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Creator:: Stelson, Paul Martinez
Abstract:: Lean manufacturing, or more generally continuous improvement (CI), has been the methodology behind significant improvements in quality, work in process inventory reductions, lead time reduction and cost reduction while conversely being associated with failed implementations and occasionally with unpopular work practices. This research focused on promoting understanding of CI methodology...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Orientation (AO) - Affective Commitment to Change (ACC) Social System Outcomes -Task KSA - Attitude

Creator:: Hille, Joshua D.
Abstract:: Many projects fail because employees and managers have different understandings of project "success" or "value". Other projects fail because managers are unable to effectively align organizational values with those of their employees. This problem is widely understood, but there is little empirical research that specifies the nature and effect of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Title: Towards a Conceptual Change Model to Support Organizational Change Efforts. Abstract

Creator:: Asinjo, Robert
Abstract:: Smallholder farmers in Africa, who have long relied on rain-fed agriculture, are currently experiencing adverse impacts of climate change which is posing serious challenges to their ability to sustain their livelihoods (Morton 2007). This is the case for many other areas around the world, especially among indigenousor ruralcommunities who rely...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Local Perceptions of Climate Change, Coping and Adaptation

Creator:: Ferguson, Laura B.
Abstract:: Natural resource management and policy is ideally informed by the best available science. Natural resource researchers ideally participate in broader impacts activities to extend the reach of their best available research. However, there are many cultural, institutional, and practical barriers to participating in broader impact activities and to incorporating science...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: WW2100 participants. Researchers and stakeholders were motivated to participate for social, knowledge

Creator:: Deimling, Elisabeth A.
Abstract:: The eastern margin of the Eastern North Pacific Ocean was classified into physiographic regions based on a suite of physical characteristics. Information on cultural and biological characteristics of this area was meshed with this classification. The result was a classification of the Eastern North Pacific into natural-cultural systems whose boundaries...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: involved. Several studies have presented evidence for change in life histories of fish species and stocks

Creator:: Mouw, Wesley J.
Abstract:: With the baby boomer cohort retiring and arguably having more time for outdoor recreation, coupled with population increases and government agencies encouraging people to recreate outdoors, areas such as state and national parks will likely continue seeing high visitation. It is imperative, therefore, for outdoor recreation managers and researchers to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and 10 overnight state parks on the Oregon coast. Results showed that overnight visitors

Creator:: Pickering, Kristin Leigh Morgan
Abstract:: The ecological crisis, recognized by scientists as well as an increasing number of lay people urges a response from a variety of disciplines. The consideration of sustainability requires the help of a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, which can contribute an ability to identify cultural patterns that impede cultural change...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ecology and theories of social change. while being informed by the recent trends in anthropology, from

Creator:: Mull, Jeremy M.
Abstract:: Coastal foredunes protect lives, infrastructure, and ecosystems during severe winter storms. In the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW), coastal foredune geomorphology is determined by both physical and ecological mechanisms. Before the 1900's, the native plant Elymus mollis was the dominant dune grass and dune morphology was largely determined by sediment supply...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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