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Daniels, Melissa Lynn. "Minimizing Visitor Impacts to Protected Lands: An Examination of Site Management and Visitor Education Methods." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42509.
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This thesis contains two studies that explore different methods of visitor management in recreation. The management strategies studied here are both relatively indirect approaches intended to minimize the environmental and social impacts that visitors cause in protected areas. The Annapolis Rocks study focuses on visitors' evaluations of a site management strategy that shifted camping from a flat, open area to constructed side-hill campsites. A visitor questionnaire was administered before and after the treatment to determine visitors' ratings of importance and satisfaction for various campsite attributes. We found some evidence of visitor displacement but concluded that the site management strategy supported the intentions of the managers. The Leave No Trace study evaluates the effectiveness of the Trainer courses in improving the knowledge, ethics, and behavior of the participants and encouraging them to teach others in the community. This study employed pre-course, post-course, and follow-up questionnaires to evaluate the participants' short-term and long-term gains from the course. Trainer course participants showed significant short-term and long-term gains from the course, with a slight decline in the total gain four months after the course. The participants showed improvements in low-impact behaviors, suggesting that education is an effective visitor management strategy. These studies demonstrate that managers can be successful at controlling visitor impacts without relying on stringent regulations and enforcement.Master of Science
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Reid, Scott Edmonds. "An Adaptive Assessment of Visitor Impacts to Protected Areas." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32365.
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As an applied approach to recreation management, adaptive management allows researchers and protected area managers to cooperatively improve management policies, and achieve the dual mandate to protect natural resources and provide high-quality recreational experiences. Through an evaluation of the efficacy of campsite and campfire management policies, this research provides land managers with an empirical assessment to aid in the adaptation and improvement of their visitor management strategies. Results from the Shenandoah National Park camping management study suggest that an established camping visitor containment strategy succeeded in reducing the areal extent of camping impacts while minimizing restrictions on visitor campsite selection options. Findings from the campfire research in seven protected areas indicate that current campfire policies have been largely ineffectual at reducing resource damage, and may exact a heavy toll in visitor experiences via campfire restrictions. The incorporation of resource and social research in this research offers a holistic approach to the evaluation of management objectives and affords protected area managers a more balanced perspective on the assessment of their policies. The conclusions reached by this integrated research will provide land managers with germane and timely information that will allow them to adapt their policies to better achieve their recreation management objectives.Master of Science
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Farrell, Tracy Ann. "Visitor Impact Assessment and Management for Protected Areas in Central and South America." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40425.
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Ecotourism and protected area visitation have been steadily increasing in recent years in Central and South America, inevitably resulting in natural resource impacts. The consequences of such impacts may include natural resource degradation, diminished aesthetic qualities, or decreased functionality of certain facilities like recreation sites and trails. Recreation ecology and visitor impact management expertise and tools are available to help balance the potentially conflicting management goals of protecting natural resources and permitting visitation but such knowledge has not been widely used in Central and South America.
The goals of this research were to characterize certain visitor-related natural resource impacts and to determine how these impacts could be assessed and managed in Central and South America. The research included case studies of eight protected areas in Costa Rica and Belize, trail impact assessment research at Torres del Paine National Park in Chile, and development of a new visitor impact assessment and management framework, presented as three papers intended for journal submission.
The first paper had two objectives: 1) to identify visitor-related natural resource impacts at selected protected areas in Costa Rica and Belize to increase awareness about visitor impact problems, and 2) to apply and compare rapid trail and recreation site impact assessment procedures to provide study site managers with impact data and impact assessment procedures. A variety of natural resource impacts were reported by interview subjects and recorded by rapid assessment procedures. The management utility of the rapid trail and recreation site impact assessment procedures were compared and discussed and the need for developing additional rapid assessment procedures to evaluate other resource impacts reported by protected area managers was also identified.
The intent of the second paper was to investigate trail impacts at Torres del Paine National Park. Study objectives included measuring the frequency and magnitude of selected trail impacts, and comparing the relative impact contribution of the amount of use, vegetation type, trail position and trail grade on common condition indicators such as width and incision. Findings somewhat contradicted those of other studies, revealing that amount of use significantly contributed to trail width and incision. However, findings also indicated that vegetation type and trail grade contributed to number of informal trails and trail incision, respectively. A variety of management strategies were recommended and suggestions were provided for future monitoring studies.
The purpose of the third paper was to propose a new visitor impact assessment and management framework that would provide managers with a feasible means of addressing visitor impact management concerns for selected protected areas in Central and South America. The Protected Areas Impact Assessment and Management (PAIAM) framework was adapted from existing frameworks like carrying capacity and the Limits of Acceptable Change to provide a simple, cost-effective and relatively quick decision making process. PAIAM analyzes visitor impacts using an expert panel and incorporates stakeholders and local residents into decision making. This study experimentally applied the new framework in Mexico and compared PAIAM to existing frameworks.
The focus of this dissertation is on Central and South America since they are heavily visited ecotourist regions that could potentially benefit from applying recreation ecology and visitor impact expertise and tools to protected area management. This research demonstrated that a variety of visitor impacts are affecting natural resources and visitor facilities like trails and recreation sites at selected protected areas in Central and South America. This research also developed and applied rapid impact assessment procedures and visitor impact frameworks for use in Central and South American protected areas.Ph. D.
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Hardiman, Nigel John, University of Western Sydney, and of Science Technology and Environment College. "Visitor impact management in canyons of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales." THESIS_CSTE_xxx_Hardiman_N.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/9.
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There is concern that canyoning, which has grown in popularity in recent years, may not be environmentally sustainable within the Blue Mountains National Park. Sociomanagerial research was undertaken, using an initial focus group discussion and subsequent surveys. Canyoners were found to participate in their sport predominantly in small groups in relatively few canyons, were generally experienced, did not feel crowded by other people encountered, and displayed little evidence of displacement behaviour from popular locations. No specific biophysical impacts were perceived as serious. Canyoners generally supported management action to control visitation to canyons if overuse could be demonstrated, with education and/or restrictive actions as preferred management strategies. Biophysical research was undertaken to test a potential rapid assessment bioindicator for measuring and monitoring potential visitor impacts. Macroinvertebrate data were analysed and no significant difference in macroinvertebrate assemblage composition or water quality was found between high and low visitation streams. Macroinvertebrate fauna were found to be highly resilient to trampling. Current visitation levels within the canyons appeared to be within ecologiocally sustainable levels. The implications of the findings are discussed for visitor impact management policymaking.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Toews, Valerie. "A backcountry visitor impact management strategy for Riding Mountain National Park." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0007/MQ45128.pdf.
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Fletcher, Helen. "The impact and management of visitor pressure on Rocky Shore communities." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363528.
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Hardiman, Nigel John. "Visitor impact management in canyons of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales /." View thesis, 2003. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030708.115013/index.html.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2003."Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Centre for Integrated Catchment Management, University of Western Sydney, April 2003" Bibliography : leaves 338-356.
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Giles, Andrew. "Exploring the Social, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Trail Surfacing Decisions." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/964.
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Visitor activities in parks often have a heavy impact on the soil, vegetation, water and wildlife. In front country areas, the most extreme damage is concentrated on and adjacent to recreational trails. Aside from controlling the numbers, activities and behaviours of trail users, managers may choose to make trails more resistant to impact through surfacing. Unfortunately, surfacing may have negative influences on park visitors' enjoyment of trails by limiting access or detracting from the primitive setting. In addition, some surfaces may be ineffective in certain environmental conditions such as wet ground or steep slopes. Finally, the wide variety in construction and maintenance costs may make some surface types economically unfeasible.
The goals of this research are to investigate the role of trail surfacing in the management of impacts from outdoor recreation; to develop better understanding of the social, economic and environmental aspects of trail surfacing decisions; and to explore a comprehensive framework for incorporating these three factors in trail management. It is hoped that this research can assist park managers in selecting surfacing options to reduce visitor impact without excessively compromising recreational experience or organizational limitations, such as financial resources.
In addition to a comprehensive review of literature on visitor impact management on trails and surfacing techniques, this research employs three methods to further investigate the social, environmental and economic aspects of trail surfacing: a trail user survey, manager survey and trail condition assessment. The trail user survey was conducted at two well-used natural areas in southwestern Ontario, Canada: Presqu'ile Provincial Park and Belfountain Conservation Area. Surveys at each area explored trail users' perceptions and preferences of trail surfacing techniques in late summer 1999. The managers' survey provided insight into organizational approaches to surfacing, including construction cost and observations on recreational or environmental effectiveness. Finally, the trail condition assessment explored an approach to determining environmental effectiveness of trail surfacing techniques, but was limited by the physical and recreational variation between trails.
Seven recommendations for trail managers are presented, tying in several conceptual frameworks of visitor impact management and trail surfacing decisions developed in the thesis. First, trail managers are recommended to develop a full understanding of trail design principles and alternative visitor impact management techniques. If surfacing is selected as the best impact management technique, trail managers should obtain as much information on user characteristics, environmental conditions and organizational limitations as possible. Despite the benefits and drawbacks for all surfaces, road base gravel (or angular screenings with fines) merits special attention as an excellent surface, while asphalt and concrete are not recommended for front country, semi-primitive recreation. Finally, trail managers are encouraged to share information on surfacing more freely and open surfacing decision processes to affected trail users.
Overall, trail managers are provided with an approach to surfacing decisions that considers the social, environmental and economic aspects of trail surfacing, with the goal of working toward more enjoyable, environmentally responsible and cost-effective trail solutions.
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Turner, Rex. "Visitor Behaviors and Resource Impacts at Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2001. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/TurnerR2001.pdf.
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Araujo, Carolina Dutra de. "Perfil do Visitante e Capacidade de Carga Tur?stica em ?reas Protegidas: o caso do Parque Estadual da Ilha Grande, RJ." Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 2006. https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/tede/480.
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Previous issue date: 2006-10-26The objective of this work was to contribute to the study of tourism environmental planning, specifically Tourism Carrying Capacity methodologies. To do this, two methods were compared, Limits of Acceptable Changes (LAC) e Visitor Activities Management Process (VAMP), in relation to the adequacy to the area, identifying the environmental risks and anthrop pressures; and related to the focus on local issues and the visitors profile, in Praia Preta, located in the Parque Estadual da Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis, RJ. Few differences were observed between the methods, with little advantage to LAC. We suggest that two fundamental components should take part of a Tourism Carrying Capacity framework: the visitors profile and activities and the residents perception related to local tourism. Such information should compose the management strategies in Protected Areas.
O objetivo da pesquisa foi contribuir para o estudo do planejamento ambiental tur?stico, especificamente sobre as metodologias de Capacidade de Carga Tur?stica. Para tanto, foram comparados dois m?todos, Limits of Acceptable Changes (LAC) e Visitor Activities Management Process (VAMP), quanto ? adequa??o ao local, identificando os riscos ambientais e press?es antr?picas; e quanto ? aten??o ?s quest?es locais e perfil do visitante, na Praia Preta, localizada no Parque Estadual da Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis/RJ. Observaram-se poucas diferen?as entre os m?todos, com algumas vantagens para o LAC. Sugeriram-se que dois componentes fundamentais devem fazer parte de uma metodologia de Capacidade de Carga Tur?stica: a caracteriza??o do perfil e atividades praticadas pelo visitante e a percep??o dos residentes acerca do turismo no local, informa??es que deveriam compor as estrat?gias de manejo em ?reas protegidas.
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Lee, Nathaniel H. "Environmental Impacts of Camping in Low Regulatory Wilderness: Geographic Patterns in the Allegheny National Forest and their Implications for Management." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1523442960070504.
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Chang-Hui, George Yang. "A study of foreign visitors, their motivations and impact on tourism development in Taiwan." FIU Digital Commons, 1988. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2110.
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The purpose of this research project was to analyze the reasons why foreign tourists visit Taiwan and their impact on the tourism industry in Taiwan.
The descriptive survey method was mainly derived from primary data sources. However, secondary data was used to supplement the primary data sources.
The study was concluded by supporting the hypothesis. The hypothesis stated that the attitude and the motivation of foreign tourists is identifiable.
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D'Antonio, Ashley L. "Recreation Resource Impacts in the Bear Lake Road Corridor of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA: An Assessment of Resource Conditions and Visitor Perceptions." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/817.
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Visitor use in parks and protected areas inevitably leads to resource impacts. In order to effectively manage for resource impacts, it is important for managers to not only understand ecological aspects of their system but sociological aspects as well. The two papers presented in this thesis used integrated approaches to better understand the current level of resource impacts within the Bear Lake Road Corridor of Rocky Mountain National Park and to explore visitor perceptions of these impacts. The first paper used traditional monitoring and assessment techniques, as well as recently developed methodologies, to determine the current level of resource impacts and examine areas for potential future resource change. Findings showed that there is significant impact in the trail system, particularly at popular hiking destinations. At two of these popular hiking destinations, with current use levels, there is potential for future resource change. Integration with measures of social norms showed that visitors are frequently experiencing resource conditions within the Bear Lake Road Corridor that are considered unacceptable.
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Han, Heesup. "The impact of emotion on the formation of customers' repeat visit intentions in the lodging industry." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/67.
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Mnisi, Donald Moffat. "The impact of class visits on professional teacher development in White Hazy Circuit in Mpumalanga Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1575.
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Thesis (M. Dev.) -- University of Limpopo, 2016This study aims to give insights into the nature and extent of professional teacher development by the department of education through class visits, and subsequently its impact on professional teacher development in the white hazy circuit in Mpumalanga province. This study further examines measures and recommendations to be put in place which can help to improve the programme (class visits), also the effectiveness of this programme in professional teacher development. The study further highlights key issues regarding class visits with regard to professional teacher development. The study further highlights strategies that can be put in place to enhancing class visits as a programme for professional teacher development. The study further highlights key recommendations to be put in place to enhance class visits as professional teacher development programme. KEY WORDS Professional Teacher Development; Development Appraisal System; Integrated Quality Management Systems; development support group; Continuing Professional Teacher Development.
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Guerreiro, Renato de Oliveira. "O impacto do fator humano na obtenção de alto desempenho: estudo de caso." Universidade Federal do Amazonas, 2003. http://tede.ufam.edu.br/handle/tede/3579.
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Previous issue date: 2003-02-25Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Due to the changing environment being noticed nowadays, a new reality seems to be coming up. Inside the organizations, this new world is noticed by the attempts to build flexible working environments, towards the respect to people, changing the thinking of men while just part of manufacturing machinery, without however to decrease the performance and competitiveness very important in the current days assuring a improvement to the organization . Many organizations, therefore, are looking for satisfying human needs while implementing operational changes, which are usually focused on process reengineering and team work activities. Considering that management practices are critical factors for leading in this environment, this dissertation s goal is to identify some of those practices, required for the construction of a management behavior based on the link between process management and Organizational Learning. The database research method, adopted in this work, consisted of a theoretical study and a case study. In this case, the managers practices have been observed during the Process Management methodology implementation, taking into account their own feelings, as well the feelings of their employees, together with the researcher observations. The conclusions have highlighted the following issues: the need for developing management practices, which are able to provide process management understanding; gain people commitment; provide required conditions for team work; encourage systemic vision of reality and create a continuous information flow through all levels of the organization. Then, management practices are presented while implementing process management, based on the learning organizational disciplines: group work development; endomarketing planning; commitment behavior; generating creative tension and microworlds; respecting the corparative values and organizational culture; building a shared vision.
O momento de transição vivenciado hoje dá indícios de que uma nova realidade está tomando forma. No âmbito das organizações, essa nova realidade é refletida na crescente preocupação com a construção de espaços de produção mais flexíveis e direcionados à valorização do ser humano em sua totalidade, modificando a idéia deste enquanto mera engrenagem do maquinário de produção, sem, no entanto diminuir o desempenho e competitividade fundamentais nos dias atuais assegurando um futuro próspero para a organização. Neste sentido, muitas organizações estão buscando abordagens que incorporem as necessidades humanas às mudanças operacionais, normalmente centradas na reestruturação dos processos e no fortalecimento do trabalho em equipe. Considerando-se que as ações dos gerentes são fundamentais para guiar esse momento de transição, este trabalho foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de identificar algumas dessas ações, necessárias à construção de uma abordagem gerencial baseada na visão de complementaridade entre o aperfeiçoamento de processos e a aprendizagem organizacional. Em função desse objetivo, adotou-se a pesquisa de arquivo, que se constituiu da revisão bibliográfica dos temas em questão e de uma aproximação da realidade através de um estudo de caso prático, real e efetivo. Neste caso, as práticas administrativas tem sido observadas durante a implementação da metodologia de gerenciamento do processo onde se levou em conta seus próprios sentimentos, como também os sentimentos dos colaboradores, em conjunto com as observações de pesquisa. As conclusões demonstraram: a importância de se desenvolver ações gerenciais capazes de propiciar a clareza dos objetivos do aperfeiçoamento de processos; buscar o comprometimento das pessoas com os mesmos; proporcionar as condições necessárias à realização do trabalho através de equipes; estimular a formação de uma visão sistêmica da realidade; criar um fluxo contínuo de comunicação em todos os níveis organizacionais. Desta forma, foram traçadas algumas propostas de ações a serem adotadas pelos gerentes quando da implementação do aperfeiçoamento de processos, tendo como base as disciplinas da aprendizagem organizacional: desenvolvimento de dinâmicas de grupo; planejamento da comunicação; adoção de uma postura de comprometimento; respeito aos valores corporativos e a cultura organizacional; estímulo à prática do diálogo; construção de uma visão compartilhada.
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Cribbs, Tyler. "Evaluating the impact of photo order on perceptions of crowding at Buffalo National River." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38866.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Horticulture and Natural Resources
Ryan L. Sharp
Visual-based methods are vital tools within outdoor recreation management. This method allows researchers to develop an empirical evaluation of social norms of outdoor recreationists. To better understand visitor’s perceptions, and provide usable information to site managers, researchers must better understand their methodology. This study assessed whether photograph order, within a visually-based method, in a field setting, creates differential results relative to a lab setting by comparing our results to previous literature. To accomplish this, a study was conducted at Buffalo National River (BUFF), Arkansas, USA. Visual-based methods were used in a field setting to determine whether there are order effects in perceptions of crowding between sequential and non-sequential photograph presentation order. Results indicated that study setting may influence whether order effects are present. This research will contribute to the growing body of work in the study of research methods for protected area and visitor use management.
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"The Effectiveness of Trail Mitigation and Theory-Grounded Signage in an Economical Approach to Reducing Social Trail Behaviors." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.51687.
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abstract: Trails perform an essential function in protected lands by routing visitors along planned, sustainable surfaces. However, when visitors deviate from official trails in sufficient numbers, it can lead to the creation of social trails. These visitor-created pathways are not sustainably designed and can severely degrade both the stability and appearance of protected areas. A multitude of recreation motivations among visitors and a lack of resources among land management agencies have made the mitigation and closure of social trails a perennial concern. A sustainable, economical strategy that does not require the continual diversion of staff is needed to address social trails. In this study, two techniques that stand out in the research literature for their efficacy and practicality were tested on a social trail closure in South Mountain Park, a high-use, urban-proximate mountain park in Phoenix, AZ. A research design with additive treatments utilizing the site management technique known as trail mitigation, sometimes referred to as brushing in the literature, followed by theory-grounded signage incorporating injunctive-proscriptive wording, an attribution message, and a reasoning message targeting visitor behavioral beliefs, norms, and control was applied and assessed using unobtrusive observation. Both treatments reduced observed off-trail hiking from 75.4% to 0%, though traces of footsteps and attempts to re-open the trail revealed the existence of unobserved “entrenched” users. With entrenched users attempting to reopen the trail, trail mitigation represented an effective but vulnerable approach while the signage represented a long-lasting “hardened” approach that provides an educational message, management’s stance on the closure, and which might put social pressure on the entrenched user(s).Dissertation/Thesis
Masters Thesis Community Resources and Development 2018
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Gauthier, Jean-Michel. "Vision stratégique : impact du niveau d'appropriation de la vision de DaimlerChrysler par les propriétaires-dirigeants sur la performance des concessions de la région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue." Thèse, 2003. http://constellation.uqac.ca/696/1/18043564.pdf.
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Le but de cette recherche est de déterminer la relation existant entre la manifestation de la vision stratégique des propriétaires-dirigeants de PME franchisées et la performance de leur entreprise. Le domaine de recherche de ce mémoire est la PME et l'entrepreneurship. L'application théorique au sein ce domaine de recherche touche les concepts de vision, de pilotage et de stratégie d'organisation. Plus précisément, cette recherche se propose d'observer la relation entre performance et vision stratégique dans un contexte de franchise. Le terrain de recherche est le réseau de concessionnaires DaimlerChrysler de la région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Ainsi, l'axe d'intervention de ce mémoire vise à déterminer à quel niveau l'appropriation de la vision du constructeur, dans la gestion courante faite par le propriétaire-dirigeant d'une concession, a un impact sur la performance de la concession.
La méthodologie utilisée afin de mesurer le degré de manifestation de la vision stratégique des propriétaires-dirigeants est inspirée des travaux de Nkongolo-Bakenda, d'Amboise et Garnier (1994). De plus, les travaux de Louis-Jacques Filion (1988) ont aussi aidé à baliser le travail de recherche, notamment avec le concept de vision centrale et secondaire. C'est une démarche de type qualitative. Trois sources ont été consultées, à savoir les rapports annuels de DaimlerChrysler de 1998 à 2001, une entrevue semi dirigée avec le directeur des ventes de la région des Laurentides et de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue chez DaimlerChrysler Canada ainsi que des entrevues semi dirigées avec chacun des six concessionnaires de la région. La cueillette des données s'est effectuée par triangulation. Les principales hypothèses de ce mémoire sont (1) que les propriétaires-dirigeants manifestant le plus leur vision stratégique sont plus performants, (2) que les propriétaires-dirigeants démontrant le plus de signes d'appropriation de la vision du constructeur ont plus de chances de réaliser de meilleures performances, (3) que les propriétaires-dirigeants de concessions sont à la fois des stratèges et des gestionnaires, (4) que les propriétaires-dirigeants de concessions font preuve d'entrepreneurship car ceux-ci bénéficient d'une marge de man?uvre dans la gestion de leur entreprise.
Le principal résultat de cette recherche est qu'il existe un lien entre le degré de manifestation de la vision stratégique et la performance de l'entreprise mais que cette relation n'est pas parfaite. D'autre part, il appert dans cette recherche qu'il existe aussi une relation positive entre la performance des concessions et leur accréditation au programme de qualité provenant du constructeur : le programme Cinq Étoiles. Il ressort aussi que les propriétaires-dirigeants ne s'approprient pas la vision du constructeur mais la subissent. La seule forme d'appropriation se passe au niveau du programme Cinq Étoiles. En définitive, il ressort que le programme Cinq Étoiles a pour objectif d'éliminer naturellement les concessions les moins performantes.
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Dung, Jai-Hung, and 董家宏. "A Study on the Visitors’ Cognition of Environment Impacts and Attitudes toward Management Strategies of the Chia-Yi Arboretum Park." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54071988585750456579.
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The primary task of management strategies is to consider the different environmental impacts caused by outdoor recreation activities. Thus how to control environmental impact caused by influence factors is important. By controlling bad factors the impact on local environmental resources can be reduced to the lowest degree. Beside, visitors’ concerns toward the arboretum park, influence their agreements to the management strategies of environmental impact. Management strategies can reduce the environmental impact caused by overuse. Base on the Chia-Yi arboretum park, thirteen management strategies are made from environment impact questions. They are divided into two categories: the direct ways and the indirect ways. Besides, this research tries to understand how the differences between visitors'' cognition of environment impacts and environmental concern level. This can cause their different attitudes toward management strategies. The research results show that:（1）different visitors’ characteristics result in different environment impacts cognition, environmental concern level, and acceptance attitudes toward management strategies.（2）visitors of more environment impacts cognition show more agreements on management strategies.（3）visitors of more environmental concerns show more agreement on management strategies.（4）visitors of more environmental concerns show more cognition of environment impacts. The issues of environment impact management emphasize the need of the viewpoints from researchers, managers and visitors all together. Then it is able to estimate the possible acceptability of environment impacts when happens. The results of this research could provide managers the references of the strategies in the future.
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Tu, Chia-Hao, and 杜家豪. "The impact of innovation capability, shared vision and trust on willingness of partners: A study of Taiwan’s power management IC." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57292461213831206627.
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During times of increasing market competition, many firms in IC industry need to cooperate with their suppliers. How does a firm select a partner? The decision-making process associated with selecting a partner is complex and challenging. When managers have access to all relevant information and are not under time constraints, then they can use a rational, analytical process to evaluate strategic fit among alternatives. However, this becomes much more difficult when there is inadequate information. Besides supplier’s innovation capability, one response is to rely more on trust and shared vision among potential partners. Using a sample of 108 Taiwanese firms in IC industry, the results indicate that supplier’s innovation capabilities, shared vision, and trust have a positive effect on willingness of partner. Further, we find that trust have a negative moderating effect between innovation capability and willingness of partner relationship.
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Van, Niekerk Elna. "The impact of change management on role conflict, role ambiguity and job satisfaction in a transport organisation." Diss., 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17736.
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Organisations and job content will continually change irrespective of the employee
or job context. The ability to understand, initiate and manage change is therefore,
an essential skill for any change agent.
The general aim of this research was to investigate the impact of change
management on role conflict, role ambiguity and job satisfaction. "Change
management", "role conflict", "role ambiguity" and "job satisfaction" were
conceptualised. This change process was described and the effect of change
management on role conflict, role ambiguity and job satisfaction was determined.
Instruments for measuring these concepts were administered among 116 employees
who have been subjected to extensive organisational change within a large
transport organisation. It was found that change management has a significant
impact on role conflict, role ambiguity and job satisfaction.
The change management process used in this research potentially enables Human
Resources managers and change agents to reduce role conflict, role ambiguity and
job satisfaction during large scale organisation change.Industrial and Organisational Psychology
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Labuschagne, Veronique. "A spending behaviour model for selected South African arts festivals / Veronique Labuschagne." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/11735.
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Arts festivals form a large part of the South African culture originally as many local communities began to share their culture with visitors by means of arts festivals. This has grown into a large industry that has tremendous financial gain for the hosting communities. With over 500 arts festivals each year in South Africa alone, visitors are certain to find a festival to satisfy their specific needs and wants. Therefore, with so many genres available, each festival has created its own niche market and loyal customer base.
An extensive literature study was conducted for the purpose of this thesis and it was found that research of small to medium arts festivals has been neglected. This finding motivated the main theme of this research. As mentioned earlier, there are so many genres available that the festival organisers may experience difficulty when deciding what to offer and how many genres to offer in order to still be sustainable and attract a sufficient number of visitors. Furthermore, the large number of arts festivals organised each year makes it increasingly difficult for festivals to build a loyal client base. First-time visitors can be converted into repeat visitors if the marketing strategy is precise. Repeat visitors, as stated in the literature, results in a sustainable income for each festival.
Another question that motivated the research was the location of the three arts festivals (Innibos, Vryfees, and Kierieklapper). Three arts festivals in three provinces makes an interesting study to determine whether there is a difference in the three types of visitors that they attract and the spending patterns at each festival.
While addressing the problems stated above, this study produced the following three articles:
* Article 1: ―Determinants of spending at Vryfees with a focus on genres‖.
* Article 2: ―First-time versus repeat visitors at Innibos Arts Festival‖.
* Article 3: ―Role of location in the attendance and spending of festinos‖.
Article 1 investigates spending determinants that influence visitor expenditure on the different genres offered at the Vryfees Festival in Bloemfontein, based on a survey conducted in 2011. The research is based on the notion that different genres have different spending patterns. Article 2 focuses on the differences and/or similarities between first-time and repeat visitors at the Innibos Arts Festival as an alternative approach to market segmentation. Lastly, the third article focuses on three different arts festivals in three different locations in South Africa. The research was conducted by means of a visitor survey at the three arts festivals during the same year with questionnaires administered at Innibos (428), Vryfees (336), and Kierieklapper (202) respectively.
The most significant contributions of this study can be summarised as follows:
* the tourist spending behaviour in regards to the difference between first-time and repeat visitors is significant and can be considered an important spending determinant;
* the tourist spending behaviour in terms of length of stay between first-time visitors and repeat visitors is significantly different, suggesting that familiarity with the destination (as the repeat visitors are) has an important impact;
* different locations attract their own type of tourists and certain locations receive a higher economic injection than other provinces do because of the type of festival held. All three arts festivals attract mainly Afrikaans speaking attendees; and for the first time, a comparative study has been conducted on three arts festivals targeting the Afrikaans speaking community. Additionally, this is the first time a comparative study was conducted on three small to medium arts festivals located in three different provinces; and
* the developed spending model described in the last chapter of this thesis can assist the festival organisers with future festival marketing to improve their income and marketing strategy.PhD (Tourism Management), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014