.../methodology/approach The strategies were developed using a research-oriented method: grounded in the literature and an institutional development model, the work included a comprehensive survey of the university’s existing international engagement, two rounds of structured discussions with senior staff...

... traditionally been considered incompatible qualitative and quantitative inquiry. The purpose of this paper is to apply Jürgen Habermas’s Theory of Communicative Action as that metatheoretical justification. Design/methodology/approach – After reviewing the traditional quantitative/qualitative...

... frame, is subsidiary to decision making about content and methodology. A program designer does not a priori decide that it would be beneficial to take a group of middle managers into the outback for two weeks of sustained team leadership training. There is usually an aim in mind, whether well...

... research programme, and for reviewing work in progress. Provides a set of guidelines which will enable students to valuate management science research effectively and efficiently. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Evaluation Methodology Methods Research Students Scientific knowledge is provable...

... units. However, the enjoyment score indicated a lack of appreciation of this subject area. Concludes that students at this stage of their business education appear to perform best when the methodological approach utilized allows maximum flexibility and student self‐governance. © MCB UP Limited 1995...

... such as the humanities for a possible solution. In the light of this background discusses in depth the contribution made by T.B. Greenfield to the debate and considers the viability of an interpretive alternative. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Educational administration Methodology 30 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL...

... administration Forecasting Leadership Methodology Selection SELECTION METHODS FOR EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS IN THE USA 27 Assessment centres seem to offer a credible A literature review will follow presenting some current practices in order to acquaint the reader with ACs and the UT-AC in particular...

...George A. Marcoulides; Ronald H. Heck Discusses current methodological problems with principal performance appraisal and evaluation methods which have received considerable attention in the literature. Suggests that administrative performance appraisals can be conducted using a measurement...

... the range of meanings that rituals can carry. Presents methodology derived from the practical involvement of educational managers in the analysis and design of ritual. Argues that, in educational institutions, existing rituals can be usefully analysed and that new rituals should be“self‐generated” rather...

...Neil Richardson Outlines a new methodology which might explicitly assist learning in schools by complementing the traditional focus of subject specialists with an ordered approach to the appreciation of complex human problems. Developed over the last 25 years at Lancaster University, initially...