Synergy

Partnership lessons from the Global Programme for Health Promotion Effectiveness: a case study

by Hope Corbin

Heaven and Humanity in Unity: Theosis, Sino-Christian Theology and the Second Chinese Enlightenment

by Alexander Chow

PhD Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011

This thesis explores various trajectories of contextual theology as they have developed in the two Chinese... more This thesis explores various trajectories of contextual theology as they have developed in the two Chinese enlightenments of twentieth and twenty-first century China. Drawing methodologically from the typological works of historian Justo González and the missiologists Stephen Bevans and Roger Schroeder, one of the main aims of this study is to map and evaluate the various types of Chinese theology. An analysis of three major Chinese Protestant representatives will identify the tendencies of each type, highlight the importance of a contextual theology in dealing with a context’s socio-political concerns and religio- philosophical tradition, and show a bias in Chinese theology towards Latin Christianity. This leads to the second major aim of the study to explore the usefulness of Eastern Orthodox category of theosis and related subjects in the Second Chinese Enlightenment. It will highlight the tendencies of Chinese philosophy and religion, inclusive of Chinese Protestantism, to exhibit many themes from Byzantine Christianity. It will also call attention to the potential usefulness of this other “Eastern” theology in China’s socio-political concerns. This study will conclude by discussing the possibilities of Eastern Orthodoxy in playing an important role in complementing and supplementing future developments of a Chinese contextual theology.

THE SUM IS LARGER THAN THAN ITS CONSTITUENT PARTS: Synergy in an online project management course

by Fahri Akdemir

Articulating Collapsible Universes

by Olga Touloumi

The Obstacles of Synergy in Schools: A Qualitative Study on Teamwork

by Halil Eksi

Fatih TÖREMEN, Mehmet KARAKUŞ
Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice
7 (1) • January 2007 • 639-645

The present study aimed to determine the obstacles in creating effective teamwork
and generate suggestions for... more The present study aimed to determine the obstacles in creating effective teamwork
and generate suggestions for overcoming these obstacles. The study was designed
on the basis of qualitative research approaches and used purposive sampling. Data
were collected by semi-structured interviews from 52 teachers who were working at
a primary school in downtown fi›rnak during the autumn semester in the 2005–2006
academic year. Results showed that there were serious problems at every dimension
examined except for the dimensions of different personal characteristics and applications.
The following matters are counted for causing the problems: Inefficiencies
in the educational system, ineffective operations of the administrators, communication
and orientation problems among teachers, low levels of job satisfaction, and prejudicial
attitudes. In order to resolve these problems, teachers suggested to create a
team spirit, make the group more cohesive, arrange more social and cultural activities,
resolve status conflicts among teachers, provide teachers with necessary resources,
increase teacher motivation, accommodate norms in the school culture, and stabilize
school structure.

Reclaiming The Sacred: A Festival Experience as a Response to Globalisation

by Karin Mackay

published in Journal for the Study of Religion, vol 24, No 2, 2011

Pressures of globalisation such as the focus on the growth of productive economies, consumerism, and long work-hours... more Pressures of globalisation such as the focus on the growth of productive economies, consumerism, and long work-hours have fragmented cultural beliefs and practices worldwide. Devaluation of deeply held soulful, creative, and nature-based practices in the dominant neoliberal capitalist discourse has challenged the way cultural and spiritual wellbeing are lived. Instead of being completely subsumed into the neoliberal global discourse, local responses incorporating global themes are emerging in the form of the “neo-tribal” festival experience. Although festivals have primarily been seen as places of consumption, this misunderstands the drive to participate in a festival experience. This article investigates a women’s arts and ecology festival held in The Blue Mountains, Australia, where members of the local community celebrate the return of spring. Findings suggest that this festival was a site for reclaiming a localized sense of connectedness, where participants reclaimed what was sacred to them. I will argue that consumerism is secondary to the desire for a sacred synergy of connectedness at this festival where critical creative action challenges the neoliberal and patriarchal discourses in the negotiation of global culture.

Synergy: A Synthetic Study on Teams

by Fahri Akdemir

Mapping synergy and antagony in North–South partnerships for health: a case study of the Tanzanian women's NGO KIWAKKUKI

by Hope Corbin

Co-authored with Maurice Mittelmark and Gro Th. Lie

North–South partnerships for health aim to link resources, expertise and local knowledge to create synergy. The... more North–South partnerships for health aim to link resources, expertise and local knowledge to create synergy. The literature on such partnerships presents an optimistic view of the promise of partnership on one hand, contrasted by pessimistic depictions of practice on the other. Case studies are called for to provide a more intricate understanding of partnership functioning, especially viewed from the Southern perspective. This case study examined the experience of the Tanzanian women's NGO, KIWAKKUKI, based on its long history of partnerships with Northern organizations, all addressing HIV/AIDS in the Kilimanjaro region. KIWAKKUKI has provided education and other services since its inception in 1990 and has grown to include a grassroots network of >6000 local members. Using the Bergen Model of Collaborative Functioning, the experience of KIWAKKUKI's partnership successes and failures was mapped. The findings demonstrate that even in effective partnerships, both positive and negative processes are evident. It was also observed that KIWAKKUKI's partnership breakdowns were not strictly negative, as they provided lessons which the organization took into account when entering subsequent partnerships. The study highlights the importance of acknowledging and reporting on both positive and negative processes to maximize learning in North–South partnerships.

A Model of Transformative Collaboration

by Ann Swartz

Co-authored with Jacqlyn Triscari

Abstract

Two collaborative writing partners sought to deepen their understanding of transformative learning... more Abstract

Two collaborative writing partners sought to deepen their understanding of transformative learning by conducting several spirals of grounded theory research on their own collaborative relationship. Drawing from adult education, business, and social science literature and including descriptive analysis of their records of activity and interaction throughout a writing project, this article exhibits a comprehensive model of collaboration that integrates both transformative learning and dynamic/complex adaptive systems perspectives.

In Search of the Third Space: Theological Anthropology in Eastern Orthodoxy and Sino-Christian Theology

by Alexander Chow

Ching Feng, new series, 10.1-2 (2010-2011), forthcoming.

Resource-Based Theory and its Link to the Global Strategy, Structure, and Performance Relationship: An Integrative Framework

by Olivier Furrer

Olivier Furrer, Jeffrey A. Krug, D. Sudharshan, Howard Thomas
International Journal of Management and Decision Making
Volume 5, Numbers 2-3, 2004, pp. 99-116

The global strategy literature provides a basis for examining strategy, structure, and performance relationships in... more The global strategy literature provides a basis for examining strategy, structure, and performance relationships in multinational firms. We develop a framework that examines these relationships and their linkages to the firm's intangible asset portfolio. Drawing on resource-based theory, this framework suggests that an on-going multinational firm's worldwide performance is dependent on the fit between its intangible asset portfolio, foreign market entry strategies, partner relationships, and worldwide organisational structure. Each of these dimensions can be linked back to the firm's worldwide strategy and the characteristics of its industry. Implications for research are discussed.

De la modélisation prédictive du comportement pathologique à l'application dans l'intéraction Robot-Patient

by Ludovic Saint-Bauzel

Real-time human posture observation from a small number of joint measurements

by Ludovic Saint-Bauzel

Exterminating boredom: synergy and creativity in an academic library

by timothy collinson

1. Bertelsmann Content Network-Synergien und Neugeschäfte für ein „Content Powerhouse

by Stephan Kaiser