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Showing 1 to 20 of 424 for “"For-profit"”.
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Peer mentoring for-profit college students
A peer mentoring program for new students at a for-profit institution was implemented at a campus over five quarters. Peer mentors with high GPAs were matched with students for eleven weeks to help with academic success. A Business Club was created to support the mentoring program and campus …
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A study of effective supervisor/employee communication in a not-for-profit and a for-profit organization
… supervisor/employee communication in a not-for-profit and a for-profit organization using qualitative research methods. Several studies have researched effective supervisor/employee communication at the quantitative level, but there is little qualitative research on this topic or on the four …
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Effective Corporate Governance in Not-for-profit Organisations
… corporate governance effectiveness in not-for-profit organisations by identifying and developing the types of performance indicators used in the not-forprofit sector. Only by agreement, between all affected parties, on the criteria is one able to assess corporate governance effectiveness. …
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For-profit higher education programs in the United States.
… programs in the United States that focuses on for-profit higher education. This descriptive study used a 30-item questionnaire to gather the information reported here. This survey instrument was sent to the entire population of interest. This population was made up of all of the programs in …
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Operational audit model for a small not-for-profit organization
This thesis examines the need for better management tools and techniques for managers of small not-for-profit organizations. It discusses the impact, purpose and size of the private not-for-profit sector. An argument is made for the need and application of an operational audit for small …
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Management control systems in not-for-profit organizations: a case study
… those in the public sector or similar nonprofit, service-oriented organizations where management controls have historically been lacking. This thesis investigates the requirement for and feasibility of developing a formal management control systems in these organizations. The key traits, …
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Perceptions of the effectiveness of not-for-profit board development opportunities
<p>Human service not-for-profit organizations provide goods and services that support the well being of members of society. While these organizations can vary in the goods and services that they provide and in the models that they use to provide those goods and services, they are all similar in …
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Combating the growth of slums using for-profit social business models
… social investing, this thesis investigates how for-profit social investment techniques could be used to create housing and combat the growth of slums. It compares various for-profit social business models and provides a "toolbox" of potential structures which could be employed based on the …
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Patient-centric care in the U.S. - A comparative study of patient satisfaction and quality care among for-profit physician-owned, corporate-owned, and not-for-profit hospitals
… quality of care in POHs with that in other major forms of hospitals (corporate-owned, and not-for-profit). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulated physician ownership of hospitals due to concerns that physicians’ profit motive might negatively affect the quality of care. This non-experimental …
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The Social Function of For-Profit Higher Education in the United States
… Economy" to examine the function that for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) play in American higher education and how it is different from non-profit traditional colleges and universities (TCUs). This was done through three sections of analysis. The first examined if students who …
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The use of the arts by businessmen for profit and other purposes
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1975
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The growth of for-profit hospitals in the United States, 1970-1980
The growth of for-profit hospitals in the southern United States was researched. Two regression models were developed to analyze the spatial distribution and growth of for-profit hospitals as a function of the locational characteristics of a hospital's service area from 1970 to 1980. For the first …
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Synthesizing existing evidence and leveraging expert opinions to develop a university, for-profit, and not-for-profit organization partnership model to address health professions education gaps through simulation-based education
… model between university research laboratories, for-profit organizations, and not-for-profit organizations to diffuse SBE into R&R communities. Phase A aimed to identify the problem and present a solution through an editorial paper. Phase B consisted of a scoping review to understand the current …
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New transfer partners : California community colleges and private for-profit four-year institutions
… experiences, and socioeconomic factors of California community college students who transfer to private for-profit four-year institutions with those who transfer to public or non-profit higher education institutions. Using logistic regression analysis, this study showed that academic …
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Operating a Museum For Profit: Furthering the dialouge about corporate structures available to museums
… professionals are suggesting museums consider a for-profit model because of recent funding challenges facing museums and the rise of social entrepreneurs and social benefit corporate structures. However, little is known about the small number of for-profit museums that exist in the United States …
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Understanding the construction of belonging in a for-profit ECE centre: An ethnographic study
… having long ranging academic and social benefits for children, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds (Mitchell, Wylie & Carr, 2008). In 2010 the ECE Participation Programme was successfully introduced to increase enrolment in ECE for targeted groups, such as Māori, Pasifika, and low …
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An exploratory study of social innovation in for-profit social entrepreneurial ventures in India
… investigating social innovations in three for-profit SEVs in India. This thesis was based on the interpretive paradigm and adopted a subjective stance in exploring social innovations in for-profit SEVs. The objectives of this research are twofold. First, it attempts to understand the …
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The feasibility of affordable family housing development in California : the for-profit developer's perspective
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1992.
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