacity building. Other approaches found to enhance capacity building were mentoring, coaching and exchanges.
Cranston, Kayla A. Cranston. "Building & Measuring Psychological Capacity for Biodiversity Conservation." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1472034188.
Full textAdam, Zakari. "Building capacity for advancing child protection in Mali." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2016. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/18785/.
Full textJohnson, William Woodland. "Building Capacity and Sustainability through Teachers Leading Teachers." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7529.
Full textTrivette, Carol M. "DEC Recommended Practices: Building the Capacity of Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4459.
Full textMartinez, Oscar R. "Building trust: the challenge of building partnership capacity in U.S.-Mexico military relations." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/41416.
Full textThis thesis focuses on the following questions. Why does a relatively low level of trust characterize U.S.-Mexican defense relations? Has the long-shared history of the two policies helped or hindered the building of trust? What are the main obstacles to the strengthening a military-to-military partnership based on trust? In particular, what should the U.S. military do to ensure better cooperation between both militaries to meet the security challenges confronting North America and beyond in the twenty-first century? This thesis will determine why prior U.S.-military engagements with the Mexican military have been ineffective in shaping a relationship based on trust. This research study highlights the historical and cultural paradigms that have challenged the relationship between the U.S. and Mexican militaries. The focus of this research is not to blame the professionalism and effectiveness of the Mexican military to combat these security challenges, but to study a policy environment, and provide policy recommendations of trust-building mechanisms to be incorporated (from the U.S. side) to help build a solid relationship built on trust, not capabilities. Finally, this study addresses key factors that have prevented a trust-building program, and will outline a range of policy options that the U.S. military forces can use to build a much-needed trust between these two institutions.
Selaledi, D. "Building research capacity at CUT (professional growth and development)." Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/372.
Full textThis paper intends to argue that there are two inherent challenges and dilemmas that may incapacitate rising calls to develop a distinguished cohort of researchers at universities, including CUT. Firstly, it seems the episteme knowledge-base in research of the current cohort of staff members does invite a look in askance as to its depth and breadth. Do we sufficiently exude competence to develop budding researchers of note? Secondly, and deducing from my informal interviews and discussions with B.Ed Honours students since 2006; we somewhat fall short as lecturers to model the quintessential research expertise necessary to develop the students' phronetic research experiences - the success of which would reconcile with their practical reality in their diverse teaching and learning situations and circumstances. How then do we build a research capacity that catapults us from this somewhat research doldrums in the School of Teacher Education at CUT to become a School of Teacher Education recognised nationally and internationally as a School of Teacher Education which is enveloped in the validity and reliability of generating quality research? This paper explores various "givens' and "intellectual needs." And, quite academically, may rumble about conceptual and perceptual impediments and hurdles which under-gird the laborious exercise of undertaking research; though fulfilling to academic autarkical pride when done excellently.
Neads, Alexander Stephen. "Building other people's armies : military capacity building and civil-military relations during international interventions." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/26680.
Full textMeyer-Schwarzenberger, Matthias. "Nation-, State- und Capacity-building Modernisierungstendenzen im postmodernen Kontext? /." St. Gallen, 2006. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02669539001/$FILE/02669539001.pdf.
Full textCevik, Deniz. "Determination Of The Change In Building Capacity During Earthquakes." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607085/index.pdf.
Full textLiu, Hui. "Interspecific hybridization in Leucadendron : capacity building and phylogenetic insights." University of Western Australia. School of Plant Biology, 2007. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0181.
Full textNeu, Annette L. "Building collaborative capacity for biosecurity at the Georgia Seaports." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/07Mar%5FNeu.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Robert Bach "March 2007." Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68). Also available in print.
Basar, Ezgi. "Capacity Building for Energy Performance Contracting in European Union." Thesis, KTH, Tillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-129096.
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Stocklin, Sacha. "Evaluative case study : capacity building by incorporating a mission." Thesis, Open University, 2012. http://oro.open.ac.uk/54700/.
Full textGuo, Wei. "Building a tourism carrying capacity framework for global geoparks." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2019. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/712.
Full textDe, Sousa Jane. "Understanding the unintended consequences of a capacity building program :." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10418.
Full textCapacity building programmes facilitated by development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) often fail to achieve their expected outcomes, resulting instead in a series of unintented consequences. These unintended consequences become legible when viewed as instrumental elements in the resultant constellation of the 'truths' of the developmental discourse that shape these capacity building programmes. This study identifies two unintended consequences of a capacity building programme facilitated be a rural support NGO. Firstly, the fact that the development discourse stresses the importance of people's empowerment and participation, results in processes which are more successful at assisting people to acquire the development discourse than training people in specific skills and to apply specific tools. Secondly, that the power relations between institutions operating within the development discourse, result in contradictions in the development practice of NGOs, such as the use of specific tools whose requirements are incompatible with the truths of the participatory development discourse within which most NGOs operate.
Li, Jing Qiang. "Designing constraints for capacity analysis of residential floor areas." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1292545.
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Doyle, Thomas Martin. "Increasing state capacity through clans." Diss., [Riverside, Calif.] : University of California, Riverside, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1957301341&SrchMode=2&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1269878919&clientId=48051.
Full textIncludes abstract. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Title from first page of PDF file (viewed March 23, 2010). Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.
Erramilli, Bala Prasad. "Disaster Management in India: Analysis of Factors Impacting Capacity Building." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2008. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/political_science_diss/15.
Full textThanh, Thuy Tran Thi. "Capacity building for public management reform : the case of Vietnam." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.578286.
Full textBauer, Louis M., and Marc M. Meeker. "An acquistion [i.e. acquisition] leader's model for building collaborative capacity." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10738.
Full textThis report begins by defining collaboration. Next, the report provides examples of how effective collaboration within the Defense's (DoD) acquisition community is lacking. Based on these examples, the project asks its main research question: "How can DoD acquisition leaders improve their collaborative capacity to improve cost, schedule and performance?" Next, the project provides a model for how to do just that. The project, "An Acquisition Leader's Model for Building Collaborative Capacity" presents a three-step model. Step one is to assess and analyze collaboration capacity with regard to the elements of one's own organization, the organization's stakeholders, and the network (or the relationships between stakeholders). Next, based on the analyses from step one, step two calls for making plans to improve collaboration capacity, again, along the same elements previously analyzed: one's organization, stakeholders, and the network. Lastly, the model calls for executing the plans made in step 2. This process is repeated until the desired collaboration capacity has been reached. Last, the project provides a detailed hypothetical example of how the model can be applied.
Lu, Zhiyan, and 卢智妍. "Community capacity building for sustainability : case studies of Guangdong China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194568.
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Koutra, Christina. "Development, equality and participation : socially responsible tourism through capacity building." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.441608.
Full textNelson, Gina R. 1977. "Innovations to increase building capacity to accommodate changes over time." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72797.
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A framework is presented for the analysis and comparison of innovations that increase the capacity of buildings to accommodate changes over time. The framework is developed for the broad application to innovations in design and construction that increase facility flexibility. The framework is based on the analysis and comparison of a sample of innovations using a set of descriptive and quantitative variables. A sample of 50 innovations in design and construction for increased facility flexibility is identified through an in-depth literature review as well as interviews and site visits with industry professionals in the Boston area. The set of 6 descriptive and 27 measurable variables is selected because of the applicability of these variables to an analysis concerning the use of innovations to accommodate future changes in buildings. All of the innovations in the sample are characterized, categorized, and analyzed based on each of the variables. The results of this analysis are presented in the context of the benefits and costs of innovations for increased flexibility in buildings. The overall analysis of the entire innovation sample is performed at a general level of detail for the purpose of the development of a general framework. A smaller sample of innovations made up of 25 of the original 50 is analyzed in more detail using actual cost figures. This specific benefit cost analysis provides actual figures for the additional costs and savings associated with these innovations over time. The results for the detailed benefit cost analysis provide insight to the effects of innovations for increased building flexibility over the life cycle of a building at a more specific level. The framework developed in this research allows building designers, constructors, owners, and users to reduce the uncertainties associated with the use of innovations in building projects. This framework also provides considerable insight into the importance of facility flexibility over the life cycle of a building. Building professionals can effectively use this framework to understand the costs and savings associated with the ability to accommodate change in buildings over time and to analyze, compare, and select innovations to accomplish facility flexibility.
by Gina R. Nelson.
S.M.
Calleja, Antoinette. "EU public procurement, the social dimension and its building capacity." Thesis, University of Hull, 2013. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:8625.
Full textDing, Yate. "Investigation of high capacity heat energy storage for building applications." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2014. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30955/.
Full textSimmons, Mathias J. "Leader self-development: an emerging strategy for building leadership capacity." Diss., Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38200.
Full textDepartment of Psychological Sciences
Clive J. A. Fullagar
Leader self-development is being pushed by organizations today as a practical and cost-efficient strategy to develop leadership skills. However, the research on leader self-development is still sparse and there are questions that should be answered before much stock can be placed in self-development as a viable means to increase leadership capacity. This research attempts to address these questions in several ways. First, the first study outlines a theory and process to create a scale that measures the quality of self-development activities that leaders engage in. Furthermore, a nomological network is examined with dispositional constructs that were and were not be related to the quality of leader self-development activities. The results from these scale development efforts were generally positive with the exception of the challenge dimension of quality. Second, the second study builds on previous literature by examining the interactive effect of leader self-development quality and quantity in predicting leader effectiveness and finds that quality appears to play the more important role. Finally, the second study also addresses the lack of research examining situational factors that may affect leader self-development quality. This study found that transformational leadership was related to the quality of leader self-development activities and that quality mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and effectiveness. Overall, this research addresses several gaps in the leader self-development literature and creates a foundation for future research to build on.
Bamfo, Bylon. "Capacity building for entrepreneurship development in Ghana : prospects and challenges." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2013. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/365673/.
Full textHansen, Christina. "(Un)Conditional Capacity-Building - Aymara Women Organizing for Social Change." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22952.
Full textIf deprived and subordinate women in rigorous systems of stratification are to change their position, social agency and collective activism is needed, but how? Several Bolivian Aymara women have experienced processes of “capacity-building” to be a successful measurement, but to what extent? Being part of the poorest sectors of society implies being dominated by a diverse spectrum of social injustices. In this paper I argue that capacity-building may be a potential tool for social change. I will show this by referring to the informal education and the “symbolic capital” this embraces, seen from an empowerment perspective. By illustrating the conditions under which the Aymara women live, I will, with the help of intersectionality theory present some of the factors which impede them to bring about a radical social change. Nevertheless, the indigenous women’s agency and activism are crucial for the achievement of social justice.
Rhee, Nakyung. "Creative Aging: Building Capacity for Arts and Aging Policy Making." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1503003465529443.
Full textMann, Neha. "Visualizing Self-Advocacy: Building Participatory Design Capacity among Invisibilized Communities." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592169173063076.
Full textFiori, Christy. "Supportive Systems for Building Capacity of the Elementary Instructional Coach." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062803/.
Full textClinch, Richard P. "The commuity capacity building impact of the Baltimore Empowerment Zone." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8303.
Full textThesis research directed by: School of Public Policy. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
Keith, Karin, LaShay Jennings, and Renee Rice Moran. "Coaching as a Grass Roots Effort for Building Leadership Capacity." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/982.
Full textTrivette, Carol M., and Bonnie Keilty. "DEC Family Recommended Practices: Knowing Families, Tailoring Practices, Building Capacity." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. http://pubs.cec.sped.org/s6284/.
Full textFagan, G. R. "Liberation and discourse : which, for capacity building, community learning and development?" Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.428167.
Full textKarunasena, G. I. "Capacity building for post disaster waste management : construction and demolition waste." Thesis, University of Salford, 2012. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/38096/.
Full textLarcombe, Karen. "Community capacity building : a role for neighbourhood houses in community revitalization." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/890.
Full textShepherd, Mark. "Practice-based capacity building for staff in Cambodian non-government organisations." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.438515.
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