Download or read book A Vision Shared written by Hugh Neems and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Oceania based on the personal experience of the author. It relies on the imagery of seven giant Pacific 'rollers', or tsunami, to describe the settlement of the South Sea Islands by different groups of people. Part Two is concerned with the fortunes of one particular group of islands, those of Samoa from 1941 onwards. Her people had to come to terms with the occupation by American troops in the Pacific War 1941-1946, and its aftermath. Further major upheavals took place as Western Samoa became Independent in 1962. The writer lived through fifty years of 'progress'.
Download or read book Shared Vision written by John E. Roueche and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a study of 256 exemplary community college presidents, this book examines the attributes of outstanding leaders and their ability to orchestrate organizational change. Chapter 1 provides the background for the study, emphasizes the importance of leadership, and identifies attributes common to transformational leaders; that is, leaders who work with their followers so that each raises the other to higher levels of motivation and morality. Chapter 2 summarizes leadership theory and offers a discussion of transformational leadership and its place in a rapidly changing society. After chapter 3 reviews the study methodology, chapters 4 and 5 present findings on the demographic and leadership characteristics of the presidents selected for in-depth study. Chapters 6 through 10 discuss key elements of transformational leadership, including shared vision, teamwork and collaborative decision making, institutional climate and the relationship between the institution and the individuals within it, motivation as a means of achieving followers' acceptance of the shared vision, and personal values, integrity, and commitment to learning. Chapter 11 examines women in community college leadership roles. Finally, chapter 12 presents a summary of the research, a discussion of the problems faced by minority leaders, and a review of study implications. The survey instruments and an eighty-five-item bibliography are appended.
Download or read book The Impact of Shared Vision on Leadership Engagement and Organizational Citizenship written by Richard Eleftherios Boyatzis and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to management and psychology courses, as well as legions of consultants in organizational psychology, shared vision in dyads, teams and organizations can fill us with hope and inspire new possibilities, or delude us into following false prophets. However, few research studies have empirically examined the impact of shared vision on key organizational outcomes such as leadership effectiveness, employee engagement, organizational citizenship, coaching and organizational change. As a result, the field of organizational psychology has not yet established a causal pattern of whether, if, and how shared vision helps dyads, teams and organizations function more effectively. The lack of empirical work around shared vision is surprising given its long-standing history in the literature. Bennis and Nanus (1982) showed that distinctive leaders managed attention through vision. The practitioner literature has long proclaimed that vision is a key to change, while Conger and Kanungo (1998) discussed its link to charismatic leadership. Around the same time, positive psychology appeared in the forms of Appreciative Inquiry (Cooperrider, Sorensen, Whitney, & Yaeger, 2000) and Positive Organizational Scholarship (Cameron, Dutton, & Quinn, 2003). In this context, a shared vision or dream became a legitimate antecedent to sustainable change. But again, empirical measurement has been elusive. More recently, shared vision has been the focus of a number of dissertations and quantitative studies building on Intentional Change Theory (ICT) (Boyatzis, 2008) at dyad, team and organization levels of social systems. These studies are beginning to lay the foundations for a systematic body of empirical knowledge about the role of shared vision in an organizational context. For example, we now know that shared vision can activate neural networks that arouse endocrine systems and allow a person to consider the possibilities of a better future (Jack, Boyatzis, Leckie, Passarelli & Khawaja, 2013). Additionally, Boyatzis & Akrivou (2006) have discussed the role of a shared vision as the result of a well-developed set of factors that produce a desired image of the future. Outside of the organizational context, positive visioning has been known to help guide future behavior in sports psychology (Loehr & Schwartz, 2003), medical treatment (Roffe, Schmidt, & Ernst, 2005), musical performance (Meister, Krings, Foltys, Boroojerdi, Muller, Topper, & Thron, 2004), and academic performance (Curry, Snyder, Cook, Ruby, & Rehm, 1997). This Research Topic for Frontiers in Psychology is a collection of 14 original papers examining the role of vision and shared vision on a wide variety of desired dependent variables from leadership effectiveness and executive performance to organizational engagement, citizenship and corporate social responsibility, and how to develop it through coaching.
Download or read book Supporting Requirements Communication for Shared Understanding by Applying Vision Videos in Requirements Engineering written by Oliver Karras and published by Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Requirements engineering (RE) has the overall goal of establishing the vision of the system in its relevant context. For this goal, all stakeholders must disclose, discuss, and align their mental models of the system by explicitly communicating their goals, ideas, needs, and expectations. This procedure serves to develop and negotiate a shared understanding and is called requirements communication. In this thesis, I analyze the application of videos as a documentation option in RE to support effective requirements communication for shared understanding. Videos used for this purpose are called vision videos. Based on a technology transfer process, I develop a candidate solution consisting of the two concepts video as a by-product and awareness and guidance. The first concept supports the revision of RE practices by integrating video production and use to obtain videos as a by-product with low effort and sufficient quality. The second concept helps software professionals with video production and use by creating awareness regarding video quality and providing guidance on how to proceed. Each concept is first validated in academia before the entire candidate solution is validated in a case study in the industry. The findings from academia and industry indicate that the candidate solution helps software professionals to gain the required awareness, knowledge, and ability to produce and use vision videos at moderate costs and with sufficient quality. These videos are suitable for the intended purpose of supporting requirements communication for shared understanding.
Download or read book Sharing a Vision written by Dezhen Song and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-01-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the dawn of the new millennium, robotics has undergone a major transf- mation in scope and dimensions. This expansion has been brought about by the maturity of the ?eld and the advances in its related technologies. From a largely dominant industrial focus, robotics has been rapidly expanding into the challenges of the human world. The new generation of robots is expected to safely and dependably co-habitat with humans in homes, workplaces, and c- munities, providing support in services, entertainment, education, healthcare, manufacturing, and assistance. Beyond its impact on physical robots, the body of knowledge robotics has produced is revealing a much wider rangeof applications reaching across diverse research areas and scienti?c disciplines, such as: biomechanics, haptics, n- rosciences, virtual simulation, animation, surgery, and sensor networks among others. In return, the challenges of the new emerging areas are proving an ab- dant source of stimulation and insights for the ?eld of robotics. It is indeed at the intersection of disciplines that the most striking advances happen. The goal of the series of Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR) is to bring, in a timely fashion, the latest advances and developments in robotics on thebasisoftheirsigni?canceandquality.Itisourhopethatthewiderdissemi- tion of research developments will stimulate more exchanges and collaborations among the research community and contribute to further advancement of this rapidly growing ?eld.
Download or read book The semantics of Color Sharing The Laboratory with Color Vision written by Lucia Ronchi and published by Lucia Ronchi. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Shared Journey Visions written by Wanda Shaw and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no available information at this time.
Download or read book Towards a Shared Vision for Higher Education written by Siawuch Amini and published by kassel university press GmbH. This book was released on 2010 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Computer Vision ACCV 2012 Workshops written by Jong-Il Park and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volume set, consisting of LNCS 7728 and 7729, contains the carefully reviewed and selected papers presented at the nine workshops that were held in conjunction with the 11th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, ACCV 2012, in Daejeon, South Korea, in November 2012. From a total of 310 papers submitted, 78 were selected for presentation. LNCS 7728 contains the papers selected for the International Workshop on Computer Vision with Local Binary Pattern Variants, the Workshop on Computational Photography and Low-Level Vision, the Workshop on Developer-Centered Computer Vision, and the Workshop on Background Models Challenge. LNCS 7729 contains the papers selected for the Workshop on e-Heritage, the Workshop on Color Depth Fusion in Computer Vision, the Workshop on Face Analysis, the Workshop on Detection and Tracking in Challenging Environments, and the International Workshop on Intelligent Mobile Vision.
Download or read book Equilibria 8 Essentials Shared Vision and Values 8E 02 written by Equilibria Services Pte. Ltd. and published by Equilibria Services Pte. Ltd.. This book was released on 2020-07-18 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shared Vision and Values is the basis of a teamís cohesiveness and a key area in which team members practicing Intentional Leadership must reach alignment. High performance teams attain great results by ensuring that all team members are aligned with the Vision and Values of the team or organization. Every team member should be familiar with and have a strong connection to the teamís Shared Vision and Values. Intentional Leaders find multiple opportunities to engage, inspire and influence the sharing of the teamís Vision and Values, so that the Vision and Values are indeed shared by all. We will cover the following in this workbook: How teams may refer to these shared expressions as their Vision or Mission statement, a list of their core Values, or a statement of their Strategy. The task of establishing and maintaining Shared Vision and Values after we have developed a Team Compass. How you can use Personal Intervention to help you when youíre discovering your Team Compass. How Vision, Mission, Values and Strategy can all be referred to with the more general term we use in the 8e context, the Team Compass, which includes all of these terms. How the E-Colors can each help you and your teammates discover your Team Compass. ìBuilding a Vision, Mission, Values and Strategyî ñ a case study with a drilling contractor. A Mission is a brief description of a teamís fundamental purpose that requires action. Vision is an image we hold in our mind, rather than one we simply see with our eyes. Values are principles that we follow in our professional and personal lives. Strategy is a plan of action designed to satisfy an overall goal, such as achieving a Mission, realizing a Vision or implementing Values. When you purchase this workbook, you will have access to: 1) Workbook objectives 2) Workbook overview 3) Scorecard - self assessment 4) Key Principles 5) The E-Colors and the Team Compass 6) Personal Intervention and the Team Compass 7) Building a Mission, Vision, Values and Strategy 8) One story 9) Reflection 10) Another story 11) Shared vision and values module - exercise 12) Scorecard - self assessment 13) Group discussion 14) The Elephant in the Room 15) Calibrating our Team Compass 16) Debrief DISCOVER YOUR E-COLORS: WWW.EQUILIBRIA.COM
Download or read book Towards a shared vision and action frame for community forestry in Liberia Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Community Forestry in Liberia Monrovia 12 15 December 2005 written by Cifor and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rhetorical Visions of Medicine Compared and Contrasted written by Margarita Gangotena-González and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shared Visions Guide to Creating a Nonprofit Homeownership Entity written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Power of Shared Vision written by Michael H. Cohen, JD, MBA and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of Shared Vision addresses how to develop goals that unite people around a common cause and secure employee ownership of changes that improve the quality of their work. Learn to create a retribution-free communication environment where people can communicate their needs without fear of retribution. Leaders will help team members distinguish problems that can be solved from those work realities that are outside of their control. Understand the reasons why some employees cannot or will not meet job-related expectations and what leaders can do to close the performance gap.
Download or read book Sharing Visions written by Ralph Milton and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible is filled with many familiar stories of mystical experiences -- Moses and the burning bush, Samuel in the temple, the angel's visit to Mary, and Paul's Damascus road experience are just a few examples -- and many modern Christians have equally powerful experiences of the Lord's life-changing power and presence. In this follow-up volume to Vision Stories, 84 contributors share their authentic, intensely personal accounts of encountering the divine, including visions, healing miracles, and answers to prayer. Each vignette manifests the indescribable joy, comfort, and peace we experience in God's presence. And because each personal story also illustrates a scripture passage from Cycle C of the Revised Common Lectionary, Sharing Visions is an especially valuable resource for lectionary preaching. But even more, it's inspiring reading for personal devotion and spiritual growth. Praise for Vision Stories and Sharing Visions: I am rejoicing as I read the testimonies in Sharing Visions and Vision Stories. What an inspiration! Richard B. Wilke Author of the Disciple Bible Study series Storytelling has long been a deep, rich resource for sharing our faith with one another. In Sharing Visions, John Sumwalt connects readers with the power of stories for recognizing and celebrating God's presence in the midst of our daily lives. Through reading and reflecting on these stories, readers are invited into God's ongoing story of creation, redemption, and empowerment. Carol F. Krau Director of Christian Formation and Spiritual Leadership General Board of Discipleship, United Methodist Church This dynamic, moving, and deeply authentic collection of true stories will carry readers on a powerful journey of healing and inspiration. Sharing Visions will appeal to Catholic and Protestant alike. Deacon Eddie Ensley Author of Visions: The Soul's Path To The Sacred At long last someone has demonstrated the courage to lift the veil of silence that so often covers the mystical experiences of ordinary people. By denying the reality of these experiences we have denied spiritual sustenance and growth to many. Vision Stories is a forerunner of the feast that is to come for all who earnestly seek to walk with God. Reuben P. Job Author of A Guide to Spiritual Discernment This wonderful collection of stories reminds us of a fact our world desperately needs to know -- that God is alive and well and ready to be at work in our daily lives. J. Ellsworth Kalas Author of New Testament Stories from the Back Side A noted storyteller, John E. Sumwalt is the pastor of Wauwatosa Avenue United Methodist Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The author of CSS' acclaimed Lectionary Stories series, Sumwalt leads seminars and retreats on sharing and understanding visions. He and his wife Jo Perry-Sumwalt also are the editors of the online service StoryShare.
Download or read book A Conflict of Visions written by Thomas Sowell and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Sowell’s “extraordinary” explication of the competing visions of human nature lie at the heart of our political conflicts (New York Times) Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes this pattern. He describes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the "constrained" vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the "unconstrained" vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. A Conflict of Visions offers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks.
Download or read book Shared Vision written by Danny Powell and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shared Vision : Building Team Success in Highly Competitive Environments Building team success in highly competitive environments requires passion, commitment, and relentless effort throughout your organization. Building the type of passion and commitment necessary for teams and organizations to win; really win, requires all members to align their goals, objectives, hearts, and minds toward a guiding purpose that is larger than each individual, or their sum. Leaders do not decide who leads; followers do by voting with their passion to a purpose that is larger than self. People will not commit themselves to struggle for just anything, or anyone! Arguably, one of the most differentiating qualities of the very best organizational leaders is the ability to create and articulate a vision for the future of which other people want to see themselves be a part. The leaders who clearly separate themselves from the pack are able to paint a picture of the future that can ignite the passion of others, inspire the very best in their constituents, and enlist the hearts and minds of teammates, by moving us and helping us see a better and ideal tomorrow along with our own personal success within. Shared Vision walks Organizational Managers, Executives, Coaches, Student Athletes, and Administrators through the process of self-discovery, and understanding how individual values, attitudes, moods, and emotions inform an organization and its "shared" purpose. Through a thorough understanding individual values, leaders and teams can begin to define "shared values". In understanding individual aspirations, leaders and teams can begin to define and collaborate upon "shared aspirations". Through deliberate practice and reflection, teams create and articulate a "Shared Vision" for their organization, or team, which can guide them toward organizational success. Utilizing the latest leadership theories, real-world examples, stories, and exercises, leaders and followers will engage in a mutual, ongoing collaborative process of raising one another to higher levels of motivation, cohesion, and performance by appealing to common values, beliefs, and attitudes of teammates. Thus, teams create meaningful work, promote well-being, enable one another, and increase satisfaction, resulting in the passion and commitment necessary to compete fiercely.
