Submitted in partial fulfilment of a Master's Degree in the Department of Educational Planning and Administration at the University of Zululand, 2006. / Education policy documents such as the National Constitution, No. 108 of 1996 (NC) and the South African Schools Act, No. 84 of 1996 (SASA) mandate and encourage partnerships in the education system. Schools are recognized as being embedded within a wider socio-economic environment and must therefore develop effective and meaningful partnerships to facilitate communication and service channels that allow them to respond to the educational needs of their service constituency as well as to draw expertise and support from these constituencies thereby sustaining positive growth and remaining relevant. The democratisation of education has challenged School Manager Teams (SMTs) to transform the school's relationship with its service constituency and forge meaningful and effective partnerships between itself and the School Governing Bodies (SGBs) with the global aim of improving quality education. The SMT is the primary agent for an effectively management structure within a school. The SGB is the primary governance structure of the school. It is therefore critical for a solid partnership, with clearly defined roles and responsibilities, to exist between these entities. The current study was triggered by an observation of school management and governance in practice which suggests that there is in many instances a breakdown in the development of an effective SMT-SGB partnership. Many reasons have been proposed to explain this phenomenon including the tack of parent involvement in school matters, the apparent dictator-like leadership style of some principals and the lack of participative management in schools (Chetty, 1998). Embarking on a literature review, the researcher investigates strategies to promote a partnership between school managers and parents as governors of schools. An empirical study is also undertaken to evaluate to what extent these strategies are being employed by SMTs and SGBs in building meaningful and effective partnerships and to exposing shortcomings in efforts to build such partnerships.

The Swedish recognition of Palestine was announced on 3 October 2014, but not without controversy. In the national parliamentary debates after, as well as the once that occurred before, the recognition there seems to be a divide between the ideas of Sweden’s role in international politics - One stand advocating an “activist role” and the other a “multilateral role”. Using what is known as role theory these roles and the conflict that is present between them will be analysed.

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Do investments in advertising and the industry concentration lead to a higher stock return or shareholder value? This paper investigates if the relationship between advertising and the stock return or shareholder value is moderated by the industry concentration. We further propose the hierarchical linear model which could strength the effect on the stock return and shareholder value by establishing the link between firm-level characteristic (advertising intensitya and market share) and industry-level characteristic (industry concentration); thus, we obtain the interaction between advertising intensity and the industry concentration from this model. The results suggest that the relationship between advertising and the stock return or shareholder value is contingent on the moderating effects of the industry concentration. This paper also reinforces the importance of the conceptual framework and empirical findings that advertising intensity has a positive and significant effect on the stock return. Most importantly, this paper indicates as the degree of concentration in an industry increases, the impact of advertising on the stock return is less positive.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2003. / Title from title screen. PDF of dissertation: iii, 110 p. Site viewed on Feb. 16, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-110 of dissertation).

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Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-204).

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 106).

Thesis (M.A.)--Covenant Theological Seminary, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [90]-94).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Calvin Theological Seminary, 1996. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-113).