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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"adaptive change"”.
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Addressing strategy and innovation in family business practice; a process of adaptive change
… revolves around the impact of a process of adaptive change on my management and a series of business implementation actions. My operational approach had reached its limits with the 2009 construction industry recession exposing the invalidation of the assumptions underlying my management …
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Adaptive Change For An All Boys College Preparatory Public Middle School: A Change Leadership Project
… school leaders at the school identified for this Change Leadership Project (CLP) have worked diligently to raise student rigor and achievement. However, they have used largely instructional practices that rely heavily on the work of educators rather than emphasizing the engagement of students. …
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A Descriptive Case Study of 21st Century Skills in Schools: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of Adaptive Change and Innovation for Educational Leaders and the Schools They Lead
… like to be successful post-graduation, and then change and adapt school practices to meet global needs with an awareness of the 21st century learner. 21st century skills development is necessary in order for students to compete globally (AMA, 2010; ASCD, 2008; Cookson, 2009; Friedman, 2007; …
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Implementing Change: A Case Study of Adaptive Leadership
… the importance of effective leadership for a change initiative to be successful.</p> <p>Using the conceptual framework of adaptive leadership as applied to implement a school improvement initiative, this study was conducted to understand how instructional leaders perceive their leadership …
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Cultural Persistence and Plains Cree Identity
… given to development of theories about culture change, including theories concerning acculturative change (change processes between cultures in contact) , comparatively little is available by way of theoretical material concerning cultural persistence. In a theoretical context, cultural …
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Development and application of an echolocation model inspired by bats
… a bat-head cast. It has been reported that a bat changes bandwidth<br/>and duration of its echolocating call as it approaches a target. Adaptive change in the<br/>echolocating calls has been well explained in previous studies in terms of characteristics<br/>of signal structure. However, the …
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The Labyrinth of Challenge to Change: An Analysis of Community College Leaders' Thinking Styles and Behavioral Practices in the Current Environment
… of leadership to meet the challenge of turbulent change. This need has been crystallized by a new and emerging paradigm shift which at once reflects, confronts and shapes the realities experienced today. This study sought to set in relief the current thinking styles of nominated California …
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The Implementation of a Two-Way Dual Language Program And The Impact On Teaching And Learning
… on a school district that entered into an adaptive change process with respect to creating a two-way dual language immersion program that would increase student language acquisition in English and Spanish as well as increase cultural competency and professional development for teachers. The …
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The Doll Project As A Liberatory Art Intervention For Conscious Raising And Trauma Relief In A Chicago Marked By Violence
… as a grassroots approach to arts-based social change, an ongoing cycle of creation, reflection and action with the hope to create a wave of healing and understanding through impacted Chicago communities. This process was intended to engage communities and embody the use of creativity to shift …
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City form and changing process : the case of the North End, Boston, 1860-1930
… city form. In conclusion, the thesis shows that changes in city form do not happen only because there is a deterministic need, such as a population increase, or only because human beings as the primary changing agent wants something to happen in a certain way. Evidently, none of the processes or …
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Utilization-focused evaluation of the cohort-based ethical strategic leadership M.B.A. program offered by the Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies at the University of Central Missouri
… allows administrators to facilitate strategic changes that integrate external opportunities and internal capabilities for long-term viability and relevance of the program (Wells & Wells, 2011). In this dissertation, the framework of utilization-focused evaluation with a mixed methods approach …
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Social Resilience in Cornish Fishing Communities
… and exogenous influences may include natural changes in resources and resource dependency resulting in the loss or depletion of community livelihoods associated with a decline in fishing activities (Brookfield, 2005; Marshall, 2007a), issues of tourism driven change and notions of ‘community’. …
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Effecting change in middle school mathematics
… level leaders struggling to initiate systematic changes to improve instruction and student achievement. This project outlines how middle-level principals improve mathematics instruction through a consultative approach. Building on a collaborative approach that builds on equity and collective …
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Exploring lean-trained employee perceptions of organizational change amid an aging crisis at a non-urban regional healthcare provider : an embedded single-case study.
… gains, hindering long-term organizational change. These pressures are especially severe in non-urban regional areas, where geographic isolation and social inequalities worsen access and quality issues. In such environments, understanding how organizational change happens—especially when …
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The evolutionary genetics of sexually selected plumage colour traits in the galliform birds
… species. A measure of the rate of evolutionary change (dN/dS) at these loci was then compared between lineages with different strengths of sexual selection, using sexual dichromatism as the main index of sexual selection. I found evidence for sexual selection acting at the MC1R locus, in the …
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Genomic and physiological adaptation to temperature in the invasive golden star runicate (Botryllus schlosseri)
… to investigate the mode and pace of adaptive change in natural populations. In this dissertation, I use the range expansion of the invasive golden star tunicate, Botryllus schlosseri, as a natural experiment to study how a pernicious NIS adapts its thermal physiology on contemporary …
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Postural control and adaptation to threats to balance stability
… vibrations. In healthy, young persons, a slow adaptive change was observed. This adaptation involved decreased costs of standing including decreased energy, body movement and muscle activity and changes to the relationship between muscle activity and movement. The characteristics of the …
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Genomic and physiological adaptation to temperature in the invasive golden star tunicate (Botryllus schlosseri)
… to investigate the mode and pace of adaptive change in natural populations. In this dissertation, I use the range expansion of the invasive golden star tunicate, Botryllus schlosseri, as a natural experiment to study how a pernicious NIS adapts its thermal physiology on contemporary …
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An Investigation of Acetobacter aceti N5-Carboxyaminoimidazole Ribonucleotide Mutase and Its purE-purK Operon
… significantly, indicating there has been no adaptive change in enzyme mechanism. Also reported is a summary and analysis of a number of crystal structures that have been determined for AaPurE, which suggests a strategy by which proteins may have become resistant to acid-mediated inactivation. …
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Identifying and Targeting Adaptive Changes to Bet Inhibition In Ovarian Cancer
… of the mTOR pathway appeared to be an early adaptive response to BET inhibition. Decreased cell viability and increased apoptosis were seen with the addition of an mTORC1 or dual mTORC1/2 inhibitor to CN210 compared with CN210 alone. Notably, we found that decreased Akt activation and …
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