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SaÌnchez, Brigido Rodrigo E. "Groups, rules and legal practice." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.439314.
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Wood, Timothy J. "On the rules-to-episodes transition in classification : generalization of similarity and rules with practice /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0001/NQ42888.pdf.
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André, Malin. "Rules of Thumb and Management of Common Infections in General Practice." Doctoral thesis, Linköping University, Linköping University, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5183.
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This thesis deals with problem solving of general practitioners (GPs), which is explored with different methods and from different perspectives. The general aim was to explore and describe rules of thumb and to analyse the management of respiratory and urinary tract infections (RTI and UTI) in general practice in Sweden. The results are based upon focus group interviews concerning rules of thumb and a prospective diagnosis-prescription study concerning the management of patients allocated a diagnosis of RTI or UTI. In addition unpublished data are given from structured telephone interviews concerning specific rules of thumb in acute sinusitis and prevailing cough.
GPs were able to verbalize their rules of thumb, which could be called tacit knowledge. A specific set of rules of thumb was used for rapid assessment when emergency and psychosocial problems were identified. Somatic problems seemed to be the expected, normal state. In the further consultation the rules of thumb seemed to be used in an act of balance between the individual and the general perspective. There was considerable variation between the rules of thumb of different GPs for patients with acute sinusitis and prevailing cough. In their rules of thumb the GPs seemed to integrate their medical knowledge and practical experience of the consultation. A high number of near-patient antigen tests to probe Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A tests) and C-reactive protein (CRP) tests were performed in patients, where testing was not recommended. There was only a slight decrease in antibiotic prescribing in patients allocated a diagnosis of RTI examined with CRP in comparison with patients not tested. In general, the GPs in Sweden adhered to current guidelines for antibiotic prescribing. Phenoxymethylpenicillin (PcV) was the preferred antibiotic for most patients allocated a diagnosis of respiratory tract infection.
In conclusion, the use of rules of thumb might explain why current practices prevail in spite of educational efforts. One way to change practice could be to identify and evaluate rules of thumb used by GPs and disseminate well adapted rules. The use of diagnostic tests in patients with infectious illnesses in general practice needs critical appraisal before introduction as well as continuing surveillance. The use of rules of thumb by GPs might be one explanation for variation in practice and irrational prescribing of antibiotics in patients with infectious conditions.
On the day of the public defence the status of the articles IV and V was: Accepted.
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André, Malin. "Rules of thumb and management of common infections in general practice /." Linköping : Univ, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5183.
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Naidu, Vahini. "Rules of origin for services in economic integration agreements : a case study of SADC." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20119.
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The origin of services is increasingly relevant against the backdrop of technological innovation and global value chains. Rules of origin for trade in services are especially important in Economic Integration Agreements, which are proliferating in response to the changes in global trade and production. The Southern African Development Community commenced the Protocol on Trade in Services negotiations in April 2012 with the objective of creating an integrated regional market for services. This study examines the current and dominant approaches to the formulation of rules of origin for trade in services in twenty five (25) Economic Integration Agreements with the purpose of making recommendations, to develop further, the definition of "substantial business operations" for the SADC Protocol on Trade in Services. It concludes, first, that the type best suited for SADC is a rule of origin designed to address broader socio-economic goals in the region. Second, the criteria used to define substantial business operations in the Mainland-Hong Kong, China CEPA provides a basis which SADC can consider as a key determinant of origin, in order to prevent free-riders from benefiting from the trade preferences under the SADC Protocol on Trade in Services. Lastly, the effectiveness of rules of origin will depend on domestic regulation and regional monitoring, evaluation and enforcement mechanisms to support and regulate investments in the services sectors.
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Gray, Joanne Elizabeth. "Google rules: an analysis of Google’s influence on copyright law and practice." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2018. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/8f38181fc9bafc3f0416e2b1de1febdc32838c23e7946325406f7c5b89c5d35a/4007628/GRAY_2018_EMBARGO_3YRS_Google_rules_an_analysis_of_Google_s.pdf.
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This thesis explores Google’s copyright agenda and the political, legal and private processes through which Google has sought its implementation. This is the first comprehensive documentation of Google’s influence on copyright, drawing together evidence from multiple jurisdictions and spanning several years. This thesis is also significant for its insights into the current dynamics of digital copyright rule-making and enforcement and the distribution of power in the digital environment. Indeed, this thesis is a contribution to a larger conversation about a new generation of monopolistic companies, born from the technological developments of the digital age, and the social, political and economic influence they have acquired in contemporary society. The thesis concludes by enumerating strategies for addressing critical problems produced by concentrated private power in the digital environment; in particular, strategies aimed at ensuring digital copyright functions in the interest of a broad range of stakeholders.
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Roguski, Derek. "Language, before our eyes practice, rules, & meaning in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations /." Tallahassee, Fla. : Florida State University, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/lib/digcoll/undergraduate/honors-theses/341772.
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Griffiths-Baker, Janine Elizabeth. "Conflicts of interest, fiduciary duties and regulatory rules : the problems of modern legal practice." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/f3ce9fd3-a953-469a-a61d-e5074b74c830.
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Steiner, Hrafn. "Cyber operations, legal rules and state practice : authority and control in international humanitarian law." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-142944.
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Sethi, Nayha. "Remaining rooted whilst branching out : an investigation of rules and principles in decision-making." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22043.
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Against the backdrop of health research regulation, this work engages in an exploration of, and offers suggestions towards, how the decision maker can negotiate the complex path of the difficult decision. It is argued that whilst rules and principles are heavily relied upon in order to determine what to do, this reliance takes place without adequate reflection of the different ways in which we seek to rely upon these decision-making aids. What is most often the topic of analysis is the content which rules and principles carry rather than consideration of the different functions which each can fulfil or their (un)suitability in helping the decision maker. Before we consider which principles or rules should inform our decisions, we need to understand why we are using rules and principles. It follows that in order to understand why we might use rules and principles, we must understand how rules and principles can actually help us to reach decisions. Through the development and refinement of a conceptual tree, this thesis sheds light on the how and the why, in order to help decision makers determine the which. Through the metaphor of a continuum, additional insights are offered on the interrelationships that might co-exist between rules and principles. This thesis begins by offering an analysis of pre-existing understandings of rules and principles from legal theory and bioethics literatures. Additionally, I consider the implications of principle-centric and rule-centric approaches to decision-making. Through the overarching metaphor of a tree, a conceptualisation of best practice instantiations, which represent a helpful middle-ground between rules and principles is also offered. This can provide significant practical support to the decision maker in navigating the path of the difficult decision.
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Ormeño, Pérez Rodrigo Andres. "The tax policy-making process in practice : a field study in Chile." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18830.
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The purpose of this research project is to examine the technical, political, social, organisational and cultural ‘practices’ of tax policy making in order to gain an in-depth understanding of certain tax rules in the Chilean context. Consistent with a qualitative interpretivist approach, this study is informed by documents and three phases of face-to-face interviews with a range of actors engaged in the process of (re)making tax regulation. Through the views of a wide spectrum of participants, including policy makers (broadly defined), tax administrators, academics, tax practitioners and taxpayers, theoretical concepts were inductively developed. These concepts were combined with related tax policy literature and Bourdieusian concepts to construct a theoretical/conceptual framework which was later applied in interpreting the findings. The findings reveal how an élite group of agents forms a social space connected with the field of power. In this space, these agents define tax policy, draft legislation and budget for economic effects. This thesis illustrates how these agents mobilise different forms of capital from their respective fields in order to reach and access this social space. Transfer pricing processes highlight the fluidity of these spaces, allowing the access and influence of external forces. The research also shows that other stages are more distant from the field of power. The findings suggest the importance of tax knowledge and information in the development of tax regulation. Tax knowledge and information become a capital at stake which agents struggle to acquire. Empirical data show that the amount of tax knowledge and information in the space relating to the field of power is connected with the content and robustness of the transfer pricing rules under analysis. This research also suggests a high concentration of transfer pricing tax knowledge in very few agents across the bureaucratic, professional services and corporate/business fields. This research also shows the influence of social capital in the tax policy-making field. The findings show that bureaucrats and politicians consult with those connected with them who are subjects of trust. In the particularities of transfer pricing, the findings illustrate the importance of social capital in defining the content of tax rules. Finally, the study also shows how domination and two forms of violence are present and exercised across the tax policy-making field. This is one of only a few studies that have examined the practice of tax policy making holistically, from the very early stages to the application of the rules in practice, broadly contributing in this respect to the tax policy strand of literature. In contrast to previous descriptive and partial studies, this study captures the views of actors responsible for making tax rules. It also contributes to theory development by translating Bourdieusian tools to analyse tax policy making.
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Radebe, Bhekisizwe Abram. "Managing the processing of bills in the parliament of the Republic of South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/10350.
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The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the legislative process in the South African Parliament, especially the processing of bills. The study was confined to bills processed by the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry which is within, and what is known as the Economic Cluster of portfolio committees of Parliament. The main problem was to determine whether the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is efficiently and effectively managing the processing of the bills tabled before it. A sub-problem was to determine how it can be assured that the bills passed by Parliament are of the highest standard. A second sub-problem was to try to find a balance between private bills and those introduced by the various ministries. A third sub-problem was to determine the influence of the lobby groups have on the rocessing and passing of bills in the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. The research methodology includes a literature review, a questionnaire survey, face-to-face interviews with parliament management and a comparative study. After analysing the data collected, conclusions were drawn and recommendations made. Although the research was not comprehensive, the results should assist the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa to improve the processing of bills, thereby improving the legislative process.
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Wong, Chi Kin. "Using Markowitz portfolio theory to combine technical trading rules in the Hong Kong stock market." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2002. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/433.
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van, der Merwe Zerlinda. "Constitutionality of the rules governing sectional title schemes." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5342.
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Thesis (LLM (Public Law))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.Bibliography
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Various types of rules govern many areas of life in a sectional title scheme. The Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986 prescribes model management and conduct rules in its regulations. Other non-prescribed rules are adopted by either the developers initially or later by the trustees of the body corporate. These rules provide for the control, management, administration, use and enjoyment of the sections and the common property in the scheme. Sectional owners and other occupiers have the entitlements of use and enjoyment of their individual sections and their share in the common property of the sectional title scheme, in proportion to their participation quota. These entitlements are restricted by the rules in operation within the scheme. Although these rules limit the entitlements of sectional owners and other occupiers in the interest of the sectional title community, they may not be unreasonable in their application and effect. In some instances, the application of the rules might exceed the bounds of reasonableness and result in unfair discrimination, arbitrary deprivation, unfair administrative action or restrictions on access to courts for dispute resolution. If certain rules are unreasonable in their application, based on one or more of the abovementioned grounds, the court must interpret the potentially impermissible rules and if the court cannot avoid a declaration of invalidity by implementing a constitutional remedy such as reading-up, reading-down, reading-in or severance, these impermissible rules will need to be substituted, amended or repealed and replaced because they are potentially unconstitutional and invalid. After a statutory and constitutional enquiry into the nature, scope, application, operation and effect of the rules governing sectional title schemes, it can be concluded that the various types of rules governing sectional title schemes restrict and limit sectional owners’ and occupiers’ entitlements of use and enjoyment of their individual sections and share in the common property. However, after being tested against section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 and other non-property rights entrenched in the Bill of Rights, to determine if the rules are reasonable in their application and constitutionally permissible, it can be seen that the application of the rules do not necessarily amount to arbitrary deprivations of property and that they can be justified in terms of the Constitution because there is sufficient reasons for the particular regulations and they are procedurally fair. The various different types of rules governing sectional title schemes serve as reasonable regulations in as far as they contribute to a harmonious relationship between the trustees of the body corporate and the sectional owners and occupiers as members of the body corporate as well as between the members of the body corporate inter se. The rules serve an important function in this regard. Therefore, they are considered reasonable and constitutionally valid in as far as they do not enforce excessive regulation and as long as they are equally applicable and do not unfairly differentiate in their application.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Verskeie tipes reëls reguleer alledaagse aangeleenthede in ‘n deeltitelskema. Die Wet op Deeltitels 95 van 1986 maak voorsiening vir voorgeskrewe bestuurs- en gedragsreëls in die regulasies. Die ontwikkelaars of die trustees van die regspersoon kan aanvanklik met die stigting van die skema of op ‘n latere stadium addisionele reëls byvoeg wat nie alreeds deur die Wet voorgeskryf is nie. Die reëls maak voorsiening vir die beheer, bestuur, administrasie, gebruik en genot van die eenheid en die gemeenskaplike eiendom in die skema. Die deeleienaars van deeltitelskemas en ander okkupeerders van die skema is geregtig om hulle individuele eenhede sowel as die gemeenskaplike eiendom, in ooreenstemming met hulle deelnemingskwota, te gebruik en geniet; en dit vorm deel van hul inhoudsbevoegdhede. Hierdie inhoudsbevoegdhede word beperk deur die skema se reëls. Afgesien daarvan dat die reëls die deeleienaar en ander okkupeerders se inhoudsbevoegdhede beperk in die belang van die deeltitelgemeenskap, mag die reëls nie onredelik wees in die toepassing daarvan nie. In sommige gevalle kan die toepassing van die reëls die perke van redelikheid oorskry en neerkom op ongeregverdigde diskriminasie, arbitrêre ontneming, ongeregverdigde administratiewe handeling of ‘n beperking plaas op toegang tot die howe met die oog op dispuutoplossing. Indien daar bevind word dat sekere reëls onredelik is in die toepassing daarvan op grond van een of meer van die voorafgemelde gronde, moet die hof artikel 39 van die Grondwet volg en die reël interpreteer om ‘n deklarasie van ongeldigheid te vermy. As die hof dit nie kan vermy deur middel van konstitutusionele remedies soos “op-lesing”, “af-lesing”, “afskeiding” of “in-lesing” nie, sal die reëls gewysig of geskrap en vervang moet word, anders sal die reël ongrondwetlik wees en ongeldig verklaar word. Na afloop van ‘n statutêre en konstitusionele ondersoek ten opsigte van die aard, omvang, toepassing, werking en effek van die reëls wat deeltitelskemas reguleer word daar bevind dat die verskeie tipes reëls wat ‘n deeltitelskema reguleer ‘n beperking plaas op die inhousdbevoegdhede van deeltiteleienaars en ander okkupeerders wat betref die reg om die eenheid sowel as die gemeenskaplike eiendom te gebruik en geniet. Ten einde te bepaal of die reëls redelik in die toepassing daarvan sowel as grondwetlik toelaatbaar is, word dit getoets in terme van artikel 25 van die Grondwet van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika 1996 en ander regte in die Handves van Regte. Daar word bevind dat die toepassing van die reëls nie noodwendig ‘n arbitrêre ontneming van eiendom is nie en dat dit geregverdig kan word in terme van die Grondwet omdat daar voldoende redes vir die spesifieke regulasies is en omdat dat hulle prosedureel billik is. Die verskeie tipes reëls wat ‘n deeltitelskema reguleer dien as redelike regulasies sover dit bydra tot ‘n harmonieuse verhouding tussen die trustees van die regspersoon, die deeltiteleienaars en die okkupeerders as lede van die regspersoon sowel as tussen die lede van die regspersoon inter se. Die reëls het ‘n belangrike funksie in hierdie verband. Die reëls word geag redelik en grondwetlik geldig te wees sover dit nie buitensporige regulasies afdwing nie, gelyk toegepas word en daar nie ongeregverdig gedifferensieer word in die toepassing daarvan nie.
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McKenzie, I. K. "Regulating custodial interviews : The effect of legislation and formal rules on the practice and process of police interrogation." Thesis, University of Bath, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.235310.
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Thornberg, Robert. "Värdepedagogik i skolans vardag : Interaktivt regelarbete mellan lärare och elever." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Avdelningen för pedagogik i utbildning och skola (PiUS), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-6257.
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The aim of this study is to explore values education as it takes place in everyday interactions between teachers and students. Focus has been on rule practice between teachers and students, which has been interpreted during the research process as the most salient phenomenon in the practice of values education. The study is based on fieldwork in two schools. Two kindergarten-classes, two classes in grade 2, and two classes in grade 5 – in sum, 141 students and 13 teachers – participated. The analysis was accomplished by means of procedures influenced by Grounded Theory. According to the results, teachers’ practice of values education is primarily manifested in everyday teacher-student–interactive rule practice, which refers to all aspects of everyday activity by which participants construct, maintain, mediate, and negotiate rules for and in everyday interaction. A significant part of values education is unplanned and reactive, embedded in everyday life of school with a focus on students’ behaviour, and mostly or partly unconscious. The analysis of the rules in the two schools resulted in five rule categories: relational rules, structuring rules, protecting rules, ersonal rules, and etiquette rules. The meaning of the rule system is to construct order in school and to foster the students in a moral sense by mediating a construction of the desirable student: the benevolent fellow-buddy and the wellbehaved student. According to the findings, four main intervention strategies are used by the teachers within the everyday rule practice: assertion, explanation, negotiation, and preparation. Students meaningmaking of rules vary across the rule-categories. Furthermore, the meanings students make of the rules affect how they value the rules. Relational rules are seen as the most important rules. Many protecting rules and structuring rules are also valued as important. In contrast to these rules, tiquette rules are valued as least important or unnecessary, which, at least in part, could be explained by the students’ problem in making meaning of these rules. To perceive a reasonable and trustworthy meaning behind a rule seems to be a significant part in students’ rule acceptance. Furthermore, students reflect on and judge their school rules and their teachers’ performance in rule practice. Perceptions of injustice, inconsistencies, nonsense, or deceptiveness in relation to rules or teacher behaviour, evoke critique among students, even if students seldom or never articulate their arguments in front of the teachers. The results are discussed in relation to other research and theories such as social constructivism, domain theory, and symbolic interactionism.Syftet med denna studie är att utforska den värdepedagogik som äger rum i de vardagliga interaktionerna mellan lärare och elever i skolan. Fokus har riktats mot det som under forskningsarbetets gång har växt fram och som framstår som det mest framträdande i den vardagliga värdepedagogiska praktiken: regelarbetet mellan lärare och elever. En fältstudie har genomförts på två skolor. Två förskoleklasser, två klasser i år 2 och två klasser i år 5 – sammanlagt 13 lärare och 141 elever – har deltagit i studien. Analysen genomfördes genom procedurer inspirerade av Grounded Theory. Enligt resultatet kommer lärares värdepedagogik främst till uttryck genom ett vardagligt lärarelev–interaktivt regelarbete, vilket avser alla aspekter av den vardagliga praktiken genom vilka deltagare konstruerar, upprätthåller, medierar och förhandlar om regler i och för det vardagliga samspelet. En stor del av värdepedagogiken är oplanerad och reaktiv, delvis eller i stor utsträckning oreflekterad eller omedveten samt inbäddad i skolans vardag med ett fokus på elevernas beteende. Analysen av regler i de två skolorna har resulterat i fem regelkategorier: relationella regler, strukturerande regler, skyddande regler, personella regler och etikettsregler. Regelsystemets mening är att skapa ordning i skolan och att fostra eleverna genom att mediera konstruktionen av den önskvärda eleven: den välviljande medkamraten och den skötsamma eleven. Enligt resultatet använder lärare fyra interventionsstrategier i det vardagliga regelarbetet: påtryckning, förklaring, förhandling och preparering. Elevernas meningsskapande av regler varierar mellan olika regelkategorier och detta tycks även påverka deras värdesättande av regler. Relationella regler värderas som de viktigaste reglerna. Flera skyddande regler och strukturerande regler värderas som viktiga. Till skillnad från dessa regler värderas etikettsreglerna i regel som minst viktiga eller helt onödiga, vilket åtminstone delvis kan förklaras av elevernas svårigheter i att skapa mening med dessa regler. Att uppfatta en resonabel och trovärdig mening bakom en regel tycks vara en betydelsefull del i elevers regelacceptans. Flera elever reflekterar över och bedömer sina skolregler och sina lärares insatser i regelarbetet. Upplevelser av orättvisa, inkonsistenser, onödigheter eller lögn i relation till regler eller lärares beteenden väcker kritik bland elever, även om eleverna sällan eller aldrig verbaliserar sina argument inför lärarna. Resultaten diskuteras i ljuset av annan forskning om skolans moraliska praktik och elevers meningsskapande av detta samt teorier som socialkonstruktivism, domänteori och symbolisk interaktionism.
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Hedlund, Erik. "Yrkesofficersutbildning, yrkeskunnande och legitimitet : En studie av yrkesofficersprogrammet i spänningsfältet mellan förändring och tradition." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för undervisningsprocesser, kommunikation och lärande (UKL), 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-118.
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The new Swedish Armed Forces will be radically different from the previous invasion-oriented defence and the Armed Forces will be a smaller and more flexible organization, better adapted to the international sphere. With the aim of meeting up with the demands of the transformed Armed Forces posture for professional competence, the Regular Officer Programme (YOP) was introduced in the autumn of 1999. This dissertation aims at attempting to illustrate, address the problems and investigate to what degree the basic officer training of the Regular Officer Programme (Swedish: YOP) and the professional competence of newlygraduated Second Lieutenants can be seen as being legitimate within the scope of professional practices of the Swedish Armed Forces, and how this legitimacy can be described and understood. The theoretical framework of the dissertation is comprised of a sociocultural perspective and institutional theory. The five central concepts of the dissertation are: professional practice, institutional rules, professional competence, learning and legitimacy. The empirical elements of the dissertation were collected during 2001 and 2002 and comprise data from six part-studies. The informants were officer cadets after their first year of the Basic Officer Training Programme (YOP) and officers up to the rank of general. The methods for collecting data have been in the form of a questionnaire study, focus group conversations at thirteen military units, three document studies and a study with questions via e-mail. The questionnaire study was processed by using the computer programme SAS. The focus group conversations, the document studies and the answers via e-mail to questions were analyzed and put into categories contents wise according to the sentence category principle in positive and negative statements, respectively, in relation to YOP and the professional competence of the newly-graduated Second Lieutenants. Results show that both YOP as well as the professional competence of the newly-graduated Second Lieutenants cannot be regarded as being fully legitimate among the informants or within the all the professional practices of the Armed Forces.
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Evangelista, AntÃnia DinamÃria Gomes. "Mathematical rules and their justifications: brief history of mathematics education in Brazil and a reflection on the inclusion of demonstrations in teaching practice." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2014. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=12596.
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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel SuperiorEsse trabalho apresenta uma reflexÃo acerca do ensino da matemÃtica, bem como as dificuldades inerentes a esse tema que, ao longo da historia de nosso pais, teve seus momentos de gloria e de esquecimento. TambÃm e discutido o papel das demonstraÃÃes nas aulas de matemÃtica onde autores divergem quanto a ser ou nÃo uma ferramenta didÃtica no ensino bÃsico. Sempre existiu a preocupaÃÃo dos professores em tornar a MatemÃtica mais dinÃmica e mais fÃcil para os alunos. Do Brasil ColÃnia aos dias atuais o ensino de MatemÃtica sofreu grandes mudanÃas. Apesar de sua importÃncia e aplicabilidade houve tempos em que, o ensino de ciÃncias (incluindo matemÃtica) era reservado aos cursos de nÃvel superior. No Brasil ColÃnia predominava a escola dos JesuÃtas baseado em um ensino tradicional com pouco destaque para a matemÃtica. No Brasil ImpÃrio, foi criado a ConstituiÃÃo de 1824 e implantadas as primeiras instituiÃÃes culturais e educacionais do pais, caracterizando as primeiras mudanÃas educacionais. No Brasil Republica, aconteceram varias reforma no sistema educacional sob fortes influencia francesa, onde, pela primeira vez a MatemÃtica recebeu destaque. Em consequencia, houve a democratizaÃÃo da escola, favorecendo crianÃas e jovens das classes populares. A dÃcada de 50 foi marcada como o perÃodo de estudos e tentativas de implantaÃÃo do Movimento MatemÃtica Moderna que tinha como caracterÃsticas: precisÃo na linguagem matemÃtica; prioridade nos aspectos lÃgicos e estruturais; importÃncia em demonstraÃÃes; desfavorecimento ao ensino de geometria. Esse movimento surgia na tentativa de solucionar os problemas advindos do ensino tradicional. Hà vÃrios fatores que geram/influenciam as dificuldades no ensino de matemÃtica, tais como: a mà formaÃÃo inicial dos professores; metodologia tradicional com Ãnfase no cÃlculo e memorizaÃÃo de formulas; busca inadequada a novos recursos pedagÃgicos; descontextualizaÃÃo; o simbolismo prÃprio da linguagem matemÃtica, etc. A reintroduÃÃo de doses equilibradas de demonstraÃÃes no ensino de MatemÃtica no Brasil e uma pratica que incentiva a compreensÃo, ajuda no desenvolvimento do raciocÃnio matemÃtico e da lÃgica dedutiva. O ensino de matemÃtica necessita de mudanÃas de posturas, metodologias, mas sem abandonar as tÃcnicas e procedimentos operatÃrios caracterÃsticos da disciplina. Nesse trabalho, ainda sÃo apresentadas algumas âregrinhasâ com sua contextualizaÃÃo histÃrica e justificativa a fim de ajudar o professor a responder questionamentos dos alunos como, âde onde veio isso?â ou âpor que à assim?â.
This paper presents a reflection on the teaching of mathematics as well as the difficulties related to the subject, throughout the history of our country, had his moments of glory and oblivion. It discuss the function of demonstrations in math classes where authors disagree as to whether or not a teaching tool in elementary education. There has always been a concern of teachers to become more dynamic and easier for students to mathematics. From Colonial Brazil to today the teaching of Mathematics has undergone great changes. In spite of its importance and applicability there were times where the teaching of science (including mathematics) was reserved for university courses. In Colonial Brazil predominated the Jesuit school based on a traditional education with little emphasis on mathematics. In Empire Brazil, was created the Constitution of 1824 and implemented the first cultural and educational institutions in the country, featuring the first educational changes. In Republic Brazil, happened several reforms in the educational system under strong French influences, where, for the first time the Mathematics was highlighted. Consequently, there was the democratization of the school, encouraging children and young people of the popular classes.The 50's was marked as the period of studies and attempts to implement the Modern Mathematics Movement which had the following characteristics: precision in mathematical language; priority in logical and structural aspects; importance in demonstrations; disadvantage to teaching geometry. This movement arose in the attempt to solve the problems arising from traditional education. There are several factors that create/influence the difficulties in teaching of mathematics, such as: poor initial training of teachers; traditional methodology with emphasis on calculation and memorization of formulas; inadequate seeks new teaching resources; decontextualization; own symbolism of mathematics language etc.The reintroduction of balanced doses of demonstrations in the teaching of Mathematics in Brazil is a practice that encourages understanding, helps in the development of mathematical reasoning and deductive logic. The teaching of mathematics requires changes in attitudes, methodologies, but without give up the technical characteristics and operative procedures of the discipline. In this work is still displayed some "ground rules" with its historical context and justifications in order to help the teacher to answer questions of students as "where did that come from? " or "why is that?".
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Pipkin, Jennifer B. "Current practices in athletic training clinical education." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1221291.
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Many reforms in athletic training education requirements have been taking place in order to strengthen the profession. This research project may help make educational institutions aware of the current changes and requirements in clinical education. The purpose of this study was to determine the current practices in athletic training clinical education at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions and accredited versus non-accredited athletic training institutions.The participants (N = 93) consisted of a purposeful sample of head athletic trainers representing accredited and non-accredited athletic training education programs in the three divisions of the NCAA. The on-line survey instrument developed for this study, Current Practices in Athletic Training Clinical Education, obtained information about the demographics, clinical education of athletic training students, and the certified athletic trainer coverage of sports at NCAA institutions. The instrument was posted on an Internet website through the inQsit computer program. The respondents consisted of 28 (30.4%) head athletic trainers from Division I, 34 (37.0%) from Division II, and 30 from Division III (32.6%). Thirty-four (38.2%) respondents represented accredited athletic training education programs, 20 (22.5%) from athletic training programs in candidacy, and 35 (39.3%) from non-accredited or internship programs. Data was analyzed through percentages and frequency counts, and trend analysis and nonparametric Pearson chi square analyses. Pearson chi-square analyses revealed that Division I permits athletic training students to cover individual skill sessions and informal summer workouts unsupervised more often than the other NCAA divisions. Chi-square analyses also found that athletic training students at accredited athletic training education programs were more likely to possess CPR and first-aid certification and education on the prevention of disease transmission. A trend analysis was performed to determine the amount of time freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors spent in direct clinical supervision, supervised field experience, and unsupervised field experience. A linear relationship was found with respect to direct clinical supervision, and quadratic relationships were found with respect to supervised and unsupervised field experience. The results also revealed that athletic training programs that are accredited or candidacy were more likely to respond to 81 to 100% of the moderate risk sports within four minutes or less than those programs that are internship. The common perception of many athletic trainers regarding clinical education and the misuse of athletic training students is inconsistent with the current practices. Overall, athletic training students were seldom unsupervised for team practices and home events. In conclusion, the results of this study indicate that collegiate athletic trainers have adjusted well to the recent changes in clinical education requirements and to the medical health care coverage recommended guidelines. Future research should address athletic training student and athletic training program director responses relative to their head athletic trainers' responses.School of Physical Education
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Cardillo, Salvatore. "1. Convergence of Rules and Standards due to Courts' learning effect – A theoretical model. 2. From theory to empirical practice: do Courts really experience learning effect in applying law? Evidence from Tort Law. 3. Refusal to supply an IPR: L'approccio antitrust comunitario tra passato, presente e futuro." Doctoral thesis, Luiss Guido Carli, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11385/200920.
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Sauls, Paul Anthony. "The review function of the labour court." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/821.
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Under the 1956 Labour relations Act, parties who were dissatisfied with decisions of the then Industrial Court, could appeal to the old Labour Appeal Court, and then if still further unhappiness persists, to the former Appellate Division. Such appeals entailed placing before the court the complete record of the Industrial Court, and requesting it to decide if on the evidence, it would have come to the same conclusion. Sometimes the courts of appeal decide that they would, sometimes that they would not. When planning the new Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995, the Cheadle Commission decided that this process was too slow, too technical, too cumbersome and too expansive. So it recommended that, at least in the case of the most common disputes, the issues should be decided quickly, informally and finally by arbitration. Unless the parties agree to private arbitration under the Arbitration Act, 42 of 1956, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation & Arbitration (CCMA) would supply the arbitrators, who would exercise their powers, not under agreed terms of reference, but under the LRA itself. Like private arbitrators, those of the CCMA are also meant to dispose of matters with a minimum of legal formalities (see section 138(1) of the LRA). But the drafters of the LRA did not mean to insulate arbitration awards entirely from the watchful eye of the Labour Court. They therefore specifically provided for review of CCMA arbitrations awards in section 145, but they also gave general powers of review in section 158(1)(g) respectively of the LRA. As if the jurisdictional puzzle created by the LRA was not complex enough, the legislature added the Promotion of Justice Act 3 of 2000. It is an attempt to give expression to the constitutional right of fair labour practices and the constitutional standard of lawfulness and rationality. If section 145 limits the grounds on which commissioners’ actions can be reviewed, or if that section cannot be interpreted to reconcile it with the PAJA, it may well be that section 145 cannot pass constitutional muster - unless that section constitutes a limitation compliant with section 36 of the Constitution. That would be for the Constitutional court to decide.
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Mahadew, Roopanand. "The African Union's responsibility to protect in the Libyan crisis 2011." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18625.
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“For too long the world has stood by in the face of atrocities. The Responsibility to Protect is a
commitment to act.” After the 2005 World Summit, the international community endorsed a new
international norm, the Responsibility to Protect. This new international norm stipulates that the primary
responsibility to protect the population of a country lies with the state itself. When a state is either
unable or unwilling to protect peoples, the responsibility shifts to the international community. The
obligation must be exercised preventively and the tools of action include diplomatic, legal and other
peaceful measures; coercive measures such as sanctions; and, as a last resort, military force.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Tollestrup, Jessica Scott. "Limitation Riders in the Postreform House: A Test of Procedural Cartel and Conditional Party Government Theories." PDXScholar, 2010. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/398.
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The theoretical debate over the ability of parties and leaders in the House of Representatives to influence legislative decision-making is at the center of much of the literature on Congress. On the one hand, the Procedural Cartel perspective argues that while the tools used by the majority party leadership to assure the triumph of its preferences may vary depending on the institutional context, the basic ability of the leadership to impact legislative outcomes remains consistent. In contrast, Conditional Party Government (CPG) theory posits that any power the majority party and its leadership possesses over legislative decision-making is directly conditioned upon the amount of agreement within the majority party caucus as to collective goals, as well as the amount of ideological polarization that exists between the majority and minority parties. This thesis provides an original test of these two theoretical perspectives by evaluating their comparative ability to account for the proposal and passage of limitation riders on the House floor during the annual appropriations process since the 1980s. Limitation riders provide a good vehicle to test theories of congressional voting as they often have important policy implications in areas of significant controversy. In addition, the extent to which the individual members or legislative parties are able to successfully utilize limitation riders as a means of making substantive policy is indicative of larger patterns of committee or party domination of the floor process. After reviewing the relevant literature on congressional decision-making, this analysis proceeds to outline the theoretical predictions that the Procedural Cartel and CPG perspectives make regarding limitation riders. An original dataset comprised of over 800 limitation riders from the 97th through the 110th Congresses is analyzed both with respect to overall proposal and passage rates as well their party of origin. This study finds that while the CPG perspective is best able to account for what occurs during periods of low polarization and cohesion, Procedural Cartel provides the most accurate prediction of what occurs when polarization and cohesion are high. These findings suggest that, although these theories both have some ability to account for congressional decision-making on the House floor, both of these frameworks need to be revisited so that they can accurately account for what occurs during floor phase of the legislative process.
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Wennberg, Mathias. "Ett nedslag i den svenska kriminalvården : Kronobergshäktet i ett institutionellt perspektiv." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-1583.
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The purpose of this study is to examine to what extent there is a discrepancy between the formal guiding documents and the employees experiences of the activity at Kronobergshäktet. Furthermore, is it possible that any discrepancy could be explained by institutional imbalance? My main theories are normative institutionalism and a modified type of institutional analysis. The model consists of three parts –values (a common value-system), rules and practice (the unpredictable reality) and it assumes a reciprocal relationship between them. In order to examine this I have used qualitative methods in form of interviews combined with an analysis of content. The normative institutionalism presupposes that the actors follow a logic of appropriateness in the interest of both the institution and the actor. According to the respondents, their performance is restrained by the influence from practice. I found that the respondents in their work can’t apply the common value-system in favour of the unpredictable practice. This means that the people detained do not receive the care they are entitled to in times of overcrowdment. Remarkable as it is, the respondents are well aware of what causes the problem; the overloaded custody and the influence from the unpredictable practice. The conclusion is that in times of overcrowded departments the custody is governed neither by rules or values but by practice.
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Oliveira, Ângelo Mozart Medeiros de. "Análise da relação dos estudantes com as atividades experimentais de eletromagnetismo utilizando o Vê de Gowin em contraposição ao relatório tradicional." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/35167.
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Neste trabalho apresentamos uma investigação desenvolvida ao longo do ano de 2009 em uma disciplina de Física Básica de Eletromagnetismo da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). O objetivo foi analisar as visões de mundo e a relação dos estudantes com o relatório tradicional e com o laboratório de ensino. Dentro desta estratégia de pesquisa foi utilizado o Vê de Gowin, um instrumento heurístico muito utilizado para explicitar o processo de produção do conhecimento. Nesse contexto ele foi utilizado em contraposição ao relatório tradicional. Entendemos por relatório tradicional aquele que os alunos já estão acostumados a realizar em semestres anteriores. A teoria da aprendizagem significativa de David Ausubel foi utilizada para avaliar os roteiros já disponíveis para as atividades experimentais. Ainda nessa perspectiva, vimos a estreita relação que a teoria educativa de Gowin tem com a teoria da aprendizagem significativa, o que nos possibilitou uma visão ainda mais aprimorada dos roteiros. Destacamos que para avaliar a relação dos estudantes com as atividades experimentais, utilizamos como referencial epistemológico a contribuição de Thomas Khun. Os resultados mostram que os alunos possuem boa aceitação ao novo método de avaliação, que também conseguiu explorar de forma mais objetiva os aspectos essenciais à formação do futuro físico no que se refere ao papel da atividade experimental. Contudo, vemos que o aproveitamento dos alunos permanece constante frente à mudança avaliativa. Isto significa que a introdução do Vê não prejudica o desempenho dos alunos. Por fim, especulamos que características próprias de nossa comunidade são refletidas pelos alunos nos relatórios.This dissertation presents a research carried out during 2009, in the discipline of Electromagnetism at introductory college level, at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. It aimed at analyzing the students’ worldviews and their reaction to the standard lab report model and to the lab classes. Within this research strategy, Gowin’s Vee, which is a heuristic instrument that can make explicit the knowledge production process, was used. In this context, this instrument was utilized as a counterpoint to the traditional lab report model. In our view, this traditional report is the one students are familiar with, since they have already made reports in previous semesters. Ausubel’s meaningful learning theory was used to evaluate the available guides for experimental activities. Under this perspective , we verified the close relationship that exists between Gowin’s educating theory and Ausubel’s meaningful learning theory, and this has provided us with a more refined view of such guides for experimental activities. We emphasize that, in order to evaluate the students’ relation with the experimental activities, we applied Kuhn’s contributions as part of the theoretical framework of this research. Findings indicate that students seem to react positively to the new evaluation method, and, moreover, that they seemed to explore in a more objective way the essential aspects related to the formation of the future physicist, in what concerns the role of experimental activity. Nevertheless, it was possible to notice that students’ performance remained constant in regard to this evaluative change. This might mean that the introduction of the Vee does not hinder students’ performance. Finally, it was explored to which extent the community’s main features were reflected on the students’ reports.
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Ekman, Gunnar. "Från text till batong : om poliser, busar och svennar." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Företagslednings- och Arbetslivsfrågor (A), 1999. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-642.
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Det finns en föreställning om att organisationer kan styras av texter. Denna föreställning ligger till grund för hur organisationer i allmänhet styrs, och har fått särskilt stort genomslag i den offentliga sektorn. Polisorganisationen är inget undantag, utan ett bra exempel på en offentlig organisation som är tänkt att styras av texter. Polisers arbete skall styras av särskilt många texter, till exempel lagar, regleringsbrev, verksamhetsplaner och handlingsplaner. En orsak till det är att polisarbete bland annat handlar om att hantera samhällets legitimerade användning av våld. Polisarbetets vardagliga praktik handlar emellertid om att hantera fler krav än de som uttrycks i texter. Förutom i texter ställs krav på polisarbetet också av chefer, poliser och medborgare. Med utgångspunkt i det vardagliga polisarbetet diskuteras i den här avhandlingen hur poliser hanterar många - och ofta motstridiga - krav uttryckta av många kravställare. I avhandlingen argumenteras för att polisarbetet normeras - det vill säga normer som styr den dagliga praktiken formas - i det vardagliga småpratet mellan poliser. I det småpratet undersöks handlingsutrymme och sanktioner kopplade till olika krav och det bestäms hur poliser bör förhålla sig till krav och kravställare. Att polispraktiken normeras i det vardagliga småpratet mellan poliser utmanar den klassiska bilden av hierarkier - där textproducenter med hjälp av texter och chefer antas normera polisarbetet.Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögsk.
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Jafari, Farhang. "The concerns of the shipping industry regarding the application of electronic bills of lading in practice amid technological change." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/24071.
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In the sea trade, the traditional paper-based bill of lading has played an important role across the globe for centuries, but with the advent of advanced commercial modes of transportation and communication, the central position of this document is under threat. The importance of the bill of lading still prevails as does the need of the functions that this document served in the past, although in a changed format. In the recent past, the world has witnessed a lot of debate about replacing this traditional paper-based document with an electronic equivalent that exhibits all of its functions and characteristics, both commercial and legal. More specifically, unlike many rival travel documents, such as the Sea Waybill, a bill of lading has two prominent features, that is to say, its negotiability and its acceptability as a document of title in certain legal jurisdictions that are required to be retained in an electronic bill of lading so as to also retain the prominence of this document in the future landscape. This thesis is, however, more concerned about the legal aspects of adopting the electronic bill of lading as a traditional paper-based legal document as well as an effective legal document in the present age. However, the scope of this debate remains primarily focused on the USA and UK jurisdictions. In the course of this thesis, it is observed that, in the past, the bill of lading has been subject to a variety of international regimes, such as The Hague Rules and The Hague-Visby Rules, and presently efforts are being made to arrive at a universal agreement under the umbrella of The Rotterdam Rules, but such an agreement is yet to arrive among the comity of nations. On the other hand, efforts made by the business community to introduce an electronic bill of lading are much louder and more evident. The private efforts, such as the SeaDocs System, CMI Rules, and the BOLERO Project, etc., were, however, received by the fellow business community with both applause as well as suspicion. At the same time, there are a number of concerns voiced by the international business community on the legislative adoptability in national and international jurisdictions and the courts’ approach in adjudicating cases involving electronic transactions and these are making the task of adoption of electronic bill of lading in the sea-based transactions a difficult task. Therefore, in the absence of any formal legal backing from national and international legislations, these attempts could not achieve the desired results. In this thesis, the present situation of the acceptability of electronic transactions in general, and of the electronic bill of lading specifically, has also been discussed with reference to certain national jurisdictions, such as Australia, India, South Korea and China, in order to present comparative perspectives on the preparedness of these nations. On the regional level, the efforts made by the European Union have also been discussed to promote electronic transactions within its jurisdiction. All the discussion, however, leads to the situation where the level of acceptability of electronic bill of lading in the near future is found to be dependent upon the official efforts from the national governments and putting these efforts towards arriving at an agreement on Rotterdam Rules as early as possible. The other area of importance revealed in this thesis is the need for change in juristic approach by the courts while interpreting and adjudicating upon cases involving electronic transactions. On the whole, this thesis has provided a cohesive and systematic review, synthesis and analysis of the history of the bill of lading, its importance as a document of title, and attempts to incorporate its important functions within the fast-paced electronic shipping commerce of today. In such a way it has provided a valuable contribution to the literature by providing a comprehensive resource for jurists, policy-makers and the business community alike, as they work towards adapting the bill of lading so that it might be successfully applied in electronic form.
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Rivarola, Reisz José Domingo, and del Prado Chaves Fabio Núñez. "Nulla executio sine titulo: the scrutiny of awards in the practice of international arbitration as a mechanism to optimize the enforcement of awards in Peru." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/115529.
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What is «liquidable» and how should this concept be faced by arbitrators and judges? Can an enforcement judge determine concepts such as costs, interests and/or penalties if the arbitral tribunal has not provided any parameters? What fundamental rights might be violated? In accordance with international arbitration practice, we will deal here with the problems arising from the division of functions between judges and arbitrators in relation to the enforcement of the «liquidable» concepts.¿Qué es lo «liquidable» y cómo debe ser este concepto enfrentado por los árbitros y jueces? ¿Puede un juez en ejecución determinar conceptos como costas, intereses y/o las penalidades sin que el tribunal arbitral le haya brindado ningún parámetro?¿Qué derechos fundamentales están en juego? En función de la práctica arbitral internacional, nos ocuparemos de los problemas que surgen por la división de funciones entre jueces y árbitros en relación con la ejecución de lo «liquidable».
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Guzmán, Jaime. "Development and initial evaluation of an evidence-based in-office decision aid to improve the assessment and treatment of patients with acute low back pain in primary care practice, the Peterborough Back Rules Template." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq45402.pdf.
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Carroll, Mark J. "Physical Therapists' Perception of Risk of Violating Laws and Rules Governing the Practice of Physical Therapy and/or Their Personal Moral and Ethical Values When Failing to Provide Treatment for an Uninsured or Underinsured Patient." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1193091796.
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Boskati, Nzwana Eric. "Promoting provincial interests : the role of the NCOP in the national legislature." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50430.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study's investigation focuses on the role played by the NCOP in the national legislature as the second chamber of parliament. It looks in particular at how the NCOP has managed in its deliberations, and as mandated by the Constitution to represent provinces. Subsection 42 (4) of the Constitution stipulates that; " The NCOP represent the provinces to ensure that provincial interests are taken into account in the national sphere of government" (RSA Act 108, 1996). The question that the study seeks to answer IS: does the National Council of Provinces in its deliberations work to represent the interests of provinces in the national legislature rather than those of the party in control of the province? In answering the research question the study's approach is qualitative in nature. In other words, data collection methods were confined to documents and other important sources such as NCOP Publications namely, the NCOP News and the NCOP Review. Looking at the literature on second chambers, the study found that for second chambers to play an effective role in the legislature, the Constitution must equip them with adequate legislative powers. This means that the Constitution must give second chambers a veto on all Bills affecting their jurisdictions. Where a veto is non existent, irrespective of what legislative powers a second chamber may posses, if not elected directly by the electorate, it will suffer the accusations of rubber stamping Bills passed by the first house. The NCOP falls in the same category of second houses with no veto over Bills affecting provinces. Its legislative powers on these Bills are blunted by the NA's twothirds majority in the legislature and as a result remain a subordinate of the first house and that of the ruling party. Furthermore, administrative and communication problems experienced by the institution hinder it in its role of representing provinces. Equally so, the dominance of the ruling ANC in the provinces makes it difficult to determine whether mandates delivered by provincial legislatures carry the interests of provinces or those of the party in power.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie-ondersoek is gerig op die rol wat die NRVP (Nasionale Raad Van Provinsies), as die tweede huis van die Parlement. Die werk is spesifiek gerig op die manier hoe die NRVP vaar in hul debatvoerings, asook in hul verteenwoordiging van provinsies soos voorgeskryf in die Grondwet. Sub-artikel 42 (4) van die grondwet stipuleer dat "die NRVP verteenwoordig die provinsies om te verseker dat provinsiale belange in ag geneem word op die nasionale sfeer van die regering." (RSA Wet 108 van 1996). Die vraag wat hierdie studie poog om te antwoord, is die volgende: werk die NRVP in hul debatsvoerings om die belange van die provinsies in die nasionale wetgewer te verteenwoordig inplaas van die belange van die party in beheer van 'n spesifieke provinsie? In die beantwoording van hierdie navorsings-vraag, is die studie benadering kwalitatief in aard. Met ander woorde - data invorderings metodes was beperk tot dokumente en ander belangrike bronne soos NRVP publikasies, naamlik die "NCOP News" en die "NCOP Review". Na 'n bestudering van literatuur rondom die tweede huis van Parlement, het hierdie studie bevind dat vir die tweede huis om 'n effektiewe rol te speel in die wetgewer, die Grondwet dit moet toerus met genoegsame wetgewende magte. Dit beteken onder andere dat die grondwet die tweede huis 'n veto-reg gee oor alle wetsontwerpe wat hulle jurisdiksie raak. Waar 'n veto-reg nie bestaan nie, ongeag die wetgewende mag wat die NRVP mag hê, sal dit bieg gebuk gaan onder die beskuldiging dat dit 'n rubberstempel plaas op wetsontwerpe uitgevaardig deur die Nasionale Vergadering. Die NRVP val in dieselfde katagorie van tweede huise wat nie 'n veto-reg het oor wetsontwerpe wat provinsies raak. Die NRVP se wetgewende mag oor hierdie wetsonwerpe word geskoei op die Nasionale Vergadering se twee-derde meerderheid en gevolglik bly dit ondergeskik aan die Nasionale Vergadering. Verder, administratiewe-en kommunikasie-probleme wat ondervind word deur die liggaam, hinder dit in die rol van verteenwoordiger van die provinsies. Gelykstaande hieraan, is die dominering van die bewindvoerende party - die ANC. In die provinsies is dit moeilik om vas te stel of die voorskrifte van die provinsiale wetgewer werklik handel oor die belange van die provinsies self of die is van die party in die meerderheid.
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Cinnamond, Jeffrey. "The development of intersubjective trust : rules and practices." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1294330879.
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Phipps, Denham Lee. "Rule-related behaviour in anaesthetic practice." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493683.
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Anecdotal and empirical evidence has drawn attention to the occurrence of procedural "violations" by healthcare professionals. These are actions that are not intended to cause harm, but that nevertheless breach established protocols and guidelines of practice. Violations can, if unchecked, potentially erode the margin of safety, thus increasing the likelihood of adverse events. They are therefore of concern to psychologists and human factors specialists working in patient safety.
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Tao, Yang. "Remedies in WTO dispute settlement mechanism : a study of scope, ambit, effectiveness of the mechanism and the proposals for future reform." Thesis, University of Macau, 2005. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1637073.
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Perry, Suzanne M. "A Reexamination of the Dilution of Auditor Misstatement Risk Assessments: An Experimental Study of the Impact of Client Information Type, Workload, and PCAOB Guidance on Dilution." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc848096/.
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Many external parties such as investors, creditors, and regulatory agencies, use a company’s financial statements in their decision-making. In doing so, they rely on audit opinions on whether financial statements are fairly stated. However, evidence suggests that there are factors in the audit environment that influence auditor judgments. For example, nondiagnostic client information dilutes auditor judgments when compared to judgments based on diagnostic information alone, especially for less experienced auditors (Hackenbrack 1992; Hoffman and Patton 1997; Glover 1994; Shelton 1999). High time pressure conditions mitigate this effect by refocusing auditor attention toward relevant client information, therefore reducing the impact of nondiagnostic information (Glover 1994, 1997).
This research study examines other common audit environment factors to determine if they too influence audit judgment results. An online questionnaire of 149 auditors, CPAs and other accounting professionals indicate that the inclusion of nondiagnostic client information results in a significant change in auditor judgments. The direction of this change follows a theorized pattern; risk assessments that were initially high are reduced, while those that were initially low are increased. Significance was not consistently found for a workload and PCAOB effect on auditor judgment. However, a comparison of the absolute value of dilution effect means across conditions reveals some trending for the proposed unwanted effect of high workload, and the beneficial effect of PCAOB guidance.
These results have important implications for auditing research and practice. It extends previous archival research on workload effects and uses a unique questionnaire design to reexamine workload pressures in a behavioral setting. The results of hypothesis testing on workload pressure and PCAOB guidance, although lacking consistent statistical significance; exhibit trends that agree with proposed theoretical relationships. Tests on the effects of nondiagnostic information show strong statistical support for previous studies in the area of psychology and audit. This study’s greatest contribution suggests that audit pressures do not produce equivalent effects on auditor judgment; time pressure improves audit judgment, while workload pressure does not (Glover 1994, 1997). These results can be explained by examining the relationship between stress and audit judgment performance (Choo 1995, Yerkes and Dodson 1908). Different types and different degrees of audit pressures may correspond to different levels of audit pressure. Low to moderate levels of audit pressure, such as the level of time pressure used in Glover’s (1994, 1997) study improve audit performance. Higher audit pressures, such as high workload during an auditor’s busy season, may lower audit performance.
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Kilinc, Adanali Yurdagul. "How To Follow A Rule: Practice Based Rule Following In Wittgenstein." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12605900/index.pdf.
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Rule following is a central concept in the philosophy of Wittgenstein who was one of the pioneers of modern philosophy. Wittgenstein criticizes the traditional concepts of rule, because they were vague, ambiguous, and idealized. He thinks that it is not possible to isolate rules from practice and that a rule takes its meaning in a certain context or in practice. Wittgenstein&rsquos concept of rule following is closely related to a set of concepts: internal relation, understanding, criterion. These concepts explains the intimate relation between rule following and practice. Wittgenstein believes that his theory of rule following does not generate some problems such as paradox of interpretation and regression. Furthermore, the concept of practice plays a central role in Wittgenstein&rsquo
s view of rule following. He removes metaphysical speculations that are put forward concerning the &ldquo
essence&rdquo
of rule following and locates rule following in a form of life, that is in a natural context. With this, he provides an explanation that clarifies misuses of language and establishes a correct relation between theory and practice.
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Tomlinson, Claire Sigrid, and Claire Sigrid Tomlinson. "Rule Governance: Implications for Practice and Rule Fidelity Across Four Generations." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625229.
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The present study examined relations between obeying a rule (putting a rule into practice) versus transmitting the rule without practice across generations of participants. Undergraduates (N=96), composed of eight groups, four Practice and four No Practice, demonstrated that practice contributes significantly to rule fidelity across generations. After four generations of rule transmission, participants without practice but exposed to traditional instruction-based learning, more slowly and less persistently followed the original rule than those with practice – apparently due to a loss of information across No Practice generations. That is, due to an absence of experiential learning, participants without practice apparently lost components of the instructions needed to effectively complete the task. The present results indicate that putting instructions into practice may be a useful training method for organizations, institutions, or research that requires accurate informational transfer from individual to individual.
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Rasiah, Parameswary. "Evasion in Australia's parliamentary question time : the case of the Iraq war." University of Western Australia. Graduate School of Education, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0208.
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Given that the basic functions of parliamentary Question Time are to provide information and to hold the Government accountable for its actions, the possibility of evasion occurring in such a context is of crucial importance. Evasion (equivocation) has been identified as a matter of concern in political interviews, but no systematic study has been undertaken in the context of parliamentary discourse, notably Question Time, anywhere in the world. This study applies and adapts Harris's (1991) coding framework on various types of responses, Bull and Mayer's (1993) typology of non-replies and Clayman's (2001) work on how politicians 'resist' answering questions, all of which are based on political news interviews, to the study of evasion in Australia's House of Representatives' Question Time. A comprehensive, unified framework for the analysis of evasion is described, a decision flow-chart for the framework is provided, and an illustrative example of the applied framework is given based on Australia's Federal House of Representatives' Question Time. Put simply, the study was undertaken to determine if evasion occurred, how frequently it occurred and how it occurred. It involved the classification of responses as 'answers' (direct or indirect), 'intermediate responses' (such as pointing out incorrect information in the question), and 'evasions' based on specific criteria. Responses which were considered evasions were further analysed to determine the levels of evasion, whether they were covert or overt in nature and the types of 'agenda shifts' that occurred, if any. The thesis also involved a discourse-analytical study of other factors that appear to facilitate Ministerial evasion in Australia's House of Representatives, including the Speaker's performance and the use of 'Dorothy Dixers'. The research data was sourced from Question Time transcripts from the House of Representatives Hansard for the months of February and March 2003, dealing only with questions and responses on the topic of Iraq. In those months there were 87 questions on the topic of Iraq, representing more than two thirds of all questions on Iraq for the whole of 2003. Of these 87 questions, the majority (48) came from the Opposition party, through its leader. The balance (39) was asked by Government MPs. Analysis of the question/answer discourse for all 87 questions revealed that every question asked by Government members was answered compared to only 8 of the 48 Opposition questions. Of the 40 remaining Opposition questions, 21 were given intermediate responses and 19 were evaded outright. The fact that the overwhelming majority (83%) of Opposition questions were not answered together with other findings such as instances of partiality on the part of the Speaker; the use of 'friendly', prearranged questions by Government MPs; and the 'hostile' nature of questions asked by Opposition MPs casts serious doubt on the effectiveness of Question Time as a means of ensuring the Government is held accountable for its actions. The study provides empirical evidence that evasion does occur in Australia's House of Representatives' Question Time.
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Snyman, Chanel. "Determining jurisdiction at conciliation and arbitration." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/20648.
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Jurisdiction is the power or competence of a Court to hear and determine an issue between parties, as well as the power to compel the parties to give effect to a judgment. The approach of a CCMA commissioner faced with a jurisdictional challenge is therefore an important issue that requires legal certainty. Unfortunately, our case law has not been uniform with regard to the various issues surrounding jurisdiction of the CCMA, for example: what facts need to be established in order for the CCMA to have jurisdiction and at what stage of the process should a commissioner deal with the issue of jurisdiction. The purpose of this treatise is to consider the various approaches of our courts to the issue of the jurisdiction of the CCMA and to determine what approach is practically best suited for CCMA commissioners when the issue of jurisdiction is in dispute. The research methodology is based on the various approaches of our courts to the jurisdiction of the CCMA as set out in Bombardier Transportation v Mtiya [2010] 8 BLLR 840 (LC). The more practical “third” approach as proposed by van Niekerk J, in Bombardier Transportation v Mtiya [2010] 8 BLLR 840 (LC), has been favoured by the Labour Court and the CCMA following the judgment. The correct approach of a commissioner when dealing with specific jurisdictional facts such as condonation and the jurisdiction of a bargaining council will further be considered. However, the predicament that commissioners face is that the Labour Appeal Court’s approach to jurisdiction is in conflict with that of the Labour Court’s approach. In conclusion, it is submitted that the Labour Appeal Court must pronounce on the issue of jurisdiction, taking into consideration the approach of the Labour Court as to create certainty regarding the correct approach of a commissioner when faced with a jurisdictional challenge.
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Juračka, Tomáš. "Is Taylor's Rule Too Simple to be of Practical Use in a Small Open Economy Such as the Czech Republic?" Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-96412.
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The Taylor rule and its variants played a prominent role in the monetary policy discussion among theoreticians and practitioners for more almost two decades. The purpose of this thesis is to assess on the applicability of the simple instrument rules such as a classic Taylor's rule to the Czech economic environment which can be described as a small open economy with banking market specifically skewed by excess liquidity. The applicability is evaluated based on the variants of the Taylor rule and their effectiveness in describing the monetary policy of the central bank. The results of the models presented in this thesis are ambiguous. Traditional specification of the Taylor's rule is clearly unsuccessful in describing the behaviour of the Czech National Bank. However, if the models are altered to their historical variants containing only the information accessible at the time of decision making, their robustness and explanatory value increase significantly. Taking interest rate smoothing and exchange rate into consideration further improves the models. The policy behaviour of the Czech National Bank can be best described by the historical model with the one-year-ahead inflation prognosis, output gap, exchange rate and lagged target interest rate as explanatory variables. One of interesting results of this model is that the output gap does not play important role in the Czech National Bank decision making which is consistent with the opinions presented in the Czech National Bank Board Minutes.
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Xiao, Peng. "Towards Practical Ontology-based Data Access for Existential Rules." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/403248.
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Nowadays, knowledge reasoning is gaining more attentions in Artificial Intelligence, which stimulates the development of modern information systems. As the key ingredient of new generation of information systems, ontology-based data access (OBDA), which employs domain-specific knowledge provided by an ontology to reason over data, has received considerable attention in recent years. However, current research on ontological reasoning is not sufficient to establish practical OBDA with regards to scalability, feasibility, and usability. The primary aim of this thesis is to promote the applications of OBDA, by addressing the typical limitations of several research problems that are important to the practicality of OBDA systems. In this thesis, we focus on studying these problems in existential rules, a prominent family of ontological languages that proves to be both expressive and tractable.
Observing that current query rewriting techniques are not scalable over expressive ontologies, we propose a novel datalog rewriting approach for existential rules based on the notion of unfolding. While datalog rewritability cannot be guaranteed in general existential rules, we propose a novel abstract class called weakly-separable rules for datalog rewriting and show that it can generalize several combinations of existing well-accepted classes. We develop a prototype of query answering system called Drewer based on our proposed datalog rewriting method and evaluations show that our system has superior performance to state-of-the-art systems.
While query answering is the essential reasoning task for OBDA, it is necessary to provide appropriate explanations to query answers. We study the problem of query abduction, which is the underlying problem of explaining negative query answers. To make the abduction process more user-oriented, we present a novel abduction framework that discriminates between predicates expressing high-level and low-level concepts. We also develop an efficient algorithm for its computation based on first-order rewriting in existential rules, which shows scalability over large databases in experiments.
Forgetting is a well-known mechanism that can have a variety of potential applications to the manipulation of ontologies. However, current studies about forgetting cannot handle inconsistent ontologies, which hinders its applications to OBDA scenarios where errors of knowledge might occur. We present the first study of inconsistency-tolerant forgetting, that is, forgetting with the presence of inconsistencies. Three different definitions based on inconsistency-tolerant query answering are proposed and their rationality is illustrated by comparing to other possible solutions. We explored their properties and computation methods in a light-weight Description Logic language, DL-lite.core.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Info & Comm Tech
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Bouras, Rita. "Human rights in China : rhetoric, rule and practice /." Title page, abstract and contents only, 1994. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arb766.pdf.
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Gagne, Gilbert. "National regional subsidies and international integration : rules, practices and constraints on states." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260033.
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Denisova-Schmidt, Elena. "Human Resource Management in Russia: Some Unwritten Rules." Department für Fremdsprachliche Wirtschaftskommunikation, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2011. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3153/1/08%2Ddenisova_endversion.pdf.
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In spite of the fact that Western companies have been actively developing the
Russian market over the last twenty years, they are still faced with the Soviet-era
heritage in human resource management. This paper gives an overview of the
common Soviet human resource practices of the past. Understanding traditional
human resource practices in the Soviet Union prior to the end of communism will
help practitioners to design human resource management systems for Russia
more efficiently today. Moreover, this article makes recommendations for HR professionals
on some unwritten rules of human resource management, summarizes
current best practices for the recruitment, selection and retention of employees
and helps to reduce potential cultural misunderstandings and conflicts between
the two different systems: market and planned economies.(author's abstract)Series: WU Online Papers in International Business Communication / Series One: Intercultural Communication and Language Learning
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Lawrence, David. "Embodied reasonableness: New rules for the practical accountability of judicial opinions /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487946776021707.
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Burton, Nadya. "Tools not rules, cultivating practices of resistance to and prevention of sexualized violence." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0001/NQ41118.pdf.
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Zimmerman, Darlene. "Rules, Practices and Narratives: Institutional Change and Canadian Federal Staffing 1908 to 2018." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39155.
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Within the Canadian government, studies associated with staffing the federal public service have been endemic for over a century. Despite this, concerns about lack of change and dissatisfaction with staffing (too slow, too complex) remain hallmarks. The Public Service Modernization Act (PSMA) was introduced in 2003 as a means to bring about transformative change and yet, following a nearly two year study, the PSMA Review Report (2011) found that virtually no one was satisfied with changes in key aspects of the human resource and staffing regime. A strong desire for change was noted as existing, however, a diluted sense of ownership and powerlessness to change were also noted, even among the most powerful federal communities – deputy ministers, executives, and central agencies.
As Canada’s largest employer, with an annual payroll that has been estimated at $22 billion and, with another era of potential change launched with the Public Service Commission’s 2016 introduction of New Directions in Staffing, federal staffing can be viewed as both timely and warranting academic examination. This dissertation combines the strengths of institutional change literature from political science, sociology and economics to examine the institution of federal staffing in the core public administration. It focuses on an extended period of time in order to identify if any substantive changes have occurred despite popular views of negligible change and to examine why change may not have occurred to advance toward the long expressed goal of simplified, efficient staffing of highly qualified (meritorious) public servants.
This mixed methods case study uses documentary, archival, and qualitative and quantitative secondary source material as well as input from 49 semi-structured interviews with a variety of Canadian federal managerial and human resource representatives. It identifies and addresses issues that have only at times been identified and, others not typically detailed in government reports, particularly those associated with culture and path dependent history. Issues examined include power relations and key narratives as well as evolving ideas and logics of appropriateness that shape behaviour, some of which continue to exert pressure on current organizational and institutional choices despite having been in existence for, in some cases, 50 or 100 years. Some ideas for change are offered but this study suggests without attention to long-standing and systemic issues only highly incremental change should be expected.
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Zhu, Kejia. "Embedded rule change : network exposure and clinical practice guideline revisions." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/49981.
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The primary goal of this study is to explore the effects of rule networks on rule change. Organizational rules are often interdependent with other rules that govern related subtasks, workflows, actors, and organizational subunits. Therefore, rules shape the context for the use of related rules, and they can impede or intensify the change of related rules. Even though prior research has suggested that organizational rules are interdependent and can affect each other, the relationship between rule interdependence and rule change has not been systematically studied so far. This study is the first attempt to explore this relationship directly and empirically.
I focus on rule interdependencies that have been articulated and formalized as citation ties between rules. Citation ties link interdependent rules together into directed rule networks. I adopt an ego network approach and examine how shifts of characteristics of individual rules’ inbound citation networks affect their revisions.
I argue that when rules are cited by other rules, they become exposed to the experiences arising from citing rules’ contexts. Because different rules serve different roles, those experiences can be incongruous to the experiences in their own contexts. This can produce tensions, which I refer to as rule strain, for the cited rules. Rule strain produces change impulses that intensify rule revisions. Shifts in rule networks can shape the exposure of individual rules to rule strain and thereby affect their revision rates. I identified four important dimensions of exposure and developed hypotheses of their effects on rule change: network exposure (presence of an inbound network), exposure intensity (network size), exposure nonredundancy (network density) and exposure newness (occurrence of network change events, i.e., arrival of new ties, revisions of citing rules).
I test my hypotheses with data extracted from the archives of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) of a Canadian regional healthcare organization, spanning the years from 1989 to 2010. I find strong evidence that rule networks affect rule change. Becoming cited by others significantly increases individual rules’ rate of revision. Moreover, I also find significant effects of network density and occurrence of network change events, but no systematic effect of network size.Business, Sauder School of
Graduate
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Rosa, Russel Teresinha Dutra da. "Formação inicial de professores : análise da prática de ensino em Biologia." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/11065.
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A presente tese foi desenvolvida na Linha de Pesquisa “O sujeito da Educação: conhecimento, linguagem e contextos”, na temática Sociologia e Educação, vinculada ao Projeto de Pesquisa “Perspectivas de Ensino na Educação Básica: prática pedagógica e formação de professores”, coordenado pela professora doutora Maria Helena Degani Veit. Na tese é examinada a prática pedagógica de 30 estagiários matriculados na disciplina de Prática de Ensino em Biologia do curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul no ano de 2005. O estudo desenvolveu os seguintes tópicos: 1) interpretação dos significados de conflitos de papéis que perpassam o ingresso dos licenciandos na carreira docente; 2) caracterização das práticas pedagógicas dos estagiários planejadas com o objetivo de favorecer a aprendizagem de conhecimentos biológicos pelos alunos do Ensino Médio;2.1) análise de discursos e de modalidades de conhecimentos que constituem a Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas e que são mobilizados quando da recontextualização dos conteúdos biológicos para o Nível Médio e2.2) caracterização do discurso regulador empregado pelos estagiários no contexto de escolas da rede pública de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. A pesquisa participante, em uma abordagem quali-quantitativa, foi realizada pela professora da disciplina de Prática de Ensino em Biologia, utilizando, como referencial teórico-metodológico, a perspectiva sociológica de Basil Bernstein, complementada por conceituação da Fenomenologia Social e do Interacionismo Simbólico. Os resultados do estudo confirmaram os achados de Morais (2002a, 2002b) e de pesquisadoras associadas que, apoiadas em Bernstein, caracterizaram as modalidades de práticas pedagógicas mais produtivas em contextos de formação de professores e de ensino de alunos da Educação Básica pertencentes a famílias de baixa renda. As autoras designaram tais práticas como pedagogias mistas, as quais apresentam enquadramentos fortes nas dimensões seleção e seqüência de conteúdos, em nível macro, e avaliação, e apresentam enquadramentos fracos nas dimensões seleção e seqüência de conteúdos, em nível micro, ritmagem e regras hierárquicas. A tese complementa a caracterização das pedagogias mistas e descreve as formas da prática pedagógica que tornam disponíveis aos adquirentes regras de reconhecimento e de realização de textos, isto é, práticas legítimas no contexto educacional.A investigação também possibilitou a interpretação dos significados das interações entre transmissores e adquirentes, enfocando estratégias e discursos que buscam resgatar valores nucleares da sociedade ocidental.This doctoral dissertation was developed within the Research Line “The Subject of Education: Knowledge, Language and Contexts” and the theme of Sociology and Education, which is connected to the Research Project, “Teaching Perspectives in Basic Education: Pedagogical Practice and Teacher Training”, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Maria Helena Degani Veit. The dissertation discusses the pedagogical practice of 30 student teachers enrolled in 2005 in a course on Teaching Practice in Biology, which is part of the Teacher Training Program in Biological Science at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. The study developed the following topics: 1) interpretation of the meanings of the role-related conflicts involved in the students’ entry into the teaching career; 2) characterization of the student teachers’ pedagogical practices designed to foster the learning of biology by high school students; 2.1) analysis of discourses and modes of knowledge that constitute the Teacher Training Program in Biological Science and are mobilized duringthe “recontextualization” of the contents of Biology for the level of secondary education, as well as 2.2) characterization of the “regulative discourse” employed by the student teachers in the context of public schools in Porto Alegre, the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The participatory research, which adopted a qualitative-quantitative approach, was conducted by the professor of the course on Teaching Practice in Biology. It used Basil Bernstein’s sociological perspective as its theoretical-methodological frame of reference, supplementing it with concepts taken from Social Phenomenology and Symbolic Interactionism. The results of the study confirmed the findings by Morais et al. (2002, 2003), who, based on Bernstein, characterized the most productive modes of pedagogical practice in the contexts of teacher training and of teaching to basic education students who come from low income families. Morais et al. called such practices “mixed pedagogies,” as they exhibit “strong framings” in the dimensions of “selection” and “sequence” of contents at the macro level, as well as “evaluation,” and “weak framings” in the dimensions of “selection” and “sequence” of contents at the micro level, besides “pacing” and “hierarchical rules.”The dissertation supplements the characterization of the “mixed pedagogies” and describes the forms of “pedagogical practice” that makeavailable to the acquirers “rules of recognition” and “rules of realization” of texts, that is, legitimate practices in the context of education. The investigation also made it possible to interpret the meanings of the interactions between transmitters and acquirers, focusing on strategies and discourses that try to retrieve core values of Western society.
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Olatunji, Olushola Adebayo. "Educators' perspectives of fair performance appraisal practices in Gauteng Independent Schools." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65460.
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The element of fairness in a performance appraisal system is essential for an organisation. If the system of an organisation is not fair, it may result in an employee being dissatisfied with the appraisal system and this may lead to extremes such as employee attrition. The purpose of the study was to examine educators’ perspectives of fair performance appraisal practices in selected independent schools in Gauteng Province, South Africa. The research approach adopted for the study was qualitative while the research design used was case study. Purposive sampling technique was used in the selection of the sample for this study. The findings of the study revealed that teachers think performance appraisal was conducted properly and the process helps to improve individual teaching output. The HODs believed performance appraisal was conducted in a positive and encouraging manner. The school principals also viewed the appraisal process positively, indicating that the competence of teachers and the quality of teaching and learning taking place in the school are assessed by doing performance appraisals. The different categories of the participants namely, teachers, HODs and principals believed that the process of performance appraisal was quite fair and recommended that there should be other tools for assessing the teachers’ ability. Furthermore, the teachers did not see the appraisal system as unfair, but proposed other effective ways of conducting the appraisal system. According to the HODs, the process is time-consuming and the principals were satisfied with the appraisal process but cautioned that the process would become unfair if bonuses are given to the teachers. In addition, the teachers submitted that the exercise can be unfair if assessment is based on incorrect or inaccurate information. A fair appraisal process is when all parties are open and communicate with one another, constructive and honest feedback is given as well as the use of agreed upon procedures consistently. In conclusion, to improve the effectiveness of performance appraisal practices, fair performance appraisal practices should be given utmost priority.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
Education Management and Policy Studies
MEd
Unrestricted