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Staley, Roberta
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BA (University of Calgary)
Diploma Journalism (Grant MacEwan)
MA Liberal Studies (Simon Fraser University)
Roberta Staley is an author, a magazine editor and writer, and a documentary filmmaker who has reported from such places as Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, El Salvador, Haiti, Colombia, Cambodia, South Africa, Israel, and New Zealand. She currently edits Enterprise magazine, and is a contributor to BC Business, the South China Morning Post Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Trek, the Canadian Chemical News, Corporate Knights, and Sculpture, among others. She is also a columnist for Just for Canadian Doctors/Dentists magazines. Roberta has published her first book, titled Voice of rebellion : how Mozhdah Jamalzadah brought hope to Afghanistan. It is a biography of Afghan-Canadian human rights activist Mozhdah Jamalzadah
Lavoro e sistema di ricompense: il caso delle cooperative sociali
No full textl saggio si occupa dello studio dell’origine e dell’efficacia della peculiare struttura di incentivi messa in atto, dalle organizzazioni non profit ed in particolare, dalle cooperative
sociali nei confronti dei lavoratori . Esso prende spunto dalla constatazione che il tema della
struttura di incentivi più adatta a generare il maggior effort dei lavoratori
può essere visto da almeno due punti di vista: quello dei lavoratori che ne sono destinatari e quello di chi, nell’organizzazione produttiva, li determina,
che può essere
considerato il “proprietario” dell’impresa, lo stakeholder che più degli altri
si fa carico dei rischi e benefici dei risultati positivi dell’impresa
La relazione tra azione, motivazione e sistema di ricompense nelle cooperative sociali
No full textScopo del lavoro è indagare sul sistema
d’incentivazione dei soci-lavoratori
delle cooperative sociali. Si proverà a
dimostrare quanto la natura dei modelli
premiali sia condizionata dalla «tensione
tra ruoli» , legata alla singolare
posizione «bifronte» di socio e lavoratore,
che è tipica di chi presta lavoro,
ma allo stesso tempo è proprietario, nelle
cooperative sociali. Sistema d’incentivi e
diritto di proprietà sono nozioni profondamente
intrecciate e punto di riferimento
delle considerazioni rese
Property rights and incentives in social cooperatives
No full textThis paper analyzes Italian social cooperatives as a typical delivery service
firm, focusing on employee incentive systems characterized by “role tension”
linked to the dual position of being employee and owner at the same time. The
answers to three questions: “Why to incentivize”, “What to incentivize” “How to
incentivize” are searched, building on both the lack of employee’s controllability in
the sector and the reconstruction of property rights consistent with the characteristics
of social cooperatives and the profit non-distribution constraint. The conclusion
is that, because they are able to structure a richer incentive set, social cooperatives
are more efficient in the provision of social utility services even though they pay
lower wages than public organizations and for-profit firms
Reconciling internal and external performance in a holistic approach: a Bayesian network model in higher education
No full textUniversity education is crucial for cultural and economic growth. Thus, the academic mission recognizes the achievement of both institutional and social objectives, and research provides the basis for the systematic creation of knowledge and the development of human capital. Universities attempt to manage a global system with a holistic vision based on data and facts and oriented to the continuous improvement of its effectiveness and efficiency. The goal is achieved by implementing a monitoring system based both on internal and external performances. As a consequence, it is necessary to consider both students perspective regarding needs, expectations, level of satisfaction and loyalty and internal key performance indicators.
This paper proposes the use of Bayesian networks for jointly monitoring internal and external performance of a Master’s programme of an Italian University in a holistic approach. A Bayesian network is estimated using a learning algorithm able to analyze the association structure among mixed ordinal and nominal variables. Various scenarios are evaluated thanks to efficient computational algorithms of Bayesian networks
Postface. Pour une esthétique hétéronome et plurielle
No full textBy discussing the essays collected in the volume, Roberta Dreon's paper focuses on the reasons that justify the very idea of a pragmatist aesthetic. This is done by considering that the association between the traditional, contemplative, disinterested, and anti-instrumental conception of aesthetic experience seems to preclude the possibility of characterizing it in practical or pragmatic terms.
The author argues that this is achieved on the one hand by a rethinking of the very notion of the "aesthetic" found in the philosophies of James and Dewey. This allows for supporting the idea that artistic practices are grounded in ordinary experience, and particularly in their aesthetic-qualitative aspects. On the other hand, the author argues that Dewey's aesthetics was convincingly pragmatist to the extent that it lucidly focused on the consequences of the autonomist conception of art and proposed a continuist, meliorist, and pluralist alternative capable of providing effective contributions to democratic and inclusive development
È possibile una teoria della razionalità? Il contributo di Hilary Putnam
No full textSecondo Putnam argomentare sulla natura della razionalità è l’attività per eccellenza dei filosofi. Sulla traccia di Putnam, l’autore esamina le principali teorie della razionalità presenti nel pensiero contemporaneo. Tali concezioni hanno il difetto di essere unilaterali, mentre la nozione di razionalità si rivela complessa, quindi una teoria della razionalità è possibile, benché non possa essere definitiva. In seguito l’autore cerca di individuare le caratteristiche fondamentali che competono alla razionalità, in opposizione tanto alla concezione positivista quanto al relativismo.According to Putnam, arguing about the nature of rationality is the typical task of philosophers. Following Putnam, in this paper the author examines the main theories of rationality to be found in contemporary thought. Whereas such views betray their own one-sidedness, the idea of rationality is very complicated. As a consequence, a theory of rationality is possible, but cannot be definitive. Furthermore, the author tries to highlight the chief features pertaining to rationality, opposing positivsm as well as relativism
First person - Roberta Besio
No full textFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM), helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Roberta Besio is first author on 'Cellular stress due to impairment of collagen prolyl hydroxylation complex is rescued by the chaperone 4-phenylbutyrate', published in DMM. Roberta is a postdoc in the lab of Antonella Fortino at University of Pavia, Italy, investigating collagen and genetic diseases of the connective tissue
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