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Kottakis, Ioannis A. "Public and private sector advanced materials strategies in the late 1990s as illustrated by the case of advanced metals and ceramics in Greece." Thesis, City University London, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300698.

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El, Mouallem Lara. "How might partner selection be improved by corporates to address material sustainability issues? : a case study of Northumbrian Water Ltd." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2017. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/36281/.

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This research explores how Northumbrian Water Ltd. (NWL), a UK private sector organization providing water supply and sewerage services, selects nonprofit organization (NPO) partners who contribute to addressing its material sustainability issues. The aim of this research is to provide a framework of partner selection for NWL and other businesses in the water industry who seek to address material sustainability issues through cross-sector (NPO-business) partnerships. There is limited research on how businesses should select NPO partners from an impact or value creation perspective. Moreover, systematc models of materiality analysis are rarely found in the literature. THE GRI is providing guidance on materiality analysis through practice-based standards, but systematic research into organizational practices is limited. NWL engages in a variety of strategic key partnerships which make it a suitable choice of case study for investigating the partner selection process. The study particularly examines how partnerships can generate impact on material sustainability issues, and how this prospective impact can be evaluated. Template analysis is used to interpret transcripts of semi-structured interviews and a focus group involving key informants from NWL and its NPO partners. The contribution to knowledge is established around the need for having both flexible/reactive/project-based and systematic/proactive/strategic approaches to partner selection while ensuring shared value co-creation. The study further highlights how materiality with respect to sustainability issues can be assessed both reactively and proactively from NWL's perspective, and how this assessment can better inform the partner selection process. Future research avenues can involve investigating the applicability of the partner selection framework resulting from this study to other businesses in the water industry.
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Niutanen, Ville. "Industrial ecosystem case studies : the potential of material and energy flow roundput in regional waste management /." Joensuu : Joensuun yliopisto, 2005. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0608/2005390556.html.

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Assiamah, Albert Kofi, Daniel Allotey, and Prince Kofi Hanson. "MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND ITS EFFECTS ON COST OF SUPPLIES : MATERIALS MANAGEMENT." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-795.

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Date: 2008-06-05

Course: Master Thesis in Business Administration, 15 ECTS credits. EF0704

Authors: Albert Kofi Assiamah Daniel Allotey Prince Kofi Hanson

Supervisor: Sigvard Herber

Title: Materials Management and its Effect on Cost of Supplies

Background: In most organizations within the country (Ghana), materials management has

been relegated to the background without any proper control. This means

that companies are investing heavily in materials than is necessary.

Problem: How can materials management minimize the cost of supplies in

Cocoa Processing Company of Ghana?

Purpose: The aim of this research is to illustrate how the application of

materials management concept can minimize the cost of supplies in Cocoa

Processing Company of Ghana.

Methods: With regards to primary data, interviews (face-to-face, telephone) and questionnaire

were used. Secondary data has been sourced through literature from the university

library and internet sources, qualitative design method was chosen over others

because of the nature of the research work.

Conclusion: Financially, materials (inventories) are very important to manufacturing companies and on the balance sheet they usually represent from twenty to sixty percent of total

assets. Therefore, if the application of the concept of materials management is accepted with well qualified personnel, it could lead to the minimization of cost. The function of a materials manager is to promote coordination and integration within the supply chain and the major benefits are assumed to be; reduction in interdepartmental conflicts, reduction of inventory levels, increased knowledge of total corporate operations and reduction of materials handling costs among others.

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Oh, Shih-Hao Steven 1977. "Case studies in project management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80170.

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Fijor, Thiago Frederic Albert. "O controle patrimonial como ferramenta de governança pública: o caso da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2014. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/1002.

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O objetivo geral deste estudo é analisar o controle patrimonial dos bens permanentes da UTFPR, em seus 13 campi, como uma ferramenta de Governança Pública. Como objetivos específicos, buscou-se: compreender os princípios da Administração Pública e os princípios da Governança Pública; descrever os procedimentos, as tecnologias e os recursos empregados no controle patrimonial da UTFPR; verificar o atendimento dos princípios da Governança Pública pelo controle patrimonial da UTFPR; e, por fim, propor soluções para o aperfeiçoamento da atividade de controle patrimonial na UTFPR com base nos princípios da prestação de contas e transparência da Governança Pública. Por serem destinados ao atendimento de um interesse coletivo, os recursos públicos devem ser administrados de forma a maximizar os benefícios à coletividade, observando os princípios da legalidade, impessoalidade, moralidade, publicidade e eficiência. Para que os atos administrativos não se afastem de tal liame foram instituídos os mecanismos de controle interno e externo. O controle patrimonial é um tipo de controle interno que permite a manutenção de informações atualizadas acerca dos bens públicos permanentes, tais como, as informações sobre a aquisição, responsável pela carga patrimonial e os registros de baixa patrimonial. Para o atendimento dos objetivos do estudo optou-se pela realização de uma pesquisa qualitativa, mediante a técnica do estudo de caso. Foram identificados 21 servidores responsáveis pelo controle patrimonial atuantes nos 13 campi da UTFPR. Ainda foram identificados três servidores que contribuem com a atividade de controle patrimonial. Foram empregados questionários, análise documental e a análise de artefatos tecnológicos. Como método de exame dos materiais coletados utilizou-se a análise de conteúdo. Ficou demonstrado que o controle patrimonial de bens permanentes da UTFPR não é, atualmente, uma ferramenta de Governança Pública, tendo em vista a inexistência de transparência no que tange ao controle patrimonial. Da mesma forma, o atendimento ao princípio da prestação de contas encontra-se prejudicado, pois não são disponibilizados dados analíticos acerca dos bens que compõem o patrimônio da UTFPR. Por outro lado, as informações disponibilizadas de maneira sintética nos relatórios de gestão não encontram lastro com a realidade, tendo em vista que os inventários patrimoniais não são realizados em alguns campi. Como forma de superar tais desafios propõe-se a realização de treinamentos, a elaboração de normas acerca do controle patrimonial, o estudo da possibilidade da adoção de novas tecnologias e a realização efetiva dos inventários nos campi.
The overall objective of this study is to analyze asset tracking of permanent property belonging to UTFPR, in all of its 13 campuses, as an Public Governance tool. The specific objectives were: to understand the principles of Public Administration and principles of Public Governance; describe the procedures, technologies and resources employed in asset tracking at UTFPR; attest that the principles of Public Governance through asset tracking at UTFPR have been observed; and lastly, propose solutions to improve the activity of asset tracking at UTFPR based on the principles of accountability and transparency of Public Governance. Because they are intended to meet a collective interest, public resources must be administered so as to maximize the benefits to the collectivity, abiding by the principles of legality, impersonality, morality, disclosure and efficiency. Internal and external control mechanisms have been implemented to prevent administrative acts from straying from this ideal. Asset tracking is a type of internal control that makes it possible to maintain updated information on permanent public assets, such as information on acquisition, asset record keeping and records on asset write-offs. To meet the objectives of the study, it was decided upon the qualitative research study method using the case study technique. A total of 21 servants were identified as responsible for asset tracking at the 13 UTFPR campuses. Another three servants were identified as contributing to the activity of asset tracking. The study used surveys, documental analysis, and analysis of technological devices. Content analysis was used as the method to examine collected materials. It was demonstrated that permanent asset tracking at UTFPR is currently not an efficient tool of Public Governance, considering the non-existence of transparency with regard to asset tracking. Likewise, the fulfillment of the principle of compliance has been compromised, as analytical data are not provided regarding the goods that comprise the assets of UTFPR. Moreover, the information provided in shortened format in management reports does not reflect reality, considering that inventories are not carried out in some campuses. In order to overcome these challenges, proposals include training, creation of norms regarding asset tracking, studies on the possibility of adopting new technologies, and effectively performing inventories in the campuses.
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Drury, Peter. "Information management and intelligence : NHS case studies." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1990. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/843534/.

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As a contribution to the social theory of organisations, this thesis develops a comprehensive conceptual framework for the analysis of "organisational intelligence". It is developed in the context of some of the empirical problems of information management in the NHS. The framework is based on an information processing perspective. It has a number of components, each of which may be used, individually or collectively by information and social analysts. Organisational intelligence is, therefore, a relative concept, being concerned in essence with assessments of contextually appropriate behaviour and/or information. Organisational intelligence focuses on and reflects how actors / organisations do knowledgework. A number of generic knowledgework processes are proposed, together with some associated pathologies. But the question for information management is how to develop the supporting knowledgebase component. The development of information products of, or for, intelligence is another component of the framework. All these processes and products need to be assessed in their historical, political and information-related contexts. Finally, attention is paid to assessments in the light of experience of the issues in question. The case studies are based on material gathered firstly while working as a District Information Officer in a Health Authority, and then as co-ordinator for the project determining the information requirements of the NHS after the 1991. These studies are supplemented by analyses of secondary material. After a series of case studies using the organisational intelligence framework to illustrate different aspects of the information management in the NHS during the 198 0s, there are two detailed local studies, and then one concerning national developments in information policy in the early 1980s, followed by an analysis of the information requirements of the NHS post-Review. Finally, the case study material is drawn together to illustrate some characteristics of the organisation of intelligence.
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The'berge, Marc W. "Three case studies of management information systems." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA238310.

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Thesis (M.S. in Information Systems)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1990.
Thesis Advisor(s): Haga, William J. Second Reader: Zviran, Moshe. "September 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on December 21, 2009. DTIC Identifier(s): Management Information Systems, Naval Operations, Data Bases, Instructional Materials, Decision Aids, Aviation Accidents, Antisubmarine Warfare, Naval Training, Local Area Networks, Theses. Author(s) subject terms: Case Studies, Database Management Systems, Local Area Networks, Decision Support. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.
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Bisulca, Christina. "Case Studies in Conservation Science." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/332904.

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The research presented in this dissertation covers three separate topics of conservation as defined by the National Science Foundation: 1) Materials Stabilization, Strengthening, Monitoring, and Repair; 2. Understanding Material Degradation and Aging; and 3) Materials and Structural Characterization of Cultural Heritage Objects (the `technical study'). The first topic is addressed through a study to assess the consolidant tetraethoxysilane for the stabilization of alum treated wood. Falling under materials degradation studies is a study published in American Museum Novitates to understand how environmental conditions affect the aging of fossil resins from five different deposits. Two separate studies are included in technical study of cultural heritage objects which comprises the third research area of materials characterization. The first is a survey of red dyes used in Chinese paintings from the Ming Dynasty to the Early Republic (1364-1911). The second is a study of the pigments, dyes and binders used in Hawaiian barkcloth (kapa) from the 19th century.
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McCracken, Janet Rae. "Phenomenographic instructional design : case studies in geological mapping and materials science." Thesis, Open University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270015.

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Nentrup, Randall. "Emergency Hazardous Materials Incidents: Case Studies for EPA Federal OnScene Coordinators." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1989. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8562.

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McCracken, Janet. "Phenomenographic instructional design : case studies in geological mapping and materials science." n.p, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/.

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Cetinkaya, Oguz Kagan. "Management Of Reservoir Sedimentation Case Studies From Turkey." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607016/index.pdf.

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Siltation is becoming a big problem as the dams get older all over the world. Conservation and sustainable management of existing reservoirs is gaining more importance than constructing new dams. In this study the program RESCON, which is outcome of a World Bank sponsored project, has been used to examine sediment removal strategies (flushing, hydrosuction sediment removal, dredging and trucking) for four dams of Turkey namely Ç
ubuk I Dam, Bayindir Dam, ivriz Dam and Borç
ka Dam. Sediment measurements are made by governmental agencies in Turkey. In this study characteristics of these measurements will be presented for the future sediment related studies. Then sediment removal strategies which were used in RESCON will be introduced. Evaluation of RESCON results have been made and compared with previous studies for verification except Borç
ka Dam, since it is under construction.
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Gazula, Mohan B. (Mohan Buvana). "Cyber warfare conflict analysis and case studies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112518.

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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, System Design and Management Program, 2017.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-100).
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." - Sun Tsu from "The Art of War" Believed to have lived between 770 and 476 B.C In the age of code wars, have our lives changed for the better? Are we any safer than the bloody wars or the cold wars from the past? Is there any more guarantee now in a cyber age than in a kinetic age involving human forces? These are the types of questions that have little answers due to the secret nature of the operation. State-sponsored activities are commonplace. Whenever there is involvement by a state, the stakes are higher, and loss of life can never be ruled out. The objective of this thesis was to research historical cyber-warfare incidents from the past to current and map the relevant cyber-warfare data in a well-known framework called CASCON, which is a history-based conflict analysis and decision-support system. The CASCON-based analysis for cyber incidents revealed a larger picture of the world we live in and how easily that world could change. The information contained in this thesis is not meant to be conclusive, but a study of state-sponsored cyber cases using MIT's CASCON to map and categorize information for future learning about conflicts involving states. It is the purpose of this thesis to (a) research historical cyber-warfare incidents and (b) map cyber-warfare incidents into a framework.
by Mohan B. Gazula.
S.M. in Engineering and Management
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Lee, Chun-shing Joseph, and 李鎮承. "The importance of project management in management contracting." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1987. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31262302.

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Lupele, Justin Kalaba. "Action research case studies of participatory materials development in two community contexts in Zambia." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003298.

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This research reports on two action research case studies of participatory materials development in two rural community contexts in Zambia, namely Chiawa and Nalusanga. It aims to explore and articulate the relationships between community-based environmental education and participatory materials development in the WWF Zambia Education Project context; clarify participatory materials development processes by identifying the roles of different ‘actors’ in these processes and identify and analyse the contextual and other factors that may influence development and use of environmental education materials in rural communities. These aims were explored by means of a number of action research cycles of inquiry in the two communities. The study also articulates the significance of considering ambivalent globalising influences such as international conferences, debates, overseas development aid, national policies and how these shape and influence materials development work in a local context. In order to gain more insight into the local contexts, I developed contextual profiles on the two communities. These capture the contextual factors that influenced the participatory materials development processes. They include issues such as language, ethnicity, literacy, power relations and the local social economy, amongst others. Although this study has been predominately guided by the socially critical orientation to research and education, I have drawn on aspects of other research orientations. I have also explored some of the emerging critiques of the socially critical orientation. The findings of this study reveal the different roles participants can play in participatory materials development; participatory materials development processes as a learning process; the dynamics of participation in an African context; the role of language and literacy in materials development; the need for open-ended process models of learning amongst adult learners and the importance of merging expert and local knowledge in participatory materials development. This study opens up possibilities for further exploration of participatory materials development processes within the WWF ZEP context and beyond.
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Jolmes, Maximilian [Verfasser]. "Crowdfunding : Historische Entwicklungslinien und Case Studies / Maximilian Jolmes." Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1233109472/34.

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Holm, Sanna. "Knowledge-Intensive Companies and Leadership - Two Empirical Case Studies." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-12665.

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The overall topics within the research are Human Capital and Leadership and my aim has been to examine two knowledge-intensive companies and scrutinize in what way these companies practise leadership. The purpose has among other things been to examine which challenges arises when manage/lead the employees within knowledge-intensive companies, how the knowledge-intensive companies can develop and retain their employees and which needs and requirements exists regarding leadership within these. The empirical data has been collected through interviews, both personal interviews and telephone interviews; therefore, I have interviewed one manager and seven employees from two knowledge-intensive companies. The companies which have been scrutinized are two knowledge-intensive companies; accordingly two case studies have been conducted. The thesis partly consists of two cases and these two companies will be presented within the appendix of the thesis. Besides, the introduction chapter, the methodology chapter, the chapter which is called the Frame of Reference and a conclusion chapter, a fourth chapter consists of the empirical study, analysis and renderings. The empirical study is presented in a flowing text connected with the analysis and renderings.   My aim has also been to study literature and theory regarding knowledge-intensive companies since knowledge-intensive companies constitute a major part of my study. Moreover, the organisational structure called adhocracy has been examined as Alvesson (1995) portray, that it is a characteristic of knowledge-intensive companies and which seems to play a big role for how leadership is executed within these. Knowledge Management, Human Resources Management, Human Capital Management, Talent Management and some criticism towards Talent Management are four concepts as well as one important part regarding critique towards one of the concepts that has been scrutinized. Why I have chosen to write about these concepts is because I think these are suitable for my study regarding knowledge-intensive companies and leadership. Another concept that has been examined is whether there is a new trend within leadership according to what some authors promote. I have examined the issue and I have made a comparison between my collected empirical material and the studied theory. A figure that I have used is the figure illustrated at page 18, by Alvesson (2000) and by implementing the figure a comprehension and illustration can be set forth based on where the examined knowledge-intensive companies turn out to be positioned.   A fifth chapter contains the conclusions and the empirical findings reveal that a knowledge-intensive company might encounter varying challenges as well as I state which leadership style is convenient within knowledge-intensive companies. The concepts of Knowledge Management, Human Resource Management, Human Capital Management and Talent Management are utilized within knowledge-intensive companies as the employees within these are rather autonomous. Social features as well as the outcome of knowledge-intensive companies are reflected, to sum up.            Knowledge-intensive companies are considerable in our society today as Seo et al. (2011) explain. Thus, I think it is crucial for potential leaders as today’s leaders and managers to gain an insight in what way leadership is practised within knowledge-intensive companies as these companies are composed of or made up by an immense part Human Capital. I, as well as many other people, hold competencies in the form of for example experiences and education and although these are valuable resources for a company, especially for a knowledge-intensive company, these companies can never own this kind of resources. This is consequently a fundamental issue within companies. Hence, my thesis aim is to support people with deep knowledge and interesting aspects regarding the research question, consequently I have endeavoured at creating a valuable thesis which can be of significance for me and for others. I want individuals to gain a deep knowledge and thereby enhance their knowledge about knowledge-intensive companies and leadership within these by reading my thesis, as I have.
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Hamilton, Sarah A. Braun. "Writing Chinuk Wawa: A Materials Development Case Study." PDXScholar, 2010. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2875.

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This study explored the development of new texts by fluent non-native speakers of Chinuk Wawa, an endangered indigenous contact language of the Pacific Northwest United States. The texts were developed as part of the language and culture program of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon for use in university-sponsored language classes. The collaborative process of developing 12 texts was explored through detailed revision analysis and interviews with the materials developers and other stakeholders. Fluent non-native speakers relied on collaboration, historical documentation, reference materials, grammatical models, and their own intuitions and cultural sensibilities to develop texts that would be both faithful to the speech of previous generations and effective for instruction. The texts studied were stories and cultural information developed through research-based composition, translation from interlinear and narrative English in ethnographic sources, and editing of transcribed oral narrative. The revision analysis identified points of discussion in the lexical development and grammatical standardization of the language. The preferred strategy for developing new vocabulary was use of language-internal resources such as compounding although borrowing and loan translation from other local Native languages were also sometimes considered appropriate. The multifunctionality of the lexicon and evidence of dialectal and idiolectal usage problematicized the description of an “ideal” language for pedagogical purposes. Concerns were also expressed about detailed grammatical modeling due to potential influence on non-native speaker intuitions and the non-utility of such models for revitalization goals. Decisions made in the process of developing texts contributed to the development of a written form of Chinuk Wawa that would honor and perpetuate the oral language while adapting it for the requirements of inscription. The repeated inclusion of discourse markers and the frequent removal of nominal reference brought final versions of texts closer to oral style, while inclusion of background information and the avoidance of shortened pronouns and auxiliaries customized the presentation for a reading audience. The results of this study comprise a sketch of one aspect of the daily work of language revitalization, in which non-native speakers shoulder responsibility for the growth of a language and its transfer to new generations of speakers.
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Brennan, Maire Caitriona Brighid. "Management and quality circles : case studies in direct participation." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23746.

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Waring, Alan Edward. "Management of change and information technology : three case studies." Thesis, University of Westminster, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385553.

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Lawrence, Francis Paul. "Crisis management : case studies from the Royal Ulster Constabulary." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.481479.

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Palmer, Laura Michelle. "Impacts of Stationarity Assumption in Floodplain Management: Case Studies." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1483386481824778.

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Fan, Shaokun. "Three Case Studies On Business Collaboration And Process Management." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/242374.

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The importance of collaboration has been recognized for more than 2000 years. While recent improvement in technology creates vast opportunities for collaboration, effective collaboration remains challenging as ad hoc teams work across time, geographical, language, and technical boundaries, and suffer from process inefficiency. My dissertation addresses part of these challenges by proposing theoretical frameworks for business collaboration and process management. Case study is used as a research strategy for this thesis and it consists of three studies. The first study proposes a process modeling framework to support efficient process model design via model transformation and validation. First, we divide process modeling into three layers and formally define three layers of workflow models. Then, we develop a procedure for transforming a conceptual process model into its corresponding logical process model. Third, we create a validation procedure that can validate whether the derived logical model is consistent with its original conceptual model. The second study proposes a framework for analyzing the relationship between interaction processes and collaboration efficiency in software issue resolution in open source community. We first develop an algorithm to identify frequent interaction process structures referred to as interaction process patterns. Then, we assess patterns' impact through a time-dependent Cox regression model. By applying the interaction process analysis framework to software issue resolution processes, we identify several patterns that are significantly correlated with collaboration efficiency. We further conduct a case study to validate the findings of pattern efficiency in software issue resolution. The third study addresses the issue of suitability of virtual collaboration. Virtual collaboration seems to work well for some cases, but not for others. We define collaboration virtualization as the suitability for a task to be conducted virtually and propose a Collaboration Virtualization Theory (CVT) to explain collaboration virtualization. Three categories (i.e., task, technology, and team) of constructs that determine the suitability of collaboration virtualization are derived from a systematic literature review of related areas. In summary, this dissertation addresses challenges in collaboration and process management, and we believe that our research will have important theoretical and practical impacts on the development of collaboration management systems.
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Jenkins, Charles T. "Management and management education in a less developed economy: the case of Malawi." Thesis, Aston University, 1985. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/12157/.

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Malawi is seen as a society in transition, and as a consequence, it is argued, Malawian managers face particular problems where traditional and Western values intersect. The role of the Polytechnic of Malawi as a provider of management education in this environment is thus problematical. The thesis begins with a description of the Malawian business environment in its geographical, historical, political, cultural, economic and institutional forms, and then goes on to examine the problems practising managers themselves feel they face, and attempts to explain these problems in terms of the environmental factors described, and the environmental changes taking place. It is concluded, from the analysis conducted, that the environmental features discussed interact in a complex way to make Malawian managers averse to exercising initiative and taking decisions. The question of what the Polytechnic can do to help overcome this aversion is addressed. The field research was conducted in Malawi in the seven months January to July, 1980, during which time 207 questionnaires were administered to junior and middle managers working in all sectors of the economy at levels equivalent to Polytechnic graduate entry. In addition, a number of senior managers (both Malawian and expatriate) were interviewed, a case study was conducted in a manufacturing organisation, and a second questionnaire was administered to all business students at the Polytechnic. Extensive use of official statistics was also made where appropriate.
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Kaluskar, Pranav. "Inventory management of packaging materials in a pharmaceutical warehouse a case study /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2008.

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Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Chung, Lui-pong Gavin, and 鍾呂傍. "A principal's views on school-based management: implications for school management in aided secondaryschool." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31960832.

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Godes, David Bradley. "Use of heterogeneous data sources : three case studies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61057.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1989.
Title as it appears in the M.I.T. Graduate List, June 1989: Integration of heterogeneous data sources--three case studies.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 159).
by David Bradley Godes.
M.S.
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Mitchell, James R. "Case studies of pastoral leadership in the church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Rice, Frank D. "Case studies of pastoral leadership in the church." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Kurnas, Martin. "Corporate Turnaround in SME - case studies from CEE." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-113809.

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The presented master thesis is intended to serve as a guide to the corporate turnarounds for small and medium enterprises. In the first part, the theoretical background related to corporate turnaround is outlined complemented with specific aspects of the CEE region and the Czech Republic. In the next part, a comprehensive turnaround framework based on theoretical research is developed. The final part presents a case study of a small Czech company that went through a turnaround and evaluates the company's turnaround actions from the perspective of suggested theoretical framework.
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Magotsi, Moses Robert. "A systemic rationale for integrated logistics/materials management : a case study of Romago engineering." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5515.

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Bibliography: leaves 109-113.
This thesis argues that this slow adoption has partially been due to an under conceptualisation of the theoretical rationale for such an adoption. Using a case study Romago Engineering, a company that was experiencing material supply problems, the thesis develops a theoretica foundation for such management through a conceptualisation of the firm as a system, whose behaviour and characteristics are a result of the interactions of its various sub-systems.
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Taylor, Stephen Adam. "Work and autonomy : case studies of clerical work." Thesis, Durham University, 1995. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1512/.

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Alonso, Elisa (Elisa Yun Han). "Material scarcity from the perspective of manufacturing firms : case studies of platinum and cobalt." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59210.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-216).
Many agree that materials availability, especially non-renewable materials, is an issue of global concern. However, the implications and strategy options for manufacturing firms are not obvious. Manufacturers select materials and make decisions by selecting materials with the best set of properties and price that can be used in products to satisfy customers, who mostly do not base their purchases on materials used. There may be additional motivations and directions for action for manufacturers if scarcity is examined from their perspective. A historical case study of the 1970's cobalt crisis was performed. The effects of cobalt scarcity and the responses taken by supply-chain firms downstream to primary producers were examined. In addition, a system dynamics simulation model of the platinum material system was built using historical data specific to the platinum market. The effects of platinum scarcity and the impact of pursuing recycling on manufacturer concerns were examined. It was shown that scarcity affected manufacturers through process disruptions and unexpected increases in expenditures. Recycling, substitution and dematerialization were actions taken or encouraged by firms in the manufacturing industry that reduced the impact of scarcity. These responses take time to implement, are not available to all and lead to permanent market changes. It was recommended that they be considered early and incorporated as strategies for firms facing increased scarcity. Multiple recycling scenarios were simulated. Recycling is a tactic already encouraged by manufacturers because it costs less than primary processing. The analysis, which specifically incorporate ore depletion and other materials availability constraints, demonstrate two added benefits to recycling. Recycling reduces future primary production costs in markets with inelastic demand and low discovery rates. Also, recycling is more responsive to price than primary production and stabilizes price in a market with rapidly growing demand and long delays for primary production expansion. In conclusion, manufacturing firms may not be adequately appreciating the benefits of recycling, dematerialization and materials substitution if they do not consider the effects of increasing scarcity. Moreover, because markets respond slowly to changes, manufacturers who can respond rapidly to increasing scarcity because they have a strategy in place can gain a competitive advantage.
by Elisa Alonso.
Ph.D.
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Pone, Dorian. "Performance Management Systems in Albanian Mobile Operators - Two Case Studies." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-102729.

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This thesis explores the components of the MCSs in use by two Albanian Mobile Operators AMC and Eagle. The methodology used is that of multiple case studies; the study is interpretative, analyzing qualitative data, and has an inductive approach. There are three MCS frameworks used the Object of Control (Merchant and Van der Stede 2007), Control Package (Malmi and Brown 2008) and Performance Management Systems (Otley and Ferreira 2009). The empirical findings were gathered by using semi-structured interviews. Both managerial and non-managerial staff were interviewed according to their areas of expertise in MCSs. The findings suggest that the MCSs used by the two operators are highly structured as per the three frameworks, that AMC does not use any well known model (such as BSC, Tableau de Bord, Performance Prism etc.), whereas Eagle uses a customized BSC, and that the strategies of each of the companies are translated into action through the respective MCSs.
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Roth, Heike Dagmar. "Neighborhood traffic management and community livability : three Vancouver case studies." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26603.

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The study investigates the effectiveness of neighborhood traffic management in achieving a balance between two carpeting objectives: accessibility and community livability. Its role in creating environmental areas, defining environmental capacities and providing an arterial network is studied, as is the relationship between traffic and land use. The importance of an efficient transportation system and livable residential areas, combined with the increasing use of neighborhood traffic management suggests that the effectiveness of neighborhood traffic management planning in addressing neighborhood livability issues and its effects on the transportation system are important urban concerns. Three Vancouver neighborhoods with neighborhood traffic management plans implemented between 1979 - 1982, Shaughnessy, Vancouver Heights and the West End, serve as case studies. The effectiveness of the neighborhood traffic management planning process in addressing neighborhood concerns is measured by determining the perceptions of the group advocating the plan with respect to the process and the plan, and by determining how well this group represents the neighborhood. Indicators of representativeness used include: descriptive, substantive, geographic and process. Determining the effectiveness of the neighborhood traffic management plans in reducing traffic volumes within the neighborhoods is achieved by analysis of before and after traffic counts. With regard to the effects of the implemented plan on the transportation system, the study looks at traffic volumes at nearby arterial intersections and the presence of arterial improvements made in conjunction with the neighborhood traffic management plan. The study findings indicate that the group advocating the neighborhood traffic management plan is representative of the area and that the planning process identifies and responds to the concerns of the area residents. However, the implementation of the neighborhood traffic plans falls short of meeting residents' needs, due to the design of the devices or the timing of the implementation. The study findings on the effects of the plan on the transportation system are not conclusive, but suggest no major impacts. The study concludes that the neighborhood traffic management planning process should be improved by formalizing the role of neighborhood traffic planning, thereby giving legitimacy to both citizen participation and the plans produced. In addition, the adoption of an environmental area:policy emphasizing the protection of residential neighborhoods will ensure that plans are implemented as intended. The study also concludes that an optimal balance between efficiency of the transportation system and environmental quality can only be achieved by the integration of neighborhood traffic management planning, transportation planning, and land use planning.
Applied Science, Faculty of
Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
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Vassiliadis, Stefanos. "Knowledge networks in management consultancies : case studies of Hellenic firms /." Bamberg : Difo-Druck, 2002. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/356747573.pdf.

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Wang, Lin, and Maja Åkerlund. "Scania bus operations and supply chain management - two case studies." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-230995.

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With its core competence on bus chassis, Scania determined in the mid-2000s to co-produce coach products with two external bus body manufacturers, Lahden Autokori and Higer. However, after a decade’s cooperation, well-functioning work processes were not established and problems still existed. With this study, problems within Scania’s operations system and Scania’s supply chain management strategies towards these two partners have been identified and illustrated, by applying an abductive research method. With this study it has been evidenced that Scania’s bus operations management is affiliated with truck and the truck operations system does not fit the request from the collaborations with Lahden Autokori and Higer. Moreover, it has also been shown that even though the relationship with these two partners is by nature long-term, Scania’s attitude has been characterized by short-term thinking. This ambiguous supply chain management strategy has been causing problems. Furthermore, aside from problems within operations system and supply chain management, the third studied area is organizational identity. Due to the fact that some organizational identity issues caused by reorganization have largely influenced both of the collaborations, the formation of these identity issues as well as the impacts on the cooperation has been studied. Finally, some recommendations for improvements have been made based on the findings of this study.
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Jidskog, Anton. "Participatory Management in Unequal Societies : The case of Integrated Water Resource Management in South Africa." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-413120.

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Janicka, Jana, and Stephanie Strydom. "Benefits of Centralized Materials Management: A Case Study in the Direct Selling Industry." Thesis, KTH, Tillämpad maskinteknik (KTH Södertälje), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-124272.

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Chmielewski, Matthew D. "Successful Corporate Art Collections: Two Case Studies." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1270923865.

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Sewell, Martha H. "The organizational change process analysis through two case studies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/15324.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1985.
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Bibliography: leaves 149-155.
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Chan, Kam-man, and 陳錦文. "A study of the quality of classroom management strategies." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1992. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3195604X.

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Austin, Lamar D. "Case studies of pastoral leadership in the church, #24." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Aziz, Azmin Azliza. "Routing problems : theoretical analysis and case studies of Coventry City Council." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2012. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/53646/.

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The Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a special case of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) which concerns with finding a tour from one city to another in such a way that each city is visited exactly once and the total travel length is minimal. The literature has established that, thus far, studies that consider both practical and theoretical aspects of routing problems have received relatively little attention from the researchers and practitioners. This thesis aims to bridge a gap between the two aspects by exploring two case studies of Coventry City Council (CCC), namely the Meals Delivery and Incontinence Laundry services as well as investigating the robustness of the routing plan by exploiting relevant theoretical concepts of TSP. The Meals Delivery service was modelled as the multiple TSP with time windows (m-TSPTW) and optimized using Trapeze® PASS with regard to the objective of identifying possible improvement for the current practice. Several alternative optimization scenarios were proposed by varying the delivery time windows and number of vehicles in searching for the solutions that minimize the total distance travelled by the vehicles. Experimental results revealed that huge savings could be obtained by employing the commercial, off-the-shelf software package in the scheduling exercise. The Incontinence Laundry (IL) service was modelled as the Periodic TSP with Simultaneous Pick-up and Delivery (PTSPSPD). The problem is unique in the sense that it involves clients with multiple visits. The study aims to improve the current routing scheme by rescheduling this service using alternative approaches, namely Trapeze® PASS, Microsoft® MapPoint 2009 and Decision Support System (DSS), with the objective of minimizing the total distance travelled. In each approach, the problem was solved in two stages, specifically without and with the insertion of a break event in the middle of the daily trip while considering the balancing of demands. Unlike Trapeze and MapPoint, the DSS approach scheduled the clients on a weekly basis, hence implying that the resulting DSS routes could correspond to any service days. Due to this reason, a further analysis was proposed to allocate the routes into relevant days by formulating the problem as the assignment and transportation problems and solving it using Microsoft® Excel Solver. Experimental results revealed that DSS offers significant mileage reductions for the IL routes by 52.4% and 41.6% for solutions without and with break insertion, respectively, as compared to manual implementation. This thesis also explores the TSP from the theoretical perspective. In particular, the robustness of the TSP routes is investigated by recognizing the special combinatorial structures of Kalmanson and Burkard matrices. A recognition algorithm encompassing four procedures, namely combinatorial-based Kalmanson, combinatorial-based Burkard and two approaches of LP-based Kalmanson was developed and executed on a number of randomly generated instances. These procedures produce four lower bounds which provide guarantees on the quality of the solutions. Computational experiments have shown that the proposed LP-based procedure performs consistently well across all problem dimensions and provides the best lower bounds to the TSP solutions. This is supported by an average deviation of less than 7% between the TSP tour lengths and the lower bounds. Furthermore, the study also recognizes the cases of permuted Kalmanson matrices in the distance matrices of TSP in order to suggest a reasonable characterization of robust tours. The algorithm was developed based on relaxed Kalmanson condition and executed on the TSP instances with data distributed across several regions as well as data clustered within a region. Our observation demonstrates that the within-region and cross-region cases are more likely to form a tree and convex structures, respectively. Also, the former is more likely to possess Kalmanson permutations which guarantee the existence of master tours as compared to the latter. In addition to the above, this study has successfully improved the time complexity of the Burkard algorithm from O(n5) to O(n4).
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Parasuraman, Balakrishnan. "An examination of employee participation in the private sector Malaysian case studies /." Access electronically, 2007. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/20.

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Huotari, Maiija-Leena. "Information management and competitive advantage : a case study approach." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319480.

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Huang, Yu-Hui. "Crisis management : a case study of China Airlines' 1998 crash in Taiwan." Virtual Press, 2002. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1231402.

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The researcher conducted a case study analysis of China Airlines' crisis management during its 1998 crash in Taiwan, the worst in the airport's history.The researcher looked for evidence of Gonzalez-Herrero and Pratt's crisis theory in China Airlines' crisis management by identifying the following parts of the theory: issue management, planning prevention, the crisis, and the post-crisis.The researcher sought to suggest the use of Gonzalez-Herrero and Pratt's crisis theory in the formative research of China Airlines crisis management and to help public relations planners in the airline industry understand how crisis management incorporating Gonzalez-Herrero and Pratt's crisis theory could be presented and disseminated.Procedures began with collection of facts and interviews with the key public relations personnel of China Airlines. Next, the researcher applied Gonzalez-Herrero and Pratt's crisis theory to the China Airlines case for analysis. In addition, by viewing the other two airlines crash cases, this study provided a comparison of their crisis management strategies.The researcher followed Miles and Huberman's (1994) guidelines for addressing reliability and validity.Recommendations for improving China air's crisis management would be to use issue management, planning prevention, the crisis, and the post-crisis, the four steps of Gonzalez-Herrero and Pratt's crisis theory, for managing crises. The researcher also recommends periodical internal drills for different crises, and establishment of organizational legitimacy and authority.Limitations of the study included the legitimacy of qualitative research, that the study included the legitimacy of qualitative research, thus the study may not be considered a case study in the strictest sense, and that crisis management did not intentionally incorporate the process of Gonzalez-Herrero and Pratt's crisis theory in China Airlines' crisis management because of the company's culture issue.Further research on the China Airlines' crisis management should be conducted to evaluate its effectiveness and the culture issue.
Department of Journalism
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Chen, Andrew Chinshun. "A product lifecycle framework for environmental management and policy analysis : case study of automobile recycling." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38089.

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Mabuku, Robert Nalisa. "Democratic leadership and management practices in a rural Namibian secondary school." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003370.

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The primary purpose of this research was to investigate the understanding and implementation of democratic leadership and management in schools by school managers and other members of the school community in leadership and management roles as advocated by the policy of Education for all. The study also aimed at identifying any gaps in the understanding and practice of the participants in order to enhance democratic leadership and management in schools. Qualitative research using the interpretive approach was the methodology employed in order to fulfill the intention of the study, namely to investigate the participants` experiences and understanding of democratic education leadership and management. The case study method was appropriate to understand the meanings the participants attached to their practice in their natural setting. Data were collected by using semi-structured interviews, document analysis, and observation. The sample for the study consisted of ten participants: the principal, the head of department, two School Board members, two senior teachers, two Learner Representative Council members and two class captains. The findings suggest that the participants understood and practised democratic ELM in terms of broader participation, open communication, delegation for empowerment, learning organisation, shared decision-making, shared leadership and teamwork. However, the data suggest areas of concern in the participants` understanding and implementation of the policy which could be strengthened to entrench the policy. The study recommends that education policy makers, education managers, school managers, teachers, parents and learners all work towards improving democratic ELM in schools. In order to achieve this objective, policy makers are urged to avoid ambiguity to enable all implementers to fully understand policies. Education managers could ensure school-wide training on the policy while school managers and other stakeholders should engage in self-reflection and introspection and be more proactive towards improving their own understanding and practice.
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