In yet another contrasting position, the three methodological approaches put forward by Dunn et al. [ 4] interpret coherence with reference to argumentative standards in 'real-world' practical reasoning, rather than in terms of any alignment between moral theory and empirical facts.
It has been previously suggested that the instantaneous effective connectivity between different cortical regions depends on the phase alignment between their intrinsic activities, a theory termed communication-through-coherence (Fries, 2005, 2009; Womelsdorf et al., 2007).
Just as freedom from accountability has a tendency to make shareholders indifferent to broader and longer-term considerations, so agency theory's recommended alignment between managers' interests and those of shareholders can skew the perspective of the entire organization.
In line with the theory, optimal phase alignment between functionally connected cortical regions predicted an increase in correlation between the two regions, with correlation being a proxy for information exchange (Womelsdorf et al., 2007).
An influential approach to workplace motivation is formulated through agency theory in economics, a theory which postulates that increased alignment between the goals of principal (employer) and the agent (employee) can be achieved if the principal offers rewards to the agent.
Effective online course design features included clear course objectives, good alignment between course objectives and assessments, consistent module structure, a variety of assignments and learning activities, and a good balance between theory and applications.
This alignment between strategy and objective can be achieved by incorporating a set of theory-recommended design components within the chosen strategy.
So of course we can expect there to be a decent alignment between our evolutionarily shaped moral beliefs and the moral truths described by a moral theory spun by the very same evolutionarily shaped mind.
From a governance perspective, we noted the dominance of a spirit of high trust and close professional alignment between the parties to achieve the negotiated order, which tends to support the stewardship theory of the joint endeavour, as opposed to the agency theory predicated on the two parties having different sets of interests and therefore low trust (see Table 2).
Social constructivism was also a fit for the study because the alignment between the affordances of social media and the premises of social constructivist learning theories are well established (Dron & Anderson, 2014).
