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Cooperation and Coordination Between Interdependent Organizations : Job Training Partnership Agencies and Oregon Employment Division Local Offices

Creator:: Bober, Pete
Abstract:: The Oregon Employment Division (ES) and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funded agencies frequently provide employment and training services to the same populations, resulting in increased demands to coordinate the two systems efforts and avoid duplications of service. This study examined coordination between local ES offices and JTPA agencies in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: administrators (p. 5)." Many of these case studies contained anecdotal information regarding specific examples

Whose community is it anyway? : the CDA and cultural conflicts over speech and pornography

Creator:: Christian, Mary Ann
Abstract:: The Communication Decency Act became law in 1996 and was immediately challenged on Constitutional grounds. It was subsequently declared unconstitutional based on the First Amendment guarantee of free speech. Using Fantasy Theme Analysis, an analysis of the dramatic elements of the key players was accomplished. The dramatic elements of Overall...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Similarly, other rhetorical methods would not have provided me with the richness of information I

Theodore Dwight Weld's use of the judicial motif in American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses

Creator:: Trudeau, Justin Thomas
Abstract:: This thesis examines the rhetoric of Theodore Dwight Weld's American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. Published anonymously in 1839, Weld's publication became the longest antislavery tract in American history. It left its mark on the abolitionist movement itself and future antislavery literary works most notably Uncle...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , although the celebrated Englishman made no acknowledgment of his source" (172). Despite not

East Meets East: Cross-Cultural Communication between Japanese Managers and Thai Subordinates

Creator:: Mekratri, Yaowarej
Abstract:: This research mainly examines the superior-subordinate relationship between Japanese managers and Thai subordinates working in joint ventures in Thailand, especially the management style of the Japanese and the reactions of the Thais, Cultural adaptation of Japanese expatriates and Thai subordinates is also explored. Through this study, we gain better understanding...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: subordinates; those strategies include scolding, expecting expression of opinions, information sharing, and

Plenty & paucity in the ethics of argumentation : a rhetorical critique of eight argumentation textbooks for ethical propositions and corresponding support, reasons and evidence

Creator:: Roberts, James Nolan
Abstract:: Some argumentation texts require additional evidentiary support to uphold their ethical propositions. A rhetorical critique of eight argumentation textbooks for ethical propositions and corresponding support, reason and evidentiary materials reveals that some texts advance ethical claims without providing sufficient backing. Inadequate support for an ethical proposition decreases the likelihood of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Academic Search Premier, turned up no journal articles on the study of argumentation texts and

The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

Creator:: Biddle, Jeanette M.
Abstract:: This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale that meaning emerges...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of information in the communication discipline represents what Eisler (1988) refers to as the "other

Why we worship the economy : a Burkean analysis of South Park's "Margaritaville"

Creator:: Holderness, William Robert
Abstract:: The television show South Park, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, is viewed by millions of people each week, regularly addresses a number of controversial issues and plays a major role in contemporary popular culture. Current academic research acknowledges Parker and Stone's willingness to attack the dominant views surrounding...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: fourth grader is nearly always scheming, and most of the time he is up to no good. Parker and Stone

Treaty past, treaty present : an interdisciplinary analysis of the Pacific Salmon Treaty through examination of the values, culture and political structures that provide definition

Creator:: Evans, Paul L.
Abstract:: The Pacific Salmon Treaty was established by Canada and the United States to secure sustainability of salmon harvests within the Pacific Northwest. Renewed in June 1999, the treaty functions to legitimize and empower the Pacific Salmon Commission as the agent of fishery sustainability. The Pacific Salmon Commission serves as a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , which means that no other region has experienced the same degree of habitat and environmental

A Narrative Analysis of Captain America’s New Deal

Creator:: Ledbetter, Forest L.
Abstract:: In response to the events on September the Eleventh, various media attempted to make sense of the seemingly radical altered political landscape. Comic books, though traditionally framed as low brow pulp, were no exception. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Walter Fisher's Narrative Paradigm to a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of the cover of Captain America vol. 1, no. 1. 8 Additional information regarding the

Community mediation and culture : a study of Oregon programs

Creator:: Harrison, Janet E.
Abstract:: This descriptive research project is a survey and analysis of nineteen community mediation programs in the State of Oregon. These programs were evaluated to determine their responsiveness to issues of culture and ethnicity. Data was gathered by face-to-face and telephone interviews with community program staff members and administrators. Information was...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: free to those who cannot afford it. No one is turned away because of an inability to pay and

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Cooperation and Coordination Between Interdependent Organizations : Job Training Partnership Agencies and Oregon Employment Division Local Offices

Whose community is it anyway? : the CDA and cultural conflicts over speech and pornography

Theodore Dwight Weld's use of the judicial motif in American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses

East Meets East: Cross-Cultural Communication between Japanese Managers and Thai Subordinates

Plenty & paucity in the ethics of argumentation : a rhetorical critique of eight argumentation textbooks for ethical propositions and corresponding support, reasons and evidence

The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

Why we worship the economy : a Burkean analysis of South Park's "Margaritaville"

Treaty past, treaty present : an interdisciplinary analysis of the Pacific Salmon Treaty through examination of the values, culture and political structures that provide definition

A Narrative Analysis of Captain America’s New Deal

Community mediation and culture : a study of Oregon programs

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