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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Fields of practice"”.
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Milti-party Information Systems development : the challenge of cross-boundary collaboration
… IS outsourcing, and the increased strategic role of IS applications, the number and diversity of stakeholders on IS projects has increased significantly. People from different disciplines-business strategists, technologists, graphic designers, marketers-spanning multiple organizations and …
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Evaluative Thinking Amid Disaster
… scholars, and others from both these fields of practice. In this dissertation, I referenced the dual systems theory of the human mind to conceptualize evaluative thinking as paradoxically fast (automatic) and slow (deliberate), and I characterized the COVID-19 pandemic as a disaster …
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The strategic facilitation of change across UK public services: a critical reflection
… that may inform learning across relevant fields of practice, and to gain a deeper understanding that will inform my future public works. The completed public works that I explore are: • My facilitation of two parliamentary roundtables on behalf of the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness …
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Acquiring New Knowledge Through Art Self-Exploration and Collective Journaling to Enhance Cultural Humility in Art Therapy
… shift in art therapy. It addresses the concern of how to expand art therapy into collective communities, while respecting the knowledge, wisdom, and methods that already exist and are practiced in these, to foster cultural humility in art therapy. The theoretical underpinnings include the …
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Between the Cracks: From Squatting to Tactical Media Art in the Netherlands, 1979–1993
… escalated into full-scale riots. Although the practice of squatting was legally protected in the Netherlands, the formation of a social movement around squatting in the mid- to late ’70s brought about a turbulent period exacerbated by economic hardship and widespread youth unemployment. Those …
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A comparative study between Employee Assistance Programmes and Occupational Social Work : a quantitative view
The world of work has become increasingly competitive, demanding optimal productivity and performance from employees. Concerns regarding job security in a fluctuating social, political and economic climate in South Africa further contribute to pressure being placed on employees and organisations to …
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Understanding facilitator practice in the problem-based learning classroom
… individual PBL facilitator cases in the field of medical education at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of what affects facilitation practice in a problem-based leaning (PBL) classroom. The facilitators come from various backgrounds and have …
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Training Needs Assessment as an Action Research Intervention in a Federal Agency
… few research reports reveal the holistic nature of the process. This case study helps fill that void with naturalistic inquiry into a process consulting intervention. This action research describes an external consultant's intervention with leaders of a large federal agency over an 18-month …
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From ‘preventing accidents’ to ‘creating safety’: a maverick approach to the challenges of workplace safety
… on my experiential learning and the consequences of my interventions. Through a blend of auto-ethnographical research and reflective practice I analyse, critique and reconceptualise the dominant perceptions and approaches to workplace safety around the world, and the development of my approach to …
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The development of strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration from within the visual arts.
… in, and need for, collaboration throughout many fields of practice. Collaborative methods of art production are evident across a range of contemporary visual art practices and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration are becoming more available for artists, particularly those working …
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Tongan metaphors of social work practice : Hangē ha pā kuo fa'u´ : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
This study explores Tongan social work practice and examines how social and community work is constructed from a Tongan worldview. Tongan social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand participated in individual interviews and focus group meetings which explored the Tongan values, knowledge, skills and …
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Pathways to the field: an exploration of the capital and habitus of people undertaking different routes into nursing utilising Bourdieu’s theory of practice.
Introduction Nurses are the largest group of healthcare professionals in the UK. There is a national and international shortage of nurses causing a staffing crisis, with a greater number of nurses leaving the profession than joining, especially in primary and community care services. The aim of …
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Shifting Interfaces: art research at the intersections of live performance and technology
This collection of published works is an outcome of my practice-led inter-disciplinary collaborative artistic research into deepening understanding of creative process in the field of contemporary dance. It comprises thirty written works published from 1999 to 2007 in various formats and platforms. …
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Social conditions leading to Scrum process breakdowns during Global Agile Software Development: a theory of practice perspective
Global Software Development (GSD) and Agile are two popular software development trends that are gaining in popularity. In addition, more and more organisations are now seeking to engage in agile software development within the GSD context to reap the benefits of both ventures and achieve project …
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Desatando os NÓS: uma experiência do Serviço Social na área da Educação e da Cultura
… Educação Pública e Serviço Social (PEEPSS) – oferecido sob a coordenação de um professor pioneiro nesta discussão no âmbito da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Este trabalho se situa com olhar em um subprojeto do PEEPSS – Educação, Cultura, Universidade e Serviço Social (ECUSS) …
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The recruitment and recognition of prior informal experience in the pedagogy of two university courses in labour law
… principle in adult education that the experience of the adult student should be valued, taken account of and built upon in the pedagogic process, to the extent that it can even be 'recognized' for purposes of access or credit. It asks how prior experience is recruited and recognized in a higher …