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Powell, Sharon L. (Sharon Leigh). "Elder Abuse: A Multi-Case Study." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331213/.
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This descriptive study with quantitative aspects examined the phenomenon of elder abuse through the systematic review of 60 cases of elder abuse. Cases were randomly selected from the files of an Adult Protective Services agency in the North Central Texas area. Research questions examined the characteristics of the victims and abusers, types and duration of abuse, descriptions of abusive situations, the reporting and verification of abuse, case management strategies utilized by caseworkers, and the consequences of those strategies. The results of this study point to the probability of the elderly abuse victim being 75 years of age or older, female, white, and widowed. There did appear to be some connection between race and type of abuse with white victims more likely to experience physical and financial abuse. Approximately half of the elderly abuse victims had severe limitations in physical and/or mental functioning leading to some degree of dependence upon their abusers. However, eighty percent of the elderly victims resided in their own homes and half of these individuals were functionally independent. This study provided descriptions of the various types of abuse that were observed: physical, financial, emotional, passive neglect, and active neglect. Financial abuse was noted most frequently, and multiple types of abuse were noted in most cases with the combination of physical, financial, and emotional abuse being observed most frequently. Fifteen different categories of case management strategies were examined, averaging four different assistance strategies per case. Legal services appeared to be the most often refused form of assistance. This study also found no evidence that those who abuse the elderly are being prosecuted.
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Tondolo, Vilmar Antonio Gonçalves. "Offshore operations capability: a multi-case study." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2011. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/4795.
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The main objective of this dissertation is to understand how companies develop capability to manage and implement offshore operations. Even though offshore operations is not a new subject – it has been practiced by companies for a long time, and is a growing operations practice employed by companies worldwide – academic efforts are still needed to achieve a full understanding of this phenomenon. One of those efforts is the comprehension of the strategic aspects of offshore. Offshore has implications for the strategic management field because it can instigate a firm to develop new capabilities and resources. In addition, companies have also moved high skill and core business activities overseas, requiring implementation of new organizational measures. For instance, literature has suggested that capabilities development is important to undertake more complex offshore processes and to overcome managerial challenges and implementation barriers. Thus, this study integrates Dynamic Capabilities as a main theory lens and offshore operations as organizational context. More specifically, this study takes Dynamic Capabilities as the “firm's ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external competences to address rapidly changing environments” (Teece, Pisano, & Shuen, 1997, p. 516). This concept emphasizes Dynamic Capabilities as a set of organizational processes, which result in the development of specific capabilities in order to fit with environmental conditions. This study also takes offshore operations as “the movement or relocation of domestic firm activities and operations abroad” (Bunyaratavej, Hahn, & Doh, 2008, p.227). Thus, the study offers a twofold contribution to the field. First, it explores how companies develop capability to manage offshore operations. Second, it explores the role of three dynamic capabilities elements (paths, positions, and processes) in the development of such capabilities. In order to achieve its objectives, eight case studies with manufacturing companies that have implemented captive offshore 6 operations were carried out. The qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The interview protocol was developed to cover elements related to dynamic capabilities and offshore based on a literature review. Using theory building through case studies, it was possible to obtain research outcomes such as types of offshore operations implemented by the companies; strategic roles of offshore operations; barriers to implement offshore operations; coordination mechanisms, resources, and capabilities developed by companies to implement offshore operations; and the role of dynamic capabilities elements (paths, positions, processes, and firm-specific DC processes) on the development of capability to manage and implement offshore operations. We also suggest propositions and an integrated model. Finally, this study contributes to practitioners by suggesting methods used by companies that have been developing capability to manage offshore operations.
The main objective of this dissertation is to understand how companies develop capability to manage and implement offshore operations. Even though offshore operations is not a new subject – it has been practiced by companies for a long time, and is a growing operations practice employed by companies worldwide – academic efforts are still needed to achieve a full understanding of this phenomenon. One of those efforts is the comprehension of the strategic aspects of offshore. Offshore has implications for the strategic management field because it can instigate a firm to develop new capabilities and resources. In addition, companies have also moved high skill and core business activities overseas, requiring implementation of new organizational measures. For instance, literature has suggested that capabilities development is important to undertake more complex offshore processes and to overcome managerial challenges and implementation barriers. Thus, this study integrates Dynamic Capabilities as a main theory lens and offshore operations as organizational context. More specifically, this study takes Dynamic Capabilities as the “firm's ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external competences to address rapidly changing environments” (Teece, Pisano, & Shuen, 1997, p. 516). This concept emphasizes Dynamic Capabilities as a set of organizational processes, which result in the development of specific capabilities in order to fit with environmental conditions. This study also takes offshore operations as “the movement or relocation of domestic firm activities and operations abroad” (Bunyaratavej, Hahn, & Doh, 2008, p.227). Thus, the study offers a twofold contribution to the field. First, it explores how companies develop capability to manage offshore operations. Second, it explores the role of three dynamic capabilities elements (paths, positions, and processes) in the development of such capabilities. In order to achieve its objectives, eight case studies with manufacturing companies that have implemented captive offshore 6 operations were carried out. The qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The interview protocol was developed to cover elements related to dynamic capabilities and offshore based on a literature review. Using theory building through case studies, it was possible to obtain research outcomes such as types of offshore operations implemented by the companies; strategic roles of offshore operations; barriers to implement offshore operations; coordination mechanisms, resources, and capabilities developed by companies to implement offshore operations; and the role of dynamic capabilities elements (paths, positions, processes, and firm-specific DC processes) on the development of capability to manage and implement offshore operations. We also suggest propositions and an integrated model. Finally, this study contributes to practitioners by suggesting methods used by companies that have been developing capability to manage offshore operations.
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MONTEIRO, NATHALIA JUCA. "MULTI-VEHICLES MULTI-PRODUCTS INVENTORY ROUTING PROBLEM WITH TRANSSHIPMENT: A CASE STUDY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2017. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=31468@1.
Анотація:
PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
O transporte e os estoques correspondem a maior parte dos custos logísticos de uma empresa. Com o avanço da tecnologia, passou-se a analisar em conjunto esses dois componentes e não mais separados, como era feito anteriormente. O Problema de Roteirização de Veículos com Estoque (Inventory Routing Problem – IRP), nasceu dessa análise conjunta e procura encontrar a melhor rota para os veículos, atendendo a um determinado nível de estoque. Este trabalho apresenta um modelo de IRP com múltiplos veículos e produtos, onde existe a possibilidade de transbordo entre os centros de distribuição existentes. O modelo desenvolvido foi elaborado em um estudo de caso real em uma empresa do setor varejista. Após sua elaboração, o modelo foi testado com uma instância menor e comparado a situação atual da empresa, a fim de testar sua eficiência. Em seguida, foi rodado com os dados completos da empresa, e foram analisados os resultados. Na resolução, foi utilizado o software Xpress, o qual utiliza programação inteira como método de resolução.
Transport and inventories account for most of a company s logistics costs. With the advancement of technology, we began to analyze these two components together and no longer separate, as was done previously. The Inventory Routing Problem (IRP) was born from this joint analysis and seeks to find the best route for the vehicles, meeting a certain level of inventory. This work presents an IRP model with multiple vehicles and products, where there is the possibility of transshipment between existing distribution centers. The developed model was elaborated in a real case study in a company of the retail sector. After its elaboration, the model was tested with a smaller instance and compared to the current situation of the company in order to test its efficiency. It was then run with the complete company data, and the results were analyzed. In the resolution, Xpress software was used, which uses integer programming as the resolution method.
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Balke, Martina. "A multi-case study of physical education resource teachers /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1995. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11847712.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995.Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: William G. Anderson. Dissertation Committee: Joseph Weir. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-218).
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Wrennall, Katie L. "A multi-stakeholder partnership for education : a case study." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2013. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13438/.
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This thesis presents the journey from concept to operation of an innovative multi-stakeholder partnership for education (MSPE), focusing specifically upon: the processes involved in forging, formalising, governing and operating a multi-stakeholder partnership for education, to develop viability and create sustainability in the not-for-profit sector in the twenty-first century. The MPSE under investigation involved a dual-sector educational establishment whose goal was to attain degree-awarding powers and ultimately the title of ‘university,’ and a national third sector organisation whose goal was to ensure its own continued existence. Philosophically, this research enquiry follows an inductivist approach – the mode of engagement of neo-empiricism, comprising objectivist perspectives in relation to the ontological status of human behaviour and epistemology. In terms of theory, it employs an intrinsic case study undertaken over a six-month period and utilising a mixture of documentary analysis, face-to-face semi-structured interviews and focus groups, whilst employing the unobtrusive measure of content analysis. This case study tells the story of how the organisations re-positioned themselves and created a partnership for the training of practitioners – a unique multi-stakeholder partnership for education, or serial collaborative arrangement – and established and operated an institute for the development and provision of courses in respect of, and researching into, couple and family relationships and relationship support services, in the initial phases, from the perspectives of those involved during data collection from October 2007 through to March 2008. The innovative and unique governing and operating practices are challenged and illuminated in terms of their strengths and weaknesses as they co-operated to establish and operate a new Institute. Finally, contributions to the creation and interpretation of new knowledge are documented, paying attention to the dimensions of: the professionalisation of relationship counselling services and the uniqueness of the multi-stakeholder partnership involving a public body and a third sector organisation.
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Pringle, James. "Faculty perception of branding : a multi-case qualitative study." Thesis, University of Bath, 2014. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.633167.
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This research explores through the lens of branding practices at universities how professionals in public sector spaces respond to the influence of corporate marketing practices. Specifically, this research addressed the question of how faculty perceive branding activities in higher education and their role in branding activities at the university. It also sought to understand the impact and influence of institutional attributes such as heritage and location on faculty perception of branding. The research was conducted at three Universities in Ontario Canada, which were selected based on differences in heritage and location. Marketing, organizational studies and higher education studies literature were combined highlighting the differences between product and service based marketing and the interplay between organizational identity, image and culture. My research revealed ambiguous and complex responses from faculty and highlighted the unique values and beliefs inherent in academic culture. While most faculty members appreciated the need for branding under current economic conditions, many perceived branding as representing the unwelcome encroachment of business ideology within the university which had the potential of eroding the university’s contribution to the public good. They also perceived branding as leading to changes in both the structure and culture of the university. Many faculty expressed concern that branding tended toward a claim to be everything to everyone resulting in significant gaps in authenticity; in other words between brand representations and actual practices. The findings raise questions about the applicability of existing theories of branding to higher education institutions and an academic service brand model is proposed that captures the complexity of academic responses to branding. The management implications arising from this thesis reveal that faculty members see branding as a complex balancing act combining multiple attributes and one that requires transparent communication, the cultivation of trust, accessible brand leadership and authenticity.
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Shwalb, Allison Turley. "Mathematics Student Teaching in Japan : A Multi-Case Study /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2649.pdf.
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Sietzema, Maarten, and Illipse Ines. "Exploring Disruptive Innovation: Case study on Multi-sided Platforms." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-253833.
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Purpose - The purpose of this research is to explore disruptive innovation and to determine whether Christensen’s latest version (2015) of the disruptive innovation theory can explain the success of multisided platforms in the music industry. Thus, we analyze three cases studies based on the theory: Napster, Spotify and Apple Music. At the end, we present our results concerning Christensen’s theory’s capability to explain the recent success stories of digital multisided platforms. Research Question - “Does the theory of disruptive innovation explain the success of Multi-sided Platforms in the music industry?” Methodology - A comparative case study with three levels of success gives us a width that we think is necessary in order to draw conclusions. Spotify is considered to be a global market leader while Apple Music is highly successful and market leader in the US. Napster, however, is not considered successful due to the legal issues it has encountered. Secondary data is used on all cases, and an in-depth literature review of the theory which supports the theoretical framework that we use to compare the cases. Findings - This research explores Christensen’s theory that is widely misinterpreted and misapplied in the recent years. Christensen’s theory is heavily built upon a technology factor that drives disruptive innovation, however, this can not explain for instance Spotify’s success, which is according to the original theory is not disruptive. We argue that business model innovation is the driver of disruption in some cases where technology is merely an enabler for business to reach disruptive effects. We would like to propose a stronger categorization of disruption types, such as “technology driven disruption” or “business model driven disruption” in order to identify disruption with different roots.Syfte - Syftet med denna forskning är att undersöka disruptiv (omstörtande) innovation och att avgöra om Christensens senaste version (2015) av den disruptiva (omstörtande) innovationsteorin kan förklara framgången med flersidiga plattformar inom musikbranschen. Således analyserar vi tre fallstudier baserade på teorin: Napster, Spotify och Apple Music. I slutet presenterar vi våra resultat avseende Christensens teoris förmåga att förklara de senaste framgångshistorierna för digitala flersidiga plattformar. Forskningsfråga - “Förklarar teorin om disruptiv innovation framgången med flersidiga plattformar i musikbranschen?” Metodik - En jämförande fallstudie med tre nivåer av framgång ger oss den bredd som vi tycker är nödvändig för att dra slutsatser. Spotify anses vara en global marknadsledare och Apple Music är mycket framgångsrikt samt marknadsledande i USA. Napster anses emellertid inte framgångsrikt på grund av de rättsliga problem som uppstått. Sekundär data används i alla exempel, samt en djupgående litteraturöversikt av teorin som stöder den teoretiska ramverk som vi använder för att jämföra fallen. Resultat - Denna undersökning utforskar Christensens teori som är brett misstolkad och felaktig tillämpad under de senaste åren. Christensens teori bygger starkt på en teknikfaktor som driver disruptiv innovation, men detta kan inte förklara exempelvis Spotifys framgång, vilken enligt den ursprungliga teorin inte är disruptiv. Vi argumenterar för att affärsmodellinnovation driver störningar i fall där tekniken bara är en katalysator för att verksamheten når disruptiva effekter. Vi skulle vilja föreslå en starkare kategorisering av disruptionstyper, till exempel “tekniskt driven disruption” eller “affärsmodelldisruption” för att identifiera disruptioner med olika rötter.
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ATHANASIOU, THOMAS. "Multi-dimensional analysis of social multi-networks : Analysing a 5-layer social network case study." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-273908.
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Network theory analysis is applicable to many scientific disciplines (fields) such as biology, statistics and sociology. The social network analysis is one of the various branches of the broader network theory analysis, the social network analysis. It is of high interest among the researchers in social sciences. Social networks have had a significant impact on human civilizations for many centuries. During the last two decades, the main academic interest was addressed towards the research and analysis of a dynamically uprising sector of social networks, the on-line networks, primarily due to the domination of the Internet and technology over human attitudes and relations in modern societies. For many years, research was emphasized on the analysis of simple social networks, whilst during the last decade several researchers started working on the analysis of more complicated social networks, which consist by several smaller social networks. There are important differences between mono and multi-dimensional network analysis. Mono-dimensional analysis provides the research with relevant knowledge. On the other hand, multi-dimensional analysis is still at initial stage. As a result, several potential models related to the multi-networks analysis cannot always provide reliable and adequate outcomes. However, due to the fact that different social networks can be easily combined and form more extended and complicated networks, it is of high importance for the researchers to advance the multi-dimensional analysis and provide more adequate analytical models. The purpose of this thesis is to present the dynamic of the multi-dimensional analysis by consecutively applying both mono and multi-dimensional analysis on a social multi-network. The findings suggest that multi-dimensional analysis can add reliable knowledge on the social network analysis, but many problems that arose due the complexity of the multi-networks structures need to be addressed.
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Johnson, Thomas Frank. "The Aircraft Electric Taxi System| A Qualitative Multi Case Study." Thesis, Northcentral University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10637574.
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The problem this research addresses is the airline industry, and the seemingly unwillingness attitude towards adopting ways to taxi aircraft without utilizing thrust from the main engines. The purpose of the study was to get a better understanding of the decision-making process of airline executives, in respect to investing in cost saving technology. A qualitative research method is used from personal interviews with 24 airline executives from two major U.S. airlines, related industry journal articles, and aircraft performance data. The following three research questions are addressed. RQ1. Does the cost of jet fuel influence airline executives' decision of adopting the aircraft electric taxi system technology? RQ2 Does the measurable payback period for a return on investment influence airline executives' decision of adopting ETS technology? RQ3. Does the amount of government assistance influence airline executives' decision of adopting ETS technology? A multi case research study design is used with a triangulation technique. The participant perceptions indicate the need to reduce operating costs, they have concerns about investment risk, and they are in favor of future government sponsored performance improvement projects. Based on the framework, findings and implications of this study, a future research paper could focus on the positive environmental effects of the ETS application. A study could be conducted on current airport area air quality and the effects that aircraft main engine thrust taxiing has on the surrounding air quality.
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Kuo, Chuan-Chi. "Multi-layered regulation of phishing attacks : a Taiwan case study." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2014. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/67171/.
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This research examines the regulation of phishing in Taiwan, particularly focusing on legal regulation but within a context of a multi-dimensional regulatory framework which also necessarily includes an examination of international regulation and the interaction between international and Taiwan regulatory interfaces given the transnational nature of phishing. Phishing is a malicious cyber activity which targets the acquisition of various types of confidential information by deception through the use of spoofed emails and/or websites. The increasing threat of phishing to information security has inspired a growing demand for regulation. Significant effort has been made in academic research and by industry to develop regulatory measures for phishing, which is dominated by technological work with comparatively little research on legal regulation. The current legal discussion of phishing, both international and Taiwan, very often concentrates on the criminal liability of phishers and pays little attention to the alternative role of law in the regulation of phishing. Thus this research suggests a broader approach to legal regulation that goes beyond criminal law and particularly addresses the role of information privacy law which constrains phishing by ensuring the protection of personal information. Phishing has posed crucial challenges to the traditional system in terms of both criminalization and legal enforcement. The solution that has been mostly addressed by the existing research is cooperation. As phishing is frequently a global phenomenon, this research suggests that an international approach involving coordination of legal standards and cross-border cooperation of law enforcement is necessary to tackle phishing, and also suggests that the fundamental step lies in a converged regulation of phishing consistent with its true context. Weak legal enforcement is a major deterrent to the effectiveness of legal regulation which highlights a need for a broad from of regulation that goes beyond law. In addition, a successful phishing episode involves a complex of factors including not only weakness in law but also vulnerability of technical infrastructure, administrative system and user awareness. A single solution is thus unlikely to deal with phishing. This research therefore suggests a multi-dimensional regulatory framework comprising different countermeasures developed especially in the areas of law, technology, education, and institutional network. It examines the anti-phishing approach undertaken in Taiwan employing qualitative methods to supplement the doctrinal research. In the context of a shortage of Taiwan scholarship on this subject, the research provides a set of suggestions to Taiwan development of a multi-dimensional regulatory scheme.
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Vilidiridis, Denny. "Museum educators' personal theories of teaching : a multi-case study." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2018. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:909f637c-5db8-4cb3-b886-9301aa670241.
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This multi-case study creates a better understanding of the relationship between four museum educators' personal theories of teaching and their practice in university museums. The question that frames this study is, "How, in a university museum setting, do museum educators' personal theories of teaching relate to their educational practices?" The aim was to produce an account of museum educators' personal theories and practices in university museums and interrogate what factors may influence the relationship between the two. While there is some literature about the personal theories and practices of museum educators, no studies have been found that examine museum educators working in university museums in the United Kingdom. This study addresses this gap by exploring four museum educators' personal theories and practices in three museum educational programmes in two university museums in a university city. This study is positioned within a qualitative tradition. Data for this study was collected using semi-structured interviews and observations. In total four pre-interviews, 24 observations and 24 post-interviews were conducted with four museum educators in two university museums in a UK city. Thematic analysis was the approach taken for the analysis of each case study. Findings in relation to the museum educators' personal theories suggest that there were important similarities in the museum educators' personal theories. All the museum educators' personal theories consisted of elements relative to knowledge, learning and learners, and the facilitation of a positive learning environment. The museum educators' personal theories of teaching relative to the nature of knowledge, learning and learners, varied per the discipline of the museum they taught in. It was found that personal theories were influenced by the museum educators' shared background as former school teachers and, for some, their accumulated experience teaching in university museum settings. Thus, they tend to foster educational settings with characteristics typical of formal learning environments. The key finding in relation to the research question of this study, is that in a university museum setting, the personal theories of teaching of the museum educators were often aligned with their practices; in some cases, they were not. Whether the museum educators could align their practices with their personal theories of teaching appeared to depend on the sociocultural context they worked in. Despite, as previously noted, similarities in the four personal theories of teaching (i.e. relative to knowledge, learning and learners and the facilitation of a positive learning environment), there were differences in how these were translated into practice by each museum educator. This research contributes to the field of museum education by: i) enhancing our understanding of museum educators' personal theories of teaching and practice in university museums; ii) providing fresh insights into the relationship between the personal theories of teaching and practice of museum educators working in university museums and; iii) adding to our understanding of the breadth of learning environments in museum education. The findings of this study are significant because they enrich the empirical knowledge and understanding of museum educator teaching in university museums. This study provides insights that may benefit the training and professional development of museum educators in university museums.
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Gunn, David P. "Exploratory multi-case study of graduate education transfer of learning." Diss., Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/35471.
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Doctor of EducationDepartment of Educational Leadership
Royce Ann Collins
Transfer of learning research traditionally relies on quantitative research to determine the occurrence of transfer. Many of these studies generally result in a failure to transfer. Few of these studies utilized either mixed methods or a qualitative methodology to determine transfer of learning, and none of these studies looked at graduate level education. This study addressed the gap between the occurrence of transfer of learning and workforce application of learning. A qualitative multi-case study methodology was used to explore the activation of previous learning by graduates of a graduate level education degree program. The conceptual framework of this study was situated on Bransford and Schwartz’s transfer of learning approach as the preparation for future learning blended with Dufrense’s definition of transfer as an individual learner’s complex, dynamic, and highly selective activation and application of knowledge in response to context to explore how graduates of an Adult and Continuing Education degree program transfer learning into the educational workforce (Bransford & Schwartz, 1999; Dufresne, Mestre, Thaden-Koch, Gerace, & Leonard, 2005). The multi-case study research design included semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, participant reflective journals supported by other data sources. A comprehensive comparison was used to analyze each case and a cross-case analysis was conducted to codify the findings to answer the research questions. The findings support the activation of previous learning as the complex, dynamic and highly selective and application of knowledge of the individual learner. The results have implications for degree programs and instructional practices.
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Parthasarathi, Divya. "Tower methodology for verification of multi-core architecture a case study /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 0.69 Mb., 76 p, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/1428200.
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Bulur, Hakan. "Multi-item Two-echelon Inventory-distribution System Design : A Case Study." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606874/index.pdf.
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In this study, inventory&ndashdistribution system of a company operating in Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry is analyzed. The system is a multi&ndash
item, two-echelon, divergent inventory&ndash
distribution system with transportation constraints. The warehouses in the system are nonidentical and all of the warehouses are allowed to hold stock. The goal is to achive target customer service levels. Throughout the system, inventory is controlled by echelon stock periodic review (R, S) order-up-to level policy. The problem is the determination of inventory control parameters in the system and effective replenishment of the inventories of many items at regional warehouses under transportation constraints. An approach consisting of three modules operating in a hierarchy is developed to manage the system. The approach calculates the inventory control parameters of the items (order-up-to levels at the regional warehouses and stock allocation fractions)
determines the replenishment periods of the items with the objective of balancing the vehicle requirements among periods and performs the daily replenishment of inventories minimizing the maximum deviation from the inventory policy under transportation constraints. A heuristic approach is adapted from the literature for the inventory control parameter determination part of the approach
an IP model is formulated for the replenishment period scheduling part and a MIP model is constructed for the replenishment process. The proposed approach is simulated with retrospective data of the company and compared with the existing system in the company, in terms of the performance measures defined. Satisfactory results are obtained with the proposed system.
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Chodapaneedi, Mani Teja, and Samhith Manda. "Engagement of Developers in Open Source Projects : A Multi-Case Study." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för programvaruteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-15431.
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In the present world, the companies on using the open source projects have been tend to increase in the innovation and productivity which is beneficial in sustaining the competence. These involve various developers across the globe who may be contributing to several other projects, they constantly engage with the project to improve and uplift the overall project. In each open source project, the level of intensity and the motivation with which the developers engage and contribute vary among time. Initially the research is aimed to identify how the engagement and activity of the developers in open source projects vary over time. Secondly to assess the reasons over the variance in engagement activities of the developers involved in various open source projects. Firstly, a literature review was conducted to identify the list of available metrics that are helpful to analyse the developer’s engagement in open source projects. Secondly, we conducted a multi-case study, that involved the investigation of developer’s engagement in 10 different open source projects of Apache foundation. The GitHub repositories were mined to gather the data regarding the engagement activities of the developers over the selected projects. To identify the reasons for the variation in engagement and activity of developers, we analysed documentation about each project and also interviewed 10 developers and 5 instructors, who provided additional insights about the challenges faced to contribute in open source projects. The results of this research contain the list of factors that affect the developer’s engagement with open source projects which are extracted from the case studies and are strengthened through interviews. From the data that is collected by performing repository mining, the selected projects have been categorized with the increase, decrease activeness of developers among the selected projects. By utilizing the archival data that is collected from the selected projects, the factors corporate support, community involvement, distribution of issues and contributions to open source projects and specificity of guidelines have been identified as the crucial and key factors upon the success of the open source projects reflecting the engagement of contributors. In addition to this finding the insights on using open source projects are also collected from both perspectives of developers and instructors are presented. This research had provided us a deeper insight on the working of open source projects and driving factors that influence engagement and activeness of the contributors. It has been evident from this research that the stated factors corporate support, community involvement, distribution of issues and contributions to open source projects and specificity of guidelines impacts the engagement and activeness of the developers. So, the open source projects minimally satisfying these projects can tend to see the increase of the engagement and activeness levels of the contributors. It also helps to seek the existing challenges and benefits upon contributing to open source projects from different perspectives.
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Poole, Jon Richard. "Pedagogy of contentment: a multi-case study of graduate assistant teachers." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37235.
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McConnell, Melissa. "A multi-case study of special educators' approaches to literacy instruction." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1663052261&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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O'Donnell, Lola Rosalyn. "The Torres Strait: A Case Study Analysis in Multi-level Governance." Thesis, Griffith University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366290.
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This research project’s central proposition argues the nature of governance within the Torres Strait region has undergone major change since the introduction of the Torres Strait Treaty. As a result, the region now exhibits a dynamic set of governance structures that rest beyond the normal tenets of federalism and require multi-level governance (MLG) of a form not yet identified elsewhere within Australia. Moreover, the explanatory powers of existing theories of inter-state relations employed within Australia now prove inadequate for examining the numerous complexities and tensions that continue to emerge from within the various multi-level and multi-jurisdictional political-administrative structures and relationships currently presenting in the Torres Strait area. By contrast, despite Australia’s specific set of underlying constitutional circumstances, the particular analytical framework being facilitated under an actor-centered institutional MLG approach gives purchase to far greater explanatory powers and insights into the dynamism driving this emerging MLG phenomenon, both within Australia and elsewhere. Hence, the concept now merits serious consideration by the political science discipline within this country. To sustain this argument, while bring understanding and a comparative element to the analysis, two central tasks of the project are to examine the provenance of its theoretical underpinnings and to historically progress the development of previous governance arrangements within the Torres Strait region. The chronology of events surrounding the so-called Torres Strait ‘border dispute’ detailed in Chapter Four also helps to overcome a major gap in historical writings on the region. In addition to theoretical and historical enquiry, this work also conducts interaction-oriented policy research within the logic of empirical institutional analysis utilising an actor-centered institutional MLG framework to perform a critical analysis of the contemporary management of the common maritime boundary region between Australia and Papua New Guinea. In particular, it seeks to discover what form governance structures in the Torres Strait region have metamorphosed into under the guiding influence of the Torres Strait Treaty. Using the overarching governance regime as its basic unit of analysis, the project first breaks down all factual policy formulation and implementation processes involved in border management practices in the region into three broad embedded subunits of analysis: the border protection, fisheries and environmental management regimes. It then exploits a mix of primary and secondary data, along with the dispersal of authority as its dependable variable, to determine the extent to which authority (power or competencies) is being dispersed across the multiple jurisdictions and levels of governance now presenting within the Torres Strait region. It is found that a new phenomenon in governance in Australia may now be identified within the Torres Strait region. This new and emergent form of cooperative multi-level governance pragmatically incorporates the dynamics of MLG and federal logic. It also exhibits highly coordinated and consultative modes of interactions, and to a lesser degree, elements of both hierarchical and competitive linkage structures. It is largely being facilitated by the overarching administrative framework provided under the Torres Strait Treaty and can be found wherever the bi-lateral agreement’s terms and provisions are being observed. This latter phenomenon generally tends to occur wherever the Treaty’s requirements are enacted in enabling domestic legislation. This research project also makes two original contributions to knowledge. It provides the first comprehensive analysis of the set of contemporary overarching governance structures found within the wider Torres Strait region. It further represents the first application of an actor-centered institutional MLG approach to solid empirical research within an Australian context. Another significant outcome of exploiting the work to test the validity of an actor-centered institutional MLG framework has been to highlight the critical need for political analysts to distinguish between two distinct sets of processes, structures and outcomes. The first involves exploiting the MLG concept as a system-wide management arrangement for organising and explaining differing types of complex political-administrative organization and systems. The second involves utilising the notion of MLG as part of an overarching analytical framework designed specifically for organising complex diagnostic enquiry and providing compelling descriptions of what actually happens to decisions taken once they depart the domain of intergovernmental bargaining processes and central government policy control and enter into the real-world, day-to-day, post-decisional policy implementation phase at an operational level. The insights provided in ‘On Community’ in Chapter Six also offer a glimpse inside the internal workings of Australian frontier governance architecture within the Torres Strait region.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department of Politics and Public Policy
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Adadi, Elizabeth. "Supervisory Practices in a Virtual Internship Program: A Multi-Case Study." FIU Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3748.
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This study explored certain leadership methods that eSupervisors were utilizing with eInterns through the theoretical lenses of House’s (1971) path-goal theory of leadership and the effectiveness of these methods on learning outcomes. The overarching research question that guided this study was: How do eSupervisors contribute to the learning growth of eInterns? A qualitative multi-case study was conducted on a population of eSupervisors, current eInterns (students), and past eInterns (graduates) that were associated with the Virtual Student Foreign Service (VSFS) program. VSFS is a program aimed at exposing students to working opportunities in the government. The findings from this study imply that there are a number of ways in which eSupervisors can contribute to the learning growth of eInterns. These contributions will vary depending on the eInterns, the environmental characteristics, the leadership approach taken, and the motivational factors involved. The significance in applying this research today falls in line with the booming growth of distance education programs the trend of incorporating technology in the classrooms.
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Polepalle, Chahna, and Ravi Shankar Kondoju. "Evidence and perceptions on GUI test automation : An explorative Multi-Case study." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för programvaruteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-15455.
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Context. GUI-based automation testing is a costly and tedious activity in practice. As GUIs are well-known for being modified and redesigned throughout the development process, the corresponding test scripts are not valid anymore thereby being a hindrance to automation. Hence, substantial effort is invested in maintaining GUI test scripts which often leads to rework or waste due to improper decisions. As a result, practitioners have identified the need for decision support regarding when should GUI automation testing begin and how to make it easier and also identify what are the factors leading to waste in GUI-based automation testing. The current literature provides solutions relating to automation in general and few answers for GUI based-automation testing. Such generic answers might not be applicable to GUI test automation and also industries new to GUI development and testing. Thus, it is necessary to validate if the general solutions are applicable to GUI test automation and find additional answers that are not identified previously from practitioners opinions in an industrial context. Objectives. Capture relevant information regarding the current approach for GUI test automation within the subsystems from a case company. Next, identify the criteria for when to begin automation, testability requirements and factors associated with waste from literature and practice. Methods. We conducted a multiple-case study to explore opinions of practitioners in two subsystems at a Swedish telecommunication industry implementing GUI-automation testing. We conducted a literature review to identify answers from scientific literature prior to performing a case study.A two-phased interview was performed with different employees to collect their subjective opinions and also gather their opinions on the evidence collected from the literature. Later, Bayesian synthesis method was used to combine subjective opinions of practitioners with research-based evidence to produce context-specific results. Results. We identified 12 criteria for when to begin automation, 16 testability requirements and 15 factors associated with waste in GUI test automation.Each of them is classified into categories namely SUT-related,test-process related, test-tool related, human and organizational, environment and cross-cutting. New answers which were not present in the existing literature in the domain of the research are found. Conclusions. On validating the answers found in literature, it was revealed that the answers applicable for software test automation, in general, are valid for GUI automation testing as well. Since we incorporated subjective opinions to produce context specific results, we gained an understanding that every practitioner has their own way of working. Hence, this study aids in developing a common understanding to support informed subjective decisions based on evidence.
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Groenteman, Ronny. "Multi-Species Interactions in Weed Biocontrol: Carduus nutans as a Case Study." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Biological Sciences, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1831.
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Classical biocontrol systems are sometimes treated as an exercise in community assembly. As such, they include multiple species interactions. This thesis explores multi-species aspects in classical weed biocontrol, using thistles as a case study. The abundance, phenology and impact of three biocontrol agents were followed on their target host, Carduus nutans L. and are described, for the first time in New Zealand for two of them (Urophora solstitialis L. and Trichosirocalus horridus sensu (Panzer)). Composition in New Zealand of the recently revised Trichosirocalus weevil species complex was surveyed nation-wide. One species only was found, albeit exhibiting a wider host range than anticipated from the published revision. Interspecific interactions and individual and combined effect of multiple biocontrol agents on C. nutans were tested in cage setups; the effect on the weed population was then estimated by manipulations of an existing matrix population model for this weed in New Zealand. The potentially better seed predator (U. solstitialis) was outcompeted by the worse seed predator (Rhinocyllus conicus (Froehlich)) which has similar niche preference. Urophora solstitialis was also adversely impacted by the crown-root feeder (T. horridus). Trichosirocalus horridus affected C. nutans survival, even at the medium density used, and significantly reduced potential seed production by 33%; in field densities, T. horridus is likely to affect C. nutans even more. Urophora solstitialis was estimated to destroy about 28% of the remaining seed in the absence of the other agents, and about 17% in the presence of T. horridus. The estimated combined effect of T. horridus and U. solstitalis on C. nutans population growth rate was greater than the effect of either agent alone. In the face of growing weed invasions, multiple thistle species were used to test ‘multi-targeting’ as a novel approach to target groups of ‘sleeper weeds’. Both in a field experiment and in a field survey, the seed predator R. conicus was found to attack and damage some ‘non-target’ thistle species more in the presence of the target species (C. nutans) than in its absence; however, levels of attack on non-target species were always modest. The ultimate goal of biocontrol is to reduce weed populations. A field survey revealed that current population densities of multiple thistle species in Canterbury are not obviously lower than in the mid 1980s, when only R. conicus was present. This may be because successful biocontrol has reduced the management input required to maintain the same thistle density.
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Petersen, Susan Christine. "A multi-case study of instructional sequencing in elementary school physical education /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1991. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/10298678.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1991.Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: William G. Anderson. Dissertation Committee: Joseph R. Higgins. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 287-297).
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Ruleman, Nydia (Nydia Leigh). "Product design for the classroom : case study of a multi-use whiteboard." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75676.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2012.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 37).
The design of high school classrooms often does not serve the needs of instructors. The layout of the Boston urban classroom inhibits effective instruction due to physical obstructions and line of sight issues for students. A permanent lab bench commonly found in high school labs creates distance between the lecturing teacher and students. The barrier negatively impacts instruction and classroom management, according to educational literature, observation, and personal experience. The purpose of this project was to design and prototype a solution to retrofit into this classroom. The prototype was designed with the functional requirements of the user, the instructor, in mind.
by Nydia Ruleman.
S.B.
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Leon, Bianca R. "Leadership Development Institute| A California community college multi-college district case study." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10116187.
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The purpose of this study is to examine a community college district Grow Your Own (GYO) leadership program in the Western United States, the Multi College Leadership Development Institute (MCLDI). The MCLDI was developed in-house for a multi-campus community college district and offered to interested employees at all position levels with the intent to provide them the opportunity to develop and enhance their leadership skills and abilities. While most leadership development literature has focused on the presidential role or other senior level positions, the aim of MCLDI is to support leadership development in general; not just for senior level positions, but for mid-level management and academic position leadership as well.
This study gathered the perspectives of all those involved, from the leaders who created the program and their experience in doing so, to the program participants and graduates. Providing the different perspectives allows for other campuses to draw from the benefits and challenges that are shared in creating their own program or for comparison to programs that already exist.
A qualitative case study approach was utilized to investigate MCLDI and its development, implementation, and the benefits and challenges experienced by the coordinators and participants. Three themes were identified from analyzing across data sources. Building organizational capacity, developing human capital, and program structure emerged throughout the data collected from interviews, observations, and document analysis and were reflected in the findings for each of the research questions.
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Thurfjell, Pauline, and Johanna Bjärevall. "IT ALL STARTS FROM WITHIN : A multi-case study on internal branding." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-76240.
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Branding is a widely researched and discussed area, but the focus tends to be aimed towards business-to-consumer (B2C) companies rather than business-to-business settings (B2B). Brands per se used to be seen as the visuals belonging to an organization, but there has been a shift in meanings and it now includes perceptions and recognition of a brand - both internally and externally. Internal branding refers to company efforts to influence their employees to live the brand, which is explained as the organizational and managerial efforts to infuse enthusiasm into the employees in order for them to perform their best and to feel connected to the brand and the corporate values. This study focuses on internal branding, more specifically the managerial efforts taken to influence employees. In order to fulfill the purpose, we conducted a multi-case study with eight in-depth semi-structured interviews with two companies. The results show that if an organization and managers have the possibility to connect corporate brand identity and brand values with internal activities, the employees are more likely to show brand commitment, which in turn leads them into living the brand. However, incorporating such activities can be difficult due to various reasons, such as financial limitations, but it was found that managers who are involved and continuously engaging with their employees have a higher probability of making employees live the brand, than the managers who do not have an ongoing dialogue with staff members. Furthermore, it was apparent that internal communication should be a cornerstone of every business’ daily operations as it is a useful internal branding tool, seeing that it can have an impact on the way employees are understanding the brand.
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Andersson, Melanie. "Multi-Class Imbalanced Learning for Time Series Problem : An Industrial Case Study." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för systemteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-412799.
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Classification problems with multiple classes and imbalanced sample sizes present a new challenge than the binary classification problems. Methods have been proposed to handle imbalanced learning, however most of them are specifically designed for binary classification problems. Multi-class imbalance imposes additional challenges when applied to time series classification problems, such as weather classification. In this thesis, we introduce, apply and evaluate a new algorithm for handling multi-class imbalanced problems involving time series data. Our proposed algorithm is designed to handle both multi-class imbalance and time series classification problems and is inspired by the Imbalanced Fuzzy-Rough Ordered Weighted Average Nearest Neighbor Classification algorithm. The feasibility of our proposed algorithm is studied through an empirical evaluation performed on a telecom use-case at Ericsson, Sweden where data from commercial microwave links is used for weather classification. Our proposed algorithm is compared to the currently used model at Ericsson which is a one-dimensional convolutional neural network, as well as three other deep learning models. The empirical evaluation indicates that the performance of our proposed algorithm for weather classification is comparable to that of the current solution. Our proposed algorithm and the current solution are the two best performing models of the study.
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Cervera, Barbara R. "Intranet design for a multi-site university library system : a case study /." View abstract, 2000. http://library.ctstateu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/1583.html.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Central Connecticut State University, 2000.Thesis advisor: Yunan Ju. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in [the Department of Communication]." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-57).
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Buckner, Cari. "Gifted First Graders in a Multi-Ability Classroom: An Interpretive Case Study." DigitalCommons@USU, 2009. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/300.
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Young gifted students experience school in a variety of ways. They become bored in classrooms where they are not challenged. They can develop disruptive behaviors or underachieve in order to feel accepted by their classmates or teachers. Three gifted first graders in the teacher-researcher's classroom participated in this case study. A variety of assessment tools were used to identify the student participants. Data were collected through teacher observations, videotaped classroom activities, videotaped interviews with students, audiotaped interviews with parents, and portfolios. Data are reported and discussed within the frame of five themes that emerged: high parent involvement, social relationships, characteristics of the learning environment, student-centered learning, and asynchronous development. The classroom context is richly described as it is critical to understanding the data and transferability.
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Hunt, Kristin Elizabeth. "Building Bridges: a Multi-case Study of Why and How Private Selective Colleges in Massachusetts Recruit Community College Transfer Students." Thesis, Boston College, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/645.
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Thesis advisor: Ana Martínez-AlemánResearch has demonstrated that attending a selective college increases the probability of graduating and accessing certain economic and social opportunities, but few community college transfer students obtain such an opportunity. In an effort to seriously consider how to increase access to this underserved population, it is important to examine the bridges by which academically-qualified community college transfer students access selective institutions. This multi-case study looks at why and how three private selective institutions in Massachusetts currently recruit community college students. The four main themes identified as to why these institutions recruit community college students were: strategic enrollment practices, diversity, institutional enrichment, and community engagement. The two themes identified for how institutions recruit community college students were: information sharing and infrastructure support. Several challenges facing both the selective colleges, and the community college transfer students were also identified and explored. The major finding of the study was that the unique position occupied by each institution within the hierarchy of the higher education system influences the rationale as well as the methods by which it approaches and considers the transfer of community college students
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Educational Administration
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Antans, Andis. "Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Wind power Project Development: Case study in Latvia." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-326455.
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Wind Power Project Development is a complicated, capital and resource-inclusive process, where a wide variety of factors have to be considered and several stakeholders have a significant say in the process. Decision making in such an environment is complex and has to be approached comprehensively. In order to sustain a structured and clear decision-making process, the sustainable energy industry has recognized Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) method as a suitable set of tools to aid in the decision-making process. One of the MCDA tools – PROMETHEE II, has been examined in this master thesis, to evaluate its eligibility as a decision making aid in wind power project development. To structurally and realistically evaluate the tool, it has been applied to a case study in Ventspils region, in Latvia. The author of this thesis has a preliminary agreement with the owners of the sites to develop the project, therefore, this thesis has a strong potential for a practical implementation in future. Four scenarios have been developed for an evaluation, contributing to four variations of the different amount of turbines erected, with two different hub heights, on two differently sized sites. The scenarios are assessed based on the interests of six key stakeholders. Their opinion on twelve criteria is examined. Input data for each criterion has been generated via WindPro and MS Excel software or by authors assessment based on the researched literature. PROMETHEE II is used to extrapolate a comprehensive and clear representation of the results. The evaluation of the MCDA method proved that MCDA tools, and PROMETHEE II, in particular, can provide excellent support in decision making in wind power development. A wide variety of input data, as well as the various and often contradicting interests by different stakeholders, can be taken into account, while, at the same time, a clear result that can assist in decision making, is generated. Wind Power Project Development is a complicated, capital and resource-inclusiveprocess, where a wide variety of factors have to be considered and severalstakeholders have a significant say in the process. Decision making in such anenvironment is complex and has to be approached comprehensively. In order to sustaina structured and clear decision making process, sustainable energy industry hasrecognized Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) method as a suitable set of tools toaid in the decision making process. One of the MCDA tools – PROMETHEE II, hasbeen examined in this master thesis, to evaluate its eligibility as a decision making aidin wind power project development.To structurally and realistically evaluate the tool, it has been applied on a case study inVentspils region, in Latvia. The author of this thesis has a preliminary agreement withthe owners of the sites to develop the project, therefore, this thesis has a strongpotential for a practical implementation in future. Four scenarios have been developedfor an evaluation, contributing to four variations of different amount of turbines erected, with two different hub heights, on two differently sized sites. The scenarios are assessed based on the interests of six key stakeholders. Their opinion on twelve criteria examined. Input data for each criterion has been generated via WindPro and MS Excel software orby authors assessment based on the researched literature. PROMETHEE II is used to extrapolate a comprehensive and clear representation of the results.The evaluation of the MCDA method proved that MCDA tools, and PROMETHEE II in particular, can provide excellent support in decision making in wind power development. Wide variety of input data, as well as the various and often contradicting interests by different stakeholders can be taken into account, while, at the same time, a clear result that can assist in decision making, is generated.
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Clements, Rhonda L. "A multi-case study of the implementation of movement education in selected schools /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1988. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/10810201.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1988.Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: William G. Anderson. Dissertation Committee: Nancy BrooksSchmitz. Bibliography: leaves 267-273.
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Toson, Amy L.-M. "Examining School Capacity for Inclusion Using a Multi-Dimensional Framework| A Case Study." Thesis, University of South Florida, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3559141.
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With the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB, 2002) and the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004), the inclusion of students with disabilities (SWDs) in general education classrooms has become more prevalent within our public schools (DuFour & Eaker, 1998; Mcleskey et al., 2010). Current research on inclusion focuses on student outcomes and procedural changes and not the contexts and capabilities of education leaders who are implementing it. Empirical research that examines how schools have built the capacity for sustaining these models, especially through the perspectives of those who implement it, is limited to date.
The purpose of the current study was to examine in depth one school's capacity development during their own inclusive education reform. Specifically, this study (1) explored how school leaders perceived their own capacity in initiating and implementing inclusion reform; (2) explored how leaders perceived the school's capacity to implement inclusion and (3) explored how their capacity to implement inclusion aligned with the school capacity literature.
Case study methodology was used to make meaning of the participants' individual perspectives and weave them into an integral whole. This case study sought to uncover the perspectives that school leaders (teacher leaders and administrative leaders) placed on their capacities to initiate and sustain an effective inclusive education model.
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Toson, Amy Lenee-Monnier. "Examining School Capacity for Inclusion Using a Multi-Dimensional Framework: A Case Study." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4594.
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With the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB, 2002) and the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004), the inclusion of students with disabilities (SWDs) in general education classrooms has become more prevalent within our public schools (DuFour & Eaker, 1998; Mcleskey et al., 2010). Current research on inclusion focuses on student outcomes and procedural changes and not the contexts and capabilities of education leaders who are implementing it. Empirical research that examines how schools have built the capacity for sustaining these models, especially through the perspectives of those who implement it, is limited to date.
The purpose of the current study was to examine in depth one school's capacity development during their own inclusive education reform. Specifically, this study (1) explored how school leaders perceived their own capacity in initiating and implementing inclusion reform; (2) explored how leaders perceived the school's capacity to implement inclusion and (3) explored how their capacity to implement inclusion aligned with the school capacity literature.
Case study methodology was used to make meaning of the participants' individual perspectives and weave them into an integral whole. This case study sought to uncover the perspectives that school leaders (teacher leaders and administrative leaders) placed on their capacities to initiate and sustain an effective inclusive education model.
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Place, Diane M. "Rural Female Superintendents and Their School Boards| A Multi-Case Study of Perspectives." Thesis, Wilkes University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3630177.
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It is well-documented in the literature that female superintendents are underrepresented in the field of public school leadership (Derrington & Sherratt, 2008; Hoff & Mitchell, 2008; Mountford & Brunner, 2010). Even as more women have assumed the leadership position of superintendent, they may be viewed as atypical leaders (Coleman, 2003). The leadership styles of females differ from those exhibited by their male counterparts and their work is impacted by sex-role stereotyping and gender bias (Grogan & Shakeshaft, 2011; Harris, 2007; Hoff & Mitchell, 2008; Kowalski & Stouder, 1999; Pirouznia, 2010). The effectiveness of the superintendent is based on the ability of the leader to shape and negotiate authority and power with the individual members of the school board and the governing school board at large (Bell, 1988). Minimal research has been conducted regarding the relationship of the female superintendent, specifically, with her governing school board. This qualitative multi-case study explored how three female superintendents perceived and described their relationships with their respective boards of directors. The theoretical framework of the study was developed on the principles of feminist research through the structural theories of social role and role congruity (Lather, 1991; Eagly, 1987; Eagly & Karau, 2002). The findings of the study suggest that female superintendents encounter complex challenges as they work to foster and develop a common vision and productive working environment with governing school boards with the goal of promoting the best educational programs for students.
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SILVA, ALEXANDRE LEITE. "REUSE OF DOMAIN-SENSITIVE STRATEGIES FOR DETECTING CODE ANOMALIES: A MULTI-CASE STUDY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2013. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=23964@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROPara promover a longevidade de sistemas de software, estratégias de detecção são reutilizadas para identificar anomalias relacionadas a problemas de manutenção, tais como classes grandes, métodos longos ou mudanças espalhadas. Uma estratégia de detecção é uma heurística composta por métricas de software e limiares, combinados por operadores lógicos, cujo objetivo é detectar um tipo de anomalia. Estratégias pré-definidas são usualmente aplicadas globalmente no programa na tentativa de revelar onde se encontram os problemas críticos de manutenção. A eficiência de uma estratégia de detecção está relacionada ao seu reuso, dado o conjunto de projetos de uma organização. Caso haja necessidade de definir limiares e métricas para cada projeto, o uso das estratégias consumirá muito tempo e será negligenciado. Estudos recentes sugerem que o reuso das estratégias convencionais de detecção não é usualmente possível se aplicadas de forma universal a programas de diferentes domínios. Dessa forma, conduzimos um estudo exploratório em vários projetos de um domínio comum para avaliar o reuso de estratégias de detecção. Também avaliamos o reuso de estratégias conhecidas, com calibragem inicial de limiares a partir do conhecimento e análise de especialistas do domínio. O estudo revelou que, mesmo que o reuso de estratégias aumente quando definidas e aplicadas para um domínio específico, em alguns casos o reuso é limitado pela variação das características dos elementos identificados por uma estratégia de detecção. No entanto, o estudo também revelou que o reuso pode ser significativamente melhorado quando as estratégias consideram peculiaridades dos interesses recorrentes no domínio ao invés de serem aplicadas no programa como um todo.
To prevent the quality decay, detection strategies are reused to identify symptoms of maintainability problems in the entire program. A detection strategy is a heuristic composed by the following elements: software metrics, thresholds, and logical operators combining them. The adoption of detection strategies is largely dependent on their reuse across the portfolio of the organizations software projects. If developers need to define or tailor those strategy elements to each project, their use will become time-consuming and neglected. Nevertheless, there is no evidence about efficient reuse of detection strategies across multiple software projects. Therefore, we conduct an industry multi-project study to evaluate the reusability of detection strategies in a critical domain. We assessed the degree of accurate reuse of previously-proposed detection strategies based on the judgment of domain specialists. The study revealed that even though the reuse of strategies in a specific domain should be encouraged, their accuracy is still limited when holistically applied to all the modules of a program. However, the accuracy and reuse were both significantly improved when the metrics, thresholds and logical operators were tailored to each recurring concern of the domain.
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Preyear, Loukisha. "A qualitative multi-site case study| Examining principals' leadership styles and school performance." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10113124.
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The purpose of this qualitative multi-site case study was to explore the impact of principals’ leadership styles on student academic achievement in a high-poverty low-performing school district in Louisiana. A total of 17 participants, principals and teachers, from this school district were used in this study. Data source triangulation of interviews, questionnaires, and archival data were used for the analysis. The central research question that guided this study was: What is the perceived impact, if at all, that the leadership style of a principal in a high-poverty low-performing school district in Louisiana has on a school performance score in those same schools? Four main themes, some of which included additional subthemes, emerged from the study. These included: (a) Theme 1: principal leadership, with subthemes: passive behavior, motivation, and collaboration; (b) Theme 2: leadership implication on student achievement, with subthemes: dual leadership, teacher shortages and quality, and disruptive student behavior; (c) Theme 3: professional development; and; (d) Theme 4: initiatives to improve student achievement. The findings of this multi-site case study offered insight into factors other than principal leadership styles, which influences student academic achievement. This study provides recommendations for further research to be conducted in high-poverty low-performing schools in Louisiana targeted in the areas of teacher shortages, collaboration, dual leadership, passive behavior and teacher quality.
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Lucy, Rachel. "Amplifying Community Voice in Multi-Sector Health Collaboration: Case Study Exploring Meaningful Inclusion." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch161444181674164.
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Cloete, Annemarie. "Living organisational values in a multi-cultural environment : a South African case study." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33421.
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Organisational values consist of enduring and indispensable tenets which underpin organisational culture and form the foundation for an organisation’s purpose and goals. It should represent a unique set of collectively shared values, which silently gives direction to the multitude of decisions to be made on a daily basis within the organisational domain. Unfortunately, companies seem to place an overt focus on articulating and promulgating their values as opposed to embedding it in the hearts and minds of their employees, who ultimately have to live the values. The challenge therefore still remains for organisations to not only articulate their values, but rather focus on inculcating and, in actuality, living these values, thereby making them a business ‘weapon’ - a powerful source to be reckoned with. The question arises: Are they getting it right?Mini Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Schmelzer, Claire D. "A case study investigation of strategy implementation in three multi-unit restaurant firms." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37269.
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The primary objective of this study was to conduct an exploratory investigation of the process of strategy implementation in multi-unit restaurant firms. A model comprised of five context variables and five process variables was developed on the basis of a review of the
theoretical literature about the restaurant industry, strategy implementation, and organization theory. Qualitative research methods, specifically case study design, concept mapping, and matrix analysis were used to collect and analyze the data from three firms.
The findings from this investigation included 14 propositions that explain the associations between the variables and other factors found to affect implementation in the three companies, which were investigated. A new framework was developed from the propositions that further delineates the strategy implementation process. The framework introduces four additional variables found to be involved in the implementation process: life cycle stage of the firm, size and geographic dispersion of the firm, manager demographics, and training. Three primary context variables, organizational culture, organizational structure, and perceived environmental uncertainty; and three primary process variables, information processing, planning and control, and resource allocation were found to have a major effect on strategy implementation.
The results obtained provide a basis for further study of the implementation process.Ph. D.
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Orr, Glenn Lydell. "Understanding Multi-State, Stakeholder Directed, Corridor Coalition Building: An Interstate-81 Case Study." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/47786.
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Corridor coalitions have been described by some as a model for the development of public-private partnerships to help finance and manage corridor wide traffic flow programs and construction projects (Vega & Penn, 2008). Others have suggested corridor coalitions could also be effective tools for the development of strategic growth planning in mega regions and possibly as part of a national infrastructure and economic growth strategy (Todorovich, 2009). Through a case study of the Interstate 81 Corridor Coalition, this dissertation describes the coalition’s characteristics, analyzes its evolutionary development and explores governance participation possibilities. This study based on data from a mixed methods research approach provides a framework for assessing conceptual characteristics, a responsiveness continuum for understanding contextual dynamics and a governance model of components for evaluating collaborations. The evidence suggests some planning, funding and coordination difficulties associated with the absence of governance entities with corridor wide authority are being addressed by various national transportation institutions and associations. Corridor coalitions that exhibit developmental characteristics such as competency, sustainability, diversity and commitments consistent with relevant public agencies may be appropriate for roles in governance. Likewise, the responsiveness of corridor coalitions to governance related contextual developments may be a primary determinant of their possible role in governance. This I-81 case study provides evidence of an evolving coalition, where the descriptive characteristics contribute to a type of responsiveness to corridor concerns that could lead to governance participation.Ph. D.
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Lee, Walter Curtis. "Providing Co-Curricular Support: A Multi-Case Study of Engineering Student Support Centers." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51680.
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In response to the student retention and diversity issues that have been persistent in undergraduate engineering education, many colleges have developed Engineering Student Support Centers (ESSCs) such as Minority Engineering Programs (MEPs) and Women in Engineering Programs (WEPs). ESSCs provide underrepresented students with co-curricular support using student interventions in the form of programs, activities, and services. However, ESSCs have a relatively short history and there are gaps in our knowledge about these support systems. While the practice of providing students with co-curricular support has been evaluated, theories of co-curricular support have not been as thoroughly investigated; we know very little about how co-curricular support functions alongside engineering curricula. In an effort to help close the gaps in current literature, the purpose of my study was to explore how the student interventions offered alongside engineering curricula influence the undergraduate experience. To address this purpose, I used a multi-case study design to explore the particulars of six ESSCs housed at four institutions. I focused on the ESSC administrators (those who provide support) and undergraduate students (those who receive support) using multiple qualitative data collection methods. The primary result of this study was the Model of Co-curricular Support (MCCS), which is a version of Tinto's Model of Institutional Departure that I repurposed to demonstrate the breadth of co-curricular assistance required to comprehensively support undergraduate engineering students. The MCCS illustrates how a student's interaction with the academic, social, and professional systems within a college–as well as the university system surrounding the college–could influence the success he or she has in an undergraduate engineering program. More specifically, the MCCS is a conceptual model for constructing and evaluating support systems and individual student interventions that prioritize undergraduate engineering students. Within my study, I also identified several classifications of ESSCs and highlighted some pros and cons associated with various classifications and configurations. Ultimately, this research combines student-retention theory with student-support practice in a way that could facilitate future collaborations among educational researchers and student-support practitioners.Ph. D.
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Puvvala, Bhanu Sai Kishore. "3-D Simulation of Multi Cells and Growth Model - A Case Study InCompuCell3D." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1542724057475403.
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Ablorh, Akweley. "Meta-Analysis of a Multi-Ethnic, Breast Cancer Case-Control Targeted Sequencing Study." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:16121143.
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Breast cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer in American women, is a heritable disease with nearly one hundred known genetic risk factors. Using next generation sequencing, we explored the contribution of genetics at 12 GWAS-identified loci to breast cancer susceptibility in a multi-ethnic breast cancer case-control study.
Methods: The study population consists of 4,611 breast cancer cases and controls (2,316 cases and 2,295 controls) from four mutually exclusive ethnicities: African, Latina, Japanese, or European American.We conducted rare variant association testing between sequenced genotypes and simulated phenotypes to compare the performance of several approaches for assessing rare variant associations across multiple ethnicities and the statistical performance of different ethnic sampling fractions, including single-ethnicity studies and studies that sample up to four ethnicities. Findings from simulation of causal rare variant penetrance models were then applied to a non-synonymous protein-coding rare variant association study of breast cancer. Next, we applied variance partitioning methods to determine what proportion of breast cancer heritability is explained by rare and common, coding and non-coding, and the complete set of sequenced genetic variants.
Results: Variance component-based tests were better powered in several scenarios. Multi-ethnic studies were well powered, with inclusion of African Americans providing the largest gains in statistical power. Rare variation in several genes was nominally associated (alpha=0.05) with breast cancer risk. Common variants explained a significant amount of breast cancer heritability (5%; SE=2%). Total breast cancer heritability from all sequenced SNVs from all 12 loci was approximately 11% (S.E.=4%), a substantial portion of breast cancer heritability which ranges from 27% to 32% in European familial studies.
Conclusion: Our findings suggest that association studies between rare variants and complex disease should consider including subjects from multiple ethnicities, with preference given to genetically diverse groups. We demonstrate practices with the potential to uncover and localize gene-based associations using gene-based rare variant association testing at 12 GWAS-identified breast cancer susceptibility loci. We also present strong evidence that just this subset of previously-identified loci explains a substantial portion of heritability which suggests that all GWAS-identified loci may explain more breast cancer heritability than the 17% previously reported.Epidemiology
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"A multi-case study of AmeriCorps tutoring programs." LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY, 2010. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3372328.
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Su, Yung-kuei, and 蘇永貴. "A Case Study of Multi-level Marketing Organization." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61997665637326193310.
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碩士國立中山大學
企業管理研究所
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The main conclusions of this essay are: 1.(1) "Direct Marketing," is a sales way that transfers the products and service from the producer to the customer with- out wholesale. The service from the producer to the customer without wholesale. The purpose is to reduce being controlled by passage-way or controlling passage-way. (2)" Multilevel Marketing," is an organization, the partici- pants must pay to gain the right to extend, sell the commodi- ty or service, and introduce other people to join in. The participants may gain the commission, bonus or other profits;besides, they can do the selling through the network they create by recommending and training, and get the profits from the difference of the prices. The purpose is to duplicate the level to extend the network. (3)The shape and the management of "Mouse Club, " are similar to multilevel marketing. However, the essence is not selling the commodity or service but extorting money. 2. The multilevel marketing companies cannot be established without Fair Trade Committee''''s permission. Meanwhile, multilevel marketing company''''s inward structure, just like the ordinary companies, is constructed in accordance with the difference of function and region. 3. Multilevel companies provide a handsome system of bonus dis- tribution, and by making a contract, allow marketing merchants to sell the goods. On the other hand, marketing companies exclude the relationship between marketing merchants in law, such as employment, agency, broker of commission. Marketing companies'''' attitude, which yearns for sales volume, but not takes precise responsibility, always causes marketing merchants'''' questioning and withdrawing.
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Chu, Yu-Ching, and 朱鈺菁. "Multi-level Marketing Industry''s Case Study." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60006595913163391308.
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碩士國立中興大學
高階經理人碩士在職專班
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In the recent years, there are more people joining direct selling. Direct selling provides an alternative income, and any gender, age, education level, and experience can enter this line of work. What is worth noting is that women and younger members are the primary force of direct selling. At this moment there are millions participants globally in this market. Approximately one out of every 50 is a direct selling professional, and if we exclude those that are not of working age, then the number increases to one out of 30 people. This number is the best proof that direct selling is a successful business. Because Multi-Level Marketing Industry (MLM) shows signs of yearly growth, this article will focus on the status of multi-level industry management in Taiwan, taking seven companies, Amway, Herbalife, Pro-partner, Markettaiwan, Atomy, Avon, and Best World Lifestyle, as examples to discuss the multi-level industry development and operation model in details.
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Dash, Anshuman. "A Case Study to Solve Multi-Response Optimization Problem." Thesis, 2010. http://ethesis.nitrkl.ac.in/1855/1/Dash_Thesis_final.pdf.
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In machining operations, achieving desired surface quality features of the machined product, is really a challenging job. Because, these quality features are highly correlated and are expected to be influenced directly or indirectly by the direct effect of process parameters or their interactive effects (i.e. on process environment). However, the extents of significant influence of the process parameters are different for different responses. Therefore, optimization of surface roughness is a multi-factor, multi-objective optimization problem. Therefore, to solve such a multi-objective optimization problem, it is felt necessary to identify the optimal parametric combination, following which all objectives could be optimized simultaneously. In this context, it is essential to convert all the objective functions into an equivalent single objective function or overall representative function to meet desired multi-quality features of the machined surface. The required multi-quality features may or may not be conflicting in nature. The representative single objective function, thus calculated, would be optimized finally. In the present work, Design of Experiment (DOE) with Taguchi L9 Orthogonal Array (OA) has been explored to produce 9 specimens on copper bard by straight turning operation. Collected data related to surface roughness have been utilized for optimization. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) has been applied to eliminate correlation among the responses and to evaluate independent or uncorrelated quality indices called principal components. Based on quality loss of individual principal components with respect to the ideal condition, CQL (COMBINED QUALITY LOSS) has been calculated to serve as the single objective function for optimization. Finally, Taguchi method has been adopted for searching optimal process condition to yield desired surface quality. Result of the aforesaid optimization procedure has been verified through confirmatory test. The study illustrates the detailed methodology of PCA based Taguchi method and its effectiveness for multi-response surface quality optimization in turning operation
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Sung, Je-Yi, and 宋哲毅. "A Multi-Project Selections, Multi-Period Assignment Model with a Case Study of NTC." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29222054059017402566.
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碩士國立中央大學
資訊管理研究所
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In contemporary business era, organizations’ information service departments (IT departments) often deal with tremendous and continuous requests of ad-hoc information systems and maintenance. With limited human resources how to effectively select projects and assign human resources to selected projects has become a critical issue to IT departments. Unlike one-time, single project planning, IT departments also need to re-plan project assignments for not only the new projects of current period and the accumulated effects of existing projects from previous periods. In this regard, this research proposes a decision support model, named MPP model, to help IT departments handle multi-projects selection with multi-periods re-planning. The MPP contains a decision process that applies and implements the DAR from CMMI for guiding the entire project selection and assignment. MPP also includes a binary-integer OR programming optimization algorithm for stakeholders to effectively handling multi-periods re-planning issue. To demonstrate the proposed work, this research reports a business case as a real use of MPP in the IT department of Nanya Technology Corporation, Taiwan. Several use cases and analyses are provided in this study. Validity examinations for the real company case and the limitations due to the current development of MPP are discussed as well.
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LIN, JI-WEI, and 林季緯. "Multi-label Classification with Multi-task learning - A case study of Natural Language Processing." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9a6q4q.
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碩士國立交通大學
工業工程與管理系所
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Natural language processing (NLP) is always an important research topic. Many NLP problems such as spam filtering, text classification, movie rating, and toxic comment detection, are present in our daily life. In recent years, with the development of deep learning and the improvement of computing power, many studies have applied deep learning to deal with NLP problems. Deep learning model uses a large amount of training data to automatically extract features, giving a base to extract important and discriminative features from data, and achieve promising results. Therefore, deep learning has been widely used in speech recognition, object detection and image recognition, and has achieved good results. Multi-label classification problem refers to the problem that each data sample may have multiple labels. In the toxic comments classification problem, a comment may consists of both identity hates and threats, while the other comments may contain threats, obscene and toxic. This thesis proposes to use multi-task learning to deal with multi-label classification problems, in which we treat each single label as a single task. For each task, it is possible to improve the performance by sharing representation between tasks. This thesis uses three different NLP classification datasets to conduct experiments. We use our proposed multi-task learning architecture to deal with this problem. Since the natural language processing problem is a sequence problem, and the Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) architecture is more capable of processing sequence problems in the deep learning model. Therefore, we construct our model through bidirectional GRU, and then apply CNN for further feature learning. This thesis conducts experiments on three datasets. The experimental results indicate that our proposed method outperforms the other alternatives.