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Hearts Go Walking: Conversations Between Poetry, Prayer And Theology, Vaughan S. Roberts Sep 2007

Hearts Go Walking: Conversations Between Poetry, Prayer And Theology, Vaughan S. Roberts

Vaughan S Roberts

There are many potential connections between poetry, prayer and theology. This presentation briefly explores each subject in turn before looking at how they might converse with each other through various poems under the headings of: (a) prayer in the world; (b) prayer as lover; (c) prayer as apophatic encounter; and (d) prayer as divine meeting.


Building Genuine Trust Through Interpersonal Emotion Management: A Threat Regulation Model Of Trust And Collaboration Across Boundaries, Michele Williams Mar 2007

Building Genuine Trust Through Interpersonal Emotion Management: A Threat Regulation Model Of Trust And Collaboration Across Boundaries, Michele Williams

Michele Williams

I introduce the construct of threat regulation as an agentic interpersonal process for building and maintaining trust. I examine threat regulation as a specific dimension of interpersonal emotion management that fosters trust and effective cooperation by allowing individuals to understand and mitigate the harm that their counterparts associate with cooperating—in particular, harm from opportunism, identity damage, and neglect of their interests. To explicate the microprocesses of threat regulation, I draw on social cognitive theory, symbolic interactionism, and the psychology of emotion regulation.


The Urge To Merge: Accounting Firm Mergers, Mark E. Pickering Feb 2007

The Urge To Merge: Accounting Firm Mergers, Mark E. Pickering

Mark E Pickering

The article focuses on the significance of merger and acquisitions for accounting firms in Australia. According to the author, the expected benefits of mergers include geographic expansions, gaining scale, adding new services, gaining access to capabilities and addressing issues in one or both firms. It is stated that the possibilities of a successful merger can be developed through merger benefit adjustments, merger-fit and integration approach.


Technological Iatrogenesis: New Risks Force Heightened Management Awareness, Patrick Albert Palmieri Dec 2006

Technological Iatrogenesis: New Risks Force Heightened Management Awareness, Patrick Albert Palmieri

Patrick Albert Palmieri

Iatrogenesis is a term typically reserved to express the state of ill health or the adverse outcome resulting from a medical intervention, or lack thereof. Three types of iatrogenesis are described in the literature: clinical, social and cultural. This paper introduces a fourth type, technological iatrogenesis, or emerging errors stimulated by the infusion of technological innovations into complex healthcare systems. While health information technologies (HIT) have helped to make healthcare safer, this has also produced contemporary varieties of iatrogenic errors and events. The potential pitfalls of technological innovations and risk management solutions to address these concerns are discussed. Specifically, failure …


Why Do Managers Talk About Identity?, Roxana Barbulescu, John Weeks Dec 2006

Why Do Managers Talk About Identity?, Roxana Barbulescu, John Weeks

Roxana Barbulescu

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