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Mohapatra, Rajesh Kumar, and Sudarsan Panda. "Behavioural Descriptions of Indian Pangolins (Manis crassicaudata) in Captivity." International Journal of Zoology 2014 (2014): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/795062.

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Conservation breeding programmes as an essential tool for conservation of endangered species require a sound knowledge on behaviour of the species. At present time, knowledge of behaviour and biology of Indian pangolins is inadequate and inconsistent. During the present study, an ethogram was developed based on the behavioural observations of seven Indian pangolins (Manis crassicaudata) at Pangolin Conservation Breeding Centre, Nandankanan Zoological Park, Odisha, India, between February 2012 and January 2013. A total of 27 behaviours of seven distinct behavioural categories (stationary body positions, locomotory patterns, maintenance behaviours, explorative behaviours, defensive behaviours, reproductive/social behaviours, and others) were described and illustrated. The results offer a consistent frame of reference for further studies on behavioural patterns of Indian pangolins. Besides, these preliminary observations could be useful in management and breeding of the species in captivity.
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Su, Chien-Yuan, Yu-Hang Li, and Cheng-Huan Chen. "Understanding the Behavioural Patterns of University Teachers Toward Using a Learning Management System." International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) 16, no. 14 (July 28, 2021): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i14.22685.

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Recent research has been very attentive to the examination of learners’ behavioural patterns of using learning management systems (LMS), but these studies seldom address the diversity in the LMS usage behaviours of teachers. This study aimed to discover the behavioural patterns of university instructors regarding the use of an LMS by using sequential and clustering analysis techniques. The usage behaviours of 268 teachers at a public university in China were extracted from the Blackboard platform over the course of one-semester. These behaviours were classified according to five different LMS behavioural types: (1) course and content; (2) assignment; (3) communication and collaboration; (4) assessment; and (5) administration. The results indicated that the most frequent teachers’ LMS usage behaviour was course and content followed by assessment and administration. The results of the sequential analysis indicated that most of the instructors are used to adopting communication and collaboration and assignment when they finish using course and content. In addition, three distinct usage behavioural pattern subgroups were named as teachers preferred assessment, teachers of regular use, and teachers of less use. Implications of these findings are discussed in the light of the university teachers’ behavioural patterns toward using the LMS.
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Milne, Derek, and Stephanie Kennedy. "The Utility of Consumer Satisfaction Data: A Case Study in Organizational Behaviour Management." Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 21, no. 3 (July 1993): 281–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1352465800010535.

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Despite considerable cajoling and some good results, behavioural psychotherapists have remained predominantly intra-personal in the focus of their research. Analysis of the wider environmental determinants of the behaviours that concern them have been few, and there has been no upwards trend. This is problematic in that it fails to exploit the full scope of behaviourism, limiting practitioners and their efficiency. The present analysis concerns one kind of systems-level work, the use of data to guide a psychiatric day hospital service. Although limited in rigour and scope, it nonetheless indicates a ready and promising “generalization” of behaviour therapy from the individual to the system. The study also illustrates how the emerging behavioural assessment principle of “treatment utility” can be analysed.
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Turner, Jessica T., Alexandra L. Whittaker, and David McLelland. "Behavioural Impact of Captive Management Changes in Three Species of Testudinidae." Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens 3, no. 4 (November 7, 2022): 555–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jzbg3040041.

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Reptile behaviour and welfare are understudied in comparison with mammals. In this study, behavioural data on three species (Astrochelys radiata, Stigmochelys pardalis, Aldabrachelys gigantea) of tortoises were recorded before and after an environmental change which was anticipated to be positive in nature. The environmental changes differed for each population, but included a substantial increase in enclosure size, the addition of substrate material, and a change in handling procedure. A tortoise-specific ethogram was created to standardise data collection. Focal behaviour sampling was used to collect behavioural data. Changes in the duration of performance of co-occupant interaction and object interaction in the leopard (Stigmochelys pardalis) and Aldabra (Aldabrachelys gigantea) tortoises were observed following the environmental changes. The Shannon–Weiner diversity index did not yield a significant increase after the changes but had a numerical increase which was relatively greater for the leopard tortoise group, which had experienced the greatest environmental change. The leopard tortoises also demonstrated changes in a greater number of behaviours compared to the other species, and this was sustained over the study period. However, this included a behaviour indicative of negative affect: aggression. Whilst we are unable to conclude that welfare was improved by the management changes, there are suggestions that behavioural diversity increased, and some promotion of positive social behaviours occurred.
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Zhang, Xinyong, Zhenzhen Sun, Zhaoxiang Niu, Yijing Sun, and Dawei Wang. "The Effect of Abusive Supervision on Safety Behaviour: A Moderated Mediation Model." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 22 (November 18, 2021): 12124. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212124.

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Leadership behavior has an impact on the behavior of employees. Previous studies have mainly studied the impact of positive leadership behaviors on employees’ behaviors, but there is an absence of research on the impact of negative leadership behaviours (abusive supervision) on safety behaviours (including safety participation and safety compliance). In this study, 599 front-line employees in the petrochemical industry were selected as subjects. Abusive supervision, safety behaviour, safety motivation and a conscientiousness questionnaire were used as measurements to explore the relationship between abusive supervision and employee safety behaviors, and to further explore the roles of safety motivation, conscientiousness and the relationship between them. This study found that abusive supervision is negatively related to employee safety behaviours (safety compliance and safety participation); that safety motivation plays a mediating role in the relationship between abusive supervision and employees’ safety behavior; and that conscientiousness moderates the role of safety motivation between the relationship of abusive supervision and employees’ safety behaviour. With a higher level of conscientiousness, the indirect relationship between abusive supervision and employee safety behaviours is weaker. Finally, we discuss the theoretical and practical significance of these findings for abusive supervision and the management of safety behaviours.
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Han, Yu, Xuezheng Li, Zhida Feng, Ruoyu Jin, Joseph Kangwa, and Obas John Ebohon. "Grounded Theory and Social Psychology Approach to Investigating the Formation of Construction Workers’ Unsafe Behaviour." Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience 2022 (May 18, 2022): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3581563.

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There have been limited studies analyzing the causes of construction workers’ unsafe behaviour from the social psychology perspective. Based on a Grounded Theory approach, this study first identified and defined seven coded categories related to workers’ dangerous behaviour on construction sites. The original qualitative data were obtained from individual site interviews conducted with 35 construction professionals. These main categories were found connected to workers’ status of safety awareness and sense of danger, which affected the type of unsafe behaviours, i.e., proactive, passive, or reactive behaviour. By further integrating social cognitive psychology theories into workers’ behavioural decision-making process, the formation mechanism framework and diagram were developed to describe construction workers’ unsafe behaviours based on the dynamic process of balancing the individual desires and perceived safety risks. This study advances the body of knowledge in construction safety behavioural management by performing in-depth theoretical analysis regarding workers’ internal desires, activated by external scenarios and intervened by a personal safety cognition system, which could result in different motivations and various behavioural outcomes. It is argued that safety cognition serves as a mediated moderation system affecting behavioural performance. Practical suggestions on developing a proper safety management system incorporating safety education in guiding construction workers’ site behaviours are presented.
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McNamara, E., and M. Jolly. "Are Disruptive Behaviours Reduced When Levels of On-task Behaviours Increase? An Across Settings Study of a Class of 12- and 13-Year-Old Pupils—II." Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 18, no. 4 (October 1990): 239–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s014134730001034x.

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In recent years an impressive body of research has accumulated indicating that behavioural management strategies can promote the levels of on-task behaviour of classes of disruptive secondary school pupils. These successes have led to the explicit, self-evident claim that levels of off-task behaviour have concomitantly been reduced—and the implicit claim that levels of disruptive behaviour have also been reduced: for disruptive behaviour constitutes a subset of off-task behaviour. However the promotion of on-task behaviour with a corresponding reduction in off-task behaviour is a necessary but not sufficient outcome to claim that disruptive behaviour has diminished. It may be the case that innocuous off-task behaviours have been reduced but disruptive off-task behaviours remain. From a further data analysis of a previous study (McNamara and Jolly, 1990) it is claimed that when disruptive classroom behaviour is dealt with by the promotion of on-task behaviours the total amount of all types of off-task behaviours, from innocuous to grossly disruptive, is reduced. Analysis of data for individual pupils reveals that the whole class aggregated data conceal considerable inter-pupil variability for low incidence off-task behaviours.
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Bitsika, Vicki, Christopher F. Sharpley, and Robyn Hawkins. "A Variation on Functional Analysis in the Classroom: A Clinical Note." Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling 17, no. 1 (July 1, 2007): 97–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/ajgc.17.1.97.

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AbstractTraditional Functional Analytic procedures rely upon the identification of one or two ‘target’ behaviours for examination via observation and analysis. From these data, multiple functions are identified for each target behaviour via antecedent-behaviour-consequence data collection. However, although these methodologies have been shown to be effective with a wide range of inappropriate behaviours in classrooms, they have limitations when the inappropriate behaviours are so many and varied that selection of one or two as ‘targets’ becomes unreliable in terms of obtaining an accurate representation of the child's overall behavioural repertoire. A variation on this procedure is described and data from a case example are presented as a suggested alternative way of obtaining the kind of data required for effective classroom management of difficult behaviour.
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Sim, S. Meaghan, N. Theresa Glanville, and Lynn Mcintyre. "Food Management Behaviours: In Food-insecure, Lone Mother-led Families." Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research 72, no. 3 (September 2011): 123–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3148/72.3.2011.123.

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Purpose: Little is known about how food is managed in households where food resources are scarce. In this study, the household food management behaviours utilized by foodinsecure, lone mother-led families from Atlantic Canada were characterized, and relationships among these behaviours and diet quality were examined. Methods: Thematic analysis of 24 in-depth interviews from a larger study of mother-led, low-income families was integrated with sociodemographic characteristics, food-insecurity status, and four weekly 24-hour dietary recalls for all household members to yield a family behaviour score (FBS) as a summative measure of food management behaviours, and a healthy plate score (HPS) as a measure of diet quality. Results: Five distinct food management behaviours were identified: authoritative, healthism, sharing, structured, and planning behaviours. An increase in the FBS was associated with a proportional increase in the HPS. Authoritative, healthism, and planning food management behaviours were the strongest predictors of the HPS for all household members (p<0.05). The structured management behaviour was related to the degree of food insecurity. Conclusions: The FBS and HPS tools hold promise as a way to identify food-insecure families at risk of low diet quality. The next phase of this research will validate the use of these tools in the practice setting.
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Kulkarni, Tushar Pramod. "Analysis of stereotypic behaviour and enhanced management in captive Northern Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis housed at Zoological Garden Alipore, Kolkata." Journal of Threatened Taxa 12, no. 4 (March 26, 2020): 15426–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.5622.12.4.15426-15435.

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In the wild, giraffes live complex social lives exhibiting fission-fusion social systems. They have sophisticated communication which likely forms a crucial component regulating subgroup dynamics. They spend a large part of their day browsing and traveling over large distances. In captivity, lack of continuous browsing opportunities and limited space can lead to various abnormal and stereotypic behaviours. These stereotypic behaviours can have cascading detrimental health consequences. A behavioural analysis of stereotypic behaviours in giraffes under human care was conducted to evaluate sources of variation within a population and provide management recommendations. The aim of this investigation was threefold: 1. to examine current behaviour of giraffes in Zoological Garden Alipore, Kolkata to advise on their enhanced management; 2. to highlight any behavioural abnormalities and recommend enrichment mechanisms; and 3. to compare the observed stereotypic behaviours with behaviour described in other zoological institutions and in the wild to provide a focal trajectory in the development of guidelines. Four individuals (two adult males, one adult female, and one male calf) were observed outdoors for seven days, three times a day for 30 minutes by instantaneous scan sampling method. During the observation period, the giraffe exhibited oral stereotypy more than any other behaviour recorded, though this was recorded disproportionally between individuals. The giraffe spent a larger amount of time exhibiting oral stereotypy compared to feeding/foraging activities. The study suggests incorporating diet and feeding strategies with provision of natural browse as well as offering enrichment methods to increase the foraging time using various time-engaged feeding devices to mitigate the observed abnormal stereotypic behaviour. Additionally, recommendations are made for expanding the size of the open enclosure to meet guidelines by the Central Zoo Authority, as a minimum.
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Ng, Yau Yin Johan. "Motivation for weight management behaviours : a self-determination theory perspective." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4012/.

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According to self-determination theory (SDT; Ryan & Deci, 2000), the quality of support (autonomy support versus controlling) from important others is an important predictor of psychological need satisfaction, and subsequent engagement in health-conducive behaviours, such as physical activity and healthy eating. In this dissertation, four research studies grounded on SDT are presented. Results from these studies highlighted the important link between autonomy support and psychological need satisfaction. In turn, these studies showed that need satisfaction supported better psychological well-being and health-conducive behaviours. The findings also underscored the detrimental effects of controlling behaviours. For instance, such behaviours were found to be related to the thwarting of psychological needs, and in turn higher psychological ill-being and maladaptive outcomes, such as unhealthy eating behaviours. Motivation contagion effects were also examined in one study. The results suggested that practitioners’ quality of support provided may vary as a function of their perceived motivation of a client. Findings from our studies have implications for researchers and important others (e.g. spouse) of individuals engaging in weight management. Possible areas for future research, such as the design of new interventions based on the tenets of SDT, are discussed.
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Flugge, Regina Dale. "The effect of senior management behaviours on sustainable development performance." Thesis, Curtin University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/362.

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The main objective of this study is to contribute to understanding the relationship between the cultural style of senior management teams and sustainable development in an international mining group. Sustainability has become a business imperative and this study examines the behaviours of senior management teams in terms of their cultural norms and the influence their behaviours have on the success of executing a strategy for sustainable development.An initial theoretical model was developed to test 11 hypotheses, which related to the influence of different cultural management styles on triple-bottom-line performance along with the influence of governance processes for sustainable development and the strategic effectiveness of the organisation. A total of 13 organisations within the international mining group participated in the study which resulted in 66 members of senior management teams responding to a web-based survey using the Organisational Culture Inventory® (OCI®) to measure cultural norms. The survey was augmented with questions relating to perceptions of the strategic effectiveness and sustainable development performance of the organisation. The results of the survey were analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM) Partial Least Squares (PLS) and the statistical package PLS-Graph. There are a number of reasons for the selection of -this PLS technique, a key one of which is the ability of the technique to handle small sample sizes.The theoretical framework of the initial model was found to be highly reliable although there were issues with discriminant validity of the measurement model. The model was subsequently refined with the sustainable development performance of the organisation being reflected by the social, environmental and governance dimensions in the final model. Three additional hypotheses were also included in the final respecified model, following from research noted in the literature review of the mediating influences on the relationship between culture and performance and evidence of intervening variables found in the analysis of the initial model. This final respecified model was found to be valid and reliable.The findings from this study make an original contribution to the literature on the culture-performance relationship. Evidence was found that a constructive cultural management style where senior management teams behave in humanistic-encouraging and affiliative ways is a significant predictor of sustainable development performance. In addition, this cultural management style is the only style directly influencing the social, environmental and governance dimensions of sustainable development performance. In contrast, aggressive/defensive and passive/defensive management styles were found to influence sustainable development performance indirectly. Evidence was also found for the effect of the three cultural management styles being explained to some extent by the strategic effectiveness of the organisation. The passive/defensive management style was also found to have a highly detrimental effect on strategic effectiveness.There are limitations to every study and while cognisant of these limitations, this study offers both theoretical and practical contributions. The findings of this study suggest there may well be benefits for the international mining group, which aspires to differentiate itself from its competitors through leading the industry sector in sustainable development performance, in understanding the existing culture within its senior management teams and the role it may have on sustainable development performance. In particular, if superior sustainable development performance is desired, and the current culture which is best described as aggressive/defensive and does not reflect these constructive norms, then decision-makers could consider taking action to shift the culture towards more humanistic-encouraging and affiliative behaviours which are more likely to support the long-term sustainability goals of the organisation.
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Walsh, Elizabeth Mary. "The influence of intensive case management of destructive behaviours in psychosis." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.407179.

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Kidd-Smithers, Rachel. "Definition and management of pupils' problematic behaviours : a teacher focused approach." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2016. http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/3674/.

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Current school guidance and policies from central government place behaviour as a key priority. Historically, governments have also placed behaviour at the forefront. Recently, for example, the 2010 White paper, Department for Education (DfE) ‘Behaviour and Discipline in Schools’ guidance (2011), and Education Minster Nicky Morgan’s appointment of a behaviour tsar (Tom Bennett) tasked with advising policy on how to raise standards of behaviour in schools (2015) confirms this emphasis. Even though regulatory bodies recognise the importance of schools managing ‘problematic behaviours’ there appears to have been a failure to explicitly define what constitutes a problem behaviour in schools. However, this is not surprising given the continuing controversy regarding how ‘behaviour’ (and particularly, ‘problematic behaviour’) should be characterised and defined. To date the support for schools and teachers to better understand ‘behaviour’ characteristics and more importantly ‘difficult behaviours’ is limited. Thus, the issue of behaviour and its management in schools is a longstanding concern. This raises the issue of how schools can continue to raise standards when no clear definition is offered to guide leaders and teachers to better understand ‘behaviours’. This thesis addresses these concerns in a systematic attempt to promote understanding of the following key areas: 1. How teachers define ‘problematic’ classroom behaviours and their reasons for this. 2. How teachers respond to such ‘problematic’ behaviours in classroom settings. 3. The extent to which teachers reflect upon such ‘problematic’ behaviours and the impact their responses have on the learners previously identified as exhibiting ‘problematic’ behaviours. This work incorporates a comprehensive review of how schools have historically managed pupil behaviours with reference to biological and sociological influences. For the purpose of this study, the ways in which relevant ideas and their boundaries are formed held particular interest. Hence, the methodology incorporates a heuristic approach. There was a primary interest in reviewing how teachers define and respond to behaviours deemed ‘problematic’. The methodological approach allowed both the researcher and research respondent to discover if factors such as gender, length of service, or subject area helped to define and shape teacher definitions. A key aim was to understand how teachers respond to those defined behaviours by identifying and analysing: a) What types of non-verbal and verbal communications do teachers use and why? b) What sanctions/ rewards do teachers use and why? c) To what extent do teachers use their classroom environment to respond to behaviours, i.e., seating arrangements, behaviour rules displayed? d) How and when do teachers use support networks in the management of behaviours? e) What heuristics do teachers employ in relation to their decision around defining learners’ ‘problematic’ behaviours? The research project concluded by examining the extent to which teachers reflect upon problematic behaviours, considering the possible impacts that their responses have towards pupils displaying ‘problematic’ behaviours. This main issue identified in this study was teacher congruency, i.e., how what teachers say and do when defining and managing pupils’ problematic behaviours differed. It is those observed differences in teachers’ consistency which was of most interest. The disparity in the ways different teachers identified and responded to ‘problematic’ behaviours was considered against the national backdrop, in which new benchmarks for behaviour have been produced (2015 Ofsted framework).The NFER 2012 findings, which identified pupils’ problematic behaviours as a contributing factor for teacher stress and teacher recruitment, especially within the secondary sector, provided an important context for this work while also highlighting the potential importance of enhancing understanding in this area. The study argues that teachers and education settings could benefit from understanding how teachers’ definition and management of pupils’ problematic behaviours might be influenced by factors not necessarily directly linked to those behaviours. By better understanding the processes involved in the identification and management of pupils’ and their problematic behaviours more parity between what teaches do and say may be achieved.
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Hill, Hayden Clee. "Assessing ecological intelligence and behaviours in organisations." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/8284.

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The earth has been undergoing a process of global warming and climate change for a period exceeding 100 years. These two occurrences have had many adverse effects on the sustainability of the environment as well as on humans and organisations. The direct cause of global warming and climate change, including the consequential negative ramifications, are due to humans use of natural resources mostly in the form of the consumption of products and services. Organisations are regarded as the largest consumers of products and services within society and as a result are responsible for the major contributions made to global warming and climate change. In order to rectify the negative impact made by organisations in terms of their ecological behaviour and ensure organisational sustainability theory, stipulates that a behavioural change within leadership is required. Ecologically intelligent leaders who hold an affirmation of an ecological worldview and enact pro-ecological behaviours are pivotal to the proliferation of ecological leadership and a subsequent rise in organisational pro-ecological behaviour, towards a sustainable future. On the basis of the above mentioned statements, gained from various literature, a conceptual model was formed and an exploratory research study undertaken to substantiate the presence of correlational or causal relationships between a leader’s ecological intelligence with the enactment of ecological leadership and organisational pro-ecological behaviour. The sample consisted of 42 respondents who occupied positions of leadership within organisations that were members of the Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency. The findings provide substantiating evidence of the presence of ecological intelligence within leadership, the enactment of ecological leadership as well as organisational pro-ecological behaviour. Furthermore significant correlational relationships exist between ecological leadership and organisational pro-ecological behaviour. There is also substantiating indication that the enablers of a leader’s ecological intelligence, an affirmation of an ecological worldview and pro-ecological behaviour, facilitate the outcome of organisational pro-ecological behaviour.
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Coetzee, Jolize. "Leadership behaviours for the successfull strategic repositioning of Sanlam." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5537.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The current effects of globalisation are requiring of leaders to deal with many changes in the workplace, including a globally changing, diverse workforce. The question that this research report aims to address is what does it require of a leader to be successful in the business environment today and what characteristics or behaviours would such a leader display? It is argued that although the context of leadership has and will continue to change, the fundamentals of leadership have essentially remained the same (Kouzes and Pousner, 2002:xviii). A comprehensive study of literature in the field of leadership will reveal the views of various writers on this subject, namely what constitutes effective leadership. Five leadership theories, which in the researcher's opinion give a balanced overview of the various theories, are discussed in more detail and later on used to evaluate the leadership characteristics and style of one of the very successful leaders in South Africa, the current CEO of Sanlam, Dr. Johan van Zyl. The combination of these five theories focuses on leadership characteristics, leadership behaviours, different leadership styles and the relational aspect of leadership, that is the interaction between the leader and his followers. These five theories include the situational leadership theory, servant leadership, transformational leadership, the theory of level five leadership and emotional intelligence. A broad overview of Sanlam's history focusing on the company's transformation in recent years and its contribution to broad based empowerment are also discussed, providing the background and context to discuss the leadership provided by Johan van Zyl in recent years. The fourth chapter of this report provides an analysis of primary data collected through questionnaires sent to senior executives of Sanlam as well as through an interview with Van Zyl. The final chapter contains conclusions from the research results, namely the leadership characteristics and style of Van Zyl and his leadership approach as compared to the various theories studied. The researcher is of the opinion that valuable lessons are to be extracted from examining Van Zyl's leadership characteristics and style and that these could be applied to modern business practice. The research results showed that Van Zyl has characteristics of most of the leadership theories investigated in this study including characteristics of the situational leader, transformational leader, level five leader and that of an emotionally intelligent leader and that this is standing him in good stead for the transformation and strategic repositioning of Sanlam.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die huidige gevolge van 'n globaliserende wereld vereis van leiers om voortdurende veranderinge in die werksplek te bestuur, insluitende 'n globaal veranderende, diverse werkspan. Die vraag wat hierdie navorsingsprojek pobeer beantwoord is wat vereis dit van 'n leier om suksesvol te wees in die besigheidswereld vandag en watter leierseienskappe en gedrag sal so n leier betoon? Dit word beweer dat alhoewel die konteks van leierskap verander het en voortdurend sal verander, het die fundamentele begrip van leierskap dieselfde gebly. 'n Omvattende literatuurstudie in die veld van leierskap sal die standpunte van verskillende skrywers in die vakgebied daarstel om vas te stel wat, volgens die teorie, effektiewe leierskap behels. Vyf leierskap teoriee, wat in die navorser se opinie 'n geredelike oorsig gee van die verskeie leierskapsteoriee, word in groter diepte beskryf en later gebruik as die grondslag waarop 'n baie suksesvolle leier in Suid-Afrika, huidige uitvoerende beampte van Sanlam, Dr. Johan van Zyl se leierskap eienskappe en styl ge-evalueer word. Die kombinasie van die vyf teoriee fokus op leierseienskappe, gedrag, leierskapstyle, en die verhoudingsaspek van leierskap, byvoorbeeld die interaksie tussen die leier en navolgers. Die vyf teoriee sluit die situasionele leierskapteorie, dienende leierskap ('servant leadership'), transformasionele leierskap, vlak vyf leierskap en die teorie van emosionele intelligensie in. 'n Bree oorsig van Sanlam se geskiedenis wat fokus op die maatskappy se transformasie die afgelope paar jaar en bydrae tot breed gebaseerde swart ekonomiese bemagtiging ('broad based black economic empowerment') word ook bespreek en dien as die agtergrond en konteks om Dr. Johan van Zyl se leierskap te evalueer. In Hoofstuk Vier word 'n analise van primere data gedoen. Die data is ingesamel deur vraelyste wat voltooi is deur senior bestuurders van Sanlam asook deur 'n onderhoud met Van Zyl. Die finale hoofstuk beval afleidings i.v.m die leierskapseienskappe en -styl van Van Zyl en sy leierskapsbenadering soos vergelyk met die teoretiese benadering bestudeer. Die navorser is van die opinie dat belangrike lesse geleer kan word vanaf die studie van Van Zyl se leierskaps eienskappe en -styl en dat dit toegepas sal kan word as moderne besigheids beginsels vir leiers. Die bevindinge van die studie het getoon dat Van Zyl eienskappe van die meeste van die leierskapsteoriee wat bestudeer is in die studie betoon. Dit sluit eienskappe in van n situasionele leier, 'n transformasionele leier, n vlak vyf leier en 'n emosionele intelligente leier. Hierdie bevindinge word onderskraag deur die literatuur oor leierskap en die navorser is van die opinie dat hierdie eienskappe hom in n goeie posisie plaas vir die transformasie en strategiese herposisionering van Sanlam.
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Barr, Stewart Wilson. "Factors influencing household attitudes and behaviours towards waste management in Exeter, Devon." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341186.

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Kutlu, Funda. "The Effect Of Bullying Management Training On Bullying Behaviours Of Elementary School Students." Phd thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12606249/index.pdf.

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The present study consists of two phases. The first phase includes the development of the Turkish Bully Scale to identify bully, victim and bully/victim groups and to describe the incidence of bullying among the elementary school students. The second phase of the study evaluates the effect of the Bullying Management Training Program on reducing bullying behaviours of bully/victim elementary school students. In the development of the Bully Scale a pilot (N=453, sixth grade students) and a main study (N=519, sixth grade students) were conducted to examine the validity evidence and the reliability estimates. Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses were used to analyse the validity evidence and the reliability of the Bully Scale, which is used for the selection of the subjects. In the second phase of the study, an experimental 3 x 2 design with one training and two control groups was used to investigate the effectiveness of Bullying Management Training Program. The 19-item Bully Scale including a self-report (N=367) and peer nomination (N= 396) forms were administered to a sample of the 7th grade students. The training program was conducted with the bully/victim group. Contrary to the expectation, the results of repeated measures ANCOVA analyses were not significant, except for the victimization scores of the peer nomination form. The post hoc analyses did not indicate a significant difference for the victimization score between the training and two control groups. The Bullying Management training was not found as an effective technique to reduce bully/victim students&rsquo
bullying and victimization.
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Brinson, David Raymond. "The Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes: changing exercise behaviours for better health." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Health Sciences, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1409.

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New Zealand is currently in the midst of a diabetes epidemic and it has become clear that the increasing prevalence of obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are inextricably linked to this escalating health crisis. Extensive research has long made clear that people of all ages can enhance their health by incorporating moderate levels of physical activity as part of their normal daily routine and physical activity is now recognised as a major therapeutic modality for type 2 diabetes. Despite such evidence, most people in the western world do not engage in sufficient regular physical activity and there remains a paucity of evidence that elucidates effective methods of achieving the required behaviour change over time. This study set out to demonstrate meaningful correlations between the psychosocial constructs optimism, exercise self-efficacy, goal-directness, stage of change, anxiety and depression, the biochemical measures HbA1c and BMI and also the behavioural outcomes of general physical activity and physical exercise participation, all within a newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic population. Participants (n=30, newly diagnosed adults with type 2 diabetes; mean age 61.46 years; BMI 31.43 Kg/m²[range 18.8-50.95 Kg/m²]) were recruited from attendees of the Christchurch Diabetes Centre's education seminars. The recruitment strategy was designed to search out diabetic patients as near as practicable to the point in time when they first became cognisant of their disease state. A battery of instruments was assembled into a researcher-administered retrospective questionnaire and this was completed with all subjects at baseline and again at six month follow-up. Additional data comprised subject's demographics and selected bio-chemical measures (subject height, weight, and blood Haemoglobin A1c). Descriptive, correlational and qualitative statistics were evaluated. The level of physical activity reported was significantly less than is required to facilitate the biochemical and psychological changes that are generally considered necessary to support optimal health. On average, study participants did not perform their planned physical activity tasks as well as they might have, despite being relatively optimistic and goal-directed at baseline. Many participants clearly indicated an inadequate understanding of exercise modalities and the intensity, duration and frequency of physical activity required to support optimal health. Generally, participants tended to overestimate their physical activity levels. Exercise self-efficacy emerged as an especially important psychological construct, and one that appeared to be among those central to the participants' relationships with physical activity and exercise. The study group demonstrated a relatively high prevalence of low level anxiety and depression, and even at these sub-clinical levels, anxiety and depression were significantly inversely related to optimism, goal-directness, goal-attainment, exercise self-efficacy and stage of change. The study findings illuminate the wide contextual variability among patients who are suffering from the same chronic condition. Further, the implications of conducting detailed pre-assessments of patients' personal characteristics and their psychological profiles, in order to guide intervention tailoring, are also outlined and discussed. Areas for future research are highlighted. In conclusion, meso and macro-level policy implications are discussed, with reference to an array of the broader determinants of health.
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Meehan, Sean Alphonsus. "Market orientation : values, behaviours, performance; a cross sectional study of UK businesses." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267702.

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Challenging behaviour: A fresh look at promoting positive learning behaviours. London: Network Continuum Education, 2006.

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Corrie, Dr Lorai. Investigating Troublesome Classroom Behaviours. London: Taylor & Francis Group Plc, 2004.

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Project success: Critical factors and behaviours. Farnham: Gower, 2011.

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1974-, McKee John, ed. STAR: Leadership behaviours for stellar SME growth. Cork, Ireland: Oak Tress Press, 2008.

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Monkton, M. Work self identity and empowering management behaviours: An exploratory study. Manchester: UMIST, 1996.

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Canada. Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. Beyond bilingual meetings: Leadership behaviours for managers. [Ottawa]: Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, 2011.

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Canada. Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. Beyond bilingual meetings: Leadership behaviours for managers. [Ottawa]: Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, 2011.

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Denenberg, Sagi, ed. Small animal veterinary psychiatry. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781786394552.0000.

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Abstract This book contains 16 chapters that discuss mental and emotional health in the veterinary practice, ruling out physical disorders leading to behavioural changes, addressing pain in veterinary psychiatry, normal behaviour, raising mentally and emotionally healthy pets, diagnosis, learning principles and behaviour modification, psychopharmacology, problem behaviours and management, aggression, affective disorders, elimination problems, abnormal and repetitive behaviours and aging-related problems in cats and dogs.
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1974-, Taylor Richard, ed. Knowledge diffusion and innovation: Modelling complex entrepreneurial behaviours. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2010.

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Reducing stress-related behaviours in people with dementia: Care-based therapy. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.

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Knapp, Michael. "Governance Behaviours." In Management for Professionals, 141–94. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7838-5_5.

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Gilli, Marianna, Susanna Mancinelli, and Francesco Nicolli. "Waste Policies and Individual Behaviours." In Household Waste Management, 25–37. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97810-9_3.

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Geiger, Susi. "Salespeople’s self-management: knowledge, emotions and behaviours." In Sales Management, 435–62. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-28574-4_18.

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Gilli, Marianna, Susanna Mancinelli, and Francesco Nicolli. "Individual Motivations and Waste-Related Behaviours." In Household Waste Management, 5–24. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97810-9_2.

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Gilli, Marianna, Susanna Mancinelli, and Francesco Nicolli. "Prevention and Recycling Behaviours Across the EU." In Household Waste Management, 39–56. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97810-9_4.

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Li, Xiang, Lijuan Xie, Yong Tan, and Qiuli Tong. "Restricted Boltzmann Machines for Retweeting Behaviours Prediction." In Web-Age Information Management, 213–24. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39958-4_17.

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Denenberg, Sagi. "Problem behaviours and management in cats and dogs." In Small animal veterinary psychiatry, 169–79. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781786394552.0169.

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Denenberg, Sagi. "Problem behaviours and management in cats and dogs." In Small animal veterinary psychiatry, 169–79. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781786394552.0010.

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Thériault, Marius, Christophe Claramunt, and Paul Y. Villeneuve. "A Spatio-Temporal Taxonomy for the Representation of Spatial Set Behaviours." In Spatio-Temporal Database Management, 1–18. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48344-6_1.

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Ackfeldt, Anna-Lena, and Neeru Malhotra. "Management Interventions and Prosocial Behaviours: Understanding the Mediating Mechanisms." In Boundary Spanning Elements and the Marketing Function in Organizations, 99–115. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13440-6_7.

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Aydin, Oguzhan, and Cetin Kalburan. "Measuring Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours Through Surveys." In 2nd International Conference on Management, Economics and Finance. Acavent, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.33422/2nd.icmef.2019.11.727.

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Robak, A. "Human behaviours to account for in your service delivery strategies." In Asset Management Conference 2015. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/cp.2015.1724.

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Haykiri-Acma, H., and S. Yaman. "Comparison of the combustion behaviours of agricultural wastes under dry air and oxygen." In WASTE MANAGEMENT 2012. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/wm120141.

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Kamaruddin, Azrina, Alan Dix, and Fariza Hanis Abdul Razak. "Using diary to uncover users' personal information management (PIM) behaviours." In 2011 International Conference on User Science and Engineering (i-USEr 2011). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iuser.2011.6150565.

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"The Influence of Time Management Behaviours on Performance and Stress." In 15th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance. ACPI, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/mlg.19.048.

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Seignez, N., D. Bulteel, D. Damidot, A. Gauthier, and J. L. Potdevin. "Weathering of metallurgical slag heaps: multi-experimental approach of the chemical behaviours of lead and zinc." In WASTE MANAGEMENT 2006. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/wm060041.

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Zhou, Yimin, and Guoqing Xu. "Demand side energy management with PSO and regulated electric vehicles behaviours." In 2014 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/appeec.2014.7066103.

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Ward, Anthony E., and Noel R. Jackson. "Simultaneous development of management skills and behaviours in taught academic programmes." In 2014 Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ithet.2014.7155699.

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Erciş, Aysel. "Determination Of Fanatic Consumer Behaviours At The Personality Level." In ICLTIBM 2017 - 7th International Conference on Leadership, Technology, Innovation And Business Management. Cognitive-Crcs, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.12.03.8.

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Al Majzoub, Khaled, and Vida Davidavičienė. "ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR CHANGES CAUSED BY INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES." In Business and Management 2018. VGTU Technika, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/bm.2018.15.

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The development and use of Information and communication technology(ICT) is growing at a rapid speed across the world. The number of internet (as well as other technologies) users increased by 27,750% from 1993 (14 million) until 2017 (3,885,567,619) users according to internetworldstats. ICT is becoming essentials in all organization, and organizations cannot survive or compete without using these technologies. Although some researches were done on the effects of these technologies on organizations behaviours, they still in initial stages. The following article examine the effect of ICT on organizational behaviours, especially on Organizational Design how ICT changes the organizational structure and what are the organizations formed, Intelligence in what way knowledge is created and strategically used, and Decision Making how it will affect the speed and accuracy of decision making. Methods used in the article are scientific literature analysis, synthesis and comparison.
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Jauny, Ray, and John Parsons. Delirium Assessment and Management: A qualitative study on aged-care nurses’ experiences. Unitec ePress, November 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.34074/ocds.72017.

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Aged residential care (ARC) residents with morbid health conditions frequently experience delirium. This condition is associated with diminished quality of life, preventable morbidity and untimely death. It is challenging and costly to manage delirium because of the complex interplay of physical and psychiatric symptoms associated with this condition in both primary and secondary services. With awareness of risk factors and knowledge about delirium, ARC nurses can play a vital role in early identification, assessment and treatment, but most importantly in preventing delirium in aged-care residents as well as improving health outcomes. Focus groups were carried out with ARC nurses to ascertain their opinions on how they assess and manage delirium in ARC facilities in South Auckland, New Zealand. Findings identified that there were strengths and weaknesses, as well as gaps in assessment and management of delirium. Nurses would benefit from delirium education, appropriate tools and adequate resources to help them manage delirium. Issues with diagnosing delirium, anxiety about challenging behaviours, family dynamics, lack of training and absence of IV treatment were noticeable features in this study.
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Shaw, Dierdre, and Katherine Duffy. Save Your Wardrobe: Digitalising Sustainable Clothing Consumption. University of Glasgow, June 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.36399/gla.pubs.188107.

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This preliminary research examines the role of digitalisation in changing how consumers respond to, manage and maintain more sustainable approaches to clothing. It brings together the mission and vision of Save Your Wardrobe, with expert consumer researchers from University of Glasgow. Using a qualitative approach (in-depth consumer interviews and wardrobe audits) we explore existing clothing behaviours and how the Save Your Wardrobe (SYW) application (app) could be used as a digital wardrobe management solution.
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Chen, Yan, Peter Cramton, John List, and Axel Ockenfels. Market Design, Human Behavior, and Management. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w26873.

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Li, D., D. Ceccarelli, and L. Berger. Link Management Protocol Behavior Negotiation and Configuration Modifications. RFC Editor, March 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/rfc6898.

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Shipley, Jr, and Steven E. Analysis of Management Behavior Assessments and Affect on Productivity. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, June 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada444460.

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Pyta, V., Bharti Gupta, Shaun Helman, Neale Kinnear, and Nathan Stuttard. Update of INDG382 to include vehicle safety technologies. TRL, July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.58446/thco7462.

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Driving is one of the riskiest work tasks, accounting for around one third of fatal crashes in the UK. Organisations are expected to manage work-related road safety (WRRS) in the same way that they manage other health and safety risks. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Department for Transport (DFT) issue joint guidance on this in INDG382 ‘Driving at work: managing work-related road safety’. HSE and DFT were seeking to update INDG382 to include reference to vehicle safety technologies that could enable employers to monitor safety related events or driver behaviours, to support learning and safety improvements. They commissioned TRL to - Conduct a literature review focused on evaluations of the impact of these technologies on work-related road safety (specifically, crash risk) Lead in-depth interviews with representatives of organisations who had implemented technology-based safety monitoring in their fleet and stakeholders and experts who provided further insights into factors affecting successful implementation. TRL found that telematics systems, drowsiness and distraction recognition systems, and collision warning systems have significant potential safety benefits, but rigorous published evaluation of safety-focused telematics in the fleet context is limited. There is good evidence for the safety benefits of intelligent speed assist in private and fleet vehicles. Successful implementation relies on procuring systems that match needs, managing the potential for data to overwhelm and embedding monitoring and driver feedback within good management systems and strong safety leadership. This report provides recommendations for updating guidance for organisations considering implementing vehicle safety monitoring technologies (telematics).
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Garraton, Ricardo R. Analysis of Army Force Generation Model Behavior and Expectation Management. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, March 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada561234.

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Phillips, Donald A., Yitzhak Spiegel, and Howard Ferris. Optimizing nematode management by defining natural chemical bases of behavior. United States Department of Agriculture, November 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2006.7587234.bard.

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This project was based on the hypothesis that nematodes interacting with plants as either parasites or beneficial saprophytes are attracted to their host by natural products. This concept was supported by numerous observations that parasitic nematodes are attracted to root exudates. Our overall goal was to identify nematode sensory compounds from root exudates and to use that information for reducing nematicide applications. We applied skills of the investigators to achieve three specific objectives: 1) Identify nematode behavioral cues (e.g., attractants or repellents) in root exudates; 2) Identify new natural nematicidal compounds; and 3) Combine a natural attractant and a nematicide into a nematode trap. Because saprophytic nematodes benefit plants by mineralizing organic matter, we sought compounds attractive primarily to parasitic nematodes. The project was constructed on several complementary foundations. First, data from Dr. Spiegel’s lab showed that under aseptic conditions Ditylenchus dipsaci, a parasite on onion, is attracted to certain fractions of onion root exudates. Second, PI Phillips had a sizeable collection of natural plant products he had identified from previous work on Rhizobium-legume interactions, which could be tested “off the shelf”. Third, Dr. Ferris had access to aseptic and natural populations of various saprophytic and parasitic nematodes. The project focused on five nematode species: D.dipsaci, Heterodera avenae, and Tylenchulussemipenetransat ARO, and Meloidogyne javanicand Caenorhabditis elegans at UCD. Ten pure plant compounds, mostly flavonoids, were tested on the various nematode species using six different assay systems. Results obtained with assorted test systems and by various scientists in the same test systems were essentially irreproducible. Many convincing, Many convincing, i.e. statistically significant, results in one system or with one investigator could not be repeated with other assays or different people. A recent report from others found that these compounds, plus another 30, were inactive as attractants in three additional parasitic nematode species (Wuyts et al. Nematology 8:89- 101, 2006). Assays designed to test the hypothesis that several compounds together are required to attract nematodes have thus far failed to find a reproducibly active combination. In contrast to results using pure plant compounds, complex unfractionated exudates from aseptic onion root reproducibly attracted D. dipsaci in both the ARO and UCD labs. Onion root exudate collection, separation into HPLC fractions, assays using D. dipsaci and MS-MS experiments proceeded collaboratively between ARO and UCD without any definitive identification of an active compound. The final active fraction contained two major molecules and traces of several other compounds. In the end, analytical studies were limited by the amount of onion root exudate and the complexity of the purification process. These tests showed that aseptic plant roots release attractant molecules, but whether nematodes influence that release, as insects trigger release of attractants from plants, is unknown. Related experiments showed that the saprophyte C. elegans stimulates its prey, Pseudomonas bacteria, to increase production of 2, 4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG) a compound that promotes amino acid exudation by plant roots. It is thus possible that saprophytic nematodes are attracted primarily to their bacterial or fungal prey and secondarily to effects of those microorganisms on root exudation. These observations offer promising avenues for understanding root-zone interactions, but no direct routes to controlling nematodes in agriculture were evident. Extracts from two plant sources, Chrysanthemum coronarium and Sequoia sempervirens, showed nematicidal activity at ARO and UCD, respectively. Attempts to purify an active compound from S. sempervirens failed, but preliminary results from C. coronarium are judged to form a potential basis for further work at ARO. These results highlight the problems of studying complex movement patterns in sentient organisms like nematodes and the issues associated with natural product isolation from complex mixtures. Those two difficulties combined with complications now associated with obtaining US visas, slowed and ultimately limited progress on this project. As a result, US investigators expended only 65% of the $207,400 originally planned for this project. The Israeli side of the project advanced more directly toward its scientific goals and lists its expenditures in the customary financial report.
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Choong, Yee-Yin, Mary Theofanos, and Hung-Kung Liu. United States Federal Employees' Password Management Behaviors � a Department of Commerce case study. National Institute of Standards and Technology, April 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/nist.ir.7991.

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Caffall, Dale S., and James B. Michael. Developing Highly Predictable System Behavior in Real-Time Battle-Management Software. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, September 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada417574.

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