Thesis (M.Ed)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-105). Also available in print.

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

published_or_final_version / Politics and Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

This dissertation explores and examines various foundations for thinking about organizational systems, i.e., organizational epistemics. There are several ways to examine "systems" and several levels at which criteria apply to systems. First, the study establishes the minimum demands on "systems" and formulates what is essentially a system for systems or an organizational system for selecting organizations' designs. By adopting a generic model, one that stipulates minimum requirements for assessing organizational designs, each administrative organization is evaluated in terms of the theoretical justification used to ensure an effective and efficient organizational structure. The future effectiveness of organizational designs is contingent on changes in society, in education, and in the private sector, e.g., responses to social, economic, and cultural exigencies. This dissertation explores possibilities for the future as organizations respond to new and unusual variables. The format suggested in this study may well provide a glimpse of what the future holds for organizational designs in the world of tomorrow.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1950 S74 / Master of Science

M.Ed. (Educational Management) / Please refer to full text to view abstract

M.Ed. / It became apparent in this study that persuasive communication can play an important part in managerial communication. Persuasive communication implies that appeals are made to reason (logos) and emotion (pathos) to change a given attitude for the benefit of the organization and the individual. This can only be achieved if the trustworthiness (ethos) of the persuader can be relied upon. Persuasion is not a coercive measure - the persuadee is led to change his attitude on his own initiative ...

M.Ed. / The inability of the school to react or adapt swiftly to changes in society, poses the challenge to the principal, as the organizer and leader of his school, to develop built-in managerial mechanism(s) which will guarantee the constant self-renewal of the school. The following aspects of the problem, which also constitutes the aims of the investigation, were analyzed by means of a study of selected literature, from which some logical conclusions were drawn ...

This study seeks to make meaning of Black college women's interpretations of Black womanhood through the lens of urban reality television. This study highlights the consumption of urban reality television in higher education and works to determine how the confluence of identity development and media influences inform understandings of Black womanhood among Black undergraduate women. I examined their interpretations of (1) urban reality television, (2) Black womanhood, (3) campus life, (4) their interactions with family and friends, (5) role models, and (6) romantic relationships. My preliminary findings indicate that while the students frequently consumed these shows for entertainment purposes, their understandings of Black womanhood were largely shaped by family and role models. Still, parallels existed between the women's lived experiences and the portrayals of reality on television. Specifically, the participants determined the attitudes surrounding committed relationships among urban reality cast members reflect hook-up culture on-campus. Additionally, both the women cast in the shows and the respondents used predominantly White systems (educational system, the media) to acquire social mobility and improve their socioeconomic status. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Philosophy. / Fall Semester 2015. / November 2, 2015. / Black, Reality Television, Women / Includes bibliographical references. / Tamara Bertrand Jones, Professor Directing Dissertation; Felicia Jordan Jackson, University Representative; Kathy Guthrie, Committee Member; Ayesha Khurshid, Committee Member.