invoke concepts, understandings and procedures in pursuing particular realms of activity and the objectives applied therein. The emphasis, therefore, is on the ways that people engage technology not only as instances of enabling devices "in the © ©2 20 00 05 5--2 20 00 09 9 Q Qu ua al li it ta at ti

on an affirmative bias, or on strengths, capabilities, and possibilities rather than problems, threats, and weakness. This focus emphasizes positive energy, positive climate, positive relationships, positive communication, and positive meaning in organizations A third area of convergence relates to the concepts

's theoretical orientation is fully centered on processes of movement and development, and not at all on the comparative statics of equilibrium states. Concepts of equilibrium might have some use as part of a mental experiment where that experiment itself is designed to illuminate processes of movement

of configuration or evolution in a transitional media landscape. The study uses a mixed qualitative method: a state of the art review and an open survey questionnaire applied to a sample of Spanish journalists. First, the article presents a comparative literature review, which allows us to compare the different

impact of information systems began to see the light and James Martin amongst others just had introduced the concept of strategic IS planning. Our program started from the notion of strategic IS planning, strategic impact and the idea that within a couple of years large Dutch companies would need someone

equivalent; people and artifacts are ``agents'' in a system. This is similar to traditional cognitive science, except that the scope of the system has been widened to include a collaborating set of artifacts and people rather than the narrow ``man-machine'' dyad of cognitive science

is emphasized in utilitarian or consequentialist philosophical theories. The second key feature is the concept of an absolute constraint, rule or law. This approach finds its philosophical apogee in the work of Kant. Following the lead of some philosophers, we could seek to refine a single and exact definition

, produced a parodox: the harms themselves are not yet effectively responded to, yet women's sexual vulnerability is now firmly on the global agenda. This piece explores the state-oriented focus of rights work on the suffering body, its reliance on criminal law, and its failure to develop a theory

the economic and social welfare of the poor and to empower communities in decision-making and the management of development activities. 1 A review of evaluations of PNPM programmes highlights that PNPM Rural is contributing to improvements in poverty reduction, household welfare, access to health services