A year after the mysterious death of Petra, her twin sister Dash convinces the scattered and estranged members of her Scout troop to re-form in order to return to Exploration Expedition, the site of her sisters passing. Though the troop have all been dealing with the loss of their defacto leader in different ways, their arrival at Expedition forces them to work together to confront their guilt in the events surrounding Petra’s death and its effect on their own lives and friendships.

This thesis has explored the balanced management of a value-based, non-profit organization. The District operation of the Boy Scouts of America has been used as the basis of the study. The conflict between values, structure, and results has been discussed in relation to models of structural, scientific, human, and integrative approaches to management. A balanced, rational management system has been explored.The central problem was how to provide a value-based volunteer organization with an effective management system that will achieve program results. The value and significance of the problem arose from the increasing use of volunteers to meet social needs. The method used was a review of selected literature, documents, interviews, and the results of a survey of District-serving professionals in the Boy Scouts of America.

Recreation programs for youth are increasingly being asked to justify their purpose beyond providing fun and games. Stakeholders (e.g., taxpayers, parents, or donors) expect youth programs to develop specific outcomes in young people that will assist them in becoming fully functional adults. More empirical evidence is needed to support the idea that recreational programs indeed provide added educational or developmental benefits. One key outcome that transcends many recreational programs, regardless of setting, is leadership development. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate leadership development in a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) High Adventure Program. Two research objectives guided this study. First, the researcher sought to determine whether youth participants in Philmont’s 12-Day Trek High Adventure Program reported increases in leadership measures as a result of their experiences. Based on the goals of this program, the researcher hypothesized that self-reported leadership qualities would increase after youth had participated in the program. Second, the study went one step further to explore what characteristics of the High Adventure Program potentially promoted or detracted from leadership development within the BSA High Adventure Program. The research design for this study was a non-experimental retrospective research design using quantitative and qualitative data obtained from a single sample of participants at the Philmont Scout Ranch. The method of data collection employed a self-administered survey instrument given to participants upon completion of their program. The survey used the Youth Leadership Life Skills Development Scale in addition to two open-ended questions designed to extract elements that promoted or detracted from leadership development. Results from the Youth Leadership Life Skills Development Scale indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean of participant attitudes before the Philmont experience and the mean of participant attitudes after the Philmont experience. Results from the open-ended questions isolated nine emergent themes that participants reported to promote leadership development and four that detracted from leadership development. Overall, this study provides much needed empirical evidence to contribute to the idea that recreational youth programs, while providing fun leisure experiences, can utilize their settings to make an even bigger contribution to the lives of young people.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

El presente trabajo de título tuvo por objetivo evaluar el gobierno corporativo de una ONG e instalar prácticas que pretenden asegurar el cumplimiento de objetivos, generando un impacto en la organización y sus asociados. La realización del estudio implicó el conocimiento de los procesos de gobierno de la institución, tanto a nivel administrativo como ejecutivo. Entendiendo que un buen gobierno corporativo genera procesos de retroalimentación financiera y de cumplimiento de propósitos, y considerando que toda institución atraviesa por ciclos críticos, la organización se encuentra forzada a instalar prácticas de gobierno corporativo para prosperar y no desaparecer. Por esto es que el presente trabajo tiene sus variables de estudio en los principios de gobierno corporativo propuestos por la OCDE y en la administración estratégica. Este estudio se basó en metodologías cualitativas, teniendo como principales fuentes de información: entrevistas, encuestas, análisis de documentos y observaciones. En este sentido, se diseñó una metodología para trabajar con este tipo de datos que permita generar resultados relevantes a partir de ellos. Los resultados del trabajo son las sugerencias en base a las propuestas planteadas, destacando una reforma estatutaria, el desarrollo de una planificación estratégica y el mejoramiento de la gestión en la organización. Las prácticas enunciadas velan por los derechos de los asociados, el proceso de votación en las asambleas y los posibles conflictos de interés que se le pueden presentar al Consejo Nacional y los directivos ejecutivos en cierto tipo de situaciones. Además, para mejorar la relación con los grupos de interés, se debe fomentar la comunicación y la transparencia en la gestión y administración. Las principales conclusiones del estudio son dos: primero las responsabilidades que tiene el Consejo Nacional para lograr el éxito de la organización, declarando la Misión de la institución, instalando estas prácticas y velando por el cumplimiento de las mismas, y segundo, la necesidad de convocar una Asamblea Nacional Extraordinaria para modificar el Estatuto que regule el buen funcionamiento e interrelación entre los asociados, sus autoridades y la comunidad en general.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 23, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-410).

Thesis (M.S.)--Kutztown University, 1992. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2722. Typescript. Includes bibliographical reference (leaves 38-39).

The problem of this study is to determine the extent to which domination and persuasion are employed as methods of social control in fifteen Boy Scout troops in Wichita Falls, Texas.

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In the post-Civil War Southwest, the United States Army utilized civilians and Indians as scouts. As the mainstay of the reconnaissance force, enlisted Indians excelled as trackers, guides, and fighters. General George Crook became the foremost advocate of this service. A little-known aspect of the era was the international controversy created by the activities of native trackers under the 1882 reciprocal hot pursuit agreement between Mexico and the United States. Providing valuable information on Army scouts are numerous government records which include the Annual Report of the Secretary of War from 1866 to 1896 and Foreign Relations of the United States for 1883 and 1886. Memoirs, biographies, and articles in regional and national historical journals supplement government documents.