...We can make it A consultation document Manufacturing 2020 Panel Contents Message from the Chairman....................................................................3 What are the Issues? ........................................................................................4 ISSUE 1: REDEFINING MANUFACTURING.............................................................4 ISSUE 2: THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET .............................................................5 ISSUE 3 - PEOPLE ARE THE KEY TO THE FUTURE..............................................7 ISSUE 4 - MANUFACTURING TO A UNIT OF ONE..............................................8 ISSUE 5 - TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AS THE KEY ENABLERS ..........9 What do I do now? .......................................................................................11 Panel and Task Force Members .........................................................12 What is Foresight....................................................................inside back cover www.foresight.gov.uk 1 What’s this all about? It is easy for people in business to downplay or ignore the importance of thinking strategically about the future. Day-to-day problems always seem to need immediate attention. Predictions about the future are invariably wrong. And, on the surface, the world we live in today doesn’t look or feel that different to what it was 10 years ago. So why should it change much over the next 10-20 years? But the fact is...
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...Business Research Skills Qualitative Research Report Business Research Skills Qualitative Research Report Teresa Cooney B00251777 Teresa Cooney B00251777 Contents Introduction 2 1. Research Design 3 1.1 Qualitative Research Methods 3 1.2 Thematic Analysis 3 2. Findings and Analysis 6 References 8 Appendix 1 9 Appendix 2 13 Introduction This report has been commissioned by the University of the West of Scotland (Paisley campus) for the Business Research Skills course. All the information contained within the report has been collected through various sources, such as; text books, internet sites, case studies and relevant Journals. The aim of this report was to analyse the interview transcript from UWS Business School. The purpose was to evaluate the current trends and future thinking’s of an area of business and operational management. The report contains an analysis and explanation of research design and qualitative research methods. This includes the qualitative research method, Thematic research. It outlines the six phases of the Thematic Analysis process. Following on from this, included is a detailed Thematic analysis of the interview transcript provided by UWS Business School. 1. Research Design The term research design refers to the comprehensive strategy chosen to include different parts of study in a logical manner. This ensures the research problem is efficiently addressed. Research design represents the framework...
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...Carleton University Department of Political Science Winter 2016 PSCI 3600B International Institutions Thursdays - 11:35am to 2:25pm Please confirm location on Carleton Central Instructor: Office: Office hours: Telephone: e-mail: James Milner Loeb A629 Thursdays, 3-4pm and Fridays, 10-11am (or by appointment) (613) 520-2600 x2211 James.Milner@carleton.ca Please use your Carleton e-mail address or the e-mail function of cuLearn to send an email to the instructor or TA and always include the course code in the subject line. First class: Last class: 7 January 2016 7 April 2016 NOTE: No class meeting on 18 February 2016 due to Reading Week cuLearn: On-line components of this course will be managed through cuLearn. Please visit the cuLearn site at least once a week to receive the most current information pertaining to the scheduling of the course and required readings. Course objectives: International institutions have come to play an increasingly important role in global politics in the last century. Arguably the most prominent of these institutions is the United Nations (UN). Established in 1945 and in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the UN’s Charter set out the rights and obligations of Member States, and pledged to: “save succeeding generations from the scourges of war”; “reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights”; promote “respect for the obligations arising from treaties”; and “promote social progress and better ...
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...ENGL 220 ------------------------------------------------- Learning Journal Week 1 Intro grammar: Units & classes Outline of Content Intro grammar: Units & classes grammatical units: clauses, groups/phrases, words, morphemes, different classes of units: nominal, verbal, adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional Map of grammar: composition Rank of units: [grammar] clause — group / phrase — word — morpheme; [graphology] sentence — sub-sentence — word — letter; Rankshift (downranking) Class: clause: major / minor; group: nominal / verbal / adverbial; word: — nominal: determiner / adjective /noun — verbal: verb (auxiliary / lexical verb) — adverbial: adverb Professor: Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen Core Readings: Thompson (2004), Chapter 2: “Recognizing clauses and clause constituents” DFG, Chapter 1, pp.1-5 Part I : Summary of what I’ve leant (i) Difference between Traditional Grammar & Systemic Functional Grammar Grammar is a subsystem of language for constructing meanings in the form of wordings. Traditional grammarians gradually developed accounts of word classes (part of speech) since words belonging to different classes have different sets of forms and of the grammatical categories associated with the forms of different word classes—e.g. number and case for nouns, and person and tense for verbs. It is the study of traditional grammar. However, if we want to understand how grammar is organized and operates as a...
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...Women’s Role in Economic Development: Overcoming the Constraints BACKGROUND RESEARCH PAPER Sarah Bradshaw, Joshua Castellino and Bineta Diop Submitted to the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda This paper reflects the views of the author and does not represent the views of the Panel. It is provided as background research for the HLP Report, one of many inputs to the process. May 2013 Women’s role in economic development: Overcoming the constraints Background paper for the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda Prepared by Dr. Sarah Bradshaw, Principal Lecturer, Middlesex University with Dr. Joshua Castellino and Ms. Bineta Diop, Co-Chairs of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Thematic Group on the “Challenges of Social Inclusion: Gender, Inequalities and Human Rights” 20 May 2013 1 1. Introduction This short paper aims to highlight the important role women have and can play in economic development. It addresses three questions: what is the evidence base to support investing in women? What are the current constraints on realising the full potential of women in the process of economic development? What are the priority areas of intervention necessary to unblock these constraints? It is focussed on women and on economic development, rather than on the wider issue of gender and development. However, before looking at the evidence base, constraints, and interventions, it will provide a brief context...
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...MONTCEL 20/03/2016 Table of contents Introduction 2 1. Effective research design 2. Qualitative research 3 3 2.1. How to choose between Qualitative and Quantitative research 2.2. Advantages of a qualitative research 3 2.4. How to create a quality survey 4 2.5. Difficulties you could meet 4 Qualitative analysis of the interview with a UWS Academics 5 3.1. Thematic research 5 3.2. Understand the interview 5 3.3. How to find themes 5 3.4. Identification of themes 4 3 2.3. How to run a qualitative survey 3 3 6 Highlight on the key findings 6 References 7 Appendix 1 8 Appendix 2 12 Appendix 3 13 Appendix 4 15 1 Introduction For this second semester, I am in charge to product a report about the qualitative research. In this report, I will give a definition as complete as possible of the qualitative research. Talk about the advantages and limits of a qualitative research. I will also run a Thematic Analysis of an interview using tools as Initial Interview Analysis, then Thematic Map and a table with the Emergent Themes. To finish this report I will discuss about the key findings of my analysis. 2 1. Effective research design The research design got an important function: Be assured that the data we have collected is in proper to the following “problem”. Also the data has to be collected accurately. It is a blueprint that each researcher could fallow during...
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...Sustainable Development and Planetary Boundaries BACKGROUND RESEARCH PAPER Johan Rockström and Jeffrey D. Sachs with Marcus C. Öhman and Guido Schmidt-Traub Submitted to the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda This paper reflects the views of the author and does not represent the views of the Panel. It is provided as background research for the HLP Report, one of many inputs to the process. May 2013 Draft for Discussion Sustainable Development and Planetary Boundaries Draft for Discussion Background paper for the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda Prepared by the co-chairs of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Thematic Group on Macroeconomics, Population Dynamics, and Planetary Boundaries: Johan Rockström Executive Director, Stockholm Resilience Centre Professor of Environmental Science, Stockholm University Jeffrey D. Sachs Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University Director, The Sustainable Development Solutions Network Special Advisor to Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the Millennium Development Goals with Marcus C. Öhman Associate Professor and Senior Researcher in Ecology and Environmental Science, Stockholm Resilience Centre Guido Schmidt-Traub Executive Director, The Sustainable Development Solutions Network 15 March 2013 1 Draft for Discussion The world faces a serious challenge, indeed one that is unique to our age. Developing countries rightly...
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...A GIS BASED MUNICIPAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PROCESS (CASE STUDY OF BLANTYRE CITY ASSEMBLY, BLANTYRE, MALAWI) A GIS based Municipal Information System for Management of Urban Development Control Process (Case Study: Blantyre City Assembly, Blantyre, Malawi) Student: Costly Chanza March 2003 A GIS BASED MUNICIPAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PROCESS (CASE STUDY OF BLANTYRE CITY ASSEMBLY, BLANTYRE, MALAWI) A GIS based Municipal Information System for Management of Urban Development Control Process (Case Study: Blantyre City Assembly, Blantyre, Malawi) by Costly Chanza Thesis submitted to the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in GeoInformation Management for Urban Planning and Management. Degree Assessment Board Chairperson External Examiner First Supervisor Second Supervisor : : : : Prof. Ir. P. van der Molen Dr. F. Toppen (University of Utrecht) R.V. Sliuzas MSc Drs. S. Amer INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH OBSERVATION ENSCHEDE, THE NETHERLANDS A GIS BASED MUNICIPAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PROCESS (CASE STUDY OF BLANTYRE CITY ASSEMBLY, BLANTYRE, MALAWI) Disclaimer This document describes work undertaken as part of a programme of study at the International Institute for Geo-information Science...
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...Argument Essay Unit: Lesson Plan and Class Activities Global Learning Outcomes for this Unit *In the course of completing the assignment students will: • Learn to compose an argumentation-oriented thesis • Defend their thesis with academic-quality research that is properly sourced and cited as per the standard of university level writing • Anticipate and respond to counterarguments • Learn to critically engage the revision process through draft writing, instructor conferencing, and peer commentary • Respond the work of their peers as peer reviewers while providing relevant, productive feedback Class 1 – Introducing the Classical Argument Essay *Daily Learning Outcomes: • Reflect on Informative Essay • Introduce Classical Argument Essay • Break down the assignment sheet *Activity 1: Individual Reflection / Class Discussion (15 min) - Students open their portfolios and journals then reflect for ~10 minutes on their experiences during the Informative Essay Unit - Discuss reflections as a class *Activity 2: Introduce Classical Argument (20 min) - Have students bring a hard copy of the assignment to class with a highlighter: a. Get into groups of 4 b. Read the sheet aloud, highlighting all the action verbs c. Discuss the sheet as a group as instructor makes rounds *Activity 3: Mini-Lecture on Assignment /Questions (15 min) - Powerpoint slides “The Features of an Academic Argument” - Allow time for student questions...
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...Understanding the Impacts of the EU Framework Program of Research and Technological Development On the basis of Stratospheric Ozone Research "1 1) Evaluation of Framework Program Amsterdam Treaty obligated EU to implement some European research program and policies in order to not fall beyond the world’ powerful countries such as United States or Japan. Because of this obligation also involved a chapter on research and technological development, Framework Program of Research and Technological Development was established at early 80s. The main reasons of Framework Program focus on carrying European Union to the world standards in the basis of research and development and make EU to be able to compete with other countries on R&D areas, notably in energy and Information Technology. Even so Framework Program had been started as one of the supportive program of R&D, day by day it has become to be one of the most powerful and important component of EU policy. In connection with EU’s desire on becoming as one body, EU had to develop a way to be better at research and development areas than nation states. Nation states were already making investment on R&D therefore there was no need to depend on EU and this point of view was conflicting with EU’s. Therefore to avoid and block the diversification between member states and EU, EU has started to invest on Framework Program more and more by the time of progress and this made Framework Program sustainable and successful...
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...Argument Essay Unit: Lesson Plan and Class Activities Global Learning Outcomes for this Unit *In the course of completing the assignment students will: • Learn to compose an argumentation-oriented thesis • Defend their thesis with academic-quality research that is properly sourced and cited as per the standard of university level writing • Anticipate and respond to counterarguments • Learn to critically engage the revision process through draft writing, instructor conferencing, and peer commentary • Respond the work of their peers as peer reviewers while providing relevant, productive feedback Class 1 – Introducing the Classical Argument Essay *Daily Learning Outcomes: • Reflect on Informative Essay • Introduce Classical Argument Essay • Break down the assignment sheet *Activity 1: Individual Reflection / Class Discussion (15 min) - Students open their portfolios and journals then reflect for ~10 minutes on their experiences during the Informative Essay Unit - Discuss reflections as a class *Activity 2: Introduce Classical Argument (20 min) - Have students bring a hard copy of the assignment to class with a highlighter: a. Get into groups of 4 b. Read the sheet aloud, highlighting all the action verbs c. Discuss the sheet as a group as instructor makes rounds *Activity 3: Mini-Lecture on Assignment /Questions (15 min) - Powerpoint slides “The Features of an Academic Argument” - Allow...
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...FORMAT FOR THESES AND DISSERTATIONS Title Page Approval Sheet Acknowledgment ( for final defense only ) Table of Contents Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING a. Background of the Study Global Situation National Situation Local Situation Statement of the Problem Hypothesis (es) Review of Related Literature Theoretical and Conceptual Framework Paradigm Model of the Study (Variables) Significance of the Study Definition of Terms Conceptual Definition Operational Definition Chapter 2 METHOD Introduction Research Design Research Subject Time Place Persons Research Instruments Construction of the Instrument(s) Validation Scaling Data Gathering Procedure Statistical Treatment of the Data Chapter 3 PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA Chapter 4 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Page Approval Sheet Acknowledgment Dedication Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Background...
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...Qualitative Research Defining and Designing 1 8 T he qualitative research methods introduced in this book are often employed to answer the whys and hows of human behavior, opinion, and experience— information that is difficult to obtain through more quantitatively-oriented methods of data collection. Researchers and practitioners in fields as diverse as anthropology, education, nursing, psychology, sociology, and marketing regularly use qualitative methods to address questions about people’s ways of organizing, relating to, and interacting with the world. Despite the interdisciplinary recognition of the value of “qualitative research” (or perhaps because of it), qualitative research is not a unified field of theory and practice. On the contrary, a plethora of viewpoints, sometimes diametrically opposed to one another, exist on the subject. Scholars regularly debate about what qualitative research is, how and why it should be conducted, how it should be analyzed, and in what form it should be presented. In fact, fundamental and often heated disagreements about philosophical assumptions and the nature of data exist among qualitative researchers. We don’t pretend to be able to solve any of these controversies. Nor do we suggest one approach or viewpoint is superior to another in the grand scheme of things. How one approaches qualitative research, and research in general, depends on a variety of personal, professional, political, and contextual factors. Ultimately, there...
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...1 Kerala Mural Paintings Kerala: An Introduction According to mythology, Parasurama an incarnation of Vishnu, weary of long years of war and bloodshed decided to undertake a penance in the Western Ghats. Varuna, the God of water responded to his prayers and granted him a boon. Parasurama was asked to throw his axe and the area and distance covered by the axe would be his. Known for his strength and valour, Parasurama swung his axe with such power and might that it reached Kanyakumari. This strip of land covered by the axe came to be known as Kerala. Another creation myth narrates how Varuna raised lands from beneath the ocean and formed the region called Kerala. Politically a merging of three regions in 1956 Travancore, Cochin and Malabar, formed the state. In Sanskrit Kerala means, Land added on which is both mythically and geologically true of the origin of Kerala. Another opinion is that the name is derived from Kera, which means coconut in Malayalam. But there are also theories about the absence of coconut in Kerala, at that time. A more convincing view can be traced back to the Chera Dynasty. The Chera kings were referred to as Cheralan and Cheralatan. The Sanskrit word for Chera is Kera and alam means country. Thus the name Kerala or Keralam may have meant the country of the Cheras. Whatever the origin story may be, Kerala is truly Gods own country, as it is popularly known. Situated on the southwestern coast of the Indian sub continent, it has the Western Ghats...
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