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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"systems change"”.
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Point of Transition Service Integration Project: A Multiple-Case Study of a Systems Change Intervention
… improve practice by the various adult service systems.
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The Value of Partnerships as a Mechanism for Systems Change: The Florida Experience (1974-2006)
The value of collaborative regional professional development partnerships as the mechanism for implementing a Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD), a mandate of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 1997, in one state was investigated. The historical organizational …
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Exploration of Individual and Organizational Factors In Participation In Professional Networks and Public Health Systems Change
… organization and are involved in public health systems changes. This exploratory cross-sectional study examines 1) the role of organizational identification as PHLI alumni and home organization climate in PHLI graduate participation in external professional networks developed through the PHLI …
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How Can Impact Investors Enable Systems Change? Exploring the Theory and Practice of an Emerging Field
Contemporary challenges, such as climate change and inequality, are complex and systemic. There has been an increasing awareness of “systems change” in the impact investing community, recognizing the limitation of the traditional approach (investing in a single company or technology) to create …
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An Empirical Investigation of Management Accounting and Control Systems Change in Two Libyan State-owned Manufacturing Companies: An Institutional Perspective
… management accounting and control system (MACS) changes within the two companies. The study is motivated by the paucity of literature on management accounting practices in the developing countries in general and in Libya in particular. The case study approach adopted in conducting the present …
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Acts of Resistance – Cultural Humility in Action: How First Nations Health Authority Employees Have Become Catalysts for Systems Change and Equity
Eleven diverse First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) employees with deep practices of cultural humility participated in this action-oriented research to answer the question: How might the lived experience of FNHA employees, who have a sustained commitment to cultural humility and who enact acts of …
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Social Innovation in Higher Education: The Application of Carspecken’s Critical Qualitative Research Methodology to Understand Social Innovation as Systems Change in a University Context
… to social innovation producing small-scale systems change across the department over time, as a new product was created.<br/><br/>The findings indicate that, rather than structures being classified as constraining or enabling, the status of structures is influenced by the practice of …
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A Theory of Systems Leadership Illustrated by Eileen Fisher's Efforts to Become a Fashion Industry Leader in Sustainability
… advances the understanding and teaching of systems thinking by integrating it with the Direction, Alignment, and Commitment model of leadership. Reframing systems thinking through the lens of leadership offers an important innovation and focus to the theory of systems thinking, and to the …
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Evaluation Education in a World in Transformation: The Way Forward
<p>The world has experienced rapid changes, leading to pressing issues such as environmental degradation, social inequality, and resource depletion. As a transdisciplinary field, evaluation has emerged as a crucial tool in addressing these challenges and promoting systemic change. However, concerns …
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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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Building Level Principals as Change Agents in a Response to Intervention Reform Initiative
… was to examine the role of the principal in a systems change effort. Utilizing Response to Intervention (RtI) as a means of studying principals as change agents, this researcher examined the principals' ability to implement and sustain a reform effort such as RtI as perceived by the principal, …
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The Pursuit of Transformation: How a Governmental Public Health System Characterizes and Operationalizes Transformational Change
… understanding of what success in systems transformation looks like.</p><p dir="ltr">To address this gap, this study examined the real‑world experience of one statewide governmental public health system as it pursued transformational change. Through a qualitative single‑case, …
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A functional intranet for the United States Coast Guard Unit
… stages of the Waterfall Model of information systems design. The Waterfall Model traces a systems development lifecycle from planning, to logical design, through physical design, and finally ends with the implementation process. Each stage of the model is addressed in this thesis. Intranet …
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Motivation to Participate in Health Advocacy and Health Services: An evaluation of Advocacy for Better Health
… why participants choose to engage in health systems advocacy to evaluate the Advocacy for Better Health intervention. A household survey was administered to 946 respondents to capture norms, attitudes, and perceived behavioral control around health services and health advocacy. An exploratory …
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High School Teacher Attitudes Toward Implementing Positive Behavior Support Systems
<p>Positive behavior support (PBS) is a systems change effort that entails explicitly teaching expected social behaviors and rewarding students for behaving appropriately. Additionally, PBS systems involve developing a hierarchy of consequences that are matched to the severity of behavioral …
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Investigation of the autocatalytic Cu(II) reduction processes in the systems with natural polyhydroxylic compounds as ligands /
… ligand for electroless copper plating systems with reducer formaldehyde. Natural polyols are environmentally friendly, easily bio-degradable materials, but has not been studied enough for suitability for copper plating systems. In order to increase of the efficiency, the electroless …
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23 Illinois Administrative Code 50: Redefining The Formal School Site Observation In Principal Evaluation (A Policy Advocacy Document)
… <em>meaningful</em> and <em>productive systems change</em>. The PESC intervention helps ensure principals and their staff is engaging in purposeful <em>reflective</em> <em>practice</em> and <em>collegial inquiry</em> activities and exercises designed to increase their cognitive, …
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The role and function of systemic collaborative intermediary organisations in urban system change: the case of the Cities Alliance
… sustainability. It builds on the argument that systems change when developments at all levels link up and reinforce each other. The study contributes to the literature on the role of cross-sector collaboration and collaborative governance in urban sustainability transitions in three ways by: (1) …
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An exploration of the perceptions of pupils, parents and teachers with regard to the role of the school social worker
… 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 awareness of the social worker's …
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Building Collaborative Systems to Support Elementary School Principals in Ensuring all Students Flourish
… many school districts and there is resistance to change. This plan utilizes the lens of sociocultural theory and culturally relevant pedagogy with a blended leadership approach of authentic, transformative, and compassionate system’s leadership to consider how to support school leaders to shift …
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