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McLellan, Cathy. "Building capacity for change". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0017/MQ49197.pdf.
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Heslop, Vivienne Rosemary. "Sustainable capacity : building institutional capacity for sustainable development". Thesis, University of Auckland, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/5905.
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The task of converting the rhetoric of sustainable development to real action and change is one that poses significant challenges for local and central government agencies. The complexity of this task is compounded by the increasing acceptance that the impediments to advancing the sustainable development agenda are largely institutional. This thesis argues that, unless explicit consideration is given to understanding institutional change for sustainable development and the ways in which it can be enabled, little progress is likely to be made. This thesis sets out to examine the contribution of building institutional capacity in enabling institutional change for sustainable development. In doing so it starts by developing conceptual frameworks for both institutional capacity and institutional change. The institutional capacity framework illustrates the integrated nature of capacity building for progressing sustainable development, and the conceptual framework of institutional change is designed to help agencies understand the complexity and holistic nature of institutional change. These conceptual frameworks were developed initially from an analysis of empirical material relating to the institutional issues associated with advancing sustainable development and were informed by the theoretical perspectives provided by new institutionalism and capacity building. Further refinement of the conceptual frameworks was possible by using a case study of a multi-agency public sector sustainable development initiative in the Auckland region of New Zealand. Analysis of interviews revealed that the building of institutional capacity is enmeshed with institutional change for sustainable development. The failure to understand the ii integrated and holistic nature of capacity building has an impact on the success of multi-agency public sector initiatives seeking to change current policy and practice. From the case study and further analysis of the empirical and theoretical literature it was possible to develop a set of institutional design principles that incorporate the conceptual frameworks and seek to make them applicable for the design of multiagency initiatives. These institutional design principles were tested and refined through further interviews with case study participants, resulting in the development of a process for designing and implementing multi-agency public sector sustainable development initiatives. The design process embeds the conceptual frameworks for institutional capacity and institutional change, and demonstrates that the task of progressing sustainable development is a process of change and can be enabled by a focus on applying the institutional design principles developed through this research. It is critical, first, that design of new initiatives takes account of the existing institutional landscape and identifies the necessary shifts in each dimension of institutions to ensure institutional change, makes as much use of existing structures as possible, is clear on the purpose of the initiative, specifies the extent of coordination sought between agencies and identifies specific mechanisms to steer integration. The second key component of institutional design is the identification of the institutional capacities required to support the institutional change sought from the initiative, their development during the course of an initiative, and the incorporation of evaluation and reflection as a key element of the process of implementation. iii The findings of this research contribute to our understanding of the capacities required to facilitate institutional change and the elements of institutional design that can shape efforts by the public sector to advance sustainable development.
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Maras, Melissa Ann. "Building Evaluation Capacity in Schools". Miami University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1215117424.
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Stavros, Jacqueline M. "Capacity Building: An Appreciative Approach". Case Western Reserve University Doctor of Management / OhioLINK, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1560435084090361.
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Kennedy, Helen, i Helen E. Kennedy@hotmail com. "Cultivating Indigenous Capacity Building Through Leadership Development". RMIT University. Education, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20091015.154146.
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This research explored how my own life experiences and leadership journey have informed my professional practice in Indigenous capacity building. The relationship between Indigenous capacity building and the promotion of Ieadership development is the underlying basis of my research. This is an increasingly important area in Aboriginal Affairs and public policy given the currency of debates around Indigenous capacity building as a strategy towards overcoming entrenched disadvantage experienced by so many Indigenous people. This is juxtaposed with the increasing recognition of the need to promote new and emerging Indigenous leadership as a strategy to ensure the future survival and growth of strong, self-determining Aboriginal communities. A key element of my research is the development and construction of a model which describes the key characteristics or determinants of Indigenous capacity building through developing Indigenous leadership. This has been constructed from my own experiences, research and analysis and reflects the primacy of leadership in debates around Indigenous capacity building. The model demonstrates that there are three key separate yet interrelated components of Indigenous capacity building through promoting leadership development. Interwoven through and between each of these components is the importance of culture which is the all permeating centre of the model and cannot be underestimated. The first component in the model focuses on the importance of internally based capacity building which I have described as 'intra capacity building.' This represents a cluster of interdependent characteristics that combined together, contribute towards building stronger 'internal' capacities as a necessary strengthening factor which builds resilience and are all essential leadership qualities. They includes attributes such as the development of self knowledge, self confidence and self awareness, cultural identify and healing from the impacts of colonisation. The second component in the model focuses on the importance of the more externally developed 'inter capacity building' which explores the importance of connection to supportive and quality relationships, an increase in the building of networks and their application to the workplace as well as pathways to employment and education. The third component of the model focuses on the combined impact of intra-personal and inter-personal capacity development on the broader Aboriginal community through contributing towards growing and sustaining the leadership base and ensuring on-going community engagement through governance arrangements. This exegesis will provide a major contribution to the growing amount of work on Indigenous capacity building and recognition of the integral role of leadership development in this context. The project element of my research will further contribute to this by promoting key learnings from my research by making available a training resource guide for use in education, training and community settings. My conclusion acknowledges the significant life experiences and leadership journey I have personally experienced, which are parallel in nature to the experiences of the many Koorie leadership participants.
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Turner-Bourne, Rachel. "Community capacity building and the Vancouver Agreement". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ54588.pdf.
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Mansour, Abla. "Building leadership-capacity for sustained school-improvement". Thesis, University of Leicester, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/9396.
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The third wave of school reform in Quebec that started in 2000, emphasized developing student leadership. For a school to become successful, it became mandatory for the administration to build leadership-capacity and developing teacher-leadership in curriculum and professional-development and school governance. Building leadership-capacity and sustaining school improvement are the focus of this thesis. It describes the basic actions that schools should take to build leadership-capacity and investigates the characteristics of a capacity-building head and the ultimate effect of building leadership-capacity on student development. It also suggests that leadership-capacity is context specific and differentiated among schools. Leadership-capacity is defined as ‘broad-based skilful participation in the work of leadership’ (Lambert 1998:5) and a way of understanding sustainable school improvement (Lambert 2006:239) given each school culture and context. Following a review of literature, five key-research questions were formulated, addressed through three interpretive case-studies carried out in three private secondary schools in Montreal, Quebec. The research tried to investigate the process of building leadership-capacity and how it sustains school improvement. The study predominantly used a flexible multiple case-study design, using qualitative methods of data collection. In each school, semi-structured interviews, non-participant observations and document checking were conducted, providing method and data triangulation. Given that this research involves multiple case-studies, data analysis was conducted in two stages: within-case and cross-case analysis (Yin 1994:112). Analysis revealed that building leadership-capacity usually starts by broadly and skilfully involving teachers in leadership activities. Sustainable improvement can be supported by transforming the school into a professional-learning-community where learning and improvement become a habit of mind, daily practiced by teachers and students. Knowing that the ultimate goal of school improvement is to enhance student learning and achievement, this can be achieved when schools develop students to become leaders of their own learning journey. Developing teacher-leadership in a school ultimately reflects on student leadership and learning. In addition to these internal leadership-capacity processes, each school has its unique contextual factors, consequently, capacity-building is “multifaceted” (Fullan 2006), based on developing strategies that are unique to each school given its context, internal leadership-capacity predispositions and culture that ensure sustainable improvement for each particular school. The suggested leadership-capacity model provides a visual display for building leadership-capacity based on the dynamic interaction between internal capacity, culture and external context.
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Todd, Kevin M. "Local festivals and their community building capacity". Virtual Press, 2003. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1266024.
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Many small towns in the state of Indianan hold yearly festivals. This thesis asks the question, "Do small town festivals have the capacity to build community?" The answer to this question was sought by first looking at prior research and then devising an Index to determine the primary components to community. The index identified Networks, Communion, Collaboration, and Behavior as the four primary components of community. Field study and data collection were conducted by the means of surveying festival visitors at seven small town festivals in Indiana and also by observing the visitors, events, and booths of each festival. Through statistical analysis of the data, it was determined that small town festivals do have the capacity to build community in that they possess and encourage the four main components of community.Department of Urban Planning
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Taha, Kofi A. (Kofi Abdul Malik). "Creative capacity building in post-conflict Uganda". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63238.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2011.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Creative Capacity Building (CCB) is a methodology that emphasizes the ability of people living in poverty to create livelihood technologies, i.e., machines and tools that increase income, improve health and safety, decrease manual labor or significantly save time. By distilling key elements of the design process into a hands-on curriculum that is accessible to any educational level, and relying upon the principles of participatory development and appropriate technology, CCB promotes a democratic framework for the application of technology in development that encourages people to become active creators of technology, not just recipients or users of technology. This thesis describes my personal experiences developing and implementing this new approach with Amy Smith, Director of D-Lab @ MIT, in several post-conflict communities in Northern Uganda. The principle claims of this paper are: 1) by emphasizing local participation and innovation, CCB is software for the hardware of Appropriate Technology 2.0, an updated and strengthened version of the appropriate technology movement that is no longer in favor in development circles; 2) the CCB curriculum is not effective as a stand alone intervention and requires a broader methodology that includes ongoing trainings, resources and venues that develop local capacity; 3) CCB also requires a reinterpretation of the role of the development professional from that of an external, "expert consultant" to a self-reflective participant and facilitator that enhances the abilities of others to transform their own lives and communities 4) the positive impact of every technology intervention, including CCB, is contingent upon successful navigation of the local setting-- in particular the cultural, political, economic, organizational and interpersonal dynamics that affect implementation; and 5) the ethics embedded in CCB have provided me with a framework for a personal theory of practice and a practice of action that prioritizes engagement in short-term poverty elimination strategies over long-term economic or political strategies, and that embraces the vulnerability that is required to bear witness, to reflect, to practice mindfulness in working and interacting with people, and to always maintain hope.
by Kofi A. Taha.
M.C.P.
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Ramaccia, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Marie). "Creative agencies : a model for building community capacity". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67234.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2011.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-226).
This research investigates how existing initiatives based in artistic and non-artistic disciplines build indigenous capacity for leadership in disenfranchised communities through the application of the creative process. There is a perceived disparity between the missions and processes of community-based arts initiatives and non-arts initiatives in practice and in literature. However, this thesis evaluates both types of initiatives against a set of measurements for successful capacity building and finds that all cases enlist a similar creative process. Often considered only in relation to artistic endeavors, an agenda-drive, democratic, creative process can incubate leadership. The components for such a process are identified and discussed in this research through in-depth narratives and analyses of three initiatives: the Highlander Research and Education Center in eastern Tennessee, Appalshop in eastern Kentucky, and the Village of Arts and Humanities in North Philadelphia. Despite widely varying vehicles for capacity-building - popular education and organizing, arts and media production, and spatial transformation and arts programming, respectively - all enlist the creative process. This research finds that the creative process can provide an analogous experience to that which community leaders enact to create change while concurrently developing a skill set that is transferable to the activities of community leadership. Additional benefits and impediments because of the use of the arts in capacity-building endeavors are discussed in this thesis. While indigenous cultural expression and artistic production are valuable when integrated, the initial motivations and backgrounds of the founding artists, the perceived competition between artistic production and leadership development, and the misconception of the purpose of their efforts by a broader audience, introduce challenges to capacity building. Additional challenges to all capacity-building initiatives stem from a mismatch between the measurements required by their funding sources and those that capture their most meaningful output.The findings of this research can provide guidance for new and veteran practitioners of leadership development, community development, or community-based artistic enterprises.
by Elizabeth M. Ramaccia.
M.C.P.
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Clark, Alison J. "Sustainable School Improvement| Suburban Elementary Principals' Capacity Building". Thesis, Concordia University Chicago, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10106124.
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The increase of intense pressures to ensure long-term education reforms have created a challenge to school leaders as they direct and nurture the abilities of others. Although there is no single model of successful leadership, there is a common repertoire of values and actions used for sustainable school improvement. Raising capacity is a key task for principals. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand and describe suburban elementary principals’ practices and perceptions as change leaders related to capacity building. The study further explored the reciprocal effects model on how principals responded to the changing environment. Three principals, their superintendents and one teacher for each case provided data collected through interviews, documents, and a researcher journal. Inductive and deductive analysis were used, first within-case and then through a concluding cross-case. Findings confirmed that building capacity is all encompassing. As principals seek to build capacity, there are many interconnected actions. Results demonstrated varied practices, skills, and responsibilities used among principals, including: setting goals; professional development; collaboration; teacher leadership; and shared responsibility. This study can provide guidance to universities, Boards of Education, and other administrators. Recommendations for further research include expanding the sample to include secondary principals and to explore capacity building in rural and urban settings. Additionally, there should be continued research on the reciprocal effects model using mixed methods.
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Mosala, Nthabiseng N. "Developing a capacity building policy for academic libraries". Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7816.
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Bibliography: leaves 131-136.This study was conducted in order to establish how to address the issue of capacity building in academic libraries. The libraries of the two Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs), the University of Western Cape (UWC) and Peninsula Technikon (Pentech), participating libraries in the Cape Libraries Cooperative (CALICO) were used as models to assess the extent to which skills attainment contributes towards capacity building. The study found that there is no policy that looks specifically at addressing capacity building in these two libraries. Training was found to be the core element towards attaining capacity building. Other approaches found to enhance capacity building were mentoring, coaching and exchanges.
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Cranston, Kayla A. Cranston. "Building & Measuring Psychological Capacity for Biodiversity Conservation". Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1472034188.
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Adam, Zakari. "Building capacity for advancing child protection in Mali". Thesis, Middlesex University, 2016. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/18785/.
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UNICEF is the UN worldwide agency committed to promote children’s rights across countries. Such a mandate is particularly significant in African countries like Mali where children under the age of 18 make up 50% of the population and who experience widespread violation of rights. In 2011, when I was chief child protection in this country with a role to manage UNICEF’s interventions and human resources charged to protect children against various forms of violation of their rights, I embarked on research aiming to investigate conflicts experienced by Child Protection Workers (CPWs) related to their personal beliefs/practices and professional agenda. The methodology of the research was action oriented in line with my intention to put this work at the service of CPWs in Mali and beyond to improve their practice. I worked together with them to explore various dimensions of cultural conflicts and what it takes to manage it effectively in the context of Mali. The Key findings could be summarised as follows: - CPWs are involved in various forms of violation of children’s right: Violence, Child Labour, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)… - The cultural conflict experienced by CPWs is among challenges that limit the programme from achieving better results. It also impacts negatively on the workers through lack of job satisfaction, low self-esteem and health problems due to the clash experienced between UNICEF expectations and local community values. - Socio economic determinants interrelate with strategies in the management of cultural and practice mismatches experienced by CPWs. The analysis of CPWs’ positioning through what I call ‘Triangle Model’ provides insights into various types of CPWs encountered in respect of the distance separating them from their professional values/agenda. Answers to questions raised by the triangle model is likely to help guide policies and strategies to build the capacities of CPWs and to support them to adjust to their professional agenda. This project also demonstrates that to face cultural discrepancies, stakeholders will need to go one step beyond ‘ordinary’ strategies to experiment with more contextualized initiatives. Recognition of inherent power in workers and communities should be seen as part of any theory of capacity building itself based on the framework of social constructionism.
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Johnson, William Woodland. "Building Capacity and Sustainability through Teachers Leading Teachers". Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7529.
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This capstone project was part of a group project completed by two principals in elementary schools and a principal coach in Hillsborough County, Florida. Each of the team members has a passion for the work of administrator and lead learner in a turnaround school. Through creating a culture of teacher leadership, especially in high poverty schools, we believe students will succeed. We were looking for what a high performing school culture would look like if teachers were leading the work through ongoing inquiry and personalized support.
My individual focus was, in what kinds of work experiences did teachers feel they learned the most? What were those situations? Who else was involved, and what did they do? What did teachers do to foster their own development? What made these situations high point learning experiences?
My review of selected literature was guided by an Appreciative Inquiry perspective. Themes in the literature reviewed included: teacher collaboration, teacher leadership, and job-embedded professional development. Key insights to my area of focus included strong confirmation of the need for differentiated professional development for teachers to foster and improve teacher leadership. The research reviewed examined different professional development models and their relationship to teacher needs. School leaders should pay attention to how teachers are supported, how time is allotted, the degree to which a leader is committed, the need for collaboration among teachers, and the need for job-embedded learning and teacher support.
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Trivette, Carol M. "DEC Recommended Practices: Building the Capacity of Families". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4459.
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Martinez, Oscar R. "Building trust: the challenge of building partnership capacity in U.S.-Mexico military relations". Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/41416.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.This thesis focuses on the following questions. Why does a relatively low level of trust characterize U.S.-Mexican defense relations? Has the long-shared history of the two policies helped or hindered the building of trust? What are the main obstacles to the strengthening a military-to-military partnership based on trust? In particular, what should the U.S. military do to ensure better cooperation between both militaries to meet the security challenges confronting North America and beyond in the twenty-first century? This thesis will determine why prior U.S.-military engagements with the Mexican military have been ineffective in shaping a relationship based on trust. This research study highlights the historical and cultural paradigms that have challenged the relationship between the U.S. and Mexican militaries. The focus of this research is not to blame the professionalism and effectiveness of the Mexican military to combat these security challenges, but to study a policy environment, and provide policy recommendations of trust-building mechanisms to be incorporated (from the U.S. side) to help build a solid relationship built on trust, not capabilities. Finally, this study addresses key factors that have prevented a trust-building program, and will outline a range of policy options that the U.S. military forces can use to build a much-needed trust between these two institutions.
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Selaledi, D. "Building research capacity at CUT (professional growth and development)". Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/372.
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Published ArticleThis paper intends to argue that there are two inherent challenges and dilemmas that may incapacitate rising calls to develop a distinguished cohort of researchers at universities, including CUT. Firstly, it seems the episteme knowledge-base in research of the current cohort of staff members does invite a look in askance as to its depth and breadth. Do we sufficiently exude competence to develop budding researchers of note? Secondly, and deducing from my informal interviews and discussions with B.Ed Honours students since 2006; we somewhat fall short as lecturers to model the quintessential research expertise necessary to develop the students' phronetic research experiences - the success of which would reconcile with their practical reality in their diverse teaching and learning situations and circumstances. How then do we build a research capacity that catapults us from this somewhat research doldrums in the School of Teacher Education at CUT to become a School of Teacher Education recognised nationally and internationally as a School of Teacher Education which is enveloped in the validity and reliability of generating quality research? This paper explores various "givens' and "intellectual needs." And, quite academically, may rumble about conceptual and perceptual impediments and hurdles which under-gird the laborious exercise of undertaking research; though fulfilling to academic autarkical pride when done excellently.
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Neads, Alexander Stephen. "Building other people's armies : military capacity building and civil-military relations during international interventions". Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/26680.
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Following state-building campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, the UK has increasingly eschewed large-scale intervention in favour of local proxy forces. Whilst this strategy might appeal to the war-weary and cash strapped interventionist, frequent use of military capacity building as a tool of foreign policy inevitably raises questions about the accountability of those local forces being trained. This thesis examines the exportation of Western concepts of civil-military relations into the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), carried out by the British-led International Military Advisory and Training Team (IMATT) during intervention and post-conflict stabilisation in Sierra Leone. It argues that external interventionists can reshape local military culture, to promote both democratic civil-military norms and professional military effectiveness, but only through extensive institutional change. In Sierra Leone, IMATT attempted to change the organisational culture of the RSLAF by reforming its institutional mechanisms for socialisation, training, education and promotion. By inculcating a new normative ethos in a cohort of junior RSLAF officers, IMATT sought to promulgate cultural change throughout the military via a structured process of intra-service competition and generational replacement. This novel blend of internal and external processes of military change challenges existing scholarship on military innovation and adaptation, advancing our understanding of the relationship between military culture, military change, and external intervention. However, this process of institutional redevelopment and cultural change in the RSLAF proved to be both heavily contested and deeply political, ultimately leading to partial results. Consequently, IMATT’s experience of RSLAF reform holds important implications for the study of civil-military relations and security sector reform, and with it, the conduct of contemporary military capacity building and liberal intervention.
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Meyer-Schwarzenberger, Matthias. "Nation-, State- und Capacity-building Modernisierungstendenzen im postmodernen Kontext? /". St. Gallen, 2006. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02669539001/$FILE/02669539001.pdf.
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Cevik, Deniz. "Determination Of The Change In Building Capacity During Earthquakes". Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607085/index.pdf.
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There is a great amount of building stock built in earthquake regions where earthquakes frequently occur. It is very probable that such buildings experience earthquakes more than once throughout their economic life. The motivation of this thesis arose from the lack of procedures to determine the change in building capacity as a result of prior earthquake damage. This study focuses on establishing a method that can be employed to determine the loss in the building capacity after experiencing an earthquake.
In order to achieve this goal a number of frames were analyzed under several randomly selected earthquakes. Nonlinear time-history analyses and nonlinear static analyses were conducted to assess the prior and subsequent capacities of the frames under consideration. The structural analysis programs DRAIN-2DX and SAP2000 were employed for this purpose. The capacity curves obtained by these methods were investigated to propose a procedure by which the capacity of previously damaged structures can be determined.
For time-history analyses the prior earthquake damage can be taken into account by applying the ground motion histories successively to the structure under consideration. In the case of nonlinear static analyses this was achieved by modifying the elements of the damaged structure in relation to the plastic deformation they experience.
Finally a simple approximate procedure was developed using the regression analysis of the results. This procedure relies on the modification of the structure stiffness in proportion to the ductility demand the former earthquake imposes.
The proposed procedures were applied to an existing 3D building to validate their applicability.
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Liu, Hui. "Interspecific hybridization in Leucadendron : capacity building and phylogenetic insights". University of Western Australia. School of Plant Biology, 2007. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0181.
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Flowers from members of the genus Leucadendron have colourful bracts and long vase life that make them highly desirable cut-flowers. Breeding programs based on interspecific hybridization would encounter difficulty if pre- or post-fertilization barriers exist in the distant crosses. Embryo rescue is one of the commonly used approaches to overcome post-fertilization barriers in wide hybridization. In this study, intersectional and intersubsectional hybridization of Leucadendron was attempted. Observation of pollen-pistil interactions revealed that post-zygotic rejection was the main reason for the incompatibility of the crosses, therefore embryo rescue was adopted and a protocol was developed to raise the hybrids. To better understand the genome structure in the genus, karyotypes of selected species were analyzed. Chromosome examination indicated that all (27) Leucadendron species examined were diploid and had a chromosome number of 2n = 26. The chromosomes were small in size and had predominantly median to submedian centromeres. The karyotypes of the species were rather symmetrical and seemed to be primitive according to Stebbins' karyotype classification. DNA based PCR-RFLP and RAMP markers were developed to identify Leucadendron hybrids at an early age. RAMP analysis showed more discrimination in identifying Leucadendron hybrids than did PCR-RFLP. The occurrence of PCR recombination also proved to be a troublesome issue when using the PCR-RFLP method, whereas the clarity of the interpretion of the RAMP method was not influenced by PCR recombination. Interspecific hybridization in a breeding program can provide valuable information on grouping of the species for systematic purposes. Regression analysis between cross success rate and cpDNA character difference revealed that there was a highly significant correlation between them. Patterns of success for intersectional hybridizations in Leucadendron were generally consistent with current taxonomic hypotheses regarding the sectional division of the genus. Success was generally lower for intersectional crosses than for intrasectional crosses.
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Neu, Annette L. "Building collaborative capacity for biosecurity at the Georgia Seaports". Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/07Mar%5FNeu.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2007.Thesis Advisor(s): Robert Bach "March 2007." Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68). Also available in print.
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Basar, Ezgi. "Capacity Building for Energy Performance Contracting in European Union". Thesis, KTH, Tillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-129096.
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Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) is an important tool to disseminate energy efficiency measures. This study focuses on the main barriers and success factors for EPC market in order to build capacity in this subject. A pilot study of questionnaire took part among the local authorities of four countries within the European Union; Croatia, Denmark, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The results of this pilot study were combined with the results of a literature research to identify common disadvantages and key points of the market. Afterwards, the most important actions to be taken on national and international level in European Union were discussed. According to this study, the supportive legal framework for the energy efficiency measures, access to financial resources, reliable energy consumption data and trust in Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) were remarked as the essential factors for increasing the capacity of the EPC.Intelligent Energy Europe, ManagEnergy
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Stocklin, Sacha. "Evaluative case study : capacity building by incorporating a mission". Thesis, Open University, 2012. http://oro.open.ac.uk/54700/.
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This thesis contains research on how a mission might be incorporated into capacity building within an organisation. Specifically, it investigates the extent to which its mission is influencing the community at Les Roches Jin Jiang College - a private hospitality management college in China. As part of this, it also explores the general conditions under which an organisation's mission can foster capacity building. The research questions asked what members of the school understand about the school's mission, how they act on and gain ownership of the mission in their daily working life, and how the mission can be developed. The study obtains primary data through the collection of meanings, interpretations and perspectives that community members use in their everyday lives. It compares focus group data with data gathered from interviews, questionnaires and an analysis of documents. Many scholars (Bart and Baetz, 1996; Bart, 1998a; Campbell, Devine and Young, 1990; Davies and Glaister, 1997; and Klemm, Sanderson and Luffman, 1991) have argued that a mission statement needs to have a strong and las ting impact on an organisation. This case study supports these findings, but reveals that an organisation's mission statement is an effective tool only if it has an inspiring purpose that is understood by the whole community. This means that simply having a statement is not sufficient to incorporate a mission. Rather, it requires that the whole community of an organisation feels or senses the words expressed in the statement in its daily life at work. In addition, the study shows that the mission needs to be used in synchronisation with the communication of the organisation's market situation and its goals. Having inspiring communication about the institution's situation and its mission can integrate people and help them to work towards a com man purpose. This is what capacity building is all about!
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Guo, Wei. "Building a tourism carrying capacity framework for global geoparks". HKBU Institutional Repository, 2019. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/712.
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The concept of geopark was first proposed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1999. After that, geotourism emerged as a novel strategy for sustainable development in rural areas. Tourism carrying capacity is a concept related to the optimum use of natural areas without creating environmental degradation. This concept has been widely employed in nature tourism in national parks. To apply the carrying capacity concept in global geoparks, the purpose of this study is to remodel existing tourism carrying capacity frameworks to foster sustainable use of global geoparks. A review of the development of carrying capacity concept and six tourism carrying capacity frameworks, namely, Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS), Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC), Visitor Impact Management (VIM), Visitor Experience and Resource Protection (VERP), Visitor Activity Management Process (VAMP), and Tourism Optimization Management Model (TOMM) in Chapter 2 demonstrates that tourism carrying capacity concept is able to raise the awareness on sustainable tourism in national parks but these traditional tourism carrying capacity frameworks commonly failed to address the interests of all stakeholders. Thus, this thesis adopts the definition of tourism carrying capacity for geoparks as the situation or condition of a geopark where there is reconciliation (i.e., having balance and harmony) of environmental conservation, social maintenance, and economic development. Based on the three aspects (i.e., environmental conservation, social maintenance, and economic development) of this concept, a tailor-made framework for global geoparks was built in Chapter 3, using confirmatory factor analysis and the revised importance-performance analysis to evaluate tourism carrying capacity in Global Geoparks. Then the modified tourism carrying capacity framework was applied in two UNESCO Global Geoparks, namely, Hong Kong Global Geopark and Danxiashan Global Geopark, to address the inherent tensions between resources conservation and sustainable development in both Geoparks in Chapters 4 and 5. It was found that 1) there was compatibility only among the three dimensions, namely, environmental conservation, social maintenance, and economic development in two Geoparks; 2) the structure of the framework and the compatibility of the three dimensions can only be confirmed in the local community model (Figure 3.3) by the importance data of factors, i.e., resource, human environment, and facility. No validity can be established in the construct of the GGN model on the local community's satisfaction of the overall environments in two Parks and neither is there an agreement between the visitors in both Parks with the GGN criteria; and 3) from the satisfaction data on the three factors of the visitor model (Figure 3.4), i.e., environmental carrying capacity, political-economic carrying capacity, and socio-demographic carrying capacity, it shows that HKGP appears to be more sustainably managed than DXSGP. Collectively, this study has provided a new framework for evaluating tourism carrying capacity in a geopark. I hope to advance the methodological innovation of sustainable geotourism management and supplement the lacuna of criteria and standards for Global Geoparks in future studies.
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De, Sousa Jane. "Understanding the unintended consequences of a capacity building program :". Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10418.
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Bibliography: leaves 177-180.Capacity building programmes facilitated by development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) often fail to achieve their expected outcomes, resulting instead in a series of unintented consequences. These unintended consequences become legible when viewed as instrumental elements in the resultant constellation of the 'truths' of the developmental discourse that shape these capacity building programmes. This study identifies two unintended consequences of a capacity building programme facilitated be a rural support NGO. Firstly, the fact that the development discourse stresses the importance of people's empowerment and participation, results in processes which are more successful at assisting people to acquire the development discourse than training people in specific skills and to apply specific tools. Secondly, that the power relations between institutions operating within the development discourse, result in contradictions in the development practice of NGOs, such as the use of specific tools whose requirements are incompatible with the truths of the participatory development discourse within which most NGOs operate.
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Li, Jing Qiang. "Designing constraints for capacity analysis of residential floor areas". Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1292545.
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This thesis focuses on the development of design constraints for use in analyzing the capacity of the residential units' floor areas in Open Building projects. Two cases are used to demonstrate the use of these constraints: a vacant office building (Kales Building) being converted to residential occupancy; a new multi-story building the lower floors of which are hotel rooms and the upper floors are residential condominium units.The thesis suggests that these constraints and the capacity analysis of residential floor areas associated with them can assist design teams, at the beginning of similar projects; provide important "added value" to clients, and contribute to the long term "sustainability" or adaptability of buildings.The first part of the thesis addresses the question of how to design a residential base building which can accommodate an optimal number and variety of fit-out unit layouts. The answer to the question links to the need for design constraints and points to their use in capacity analysis.The second part of the thesis focuses on the deduction of "constraint-designing" for Open Building residential layout. Plumbing systems, which are one of the most significant barriers to the application of Open Building, are specifically and more deeply studied in this part. A series of constraints are developed, which can generally assist in designing and analyzing floor plate capacity. . It is akin to learning to know the rules before starting a game.The third part of the thesis focuses on the demonstration of the uses of constraints in the design process of the conversion of an abandoned office building to residential uses.The last part of the thesis demonstrates the use of constraints and capacity analysis in a new multi-story condo project.In short, the paper is initially concerned with both the design concept and its application into detail levels in one of the many issues. It is a study of methods and technical rules of designing floor plan layouts when capacity analysis is the aim.Department of Architecture
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Doyle, Thomas Martin. "Increasing state capacity through clans". Diss., [Riverside, Calif.] : University of California, Riverside, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1957301341&SrchMode=2&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1269878919&clientId=48051.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009.Includes abstract. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Title from first page of PDF file (viewed March 23, 2010). Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.
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Erramilli, Bala Prasad. "Disaster Management in India: Analysis of Factors Impacting Capacity Building". Digital Archive @ GSU, 2008. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/political_science_diss/15.
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Governments are responsible for administrative arrangements dealing with disasters. Effective policies play a vital role in mitigating the impact of disasters and reducing likely losses of life and property. Yet, it had been noted that such losses were increasing, raising questions about efficacy of government policies and the factors that made them effective. This study adopted a comparative method, responding to a long-standing demand of disaster research, for examining the record in India. There were noticeable differences among its states, with some having undertaken comprehensive reform in an all-hazards approach, while others continued with old policies. This research studied four states with the objective of identifying variables that were critical in undertaking policy reform for building capacities. The roles of economic resources, democratically decentralized institutions, political party systems and focusing events were examined. Findings revealed that these factors had varying impact on state capabilities. Economic resources were an inevitable part of disaster management, but did not necessarily translate into policy reform. Panchayati Raj Institutions, which were democratically decentralized bodies, displayed tremendous potential. However, their role was limited mostly to the response phase, with states severely circumscribing their involvement. The nature of political party systems was able to explain policy reform to an extent. Cohesive systems in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Orissa correlated with administrative capacities, unlike in fragmented Bihar. However, anti-incumbency sentiments and strong community mobilization impacted contestation more than electoral salience of public goods. The most nuanced and significant explanation was provided by experience of focusing events. States that suffered major disasters revealed unmistakable evidence of double-loop learning, leading to comprehensive policy reform and capacity building. This research provides empirical support to theory about the role of focusing events and organizational learning in policy reform. Methodologically, it underscores the importance of the comparative approach, and its successful application in a federal framework. The significance of this research is most for policy makers and practitioners, as it serves to alert them on the need for reform without waiting for the next big disaster to catch them unprepared.
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Thanh, Thuy Tran Thi. "Capacity building for public management reform : the case of Vietnam". Thesis, University of Manchester, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.578286.
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Bauer, Louis M., i Marc M. Meeker. "An acquistion [i.e. acquisition] leader's model for building collaborative capacity". Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10738.
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MBA Professional ReportThis report begins by defining collaboration. Next, the report provides examples of how effective collaboration within the Defense's (DoD) acquisition community is lacking. Based on these examples, the project asks its main research question: "How can DoD acquisition leaders improve their collaborative capacity to improve cost, schedule and performance?" Next, the project provides a model for how to do just that. The project, "An Acquisition Leader's Model for Building Collaborative Capacity" presents a three-step model. Step one is to assess and analyze collaboration capacity with regard to the elements of one's own organization, the organization's stakeholders, and the network (or the relationships between stakeholders). Next, based on the analyses from step one, step two calls for making plans to improve collaboration capacity, again, along the same elements previously analyzed: one's organization, stakeholders, and the network. Lastly, the model calls for executing the plans made in step 2. This process is repeated until the desired collaboration capacity has been reached. Last, the project provides a detailed hypothetical example of how the model can be applied.
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Lu, Zhiyan, i 卢智妍. "Community capacity building for sustainability : case studies of Guangdong China". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194568.
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Academic studies tend to focus on environmental and economics aspects in achieving sustainability. This paper emphasizes the social sustainability aspect from the angle of building community capacity. Community capacity can be viewed as readiness for empowerment, a prerequisite condition for greater social equity and social justice leading to inter- and intra-generation equity. A community capacity building framework is derived from the existing literatures to guide the analysis of four communities to assess the current status of the community capacity in Guangdong by conducting interviews and survey. It is found that the community capacity is relatively low and residents are lack of proactivity in contributing to community development if they are living in a comfort neighborhood; more professional social workers are needed to support capacity building.published_or_final_version
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Koutra, Christina. "Development, equality and participation : socially responsible tourism through capacity building". Thesis, University of Brighton, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.441608.
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This thesis addresses a paradox: tourism was introduced in the towns of Elmina and Cape Coast (Ghana, Africa) more than 15 years ago, as a tool for economic development, poverty reduction and preservation of three World Heritage Sites - the Elmina or St Georges' Castle, Fort St Jago (Elmina), and the Cape Coast or Carolsburg Castle (Cape Coast). These sites were created by foreign conquerors during the 400 year transatlantic slave trade. However, benefits are distributed unequally and the sites are not properly preserved. This investigation attempts to understand the relationship between the local community, tourism intermediaries, and national and external state development institutions in order to identify approaches to tourism in the area, and any elements that might inhibit its development. Even though several studies (Sirakaya et al. 2002; Teye et al. 2002) have been carried out regarding the attitudes and perceptions of the residents towards tourism, none of them identifies the controlling interests in the projects and their relationships with various community constituents at the mainly grass-roots level. Furthermore, although there are recommendations for sustainable tourism, no study clearly defines those aspects of the sites which determine whether they can compete in the global market. Finally, the analysis is partly carried out by applying the theories of [Corporate (Social Responsibility)] [C (SR)]I in order to explain the phenomena of tourism development at the designated locales. So far no other research has been undertaken using these theories to explain the phenomena. This thesis contributes to knowledge in three ways: 1) a new clear cut definition of Capacity Building (CB) based on the employment of four notions of Capital: Social, Human, Physical and Financial; 2) a relation which clearly illustrates the interdependency between sustainability and poverty reduction (PR), which in turn depends on the exercise of [C (SR)] and CB; and 3) a new research method, approach namely Rapid Situation Analysis (RSA).
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Nelson, Gina R. 1977. "Innovations to increase building capacity to accommodate changes over time". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72797.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001."February 2001."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248).
A framework is presented for the analysis and comparison of innovations that increase the capacity of buildings to accommodate changes over time. The framework is developed for the broad application to innovations in design and construction that increase facility flexibility. The framework is based on the analysis and comparison of a sample of innovations using a set of descriptive and quantitative variables. A sample of 50 innovations in design and construction for increased facility flexibility is identified through an in-depth literature review as well as interviews and site visits with industry professionals in the Boston area. The set of 6 descriptive and 27 measurable variables is selected because of the applicability of these variables to an analysis concerning the use of innovations to accommodate future changes in buildings. All of the innovations in the sample are characterized, categorized, and analyzed based on each of the variables. The results of this analysis are presented in the context of the benefits and costs of innovations for increased flexibility in buildings. The overall analysis of the entire innovation sample is performed at a general level of detail for the purpose of the development of a general framework. A smaller sample of innovations made up of 25 of the original 50 is analyzed in more detail using actual cost figures. This specific benefit cost analysis provides actual figures for the additional costs and savings associated with these innovations over time. The results for the detailed benefit cost analysis provide insight to the effects of innovations for increased building flexibility over the life cycle of a building at a more specific level. The framework developed in this research allows building designers, constructors, owners, and users to reduce the uncertainties associated with the use of innovations in building projects. This framework also provides considerable insight into the importance of facility flexibility over the life cycle of a building. Building professionals can effectively use this framework to understand the costs and savings associated with the ability to accommodate change in buildings over time and to analyze, compare, and select innovations to accomplish facility flexibility.
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Calleja, Antoinette. "EU public procurement, the social dimension and its building capacity". Thesis, University of Hull, 2013. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:8625.
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This thesis attempts to prove how the flexible application of public procurement has the potential to realise a social model of integration in the European Union wherein the European citizen is the key actor in the integration process. The integration dynamics of the European Union have been promoted by recourse to neoliberal economic theories where market integration features as a crucial imperative. In this respect the regulation of public procurement plays a vital role in the programme of the Single European Market. Preferential procurement alongside state aid reflects on market intervention on the part of the public sector commensurate with neo-liberal principles and less on the distributive objectives of societal welfare. However, this thesis presents a fundamental departure from such logic for it argues on the basis of a social just alternative that takes into account the distributive objectives of societal welfare albeit in a limited manner in so far public procurement contracts are concerned. The question of poverty across the EU is put into context as its persistent levels are perceived as indicative system-failures of market regulation that are too heavily based on neo-liberal economics. On a plane of practical reasonableness the thesis argues for optimal use of public procurement as a dynamic policy instrument by institutionalising a balance both domestically and EU-wide. Such balance needs to be guided by a public interest function where the key umbrella concept that corresponds to embracing the fight against poverty namely, respect for human dignity, equality and freedom for participatory action is incorporated. As a powerful socio-economic lever public procurement should not be regarded as a barrier to EU economic growth but as a crucial safety valve at the disposal of Member States for the benefit of the EU citizen and not in the least EU integration aims.
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Ding, Yate. "Investigation of high capacity heat energy storage for building applications". Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2014. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30955/.
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The problems of excessive consumption of fossil resources, oil shortages and greenhouse gas emissions are becoming increasingly severe. Research and development work on new methods of thermal energy storage are imminently required. To effectively store seasonal renewable energy, a novel high capacity heat storage system has been designed and evaluated/validated through laboratory experiments and numerical simulations in this research. The system is driven by direct flow evacuated tube solar collector with enhanced PCM tank and intends to be applied in residential and commercial buildings. Theoretical and experimental approaches and numerical analysis have been employed in this study. Firstly, phase change materials (PCM) with specific heat density, melting point, melting and solidifying time have been investigated. This type of PCMs can maintain a considerable high internal temperature of environment chamber in a frozen ambient temperature. Numerical modelling has been conducted on a passive house (Nottingham H.O.U.S.E) to study whether proposed thermochemical materials can cover relative heating load and be power by solar panel in terms of roof size. Meanwhile, PCMs have been used to give a long duration for temperature-controlled chamber in laboratory, and thermochemical materials have been utilized in closed pumping pipe system for cooling and heating purpose. Secondly, characteristic experiments have been conducted on a modified solar collector working with an enhanced PCM tank that is integrated with a fan coil heat exchanger. The results show that light radiation of tungsten lamps (as a solar simulator) has approximately 70% efficiency to equate to solar radiation under the same Pyranometer reading value. At the same time, the solar system can supply over 50°C heating energy and the PCM tank within it can supply higher output temperature with longer duration than water tank. The efficiency of the whole solar collector heating system is over 50% as a heat absorption chamber in sunny days, while only approximately 10% under mostly cloudy weather. Lastly, proposed thermochemical materials (silica gel, calcium chloride, zeolite 13x, vermiculite and activated carbon) have been evaluated on designed thermochemical absorption chamber to supply fresh high temperature air for space heating. The results show that zeolite holds the highest reacted temperature (over 58°C) and vermiculite has really fast absorbing hydration duration, less than half hour. Silica gel possesses the biggest water absorbing capacity and vermiculite has a worse result. A comparison between experimental and numerical modelling results has been revealed. Considering the complexity of processes in cooling and heating system, the agreement of simulation and experimentation is satisfactory, thus the lumped numerical model is acceptable and significant for investigation of this scaled seasonal high capacity heat storage system. A full size seasonal heat storage system with a nominal heating capacity of 3kW has been proposed and illustrated in economic and environmental issues section. The results from net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) sensitivity analysis both shows it is greatly attractive to develop this novel system for application in both household and commercial buildings in consideration of its about 9 years payback period, 20 years life span and zero gas (C02) emissions. An intelligent transpired solar collector system is also introduced and illustrated as future work.
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Simmons, Mathias J. "Leader self-development: an emerging strategy for building leadership capacity". Diss., Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38200.
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Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Psychological Sciences
Clive J. A. Fullagar
Leader self-development is being pushed by organizations today as a practical and cost-efficient strategy to develop leadership skills. However, the research on leader self-development is still sparse and there are questions that should be answered before much stock can be placed in self-development as a viable means to increase leadership capacity. This research attempts to address these questions in several ways. First, the first study outlines a theory and process to create a scale that measures the quality of self-development activities that leaders engage in. Furthermore, a nomological network is examined with dispositional constructs that were and were not be related to the quality of leader self-development activities. The results from these scale development efforts were generally positive with the exception of the challenge dimension of quality. Second, the second study builds on previous literature by examining the interactive effect of leader self-development quality and quantity in predicting leader effectiveness and finds that quality appears to play the more important role. Finally, the second study also addresses the lack of research examining situational factors that may affect leader self-development quality. This study found that transformational leadership was related to the quality of leader self-development activities and that quality mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and effectiveness. Overall, this research addresses several gaps in the leader self-development literature and creates a foundation for future research to build on.
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Bamfo, Bylon. "Capacity building for entrepreneurship development in Ghana : prospects and challenges". Thesis, University of Southampton, 2013. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/365673/.
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Entrepreneurship development is vitally important for the growth and development of all nations. Thus developing countries must put the necessary measures in place to ensure the growth and development of the small business sector. The overarching aim the study was to investigate the prospects and challenges of building the capacities of owner managers and/or entrepreneurs for growth and development. Purposive random sampling technique was used to collect data from forty-one owner managers and nineteen officials of enterprise support organisations. Data collection tools were interviews, documentary analysis and focus group. The main findings of the study were that enterprise support organisations have bespoke programmes aimed at supporting small businesses in Ghana. These programmes were mainly training and financial support. The key challenge they face is the poor attitude of owner managers to their programmes. It was also revealed that the some of the owner managers find it difficult accessing the programmes of the enterprise support organisations because of problems such as inadequate awareness creations, commercialization of training programmes, high cost of accessing finance among others. Apart from these challenges, it was realised that many other challenges such as poor national infrastructure, poor attitude of employees, high rent charges and stiff competition from foreign products. However, the study realised that the owner managers have put measures in place to deal with these challenges in order to survive. It was therefore commended among other things that there should be a central body responsible for the coordination of all activities which are geared towards the development of entrepreneurship. Thus the study contributes to knowledge by developed a framework for entrepreneurship development in Ghana and the developing world. Moreover, there is the application of institutional theory to the study of entrepreneurship development in Ghana, which is unprecedented.
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Hansen, Christina. "(Un)Conditional Capacity-Building - Aymara Women Organizing for Social Change". Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22952.
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Om missgynnade och underordnade kvinnor i strikta klassificeringssystem ska förändra sin position krävs socialt deltagande och kollektiv handling, men hur? Flertalet Aymarakvinnor har upplevt att ”kapacitetslärande” åtgärder har varit framgångsrika, men till vilken nivå? Att vara del av samhälles fattigaste befolkning betyder ett liv under en mångfald sociala orättvisor. I den här uppsatsen argumenterar jag för att kapacitetslärande är ett potentiellt verktyg för social förändring. Detta gör jag genom att hänvisa till den informella utbildningen och det symboliska kapital som åtgärden omfattar, sett ur ett makt- och självbestämmande-perspektiv. Genom att förmedla de förhållanden som Aymarakvinnorna lever under, och med hjälp av intersektionalitetsteorin presenterar jag några av de faktorer som försvårar dessa att nå en radikal social förändring. Likväl är ursprungskvinnornas sociala påverkan och aktivism central i kampen för rättvisa.If deprived and subordinate women in rigorous systems of stratification are to change their position, social agency and collective activism is needed, but how? Several Bolivian Aymara women have experienced processes of “capacity-building” to be a successful measurement, but to what extent? Being part of the poorest sectors of society implies being dominated by a diverse spectrum of social injustices. In this paper I argue that capacity-building may be a potential tool for social change. I will show this by referring to the informal education and the “symbolic capital” this embraces, seen from an empowerment perspective. By illustrating the conditions under which the Aymara women live, I will, with the help of intersectionality theory present some of the factors which impede them to bring about a radical social change. Nevertheless, the indigenous women’s agency and activism are crucial for the achievement of social justice.
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Rhee, Nakyung. "Creative Aging: Building Capacity for Arts and Aging Policy Making". The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1503003465529443.
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Mann, Neha. "Visualizing Self-Advocacy: Building Participatory Design Capacity among Invisibilized Communities". University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592169173063076.
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Fiori, Christy. "Supportive Systems for Building Capacity of the Elementary Instructional Coach". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062803/.
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The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the systems in place to build the capacity of elementary instructional coaches in a fast-growth district. Through syntheses of research from educational scholars, the conceptual framework was developed with a focus on building capacity of instructional coaches in an ever-changing environment of fast-growth through the lens of professional learning communities, human and social capital, and support from district and campus administration. This study assessed the perceptions of six instructional coaches, six principals, and six district leaders from Rose ISD regarding the school district's support for building the capacity of instructional coaches within the elementary instructional coaching program. The three-part data collection process included document analysis, in-depth interviews, and focus group interviews to support triangulation of data. Through the a priori coding process, the following four themes emerged that highlight key components needed to support district leaders in establishing systems to build the capacity of instructional coaches in an ever-changing environment caused by fast growth: structured time for professional learning, program clarity, collaborative support systems, and implementation of a professional learning community framework. This study revealed a specific need to further understand systems for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the instructional coaching program in an ever-changing environment of a fast-growth district.
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Clinch, Richard P. "The commuity capacity building impact of the Baltimore Empowerment Zone". College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8303.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: School of Public Policy. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Keith, Karin, LaShay Jennings i Renee Rice Moran. "Coaching as a Grass Roots Effort for Building Leadership Capacity". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/982.
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Literacy coaches fulfill many roles that enrich the lives of teachers and students. In order for coaches to successfully build leadership capacity, teachers must know the purpose and role of the coach. In this chapter a model of coaching is presented as well as how the coach can facilitate activities that transform the culture of the school. In the model presented, the coach's agency influenced teachers to systematically inquire into their own teaching practices, regularly use data to drive instructional decisions, and reflect upon their decision making practices in ways that promoted literacy growth and success for all stakeholders. The agency included coaching roles of resource provider, data coach, demonstrator of classroom practices, observer of classroom practices, and job-embedded professional development. Additionally, the literacy coach served as a change agent and built teacher capacity taking on these roles.
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Trivette, Carol M., i Bonnie Keilty. "DEC Family Recommended Practices: Knowing Families, Tailoring Practices, Building Capacity". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. http://pubs.cec.sped.org/s6284/.
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The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Recommended Practices provide guidance to families and professionals about the most effective ways to improve learning outcomes and promote development of young children, birth through age 5, who have, or are at risk for, developmental delays or disabilities. Family: Knowing Families, Tailoring Practices, Building Capacity is the third edition of the DEC Recommended Practices Monograph Series, and it offers professionals and families multiple ways to implement the family practices across the settings in which children grow and learn. The articles in this collection provide guidance by illustrating how to implement the Family Recommended Practices with fidelity and flexibility. The monograph offers a unique contribution to the field by including authentic family voices as primary or equal contribution.
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Fagan, G. R. "Liberation and discourse : which, for capacity building, community learning and development?" Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.428167.
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Karunasena, G. I. "Capacity building for post disaster waste management : construction and demolition waste". Thesis, University of Salford, 2012. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/38096/.
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Though increasing nature of impacts from disasters has made post disaster management a significant area of concern, management of disaster waste is identified as an area of least concern. It presents momentous challenges for those with inadequate capacities due to large volumes and hazardous constituents created, particularly in developing countries. This is equally applicable to Sri Lanka which was severely affected by the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 and from three decades of civil war. In this context, it is vital to explore capacities which need to be enhanced for post disaster waste management. Accordingly, this study focuses on identification of existing capacities of post disaster waste management with special emphasise on Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste at national level entities in Sri Lanka. Disaster C&D waste comprises of waste such as debris generated from totally or partially damaged buildings and infrastructure as a direct impact of disasters or from demolished buildings and infrastructure at rehabilitation or early recovery stages. Literature revealed that after the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, collected disaster waste containing a considerable proportion of C&D waste was not recycled or reused at its optimum capacity in Sri Lanka, instead disposing it at landfill sites. Initially, a literature review and document survey was conducted on capacity building with special emphasise on post disaster waste management to identify capacity building principles, strategies, evaluation measures and challenges, if there are any. Pilot interviews were conducted to identify current post disaster waste management practices in Sri Lanka. Multiple case studies and expert interviews were subsequently conducted to gather primary data on existing capacities of post disaster waste management in Sri Lanka. Three case studies which included fourteen individuals and seven experts representing government and non governmental organisations and other sector entities were selected for data collection. Semi-structured interviews were conducted as the main data collection method and code based analysis and cognitive mapping were used to analyse collected data. Results revealed existing capacities, capacity gaps and factors affecting capacity building for post disaster waste management including: skills and confidence building, links and collaborations, continuity and sustainability, research and development, communication and coordination, organisational implementations and investments in infrastructure. Approaches for enhancing capacities in post disaster waste management were identified. They include establishment of a regulatory body and enforceable rules and regulations, promotion of holistic approaches for training and development focussing on indigenous and sustainable methods, development of formal and transparent procedures to establish linkages and collaborations, create awareness on sustainable, environmentally friendly and culturally supportive techniques on disaster waste management. These approaches were identified with the aim to contribute towards achieving sustainable post disaster C&D waste management.
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Larcombe, Karen. "Community capacity building : a role for neighbourhood houses in community revitalization". Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/890.
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Urban communities are undergoing a period of rapid change prompting concerns
about community fragmentation. By building social cohesion and revitalizing civic
participation, community development is viewed by many as a remedy to offset the
weakening of community ties. This thesis explores how a community agency- based
worker might help a fragmented community (re)build itself.
By employing a single case study methodology, this thesis applies community
development theories and related concepts to examine how a multicultural
neighbourhood in east Vancouver mobilized community action. The case study found
that a community capacity building framework, when supplemented with other
community development tools, is an effective model for strengthening community
leadership and building social connections. The study draws attention to the different
kinds of social and cultural capital required to develop neighbourhood solidarity and
bridge cultural differences in creating an inclusive community building process.
The community worker was based in a unique form of community agency called a
neighbourhood house. By providing resources needed for encouraging leadership and
developing social connectedness the neighbourhood house was found to be a key asset
for building community capacity. However, the study revealed that a neighbourhood
house's participation in community building is constrained by the multiple community
roles and relationships that it must maintain to ensure operational funding and a stance of
political neutrality in its everyday dealings. The case study concludes with a set of
recommendations for basing community development functions in a neighbourhood
house.
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Shepherd, Mark. "Practice-based capacity building for staff in Cambodian non-government organisations". Thesis, University of Brighton, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.438515.
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