Increases in incidents involving so-called confused persons have brought attention to the potential costs of recent changes to public mental health (PMH) services in the Netherlands. Decentralized under the (Community) Participation Act (2014), local governments must find resources to compensate for reduced central funding to such services or "innovate." But innovation, even when pressure for c...

Change projects put a high demand on people’s ability to change mindset. It requires motivation and commitment to take on another perspective than the existing one. Common methods like BPR, and TQM, tend to fail in motivating and engaging people sufficiently to reach the goals. In this paper we outline an alternative method for driving change management. We propose the use of myths, tales, and ...

Change projects put a high demand on people’s ability to change mindset. It requires motivation and commitment to take on another perspective than the existing one. Common methods like BPR, and TQM, tend to fail in motivating and engaging people sufficiently to reach the goals. In this paper we outline an alternative method for driving change management. We propose the use of myths, tales, and ...

Although extant research has highlighted the role of discourse in the cultural construction of organizations, there is a need to elucidate the use of narratives as central discursive resources in unfolding organizational change. Hence, the objective of this article is to develop a new kind of antenarrative approach for the cultural analysis of organizational change. We use merging multinational...

Introduction: Virtual education is among the important factorsimproving the learning of medical students. This study aimed toexplain the perceptions of faculty members towards the challengesof virtual education.Methods: The present study was carried out with a qualitativeapproach and using a conventional content analysis method.The participants included 28 faculty members working inMedical univ...

Most popular models of narratives and narrative analyses have been drawn on native stories, yet EFL learners’ narratives have not received due narrative analysis. The present study then aims at scrutinizing the structure of personal English stories as told by EFL learners. To this aim, three hundred narratives were collected through classroom discussions and interviews. Qualitative analysis met...

Abstract The present study analyzes how and what knowledge constitutes the daily work of tattooing in light organizational aesthetic approach. For this purpose, authors explore theme at by considering produced life practice, analyzing interaction between different knowings, artifacts, practices. used techniques participant observation narrative interviews, with data analysis through thematic na...

Designing sound in cybercartography: from structured cinematic narratives to unpredictable sound/image interactions S. Caquard a; G. Brauen a; B. Wright b; P. Jasen b a Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC), Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada b Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture (ICSLAC), Carleton Univ...

Abstract The present study analyzes how and what knowledge constitutes the daily work of tattooing in light organizational aesthetic approach. For this purpose, authors explore theme at by considering produced life practice, analyzing interaction between different knowings, artifacts, practices. used techniques participant observation narrative interviews, with data analysis through thematic na...