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Showing 1 to 20 of 107 for “"Organizational Theory"”.
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An organizational theory approach to transition : the Wheaton College move to coeducation
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, 2010
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Ichak Adizes's Organizational Theory Applied to the Classical Christian Education Movement: A Multiple Case Study
… contributions to school growth using the organizational theory of Ichak Adizes. By utilizing representative schools for each stage of school maturity, a broader description of how schools mature over time emerges. Moreover, the connection is made to certain management roles that bring …
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Examination of Parole Revocation Decision-making Policy thru the lens of Organizational Theory: Qualitative Analysis
… behavior may be better understood by looking at organizational theory. Organizational theory is a self-correcting model in which outcomes of prior decisions provide feedback to influence future decision in organizations. This study utilizes organizational theory to explore the relationship …
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Risk, Oil Spills, and Governance: Can Organizational Theory Help Us Understand the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?
… in deep water drilling. Normal accident theory and high reliability theory offer a framework through which to view the 2010 spill that features predictive criteria linked to a qualitative assessment of risk presented by technology and organizations. The 2010 spill took place in a …
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THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON FRANCHISE SUCCESS IN THE NBA'S DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: AN APPLICATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY
… demographics and structure are analyzed. Organizational theory takes into account the role of the external environment in regards to the survival of a new firm. Factors analyzed were: market size, per-capita income, market education, presence of other professional sports teams, presence of …
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The Chaos of Convergence: A Study of the Process of Decay, Change, and Transformation within the Telephone Policy Subsystem of the United States
… examine the nature of both policy analysis and organizational theory in terms of their development within the American versions of Public Administration and Political Science. I conclude that the distinctions that have been created between the two areas of research are false, and that within the …
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THE EMERGENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY FIRM: AN INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF INEQUALITY
… explores the ways in which institutional organizational theory can enhance our understanding of how organizational structures that shape social inequality emerge, diffuse, and persist over time. More specifically, in three distinct papers, I examine the institutionalization of stock-based …
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The Organizational Analysis of Non-Governmental Development Organizations (NGDOs)
This paper uses the current organizational ecology theory to clearly define organizational population ecology constructs of non-governmental development organizations, and offers specific terminology and understanding of main organizational forms and relational dynamics that define the population …
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Normal practice: The institutionalization of a professional activity
… 5.5% in 1970 (Placek and Taffel, 1988). Using organizational theory, three explanations for the diffusion of cesarean sections were examined: technical efficiency, i.e. adoption of the most efficient technology, institutionalization, i.e. adoption of practices in response to norms, and interest …
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Habilitation in focus : A human service organization and its challenges
… perspective of the phenomenon of habilitation. Organizational theory and in particular neo-institutional organizational theory offered an analytical instrument. The empirical material consisted of observations of the ongoing habilitation work: interviews with professionals (25 interviewees); 13 …
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Improving Qualitative Assessment In Higher Education
… identifies, and recommends grounded-theory-derived practices for improving qualitative assessment in higher education settings. The process of qualitative assessment is understood as being heuristic and continual, requiring re-examination and revision to maintain both its validity and …
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Contextual Framework of Communications Functions Supporting Complex System Governance
… of this research was to develop a systems theory-based contextual framework of communication functions supporting complex system governance using an inductive research design. Communication, as one aspect of Management Cybernetics (communication and control for effective system …
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Employee Engagement Through the Instructional Leadership Team
… The Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) is an organizational structure designed to improve employee engagement, which for this project is defined as employee collaboration, autonomy, ownership and shared purpose, in the curriculum development process (Farris-Berg, 2013). This program …
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An exploration of the role of the construct of control in expansion strategy of hotel chains: A multiple-case study
… approach as presented in the literature of organizational theory. This integration illustrates that the management of risk in expansion strategy is intertwined with control. The question “How does control intervene in the management of risk in expansion strategy?” was the operationalization …
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Paving the Way for Merleau-Ponty’s Eye and Mind in Organizational Communication Studies
… Bodies create organization. An aesthetic theory of organizational communication reveals the significance of the body to the organization. Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy of aesthetics offers a theory of aesthetic organizational communication that is yet to be developed. Merleau-Ponty’s …
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"USA Today", its imitators, and its critics: An ethical and organizational analysis
… to boost profits. A third hypothesis, based on organizational theory, stated that, compared with non-imitator papers, imitator papers are more likely to face stress from the external environment. A fourth hypothesis, based on innovation diffusion research, posted that, compared with non-imitator …
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Organizational Justice, Moral Ideology, and Moral Evaluation as Antecedents of Moral Intent
… of moral philosophy, social psychology, and organizational theory with the intention of establishing links among social/organizational influences, individual cognitive elements of moral behavior, individual difference characteristics, and the intention to act ethically. Ethical …
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Moving beyond the apple orchard: The institutional analysis of the construction of Washtenaw Community College
… the founding and development of WCC using organizational theory. This qualitative, historical case study used archival research to identify themes and the institutional building blocks for the junior college movement at large and the transition of the junior college to the comprehensive …
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Confiança na Gestão Organizacional: os desafios da liderança nos tempos atuais
… end Social Capital applied to the contemporary organizational scenario. The empiric research investigated psyco-sociological aspects undderlying leaders and managers practices in two private organizations, headquarttered in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The intensification of the competition in …
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Organizational Collaborative Motivations and Purpose-oriented Networks: Linking Organizational Theories with Network Characteristics
… different sets of characteristics. By bridging organizational theory and social network literatures, this study proposes a conceptual framework regarding the connections between organizational collaborative motivations and network characteristics. The conceptual framework is then further …
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