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Co-operative Inquiry in Nigeria

Towards an Islamic Banking System

This article analyzes a typical co-operative inquiry which examines ethical alternative finance models and combines elements of African financial system, Islamic finance and a unique mix of neo-modern economic thoughts. The primary purpose is to see if this combination of humanistic models would achieve poverty reduction via action research. Thus the entire eastern part of renewal was embraced, thereby lodging in a co-operative inquiry where the research owner as it were only becomes a facilitator and ready to listen and to learn from experts in finance; covering financial regulators, a donor agency and representatives of financial institutions across banking, insurance and fund management. In other words, the eastern path of renewal is fully adopted in this study being grounded in narrative method, emerging through hermeneutics or interpretive methodology, navigating in the course of critical theory, and ultimately effecting innovation through co-operative inquiry within the context of established and clearly defined research questions. This exploration deals with the four modes of knowing as they unfolded in the co-operative inquiry. The other aspect of the co-operative inquiry involves those areas of policy, which relate to reaching the primary goals of Islam and a moral Islamic economic system via effective regulation. This is expected to move Islamic financial institutions in the direction of authentic economic development rather than just seeking a bigger market share. The co-operative inquiry, then, involves invoking collective agreement with the group members on those issues that will help achieve sustainable Islamic finance-and-development in Nigeria. A theory is then developed and clearly validated by the rules of co-operative inquiry.

This is expected to move Islamic financial institutions in the direction of authentic economic development rather than just seeking a bigger market share.

Organizational excellence through total quality management [electronic resource]

a practical apporach

About the Book: Quality is key to the competitive advantage in today's business environment. In this book, the term Quality has been interpreted in its broader sense of overall performance of a organization rather than quality of products and services. The value of this book is in the rich experience of the Author in the body of knowledge of quality management, both in the national and international context. He has presented the subject in the way that it can be easily used in the practical situations, which would convince the reader of its applicability in the real world. In addition to traditional theory of TQM, the book also covers the new concepts of quality management developed in the last decade, such as Six-Sigma, Lean Production, CRM, Balanced Score Card and Corporate Social Responsibility. The book provides practical guidance for preparing comprehensive quality improvement plan, which not only covers production of goods and services, but also other departments such as Design, Marketing, Material Management and HR, all of which play an important part in achieving organizational excellence. Implementation of TQM is always a major problem. The book includes an exhaustive self-checklist, which can be used as a barometer for effective implementation. In addition to being a practical guide for the industry managers, it can also be used as a textbook on quality management by Management and Engineering institutes. Contents: Part:-I Product Quality and its Control Creating Quality by Design Quality Control of the Purchased Product Quality Control of Manufacturing Processes Sales and Product Quality Organising Effective Quality Management Economics of Quality The Human Factor in Quality Management of Service Quality Part:-II Concept and Philosophy ISO-9000 Standards The Customer-Focused Organization Leadership and Team Building Lean Production System Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Six-Sigma Corporate Social Responsibility Balanced Score Card Quality Awards Implementation of TQM Part:-III Frequency Distribution Normal Distribution Theory of Probability Control Charts Control Chart of Attributes Theory of Sampling Inspection Standard Sampling Tables Test of Significance Statistical Tolerancing ABC Analysis Value Analysis Defect Diagnosis and Prevention Reliability Design, Evaluation and Control Maintainability 5 'S' Practices Quality Circles.

In this book, the term Quality has been interpreted in its broader sense of overall performance of a organization rather than quality of products and services.

Table of Contents. Laws of the United States Concerning Money, Banking and Loans, 1778-1909

Limiting receipt of Treasury notes .. 106 May 7. — Extending time for loan office and final settlement certificates . 106 1823 , Mar. 3. - Making foreign gold coins receivable for lands .. 107 1824 , Jan. 22. - Authorizing purchase of 7 ...

Realising Innovative Partnerships in Educational Research

Theories and Methodologies for Collaboration

Realising Innovative Partnerships in Educational Research examines the underlying principles and actions that support the development of and engagement in partnerships in educational research. With social justice at its core, the work in this book represents various architectures of innovation, whereby new ways of thinking about partnership research are proposed and practices of teaching and learning are reconciled (or not) with existing education contexts and practices. With contributions from educational researchers and practitioners from New Zealand, and international commentaries provided by established scholars in the field, the book draws together key experiences and insights from students, teachers, community members and researchers in tertiary, community, school, and early childhood settings. The research in this book seeks to address a gap in our understanding, extending knowledge beyond simply the benefits of partnership work, to examine how successful partnerships can be initiated, enacted, and sustained over time. This book invites reflection on the following provocations: Why engage in partnerships for educational research? How has this happened in the past and what needs to happen for the future? What is unique about the New Zealand context and what might researchers in other countries learn from our collaborative and culturally responsive research methodologies? What could be some of the underlying principles that support the development of and engagement in collaborative research? How do we evaluate the effectiveness of research partnerships in education to shift the focus to the future?

They relied on the agentic explorations of students working together to co-construct the new kinds of knowledge needed for innovation and creative solutions into the future. We suggest that in our current digital era, ...

Implementing and Testing ATM in a Production LAN.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology is currently receiving extensive attention in the computer networking arena. Many experts predict that ATM will be the future networking technology for both the Local Area Network (LAN) and the Wide Area Network (WAN). This paper presents the results of a collaboration between Sandia National Laboratories' Advanced Networking Department and Engineering Sciences Center to study the implementation of ATM in one of Sandia's most heavily loaded production networks. The network consists of over 120 Sun Sparc 10s and 20s, two SparcCenter 2000s, a 12 node parallel IBM SP-2, and several other miscellaneous high-end workstations. The existing network was first characterized through extensive traffic measurements to better understand the capabilities and limitations of the existing network technologies and to provide a baseline for comparison to an ATM network. This characterization was used to select a subset of the network elements which would benefit most from conversion to the ATM technology. This subset was then converted to equipment based on the latest ATM standards. With direct OC-3c (155 Mbps) host connections for the workstations and the file and compute servers, we demonstrated as much as 122 Mbps throughput (memory-to-memory TCP/IP transfers) between endpoints. Flow control in the classical many-to-one client server environment was also investigated. Throughout all of our tests, the interaction of the user applications with the network technologies was documented and possible improvements were tested. The performance and reliability of the ATM network was compared to the original network to determine the benefits and liabilities of the ATM technology.

This characterization was used to select a subset of the network elements which would benefit most from conversion to the ATM technology. This subset was then converted to equipment based on the latest ATM standards.

PSIKOLOGI PENDIDIKAN (Konsep Dasar, Teori, dan Implikasinya dalam Pembelajaran)

Buku ini masih bersifat global, mengungkap masalah-masalah seputar tentang pengertian; aspek-aspek perkembangan; psikologi pendidikan dalam kearifan lokal; memahami konsep dasar belajar; teori-teori belajar; faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi belajar; masalah kesulitan belajar; lupa dan transfer belajar; pembawaan dan lingku- ngan; motivasi belajar, kemampuan dan inteligensi; gaya belajar dan gaya kognitif dalam pembelajaran; serta konsep dasar evaluasi pembelajaran.

Ia juga menerbitkan bukubuku berjudul ”Motivasi Kerja Guru” diterbitkan oleh Penerbit Interpena Yogyakarta (2010); ”Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini (PAUD), Konsep dan Aplikasinya Dalam Kehidupan SehariHari” diterbitkan oleh Penerbit Interpena ...