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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"Non-hierarchical"”.
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InterTwinkles : online tools for non-hierarchical, consensus-oriented decision making
Non-hierarchical, participatory, consensus-based decision making has seen an explosion in popularity in recent years. The traditional techniques of formal consensus, however, are limited to face-to-face meetings, which can limit organizations' capacity due to their time and cost. InterTwinkles is a …
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Syntax, Juxtaposition, and Non-Hierarchical Space: A Monastery in Hell's Kitchen
… an architectural juxtaposition, so as to create non-hierearchichal community within the resulting space. Duality is implicit in the site and programmatic conditions. Manhattan is recognizable for its tartan grid, rowhouse volumes, repetition, frontality, and cardinal orientation. The Monastery is …
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Facilitating self-organization in non-hierarchical communities: a methodology for regeneration programs
Research purpose: As a by-product in the development of the Quality Management Systems, self-organized working groups were introduced and became a common practice in management. In the last ten years some authors – influenced by the developments in the study of Complex Systems – have reintroduced …
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Hierarchical Bayesian Dataset Selection
… first dataset selection algorithm that utilizes hierarchical Bayesian modeling, designed for collaborative data-sharing ecosystems. The proposed method efficiently decomposes the contributions of dataset groups and individual datasets to local model performance using Bayesian updates with small …
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Project Meshnet And The Politics Of Scientific Practice
… movements characterized by de- centralized, non-hierarchical power structures, mutual aid, and other features. I conducted this research using the participant-observation method along with in-depth, one-on-one interviews. I present most of my findings in the tradition of “thick description’, …
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The philosophy of safety system changes and the reorganisation of the aviation industry
… of an aviation industry being structured in a hierarchical manner (top-down), c) the under-conceptualisation of proactive safety management, and d) the exclusion of certain systems in systemic studies. The current study assumed that there are open systems in the aviation industry that are …
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Feminism and the critique of hierarchy: theory and practice
… of the last two decades decried the dominance of hierarchical structures in public and private organizations. This thesis scrutinizes the differences and overlappings of three major feminist "schools" in regard to their advocacy of non-hierarchical forms of organization. The three strands examined …
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Fort Garry Lions Pool
… process, charting the attempts made to foster a non-hierarchical working environment. The film's thematic and stylistic choices are also explored, centering around the symbolic role the Fort Garry Lions Pool plays in representing the revealing and understanding of trauma within a close friendship.
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Approaches to Nature Aesthetics: East Meets West
… value. As a solution to this separation, a non-dualistic Japanese aesthetics is examined as a basis for the achievement of the coexistence of culture and nature. Ecological interrelationships between human culture and nature are possible by means of an aesthetic consciousness in terms of …
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The impact of emotional intelligence on leadership and management
… and work best with each other regardless of any hierarchical organisational structure. The purpose of my research is to examine the question “How do aspects of Emotional Intelligence impact the effectiveness of people in the context of non-hierarchical Leadership and Management”?
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A comparison of confirmatory factor analysis and task analysis of fluid intelligence cognitive subtests
… Their judgments were analyzed with multiple non-hierarchical cluster analyses. Results partially confirmed that the six target subtests were classified similarly using both data types, though need to be interpreted cautiously due to limitations. Implications for assessment practices are …
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Detour to Otherness: Cultural Identity Discourse in Contemporary *American, Ukrainian, and Polish Literatures
… lines of intercultural exchange or the non-hierarchical ""ethnorelativism of representation"" emerges in American writing only recently, in the works produced as post-traumatic responses to the disturbing intrusions of alterity. Ukrainian identity politics moves along the lines of a …
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Analysis Of Prehistoric Ceramics From A Fourteenth-Century Native American House, Carter Robinson Site (44Le10), Lee County, Virginia
… emergence of hierarchy and the interaction of hierarchical and egalitarian societies. Frontiers can help identify the emergence and maintenance of power in southeastern chiefdoms. Carter Robinson (44le10) is a frontier site that can help understand the degree of interaction between hierarchical …
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Power, Authority and Influence: A Comparative Study of the Behavioral Influence Tactics Used by Lay and Ordained Leaders in the Episcopal Church
… has focused on organizations with clear hierarchical lines of power and authority between boss, subordinate and peer.This dissertation was designed to study the influence processes of leadership within a religious denomination, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA). …
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User serviceable parts: Practice, technology, sociality and method in live electronic musicking
… towards musical practice-led research that is non-hierarchical, performative, ecological, phenomenological and pragmatic, I place into wider context compositional and technological decisions, in terms of their relationships to improvising, skill, design, performance and research. This work …
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Disciplining Identities: Feminism, New Media, and 21st Century Research Practices
… a multiplicity of voices and points-of-view; non-hierarchical mentoring practices; and, experimentation with new textual forms and research practices.
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AN ECOLOGICAL CRITIQUE TO DIGITAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH THE CASE OF ESPORTS
… where complementarity, interdependence, and non-hierarchical structures define the interactions among networked organisational entities. Nonetheless, recent critiques have pointed out that many of these applications maintain an ecosystemic viewpoint only at a superficial level, failing to …
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Humanitarian Intervention at Mt. Sinjar, Iraq: A Complex Adaptive System Analysis
… (CAS) analysis is used to explain actions in a non-hierarchical environment. Salient strategies that worked to produce a positive humanitarian outcome at Mt. Sinjar are identified. The results suggest that only the humanitarian community was effective in assessing the onset of the crisis, while …
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A bayesian approach to wireless location problems
… in wireless networks are proposed. We explore non-hierarchical and hierarchical Bayesian graphical models that use prior knowledge about physics of signal propagation, as well as different modifications of Bayesian bivariate spline models. The hierarchical Bayesian model that incorporates …
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Profiles of Neuropsychological Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Spina Bifda
… 8-15) completed a brief assessment battery. Hierarchical and non-hierarchical cluster analyses were used to identify and confirm a cluster solution. Hypothesized predictors of cluster membership included lesion level, number of shunt surgeries, history of seizures, age, ethnicity, …
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