This thesis traces the history of the London Round Table group and of the Round Table magazine from their origins in 1909-10 until the decision to launch a "new" Round Table in 1966. It takes as its focus the ideas put forward by members of the group, in the Round Table and elsewhere, on a range of Imperial and international problems. It utilises knowledge on the authorship of Round Table articles in order to clarify the processes by which Round Table policy was made, and the role of different individuals within the group. It examines the rôle of the Round Table as a pressure group for Imperial reform and in particular its relationship to Empire federalism, seeking to elucidate the extent to which it was able to act coherently, and attempting to describe its aims, methods and influence. On the question of federalism, the thesis finds an inability to agree on details, but also a continuing belief in the necessity for constitutional unit until the late 1940s. It suggests that this belief was not entirely unrealistic. The thesis argues that, despite differences of emphasis, the Round Table was able to develop a distinctive ideology of Imperialism which was strongly supportive of the Imperial rôle yet also responsive to the need for change. It finds that the group was only briefly influential on government policy, under Lloyd Georfge's administration, but it argues that the group saw its main purpose as that of influencing long-term opinion rather than short-term policy. It suggests that the group was able to play an important mediating rôle, between conservatism and radicalism, and between policy-making and opinion.

Thesis (MMus (Performance)--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The work represented here is a transcription for two pianos of Vladimir’s Round Table, a relatively unknown, large-scale orchestral work by Stefans Grove. This particular transcription involved an intensive study of the orchestral score in order to best reproduce the work in the most effective way possible for two pianos, as well as to create a sound and convincing work for the two-piano repertoire. The process involved academic as well as pianistic substantiations regarding the inclusion or exclusion of various elements of the orchestral score. It is my hope that the final product is a good representation of a work supported by academic research but not so much as to exclude the possibility of freedom of performance. The ultimate aim of this transcription is to hopefully re-ignite interest in the work as well as to expose it to a wider audience and, in turn, encourage performance of the work in its original form. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die werk wat hiermee voorgelê word, is 'n transkripsie vir twee klaviere van Stefans Grové se minder-bekende orkeswerk, Wladimir se Tafelronde (die Afrikaanse titel wat op die titelblad van die manuskrip verskyn). Die transkripsie het 'n deeglike studie van die orkespartituur behels om sodoende die werk ten beste in die klavier-duo genre weer te gee, en om n oortuigende dog bruikbare werk vir hierdie tipe repertorium te skep. Ten einde die insluiting of weglating van bepaalde elemente van die orkespartituur teen mekaar op te weeg, is die proses deur sowel akademiese- en pianistiese oorwegings ingegee. Ek hoop dat die finale produk verteenwoordigend is van n transkripsie wat deur n akademiese ondersoek ondersteun is, terwyl dit ruimte laat vir praktiese oorwegings wat met die uitvoeringsmoontlikhede en -beperkinginge van die klavier-duo weergawe ter sprake kom. Die hoofdoel met die transkripsie is om hopenlik hernude belangstelling in Grove se orkeswerkte te wek; om dit aan 'n wyer publiek bekend te stel, en op sy beurt uitvoerings van die werk in sy oorspronklike gedaante aan te moedig.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 210-223).

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本論文はトマス・マロリーの『アーサー王の死』における「円卓」の役割を、三つの定義を通じて考察するものである。中世において「ラウンド・テーブル」は「(1)アーサー王の騎士組織(2)彼らの集う場である家具(3)アーサー王伝説を模倣して行われた見世物」を意味した。本研究では特に円卓の形状と意味の変化、模擬戦と誓約による理想の提示、円卓が騎士たちの間に生み出す友愛と敵対、誓いにより結ばれた義兄弟と実の兄弟の差異、偽証による円卓の崩壊を取り上げる。 / This dissertation presents a more comprehensive study of Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur from the three aspects of the Round Table. I focus on the following elements especially: the evolution of the shape and significance of the Round Table; visual and verbal representations of the Round-Table ideal by means of tournaments and the Pentecostal Oath; the conflicts the table creates between fellowship and rivalry; the chasm between brothers bound by oath and those tied by blood; and its fall due to the violation of the Pentecostal Oath. Through these perspectives, I would like to reveal the functions of the Round Table and capture the essence of Le Morte Darthur. / 博士(英文学) / Doctor of Philosophy in English Literature / 同志社大学 / Doshisha University

The main intent of this thesis is to review the history and roots of the Cossack assembly, and to analyze its connection to western civilization. In terms of the roots of the Cossack assembly, this thesis will explore the Scytho-Sarmatian, the early Slavic, the Novgorodian, as well as the Turkic-Mongol influences that led to its creation. While the Zaporozhian Cossack assembly will be discussed, the primary focus of the history of the Cossack assembly section will deal with the Don Cossacks’ assembly, since the practices and traditions inherent in this structure are representative of most Cossack groups. In addition to reviewing the Sarmatian Hypothesis, this thesis will also examine the connections and parallels between the Arthurian legends, the ancient Iranian governing practices, and the Cossack assembly. It is thus hoped that this multileveled analysis will generate a comprehensive portrait of the Cossack assembly and, through its ancient Iranian predecessor’s connection to the Arthurian Round Table, prompt a reconsideration of analytical approaches to both the foundations of Cossack and western democracy. / text

L'histoire arthurienne, dans le cycle en prose, s'étend de manière linéaire et eschatologique depuis les temps évangéliques jusqu'à la fin du royaume d'Arthur. En reliant ainsi les temps contemporains à ceux de l'Histoire sainte – notamment grâce au motif du Graal – le roman revendique une autorité prophétique qui peut être interprétée à la lumière de La Cité de Dieu : Augustin y mène une lecture exégétique tant des Écritures saintes que de l'histoire profane, cherchant à manifester le dessein salvifique de la Providence. Et c'est bien sur la question du salut que se clôt le cycle puisque, après la chute d'Arthur et la destruction de la chevalerie, le dernier mot du roman revient à la conversion : le salut final de Lancelot fait suite à celui de Gauvain. Le sort ultime des deux plus grands héros de la chevalerie invite à lire La Mort Artu comme une apocalypse non seulement au sens de châtiment – celui du monde arthurien, condamné dans La Queste comme trop terrien – mais aussi comme une révélation : l'héroïsme profane rejoint l'objet ultime du désir chrétien. La présence de Fortune peut être considérée en ce sens : le dernier roman du cycle lui confie le soin d'exprimer le scandale du malheur et en fait un autre relais, avec l'aventure ou la mescheance, du langage de la foi. C'est certes trahir l'héritage d'Augustin, qui bannissait de toute bouche chrétienne Fortune et ses avatars, pour incompatibilité avec la foi dans la Providence. Mais cette même foi est en réalité affirmée dans un langage proprement romanesque, qui assume ainsi le tragique de l'existence humaine – pour le transformer dans le sursaut ultime de la foi ou le laisser au seul horizon de la cité terrestre. / Arthurian history is eschatological : the prose cycle drive it from evangelical times to the end of king Arthur's reign. With the Grail theme, narratives links their contemporary world straight to Sacred History and claims for a kind of prophetical authority. This scheme may be interpreted according to The City of God, where Augustine reads both Scripture and profane history. Through his exegesis he intends to show the action of providence and the process of salvation in human history. The prose romances themselves end in salvation : after King Arthur's fall and the destruction of chivalry, the last word is given to conversion – Lancelot's soul is taken to Paradise, after Gawain's one. For those excellent knights La Mort Artu should be read as an apocalypse, not only in the sense of punishment – La Queste had condemned the Arthurian world as « terrien » – but also as a "revelation" : profane heroism is identified to the highest Christian desire. The well-known presence of Fortune in La Mort Artu takes another sense : in personal or collective calamities, this character points out either the moral scandal or the irrational aspect of their causes. With Fortune, aventure and mescheance also relay Christian language to narrate the unexplainable. Prose romances betray Augustine's precepts : The City of God forbade the use of Fortune or similar terms that contradict the Christian faith. But in Arthurian romances providentialism is nonetheless present and proclaimed. In that "Age of Faith", the proper language of romance expresses the tragical aspects of human existence, and either lead to an eternal destiny, in the act of faith, or stay in the horizon of the terrestrial city.

Submitted by Mônica Martins Samia (samiamonica@gmail.com) on 2016-05-02T10:30:44Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE COMPLETA FINAL PDF MONICA SAMIA.pdf: 8933994 bytes, checksum: e7b542d3966be69bdb81e47f15b7cec9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Auxiliadora da Silva Lopes (silopes@ufba.br) on 2016-05-02T16:45:06Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE COMPLETA FINAL PDF MONICA SAMIA.pdf: 8933994 bytes, checksum: e7b542d3966be69bdb81e47f15b7cec9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-02T16:45:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE COMPLETA FINAL PDF MONICA SAMIA.pdf: 8933994 bytes, checksum: e7b542d3966be69bdb81e47f15b7cec9 (MD5) / Embora haja consenso sobre a relevância dos processos formativos para a melhoria da qualidade da educação e dos seus profissionais, pouco se tem investido, no campo das pesquisas, sobre a constituição da profissionalidade dos formadores - atores centrais nesse contexto -, tanto no que se refere à formação universitária, quanto a contínua. NaEducação Infantil, considerando o percurso histórico brasileiro, esse debate é fundamental, tendo em vista importância do reconhecimento das suas singularidades. Ao investigar o que dá contornos próprios à formação de formadores que atuam neste segmento, buscou-se, por meio das narrativas orais, compreender que experiências tiveram especial significado nos seus percursos formativos, ou seja, aquelas que contribuíram na constituição do ser formador e, dessa forma, colaborar tanto para os estudos sobre formação, quanto para o estatuto específico da profissão, relativo ao processo de profissionalização. Para tanto, colaboraram na configuração epistemológica e metodológica da pesquisa, os postulados de Bakhtin e de seu círculo, e seus intérpretes brasileiros, especialmente sobre a concepção dialógica; os estudos sobre experiência e sobre as histórias de vida, por meio das narrativas de formação. A pesquisa de campo envolveu a escuta de formadores, a partir de Rodas de Conversa - a roda de formadores e a roda de observação - e Entrevistas com Especialistas, que compuseram o quadro metodológico. Na grande roda de diálogo que foi o percurso investigativo, emergiram com força as ideias de formação, como um processo singular de tornar-se o que se é; do formador como um parceiro na aventura de conduzir alguém até si mesmo; da potência de uma formação pautada em experiências de naturezas diversas, representada pela ciranda de experiências; da emergência da escuta de crianças como dispositivo de formação, para a consolidação de uma relação alteritária entre adulto e criança. Emergiu ainda a força do diálogo, das experiências e das narrativas, como potentes condutoras de percursos investigativos e formativos. A experiência da tese consolidou uma concepção de formação comprometida com a compreensão da natureza das experiências que nos constituem e como elas operam em nós. A metáfora da ciranda ajudou a construir a ideia de que a vida e os processos formativos, como parte importante dela, devem equilibrar as múltiplas experiências, sem hierarquizações ou cisões, até porque não há fronteiras que as delimitam. Portanto, espera-se que o diálogo sobre a ciranda de experiências, colabore para que as pesquisas na área de formação fortaleçam os paradigmas do conhecimento subjetivo e do conhecimento experiencial, e que o desenvolvimento profissional – que envolve o processo de profissionalização – sustente-se na profissionalidade construída no interior da pessoalidade, porque ficou evidente que a formação precisa se pautar nesse substrato, nesse encarnado, que é cada sujeito, cada formador. Palavras chave: formação de formadores, diálogo, ciranda de experiências, escuta de crianças. / ABSTRACT There is little research and few studies about the professional profile of the tutors who are the leading actors in this scenery not only about their college education but also about their continuous education. This happens in spite of a general understanding about the importance of on going educational processes to improve the quality of education and of the professionals who work in the field. This is a fundamental subject for Early Childhood Education, considering the brazilian history of the field and given the importance of recognition of their singularities. Oral history was the basis for the research of the specificities of the educational contents needed in this profession aiming at understanding which experiences were relevant in shaping their professional identity. The epistemological and methodological premises for the research were taken from Bakhtin’s ideas and his brazilian interpreters, especially the concept of dialogue, using life histories. The field research involved listening to tutors in small groups from talk wheels – the wheel of tutors and the observation wheel - as well as interviews with experts as methodological tools. With this large round table some ideas emerged strongly: professional training as unique process of coming into being; the tutor as a partner in the adventure of becoming a teacher; the stengthen of a training process based in different and varied experiences; the emergence of listening to the voices of children as a main tool to the training process. One other relevant idea that emerged from the study was the role of dialogue, of different experiences and life histories as strong guides for both research and training processes. The study with these caracteristics consolidates a committed conception of education leading to better understanding the nature of experiences which are fundamental to the training process and to its results. The round table metaphor helped to build the concept that life and the learning processes which are part of it must balance multiple experiences without hierarchies or scissions because in fact there are no clear limits. Therefore, it is expected that the dialogue about the round table of experiences will contribute so the research in the field strengthen self knowledge and experiential knowledge paradigm and the professional development rests upon personal internal factors. / RESUMEN Aunque exista un consenso sobre la importancia de los procesos formativos para mejorar la calidad de la educación y sus profesionales, poco se ha atendido, en el campo de la investigación, sobre la constitución de la profesionalidad de los formadores - actores centrales en este contexto - tanto en lo que se refiere a la enseñanza universitaria, como a la formación continua. En la Educación Infantil, teniendo en cuenta la trayectoria histórica de Brasil, este debate es fundamental, dada la importancia del reconocimiento de sus singularidades. Para investigar lo que distingue a los propios esquemas de formación de formadores que trabajan en este nivel educativo, se buscó, a través de las narrativas orales, comprender las experiencias que tenían un significado especial en sus itinerarios de formación, es decir, aquellas que han contribuido a la constitución del formador y así colaborar tanto en los estudios sobre la formación, como en el estado específico de la profesión en lo relacionado al proceso de profesionalización. Con este fin, han colaborado en la configuración epistemológica y metodológica de la investigación los postulados de Bajtín y su círculo, y sus intérpretes brasileños, especialmente en la concepción dialógica; los estudios sobre la experiencia y las historias de vida, a través de las narrativas sobre la formación. El trabajo de campo constituye por la escucha a los formadores, a partir de Conversaciónes en Ronda –conversación de formadores y la ronda de observación- y Entrevistas con Expertos para conformar el marco metodológico. En la gran ronda de diálogo que fue el recorrido de investigación, surgió con fuerza las ideas de la formación, como un proceso singular de convertirse en lo que uno es; el formador como socio en la aventura de conducir a alguien a sí mismo; el poder de una formación guiada por experiencias de diversa naturaleza, representadas por la zaranda de experiencias; la aparición de la escucha de los niños como un dispositivo de formación para la consolidación de una relación de alteridad entre el adulto y el niño. Emergió además la fuerza del diálogo, de las experiencias y de las narrativas como poderosas guías de recorridos de investigación y formación. La experiencia de la tesis ha consolidado una concepción de la formación que invita a la comprensión de la naturaleza de las experiencias que nos constituyen y cómo éstas operan en nosotros. La metáfora de la zaranda ayudó a construir la idea de que la vida, y los procesos formativos como p nasce a tese rte importante de la misma, debe equilibrar las múltiples experiencias sin jerarquías o divisiones, ya que no existen fronteras que las delimitan. Por lo tanto, se espera que el diálogo sobre la zaranda de las experiencias colabore para que las investigaciones en el área de la formación fortalezcan los paradigmas de conocimiento subjetivo y de conocimiento experiencial, y que el desarrollo profesional - que implica el proceso de profesionalización – se sustente en la profesionalidad construida dentro de la personalidad, ya que se puso de manifiesto que la formación debe basarse en ese sustrato, que es cada sujeto, cada formador.

This study is based on a combination of existing theoretical knowledge and recently conducted empirical research. The analysis of knowledge that has come from the academic world has resulted in an extensive review of budgeting. The review starts at the inception of budgets in the nineteenth century, where it was just a tool to manage cost and cash flows. The study follows the trajectory of the evolution of budgeting from Traditional Budgeting practices that lasted for decades to, what is known today as, Better Budgeting. The evolution of budgeting has been driven by the desire of organisations to mitigate business challenges which result from the economic volatilities of the day as well as to remain competitive. This desire to mitigate business challenges remains relevant today and demands that organisations be equipped with best practice management tools, systems and business processes. In order to manage organisations effectively and efficiently, Management Accounting as a discipline is in a state of constant development. Over the years, a number of new innovations have been introduced in the field of Management Accounting. These include (but are not limited to) concepts such as Activity Based Costing (ABC), Activity Based Management (ABM), Activity Based Budgeting (ABB), Target Costing, Strategic Cost Management and Economic Value Added (Budgeting)(EVA™), Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB), Rolling Budgets and Forecasting (RBF), Balanced-Score Card (BSC) and Beyond Budgeting. These innovations aim to provide business managers with practical value adding solutions for a better understanding of the organisation’s product or service costing and planning strategies. The focus of this study is on innovations relating to the planning strategies of the organisation. Innovations that relate to planning include: Activity Based Budgeting, Zero Based Budgeting and Rolling Budgeting and Forecasting. The budget evolution is not short of academic value; researchers have conducted empirical surveys and have provided a theoretical perspective on the subject matter with fruitful findings. There appears to be a consensus regarding a total overhaul of Traditional Budgeting with the clear intention to move towards Better Budgeting. In the midst of this continued research work, there has been an emergence of a radical view about budgeting. This radical view concerns pursuing an agenda that suggests that organisations must stop preparing budgets. The gist of this radical development can be summed up as the limitations presented by budgeting in organisations. This recent concept has been coined as Beyond Budgeting. To remain globally competitive, South African organisations must keep abreast with the latest developments in management practices. This study therefore provides a good platform for South African organisations to obtain knowledge in what other countries are already doing around the subject of budgeting. The study has a two-pronged problem statement. Firstly, do organisations still budget? Secondly, what do organisations feel is the future for budgeting? Are they keeping with Traditional Budgeting, moving towards Better Budgeting or rather going further and looking Beyond Budgeting? The South African business community is no exception to this global budget debate about Traditional Budgeting, Better Budgeting and Beyond Budgeting. To gather evidence, the study made use of an online survey questionnaire that is attached as Appendix 2. An email invite containing an Internet hyperlink was sent to respondents. Respondents were expected to click on the hyperlink to gain access the pre-designed online survey questionnaire. Upon the analysis of the results, it was concluded that the South African business community still relies on budgeting, with 90% of the respondents saying that budgeting is indispensable, as their organisations will not manage without budgeting. Furthermore, there was a clear-cut move from Traditional Budgeting towards Better Budgeting. The study also concluded that the move towards Better Budgeting is supported by the inability of Traditional Budgeting to keep up with the rapid changes in macro and micro-economic factors. Also interesting to note is the revelation that 0% of the respondents indicated that they had adopted and implemented Beyond Budgeting. This resistance by the South African business community to the adoption of Beyond Budgeting and the resulting slower pace of this new practice's implementation is actually similar to the pace at which global organisations have received this radical budgeting practice. / Dissertation (MCom) University of Pretoria, 2012 / am2013 / Financial Management / unrestricted