Theme (narrative)

About: Theme (narrative) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 13050 publications have been published within this topic receiving 159511 citations. The topic is also known as: narrative theme.

In-service Teacher Education in Europe: conditions and themes for development in the 21st century

Abstract: This article highlights four themes which focus upon the roles of higher education in the development of transitional research into the continuing professional development of teachers. The first theme examines the contexts and conditions for teacher development over a career span. The second theme looks at what research tells us about the variables which affect professional learning and development, and the limitations of current approaches. Theme three is critical of rational research planning models which result in ineffective dissemination and utilisation. It suggests that more attention needs to be paid by researchers to issues of ownership, participation and equity. Theme four proposes that researchers need to revisit their own purposes, roles, responsibilities and accountabilities in order to move closer to those communities whose needs they seek to serve. Finally, the article suggests “sustained flexibility” as a means of establishing and building more effective networks for learning and d...

National Patient Safety Foundation: Focus on the Future

Abstract: The National Patient Safety Foundation's 10-year anniversary theme, Patient Safety - A Road Taken Together, embodies our deep commitment to the collaboration and partnering that is integral to this work and honors the ongoing nature of our collective efforts. As our anniversary year comes to an

The economics of internal organization: an introduction

Abstract: 1. Preface * The economics of internal organization is, in some respects a new name for an old subject, the theory of the firm. The new name is, in part, an attempt to avoid some of the connotations of the earlier literature. Much of the latter focused on the question, "What do firms really maximize?" The list of answers encompassed most imaginable candidates, including "nothing." The question was not an unreasonable one and the answers were interesting, but like the question, "What does the government or the Congress maximize?" it turned out not to have a compelling answer. 1 The failure to find an objective function is symptomatic of the diversity and complexity of the environment within which firms operate and of the decisions that they make. Those who read the papers in the present issue, and the papers that follow in the next,2 will discover an enormous range of subject matter, and perhaps the absence of a single underlying theme. While I think there is a theme, in retrospect, the apparent diversity is not surprising. A modern corporation is, after all, an economy in miniature. It has a set of capital markets and a collection of labor markets (perhaps it would be best to replace "markets" with "allocation mechanisms" in order not to prejudge the issue). It has unemployment problems, is subject to cyclic fluctuations, and is concerned about the supply of money. It has its planners, forecasters, and stabilizers. It has to provide public goods and it has its problems with externalities. Becoming a specialist in the economics of the firm is clearly a formidable task. My assignment, as I understand it, is to introduce five papers and to present a view of the subject itself, albeit a personal one. I shall approach this in the reverse order by trying to characterize some of the issues and methodology of the economics of internal organization. I shall then give a brief account of each