Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 1985. / Description based on print version record. Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-192).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Duke University, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 376-396).

Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-70).

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Thesis (M.A.)--Lancaster Bible College, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-59).

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo desarrollar una estrategia comercial para el aumento de compra de los clientes Metro del distrito de Miraflores. En el primer capítulo, además de presentar los objetivos y preguntas que marcan la pauta de esta investigación, se muestra el contexto actual de supermercado Metro mencionando las principales acciones por parte de sus competidores que hacen que haya una caída en ventas. The objective of this research is to develop a commercial strategy for increasing the purchase of Metro customers in the district of Miraflores. In the first chapter, in addition to presenting the objectives and questions that set the tone of this research, the current context of supermarket Metro is shown, mentioning the main actions by its competitors that cause a drop in sales.

This qualitative study examined retrospective client accounts of hindering experiences that occurred during therapy. In order to explore in-depth and descriptive information about client experiences of hindering events, a structured thematic analysis methodology was used that resulted in conceptual ordering (Corbin & Strauss, 2008). Data collection was conducted through face-to-face semi-structured interviews of 9 participants who had previously experienced a hindering event. Structured thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) was used to distill themes from the collected data, where four major themes emerged from the data that were relevant to the research questions of the present study: 1) Identified Hindering Events, 2) Subjective Experience of the Event, 3) Response to the Event, 4) Handling/ Addressing the Event. Results from this study contribute to further understanding of client experiences of hindering events that occur in therapy. Implications for therapeutic organizations, therapists/ counsellors, and educators are discussed.

The aim of this study was to provide an account of the power relations that are implicit in the experience of clients who initially withhold but eventually disclose a sensitive issue in the psychotherapeutic dialogue. Mainstream psychotherapeutic literature has maintained that clients who withhold sensitive material implicitly express a psychological powerlessness. The literature review also turned attention to an alternative view, not arising from within the psychotherapeutic literature. Specific reference was made to the work of Foucault who suggests that although clients may appear to be empowered through self-disclosure, they are in fact constrained, since disclosing themselves constitutes. an appropriation of selfunderstanding which forecloses openness to other forms of self-understanding. The tension between these conflicting accounts about the relation of self-disclosure to empowerment was discussed as an issue requiring further exploration through clinical research. A phenomenologically orientated research method was used to describe the experiences of five clients who withheld and subsequently disclosed sensitive issues in psychotherapy. These descriptions yielded a thematically differentiated process of psychological change. The structure of client inhibition and self-disclosure was seen to correspond to the concepts of powerlessness and empowerment outlined in the psychotherapeutic literature. The apparent empowerment of clients during self-disclosure casts doubt on Foucault's perspective. However, on further reflection and through a review of the research method, it became apparent that the lack of support for Foucault's perspective was a consequence of the particular research method used rather than an indication of the non-existence of constraint. Ricoeur's hermeneutic phenomenology was used to develop the above methodological critique. Using this alternative approach the researcher critically evaluated the findings of the phenomenological study. This facilitated a reinterpretation of the clinical material. It emerged that the experience of empowerment represents a particular form of selfunderstanding, and it was shown, in relation to the clinical material, how this can indeed as Foucault suggests (because of its very specificity) constrain the client from understanding him/herself in alternative ways. It was revealed that the experience of empowerment is a necessary but limited component of successful client disclosure. This does not, however, go far enough. It was suggested that ideally, critical reflection on the constraints of self-understanding, rather than self-disclosure per se, should be regarded as the destination of the urge to self-disclosure.

Abstract This thesis examines and evaluates the Object-Oriented Client/Server (OOCS) model, a process model that can be used when IT organizations develop object-oriented client/server applications. In particular, it defines the roles in the development team and combines them into the process model. Furthermore, the model focuses on the client/server architecture, considering it explicitly. The model has been under construction for several years and it has been tested in a number of industrial projects. Feedback from practice has thus been an important source when the model has been evolving into its current form. Another source for evolution has been other process models and technical progress in this field. This thesis reveals the theoretical and practical aspects that have influenced the model's characteristics and developmnt. The object-oriented paradigm has been the driving force when creating the OOCS model. The first object-oriented development models were, however, both inadequate and contradictory to each other. The OOCS model utilizes the best practices from these early models. The model also defines artifacts to be delivered in each phase. The artifacts are synchronized with the Unified Modeling Language (UML), a new standard modeling notation. From the very beginning the OOCS model has included a strong client/server viewpoint, which is not stated so clearly in other object-oriented models. A three-tier division of the application (presentation, business logic, data management) can be found in each phase. This division has become crucial in recent years, when applications have been built on distributed architecture. The team-based roles included in the model are based on the work of a few other researchers, although this topic has not gained the importance it should have had. Namely, it is people that develop the application and their involvement in the process should be stated explicitly. The roles of the developers are closely connected to the OOCS process model via the concept of activities included in the model. The roles concentrate mainly on project members, but company-level aspects have also been considered. This thesis summarizes the work carried out in the last five years. It shows how the model has evolved in practice and how other models have contributed to it. The team-based OOCS model is in use in some IT organizations. The cases presented in this thesis illustrate how to adapt the model into specific organizational needs.

This investigation explored the phenomenon of motivation in the inter-relational space between therapists and clients. Its aim was to give voice to a small group of existential therapists who were trained and practise counselling psychology in the UK. Literature review focused mainly on the theoretical conceptualisation of motivation and its therapeutic implications across different modalities. Using a Relational-Phenomenological Approach, the investigation looked at the dialogical and co-creative nature of motivation in therapy. Themes emerged were indicative of motivation existing as multiple differently motivated selves in both therapists and clients. Differently motivated selves are characterised by their inner- and inter- relationality and give rise to kaleidoscopic relational dynamics in the inter-subjective space. Relational features such as openness, ability to stand on the edge with clients and total acceptance of the is-ness of the moment seem to co-create fertile ground for motivational transformations. I also experienced the co-creational, dialogical and motivationally transformational nature of differently motivated selves throughout the research process, which points at the multi-directional nature of motivation. Awareness of motivation is multifaceted and differently motivated selves and is interactional and dialogical, whereby the therapist cannot remain neutral can be useful in Counselling psychology.