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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"system change"”.
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Inherent discipline required in large system change
… interactions throughout the electrical system. This trend often drives a large system change that modifies the engineering roles of the component level engineer and also creates a need for an evolution to a vehicle level systems engineering approach. In this paper, a claim was put forth …
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Migration, nativism, and party system change in Western Europe
… ("niche") parties in previously stable party systems. I find that a key mechanism of niche party growth is the re-weighting of issue priorities or social identities generated by unanticipated, high impact events, such as a severe economic downturn, terror attack or ethnic riot. These "shocks" …
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The determinants and outcomes of user commitment to mandatory information system change
… major objective of the leaders of organisational change. However, the determinants and outcomes of employee commitment to organisational change (Herscovitch & Meyer, 2002) are still not yet fully understood, especially with regard to a mandatory information system change in a non-Western …
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Adopting the "hard-to-place" : system change in a public service bureaucracy
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1973.
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Restructural information system change : a case study in the context of local government
The focus of this research is on change to systems, with systems being defined as a logical grouping of specific elements in the organisation which work collectively to achieve a common intent. A system can be computerised or manual, a computerised system is generally referred to as an Information …
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The Sparking Cycle : a culture-oriented approach to system change in oppressed communities
… projects can catalyze community-inspired change in contexts of oppression. This thesis argues that such projects can be designed to leverage a traumatic experience in order to spark the collective capacity of a community to pursue the lives its individuals have reason to value. …
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Modelling hydrologic system change in a paraglacial catchment in the Northern Rocky Mountains
… glacial runoff but a complete examination of changes in the water budget. Alpine catchments are increasingly vulnerable to evapotranspirative losses due to climatic warming, and the rates of vegetation succession are often unable to keep up with the rate of warming. Basin scale analyses of …
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Does support for democracy matter? : a cross-national study of regime preferences and system change
… and test a supply and demand model of democratic change and stability. While "support for democracy" is a common concept in political science, the only empirical studies of the relationship between these regime preferences and democracy (Inglehart, 2003; Inglehart & Welzel, 2003; Welzel, Inglehart …
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Impact of manufacturing system design, organizational processes and leadership on manufacturing system change and implementation
Manufacturing system design methodologies often ignore the importance of enterprise related issues that affect the implementation and improvement efforts. Systems Engineering provides a rigorous approach to system design and coupled with a decomposition approach can result in effective system …
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System change for climate change? Understanding climate change adaptation mainstreaming within the European Union’s development cooperation
… aims to assess the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in the development cooperation efforts of the European Union (EU). Adaptation and aid activities are inherently interlinked for three reasons: (i) the disproportionate impact of climate change on developing countries, (ii) the …
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The role and function of systemic collaborative intermediary organisations in urban system change: the case of the Cities Alliance
… and sector driven approaches result in urban system fragmentation which creates barriers to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The study argues for the alignment of the interests, resources and behaviours of actors to work together across local, national, regional and …
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Exploring Food System Change through a Mixed Methods Analysis of Cooperative Extension's Role in the Farm to School Movement
… Farm to School has primarily focused on food system and school system stakeholders including school nutrition directors, food distributors, farmers, school teachers, students, and principals. Not as much research has explored Cooperative Extension\'s role in Farm to School. Farm to School …
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Commitment to organisational change : the case of information system innovation
… of the Commitment to Organisational Change construct (Herscovitch & Meyer, 2002) in the context of an information system change within a non-Western environment. The sample comprised 106 employees (70% response rate) of a large Namibian organisation and responses were analysed using …
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Doing Good By Approaching Well: Enhancing a System Thinking Mindset and Ecosystem for Student Entrepreneurs Tackling Systemic Issues in Growth Markets.
… issues behind these goals are inherently systemic and have often been inadequately addressed by governments, companies, and nonprofits. A systemic lens is essential for tackling these root causes and fostering strategic collaboration among stakeholders to achieve a systemic shift. …
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Divine Feminine Leadership Praxis: A Qualitative Analysis of the Craft
… feminine leadership praxis through the lens of systems thinking, leadership, and change management theory. Using the decolonized methodology of generationally practiced witchcraft ceremonies and moon magic, I sought to build my own divine feminine leadership praxis and discuss how the …
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A New Food Diplomacy: Participatory Action Research Findings of a Food System Approach to Public Health Nutrition
… begins by problematising divergence in the food system. It then asks<br/>whether greater convergence can facilitate better public health nutrition and positive food system change. It starts by combining production and place of consumption in the form of calculating the Welsh and UK population’s …
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Using novel participatory mapping techniques to identify high leverage points for intervention in the education systems of Eswatini and South Africa
… transformative intervention and education system change, with the overall aim of making education systems in Eswatini and South Africa more inclusive for marginalised learners. Building on the work of Meadows (1999), the study considers how points of high leverage – information flows, …
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Using novel participatory mapping techniques to identify high leverage points for intervention in the education systems of Eswatini and South Africa
… transformative intervention and education system change, with the overall aim of making education systems in Eswatini and South Africa more inclusive for marginalised learners. Building on the work of Meadows (1999), the study considers how points of high leverage – information flows, …
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Systems Thinking for Social Changemakers
Social change makers are intuitive systems thinkers, but to be successful they need to develop more intentional system-level perspectives to coordinate and implement more meaningful and effective solutions that result in positive social and environmental impact outcomes. The social impact space is …
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Comparison of buffered grazing systems for beef cattle
… of a rotational versus continuous grazing system for beef production within a buffer grazing system, thirty crossbred beef cows and their calves were randomly assigned to one of two grazing systems replicated twice over three years of the experiment. Each replication of the rotational …
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