44 research outputs found
Stakeholder perceptions on the role of community development corporations and resident participation
No full textCommunity Development Corporations (CDCs) were formed in the United States to address issues in urban communities and often work with municipal governments on these issues (Keating, 1997; Jennings, 2004). In some neighborhoods, CDCs seek to rebuild and revitalize communities that suffered from social unrest, while others react to the lack of government or inadequate programming addressing the economic and social maladies of urban communities. The work of CDCs requires the involvement of all community stakeholders – particularly city residents and public administrators. Does thedual relationship CDCs have with residents and local government suggest that they bring both closer together? This research studies this phenomenon by using Arnstein’s Ladder of Participation to examine the role CDCs play in cultivating citizen participation.Specifically, this study seeks to examine how community stakeholders perceive the roleCDCs play in fostering resident participation in local government. As a primary methodological tool for studying individual and group perspectives,Q-method was employed to empirically study community stakeholder perceptions ofCDCs. Key research findings suggest that: a) community stakeholders believe that CDCsare currently working to maintain the status quo of participation and advise that the Context of Conventional Participation (1995) is present, b) stakeholders overwhelmingly believe that CDCs should work to encourage participation that incorporates partnership, and c) there should be less distance between residents and decision making, thereby increasing opportunities for engagement. Through the exploration of the subjective, this study exposes the perspective ofresidents on citizen participation and identifies the need for a new direction of theory development that examines the creation of consensus and partnership building incommunity development organizations and initiatives. Furthermore, Conditions for Ideal Participation emerges from the data providing a practical guideline for strengthening participation in municipal government. Conclusions from this study have both theoretical and practical implications to the scholarly and administrative work comprised of public administration.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Tia Sherée Gayno
Influencing without authority - human resource’s role in creating meaningful recruitment and succession changes in small family owned business
No full textMacro to micro challenges comforting organizations' ability to address strategic succession planning
No full textA seminar paper presented to the graduate faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science - Strategic ManagementOrganizations are fraught with numerous talent-related changes that threaten their long-term
viability. Ensuring that the right talent is in place and is provided with growth and development
opportunities is crucial for ongoing success. This seminar paper identifies macro and microscale challenges that hinder the effective execution of talent and strategic succession initiatives.
Existing literature highlights global trends and organization-specific factors that disrupt
the development and advancement of strategic succession efforts. Macro challenges include
generational differences, global talent scarcity, and transformative technology. Micro challenges
are institution-specific and include the absence of intentional, strategically aligned planning;
stakeholder ambiguity and missing accountability; resource constraints - particularly knowledge,
funding, and time; insufficient mechanisms for continuous evaluation; and succession bias. This
paper confirms that strategic succession efforts are hampered by macro and micro challenges that
limit an organization's ability to flourish and employ an effective talent strategy. Despite
widespread recognition of succession planning’s importance, many organizations fail to execute
these practices effectively (Stockton, 2014; Routch et al., 2018; Robinson, 2019).
Examining macro and micro challenges provides insight into early issue detection and
highlights how organizations successfully use intentional strategies to mitigate such adversities.
Failure to conduct effective succession planning can result in financial losses, knowledge
erosion, strategic misalignment, and operational mistakes. Understanding the factors that impede
organizations’ ability to build effective plans helps form resilience against obstacles by creating
awareness to identify and avoid pitfalls, prepare contingency plans, and make informed
decisions. Research in this domain can reframe an organization’s perspective to see challenges
not merely as impediments, but as opportunities to drive growth, innovation, and sustainability
graffiti Volume 6, Issue 3, Winter 2008
No full textCONTENTS:
GIS Day at Honnold/Mudd Library,
Special Collections Has a New Blog,
Claremont Discourse Lecture Series,
Everything Old is New Again,
Library Open Late for Finals,
Research Workshop
P. J. Schoeman Collection index
No full textThis index describes the P. J. Schoeman collection which includes a comic strip entitled: Shaka's love - Pampata (author unknown) and two holograph manuscripts by P.J. Schoeman. A water colour sketch of the writer Sheree Harrison is also included. The collection includes articles, correspondence, lectures, comic strip, clippings, manuscripts and totals to 37 items in 3 pamphlet boxes
graffiti Volume 7, Issue 2, October 2009
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Claremont Discourse Lecture Series,
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REFWORKS Workshop
The Grizzly, January 29, 2009
No full textUC Students Attend Inauguration • Wrestling Wants Results On and Off the Mat • Caffeine Correlation to Hallucinations? • Inauguration 2009 • Winter in Senegal: How Four Students Spent Their Holiday • Author Sheree R. Thomas Visits UC • B-Nats to Sing National Anthem for 76ers • Cruxshadows: A Live Experience not to be Missed • Opinions: In Response to Letter to the Editor by Julie Tran; Obama in Office: Observations from the Bomb Shelter • Gymnasts Tumble with Temple and Towson in Tri-meethttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1777/thumbnail.jp
Design and implementation of the Exercise for Health trial: A pragmatic exercise intervention for women with breast cancer
No full textBackground: Exercise for Health was a pragmatic, randomised, controlled trial comparing the effect of an eight-month exercise intervention on function, treatment-related side effects and quality of life following breast cancer, compared with usual care. The intervention commenced six weeks post-surgery, and two modes of delivering the same intervention was compared with usual care. The purpose of this paper is to describe the study design, along with outcomes related to recruitment, retention and representativeness, and intervention participation
A prologue to the respirology tuberculosis review series 2010 : impact of tuberculosis on patients : learning from the past?
No full textEditorial. The author reflects on the increase in number of incidence related to tuberculosis. The author mentions that the disease remains among the 10 major causes of mortality. Moreover, the author notes that the disease is also a significant public health problem in Asia, despite a worldwide alert for the disease over a decade and half ago
