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Structure Of Organizational Values: An Action Science Perspective, Aaron Buchko Jan 2006

Structure Of Organizational Values: An Action Science Perspective, Aaron Buchko

Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)

This research examines the values statements of 327 organizations to identify the core values concepts or words that are used by firms to define the fundamental belief systems of the enterprise. One hundred and ten unique words or concepts were identified. Using au action science methodology, 78 practicing managers sorted these words into a classification scheme that resulted in 13 distinct categories of organization values that can be viewed as meta-values or core concepts of organizations.

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International Business Education And Practices: Chinese "Sea Turtles" And Economic Development, David Pan, Jon Shapiro Jan 2006

International Business Education And Practices: Chinese "Sea Turtles" And Economic Development, David Pan, Jon Shapiro

Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)

China's rapid economic growth has created a demand for professionals of international competence. Many Chinese go overseas studying and repatriate for this job market. However, expatriates with little job experience are often unemployed for an extended period unless they lower their expectations in coastal cities where economy is vibrant, while few go to inland regions of lesser developed. Thus, expatriates as "Sea Turtles" become "Sea Weeds." This paper addresses the issues determining this transformation by differential economic development. We discuss the current status of expatriate employability and emergent need in China, and also make policy and strategy suggestions.

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Outside The Lines: Exploring Student Use Of Web-Based Vicarious Learning About Financial Markets, Matthew Ford Jan 2006

Outside The Lines: Exploring Student Use Of Web-Based Vicarious Learning About Financial Markets, Matthew Ford

Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)

This study considers web-based expert commentary as a mechanism for college student learning about financial markets. Social cognitive theory suggests that students may team vicariously by observing the thought processes expressed in the writings of well chosen web-based role models and adopting similar patterns of thought over time. An exploratory study using undergraduate business school students investigated the change in measures of financial market awareness after exposure to web-based commentary. Significant learning effects were evident, particularly when exposure was augmented by structure that guided the learning experience. Although more research is required, these findings suggest the utility of web-based expert …

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Overcoming The Challenges Of Establishing A Student-Managed Fixed Income Fund, David Krause Jan 2006

Overcoming The Challenges Of Establishing A Student-Managed Fixed Income Fund, David Krause

Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)

Student-managed funds (SMFs) offer unique educational opportunities. In a typical SMF, students select common stocks and manage a real portfolio, gaining practical money management experience. Until recently, establishing a fixed income SMF has been unworkable for most academic institutions. Fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) are relatively new financial offerings that allow non-institutional investors the ability to trade shares of an entire bond portfolio as a single security. By combining different ETFs into a fund of funds, it is possible for students to implement various bond portfolio management strategies - a valuable learning opportunity previously unavailable to most business students.

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In Lean Production: Semantics Matters, Bryant Mitchell, Jeffrey Vistad, Lawrence Fredendall Jan 2006

In Lean Production: Semantics Matters, Bryant Mitchell, Jeffrey Vistad, Lawrence Fredendall

Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)

Manufacturing, Planning, and Control (MPC) systems are commonly categorized as either push or pull production systems. The most common example of a push system ref erred to is a MRP system, while the example of a pull system most commonly ref erred to is JIT, or more specifically a Kanban system (Sawaya et al, 1992). We have found that the use of this terminology regarding different forms of MPC systems can be confusing to the novice as well as the more experienced management practitioner or researcher. In this paper, we make an argument for the importance of using more precise …

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Group Dynamics And Race, Czarina Ramsay, Heather A. Maginnis Jan 2006

Group Dynamics And Race, Czarina Ramsay, Heather A. Maginnis

The Vermont Connection

The purpose of this study is to identify what, if at all, impact race had on relationship and community building among a small and diverse group of people. The impact of group dynamics and race was measured through a quantitative analysis of the Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration (HESA) program cohort experience. With the increased number of professionals from diverse backgrounds entering the field of student affairs and higher education, understanding how race impacts group interactions may be critical to one’s educational and professional success. Therefore, it is my hope that the results derived from this research will assist …

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Understanding Success In The Academy: A Personal Journey, Lael Croteau Jan 2006

Understanding Success In The Academy: A Personal Journey, Lael Croteau

The Vermont Connection

The purpose of this scholarly personal narrative is to address a practitioner’s experiences in the academy and examine how she defines success. Her identity within her communities and personal factors which have contributed to her continued pursuit of success will also be discussed. This narrative illustrates ways in which student affairs professionals can identify and support students with complex identity backgrounds to achieve success.

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Bridging The Gap: Perspectives From Different Generations On The Field Of Student Affairs, Jacque Little, Judy Raper Jan 2006

Bridging The Gap: Perspectives From Different Generations On The Field Of Student Affairs, Jacque Little, Judy Raper

The Vermont Connection

Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, once posed three questions for individuals to consider when contemplating their spiritual lives: What can I know? What can I do? And, What can I hope? (n.d.) These three questions, while fundamentally simple, are provocative and powerful and lead to significant soul searching regarding one’s values, beliefs, actions, and perspective. It strikes us that these three questions can also provide student affairs professionals with the opportunity for rich dialogue and critical reflection regarding our roles in and beliefs about a profession fraught with change, challenges, mystery, and ethical dilemmas. In this article, two authors, nearly …

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The Cultural Components Of Leadership Development: Examining Latino/A Student Leadership, Nicholas E. Negrete Jan 2006

The Cultural Components Of Leadership Development: Examining Latino/A Student Leadership, Nicholas E. Negrete

The Vermont Connection

Are the leadership development models that exist today inclusive of all student leaders? Does leadership take on different forms when examined through the lenses of different cultural communities? Is there enough research available for student affairs educators to successfully identify the needs and concerns of all student leaders? Although there have been thousands of research articles and books on the topic of leadership development, very few of them have addressed the ways in which students of color, more specifically Latino/a students, develop leadership skills and competencies. Student affairs educators must not become comfortable only identifying with the leadership theories that …

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Making The Case For Service-Learning In First-Year Programs, Aaron Ferguson Jan 2006

Making The Case For Service-Learning In First-Year Programs, Aaron Ferguson

The Vermont Connection

Today’s college students are graduating high school without the skills necessary to undertake the responsibility involved in college level academic work and lifestyles. Additionally, recent national surveys have shown that students are increasingly becoming more academically and socially disengaged (Sax, Astin, Korn, & Mahoney, 1999). In response, educators have begun to focus first-year programs on supporting students in terms of grade-based, academic achievement. Within the context of current theory and research in the field, this article will investigate the potential of service-learning as a forum for students to develop more holistically (academically, personally, and civically) within the context of first-year …

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The Final Word: Seek That Which Is, But Is Not Apparent, Bridget Turner Kelly, Joy Pehlke Jan 2006

The Final Word: Seek That Which Is, But Is Not Apparent, Bridget Turner Kelly, Joy Pehlke

The Vermont Connection

No abstract provided.

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Living Knowledge Production: Indigenous Approaches And Intersections In Higher Education, Amanda L. Cook, Sabrina T. Kwist Jan 2006

Living Knowledge Production: Indigenous Approaches And Intersections In Higher Education, Amanda L. Cook, Sabrina T. Kwist

The Vermont Connection

As educators and practitioners reflect on the relatively young lifespan of the United States higher education system, it is important to take this opportunity to explore and rethink our country’s systems of knowledge production. Currently many of the approaches within the United States rely heavily on Western European epistemologies. Through exploration of narrative and its influence on indigenous epistemologies, we hope to challenge and expand the Western emphasis on the empirical way of knowing. We will learn from the epistemologies of three indigenous communities: Hawaii, New Zealand, and the continental United States. We will examine the creation of worldviews, knowledge …

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Finding The Right Words: A Personal Reflection, Demethra Lasha Bradley, Kerry L. Fleming Jan 2006

Finding The Right Words: A Personal Reflection, Demethra Lasha Bradley, Kerry L. Fleming

The Vermont Connection

No abstract provided.

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Reply To Elizabeth Warren, F. Stephen Knippenberg Jan 2006

Reply To Elizabeth Warren, F. Stephen Knippenberg

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Summer Preview Of The 2006 Annual Meeting October 11-14, 2006, Craig A. Mertler Jan 2006

Summer Preview Of The 2006 Annual Meeting October 11-14, 2006, Craig A. Mertler

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Summer Preview of Annual Meeting

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Moving A Part-Time Engineering Course To A Student-Centred Paradigm, Kevin Kelly Jan 2006

Moving A Part-Time Engineering Course To A Student-Centred Paradigm, Kevin Kelly

Level 3

This paper is a further reflection on two conference papers presented at the World Conference for Continuing Engineering Education (WCCEE) in Vienna in April 2006 and National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway Conference: The Challenge of Diversity: Teaching, Support and Student Learning , June 2006. Both conference papers dealt with different aspects of my experiences of the theoretical and pedagogical changes required in re-design and delivery of a part-time engineering programme for the continuing education development of electrical engineers in the workforce.

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A Critical Exploration Of The Rhetoric Of Equity Belied By Practice In Postgraduate Teacher Education, Roisin Ca Donnelly Jan 2006

A Critical Exploration Of The Rhetoric Of Equity Belied By Practice In Postgraduate Teacher Education, Roisin Ca Donnelly

Level 3

This paper presents the initial results of an investigation into the current awareness and perceptions of equity issues amongst academic staff working on a postgraduate learning and teaching course for teachers in tertiary education in the Republic of Ireland. The study is set in the contemporary landscape of discourses around equality, egalitarianism and equity in education generally

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