Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010. / Thesis Advisor(s): Supinski, Stanley. Second Reader: Bach, Robert. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Unity of effort, interdisciplinary education, collaborative capacity, shared learning environments, national security professional education, Center For Homeland Defense And Security. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-82). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2002. / Title from title page screen, viewed January 3, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Sherry L. Meier (chair), Beverly S. Rich, Jeffrey E. Barrett, Franzie L. Loepp. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-177) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2000. / Title from title page screen, viewed May 4, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Beverly S. Rich (chair), Michael Marsalli, Edward S. Mooney. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-124) and abstract. Also available in print.

With technologies changing faster than ever the need to change business models is getting more and more important. However, it is not as easy as one might think for a company to change their business model. A lot of companies believe they need to change their business models but very few has been able to do so. In order to find out why companies have such a problem this master thesis attempts to answer the question of how consulting companies understand their own business models and business model innovation. By combining a literature review with interviewing both employees at a consulting company and their customers the author presents existing business models with the help of business model canvas as a framework in order to show what parts of a business model that a consulting company focuses on. Other than presenting the findings on the consulting company’s existing business model a totally new business model is also created. The insurance model is a new way for consulting companies to raise their value proposition in order to gain more revenue streams. This master thesis also finds out that one of the main problems for a consulting company when it comes to understanding its own business model is the fact that the company hierarchy creates a diversion between the cognitive aspectsand the material aspects in the business model and a lot of innovative ideas goes missing. The thesis also finds that the main focus is on value proposition and revenue streams and that the other parts of the business model is ending up in the shadow.

Preparing engineering students for interdisciplinary practice in the workplace requires a meaningful understanding of interdisciplinary learning in engineering practice. Such an understanding could help to address the ongoing issues and concerns of the interdisciplinary learning of engineering students. The review of literature on interdisciplinary engineering education raises a major concern of the speculative approach to formulating learning outcomes of interdisciplinary engineering education, which results from the lack of understanding of how practising engineers engage in interdisciplinary learning in their workplaces. This thesis directly addresses this concern by providing the empirical evidence for a number of learning outcomes, and by identifying the associated learning practices found in three cases of interdisciplinary collaborations between engineers and life science practitioners. It also enhances the understanding of interdisciplinary learning in engineering practice by providing a detailed explanation of why engineers are more likely to engage in those learning practices and how they are more likely to achieve the learning outcomes. The main contribution of this thesis is in assembling the identified learning outcomes and the associated learning practices into one theoretical framework that embodies both the description and the explanation of interdisciplinary learning in engineering practice for a particular subclass – engineering for the life sciences. The framework describes interdisciplinary learning in terms of four epistemic practices and four learning outcomes. Additionally, it includes a contingent causal explanation for those practices and outcomes by validating the underlying causal relationships. The findings of this research could inform the formulation of learning outcomes and the deployment of learning practices in interdisciplinary engineering curricular. In addition, the generalisation of the findings to the education domain suggests practices that can help university students in their intellectual development.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Essa dissertação faz parte da linha de pesquisa Currículo: sujeitos, conhecimento e cultura do grupo de pesquisa Currículo, identidade e diferença, coordenado pela professora doutora Elizabeth Fernandes de Macedo. Em meu trabalho, investigo como se pode estabelecer uma leitura que cruza saberes distintos entre si. Assim, parto da leitura de que o conhecimento na obra de Jorge Luis Borges é simples e uno, o que traz como consequência principal a ideia de que as especializações são efetivamente variações. Para efetuar uma análise no interior desse cenário, extraio também da obra de Borges a ferramenta da enumeração via princípios, buscando mostrar que um ponto de cruzamento reconcilia saberes, mas sem que este seja determinado previamente. Em outras palavras, esse ponto de cruzamento é forjado na articulação da linguagem. Feita essa nuance, localizo no primeiro capítulo a discussão da interdisciplinaridade, dialogando com a bibliografia acerca do tema, explorando nestes debates alguns dos seus intervalos e retirando daí possibilidades. No segundo capítulo, conjugo mais propriamente saberes distantes entre si como a filosofia, literatura, matemática e religião, justamente para enfatizar que essas manifestações do saber são variações do mesmo. E este mesmo não é inerte, mas sempre mais complexo, envolvendo sempre novas e bifurcadas manifestações. No terceiro capítulo, levo esse modo de leitura para abordar conceitos clássicos da pedagogia, uma vez mais para explorar intervalos. Portanto, ao longo da dissertação, costuro uma atitude interdisciplinar num horizonte em que o conhecimento é simples e uno como um modo de leitura em que o cruzamento dos saberes não é essencial e prévio

The current study aims to investigate the way Greek immigrant couples who live in the United Kingdom and are going to have children, plan to maintain and transmit their language and culture to their future children. Furthermore, the study mainly includes the perceptions of participants about bilingualism and biculturalism. The present study investigates the importance of language and cultural maintenance since many peole migrate to a new country because of globalization. The study highlights the way participants picture themselves as parents and the practices they want to adopt in order to familiarize their children with both the native language and the societal language. The influence of culture on childrearing perspectives and plans is also discussed. Five different interviews via Skype were conducted and analyzed qualitatively with the aid of thematic analysis. The study confirms that cultural and language maintenance is essential to the participants and that they want their future children to be familiar with their country of origin. Participants are conscious about thei decision and there are also some negative aspects of their culture which they want to avoid. Traditions seem to play a major role in Greek culture; therefore maintaining most of them would enhance children's familiarization with Greece. Participants want to combine both their own culture and the host culture as well and they are planning practices to maintain the Greek language. On the whole, this study shows that bilingualism and biculturalism afeect parental practices but they could also have a positive impact on children's development.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Essa dissertação faz parte da linha de pesquisa Currículo: sujeitos, conhecimento e cultura do grupo de pesquisa Currículo, identidade e diferença, coordenado pela professora doutora Elizabeth Fernandes de Macedo. Em meu trabalho, investigo como se pode estabelecer uma leitura que cruza saberes distintos entre si. Assim, parto da leitura de que o conhecimento na obra de Jorge Luis Borges é simples e uno, o que traz como consequência principal a ideia de que as especializações são efetivamente variações. Para efetuar uma análise no interior desse cenário, extraio também da obra de Borges a ferramenta da enumeração via princípios, buscando mostrar que um ponto de cruzamento reconcilia saberes, mas sem que este seja determinado previamente. Em outras palavras, esse ponto de cruzamento é forjado na articulação da linguagem. Feita essa nuance, localizo no primeiro capítulo a discussão da interdisciplinaridade, dialogando com a bibliografia acerca do tema, explorando nestes debates alguns dos seus intervalos e retirando daí possibilidades. No segundo capítulo, conjugo mais propriamente saberes distantes entre si como a filosofia, literatura, matemática e religião, justamente para enfatizar que essas manifestações do saber são variações do mesmo. E este mesmo não é inerte, mas sempre mais complexo, envolvendo sempre novas e bifurcadas manifestações. No terceiro capítulo, levo esse modo de leitura para abordar conceitos clássicos da pedagogia, uma vez mais para explorar intervalos. Portanto, ao longo da dissertação, costuro uma atitude interdisciplinar num horizonte em que o conhecimento é simples e uno como um modo de leitura em que o cruzamento dos saberes não é essencial e prévio

Forskningsområdet hur myndigheter utövar ledarskap i relation till deras #metoo-inspirerade upprop är mycket begränsat. Studiens syfte har varit att undersöka hur två av Sveriges största myndigheter, Försvarsmakten och Polismyndigheten, har utövat ledarskap i samband med upprop sprungna ur egen organisation och anställda kvinnors uppfattning härom.   Denna induktiva studies teoretiska utgångspunkter utgörs av ledarskapsteorier utvecklade vid Försvarshögskolan, däribland ledarskapsmodellen, indirekt ledarskap samt studier om militära chefers containerfunktion och ”smittostudien”. Givet analys av empiriskt utfall har teoretiska utgångspunkter kompletterats med ytterligare perspektiv som tidigare studier om etiskt ledarskap och test av en ”trickle down modell” och Försvarsmaktens ledningsfilosofi. Inom ramen för studien har sjutton (17) personer deltagit från Försvarsmakten och åtta (8) från Polismyndigheten.   Studiens resultat visar att respektive myndighet har utövat ett indirekt ledarskap. I fallet Försvarsmakten erhåller myndighetsledningen fortsatt högt förtroende för ledarskapet och dess hantering i samband med upprop. Inom Polisen hyses lågt förtroende för sin myndighets ledarskap och hantering av upprop. Inom båda myndigheter är trenden att förtroendet sjunker på lägre organisatorisk nivå. I relation till teoretiska utgångspunkter visar studiens resultat på att chefers bristande förmåga till containering dvs meningskapande och meningsgivande leder till negativ smitta med följden att anställda kvinnor alltjämt hyser lågt förtroende för sin arbetsgivare att åstadkomma varaktig förändring.     Studiens bidrag till samhällsvetenskapen innefattar ny empiri, ett vidgat perspektiv för studier om ledarskap, indirekt ledarskap och identifiering av vilka krafter som inverkar vid chefers förmedling av budskap. Process, begrepp och relaterade krafter redovisas i genererad modell; budskapsmodellen.

Today, the humanitarian sector is faced with the interplay of several challenges: The world is increasingly becoming urbanized and cities are rapidly expanding into megacities and metacities. At the same time it is confronted with a heightened disaster risk that affects the urban realm in particular. This is due to rising exposure of the urban to natural hazards, which are exacerbated by climate change, coupled with vulnerabilities inherent in urban realms. Nonetheless, the humanitarian sector has been exhibiting difficulties in dealing with the complexities of urban realms. Therefore, the theoretical framework of this thesis discusses the added value of adopting a system theoretical approach to the study of urban systems for identifying what factors render an urban system resilient and which ones render it vulnerable. At which critical point can an urban system fail, resulting in a humanitarian disaster? In order to analyse what role humanitarian action can then play as system preserver, a case study was conducted on the specific case of Jakarta and its vulnerability to flooding. For this purpose ten interviews were undertaken: Seven interviews with representatives of humanitarian organisations that had notable involvement in past flood responses, one interview with the Head of Department of Disaster Prevention and Preparedness at the Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency and two further informal discussions with former staff. The main conclusions were that, in order to be resilient cities should exhibit properties of complex adaptive systems. The role that humanitarian organisations play in strengthening these properties in the specific case of Jakarta is, within their limitations, of crucial importance for the overall functioning of Jakarta’s flood preparedness system.