The effective design of managerial incentive systems : combining theoretical principles and practical trade-offs

This article describes how theoretical developments in the field of agency and contract economics may be of great inspiration for the practical design of incentive- and performance-based compensation systems. Principles and stylized facts arising from the analysis of the principal-agent framework ond the economic theory of teams are presented by means of trade-offs that human resource practitioners should take into account when tailoring compensation systems to the specific needs of a particular organization

Reclaiming histories of enslavement from the maritime Atlantic and a curriculum: the history of Mary Prince

This dissertation explores The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself (1831) from an historical perspective. I place Prince in the story of British Abolition, and examine Prince’s and her family’s relationships with their Bermudian slave-­‐owners, and Prince’s relationships with Moravian missionaries in Antigua. Oral traditions regarding Prince from Grand Turk Island and Antigua directed my archival explorations, which resulted in findings that confirm and broaden aspects of Prince’s story. I also located two still-­‐standing residences associated with Prince in Bermuda. As well, I analyze the collaborative writing team that produced Prince’s slave narrative from the perspective of Abolition. Mary Prince was the storyteller, Susanna Strickland (later Moodie) was the compiler, and Thomas Pringle was the editor and financial backer of the project. Additionally, I consider Ashton Warner’s Negro Slavery Described (1831), which was a product of the same team, but with Warner as storyteller. I suggest that the two slave narratives were a duology to be read in tandem. I draw out a central image from both slave narratives—the enslaved, bound, and flogged black woman—and propose that abolitionists used this image to bring about social change by witnessing. My thesis includes a curriculum based on The History of Mary Prince, which works with Bermuda’s Social Studies curriculum, and I have created a website, maryprince.org, to supplement this curriculum. The website also stands alone as an educational resource for students and teachers worldwide. The fundamental goal of the curriculum is to open students’ historical consciousness to the Middle Passage and to colonial enslavement so that they may understand a root cause of racism in the Americas. To aid with this, I have theorized an educational approach to open historical consciousness that is procedural in nature, and includes autobiographical survivor accounts, primary sources, visiting significant sites, secondary sources, and fictionalized accounts. I use the metaphor of “nesting dolls” to explain this approach. I also argue that creolization is a path of hope and that a history-­‐infused food garden is a place where we may learn about our creolized identity

Theoretical arguments for industrialisation-driven growth and economic development

We review the theories of growth and economic development in which the industrial sector plays a role. We briefly discuss the theoretical arguments that have been put forward in each of them and summarise the explanation of how industrialisation promotes growth and economic development. We follow an (occasionally overlapping) chronological order and find it convenient to distinguish three main periods in development thinking: the theories of the stages of economic development; the classical theories of economic development; and the modern views. The paper show that, with few exceptions, industrialisation has always been considered the driver of economic growth in economic theory. However, in much of the relevant literature, the superiority of industry is assumed or observed, rather than explained, suggesting that there are a number of unresolved issues behind the different theoretical arguments for industrialisation-led economic development. Any development policy that focuses on industrialisation should consider these arguments in relation to specific objectives and contexts, rather than taking them for granted

On Belief: Aims, Norms, and Functions

In this dissertation, I explore whether teleological, normative, and functional theories of belief each have the resources to answer three central questions about the nature and normativity of belief. These questions are: (i) what are beliefs, (ii), why do we have them, and (iii) how should we interpret doxastic correctness--the principle that it is correct to believe that p if and only if p? I argue that teleological and normative theories fail to adequately address these questions, and I develop and defend a functional alternative. In addition, I attempt to extend my functional theory of belief to account for another, related attitude: suspended belief

The Vascular Flora of the Iowan area by Lawrence J. Eilers, 1971

This publication is a collection of studies and reports from the University of Iowa, the Studies in Natural History

Ubuntu, Jesus, and Earth: Integrating African Religion and Christianity in Ecological Ethics

Africa faces problems of ecological devastation caused by economic exploitation, rapid population growth, and poverty. Capitalism, residual colonialism, and corruption undermine Africa's efforts to forge a better future. The dissertation describes how in Africa the mounting ecological crisis has religious, political, and economic roots that enable and promote social and environmental harm. It presents the thesis that religious traditions, including their ethical expressions, can effectively address the crisis, ameliorate its impacts, and advocate for social and environmental betterment, now and in the future. First, it examines African traditional religion and Christian teaching, which together provide the foundation for African Christianity. Critical examination of both religious worldviews uncovers their complementary emphases on human responsibility toward planet Earth and future generations. Second, an analysis of the Gwembe Tonga of Chief Simamba explores the interconnectedness of all elements of the universe in African cosmologies. In Africa, an interdependent, participatory relationship exists between the world of animals, the world of humans, and the Creator. In discussing the annual lwiindi (rain calling) ceremony of Simamba, the study explores ecological overtones of African religions. Such rituals illustrate the involvement of ancestors and high gods in maintaining ecological integrity. Third, the foundation of the African morality of abundant life is explored. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, ancestors' teachings are the foundation of morality; ancestors are guardians of the land. A complementary teaching that Christ is the ecological ancestor of all life can direct ethical responses to the ecological crisis. Fourth, the eco-social implications of ubuntu (what it means to be fully human) are examined. Some aspects of ubuntu are criticized in light of economic inequalities and corruption in Africa. However, ubuntu can be transformed to advocate for eco-social liberation. Fifth, the study recognizes that in some cases conflicts exist between ecological values and religious teachings. This conflict is examined in terms of the contrast between awareness of socioeconomic problems caused by population growth, on the one hand, and advocacy of a traditional African morality of abundant children, on the other hand. A change in the latter religious view is needed since overpopulation threatens sustainable living and the future of Earth. The dissertation concludes that the identification of Jesus with African ancestors and theological recognition of Jesus as the ecological ancestor, woven together with ubuntu, an ethic of interconnectedness, should characterize African consciousness and promote resolution of the socio-ecological crisis

Proceedings of the 9th MIT/ONR workshop on C3 Systems, held at Naval Postgraduate School and Hilton Inn Resort Hotel, Monterey, California June 2 through June 5, 1986

GRSN 627729"December 1986."Includes bibliographical references and index.Sponsored by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Cambridge, Mass., with support from the Office of Naval Research. ONR/N00014-77-C-0532(NR041-519) Sponsored in cooperation with IEEE Control Systems Society, Technical Committee on C.edited by Michael Athans, Alexander H. Levis