"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009." / Advisor(s): Ferrer, Geraldo ; Dew, Nickolas. "December 2009." "MBA Professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 29, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: PLCS, PLM, NALCOMIS, SRC card, Readiness, FST, part penalty. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-87). Also available in print.

M.Ed. (Childhood Education) / A child is born helpless, defenseless and dependent on being nurtured. His whole course of 'becoming-adult' is a continuous struggle to overcome his helplessness and dependence. He must be led and accompanied by others whilst norms are inculcated by example so that an own identity may be established to make him defensible against the influences that society may have on him ...

"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, June 2010." / Advisor(s): Kang, Keebom ; E. Cory Yoder. "June 2010." "MBA Professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on July 14, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Operational Availability, Readiness Risk, Total Life Cycle Cost, Performance-Based Logistics, Reliability, Maintainability, Operational Tempo. Includes bibliographical references (p.103-106). Also available in print.

"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, June 2010." / Advisor(s): Apte, Aruna ; Ferrer, Geraldo. "June 2010." "MBA Professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on July 14, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Disaster Relief, Humanitarian Assistance, Military Operations Other than War (MOOTW), Operational Research, Earthquakes, Greece, Ionian Islands, Kefalonia. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-205). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2006. / Thesis Advisor(s): Alex Bordertsky. "September 2006." Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2006. / Thesis Advisor(s): Robert Bach. "September 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-80). Also available in print.

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Transformational leadership is characterized by service-oriented and interactive behavior. The objective of the study is to examine the importance of transformational leadership in organizational preparedness in policing by assessing the transformational leadership components. Organizational preparedness is seen by how the leaders are efficient in managing other staff and ensuring they are ready for deployment. The study found a positive correlation between idealized influence, intellectual stimulation, individual consideration, and inspirational motivation and organizational preparedness. Regression analysis showed that intellectual stimulation and inspirational motivation were statistically significant in influencing organizational preparedness while idealized influence and individual consideration were found to not to be statistically significant. The research established that there is a mixed effect of transformational leadership on organizational preparedness. The research recommends that in policing, a transformational leadership style can be adopted as it influences organizational preparedness positively.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies, (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Paul Stockton. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74). Also available online.