Le monstre est un terme paradoxal, il est à la fois mot et chose, mot blanc et mot ésotérique. Il désigne un invisible qui se manifeste toutefois sous la forme d'une information irrationnelle. Autrement dit, ce qui se révèle à travers le monstre, se présente souvent comme un non-sens, une aberration. Le monstre se donne alors comme un problème mathématique dans une situation où s'annonce une différence en soi, intangible. Cette différence, je l'étends dans l'étendue de l'écart entre zéro et zéro de l'expérience où fulgurance du geste créateur et œuvre d'art coïncident: un lieu topologique qui porte la trace de l'intellect en donnant une transparence à l'image, son « cristal ». Ce lieu impossible de l'expérience serait la place logique d'où provient le langage et vers quoi il converge. Dans cette recherche, il ne s'agit pas de monstres tératologiques, mais de mouvements, d'une puissance qui traverse l'artiste au risque de la rupture. C'est alors que nous attribuons au Monstre une haute définition de la création à l'épreuve de l'existence. / The term monster is paradoxical; it is at the same time word and thing, the former being bath blank and esoteric. lt designates an invisible that is nevertheless manifested in the form of irrational information. ln other words, that which is revealed through the monster often appears as nonsense, an aberration. As such, the monster is given in the guise of a mathematical question whereby difference, in itself intangible, is announced. ln the present research, difference is understood in the gaping stretch between the zero and the zero of experience where bath work of art and the dazzling speed of the creative act coïncide; a topological place that bears the trace of the intellect while endowing the image with transparency or its "crystal". This impossible place of experience would be the place of logic; a place towards which language converges and from which it emerges all at once. This research is primarily concerned with the question of movements rather than with the teratology of monsters; it deals with this force, thus described, as it traverses the artist facing the perils of rupture. For that matter, the monster is associated with a higher order of creation, one that is, nevertheless, constantly submitted to the test of existence.

This thesis investigates decision-making activities leading to the initial selection of which new ideas should be selected for further development or rejected. This process, often referred to as idea screening, is described as being one of the most important, but also challenging, tasks to master during the entire innovation process. There are two main reasons for this: Firstly, not all ideas are good and secondly no firm has the resources to develop every single idea proposed to it. Thus, it is important to be careful when initially deciding which ideas are to be selected and developed into future possible innovations in order to eliminate weak ideas and retain those that have a substantial chance of becoming successful.  Two alternative decision-making approaches are explored in the thesis (the intuitive and rational approaches). In the thesis, the concept of intuition during the screening of product and service ideas is demystified. The empirical findings show that decision-makers utilize five main underlying criteria when intuitively assessing ideas. Of these, the findings indicate user-value to be the most important one, or at least the criterion that most assessors emphasize when making intuitive decisions. The findings presented in the thesis increase our understanding of the use of rational and holistic intuitive decision-making when screening ideas during the Front End Innovation phase, as well as questioning the traditional view of intuition, as a decision-making tool that is only reliable if applied by those with a vast amount of experience and expertise. The reported findings indicate that, for example, users with an understanding of the idea context are able to intuitively identify the ideas that decision-making experts identify as the top (best) ones. Hence, managers faced with a situation where they are being inundated with new ideas can turn to non-experts for help. / This thesis explores and investigates two alternative decision-making approaches (the intuitive and the rational approaches) used when screening ideas during the initial part of the innovation process. In this thesis, the concept of intuition when screening product and service ideas is demystified. The empirical findings show that decision-makers utilize five main underlying criteria when making intuitive assessments of ideas. Of these, the findings indicate that user-value is the most important one, or at least the single criterion that most assessors emphasize when making an intuitive decision. The findings presented in the thesis increase our understanding of the use of rational and holistic intuitive decision-making when screening ideas during the Front End Innovation phase, as well as questioning the traditional view of intuition, as a decision-making tool that is only reliable if applied by those with a vast amount of experience and expertise. The reported findings indicate that, for example, users with an understanding of the idea context are able to intuitively identify the ideas that decision-making experts identify as the top (best) ones. Hence, managers faced with a situation where they are being inundated with new ideas can turn to non-experts for help.

Intuition som begrepp används vanligtvis inte inom vårdvetenskaplig forskning i Sverige, men används internationellt såväl inom vårdvetenskap som inom annan forskning. Studiens syfte är att tydliggöra begreppet intuition och beskriva begreppets tillämpning i samband med sjuksköterskans beslutsfattande vid vård av patienter med postoperativ smärta. Den vårdvetenskapliga grunden är Benners modell om intuitivt beslutsfattande. Resultatet visar att attribut för intuition är klinisk blick, omedelbar uppfattning utan att behöva fundera, vetande utan att kunna förklara varför och direkt perception. Förutsättningarna är erfarenhet, kunskap om patienten och vårdsituationen, tillit till intuitiv förmåga och vana att använda intuition. Konsekvenser av intuition är positiva följder för patienten, tidsbesparing och yrkesstolthet. I samband med postoperativ smärta behöver intuition kombineras med att lyssna på patienten och användande av smärtskalor för att uppnå effektiv smärtlindring. Resultatet ger även en uppfattning om vad intuition inte är. I diskussionen diskuteras därför om fördomar och förutfattade meningar ibland misstolkas som intuition. I kombination med vetenskaplig underbyggd kunskap och reflektion över hur intuition yttrar sig och kan användas, blir intuition ett verktyg och hjälpmedel i sjuksköterskans yrkesutövning.

The purpose of this study was to examine if and in which cases Swedish students rely on their intuition when being confronted with English and how efficiently their language intuition, or sprachgefühl, functions. To study these questions a task was developed in which Swedish students of upper secondary level were asked to identify and correct various kinds of mistakes that were hidden in an English text. They were also asked to give an explanation for the changes they made, based on grammatical rules or feeling for linguistical correctness, to determine if they used their analytical capacity or their intuition in the process. The results showed that the students mainly relied on their intuition when making linguistical choices. Furthermore, the students were able to successfully solve the problems they identified in 77,5% of the cases they relied on their language intuition. However, they were still more successful, to be specific in 92% of the cases, when using their analytical system. This could either point to a lack of knowledge in grammar and deficient focus on teaching grammar in Swedish schools, or to the fact that language intuition is a dominant system in human language learning and should therefore be put in focus of language research.

The main objective of this study was to determine the entrepreneurial potential amongst Grade 10 learners in South Africa (Moutse East, Sekhukhune district of Limpopo Province), using the ATE test2 developed at the Kingston University in London. The ATE test2 was tested for validity and reliability; and socio-demographic impacts were tested for statistical significance. A qualitative descriptive design methodology was employed. ATE test2 questionnaires were distributed amongst learners in six public secondary schools, resulting in 836 learners participating in the completion of the questionnaires. Five constructs, namely achievement, personal control, creativity, leadership and intuition, describing the entrepreneurial attitudes of young learners were analysed during exploratory factor analysis. Statistical analysis for reliability, validity and construct correlation showed acceptable results to conclude that the ATE test2 can be used amongst rural learners. A comparison of the mean differences between the constructs for demographic variables produced statistically significant differences in a number of instances, but no practical significance to conclude that these differences can be applied in practice. Practical recommendations were provided for stakeholders to apply in the development of an intervention training programme for a pilot test in entrepreneurship development. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

This qualitative research study examined the ways those who identify themselves as theistic scientists and scholars experience inspiration, as defined as divine guidance or influence, in their scientific scholarship and discovery. It also explored participants' beliefs about how scientists and scholars can seek and prepare to receive inspiration in their work. Open-ended surveys of 450 participants from the behavioral and natural sciences and from a variety of religious backgrounds were analyzed for content themes in the areas of experiences with inspiration, preparing to receive inspiration, and further thoughts on inspiration in science. The themes extracted indicated that these scientists and scholars have experienced inspiration throughout all stages of the research process. They also believe that certain practices and virtues, such as openness to inspiration and nurturing a relationship with God, can help scientists and scholars be more prepared to receive inspiration in their work.

This research investigates the mutual influence between self-management as organizational structure and intuition in decision-making. Self-management as organizational structure has recently developed as a response to current challenges in society and business, thus constitutes an emerging research field. This study is contributing empirically to this under-research field while at the same time building on the well-researched field of decision-making. In particular, this study is building on the positive view of intuition in decision-making that comes along with dual-process theories. The empirical contribution of this study is collected through semi-structured interviews with a multiple-case study research design. This study’s main finding is the confirmation of a mutual influence, even more, a positive mutual influence, between self-management as organizational structure and intuition in decision-making. Furthermore, first findings on how they are influencing each other are brought forward as well as insights into the diversity of decision-making processes when applying self-management as organizational structure.

Thesis work WORLD OF ASYMMETRICAL RESPONSIBILITY develops the original racional concept concentrated on human existence, which was broken by the FACE OF THE OTHER MAN by Levinas. Using analogy we take human FACE AS THE CENTER OF MAN, his body center. The FACE moves forward and has a never ending range. Its potency and vital power calls for further research. Rule of law of asymmetrical responsibility standing for THE OTHER MAN and everyone with a character of unique choice are covered in this thesis work. The contribution into philosophy of education will be seen in restoration of original conception of theoria. Novum to asymmetrical responsibility and its origin are touching the conscious practice deriving from universal FACE. Namelees universal FACES with their own seals form the WORLD OF ASYMMETRICAL RESPONSIBILITY. Life in it in a way of eternity receives and gives immediately the CENTER of neverending row of human looks of FACES with irreplaceable destination in saving human life. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

This exposition provides the insight of indeterminacy during improvisation, as well as the reflection process of how I converted my problems-solving skills to planned improvisation during the adverse filming condition of my graduation feature film production. I define Improvisation as a way to be adaptive and flexible in uncertainty, while problem- solving as a solution to overcome the obstacles faced. I started from an ambitious goal by making a feature length hybrid film for my graduation showcase in my two years of master study. Facing problems like lack of money, insufficient network to find talents and limited time to acquire local knowledge of the working styles in the country, I met a lot of challenges. When I solved the problems one by one within this filmmaking process, I gradually realized I relied quite a lot on improvisation. It does not only apply on the set when I worked with the actors, but also on scriptwriting, crew recruiting, locations scouting, shots creation, etc. The turning point for me to change from coincidental (unplanned) improvisation (because it is needed with problem solving) to deliberate (planned) improvisation started from my second half of principal photography (or simply called production/filming) stage because more uncertainty emerged and I started to get used to such style. At the end, I made two versions of the films with different levels of improvisational practice. I will reflect my whole filmmaking process and its connection with improvisation from my film products.

Denna essä beskriver hur motståndet blir ett verktyg för att kunna uppnå färdiga resultat som konstnären själv förväntar av sig, men även för att fullfölja Konstfacks kandidatutbildning. Problematiseringen ligger i att kunna släppa på kraven som finns för att kunna ta vara på sin egen intuitiva kraft i processen, vilket är det mest centrala för Caroline Nords konstnärskap. Men även hur viktigt det fysiska arbetet har varit för att kunna bearbeta trauman.