of political “science.” One crucial difference between political science and the natural sciences is that in the latter there is normally only one dominant paradigm at a time, while in the former there are what might be called competing paradigms. As T.S. Kuhn establishes in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, there was a paradigm shift from the Ptolemaic to the Copernican universe; in other words, from the idea that the Earth is the center of the universe we move to the idea that the Earth
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. Course GS1140 (Wed) ITT Tech 12/18/2013 Unit 1 Research Paper: Paradigm Shift Electric cars are technology currently in use today. Instead of using a commonly used gasoline engine the car is driven by an electric motor and is usually powered by battery. There are also hybrid cars which use a combination of electricity and gasoline. These are also starting to become popular. Some benefits of an electric car over gasoline cars are a quiet ride since it has less moving mechanical parts, environment
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From APIs to Affordances: A New Paradigm for Web Services Mike Amundsen mca@mamund.com amundsen.com, inc. ABSTRACT The ecosystem of services on the Web continues to grow and evolve while, at the same time, the number and diversity of connected devices increases; challenges lie ahead for both providers and consumers of Web services. This paper is presented as a ‘what-if’ proposal; an alternate paradigm for dealing with an increasingly heterogeneous network. Drawing from diverse sources including
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defying established patterns and system in place. With the advent of the industrial revolution and the modern medical community, these styles of medicine can no longer function efficiently. A paradigm shift needs to occur to accommodate the changes necessary. According to the authors, one of these is a shift in the definition of what constitutes a good doctor. A good doctor in today’s sense is one who has “a solid fund of knowledge and sound decision-making skills but also must be emotionally intelligent
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Information Systems Dissertation The Impact of Cloud Computing on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Word Count: 12,497 Abstract In recent years a new computing paradigm has emerged: Cloud Computing. Whilst there seem to be an endless number of definitions for this new term, including one by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is nearly 800 words long, nobody seems to be able to settle on a true characterisation of the subject matter. In its simplest form
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ABSTRACT: There has been a shift in development paradigms reflected in the discourse of international funding bodies, from technocratic aid modalities associated with Washington Consensus models towards a ‘new development paradigm’ that accompanies post-Washington Consensus economic prescriptions. This new development paradigm relies increasingly on NGOs for channeling funds, while granting more space for government regulation and emphasizing participatory approaches. The new paradigm has produced a discourse
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Measuring Business Excellence Sustaining and transferring excellence: A framework of best practice of TQM transformation based on winners of Baldrige and European Quality Awards Ian McDonaldMohamed ZairiMohd Ashari Idris Article information: To cite this document: Ian McDonaldMohamed ZairiMohd Ashari Idris, (2002),"Sustaining and transferring excellence", Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 6 Iss 3 pp. 20 - 30 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13683040210441959
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Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study Education prepares children for the world of work and helps them to develop their personal talents, discover who they are, and where they would best fit into society’s workforce as viewed by the Functionalist. They see three main function of education; role allocation, providing skills, and socialization. Education can be seen to provide pupils/ students with the curriculum and hidden curriculum; teaching skills that will prepare them physically
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MARKET ORIENTATION – ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION FOR A STRONG MARKETING STRATEGY Electricity Company of Ghana is a limited liability Company wholly owned by the Government of Ghana and operating under the Ministry of Energy (ME). The Company was incorporated under the Companies Code, 1963 in February 1997. It began as the Electricity Department on 1st April 1947 and later became the Electricity Division in 1962. It was subsequently converted into the Electricity Corporation of Ghana by NLC Decree
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conceptualized and developed keeping in mind the convenience to the user and were responsible for the success of the product. The whole concept caused a paradigm shift in the way the Japanese telecom industry operated, from adopting easy transmittable data standards, to the ease of use of the phone developed to provide the i-mode service, this shift actually brought to the customer the value they wanted. The value offered to the consumer was immense from the aspect that DoCoMo went in for extremely
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