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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"professional associations"”.
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An exploration of how professional associations advance innovation and promote innovation pedagory
… of the professions, then looking at how they use professional knowledge and thirdly by considering the processes involved in creating new knowledge. Each step considers the different institutional and personal drivers that affect the processes that build professional practice, with particular …
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Professional Associations as Communities of Practice for Novice Instructional Designers: An Integrative Review
… entering the field. This study investigates how professional associations function as Communities of Practice (CoPs) to support novice IDs in developing essential competencies. It utilizes an integrative review methodology that includes a six-phase design process: formulating a broad purpose …
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A Study of the Process by Which Professional Associations Plan the Technical Program for Their Annual Membership Conference
There were two primary differences between the two groups. Those were the roles of the organization's leaders in the planning process and the systems for development of the program. Both were reflections of the organizations' cultures.
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Provision of European information: Commission policy and its implementation in libraries and information services in the United Kingdom.
… information policy; the impact on policy by LIS professional associations; and its implementation in the UK in the context of three information relays, serving the academic (European Documentation Centres) and business communities (Euro Info Centres), and the general public (Public Information …
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The professional commitment of actuaries
… study examines the nature and outcomes of the professional commitment of actuaries. The affective and continuance levels of professional commitment among actuaries are high. Overall, actuaries are more committed to their profession than to their employing organisations. Actuaries who have a …
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The ethics of the AIDS-afflicted physician: The death of voluntary compliance
… responsibility, and the policy positions of professional associations representing afflicted individuals. Protective legislation for victims of communicable disease will be balanced against the issues of public health with focus on the legislative beginnings of these protective laws, and …
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Reaching out @ your library™: communication practices of New Jersey high school library media specialists
… some not as efficiently as recommended by the professional associations. The implications of the results are discussed in the summary and conclusions.</p>
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How Can Design Thinking Transform Diversity Initiatives For Architectural Trade Organizations In The United States?
… architects in the United States, a goal the professional associations committed to achieving.</p>
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Planners, architects and landscape architects designing New Orleans : disciplinary differences in developing the unified plan
… design. This thesis attempts to understand how professionals from these three groups work as urban designers by testing the hypothesis that professional training and affiliation dictates distinct differences in how urban plans are developed by planners, architects or landscape architects. …
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A test of a theory of voluntary affiliation with professional administrator associations
Why people join voluntary associations has been of interest to Americans since the publication of Alexis de Tocqueville's observations on the importance of such associations in American society. The search for explanations for joining behavior was first motivated by a desire to know and understand …
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African American Head Football Coaches at Division 1 FBS Schools: A Qualitative Study on Turning Points
… from college and participation in sport, Joining professional associations, and Previous coaches/administrators worked for/under. The identification and explanation of specific turning points suggest a blueprint for African American assistant coaches aspiring to become a head coach while also …
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Event Planners' Ratings Of Destination Selection Variables: A Comparison Between Members Of Three Professional Association Groups
… compares event planners belonging to different professional associations and their rating of destination selection criteria. This study examined the differences that exist between three groups of event planners in rating thirteen destination selection variables. The study provides more …
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Illinois Community College Administrators' Perceptions of the American Association of Community Colleges Six Competencies for Community College Leaders
… a result, community colleges, universities, and professional associations are working to ensure there is an adequate pipeline of leaders with the necessary skill sets to tackle these challenges and to lead community colleges in the 21st century. To achieve this goal, the American Association of …
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Development And Validation Of The Beile Test Of Information Literacy For Education (b-tiled)
… of teacher education accrediting bodies and professional associations. Corollary to this initiative is the effort to develop valid instruments that assess information literacy skills. Yet, at the time of this dissertation, no rigorously reviewed instruments were uncovered that measure the …
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Deaccessioning in Small Museums: A Historical View and Lessons from the Past
… become hugely controversial, both among museum professionals and with the general public in the past few decades. Scholars like Stephen Weil and Marie Malaro argue that deaccessioning and disposal were non-issues prior to the 1970s. Is this true? If so, how did museum professionals handle …
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Executive coaches’ perceptions of the boundary and overlap between coaching and therapy: a study using Q methodology
… coachees, sponsors, educators, supervisors and professional associations) a framework for discussion to further consider the boundary and overlap between coaching and therapy in practice.
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Fostering Collaboration Between local HEIs and Global Professional Engineering Organization
… support from a multidisciplinary team, including professional engineers. Support will be needed to engage students in events that underscore creativity, critical thinking, communication, and other leadership competencies for facing 21st-century challenges. As a section chair, I will work as a …
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Lawyers, Legal Executives and Competing Claims for Professional Jurisdiction: A Study of Professional Organisations and Occupational Roles within a Legal Marketplace in Transition
… - legal executives, and the strategies the professional associations seek to invoke to enable them to keep abreast of a changing legal marketplace. Recent years have seen considerable changes in the way that legal services are delivered and who delivers them. These shifts have taken place …
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Men in public relations: saving an endangered species
… education system, in the workplace, and among professional associations. On balance, students, senior management, and public relations thought leaders agree that it is time to confront this uncomfortable truth about the field and engage in proactive efforts to recruit men into public relations.
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Central Asian Civil Society: Dynamics of Associational Life in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
… and archival research. I have investigated associations whose activities are concerned with reciprocal relations within society based on community solidarity, self-help, and mutual trust. These include professional associations, trade unions, ethno-cultural associations, religious …
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