This thesis evaluates the Skyline drama program. The first chapter presents an overview of the program; Chapters II and III describe the core and the advanced curriculum, respectively; and Chapter IV examines the first year of operation and evaluates the entire project.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): Lucas, Thomas W. "June 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on August 25, 2008 Includes bibliographical references (p. 45). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): Lucas, Thomas W. "September 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on November 6, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90). Also available in print.

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 191-218).

Ce document étudie les risques associés à une transformation du Centre d’Essais en Vol (Flight Test Centre) de l'UAE AF & AD en une organisation civile compétitive, indépendante et autonome, capable d'entreprendre des projets aéronautiques complexes.Dans cette thèse, l'auteur décrit le FTC « PRESENT », tel qu’il est aujourd’hui, sa mission et sa fonction, tout en ayant comme perspective l'avenir, le FTC « FUTUR ». Il souligne les défis existants et développe les besoins futurs du FTC.L'auteur résume la description générale du Cadre d'Architecture d'Entreprise. Dans sa tentative d'identifier le cadre le plus approprié, il compare quatre cadres de référence : « The John Zachman Enterprise Architecture Framework, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) et The Gartner Methodology ». Sa conclusion démontre qu'une approche mixte, combinant plusieurs cadres, serait appropriée au contexte du FTC, ayant en particulier la dimension - « Z ».Les constatations et les conclusions de l’auteur ont apporté une meilleure connaissance et compréhension des disciplines de gestion des changements organisationnels et des processus de gouvernance / A number of Defence organizations worldwide are moving towards outsourcing. The United Arab Emirates Air Force & Air Defence (UAE AF&AD) is also transforming some of its activities from military entities into civilian organizations. This paper studies the risks associated with the transformation of the UAE AF&AD Flight Test Centre (FTC) into a civilian organization to become a competitive, independent and autonomous outsourcing agency able to undertake additional, complex and specialized aeronautical projects.In this paper, the author describes the FTC “AS IS” organization, mission and function while focusing on the future “TO BE”. He underlines the existing challenges and develops the future needs of the FTC. In his mind, it is clear that the future of the FTC has to be sustainable, competitive, process oriented, cohesive and dynamic in response to changes. The need of an enterprise framework is, in the authors view, a critical matter. The greatest challenge is to identify or develop the right framework with a risk dimension and governance for a specific FTC application: a framework that will assist the FTC to identify, determine and assess at an earlier stage various risks

In South Africa, citizen participation is regarded as an integral part of all social, economic and political activity. There is always an attempt to either involve citizens/communities in different programmes or at least to pretend to have involved people. Community participation is a constitutional prerogative that the broader masses should meaningfully participate in issues affecting their lives. Thus overgrowing concern by development practitioners to utilize participatory methods has become notable in recent years and participation has become an established orthodoxy within the development discourse in South Africa. The practice of participation has become embodied in what is popularly known to be people-centered development in which it is favored that community needs take precedence over those of other stakeholders when designing and implementing development projects. This study explores community participation in income generating projects at the Tembisa / Kempton Park Development Center. Using a case study as a qualitative inquiry method, the researcher sought to establish the evidence of community participation and the extent to which participants in income generating projects were involved as the main role players. The research sample constituted of 15 participants; ten were beneficiaries of income generating projects, three were staff members at the Tembisa / Kempton Park Development Center and two participants where drawn from the main funders of the Tembisa / Kempton Park Development Center. The different categories of the participants drawn into the sample enabled the researcher to holistically capture how the development process unfolded. The findings of the research indicated that the development model used at Tembisa / Kempton Park Development Center is largely participatory. The model allowed community members to have more say and control in the initiation, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the projects. However this model has challenges that are institutional, social and structural of nature and barriers which hinder effective and meaningful community participation. Government intervention was recommended to address some of the challenges to community participation on a macro level.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1976. / Title from title page screen, viewed Dec. 2, 2004. Dissertation Committee: Elwood Egelston (chair), Ronald Laymon, Thomas Fitch, Ronald Halinski, Louise Dieterle. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-78) and abstract. Also available in print.

Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2007. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-203).

A number of Defence organizations worldwide are moving towards outsourcing. The United Arab Emirates Air Force & Air Defence (UAE AF&AD) is also transforming some of its activities from military entities into civilian organizations. This paper studies the risks associated with the transformation of the UAE AF&AD Flight Test Centre (FTC) into a civilian organization to become a competitive, independent and autonomous outsourcing agency able to undertake additional, complex and specialized aeronautical projects.In this paper, the author describes the FTC "AS IS" organization, mission and function while focusing on the future "TO BE". He underlines the existing challenges and develops the future needs of the FTC. In his mind, it is clear that the future of the FTC has to be sustainable, competitive, process oriented, cohesive and dynamic in response to changes. The need of an enterprise framework is, in the authors view, a critical matter. The greatest challenge is to identify or develop the right framework with a risk dimension and governance for a specific FTC application: a framework that will assist the FTC to identify, determine and assess at an earlier stage various risks

在知識經濟(Knowledge Economy)的時代中，企業經營最重要的生產要素已由知識取代機器、資金、原料或勞工，亦是在商場上競爭與存活的重要武器。所以，能夠針對知識做重大投資的企業，其成長率最快，且其價值與產值亦最大，例如資訊業、半導體業、通訊業等的知識密集之產業。 我們可以發現許多高科技上市櫃公司的股價均很高，但其所擁有的有形資產並不多，其中更有些公司的市值可能達到有形資產的數十倍甚至百倍，其中的差距，並無法從財務報表一窺究竟，其實就是無形資產，也是所謂的智慧資本(Intellectual Capital)。因此，對企業而言，如何充分利用此智慧資本，將知識整合進新的核心能力，轉型成為一個知識導向的組織，就成為一個很重要的課題。 因此，在智慧資本議題受到普遍重視的同時，另外一個很重要的議題亦引起大家的注意，那就是知識管理。如前所述，知識管理乃透過創造、儲存、分享、維持等活動，進而鞏固企業的競爭優勢。然而企業的競爭優勢究竟為何？知識管理活動該如何有效地協助競爭優勢的建立與維持？知識管理活動的成效又是如何得以衡量？ 本研究的目的即希望能夠透過瞭解企業知識管理及智慧資本運作機制，並深入探討高科技公司創新研發中心的知識管理模式，包含其型成過程與要素，以辨別公司是否有足夠人力、結構，並適時由人力資源策略、組織學習來調節並幫助決策者做出正確的調整策略，順利推動知識管理制度，不致於使知識管理活動流於形式，而使得企業活動毫無目標與方向。 / In the “Knowledge economy” era Knowledge is being substituted for the machine, capital, materials or labors, and to be the most important competitive weapons for the enterprise. We observe many high technology companies, which have the very high stock price, but they do not have many tangible assets. Although some of them have hundred times of marketing values compare with their tangible assets. The main difference is the Intellectual Capital which can not be expressed by the financial statement. Therefore, for the businesses, it is the most important issue to integrate the knowledge and enterprise core competency. Furthermore, there is another important issue is “Knowledge Management.” Knowledge management is through creation, storage, sharing, and maintenance to consolidate the competitive advantage of enterprise. However, what is the exactly competitive advantage of enterprise? How to help enterprise to establish and maintain competitive advantage effectively by Knowledge Management? How to evaluate the performance of Knowledge Management related activities? In this study, we hope through understanding the business Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital operation mechanism, and probing into the Knowledge Management model of innovative research and development center in high-technology business to clarify the company if they have enough human power, structure with appropriately human resource and organizational learning strategy to help the decision maker to make the right strategy, thus can advance the knowledge management system.