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Neither Principles Nor Rules: Making Corporate Governance Work in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2016
Corporate governance is often split between rule-based and principle-based approaches to regulation in different institutional contexts. This split is often informed by the types of institutional configurations, their strengths, and the complementarities
Nakpodia, F, Akintola Owolabi, Amaeshi, K, Franklin Nakpodia, Amaeshi, K., Nakpodia, Franklin, Adegbite, E, Adegbite, E., Owolabi, Akintola, Owolabi, A., Owolabi, A, Adegbite, Emmanuel, Nakpodia, F., Emmanuel Adegbite, Kenneth Amaeshi, Amaeshi, Kenneth   +15 more
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The temptation of Realpolitik and vox populi in the ecclesiology of the Emerging Apostolic Churches with special reference to the fivefold ministry

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2008
The Emerging Apostolic Churches do not have a uniform church polity since the power of governance is claimed to be with the fivefold ministers, while at the same time embracing either the Episcopal, Presbyterial, or Congregational church governments. The
K. Thomas Resane, J. Buitendag
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Weber and church governance: religious practice and economic activity

, 2009
The debate about the relationship between religion and economic activity in the wake of Weber has been cast largely in terms of belief and values. This article suggests an alternative focus on practice.
Mutch, A, Alistair Mutch
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Embodying Belhar: Towards reforming the governance praxis of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The social value of this article could be to initiate a reformation in the governance praxis of a Reformed church. Its academic value could be to suggest that an ecclesial imaginary could enrich reflection on church polity.
Johannes N. Kritzinger
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Linking organisational life cycle models to church’s dual nature for effective management

Theologia Viatorum
A comprehensive understanding of the church’s dual nature is essential for effective governance and management. Traditionally, the church has been viewed through dichotomous lenses as either a purely spiritual organism or a physical organisation, often ...
Osward Sichula, Patrick Nanthambwe, Vhumani Magezi   +2 more
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Egyházi-világi hatalmi harc Zsarnay Lajos szemével

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Theologia Reformata Transylvanica, 2019
The Debates of Clerics and Laymen in the Church-governance Through the Eyes of Lajos Zsarnay. The situation of the Protestant churches was quite difficult in the 18th century, be-cause of the counter-reformation. This was the reason why they were not
Marianna BÁTORINÉ MISÁK
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The Catholic laity, clerical sexual abuse, and married priesthood: A sociological analysis of Vatican II’s lay empowerment

Cogent Social Sciences, 2020
This article argues that the renewed teaching on lay empowerment of the Roman Catholic Church’s Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) only involved an enlargement of lay apostolic task in the Church, but not participation in ecclesial governance, which can
Vivencio O. Ballano
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Youth ministry at the margins and/or centre as space of the other: Reflections on the resolutions of the Anglican dioceses in the Western Cape 2017

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018
Youth within the context of faith-based organisations carry with them certain power relations and misconstrued connotations. These power relations and connotations can contribute to alienation and marginalisation.
John S. Klaasen
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Agencies of the Gospel: Mission Challenges and Opportunities in the Australian Lutheran Church

, 2021
This article explores challenges and opportunities faced by the LCA in relation to its church order and the governance of its agencies. LCA agencies are agencies of the gospel in their communities.
Vainikka, Mark, van der Laan, Luke
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Improving the Robustness of Visual Teach‐and‐Repeat Navigation Using Drift Error Correction and Event‐Based Vision for Low‐Light Environments

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Visual teach‐and‐repeat (VTR) navigation allows robots to learn and follow routes without building a full metric map. We show that navigation accuracy for VTR can be improved by integrating a topological map with error‐drift correction based on stereo vision.
Fuhai Ling, Ze Huang, Tony J. Prescott
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