Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Social Sciences and Knowledge Management

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InTeOp, 2012. - 407 pages ISBN: 9535106876 9789535106876The book speaks across sociocultural concerns, education, welfare and artistic sectors under the common desire for direct responses in more effective ways by means of interaction across societal structures. This is a unique and groundbreaking collection of questions and answers coming from higher education institutions on diverse fields and across a wide spectrum of countries and cultures. It creates routes for further innovation, collaboration amidst the Sciences (both Natural and Social), the Humanities, and the private and public sectors of society.Contents Preface Preface Theoretical and Methodological Approaches. Social Research Methods Social Research Methods in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of Methodological Issues and Emerging Trends at the Zimbabwe Open University Methodology Transfers Between Social Sciences and Humanities in Relation to Natural Sciences, Technology and Government Policy Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches Causality in Social Studies Education The Assumption of Non-Gaussianity in Natural and Social Sciences and Its Influence on Detection of Causal Relationships Karl Popper and the Social Sciences Coding and Cartographic Models A Simulation Approach to Validate Models Derived from Observational Studies Cartographic Generalization Applied to Social Networks Maps in the City of Curitiba in Brazil Open-Source Tools for Data Mining in Social Science Knowledge Management Applying Social Sciences Research for Public Benefit Using Knowledge Mobilization and Social Media Re-Visiting Ethnographic and Orthodox Research Methodologies: Field Research Experiences from an African Perspective Public Opinion and Citizenship Social Physics: An Interdisciplinary Way to Explore the Mechanism of Public Opinion Enterpreneurship, Employment and Industrial Relations The Methodology of Formulating Iranian National Policy of Entrepreneurship: A Conceptual Framework Theoretical Approaches to Employment and Industrial Relations: A Comparison of Subsisting Orthodoxies Human Capital Resourcing Practices and Organisational Performance: A Study of Selected Organisations in Lagos State, Nigeria Lean Behaviour and Sustainability Enhancing Productivity Through Lean Behavior Organizational Sustainability: The Case of Handcrafts Micro-Business in Southern San Sebastian, Jalisco, MA©xico Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Science. Technology and Innovation in Uganda A Didactic and Methodological Lesson of the Study of Economics and the Skill Development of Students Reforms and Responses to the Global Crisis New Public Management and Reforms in Iran: Analysis of Government Downsizing Media of Exchange and Liquid Assets of Political and Market Enterprises: A New Monetary Perspective on Medieval French Monetary Mutations