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Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T16:10:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Luciana Magalhaes.pdf: 2228673 bytes, checksum: 938f84d2efeacb8e95ec5649af42e802 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-09-09 / This paper aims to study the financing of the Goias State University(UEG), examining its compliance to the Federal Constitution, and establishing a link between the scholarship program offered by the Volunteer Organization of the Goias State, (PBU/OVG) and the cost associated with each student, based on specific methodology for its calculations. The research panoramically presents the growth of undergraduate studies in Brazil and in the Goias State, emphasizing the socioeconomic characteristics of the state and showing a need to set public policies to democratize the access to and the permanence of lower income students at this level of education. It is important to emphasize that this growth is sought as a consequence of the increase in demand for qualified workers for a work market guided by the global transformations of capitalism, inserted into the knowledge society, in other words, into the new configuration of the capitalist production process. PBU/GO is presented in the aspects that pertain to its planning, aims, regulations and participation criteria, as well as tits reach in the period extending from 1999 to 2008. Some aspects of the Audit carried out by the 1st Division of the Audit Office of the Goias State (TCE/GO), where they verify compliance to Ordinance No. 5.536, passed on 21 January 2002, which regulates Law n° 13.918, 3 October 2001, which provides for the University Scholarship Program, are also highlighted. The advancement of private IES and the creation of UEG, by Law No. 13.456/99 which alters the administration by the state, and describes the modifications pertaining to the institution are elucidated. UEG was born with the purpose of democratizing undergraduate studies and to help change the lack of qualification of the teachers in private and public schools. Its consolidation marks a moment of the creation of public policies guided by the aegis of the Minimal State, which raises reflection on the mechanisms of approval, taking into consideration the political moment, i.e., Governor Marconi Perillo s election campaign. The methodology of student-cost calculation at UEG seeks to present numbers as close as possible to reality, in order to support the possibility of comparison to the amounts transferred from the State s accounts to the PBU/GO, and those transferred to UEG. The final analyses highlight a constitutional non-compliance by UEG s financing along this period as well as the difficulty in meeting the goals set by the PNE in Goias State, to increase the number of youths in undergraduate courses to 30% by the year 2010. UEG s students calculation s costs also allows for comparison with another states, as well as an analysis of the number of students that could attend free public facilities, if there were a reversion in the use of resources destined for the PBU/GO towards UEG that becomes great the conditions of permanence and the consequent reduction of the IES private escape, even in the cases where the students are benefited by the financial programs and scholarships concession / Esta dissertação tem por objetivo estudar o financiamento da Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG), examinando o cumprimento do percentual estabelecido na Constituição Estadual, e estabelecendo uma vinculação entre o Programa Bolsa Universitária da Organização das Voluntárias do Estado de Goiás (PBU/OVG) e o custo do aluno, utilizando-se de metodologia específica para o seu cálculo. Discute-se, por meio deste cálculo, uma possível ampliação do número de vagas na UEG, com os recursos aplicados no PBU. A pesquisa apresenta panoramicamente, a expansão do ensino superior no Brasil e em Goiás, destacando as características socioeconômicas do estado e evidenciando a necessidade de definição de políticas públicas para democratizar o acesso e a permanência das camadas menos favorecidas nesse nível de ensino. Ressalta-se que os objetivos desta ampliação são postos em decorrência da alteração da demanda de qualificação e formação de mão de obra para um mercado de trabalho que se rege pelas transformações mundiais do capitalismo. O PBU é apresentado nos aspectos que dizem respeito ao seu planejamento, objetivos, regras e critérios de participação, bem como o alcance no período que vai de 1999 a 2008. Também são evidenciados alguns aspectos da Auditoria realizada pelo Tribunal de Contas do Estado, 1ª Divisão de Fiscalização, visando verificar a adequação e o atendimento da legislação que dispõe sobre o Programa de Bolsa Universitária. Elucida-se o avanço das IES privadas e a criação da UEG, pela Lei nº. 13.456/99 que altera a administração do Estado e descreve as modificações relativas à instituição. A UEG nasceu com o propósito de democratizar o ensino superior e ajudar a mudar o quadro da falta de qualificação dos professores das redes estadual, municipal e particular de ensino. Predomina ainda o enfoque na formação de professores. A metodologia de cálculo do custo-aluno da UEG, sustentada por estudo de Amaral (2008), que aplica a metodologia em vários estados brasileiros, busca a apresentação dos valores mais próximos possíveis da realidade, de modo a fundamentar a possibilidade de comparação dos valores transferidos dos cofres do estado para o PBU e para o financiamento da UEG. As análises finais destacam o não cumprimento constitucional do financiamento da UEG ao longo desse período, bem como as dificuldades para o cumprimento das metas estabelecidas no PNE no Estado de Goiás, de aumentar para 30% o número de jovens de 18 a 24 anos matriculados na educação superior até o ano de 2010. O cálculo do custo do aluno da UEG possibilita, ainda, comparação com outros estados da federação, bem como uma análise dos números de estudantes que poderiam cursar ensino público gratuito, se revertida a utilização dos recursos destinados ao PBU, para a UEG, o que ampliaria consideravelmente as condições de permanência e a conseqüente redução da evasão das IES privadas, mesmo nos casos em que os estudantes são beneficiados pelos programas de financiamento e concessão de bolsas de estudo

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BACKGROUND: Rapid changes in healthcare and science have enhanced the need for international educational experiences (IEE). Despite the importance of IEE in healthcare, there is a lack of literature in this area of research specifically relating to respiratory therapy. Therefore, it is important to assess the perceived impact of IEE in the United States on RT students in order to evaluate the need for developing international educational opportunities in the field of respiratory therapy. PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess Saudi RT international students’ perception of the impact of IEE on their lives experiences. METHODS: Data were collected through a descriptive survey using a modified version of the international education survey (IES). The survey was emailed to all RT members of the Saudi Society for Respiratory Care (SSRC). Four main dimensions were assessed: Professional RT role, global understanding, personal development, and intellectual development. Excluded from the study were non-Saudi RTs and RTs with no IEE from the United States. RESULTS: Nineteen responses met the exclusion criteria of the study and were excluded. The total adjusted number of participants was sixty-two (n=62) out of (N=534) emailed surveys. The study response rate was 15.17%. Just over half of participants hold a graduate degree in RT while 48.4% hold an undergraduate degree in RT. Female participants accounted for 12.9% of all participants while male participants accounted for 87.1%. The study revealed that “professional RT role” was the most impacted area of IEE for RT undergraduate students (M 5.48, ± 1.4). The study showed that “global understanding” was the most impacted area of IEE for graduate RT students (M 5.4, SD of ± 0.84). The study findings showed that there is a moderately significant positive correlation between the duration of IEEs and the impact of RT professional role (r=0.426; p=0.001). Moreover, the study findings indicated that IEEs had a higher but insignificant influence on former international RT students’ perceptions of impact than current students. Conclusion: IEE had a large overall impact on participant’s lives experiences. The study findings support the value of promoting IEEs in the United States for RT students due to its perceived positive impact on internationalization of healthcare. Further studies with higher number of participants, different cultural backgrounds, and different IEE destinations is recommended.

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2006. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The current skills development legislation was enacted in order to implement structures and processes to transform skills development in South Africa. Major changes to the South African training and education sector have taken place as a result of the implementation of the National Skills development strategy or NSDS (1998). One of the objectives of the National Skills development strategy is the implementation of learnerships, a work-based route for learning and gaining qualifications. The achievement of this objective is based not only on the quantity of learnerships implemented but also on the quality of the learnership implementation. This study project begins with a brief survey of learnerships and their context in vocational education and training in South Africa. A further review is conducted which explores the concept of quality, quality dimensions and quality indicators, in vocational education and training (VET) in South Africa and internationally. The aim is to identify quality dimensions and relevant quality indicators for the quality assurance of learnership implementation. One of the main challenges facing the SETAS is delivering not only the quantity but the quality of learnerships as set by the NSDS objective. The Serviceseta is a typical example of a SETA faced with the task of developing a quality assurance instrument to comprehensively assure the quality of learnership implementation. The Serviceseta Quality Assurance instrument for learnership implementation is examined by comparing the quality indicators to those identified in vocational education and training internationally. The achievement of quality assurance in learnership implementation will contribute to the achievement of the NSDS which will in turn solve the country's skills problems. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die wetgewing vir vaardigheidsontwikkeling is vasgestel om strukture en prosesse te implementeer om vaardigheidsontwikkeling in Suid-Afrika te omskep. Groot veranderinge aan die Suid-Afrikaanse opleidings- en ontwikkelingsektor het plaasgevind as gevolg van die implementering van die Nasionale Vaardigheidsontwikkeling-strategie of NVS (1998). Een van die doelwitte van die Nasionale Vaardigheidsontwikkeling-strategie is die implementering van leerlingskappe, 'n werk-gebaseerde roete om te leer en om kwalifikasies te verwerf. Die sukses van hierdie doelwit is nie alleen gebaseer op die hoeveelheid leerlingskappe wat geimplimenteer word nie maar ook op die kwaliteit van die leerlingskap-implementering. Hierdie studieprojek begin met 'n kort oorsig van leerlingskappe en hul verband in beroepsopvoeding en opleiding in Suid-Afrika. 'n Verdere oorsig is uitgevoer wat die konsep van kwaliteit, kwaliteit dimensies en kwaliteit aanwysers in beroepsopvoeding en opleiding in Suid-Afrika en internasionaal ondersoek. Die doel is om kwaliteit dimensies en toepaslike kwaliteit aanwysers vir die kwaliteitsversekering van leerlingskap-implementering te identifiseer. Een van die hoof uitdagings van die SETAS is om nie net die hoeveelheid maar ook die kwaliteit van leerlingskappe soos deur die NVS doelwit bepaal, te lewer. Die Diens-seta is 'n tipiese voorbeeld van 'n SETA wat die taak in die gesig staar om 'n kwaliteit- versekeringsinstrument te ontwikkel ten einde die kwaliteit van leierskapimplementering omvattend te verseker. Die Diens-seta Kwaliteit-versekeringsinstrument vir die implementering van leierskap word ondersoek deur die kwaliteit aanwysers te vergelyk met dit wat internasionaal in beroepsopvoeding en opleiding geidentifiseer word. Die bereiking van kwaliteitsversekering in die implementering van leerlingskappe sal bydra tot die bereiking van die NVS wat op sy beurt die land se vaardigheidsprobleme sal oplos.

During the second half of the 20th century there has been both a burgeoning intellectual interest in business and management as a topic and an exponential growth in the formal study of business and management as an academic subject. Indeed by the end of the century it was estimated that worldwide there were 8,000 business schools and more than 13 million students of business and management. In addition, it was estimated that worldwide annual expenditure on university level business and management education had reached US $15 billion (The Global Foundation for Management Education, 2008). However, despite this there is a lack of clarity regarding both the scale and the nature of the influence that academic scholarship exerts over managers. Accordingly this research study has sought to investigate the appropriation of ideas, theories, concepts and models by management practitioners. The thesis has reviewed and evaluated the two most obvious, most established and most influential potential explanations. These were diffusion of innovations (Rogers, 1962) and fashion theory (Abrahamson, 1991 & 1996; Abrahamson & Fairchild, 1999). It has been concluded that whilst both these potential explanations provided important insights, neither was able to provide a comprehensive theoretical foundation for this research study. Accordingly, a much broader range of pertinent scholarship was reviewed and evaluated. This included, but is not limited to, the scholarship that is associated with learning by adults (Dewey, 1933; Bartlett, 1967; Schank & Abelson, 1976; Mezirow, 1977). Although this additional scholarship provided a further range of potential explanations, the extent to which any of these would be found within the particular setting of management practitioners remained unclear. In addition, the literature review highlighted a number of unresolved debates regarding issues such as (i) whether management was a science or an applied science; (ii) whether it was a craft or a profession; (iii) whether in reality there were fashionable trends in management practice or whether in fact such practices were remarkably stable; and (iv) whether management theoreticians, gurus and consultants actually exerted significant influence over management practitioners. The literature review also highlighted methodological concerns relating to the use of citation analysis as a proxy for primary information regarding managerial practice. Hence, this research is situated in a gap which is delineated by the unresolved issues that are associated with both diffusion theory and fashion theory; the applicability of the broader range of scholarship to a management setting; the unresolved debates within this field of interest and the need to obtain primary information relating to management practice, rather than being dependant upon citation analysis. The research study has utilised qualitative data and inductive reasoning to examine these matters and the overarching research philosophy has been that of realism (Ritchie & Lewis, 2003). Ultimately, 39 semi-structured, recorded interviews were undertaken using the critical incident technique (Flanagan, 1954). Collectively these interviews lasted for 35 hours and obtained information relating to 160 critical incidents. The verbatim transcripts of the interviews totalled 350,000 words. A case study analysis of this data was undertaken to examine the decision making of the interviewees in relation to some of their most challenging managerial situations. This analysis concluded that for the ‘generality’ of these interviewees; theory played little, or no, overt part in their decision making. The data was also subjected to a content analysis using a bespoke compendium of 450 ‘terms’ that represented the development of theorising about management over the whole of the 20th century. This analysis concluded that the influence of the 20th century’s management theoreticians over these interviewees was weak. Finally, the possibility that any such influence might be a covert, rather than an overt; phenomenon was examined using both the insights of intertextuality (Allen, 2000; Bazerman, 2004) and the framework analysis technique (Ritchie, Spencer & O’Connor, 2003). This analysis demonstrated that the discourse, dialogue and language of these interviewees could be indexed to four domains; (i) the theoretical; (ii) the conceptual; (iii) the tactical; and (iv) the practical. The intertextual indexing outcomes were corroborated both by substantial extracts from the verbatim interview transcripts and by three unrelated strands of scholarship. These were (i) adaptive memory systems (Schacter, 2001); (ii) the realities of management (Carlson, 1954; Stewart, 1983; Mintzberg, 1989) and (iii) the role of concepts and conceptual thinking in nursing (McFarlane, 1977; Gordon, 1998; Orem, 2001). On this basis it has been concluded that management can be characterised as a conceptual discipline; that in its essential nature management is at least as conceptual as it is either theoretical or practical; and that managers appropriate concepts and ideas, rather than theories and models per se.

This companion dissertation reports the findings of applied case study research on four community college organizational units that consistently meet or exceed standard performance measures. In addition, prior ample evidence confirms that performance extended significantly beyond what might be explained by available tangible resources alone. The case study contexts are common in higher education in general: a) an external partnership, (b) an ad hoc team, (c) a traditional, cross-divisional service unit, and (d) a grant-funded student service unit. Emerging positive organizational theory and research show promise for revealing performance-influencing phenomena and behaviors that are not adequately represented in standard measures. Therefore, this collaborative case study research was designed to explore positive influences on the success of the four community college units. This companion dissertation contains three manuscripts. Chapter 2, a technical report, contains the collaboratively-written synthesis of findings from the four individual case studies. Key findings across the units suggest the influence on performance of: (a) a people-first culture, (b) authentic, trusting, inclusive leadership, and (c) resource richness beyond constrained tangible resources. This collective analysis reveals that leveraging resources for capacity building can help make the difference between an organization that performs adequately and one that performs beyond expectations. In Chapter Three this researcher examines an individual case study of a community college student support services unit. I found that this unit’s culture influences high performance by putting people first, leveraging intangible resources, and providing leaders and all unit members with autonomy and support. I also discovered that relationships, tacit knowledge, diversity, leadership qualities, and traits of unit members when leveraged in combination improved functioning and performance the most. In Chapter Four, I suggest that the recommendations for high performance made in Chapter Three can be applied to a newly developed virtual coaching network, whose members provide student services in a virtual environment. The actions recommended to help the network meet what appear to be conflicting administrative goals are: (a) identify unit strengths, (b) connect strengths to the unit mission, (c) develop constructive relationships, and (d) identify and leverage resources. KEYWORDS: community colleges, organizational functioning, student services, virtual teams, positive organizational scholarship

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