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Feasibility Study Of Cold Room Renovations For P.O.V.E., Kurtis Kobara
Feasibility Study Of Cold Room Renovations For P.O.V.E., Kurtis Kobara
Agribusiness
No abstract provided.
Does Student Leadership Participation Enhance The Development Of Emotional Intelligence, Michelle Breanne Curro
Does Student Leadership Participation Enhance The Development Of Emotional Intelligence, Michelle Breanne Curro
Master's Theses
Emotional Intelligence is believed to explain how emotions may be used, monitored, and measured to predict workplace success and failure, the suggestion that if individuals can balance the emotions within themselves and others, they can use their skills to better their organization. This study explored the development of Emotional Intelligence in the ASI Student Manager Team in comparison to Student Government members at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) during the fall 2008 quarter. The Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i) was used to assess student leaders’ Emotional Intelligence (EI) development (N = 27). A two sample t-test …
Modeling Feedback Between Economic And Biophysical Systems In Smallholder Agriculture In Kenya: The Crops, Livestock And Soils In Smallholder Economic Systems (Classes) Model, Emma C. Stephens, Christopher B. Barrett, Douglas R. Brown, Johannes Lehmann, David Mbugua, Solomon Ngoze, Charles F. Nicholson, David Parsons, Alice N. Pell, Susan J. Riha
Modeling Feedback Between Economic And Biophysical Systems In Smallholder Agriculture In Kenya: The Crops, Livestock And Soils In Smallholder Economic Systems (Classes) Model, Emma C. Stephens, Christopher B. Barrett, Douglas R. Brown, Johannes Lehmann, David Mbugua, Solomon Ngoze, Charles F. Nicholson, David Parsons, Alice N. Pell, Susan J. Riha
Agribusiness
We investigate natural resource-based poverty traps using a simulation model of smallholder farms in highland Kenya. Simulation modeling allows for detailed examination of the complex interactions and feedback between farm-household economic decision-making and long-term soil dynamics, which may contribute to persistent poverty among smallholders in this region. We examine the effects of changing initial endowments of land, labour and stocks of on-farm soil organic matter on the long-term welfare of these households. We find that larger farms are better able to cope with both labour shocks and deteriorating natural capital than smaller farms, with smaller farms remaining poor and unable …
Dialogical Inquiry: An Extension Of Schein's Clinical Inquiry, Jean-François Coget
Dialogical Inquiry: An Extension Of Schein's Clinical Inquiry, Jean-François Coget
Management, HR and Information Systems
this article introduces dialogical inquiry, an extension of clinical inquiry. Following clinical inquiry’s main principles, dialogical inquiry adopts a dialogue over videotaped segments of behavior as its main tool. The goals of dialogical inquiry are (a) to raise participants’ awareness about how they interpret work situations in the moment, so that they can increase their effectiveness and (b) to allow the researcher to build actionable academic knowledge. The process of dialogical inquiry has four phases: (a) a life interview with the participant, (b) shadowing and filming the participant in action in the work environment, (c) selecting episodes from the videotaped …
Le Rôle De L’Émotion Dans La Prise De Décision Intuitive: Zoom Sur Les Réalisateurs-Décideurs En Période De Tournage, Jean-François Coget, Christophe Haag, Annabel-Mauve Bonnefous
Le Rôle De L’Émotion Dans La Prise De Décision Intuitive: Zoom Sur Les Réalisateurs-Décideurs En Période De Tournage, Jean-François Coget, Christophe Haag, Annabel-Mauve Bonnefous
Management, HR and Information Systems
La plupart des chercheurs s'accordent sure le fait que l'emotion est une caractéristique essentielle de la prise de décision intuitive (PDI), mais rares sont ceux qui ont étudié le phénomène de façon empirique. De ce fait, on ne sait pas précisément comment l’émotion interagit avec le processus de prise de décision. Cet article se propose de commencer à élucider le rôle de l’émotion dans la PDI par une étude empirique de type exploratoire portant sur les réalisateurs de cinéma en période de tournage. Les résultats de l’étude montrent que la PDI peut être influencée par trois types d’émotions : les …
Designing For Agility As An Organizational Capability: Learning From A Software Development Firm, James Sena, Jean-Francois Coget, A.B. (Rami) Shani
Designing For Agility As An Organizational Capability: Learning From A Software Development Firm, James Sena, Jean-Francois Coget, A.B. (Rami) Shani
Management, HR and Information Systems
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the nature of agility in an organizational setting-- how a software development firm (SDF) developed, maintained and enhanced agility as it changed from a developer of experimental prototypes to a product-based provider. Qualitative approach based on extensive interviews and on-site observations at two points in time separated by a five-year interval. Agility mechanisms tend to be dynamic and evolve over time. At time 1, SDF achieved agility by adopting a formal platform-based product design and an informal, organic organizational structure. By time 2, SDF had adopted a modular-based product design and a …
Long-Term Insider Action Research: Three Decades Of Work At Kaiser Permanente, Michael W. Stebbins, Judy L. Valenzuela, Jean-Francois Coget
Long-Term Insider Action Research: Three Decades Of Work At Kaiser Permanente, Michael W. Stebbins, Judy L. Valenzuela, Jean-Francois Coget
Management, HR and Information Systems
Since 1973, the pharmacy operations division of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program (KPMCP) has used long-term action research programs as the principal method for orchestrating change. This chapter covers the evolution of action research theory within large, complex organizations, with particular attention to health care organizations. Four case examples from KPMCP are discussed in depth and mapped to the recently advanced Roth model of insider action research. This model considers external and internal business context, the perceived need to create new organizational capabilities, as well as insider action research theory and learning mechanisms used in change programs. Issues posed …
Marketing Concept Manifestations In Fiji Enterprises: Confirming The Link To Organizational Competitiveness, Stern Neill, Raghuvar Dutt Pathak, Narendra Reddy
Marketing Concept Manifestations In Fiji Enterprises: Confirming The Link To Organizational Competitiveness, Stern Neill, Raghuvar Dutt Pathak, Narendra Reddy
Marketing
This paper proposes an integrative view of the marketing concept (i.e., the ability to understand and satisfy customers) and examines its prevalence and effect on competitiveness in organizations operating in an isolated and less economically developed country. The marketing concept manifests as marketing expertise, market orientation, and externally directed organizational values. Based on a sample of 86 firms operating in Fiji, the results indicate that these three mechanisms promote organizational competitiveness, thus supporting the universality of the marketing concept. These findings confirm the important role of the marketing concept in the competitiveness of firms in a less developed economy.
Financial Management To Support Sustainability, Doug Cerf, Arline Savage
Financial Management To Support Sustainability, Doug Cerf, Arline Savage
Accounting
No abstract provided.
Setting Agricultural Science Strategy In Tumultuous Economic Times, Jennifer S. James, Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey
Setting Agricultural Science Strategy In Tumultuous Economic Times, Jennifer S. James, Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey
Agribusiness
The international competitiveness and prosperity of U.S. agriculture depends on steady and rapid productivity growth fueled by public agricultural research and development (R&D). Agricultural science benefits consumers and the environment, not just farmers. Enhanced productivity as a result of agricultural R&D means that consumers have access to a more abundant, cheaper, safer, higher quality, and more diverse and convenient food supply, produced with less stress on natural resources and the environment. From a global perspective, productivity growth allows agricultural production to increase faster than demand; food has become much cheaper over time in spite of a rapidly growing world population …
The Economics Of Agricultural R&D, Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, Jennifer S. James, Matthew A. Andersen
The Economics Of Agricultural R&D, Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, Jennifer S. James, Matthew A. Andersen
Agribusiness
Agricultural research has transformed agriculture and in doing so contributed to the transformation of economies. Economic issues arise because agricultural research is subject to various market failures, because the resulting innovations and technological changes have important economic consequences for net income and its distribution, and because the consequences are difficult to discern and attribute. Economists have developed models and measures of the economic consequences of agricultural R&D and related policies in contributions that relate to a very broad literature ranging across production economics, development economics, industrial organization, economic history, welfare economics, political economy, econometrics, and so on. A key general …
Structural Changes In U.S. Agricultural Production And Productivity, Jennifer S. James, Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, Matthew A. Andersen
Structural Changes In U.S. Agricultural Production And Productivity, Jennifer S. James, Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, Matthew A. Andersen
Agribusiness
The structure of U.S. agricultural production changed dramatically during the 20th Century. Major technological innovations transformed the relationship between agricultural inputs and outputs, and contributed to rapid increases in agricultural productivity. However, evidence is mounting that suggests we have entered a new era, with substantially lower rates of productivity growth. In this article, we examine trends and spatial patterns in agricultural input use, production of outputs, and productivity. We focus on productivity growth over the period 1949–2002, and find a statistically significant slowdown in productivity growth after 1990.
Economics And Policy Context For The Biological Management Of Soil Fertility (Bmsf) In Ethiopia, Habtamu T. Kassahun, Charles F. Nicholson, Dawit Solomon, Amy S. Collick, Tammo S. Steenhuis
Economics And Policy Context For The Biological Management Of Soil Fertility (Bmsf) In Ethiopia, Habtamu T. Kassahun, Charles F. Nicholson, Dawit Solomon, Amy S. Collick, Tammo S. Steenhuis
Agribusiness
Many developing countries implement programs and policies to increase or maintain soil fertility, with the objectives of increased crop yields and decreased poverty. However, few countries give emphasis to the biological management of soil fertility (BMSF) compared to more traditional approaches. Ethiopia emphasizes the use synthetic fertilizers to increase food security and reduce poverty, with little attention to BMSF. This paper examines the long term fertilizer consumption and agricultural productivity response trend and discusses the potential for BMSF to promote agricultural productivity and reduce poverty in Ethiopia. The paper also discusses the Economics and Policy Context for BMSF for the …