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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Political Skills"”.
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How was Richard Haldane able to reform the British Army? An historical assessment using a contemporary change management model
… and Arnold-Forster, had failed. It considers how political expediency, foreign policy and military strategy influenced Haldane and why his nation in arms concept did not improve the public’s perception of the regular and auxiliary forces. The dissertation concludes that Haldane understood the …
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Essays on Empirical Political Economy
… The media has the fundamental role of providing political information to voters. New media such as the Internet brought about an enormous shift in the availability of political information during elections. Exploiting the timing and geographic variation in the introduction of Internet in Brazil, …
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Child Care Subsidy Policy After the 1996 Federal Welfare Reform: A Case Study of State Policy Formation in Illinois
… extensive policy-relevant knowledge and political skills; and seized the opportunity for policy change presented by the favorable context of welfare reform. The impact of advocates on the five key policy features are reviewed, and implications for influencing policy-formation processes …
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The political socialisation of schoolgirls in England, 1870-1914
… a key site for working and middle-class girls’ political socialisation in late Victorian and Edwardian England. It challenges conventional interpretations of the gendering of politics in the period by showcasing schoolgirls’ active participation in parliamentary, electoral, suffrage, and …
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The role of developmental experience in the career development of fire chiefs in the United States
… (4) that more opportunities be provided to learn political skills outside the confines of the internally focused fire service world.
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The political sophistication of district-transforming superintendents
… of this study was to explore the perceived political sophistication of two selected urban superintendents: one who transformed the school district into a significantly improved school system and the other who successfully initiated school improvement measures. It was an attempt to understand …
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Leadership Orientations of Female School Superintendents: A Multidimensional Framework Perspective
… resource frame and the lowest scores on the political frame. (b) Significant relationships were found between age and average scores on the political frame, as well as age and average score on the symbolic frame. (c) Female superintendents in Georgia exhibited similar leadership behaviors in …
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Kim Dae-Jung's Leadership as Relevant to the Sunshine Policy (1998-2003)
… relations. However, given Korea’s historical, political, and socio-cultural context, comprehensive engagement has proved difficult. Any South Korean leader who adopts overall engagement strategies vis-à-vis North Korea may face constraints and setbacks stemming from the internal and external …
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How do Minnesota School Board members learn to do their jobs?
… learning takes place through informal means. Skills requiring large degrees of interpersonal interaction, negotiation, or political awareness were learned predominantly through informal (and to a lesser extent external professional transfer) means, while skills in key duties were largely …
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THE DYNAMICS OF CONFLICT: TRANSFORMING NORTHERN IRELAND
… military, court and police), Unionists (political parties, as well as loyalist paramilitaries), intermediaries, promoters of peace and spoilers. I also looked into the potential role elections and agreements had to play. I then looked into the state of organizational dynamics in the …