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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Roles and Functions"”.
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The roles and functions of private security companies in UN Peace Missions - a critical analysis
This master's thesis analyses the roles that private security companies (PSCs) assume during United Nations (UN) peace missions. Following a literary review and contextual development of the PSC industry, this thesis makes use of a qualitative desktop study to examine five UN peace mission case …
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An investigation of the roles and functions of parent advisory councils serving Spanish-English bilingual projects funded under ESEA Title VII
The purpose of this study was to identify and examine the roles and functions of parent advisory councils serving Spanish-English bilingual projects funded under ESEA Title VII. It was also the intent of this study to determine if there existed signif icant differences on the ranking of roles and …
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Strengthening and expanding the Citizen Corps
… Corps (CC) is the primary Department of Homeland Security vehicle for achieving civilian preparedness. CC volunteers are included in the National Preparedness System (NPS) through various sponsoring agencies who determine the roles and functions of the volunteers within their organization. …
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Caregiving and Schizophrenia: Understanding the Worldview of Asian Indian Families
… six Asian Indian families focussed on understanding the caregiving processes involved when one of their members is afflicted with schizophrenia. It looked at the beliefs, values, and meanings associated with schizophrenia within the context of Asian Indian cultural and social practices. It …
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The role of traditional leaders in service delivery with reference to Makhado Local Municipality
… The study was carried to find out about the roles and functions of traditional leaders within the local municipality. In order to come up with the intended results a mixed approach method was used in which both quantitative and qualitative methodology was utilized simultaneously. This was …
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Who am I and why? : pressures on the writing self
… of Broken Things : a collection of poetry and short prose fiction. Secondly, a critical and exegetical study which represents a concurrent and retrospective analysis and reflection of the creative work in relation to the central research questions, plus a literary-critical study of issues …
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An investigation of the attitude of orthopaedic patients with fractured femur towards rehabilitation in hospital after injury
… after injury. It consisted of both structured and unstructured questions. The total sample comprised of twenty five (25) orthopaedic patients with fractured femur. Selected through purposive sampling where every patient with fractured femur was selected. The study revealed that most of the …
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The Transformation of Place: Historic Theme Development in Small Town Commercial Districts
… has undermined the traditional economic and social roles of main street. In the face of past decline, communities across the United States are in the process of re-orienting their downtowns to new roles and functions. The process of downtown revitalization often involves the conservation …
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NEPA implementation and trust: linking stakeholder trust to substantive effectiveness in U.S. Forest Service fuels reduction projects
… how trust matters, what types of trust matter, and how those trust types interact within and on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) substantive effectiveness. I define substantive effectiveness as the degree to which the policy meets its established aims of considering environmental effects …
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Development of the western orchestra in China
… in broad socio-economical, political-cultural, and historical contexts with an emphasis on elaborating certain conditions responsible for the specific features of this development. The following major aspects of the development of the orchestra in China are discussed:1)The uniqueness of China's …
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An analysis of the guidance and counseling program in selected Kenyan secondary schools
… is undergoing dynamic political, economic and social cultural transitions. The educational system is experiencing curricular, administrative and cultural change as well. The guidance and counseling program was recently introduced in the secondary schools as a component of the curriculum to …
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The Academic Library in Society’s Knowledge System : a Case Study of Tshwane University of Technology
… universities in their teaching, learning, and research activities. Their support roles can be broadly defined in terms of the organization and storage of knowledge, as well as its distribution and access. This makes them important role players in South Africa’s broader library and …
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Challenges of Integrating Social Work Professionals into Medical Practice
… nurses, radiologists, dental officers and hospital nutritionist. The study findings generally have shown that hospital health care workers have positive attitudes towards social work professionals attached to the hospitals; this was true to both those who were aware of the existence of …
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An exploration of the perceptions of pupils, parents and teachers with regard to the role of the school social worker
… social worker's role is continually changing and adapting as society and school systems change The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of the pupils, parents and teachers with regard to the school social worker's role within a particular school setting. The current …
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Instructional designers as street level bureaucrats in higher education: A qualitative study
… between official university outlined functions and actual daily job functions. They deal with this conflict by possibly acting as street level bureaucrats. Congruently, this basic qualitative study explored instructional designer job conflict and strategies used to deal with the …
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Perceptions of Clinical Psychologists Relative to Other Mental Health Providers
… professionals has been the focus of many studies and the results generally suggest that the public cannot clearly distinguish among these mental heath professionals. The present study is also concerned with perceptions about the various mental health professionals, in particular, perceptions of …
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An exploration of the role of the registered nurse in enhancing and developing the nursing skills of undergraduate nursing students in a surgical setting
… become empowered with valuable knowledge and skills. The majority of these registered nurses are employed in public hospitals, caring for patients from culturally diverse backgrounds who face economic, psycho-social, and, in particular, physical challenges. Such conditions often provide a …
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Cosmic Justice in al-Fārābī's Virtuous City: Healing the Medieval Body Politic.
… correspondence between the corporeal, cosmic and civil realms, constitutes one of its central tenets. The first chapter demonstrates that, according to al-FarabT, the universe displays a clear hierarchical organization (tartTb). Each one of its elements, whether material or immaterial, …
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Organisational expansion in higher education: the growth of universities' administrative staff and its impact on performance
… current research investigates the professional and administrative expansion taking place in universities over the last twenty years, characterised by the emergence of new roles and functions in areas such as: planning, marketing, student services, student placement, quality control, and external …
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