Leadership and the Development of the American Library Association’s Core Competences of Librarianship

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
American Library ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Competences ◽  
Analyse Du Discours

Leadership is a topic of growing interest to librarians. Its importance is highlighted in its addition to the American Library Association’s Core Competences of Librarianship. Using discourse analysis and insider interviews, this paper explores the discourse of leadership surrounding the development of the Core Competences and its impact on LIS education.Le leadership est un sujet d’intérêt croissant pour les bibliothécaires comme l’en témoigne son ajout aux compétences de bases en bibliothéconomie de l’American Library Association. Cette communication explore à l’aide d’une analyse du discours et d’entrevues internes comment s’articule la notion de leadership dans le développement des compétences de base et son impact sur dans les programmes d’enseignement dans le domaine. 

scholarly journals Re-defining gender as a heinous crime: A case study from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies

2020 ◽  
pp. 095792652097721
Author(s):  
Janaina Negreiros Persson
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Public Hearing ◽  
Rhetorical Invention ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core

In this article, we explore how the discourses around gender are evolving at the core of Brazilian politics. Our focus lies on the discourses at the public hearing on the bill 3.492/19, which aimed at including “gender ideology” on the list of heinous crimes. We aim to identify the deputies’ linguistic representation of social actors as pertaining to in- and outgroups. In addition, the article analyzes through Critical Discourse Analysis how the terminology gender is represented in this particular hearing. The analysis shows how some of the conservative parliamentarians give a clearly negative meaning to the term gender, by labeling it “gender ideology” and additionally connecting it with heinous crimes. We propose that the re-signification of “gender ideology,” from rhetorical invention to heinous crime, is not only an attempt to undermine scientific gender studies but also a way for conservative deputies to gain more political power.

scholarly journals The Enemy Next Door: The Image of Russia in Georgian and Ukrainian Political Discourses Amid Conflicts Escalation

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-203
Author(s):  
Aram Terzyan
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Image Representation ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
The Core ◽  
Standing Up

Abstract This article presents an analysis of the evolution of Russia’s image representation in Georgian and Ukrainian political discourses amid Russian-Georgian and Russian-Ukrainian conflicts escalation. Even though Georgia’s and Ukraine’s troubled relations with neighboring Russia have been extensively studied, there has been little attention to the ideational dimensions of the confrontations, manifested in elite narratives, that would redraw the discursive boundaries between “Us” and “Them.” This study represents an attempt to fill the void, by examining the core narratives of the enemy, along with the discursive strategies of its othering in Georgian and Ukrainian presidential discourses through critical discourse analysis. The findings suggest that the image of the enemy has become a part of “New Georgia’s” and “New Ukraine’s” identity construction - inherently linked to the two countries’ “choice for Europe.” Russia has been largely framed as Europe’s other, with its “inherently imperial,” “irremediably aggressive” nature and adherence to illiberal, non-democratic values. The axiological and moral evaluations have been accompanied by the claims that the most effective way of standing up to the enemy’s aggression is the “consolidation of democratic nations,” coming down to the two countries’ quests for EU and NATO membership.

scholarly journals Redesigning Systems Thinking

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Birger Sevaldson
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Competences ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Many Core ◽  
Systemic Design

The resent movement of Systemic Design seeks for new synergies between Design and Systems. While the usefulness of systems approaches in design has been fairly obvious, this paper argues that many core concepts in design are beneficial in systems thinking. This seems reasonable when it comes to the concept of Design Thinking. However, as this paper argues, the more practical core concepts of design are equally important. Designerly skills have been regarded as belonging mainly in the realm of traditional commercial design, whereas design thinking has been regarded as useful in strategic management settings. This paper argues against the idea of separating design thinking from design action. The skills and competences of design, such as the composition of the shape and form that are obvious in product design, are central to Systems Oriented Design (SOD). SOD is a version in the emerging pluralistic field of Systemic Design. The Systemic Design movement should recognise the core values of design and integrate them in systems thinking. This integration would contribute to innovation in both Systemic Design and systems thinking. Among the core competences of design discussed in the paper are composition, choreography, orchestration, the notion of the Gesamtkunstwerk and open-ended multi-scalar design strategies that allow for both structural and organic development. The paper provides examples to support its proposal for the use of concrete aesthetic principles to guide Systemic Design processes. This paper expands the working paper entitled “Holistic and dynamic concepts in design: What design brings to systems thinking”, which was presented at the RSD3 symposium (2014). 

scholarly journals Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s Speech in United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) on September 22, 1965: Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sibtain Chohan ◽  
Muhammad Nadeem Anwar
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Study Case

The aim of the study is to analyze Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s speech at United Nations’ Security Council on September 22, 1965. The study attempts to uncover the meanings of the words employed to show the core tension of 1965 war between Pakistan and India. There have been different models of CDA presented by scholars like Fairclough, Wodak and Van Dijk, but the most suitable CDA framework for this study case is of Van Dijk. His (1997) framework for critical discourse analysis provides the clear picture of the ideologies expressed in various kinds of structures. Qualitative methodology has been employed for this study and the content of the speech was analyzed qualitatively. The findings of the study elaborate that Bhutto was determined to have a permanent peace in the region. It can also be observed that he was quite confident in buying peace for Pakistani and the neighboring countries. He reinforced the subject matter with multiple instances of the countries that faced the same war-like circumstances and rose again with new zeal and zest. The study has its theoretical as well as practical scope.

Discourses and Discursive Identities of Teachers Working as University-Based Teacher Educators in Singapore

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Ying Tan
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Core ◽  
Hybrid Spaces ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
The University

This study made explicit the discourses of 10 teachers working as university-based teacher educators in Singapore to understand their enacted identities. It framed identity as discursive, constructed through language and talk. Interview data were analyzed using descriptive discourse analysis tools, with critical discourse analysis influencing the process. The discourses are as follows: (a) The value of seconded teachers is located firmly within schools, with practice and practitioner elevated above theory and academics; (b) teaching is the core role of seconded teachers, and discourses about learning, development, and research are weak; and (c) an individualistic framing situates the locus of change on teacher-practitioners. Hybrid spaces that bring theory and practice together are discursive spaces. Both the strengths and limitations of existing discursive identities need to be acknowledged, and multifaceted and complex practitioner identities explored. This article contributes to the integration of practitioners into the wider community of teacher educators in the university.

Focused Current Reality Tree (DRAFT)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boaz Ronen ◽  
Joseph S Pliskin ◽  
Shimeon Pass
Keyword(s):  
Visual Communication ◽  
Core Competence ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Competences ◽  
Simple Tool ◽  
Current Reality

The focused current reality tree (fCRT) is a simple tool for identifying the core or root problems of an organization or a system. This tool provides the organization with a small number of core problems that, when solved, will increase its value significantly. It also serves as a visual communication tool within the organization. Since the fCRT is a subjective tool, we recommend creating it by interdisciplinary teams. This chapter provides an easy recipe for constructing fCRTs. In a similar manner, the core competences tree (CCT) is a simple yet potent tool for identifying and focusing on the organization’s strengths. A detailed recipe for constructing core competence trees is provided.

scholarly journals Open Data and the Core Competences of Government: Lessons from Flanders, Belgium

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Walravens ◽  
Mathias Van Compernolle ◽  
Lieven De Marez ◽  
Pieter Ballon ◽  
Pieter Colpaert
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Competences

scholarly journals The End of Core Competence: What the “Stars” Foretell

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-73
Author(s):  
P S Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Core Competence ◽  
Logical Structure ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Industrial History ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Competences ◽  
The Core Competence

The core competence concept has proved to be an elusive one for management scholars and executives alike because of its ambivalence towards Japanese industrial history, selectivity towards corporate histories,and the amorphousness and porosity of its logical structure. This note by P S Thomas tries to show how identification of core competences can be facilitated by complete reviews of the histories of two “star” corporations, viz., Matsushita Electric and Fujitsu Ltd. More such case studies may have to be undertaken and⁄ or discussed to facilitate the use of the core competence perspective for global competition.

Why the Zebra's Stripes are Important

2017 ◽  
pp. 187-199
Author(s):  
Mambo Mupepi ◽  
Aslam Modak ◽  
Robert Frey
Keyword(s):  
Core Competence ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Multiple Resources ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Competences ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
The Core Competence ◽  
Market Leadership

This article progresses the argument that the core competences of the company must be created, diffused, and distributed and protected, to effectively exploit the market. Companies compete on what they know best and in management theory organizations draw a repertoire of multiple resources and skills to effectively differentiate the business in vying for market leadership. The core competence or capability of the firm can be described as talent and a special ability that allows the enterprise to produce the goods demanded by customers exceptionally well. The core competences can also be referred to as explicit practices constituting measurable or observable knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors critical in meeting the needs of clients. The capability should be crafted in a manner that makes imitation by similar entities impossible.

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