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The Social Character of Organizational Change: Strategizing as Emergent Practice
(2010-11-18)
Increasingly, researchers on strategy are turning away from the highly abstracted and de-humanized components that seem to typify the macro approach to strategy. This movement is at least partially brought about by a ...
A Personalised Assessment Programme in Engineering Education
(2010-09-22)
The number of students entering higher education has grown considerably during the last decade. High student numbers and the attendant large class sizes present significant challenges for teachers. Such challenges include ...
Re-Thinking the Extended Mind: Moving Beyond the Machinery
(2010-09-15)
Proponents of the Extended Mind Thesis (EMT) argue that the mind literally extends into the world because mental states literally extend into the world. But the arguments presented in favour of these claims are compatible ...
Firm Performance and Institutional Context: A Theoretical Exploration With Evidence From the Italian Cooperative Sector
(2010-09-15)
This thesis examines the relationship between institutional context and firm performance, from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. The aim is to engage with the debate seeking to explain the observed diversity ...
Senior Selection Interviewing: From Individual Skill and Intuition to Habitus and Practice
(2010-09-15)
Research into choosing individuals to fill positions at or near board level in organisations is scarce; however we know that interviewing is the dominant selection practice. The research into selection interviewing at ...
The Experience of Policymaking in Healthcare: The Interaction of Policy Formulation and Frontline Staff Practice
(2010-09-15)
My research focuses on the experience of policy development and implementation. It draws on my involvement in a government policy taskforce, the development of an organisation’s strategy to the taskforce’s recommendations ...
Techniques to Assess Volume Status and Haemodynamic Stability in Patients on Haemodialysis
(2010-09-06)
Volume overload is a common feature in patients on haemodialysis (HD). This contributes significantly to the cardiovascular disease burden seen in these patients. Clinical assessments of the volume state are often inaccurate. ...
Beliefs About the Causes of Mental Illness and Attitudes Towards Seeking Help: A Study of British Jewry
(2010-09-03)
Existing research and anecdotal accounts have consistently reported that Jewish people are positively inclined to seek treatment for mental health problems, including making use of psychiatric services and psychotherapy. ...
Interactions Between Radio-Loud Active Galaxies and Their Environments
(University of Hertfordshire, 2010-09-01)
In this dissertation, I present my work on the behaviour of different features of radio-loud active
galaxies to investigate how energy is transferred from their jets to the environment. To this end, I
have studied the ...
Paths, Players, Places: Towards an Understanding of Mazes and Spaces in Videogames
(2010-08-25)
This thesis contributes to the field of academic game studies by reworking and updating the established theories of Espen Aarseth, Janet Murray and Marie-Laure Ryan in understanding the path in videogames. It also draws ...