We must, she says, "reconsider the assumption that political beliefs and theories, and values, are not subject to empirical control, that there is no way to judge between them" (1990, 297).
In contrast to single-loop learning, double-loop learning changes the individuals' understanding of the fundamental theories and values that guide organizational behavior [ 24].
The investigation may be carried out considering a triangular relationship between (i) the changing ocean reality (ontological dimension), (ii) the representation of this reality (semiological dimension), and (iii) the building up of signified, consisting in theories, meta-theories and values (epistemological and ethical dimensions).
As a result, his early considerations of social theory and values yielded a model of language of theory and observation that were meant to do justice to the social and voluntaristic dimensions of unity, rationality, and objectivity in the language and methodology of the sciences.
Already in his early courses on practical philosophy, Meinong based ethics mainly on general value theory and value theory on psychology.
This study aims to regard outcome-based health equity as the basic theory and value in future healthcare reform, which should be given a priority in policy design.
Facts, philosophers like to say, are opposed to theories and to values, they are the objects of certain mental states and acts, they make truth-bearers true and correspond to truths, they are part of the furniture of the world.
The results showed the practical usability of Hertz's theory with better prediction accuracy whilst the Boussinesq's theory showed a significant difference of predicted modulus of elasticity compared to other theories and the values reported in some publications.
Despite national variation in the scope and depth changes, NPM reforms originate in similar economic theories and normative values, placing economic efficiency and budgetary control as priorities for government.
Herein we consider three themes in applying the experimental method to valuation – rational choice theory and stated values, direct value elicitation in the field and lab, and "testbedding" survey designs prior to field application.
Although implicit leadership theories and the value orientations and self-concept that underlie them are relatively stable, it does not mean they could not be changed at all.
