A Theory-Based Approach to the Relationship between Social Capital and Communities of Practice El-Sayed Abou-Zeid John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada el-sayed@jmsb.concordia.ca Abstract: There is almost a consensus that tacit component of organisational knowledge is of critical strategic importance because, unlike explicit knowledge, it is both inimitable and appropriable. Because of its characteristics, organisational tacit knowledge is usually created and shared
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Topic 1: The Most Important Health Issue In Australia 2013, Dementia. Dementia is a broad term that encompasses a large group of illnesses that cause a progressive cognitive functional decline including memory loss, loss of intellect, rationality, language skills, perception, social skills and physical function. Dementia exists in many different forms including Vascular Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies & the most common form of Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease. (“Key
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history, cause, and preventive measures on the subject of problems with our youth. As adults the saying "The Children are our future" is fairly and accurately a true statement. With the changing of times, and economic problems within the urban communities, the children of our future are becoming more of the criminals, and inmates of the future. Violence and deaths among youths has become more of a problem than crimes, and violence among adults. Trying to reach youths that have falling victim to the
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Alicia Francis Community Mobilization and Engagement 17/09/16 what does community policing mean to me? Community policing, is a philosophy that promotes implementations and evaluations of decisions within the organization that helps them be able to achieve their objectives. which support the use of showing, or involving a system, method, partnerships and problem solving techniques, to address the immediate conditions that give rise to public issues. Some of the partnerships and other organizations
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out’’ (Anderson, 1988). The thirst of education by these students is not hampered by the high cost of university education. They seek other options of education elsewhere. The students will go the community colleges, which are a cheaper compared to the universities. The influx into the community colleges by the “priced out” students from state universities will increase the admission numbers and put pressure on the existing facilities (Irfan, 1991). More students seeking admission will require
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PERCEPTIONS OF RURAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS OF THE TRANSFER PROCESS TO A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY by ELIZABETH E. SACKSTEDER LACLAIR A DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Education in the Graduate School of The University of Alabama TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 2010 Copyright Elizabeth E. Sacksteder LaClair 2010 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ABSTRACT Utilizing the current literature base
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Software for Human Service Organizations Disadvantaged Family Community Based Organization Brenda Scott BSHS/375 July 8, 2015 George De Rosa Software for Human Service Organizations Nonprofit organizations that provide services to disadvantaged families are community based service organizations that are meeting human needs, especially in the time of crisis. The clients that are served consist of families, individual men or women, children of all ages, various races, and sexual orientation
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responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community.” They encourage members to seek advanced degrees in engineering or related fields and to obtain professional engineering registrations. Promote public awareness of engineering and the opportunities for Blacks and other minorities in that profession. They also function as a representative body on issues and developments that affect the careers of Black Engineers. New and innovative project ideas
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to enroll in 4 years bachelor’s degrees. Community colleges originally were created to offer individuals higher education opportunities that were not provided in university settings. Through time, the offerings of the community colleges have diversified. Recently some community colleges began offering baccalaureate degrees; this phenomenon has resulted in controversy over the mission and function of the community college. the mission of most community colleges as shaped by the following commitments:
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leadership as a discipline. o 4 areas of course/types of leadership courses: Theory – what is it? LDRS 300 etc skills/behaviors – most common type, focus on teaching people how to do leadership issues – focus on leadership as it relates to a particular issue, such as Leadership & ethics, or gender issues & leadership. Context – study leadership within a particular context – Leadership & business, or politics (this course is a context course) What is leadership? An influence relationship between
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