Dissertations / Theses: 'Community organization'

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Wuolle, Victoria R. "Conscious Evolution as Catalyst for Emerging Community." Thesis, Marian University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10606785.

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The purpose of this study was to look at the role of Conscious Evolution as a catalyst for community building. The work of the researcher was to take an in depth look at Conscious Evolution in relation to the success and growth of a service oriented nonprofit organization that works in the area of integrated health care. The scientific and theological perspectives of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 20^th Century Jesuit priest and paleontologist, provided the theoretical framework that guided the study. His understanding of Conscious Evolution, simply described, is the emergence of humans’ ability to reflect on existence through means of discernment.

Teilhard’s framework fit with the methodological approach of hermeneutic phenomenology that was used to inform this study. The phenomenon of Conscious Evolution was examined with ten participants from a community center that works with integrative health and wellness. Each participant took part in three extensive interviews that inquired about experiences prior to involvement with the organization, since they became involved, and what their involvement means for them. Four themes arose (community, spirituality, service, and belonging) that affirmed the research questions and promote an opportunity for further study of Conscious Evolution as catalyst for community building.

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Yachkaschi, Schirin. "Towards the development of an approriate organisational development approach for optimising the capacity building of community-based organisations (CBOs) : a case study of 3 CBOs in the Western Cape /." Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1419.

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Wisheu, Irene Catherine. "Shared preference niche organization: Implications for community organization and diversity." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/9578.

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Patterns of resource partitioning have been widely described, but the causes of these patterns are incompletely understood. To explore how the patterns are formed, I did a quantitative literature survey. In Chapter One, I (1) discuss current misconceptions in the literature, (2) document and describe five ways in which resource partitioning can occur, and (3) establish guidelines for predicting the two most common ways in which patterns of partitioning are formed. In Chapter One, the most common way in which patterns of resource partitioning were formed was through shared preference niche organization. Centrifugal organization extends shared preference organization from one resource gradient to multiple gradients. In Chapter Two, experimental evidence supporting the validity of the centrifugal organization model is reviewed and predictions of the model are presented. The centrifugal organization model predicts how the size of species pools changes along a resource gradient. Two other models from the literature make contradictory predictions. The three models were tested in Chapter Three using biomass/species composition data from 33 eastern North American wetlands. The resulting 640 quadrats produced a pattern of pool size consistent with a previously untested model, the species pool model. This model states that the pattern of pool size is the same as the pattern of alpha diversity along a biomass gradient. This suggests that (1) the more easily measured alpha diversity values can be used to predict where large species pools occur and (2) ecological processes that are associated with changes in alpha diversity may also influence the species pool.

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Lewis, Sandra. "Community mediation and the police, an organization to organization collaboration." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ62025.pdf.

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Rojas, Rafael Oswaldo. "Grassroots organizations and markets two case studies in the Amazon region /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0003322.

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Dunatov, Devin Patrick. "Linkin! Community Cancer Connections Need's Assessment: Community Organization Professionals and Volunteers." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144314.

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Peters-Van, Havel Karla Ruth. "The sense of community in a geo-dispersed corporate functional subgroup." Thesis, Fielding Graduate University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10099664.

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The deep-seated qualities of the psychological sense of community (PSOC) are sometimes considered vital to human function and without them we would suffer isolation, loneliness, depression, and alienation (Sarason, 1974; Pretty, Andrews, & Collett, 1994). In the late 1980s and early 1990s studies of the psychological sense of community began in the workplace (Pretty & McCarthy, 1991; Klein & D’Aunno, 1986. Understanding this phenomenon, what it is, and the implications for those who feel a sense of community and those who do not can be a strength or benchmark for teams and groups of geographically dispersed organizations to build models for improvement. While PSOC is generally measured by an individual’s perception of a referent community to which they belong, cohesion is the collective look at PSOC (Buckner, 1988; E. E. Sampson, 1988; R. J. Sampson, 1991). This study evaluates the sense of community in the context of a geographically dispersed community, where PSOC is both relational and locational. A mixed methods approach to the case study is done through the use of surveys, ethnographic observation, and interviews. Key findings in this study include 16 unique descriptive characteristics for FSPSOC, a strong linear correlation between cohesion and the PSOC, and ambiguity in the term community. In addition, it was established that employees perceive geographic dispersion as directly impacting PSOC.

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Lee, Ming-wai. "A study of factors affecting residents' attachment to their housing community suggestion on establishment of community quotient in Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKU Scholars Hub, 2006. http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B37938058.

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Cheng, Nga-sze Venus. "The role of International non-governmental organizations in the institutional capacity building of community-based organizations in China the case of an international AIDS concern organization in Yunnan /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38612859.

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Golden, Thomas P. "The Influence of Macro- and Meso-Structuring Mechanisms on Micro-Institutional Actions to Reproduce or Transform Labor Force Participation Approaches of Community Rehabilitation Programs." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10037649.

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Change and stability are critical to the sustained competitive advantage of organizations. Emerging research shows the relationship that exists between human agency and institutions, but also the inter-relationship to the dynamic of change and stability. This study examines the concepts of stability and change in regard to organizational change and institutional theory, and the influence of macro- and meso-structuring mechanisms in processes of institutional reproduction and change. Specific reference is made to institutional orientations toward stability and change as primary dimensions in the analysis of micro-level explanations that contribute to understanding adoption of new organizational practices.

This participative mixed-methods study was conducted in 12 community rehabilitation programs within New York State. It showed how both agency and institutional orientations toward stability and change are influenced through structuring mechanisms, and can be identified and discerned through patterns. The depiction of these orientations were identified by conceptual mapping and pattern matching, a research method emerging in both the change and institutional theory research. The new understandings gained regarding these agency and institutional orientations will contribute to new insights as to how micro-level actions occur and contribute to macro-institutional orientations toward stability and change. This study also supports the conclusion that macro- and meso-structuring mechanisms can become strange attractors which limit organizational potential for change, and that gaining an understanding of these attractor cages can assist organizations in mapping alternative futures.

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Worsnop, Alec. "Organization and community : the determinants of insurgent military effectiveness." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107534.

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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 2016.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-439).
The United States and other members of the international community have expended billions of dollars and thousands of lives confronting insurgent organizations across the globe. Strikingly, however, there has been little analysis of how some groups have developed the military capacity to challenge superior forces. The importance of this question has been illustrated by the recent rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Yet, existing research provides limited insight as (1) it has not conceptualized military effectiveness in a sub-state context, and (2) it is focused on structural determinants of insurgent behavior. Thus, I construct a conception of insurgent military effectiveness capturing distinctions such as insurgents' (in)ability to keep ceasefires or to control who is targeted by violence as well as a theory arguing that it is not the resources organizations have that determine effectiveness, but how well their organizational structure allows them to leverage those resources. In particular, the theory focuses on both informal structures of social support and formal military structures such as logistics, command and control, and personnel management systems in explaining how some insurgent organizations achieve relatively high levels of military effectiveness and others do not. After using a large-N analysis to demonstrate that structural factors are poor predictors of organizational structure and conflict outcomes, I test the theory with in-depth case studies of groups from Vietnam (1940-1975) and Iraq (2003-2016) using archival documents, interviews, and secondary sources. These two countries represent promising areas to study organizations as there is a high-degree of variation in structural and organizational factors as well as in military effectiveness. The empirical chapters provide strong support for the theory, demonstrating the importance of my organizational approach. In addition, the empirical analysis untangles puzzles such as how, in Vietnam, the Viet Minh and People's Liberation Armed Front (also known as the Viet Cong) became so successful while other nationalist and religious groups did not or, in Iraq, how the Islamic State has operated with such military prowess. The findings also help to clarify existing research-such as the study of fragmentation and the role of factors such as external support and community structure while providing precise suggestions about managing sub-state violence by helping to better identify and train partners, to craft and maintain peace agreements, and to address poor governance that perpetuates conflict.
by Alec Worsnop.
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Ng, Hang-sau. "Participation of grassroots' organization in environmental protection policy /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1992. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13417885.

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Barber, Robert L. "Chief information officer : job and organization design in the community college /." view abstract or download file of text, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3061931.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-195). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Knotts, Judy. "The Evolution of an Educational Organization." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30398.

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This study describes the evolution of a nonprofit corporation, The Cottage Family and Child Care Center, from its conceptual stage in 1989 through its institutional stage (or first two years of operation) in 1994 in order to identify the ingredients required to create and to sustain a viable educational organization. Research questions for the study included: (1) What were the environmental conditions that necessitated the creation of a parent and child center? (2) What was the vision of the leaders? (3) In what way did diverse groups come together on this project, and why were they able to join forces and to work together toward a common goal? (4) What were the major challenges along the continuum from conception to completion of two years of operation, and how were they handled? The research method employed was an interpretive study of a single case. Qualitative interviewing of five founders of the organization was the primary method for obtaining data. Additional sources of data included legal documents of the nonprofit organization, newsletters, personal calendars of the researcher, foundation proposals for funding, and "before" and "after" photographs of the site. Data analysis included a multistage process of reading verbatim transcripts of the long interviews until categories and patterns were distinguished and themes were identified. The findings suggest that vision, money, power, trust, expertise, contacts, time, risk-taking, and tenacity are required for a collaborative venture in creating a new organization. The theories that emerged from the data can be categorized as: the significance of serendipity, the role of specific leaders in emerging settings, and the conundrum of collaborative education. Implications of the findings for future initiatives include: the benefit of out-of-the-box thinking, the need for collaborative outreach, the value of disciplined passion, the diverse role of the university, and the importance of funding. The research contributes to the general field of organization study, especially the birth and early stages in the life cycle of an organization. It also gives both a developmental description and a theoretical overlay of one organization's efforts to collaborate with other nonprofit organizations in an attempt to address the needs of the at-risk child in a holistic, comprehensive, and preventive manner.
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Mimoso, José Carlos Pinto. "The Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries Organization : A Strategic Analysis as a Security Enhancement Intergovernmental Organization." Master's thesis, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/4409.

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The current wide-ranging and complex relations in the international environment demand a comprehensive approach to challenges in world security. Regional organizations play a decisive role in the peaceful settlement of disputes and conflict prevention. This is especially important in Africa given the many enduring problems that affect this continent. Considering that security is a basic condition for development and prosperity, this study aims to assess the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) organization’s ability to promote stability in its African member states and the CPLP’s aptitude to help resolve a crisis situation and return to stability. The research concluded that the CPLP is an intergovernmental organization capable of enhancing the security of its African country members. Even without an organizational defined policy towards defense and security, CPLP developed a Defense Cooperation Protocol that defined the overarching goals to promote defense cooperation among the CPLP members and defined a defense structure for the organization. The Community also demonstrated its capabilities through the political and diplomatic dialogue concerning the stability in its African country members. This commitment allowed the Community to play an important role in addressing crisis situations within its members and led to the international community recognizing these actions.

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Bedford, Ian Alexander. "Reaching out beyond itself : a framework for understanding the community service involvement of local church congregations." Connect to digital thesis, 2004. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000499.

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Clifton, Ross G. "An action research approach to supporting change management and associated governance strategies in a community services organisation." Thesis, View thesis, 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/32874.

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An Action Research approach to supporting change management and associated governance strategies in a community services organisation. Following a report on the Civil Society in the New Millennium Project, which was based upon the responses of citizens from forty-seven Commonwealth countries, a Compact Approach involving the state, intermediary organisations and citizens was developed in 1999, as a framework to enhance civil society. A literature review indicated that there was no research in Australia, as well as internationally, that had investigated the efficacy of this formalised agreement or Compact, particularly in a practical setting. The researcher had been working in the community services sector and had an interest in supporting community services organisations to meet the impact of change, particularly in response to government policy reform agendas. The Compact Approach was identified as a model to navigate change and develop partnerships with a civil society organisation operating in environments characterised by certainty as well as uncertainty. The researcher made himself available to a case study organisation to support change and to investigate the Compact Approach by undertaking Action Research as a participant observer. This exploratory research involved two main reference groups, board and staff, in planning, acting, observing and reflecting. A large amount of data was generated and a need was identified for it to be collated and simplified for further analysis. A new methodology was developed drawing upon the traditions of case study method and story-telling to represent the research themes of: the Compact Approach; change management; and, governance. With the Compact Approach what was found was evidence of some degree of civil society enhancement, particularly at the individual organisation level. As the study was undertaken from an organisation’s perspective the other dimensions of civil society and government had been underrepresented. It was found that government policy of promoting the market meant that competition was overshadowing co2 operation in the case study organisation. For community services organisations the main partner is government and policy frameworks need to support partnerships and civil society beyond current contractual agreements. Carver’s (1997) Policy Governance framework was partially implemented to assist with infrastructure development. However there was a lack of time and a commitment from the board and senior staff. Not all governance responsibilities can be met through such a framework and community organisations need to be mindful of its limitations, particularly for those connected to civil society. There were mixed results with Action Research being used as a change management tool. The dominance of power by those in ‘control’ highlighted management styles, but they also overshadowed group processes. Action Research methodology was also complemented by Stacey’s (1996) ordinary and extraordinary management framework. It was found that when applied to the Action Research cycle of planning, acting, observing and reflecting; that the process of reflecting was particularly supported by such conceptual mapping. What was also highlighted was the need for professionals to undertake ��in the field�� Action Research but also to draw upon their professional or technical expertise, using participant-observer-consultant modes. The capacity for a small community services organisation to change can be based upon levels of infrastructure, governance skills, available resources and level of development to operate at an associative level with other stakeholders. The viability of these smaller organisations is being challenged by the ‘managerialist’ business paradigms of government policy where the fabric of civil society has not been incorporated within accountability frameworks. Here there is a challenge for new frameworks such as the Compact Approach, to lead the way as formalised agreements with government, to enhance the role of civil society in the delivery of community services in countries such as Australia.

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Boulay, David Andrew. "An exploration of the relationships among organizational size, flexible work practices, training, and organizational performance using the 2002 National Organizations Survey." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1204546530.

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Ostien, Abigail J. 1971. "Community worth having : a social capital perspective." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32933.

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The relationships between various civic virtues and participation in community groups were explored. The present thesis was not an exhaustive integration of theories on Civic Virtue. Rather, it highlighted virtues (i.e., authenticity, moral wisdom, trust, reciprocity and tolerance) selected for their value in educating members of social capital groups toward a broader understanding of the self and others in a deliberative, pluralist democracy. This thesis relied primarily on theories from the disciplines of political philosophy and philosophy of education. Three major conclusions emerged from the present investigation. First, schools are not the only venue in which education for civic virtue occurs. Indeed, social capital groups provide a vital context for civic learning. Second, the existence of diversity within social capital groups enhances the educational potential of participating in civic life. And third, social capital groups can potentially have a socially progressive impact in a liberal, deliberative democracy.

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Schaepe, David M. "Pre-colonial Sto:lo-Coast Salish community organization : an archaeological study." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4498.

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This study integrates settlement and community archaeology in investigating pre-colonial Stó:lō-Coast Salish community organization between 2,550-100 years before present (cal B.P.). Archaeological housepits provide a basic unit of analysis and proxy for households through which community organization manifests in relationships of form and arrangement among housepit settlements in the lower Fraser River Watershed of southwestern British Columbia. This study focuses on spatial and temporal data from 11 housepit settlements (114 housepits) in the upriver portion of the broader study area (mainland Gulf of Georgia Region). These settlements were mapped and tested as part of the Fraser Valley Archaeology Project (2003-2006). The findings of this study suggest a trajectory of continuity and change in community organization among the Stó:lō-Coast Salish over the 2,500 years preceding European colonization. Shifts between heterarchical and hierarchical forms of social organization, and corporate to network modes of relations represent societal transformations that become expressed by about 550 cal B.P. Transformations of social structure and community organization are manifest as increasing variation in housepit sizes and settlement patterns, and the development of central arrangements in both intra- and inter-settlement patterns. In the Late Period (ca. 550-100 cal. B.P.), the largest and most complex settlements in the region, including the largest housepits, develop on islands and at central places or hubs in the region’s communication system along the Fraser River. These complex sets of household relations within and between settlements represent an expansive form of community organization. Tracing this progression provides insight into the process of change among Stó:lō pithouse communities. Societal change develops as a shift expressed first at a broad-based collective level between settlements, and then at a more discreet individual level between households. This process speaks to the development of communities formed within a complex political-economic system widely practiced throughout the region. This pattern survived the smallpox epidemic of the late 18th century and was maintained by the Stó:lō up to the Colonial Era. Administration of British assimilation policies (e.g., Indian Legislation) instituted after 1858 effectively disrupted but failed to completely replace deeply rooted expressions of Stó:lō community that developed during preceding millennia.

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Jenkins, Joseph Jacob. "Community as Metaphor: Dialectical Tensions of a Racially Diverse Organization." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4341.

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In recent years, a sense of community has declined throughout the United States. Common Point Community Church has responded to this trend by prioritizing "community" as an organizational metaphor. The present study explores how this metaphor is co-constructed through the communication practices of current organizational leaders and members. I begin this process, first, by positioning the study within existing literature on institutional theory, institutional legitimacy, community, community of practice, social construction of race, sensemaking, organizational metaphor, tension-centered approach, and dialectic theory. Building upon more than three years of ethnographic field work, I then outline the study's context and methodology. Next, I discuss (a) specific ways in which "community" is understood by the organization's racially diverse leaders and members, (b) potential limitations that result from this metaphor, and (c) ways in which dialectical tensions are managed in order to maintain the organizational metaphor of community. I then offer three theoretical implications - collectively referred to as the diversity paradox - as well as three practical implications: (a) Common Point "Voices," (b) Congregational Videos, and (c) Creative Arts Team. I conclude by reflecting on the research process itself.

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Clifton, Ross G. "An action research approach to supporting change management and associated governance strategies in a community services organisation." View thesis, 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/32874.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2008.
A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, School of Social Sciences, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographies.

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Ko, Ming-hui, and 柯明蕙. "Organizational maintenance of residents' organizations: the case study of Tai Hang Tung and Nam Shan EstatesResidents' Association." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1990. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31248573.

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Rife, Miranda L. "Cultivating a Creative Community: A Case Study of the Gahanna Area Arts Council." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1561911853082464.

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Saíde, Eusébio M. "Community building for economic empowerment in rural Mozambique : an exploratory study in the Maganja da Costa District /." Link to the online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1187.

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Morin, Elyse. "Is the community ready to assume the social responsibilities?, an evaluation of a community volunteer organization." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0010/MQ35035.pdf.

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Ring, Jerold E. "Stakeholder Engagement Between the Community and the Firm| Investigating Watershed Initiatives." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13426535.

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Businesses fail in the absence of a sustainable engagement strategy with stakeholders who influence and are influenced by a company's business activity in communities where the company has a presence. The purpose of this multiple case study was to investigate factors that defined a framework regarding the creation of shared value when applying the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) of sustainable development as a corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy between business, the community, and U.S. watershed initiatives to help resolve often conflicting stakeholder views. The specific problem was the lack of an existing framework regarding the creation of shared value when applying the TBL of sustainable development to CSR engagement initiatives between the firm, the community, and U.S. watershed initiatives to help resolve often conflicting stakeholder views. The theoretical framework was stakeholder theory integrated with the corporate imperatives of CSR, TBL, and shared value. The study focus was to compare shared value, CSR, and the TBL perspectives of 22 leaders and participants from two collaborative watershed initiative partnerships in one mid-eastern state. The study research question was: How do shared value, CSR, TBL define a community engagement framework between the firm, the community, and U.S. watershed initiatives to help resolve often conflicting stakeholder views? Two primary study conclusions emerged: (a) shared value, CSR, TBL were factors that defined a community engagement framework when integrated into a strategy between the firm, the community, and U.S. watershed initiatives to help resolve often conflicting stakeholder views; (b) the factors that contributed to creating shared value were interrelated and contributed to creating shared value when joined together in a Sustainable Community Engagement Framework to help resolve often conflicting stakeholder views.

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Regan, Suzanne Elizabeth. "Transformations in the organization of public sector social work." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310578.

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Mahdi, Abdul-Khaliq Saleh. "The plant ecology of limestone grassland community : spatial organization and coexistance." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358966.

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Sukkar, Abdul Aziz, Omar Hawasli, and Sam Al-samman. "Organization strategic orientation: Special focus on Community banks and Generation Z." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-48385.

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Research Question: What is the strategic orientation that community banks in Sweden adopt? What are the Gen Z preferences concerning these strategic orientations? Purpose: By using two different methodological approaches, the objective of this study is to answer two questions concerning the organization’s strategic orientation. Essentially, the authors have conducted a qualitative study to explore the strategic orientation which community banks in Sweden adopt. Additionally, a quantitative survey has been carried out to surface the generation Z's preferences on the question of strategic orientation. Method: The research methodology steering this thesis will be conducted using the research onion model. This implies that the methodology will be divided into layers including, the research approaches, the research strategy, the research choice, the time horizon of the study, as well as the techniques and procedures concerning the data collection and data analysis. Eventually, the authors discuss the quality criteria by referring to the interview’s credibility, confirmability, transferability, dependability, and the survey’s reliability and validity and applicability. Conclusion: The findings derived from an interview with the three managers have shown that community banks in Sweden adopt brand orientation, whereas the empirical findings have revealed that generation Z has hybrid orientation, meaning that generation preferences are located in the middle ground between the brand orientation and market orientation.

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Cueto, Rosa María, Evelyn Seminario, and Anna Balbuena. "Meanings of organization and community participation in vulnerable communities in Metropolitan Lima." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2014. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/102371.

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The study analyzes the speech of people from marginal urban areas of Lima for the meanings and their assessment of organizational processes and participation in their localities. Twenty two in-depth interviews were conducted in 3 settlements in the southern cone of Lima. The results show that family and community networks are valued as resources that can face the challenges of living in an environment perceived as precarious. The organization and community participation are important strategies to overcome their difficulties. Interviewees identify a number of weaknesses in the strategies, like the lack of recent positive experiences and the wear from over-use of these local resources to answer collective problems.
Se analizan los significados y las valoraciones de pobladores de zonas marginales de Lima Metropolitana respecto a los procesos de organización y participación en sus comunidades. Se realizaron 22 entrevistas en profundidad en 3 asentamientos del cono sur. Los resultados evidencian que las redes familiares y comunitarias son valoradas como recursos para afrontar los desafíos de un contexto percibido como precario y lleno de limitaciones. La organización y la participación comunitaria ocupan un lugar importante en el discurso como estrategias para la superación de las dificultades y se valoran positivamente, a pesar de la falta de experiencias positivas recientes y de un probable desgaste debido a la sobreutilización de estos recursos locales en la resolución de problemas colectivos.

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Walker, Verne W. "Organization of Academic Advising in Ohio's Two-Year Public Colleges." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1332959188.

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Stein, Nathan Robert. "An integration of statistical approaches to help understand coalition effectiveness /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2008. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3328732.

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DeShaw, Michèle. "Trust, collegiality, and community /." dissertation online, 2009. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#abstract?dispub=3379005.

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Nolan, Kevin C. "Multi-Staged Analysis of the Reinhardt Village Community: A Fourteenth Century Central Ohio Community in Context." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1290537990.

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Hardy, Catherine L. (Catherine Louise) Carleton University Dissertation Geography. "Community land trusts for affordable housing; a case study of the Burlington Community Land Trust." Ottawa, 1992.

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LaFleur, Renee A. "Democracy in Action: Community Organizing in Chicago, 1960-1968." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1320937899.

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Cobbinah, J. E. "Barriers in community participation and rural development." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5263.

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The concept of participation seems to reflect in most development programmes that involve people at the grassroots level. In Ghana, the introduction of the decentralization programme in the late 1980s that aimed at promoting effective, comprehensive and rapid development, more especially in the rural areas also adopted participatory approach. The approach led to the introductory of district assembly system which was to enhance the involvement of people at the grassroots in participatory activities. However, since the introduction of the decentralisation system to promote grassroots level participation, the people are still inactive and the level of involvement in development decision-making still remains weak. To clearly understand these problems, the thesis has aimed at answering the following research questions; how are rural people involved in participatory practice in the development activities in their area; what barriers affect and hinder the active participation of rural people and how could these be addressed? Answers to those questions helped to examine the nature of participation at the grassroots level; understand how the district assembly adopt participatory practice and to ascertain the nature of barriers that hinder effective participatory practice. Using a case study approach for the investigation, an interpretivists and constructivists were the philosophical underpinnings of the investigation. The data was gathered through the use of focus group discussions and one-to-one informal interviews. It was observed that, participation continues to reflect in most rural development programmes, but there are key barriers that still continue to hamper the effectiveness of participatory practice. Power relations, threats, intimidations and more especially the use of juju and witchcraft which never featured in most development literature are among the major barriers that continue to weaken local people readiness to actively participate. Most rural people feel threaten to participate for the fear of being bewitched or killed through the use of juju, witchcraft or black magical powers. Without critically and effectively addressing those bottlenecks and barriers, and put community members at the pivot of decision-making, the use of outsiders' knowledge and ideas alone to address the problems of participation with the hope of improving the lives of the rural people will not yield any significant result.

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Cheng, Nga-sze Venus, and 鄭雅詩. "The role of International non-governmental organizations in the institutional capacity building of community-based organizations inChina: the case of an international AIDSconcern organization in Yunnan." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38612859.

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Bennett, Courtney Field. "Reevaluating the community-building potential of community supported agriculture (CSA) a case study of the Washington State University CSA program /." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Summer2009/c_bennett_062909.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in environmental science)--Washington State University, August 2009.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 5, 2009). "School of Earth and Environmental Science." Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-154).

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Spicer, Jessica L. "Grassroots organizations and GIS assessing the role of geographical information and GIS in grassroots watershed organizations in West Virginia /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1465.

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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2000.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 59 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-50).

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Pak, Maylian Joan. "Poverty, race, and community organization : social and environmental justice in Eugene, Oregon /." view abstract or download file of text, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p1428002.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon, 2005.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-129). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Bartlett, Kathy Mann. "Professional learning community within a state education organization : an action research study /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7745.

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Hayles, Lisa M. "Building social capital, a case study of a Jamaican community-based organization." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ61903.pdf.

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Sala, Enric. "The role of fishes in the organization of a Mediterranean sublittoral community." Aix-Marseille 2, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996AIX22032.

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Le role des poissons dans l'organisation d'une communaute mediterraneenne infralittorale de substrat dur a ete analyse au moyen d'une etude comparative et d'experiences in situ. Les poissons brouteurs influencent fortement l'abondance et la dynamique des algues en facilitant la proliferation saisonniere d'algues a defenses chimiques, grace a la reduction des populations d'algues charnues dressees competitivement superieures. L'epifaune repond a la reduction de la predation par une augmentation de son abondance, mais il y a en fait peu de differences significatives entre des stations differant par l'abondance des poissons. La structure des populations de l'oursin paracentrotus lividus est determinee par la predation par les poissons dans les sites a haute densite de poissons. Les oursins y presentent un comportement cryptique en reponse a la pression de predation, avec des consequences sur le broutage qu'ils determinent. Les variations spatiales de la densite des poissons, liees a la surpeche ou a la protection, ont donc une importance fondamentale dans la determination des patrons de structure des communautes benthiques en mediterranee nord-occidentale

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Utsumi(Ando), Yoshino. "Pattern and organization of arthropod community on an introduced plant Solidago altissima." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/136926.

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Dean, Erin. "Beyond Community: "Global" Conservation Networks and "Local" Organization in Tanzania and Zanzibar." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195624.

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This dissertation explores the complex structures and diverse experiences of globalization through the specific analytical lens of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). CBNRM is an undertaking which is fundamentally local but also integrally connected to transnational conservation ideology and national structures of authority. While recent critiques of community-based conservation projects have challenged the universal efficacy of the approach, CBNRM continues to be a ubiquitous conservation paradigm and to provide lingering hope for local empowerment through resource management. Focusing on two community-based conservation groups formed in Tanzania and Zanzibar, this dissertation looks at the experience of local groups attempting to engage with broader national or international conservation networks by focusing on three tropes of globalization theory: intersections between traditional ecological knowledge and western science, the relationship between civil society and the state, and the specific mechanisms for local engagement with national and global entities. The community groups in this study use dynamic and adaptive strategies to channel resources into their communities. However, they also face significant structural constraints, many of which reveal the neocolonial effects of transnational conservation ideology. This work explores both the factors limiting or manipulating local participation in resource management and the strategies used by these two community-based conservation groups to ensure their participation in spite of those limitations.

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Martin, Benjamin Andrew. "Information, Organization, and Target Perceptions of Student Services for Community College Students." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1450.

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This study addresses several research questions. First, it explores methods for organizing information regarding health services so as to keep information accessibility at an optimal level. Second, this project identifies student perceptions concerning accessibility and organization of information about student services. This study also assesses students' awareness of the available services. The study combined qualitative and quantitative methodology, involving two distinct stages of data collection. Results suggest age is largely unrelated to a belief schools should provide student services but positively correlated with the knowledge of the location of student services. Nearly all student services were positively correlated with the use of services. For the most part, no group differences were observed in the use of services. However, first-generation college students seemed to be the best predictor of the use of student services. Content analysis concluded that contemporary students primarily use internet resources to obtain student services information.

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Ross, David John. "Effect of Political Skill on Perception of Organizational Politics and Work Withdrawal among Community College Employees." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3643215.

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Community college student support services are an important aspect of success among community college students. Theoretical and empirical models of organizational politics and withdrawal guided the expectation that community college employees who perceive their organizations as political may withdrawal from their organization, diminishing the services delivered to students at the institution. A multisite cross-sectional survey design was utilized to gather quantitative data via Survey Monkey from national professional organizations. Two-hundred seventeen usable surveys from community college administrators (executive, mid-level managers, and administrators) were gathered. Data were analyzed via correlation and regression models to examine if political skill reduced or moderated the relationship between perception of organizational politics and work withdrawal behaviors. Employee political skill was a partial antidote, reducing the effect of organizational politics on withdrawal behaviors, but there was not a significant interaction moderating effect. Recommendations include political skill training for community college administrators as part of their professional development program, as well as including graduate education components and new employee orientation programs. Such training could lead to positive social change in community college settings by increasing levels of service and job satisfaction and reducing attrition among community college administrators, leading to higher levels of community college student satisfaction and graduation rates.

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Mamburu, David Nyadzani. "The evaluarion of the impact of a community empowerment programme on rural communities." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2000. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03122007-133235.

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