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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"transformational change"”.
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Principals & professional learning : a catalyst for transformational change
… informs principals' leadership actions during transformational change. Drawing parallels between organizational change and chemical reactions, the study posits that principals can act as catalysts for deep, irreversible improvements in their schools when they have a laser-like focus on building …
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The Effectiveness of Large Scale Transformational Change Across a School District
… characteristics of large-scale organizational change in one mid-sized school district in Alberta, Canada. The period of the case study was from 2007–2011 within a district that was showing signs of significant change in operations. A review of two public large sets of data, coupled with …
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Beyond Prediction: Climate Change Adaptation, Science & Technology Studies (STS), and Transformational Change
Climate change adaptation is a priority for researchers, policymakers, and the public. Adaptation practices, however, have largely failed to keep pace with climate change risks and deliver the systemic changes required to reduce vulnerability. Critical scholarship has focused on conventional …
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The role of coaching and mentoring in transformational change, focusing on housing association mergers
… role of coaching and mentoring in relation to transformational changes with particular reference to housing association mergers in the UK. As a result of constant merger activity, the largest twenty housing associations own 30% of the market share and the trend is likely to continue, making the …
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The Pursuit of Transformation: How a Governmental Public Health System Characterizes and Operationalizes Transformational Change
… governmental public health system as it pursued transformational change. Through a qualitative single‑case, multi‑phase design, the research explored how leaders across this statewide system conceptualized transformation, pursued equity‑centered systems change, and defined meaningful indicators …
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A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ABU DHABI PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATION
… and worst practices related to transformative change towards sustainability. The lack of leadership skills for successful deployment of sustainability initiatives is one of the most important challenges for organisation. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop and deliver a bespoke …
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Transformational change in the NHS: using action research to improve the way change leadership skills are developed
This practice-based project explores the change leadership capabilities required in the English National Health Service (NHS) to undertake large scale change across complex environments. Due to a plurality of perspectives in the academic literature and limited empirical evidence about the …
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Understanding the Islamic conversion experience of two African American males: a case study approach to decision making toward transformational change
… new beliefs and values, and made a major life change. The research questions primarily focused on the conversion process as a decision, its corresponding learning processes, and the social, cultural and historical conditions impacting this phenomenon. Differences and similarities between …
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Institutional Transformation: A Case Study of an Urban Midwestern University
This study is a case study of an institutional transformational change effort in an urban research university. The study's focus is on the impact of The Milwaukee Idea on faculty and students as the soul of the university. Literature on transformational change in higher education focuses on the …
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An Integrative Review of the Literature on Technology Transformation in Healthcare
… as a pattern of long periods of incremental change (equilibrium) punctuated by short periods of dramatic change (revolution). An underlying deep structure defines the environment of the organization, market, or group. Radical change in the deep structure of the environment is necessary for …
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The transformational potential of 'aha' moments in life coaching and beyond
… insight are considered fundamental to personal transformational but the phenomenology of insight and intuition are poorly understood phenomena (Levitt et ai, 2004). Life coaching has little to say on the subject since the body of literature relating to coaching is still in its foetal stages …
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Data-driven decision making in online and offline retail/
.Retail operations have experienced a transformational change in the past decade with the advent and adoption of data-driven approaches to drive decision making. Granular data collection has enabled firms to make personalized decisions that improve customer experience and maintain long-term …
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Systemic Transformation for College and Career Readiness And Enhanced Social Return on Investment
… sense of urgency serves as the catalyst for the transformational change initiatives outlined in this document. This Change Leadership Project builds upon the statistically reliable baseline Social Return on Investment (SROI) ratio derived from my previous work, “Applying Social Return on …
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A conceptual design and assessment of a low-cost augmented reality headset
… that augmented reality (AR) will bring the next transformational change, replacing smartphones and becoming a significant medium for daily communications. However, many of the technical barriers remain unconquered, resulting in slow market penetration and user adoption. In this paper, a …
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The Impact of Prior Communication About Organizational Turbulence On Members’ Perceptions During Institutional Change
… communicated prior to significant institutional change. Communicating levels of organizational turbulence is an important factor, and it is a necessary first step in transformational change. Members’ prior perceptions of organizational turbulence could affect their willingness to accept and …
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A change in perspective : learning in traditional Chinese medicine
… this study. These suggested that a significant change in perspective occurs in the learning of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Western students. This was investigated through qualitative field research carried out with final year Traditional Chinese Medicine students. Informants were …
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Army in the 21st Century and Restructuring the Army: A Retrospective Appraisal of Australian Military Change Management in the 1990s
… A Retrospective Appraisal of Australian Military Change Management in the 1990s Abstract: Army in the 21st Century (A21) and Restructuring the Army (RTA) were two related force structure initiatives undertaken by the Australian Army in the 1990s. A21 radically proposed to abolish traditional …
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Army in the 21st Century and Restructuring the Army: A Retrospective Appraisal of Australian Military Change Management in the 1990s
… A Retrospective Appraisal of Australian Military Change Management in the 1990s Abstract: Army in the 21st Century (A21) and Restructuring the Army (RTA) were two related force structure initiatives undertaken by the Australian Army in the 1990s. A21 radically proposed to abolish traditional …
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Nature connection: An educational outcome for a sustainable Aotearoa New Zealand
… unsustainable, existential crisis that requires transformational change. Such a change requires a paradigm shift of the cultural belief and value systems which drive our interactions and relationships with the material world. The global spread of the dominant social paradigm through …
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