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Beyond Competence: Developing Managers Of Complex Projects, Lynn Crawford, Ed Hoffman
Beyond Competence: Developing Managers Of Complex Projects, Lynn Crawford, Ed Hoffman
Lynn Crawford
Considerable attention and development activity has been devoted over the last 20 years to determining and codifying, in standards and certification programs, the knowledge and practices that are considered necessary for competent performance of project managers. Although not explicitly stated as such, these efforts are essentially geared toward threshold competence represented by minimum standards for project management knowledge and practice considered necessary for effective workplace performance. Further, they are primarily designed for management of single or stand-alone projects for which goals and methods can be well defined. On such projects, minimum standards for knowledge and practice can provide a shared …
Does Providing More Prompts In Visitor Expenditure Surveys Result In Higher Reported Expenditure?, Mike Raybould, Liz Fredline
Does Providing More Prompts In Visitor Expenditure Surveys Result In Higher Reported Expenditure?, Mike Raybould, Liz Fredline
Michael Raybould
It has been claimed that providing more prompts or categories in the expenditure module of a visitor survey should assist respondents to recall their expenditure more accurately though this does not appear to have been supported by the few field tests conducted to date. This paper describes an experimental examination of the effects on reported expenditure of providing additional cues in the expenditure module of an event visitor survey. In this study aggregate and disaggregate formats result in significant differences in reported expenditure in key expenditure categories. In the context of the total survey error model it considers the trade‐off …
Effect Of Increased Social Networking Usage On Student Academic Performance., Jomon Aliyas Paul, Hope Baker, Justin Cochran
Effect Of Increased Social Networking Usage On Student Academic Performance., Jomon Aliyas Paul, Hope Baker, Justin Cochran
Jomon Aliyas Paul
Online social networks (OSNs) have permeated all generations of Internet users, becoming a prominent communications tool, particularly in the student community. Thus, academic institutions and faculty are increasingly using social networking sites, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, to connect with current and potential students and to deliver instructional content. This has led to a rise in questions about the impact of OSN on academic performance and the possibility of using it as an effective teaching tool. To learn more about the impact on academic performance, we conducted a survey of business students at a large state university. Survey results were …