Thesis (D. Min.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1999. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 257-260).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1995. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-183).

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-150) Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2003. Graduate Programme in Administration. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (180-193). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ99259

Thesis (M.S.I.S.)--Baylor University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60).

abstract: As open-door institutions, community colleges provide access to students from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and cultures. Yet while enrollment of students of color in community colleges continues to increase, representation by faculty of color has not. This qualitative study investigated community college faculty search committee members' implicit and subjective observations, values, and beliefs about ethnic/racial diversity in order to gain an understanding of how they may influence the faculty hiring process. The researcher interviewed 12 subjects-- administrators and faculty members at three community colleges in a large district in the southwest region of the United States--who served on faculty search committees from 2006-2009. Findings revealed three major themes: (a) the communication of diversity; (b) search committee dynamics with the sub-themes of role of the chair, role of administration, and the issue of time; and (c) subjects' observations, values, and beliefs, with the sub-themes of conflict, the idea of a "good fit," colorblindness, self-perception of having attained enlightenment about diversity, and the blaming of applicant pools. Discussion of the results was facilitated by utilizing three critical race theory constructs: (a) the pervasiveness of racism as ordinary and normal, (b) the use of Whiteness as the normative standard, and (c) the rejection of liberalism. The findings support the literature's assertion that colleges and faculty search committees can publically claim to value diversity but engage in practices that are incongruent with such claims. Despite the best institutional rhetoric on faculty diversity, failure to address search committee members' values, beliefs, and behaviors will result in little change. Communication and effective leadership can help increase faculty of color representation at community colleges. Communication about the relevance and practical application of diversity should be strong and consistent. Additionally, search committee definitions of "qualified" need to be challenged specific to members' colorblindness and beliefs in the effectiveness of meritocracy. Moreover, leadership is needed to advocate and hold people responsible and accountable for inclusive practices. Critical race theory served as a useful theoretical framework to identify the obstacles and analyze policies and power structures that facilitate underrepresentation of faculty of color in community colleges. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 2010

Uma nova Constituição Federal foi estabelecida no final dos anos 80 conferindo à sociedade civil o direito de participar ativamente nas tomadas de decisões em diversas áreas, como a de recursos hídricos, através de representações de segmentos sociais. No contexto da gestão participativa das águas, o Estado do Rio de Janeiro instituiu sua Política Estadual de Recursos Hídricos, pela Lei n 3.239 em 1999, e criou o Sistema Estadual de Gerenciamento de Recursos Hídricos. Dentro das diretrizes estabelecidas pela Lei das Águas, nove comitês fluminenses foram criados, de acordo com as divisões de bacias hidrográficas. Este trabalho propõe analisar os comitês de bacia, quanto ao desempenho de suas atribuições, através de uma pesquisa qualitativa junto aos membros titulares desses colegiados. Com metodologia baseada no conceituado Projeto Marca dÁgua, um extenso questionário foi aplicado utilizando-se de uma plataforma Survey via internet, onde no total coletou-se 112 respostas. Dos resultados, no geral, conclui-se que os Comitês fluminenses vivem um momento de progresso e que a gestão realizada vem demonstrando resultados satisfatórios. / A new Constitution was established at the end of the 1980s, allowing civil society to take part actively in decision-making in several areas, such as the one of water resources, through representatives from specific social segments. In the context of participatory management of water resources, Rio de Janeiro State has set up its Water Resources State Policy, through the Law n3.239, in 1999, and created the State System of Water Management. According to the policy established by the Law of Waters, nine committees were created, one for each river basin. This study analyzes the river basin committees as to their performance, through a qualitative research which was conducted with their members. The methodology applied was based on the highly esteemed study of the Watermark Project. Each committee member was given an online questionnaire in the Survey platform. The total amount of answers collected was of 112. From the results, the conclusion was that the committees in Rio de Janeiro are experiencing a moment of progress and that the management measures have demonstrated satisfactory results.

Uma nova Constituição Federal foi estabelecida no final dos anos 80 conferindo à sociedade civil o direito de participar ativamente nas tomadas de decisões em diversas áreas, como a de recursos hídricos, através de representações de segmentos sociais. No contexto da gestão participativa das águas, o Estado do Rio de Janeiro instituiu sua Política Estadual de Recursos Hídricos, pela Lei n 3.239 em 1999, e criou o Sistema Estadual de Gerenciamento de Recursos Hídricos. Dentro das diretrizes estabelecidas pela Lei das Águas, nove comitês fluminenses foram criados, de acordo com as divisões de bacias hidrográficas. Este trabalho propõe analisar os comitês de bacia, quanto ao desempenho de suas atribuições, através de uma pesquisa qualitativa junto aos membros titulares desses colegiados. Com metodologia baseada no conceituado Projeto Marca dÁgua, um extenso questionário foi aplicado utilizando-se de uma plataforma Survey via internet, onde no total coletou-se 112 respostas. Dos resultados, no geral, conclui-se que os Comitês fluminenses vivem um momento de progresso e que a gestão realizada vem demonstrando resultados satisfatórios. / A new Constitution was established at the end of the 1980s, allowing civil society to take part actively in decision-making in several areas, such as the one of water resources, through representatives from specific social segments. In the context of participatory management of water resources, Rio de Janeiro State has set up its Water Resources State Policy, through the Law n3.239, in 1999, and created the State System of Water Management. According to the policy established by the Law of Waters, nine committees were created, one for each river basin. This study analyzes the river basin committees as to their performance, through a qualitative research which was conducted with their members. The methodology applied was based on the highly esteemed study of the Watermark Project. Each committee member was given an online questionnaire in the Survey platform. The total amount of answers collected was of 112. From the results, the conclusion was that the committees in Rio de Janeiro are experiencing a moment of progress and that the management measures have demonstrated satisfactory results.

Depuis longtemps, le rôle joué par les commissions permanentes dans le déroulement du travail parlementaire est considéré comme étant représentatif des équilibres institutionnels entre le Parlement et le Gouvernement. Les dispositifs imaginés en 2008 renforçant dans leurs prérogatives les commissions permanentes ont vocation à rééquilibrer ces rapports. Renouant avec le rôle tout à fait central que les commissions avaient perdu en 1958, le travail effectué au sein de ces instances renseigne sur l’essence même de la fonction parlementaire.Héritée du parlementarisme moderne, la summa divisio classiquement admise opposant la législation au contrôle constitue un cadre résolument inadapté à la présentation du travail parlementaire tel qu’il prend forme sous la Cinquième République, singulièrement au sein des commissions permanentes. Le constituant cristallise au sein de ces instances un mouvement jusqu’alors sous-jacent : la fusion des fonctions parlementaires classiques. En effet, si l’exercice du droit d’amendement participe sans conteste à l’exercice de la fonction législative, il n’en constitue pas moins un instrument aux mains des parlementaires leur permettant de contrôler le Gouvernement. À cet instrument classique, s’ajoutent peu à peu nombre de mécanismes hybrides participant tantôt à l’exercice de la première fonction, tantôt à celui de la seconde, tels que le contrôle de la qualité de la loi et des études d’impact des projets de loi, ou le contrôle exercé par les parlementaires sur la politique européenne, etc. Ces nouvelles méthodes de travail sont autant de prérogatives inédites que les parlementaires sont désormais en mesure d’exercer.Arène politique par excellence, le Parlement n’en est pas moins un lieu privilégié de recherche du compromis, particulièrement dans ses instances que sont les commissions permanentes. Par-delà leur diversité, la thèse s’attache à prouver que les commissions permanentes exercent, dans la totalité des activités qu’elles réalisent, la même fonction : la concertation. / For a long time now, standing committees have been playing, in the conduct of parliamentary work, a major part, which serves as a gauge of the institutional balance between Parliament and the Government.In that respect, the constitutional provisions devised in 2008 strengthen standing committees' prerogatives, as a means to stability in these relations.A reenactment of standing committees’ role untill 1958, the work carried out nowadays within these bodies tells us about the very essence of the parliamentary function.Inherited from modern parliamentarism, the authorized summa divisio in literature, opposing legislation to control, constitutes an inadequate framework for a comprehensive understandingof parliamentary work under the Fifth Republic, especially in the standing committees.The constituting power gave a decisive impetus for an incipient movement within these instances towards, in our opinion, the fusion of traditional parliamentary functions. Indeed, although the exercise of the right of amendment amounts to legislative activity, it is nonetheless a singular instrument of scrutiny in the hands of members of Parliament. In addition to this classical tool, a number of hybrid mechanisms is gradually being added, such as quality control of the law, that of impact studies of bills, parliamentary scrutiny of European policy, etc.Those new methods result from unprecedented prerogatives that the members of parliament are now entitled to use.Although Parliament is the ultimate political arena, it is meanwhile a privileged place for the search of compromise, mainly within the standing committees. This thesis tries to prove that, beyond their diversity, standing committees fulfill a specific function in all the activities they carry out: concertation.

O objetivo principal da pesquisa foi investigar quais fatores motivaram empresas brasileiras de capital aberto a adotarem o Comitê de Auditoria como parte integrante de sua estrutura de Governança Corporativa. Como complemento, investigou-se a associação entre características das companhias, como Liquidez, Porte e Emissão de ADR\'s, e a adoção ou não de comitês de auditoria. Para tanto, foi selecionada uma amostra de 100 companhias, extraídas de um universo de 420, com maior volume de negócios entre abril de 2009 e março de 2010. Para esse grupo, foi submetido um questionário a fim de coletar informações referentes à estrutura geral dos comitês de auditoria, bem como informações sobre os motivos que as levaram a implantar o referido comitê. O índice de respondentes foi de 32%. Para analisar os dados dos questionários, a pesquisa foi dividida em duas partes inter-relacionadas. Na primeira, buscou-se interpretar os resultados provenientes do questionário utilizando-se de técnicas estatísticas simples, com o intuito de descrever os resultados. Na segunda, estudou-se as associações entre características das companhias e a opção de elas adotarem ou não o comitê de auditoria em suas estruturas de governança corporativa. A Análise de Correspondência (ANACOR) foi empregada nessa parte. Em relação à primeira parte, pelas respostas das próprias companhias, os principais determinantes para a adoção do comitê de auditoria foram: i) apoiar as atividades do Conselho de Administração; ii) atender à legislação norte-americana - SOX; iii) atender à Resolução do Conselho Monetário Nacional / Banco Central do Brasil; e iv) incrementar o sistema e as práticas de governança corporativa. Em relação aos resultados da segunda parte, de forma geral, os resultados sugerem que empresas com alta liquidez estão fortemente associadas com a adoção de comitês de auditoria e empresas com baixa liquidez estão associadas à ausência de comitês em sua estrutura de governança. Outro resultado obtido foi com relação ao porte das companhias. Pela ANACOR, foi possível verificar a associação de comitês de auditoria e outros comitês do conselho a empresas de médio e grande porte, com uma maior aproximação entre empresas de médio porte. Por fim, observou-se que empresas que emitem ADR\'s cujos níveis de exigências são mais baixos (ADR\'s Nível 1 e Regra 144-A) estão associadas com a ausência de comitês, enquanto que as empresas que emitem ADR\'s Nível 2 e 3, estão associadas com a adoção de comitês em suas estruturas de governança corporativas, mas não necessariamente o comitê de auditoria. Esse resultado pode ser explicado pela flexibilidade existente na legislação norte-americana que possibilita às empresas optarem pela adaptação do Conselho Fiscal às normas da Securities and Exchange Commission. Todavia, é necessário salientar as limitações inerentes à pesquisa. A primeira importante limitação é com relação à amostra, tendo em vista que as companhias não foram selecionadas aleatoriamente, e sim pelo volume de transações. Logo, há um viés de seleção na amostra, cujo resultado direto é a impossibilidade de generalização dos resultados. Em seguida, cabe salientar que as definições apresentadas na pesquisa também podem ser criticadas, tendo em vista que o conceito de governança corporativa está limitado às características do comitê de auditoria. As técnicas estatísticas também podem ser criticadas, pois as análises descritivas e ANACOR não permitem afirmar haver causalidade entre as variáveis estudadas. / The main objective of this research was to investigate which factors motivated Brazilian public companies to adopt the Audit Committee as part of its Corporate Governance organizational structure. Additionally, it was investigated the association between characteristics of companies, such as Liquidness, Size and Issuance of ADRs, and the adoption or lack of audit committees. For this purpose, a sample of 100 companies were selected, drawn from a universe of 420, with higher trade volume between April 2009 and March 2010. For this group, a questionnaire was sent to collect information regarding the overall structure of audit committees, as well data related with the reasons which led them to establish such a committee. The rate of respondents was 32%. To analyze the data, the research was divided into two interrelated parts. In the first session, the results were analyzed based on simple statistical techniques, in order to describe the results. In the second session, the results were analyzed based on associations between the companies\'characteristics as well as the option to adopt them with regards the Audit Committee in their corporate governance organizational structures. The Correspondence Analysis (ANACOR) was used in this session. Based on the survey results of the first session, the main determinants for the adoption of the Audit Committee are: i) to support the Board of Directors activities; ii) to comply with USA SOX law; iii) to comply with the Resolution established by National Monetary Council / Central Bank of Brazil; and iv) to enhance the best practices of Corporate Governance. Moreover, the results of the second session, in general suggested that the companies of high liquidness are strongly associated with Audit Committees adoption while the companies of low liquidness are associated with the absence of committees in its organizational structure. Another result was related to the size of the companies. As per ANACOR, it was possible to verify the association between the Audit Committees and other board of directors committees with companies from middle to large size with slightly trend to middle size companies. Finally, it was observed that companies with ADR\'s launch which requirement levels is low (ADR\'s level 1 and Rule 144-A) are associated with the absence of Audit Committees while the companies with ADR\'s launch with high requirement level (ADR\'s level 2 and 3) are associated with the adoption of its committees on corporate governance structures, but not necessarily the audit committee. This result can be explained for the flexibility of U.S. law that allows the companies to opt for the adaptation of Fiscal Council to the rules of Securities and Exchange Commission. Notwithstanding is necessary to highlight the limitation inherent in this research. The first important limitation is related to the sample used, considering that the companies were not selected randomly, but by the volume of transactions. So there is a selection bias, whose offer the impossibility of generalizing results. Furthermore, it is important to highlight that the presented definitions in the survey could be criticized considering that the Corporate Governance concept is limited by characteristics of the Audit Committees. The statistics techniques could also be criticized once the descriptive analysis and ANACOR couldn\'t guarantee the causality between the study variables.