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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Organisation Development"”.
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Organisation development and successful information systems development
… a qualitative study of the Information Systems Development (ISD) process and puts forward the argument that IS development leads to Organisation Development (OD). The thesis argues that an OD perspective should be incorporated into the main ISD paradigm and provide the basis for transformation …
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Conceptualising organisation development: practitioner and academic perspectives. A UK study
… practitioner perspectives on the profession of Organisation Development (OD) in the UK and how it had evolved over four decades. The aims of the research were to find out if there were differences in perspectives between these two communities and identify the areas where there was diversity. In …
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Stress management and organisation development : effects of transcendental meditation on psychological, physiological, and organisational variables at the worksite
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a stress reduction intervention (SRI) offered to employees at one worksite where 80 were employed. 41 Volunteers (aged 21-65) participated in Transcendental Meditation (TM), and 18 (aged 19-46) in Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR). Two groups did not …
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School organisation development as a strategy for developing leadership and management : the case study of Intlanganiso Secondary School
This study is aimed at examining school developmental processes with regard to leadership and management experienced by Intlanganiso, a secondary school located in the disadvantaged community of Khayelitsha (a township situated approximately thirty kilometres from Cape Town), and the relationship …
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A Relationships Framework for Organisational Responsiveness to Te Tiriti/Treaty of Waitangi in the Work of Groups and Organisations in the Community and the Public Sector of Aotearoa New Zealand
This thesis is focussed on the development and implementation of a Relationships Framework based on Te Tiriti/Treaty of Waitangi. The Framework has been designed to enable working together between Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti in the community and Public Sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. Its …
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Responsiveness in the evolving landscape of work: an edgewalker’s tale
… of the writer’s professional practice in organisation development and consulting, focusing on the evolving landscape of work. Using a transdisciplinary methodology, the thesis integrates autoethnography, intuitive inquiry, and hermeneutics to analyse the interplay between personal …
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A study of strategy formulation in an automotive manufacturer
… with probes into specific areas of the organisation's activities. The thesis argues, through the use of a future-forward perspective of organisation capability, that an organisation's future capability can be assessed. The thesis questions the periodisation approach normally adopted in …
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Creating a collaborative culture - an HR Director's journey
Organisations worldwide are moving towards more fluid and collaborative structures and are having to rethink the way they do things in response to the sheer volume of information provided by modern technology and the resulting pressures on to deliver more value by optimising people and technology …
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Evaluation that Empowers: An iterative investigation of how organisations can become evaluation-minded
… definition of evaluation where: learning and development are a priority, and where the roles of evaluator and participants are collaborative and mutually recognised. <br/><br/>The purpose of this research was to explore, develop, test and refine the EtE theoretical model against the real-life …
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An appraisal of the Teacher Inservice Project(TIP) approach to education management and leadership training and development
… a new approach to the effective training and development of education managers. It is precisely in this regard, that this research report seeks to offer an insight into the existing situation and understand the difficulties involved in attempts to address this need, with specific focus on the …
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Contextual factors impacting on research performance at a young Australian university
… performance at ANRU. The research drew on organisation development and phenomenological theoretical perspectives to make sense of the socially constructed realities of the participants’ lived experience of their research work. A purposefully selected stratified sample of 31 participants was …
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Computational Morphogenesis of City Tissues
… rooted in understanding the complex process of organisation, development and evolution in natural systems before attempting to emulate the behaviours in artificial systems, leading to the emergence of new disciplines such as systems theory, complexity science, genetics, developmental and …