Browsing by Subject "Leadership"
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An exploratory study In challenges faced by intelligence leaders and practitioners from goal and structural conflicts
This qualitative study explored the challenges faced by the leadership/management and practitioners of intelligence organizations that cause goal and structural conflicts within intelligence organizations. The study included ... -
Augmentation of leadership development efforts to improve candidate effectiveness
(2016-04-20)This action research engagement project answered the following primary research question: How can Defence Research and Development Canada augment its existing leadership development efforts to improve leadership candidate ... -
Becoming a learning organization for the members of Servus Credit Union
(2014-04-22)This organizational leadership thesis explored how becoming a learning organization could support Servus Credit Union's increased focus on sales to enhance the customer experience and adhered to the Royal Roads University ... -
Becoming paperless : fostering adoption of health information technology
(2016-07-28)Health information technologies (HIT) are revolutionizing healthcare organizations and significantly transforming how services are provided, managed, and accessed. The shift away from paper-based charts to electronic ... -
Building on a culture of patient and family centred care in the mental health setting
(2014-12-12)Providence Health Care (PHC) is a faith-based care provider that operates sixteen facilities in Vancouver, Canada. PHC is beginning the journey towards patient and family centred care at all of its sites and programs. ... -
Canadian global leadership students engaged in strategic partnerships in Ecuador
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)Recognizing the need to build global-minded citizens, higher education institutions are increasingly trying to find ways to leverage their international programs to develop students’ intercultural competence. The MA in ... -
The Canadian Ski Patrol : probing the potential for change
(2015-04-17)The Canadian Ski Patrol (CSP) Calgary Zone is one segment of a national volunteer-driven organisation of first-aid providers. In recent years, the number of active patrollers in the CSP Calgary Zone has declined while ... -
Caring leadership : voices of nurses in Royal Roads University Leadership Programs
(Leadership Programs Publication, 2000)Table of Contents: Preface / Gerry Nixon -- Forward / Cathy Ferguson -- Introduction / Michael Picard -- Caring leadership : a journey back to Kansas / Kim Dougherty -- Caring : who takes a leadership role? / Bev Dobbyn ... -
Change delivered : leadership through public service
(Royal Roads University Leadership and Learning Collaboratory, 2002)Table of Contents: Preface / Gerry Nixon -- Rethinking public service / Michael Picard -- Change delivered : lessons from a forest stream / Angus Graeme -- Sharing leadership in a chaotic world / James L.C. Taggart -- Next, ... -
The city : understanding how frontline leaders can inspire excellence in the workplace
(2015-02-11)The City is a large complex government organization that provides a diverse array of services to the community from recreation to engineering. The City has undergone services reviews resulting in improvements in technology, ... -
Collaborative approaches at Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre
(2015-07-30)This thesis answers the question "how can Tillicum Lelum establish internal collaborative approaches?" This was explored with action research included employees and management team members at Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal ... -
Community 2.0 ; governance and engagement in community development
(2013-08-13)The Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development (OICRD) Board of Directors is challenged to continue to provide the governance to allow the committee work that is occurring to continue and improve. This inquiry ... -
Cultivating belonging: Living leadership in communities of learning
(Royal Roads University, 2017-06-01)Learning Communities are an important element of the Royal Roads University (RRU) Learning and Teaching Model. Cohort members in Royal Roads University’s Master’s of Arts in Leadership (MAL) program remain connected and ... -
Decision-making in United Nations peacekeeping operations : understanding the social processes that influenced decision-making in the United Nations mission in South Sudan from January to September 2014
The civil war that started in South Sudan in December 2013 changed the country and it changed the scale and scope of the United Nations mission that was there to assist it. The purpose of this research was to uncover how ... -
Designing CMU's social innovation lab
The focus of this thesis was to utilize the Action Research Engagement (ARE) process to engage stakeholders in a collaborative curriculum design process at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), to inform recommendations for ... -
Developing high-performance regulatory teams
(2015-03-19)The British Columbia Utilities Commission (the Commission) is a quasi-judicial regulatory agency responsible for oversight of British Columbia's energy utilities and the province's compulsory automobile insurance requirements. ... -
Developing leadership capacity - a strategy for sustainability and growth
(2015-03-27)Chemtrade is an income trust fund that provides industrial chemicals and services in North America and around the world. Chemtrade has grown fivefold within 10 years, challenging employees to cope with this rate of growth, ... -
Distributed leadership and the leader: designing a professional development course for private school principals of Calcutta, India
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2016)This research project was prepared to explore the role of a leader in distributed leadership setting with an intention to prepare a Professional Development Course for principals of private schools of Calcutta. The course ... -
Enhancing health leadership performance using neurotherapy
(Healthcare Management Forum, 2018)The discovery of neuroplasticity means the brain can change, functionally, in response to the environment and to learning. While individuals can develop harmful patterns of brain activity in response to stressors, they can ... -
Establishing a shared vision based on moral purpose in Beijing Business Management Institute
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2016)I have deep feelings for Beijing Business Management Institute (BBMI), where I worked for 19 years. After the Education Reform in 2000 in China, BBMI experienced many difficulties concerning leadership and management. In ...
