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Carolyn Rappel in the Australian Ballet production of Glen Tetley's 'Gemini', 1973 [1] [transparency] /
No full textCondition: Good.; Part of the W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides.; Title provided by researcher.; Choreographed by Glen Tetley.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24808869
Australian Ballet performance of Facade, starring Carolyn Rappel and Robert Helpmann, 1972 [picture] /
No full textPart of the W.F. Stringer collection of dance photographs.; Title from accompanying documentation.; Choreographed by Frederick Ashton
Marilyn Rowe, John Meehan and Carolyn Rappel in Garth Welch's The Firebird, the Australia Ballet, 1972 [transparency] /
No full textCondition: Good.; Part of the W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides.; Title provided by researcher.; Choreographed by Garth Welch.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24795390
Carolyn Harrison in the Victorian Ballet Guild production of Once upon a whim, 1964 [transparency] /
No full textCondition: Good.; Part of the W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides.; Title provided by researcher.; Choreographed by Laurel Martyn.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24553218
Alida Chase, Carolyn Rappell and Joanne Endicott, of the Australian Ballet in Images classiques, 1972 [2] [transparency] /
No full textCondition: Good.; Part of the W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides.; Title provided by researcher.; Choreography by Charles Lisner.; Subjects identified from left to right.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24732611
The Use of Objective and Subjective Measures: Implications for Incentive System Design
No full textThis study examines the question, is the use of subjective measures an ex post adjustment of objective measures to take into account three types of risk: target difficulty (after controlling for budget loss), shared risk (after controlling for business unit strategy) and downside risk? We examine this question using data from a sample of 522 managers and professionals in period 0 (and 434 in period 1) from a large Australasian corporation over a two year period. Period 0 is a pre shock period and period 1 is a post shock period. We find that for the overall two years that the subjective is an upward adjustment to the objective to take into account: (1) target difficulty, the spread between upper limit and lower limit of unit performance; (2) shared risk, that is organizational interdependencies; and (3) downside risk, which is the opportunity loss function that the employees faced in not meeting the maximum bonus allowed.
However, in examining the pre shock period and post shock period, the results indicate that the subjective evaluation has been used differently for each period for two type of risk (target difficulty, shared risk). (1) With regard to target difficulty for the pre shock period, the subjective makes an upward adjustment to the objective; but for the post shock, the subjective makes a downward adjustment. One plausible explanation is that during the post shock, quite a few managers and professionals were already on the maximum of the objective measures (given that there may have been gamesmanship at setting targets and upper limits for an anticipated poor economic period). Therefore, the subjective can be a downward adjustment to reflect this gamesmanship. (2) In regard to shared risk (the percentage of transfer revenues), for the pre shock period the subjective was a downward adjustment, while for the post shock period the subjective adjustment is an upward adjustment to the objective measure. This implies that for the pre shock or times of economic stability, the subjective could be used to reduce some of the free rider challenges that face incentive systems. Conversely for the post shock period, or during times of economic instability, the subjective adjustment is to encourage resource sharing and greater coordination and communication. Overall, our results indicate that the subjective measure is used as an ex post adjustment to the objective measure. This could be in response to flaws in the objective (financial) performance measures as subjective measures as this enables other factors to be taken into account.UnpublishedNon Peer ReviewedAlchian, A. and Demsetz, H. (1972). Production, Information Costs and Economic Organization, The American Economic Review, 62 (5), p.777-795). Anthony, R. and Govindarajan, V. (2007), Management Control Systems, 12th Edition, Irwin, Singapore. Arvey, R.D. and Murphy, K.R. (1998). Performance Evaluation in Work Settings, Annual Review of Psychology, 49, p. 141-68. Arya, A., Fellingham, J., and Glover, J., (1997). Teams, repeated tasks, and implicit incentives. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 23, p.7-30.
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Carolyn Finney - Black Faces, White Spaces
No full textCarolyn Finney, an independent scholar and author of Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors, will talk about this theme as well as her current research on Muir’s 1867-68 trip through the post-Civil War South.
View more about Carolyn Finney at her website: https://www.carolynfinney.com
Inquiry into the interlocution of students engaged with mathematics: appreciating links between research and practice
No full textFor either to be useful, links between research and practice are critical. Just as important are connections between the practice of students engaged in mathematical activity and research that seeks to understand that practice. This research report explores lessons that researchers and practitioners can learn from an inquiry into the interlocution of students working collaboratively in small groups when engaged in talking and listening to each other. We use the term interlocution to denote discursive practices of learners in conversational exchanges. Questions that motivate this research included the following. What discursive practices do interlocutors employ as they work collaboratively to understand and resolve mathematical tasks? How do these practices influence the growth of their mathematical ideas? In what ways do their discursive practices help them move from a contextualized, situated task to generalize the task or their solution? Do students' discursive practices assist them to connect and generalize ideas from a new problem to others on which they have worked?Powell, A. B., & Maher, C. A. (2002). Inquiry into the interlocution of students engaged with mathematics: Appreciating links between research and practice. In D.S. Mewborn, P. Sztajn, D.Y. White, H.G. Wiegel, R.L. Bryant & K. Nooney (Eds.), Proceedings of the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Athens, Georgia) (Vol. 1, pp. 317-329). Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education
Poet and author Carolyn Forch\ue9 speaks at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textPoet and author Carolyn Forch\ue9 discusses her travels as a poet, meeting other poets in war-torn countries, and the role of poetry in politics, current events and in the academy. Michigan State University Professor Anita Skeen, arts coordinator and director of the MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities' Center for Poetry introduces Forch\ue9. Forch\ue9 also takes questions from the audience. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Cosponsored by the RCAH Center for Poetry. Held in the MSU Main Library
Charles Simeon Series: Carolyn Custis James
No full textCarolyn Custis James speaks on how we were created in the image of God for the Charles Simeon Series.
Carolyn Custis James (BA in Sociology, MA in Biblical Studies) is an award-winning author who thinks deeply about what it means to be a female follower of Jesus in a postmodern world. As a cancer survivor, she is grateful to be alive and determined to address the issues that matter most. Her speaking and writing ministry is dedicated to addressing the deeper needs which confront both women and men as they endeavor to extend God\u27s kingdom together in a messy and complicated world. Her books have been described as provocative, honest, and “ground-breaking
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