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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Ends and means."”.
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The ends and means of empowerment and John Dewey: Examining the possibilities and consequences of a liberatory rhetoric
On the one hand, this paper is an exploration of the suitability of John Dewey's theories for critiquing educational reform, particularly the component of teacher empowerment. At another level, the paper tells the story of empowerment reform in the United States, primarily through Dewey's lens, to …
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Effective information systems planning
… Systems (IS) managers need to optimize and balance multiple objectives, manage resources, prioritize projects, enforce alignment with business goals, etc. while making IT investment decisions. These decisions are not made in isolation but must be part of a coherent plan in order to …
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Means and Ends of the Andrews University Leadership Program: a Study of its Critical Components and Outcomes as They Relate to the Mission Statement
… history of education shows tensions between its means and ends. Tensions became more apparent in contemporary Christian educational institutions. The Leadership Program (LP) of Andrews University was developed as an alternative and innovative means of delivering graduate education with a defined …
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Educating for freedom: Northern whites and the origins of Black education in the South, 1862-1875
<p>The northern white men and women who organized the first schools for the American blacks in the South, during and after the Civil War, did so for a wide variety of reasons. They were often in sharp disagreement with one another over ends and means. Each took as his point of departure a …
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The systemic and ideological sources of grand strategic doctrine : American foreign policy in the twentieth century
… foreign policy posture? This study proposes and tests a theory of American grand strategy that places an emphasis on two key variables: the ideological content of American liberalism and geopolitical conditions abroad. It distinguishes between two varieties of thought within the American …
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Hacking Antarctica
… beyond normative representations of the sublime and the imperceptible. It is based on fieldwork in polar and subpolar areas over the last 9 years. At its core, the research uses Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Judgement as a way of understanding what is meant by the sublime and from that develops a …
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The MBA Degree - What Does It Mean?
"He used to come from Harvard and about five other campuses. Now he comes from Harvard and, at a generous estimate, perhaps a dozen other places as well. He used to come equipped with enormous self-confidence, a modest amount of book learning, and a fervent belief in the value of spending two years …
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Conceptualizing a vision of the good life among mid-career faculty.
… study examined how mid-career faculty defined and pursued the good life and what they perceived as helping or hindering that quest. Using Charmaz’s constructivist grounded theory within a critical realist ontology, the research sought to uncover the conceptual structures and generative …
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Conceptualizing a vision of the good life among mid-career faculty.
… study examined how mid-career faculty defined and pursued the good life and what they perceived as helping or hindering that quest. Using Charmaz’s constructivist grounded theory within a critical realist ontology, the research sought to uncover the conceptual structures and generative …