Organizing for individuation: alternative organizing, politics and new identities

Organization theorists have predominantly studied identity and organizing within the managed work organization. This frames organization as a structure within which identity work occurs, often as a means of managerial control. In our paper our contribution is to develop the concept of individuation pursued through prefigurative practices within alternative organizing to reframe this relation. We combine recent scholarship on alternative organizations and new social movements to provide a theoretical grounding for an ethnographic study of the prefigurative organizing practices and related identity work of an alternative group in a UK city. We argue that in such groups, identity, organizing and politics become a purposeful set of integrated processes aimed at the creation of new forms of life in the here and now, thus organizing is politics is identity. Our study presents a number of challenges and possibilities to scholars of organization, enabling them to extend their understanding of organization and identity in the contemporary world

Promoting student belongingness: The development, implementation and evaluation of a toolkit for nurses

The literature suggests that the need to belong to a community influences health and wellbeing, which in turn affects behavioural, and cognitive responses. However, student nurses are often in a vulnerable position of being excluded intentionally or otherwise from ward/unit activities. This can lead to feelings of isolation and poor achievement. The aim of this project was to design and develop a toolkit for nurses in an e-learning format using reflective learning to promote a sense of belonging and inclusion of student nurses in the clinical team. Upon completion of the development of the e-learning program, distribution commenced to selected clinical areas for use by nurses before periods of clinical practicum for students. The e-learning program can be accessed at https://wanted.moodle.school/login/index.php (see Appendix 12 for e-learning instructions to register). A sequential mixed method design was used, which employed the results of the initial qualitative phase to inform the following quantitative phase. The qualitative phase consisted of three rounds of open questionnaires using the Delphi panel method with 18 participants. Themes emerged and were expanded upon during the process to inform the design of the framework for the toolkit. The quantitative data that were subsequently collected reported on the evaluation of the toolkit’s applicability, usefulness and sustainability. An e-learning package entitled WANTED was subsequently developed to address the major themes of Welcome, Attitude, Nurture, Team, Encourage (autonomy) and Delight (in success of student inclusion). The interactive program, which included pre- and xiii post-questionnaires based on Stagg’s attitude survey (1992), was offered to a random selection of nurses in Western Australia to participate in the activity and comment on the usability of the tool. Twenty-three completed programs identified that attitude change towards student nurses could be improved and that the e-learning format gave excellent information that reflected and supported traditional training. Addressing issues of student integration into the nursing team and creating a belongingness environment with the use of practical tools will encourage and enable a fundamental shift in attitude towards students. This project has considered individual personal values and characteristics, the effect of the direct environment and the need to belong in order to create a learning environment

An investigation of the effect of an educational program on students\u27 decision to use birth control

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the Making Proud Choices Curriculum on students\u27 knowledge and attitudes on the use of birth control. The students were assigned to an experimental or control group. Students took a pre and post test to measure their knowledge and attitudes on human sexuality issues. The experimental group received eight 1-hour training sessions on the Making Proud Choices Curriculum. Results indicated that after training the experimental group had increases in knowledge and more positive attitudes than the control group

Time and Chemical Change: The Development of Temporal Concepts in Chemistry with Special Reference to the Work of Augustus Vernon Harcourt.

The concept of time is an important one in the History of Philosophy and of Science. But ideas concerning time and its related phenomenon, that of change, are inherently complex. The study of chemistry involves an understanding of the process of change, a time—dependent function. In fact, the development of temporal ideas in chemistry evolved very late in its theory, around 1850, when Ludwig Wilhelmy first carried out measurements of chemical rate and Alexander Williamson, in the same year, published his ideas on the dynamics of chemistry. In chemistry, the concept of time is to be found most clearly established in the discipline of reaction kinetics. In its development, this has been bound to the idea of the course of chemical change, as a phenomenon quite distinct from the study of the products of chemical reaction, or chemical composition, on which many of the early chemists were so deeply engrossed. The establishment of time into chemical theory was due largely to the ideas and work of Guldberg and Waage in Norway, and Harcourt and Esson at Oxford. Harcourt recognised at a very early stage in his studies that what chemists had always neglected was the close observation of the actual course of chemical change, of the time factor involved in these changes. The foundations of these ideas were laid at the very beginning Harcourt's long career at Oxford, but he was to spend the subsequent fifty years perfecting his techniques. Perhaps because of the late development of their time awareness, some philosophers of science have come to believe n that chemists desired, somehow, to 'eliminate time' from chemical theory. The present work is an attempt to trace the evolution of temporal ideas in chemistry and the eventual recognition of the course of chemical change as a dynamic phenomenon. It also discusses the role of philosophy in the development of chemical theories, a development which is bound, like all events, to the element of time

Examining the relationship between exercise induced fatigue and postural stability among geriatric patients with vestibular disorders

Purpose: This study examined: (1) the relationship between exercise induced fatigue and postural balance amongst geriatric patients with vestibular disorders. (2) Assessed the duration for postural stability to return to baseline measurements upon induced fatigue. Methods: A controlled pre-post test experimental design method was used during this study. This study incorporated a quantitative analysis to explore the relationship between exercise induced fatigue and postural balance with a sample of 24 subjects. The subjects were randomly assigned to either an experimental or control group. Baseline postural stability measurements were conducted prior to all subject testing and were accounted for again once testing was completed in order to assess the duration for postural stability to return to baseline measurements. All subject testing was conducted using a treadmill and a CYBEX CSMi balance board. Results: The results indicated that age can predict baseline balance score, baseline balance percent, maximum heart rate achieved, immediate posttest balance score, terminal posttest balance score, and terminal posttest balance percent. BMI, obesity, gender, were found to be significant among control and experimental groups when holding baseline balance percent and baseline balance scores constant. Conclusion: It is important for geriatrics who possess a vestibular disorder maintain a healthy and active lifestyle so that they can reduce the risk of falling by lowering their BMI and lowering their chances of obesity. BMI and obesity were found to be positively correlated with an increased risk of falling

Indigenism and Australian social work

Indigenism is a concept that has emerged over the last 20 years as a result of the engagement of Indigenous academics with research. It is a way of claiming a space within research for Aboriginal knowledge systems and ways of knowing, being and doing. However, in Australia, Indigenism and Indigenist theory and practice have not been confined to research alone, it has been embedded within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social work for a number of decades. This chapter will introduce Indigenism and Indigenist theory and practice in social work, as it was developed in the Australian setting in the 1970s, identify how it has evolved and illustrate how it has impacted on both Australian social work and national policies and practices. The chapter will then move on to explore how Indigenism and Indigenist theory can inform social work theory and practice into the future

Examining the relationship between exercise induced fatigue and postural stability among geriatric patients with vestibular disorders

Purpose: This study examined: (1) the relationship between exercise induced fatigue and postural balance amongst geriatric patients with vestibular disorders. (2) Assessed the duration for postural stability to return to baseline measurements upon induced fatigue. Methods: A controlled pre-post test experimental design method was used during this study. This study incorporated a quantitative analysis to explore the relationship between exercise induced fatigue and postural balance with a sample of 24 subjects. The subjects were randomly assigned to either an experimental or control group. Baseline postural stability measurements were conducted prior to all subject testing and were accounted for again once testing was completed in order to assess the duration for postural stability to return to baseline measurements. All subject testing was conducted using a treadmill and a CYBEX CSMi balance board. Results: The results indicated that age can predict baseline balance score, baseline balance percent, maximum heart rate achieved, immediate posttest balance score, terminal posttest balance score, and terminal posttest balance percent. BMI, obesity, gender, were found to be significant among control and experimental groups when holding baseline balance percent and baseline balance scores constant. Conclusion: It is important for geriatrics who possess a vestibular disorder maintain a healthy and active lifestyle so that they can reduce the risk of falling by lowering their BMI and lowering their chances of obesity. BMI and obesity were found to be positively correlated with an increased risk of falling