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How Managers Use The Stockdale Paradox To Balance “The Now And The Next”, C. W. Von Bergen, Martin S. Bressler

Administrative Issues Journal

Recent discussions of leadership paradoxes have suggested that managers who can hold seemingly opposed, yet interrelated perspectives, are more adaptive and effective. One such paradox that has received relatively little attention is the “Stockdale Paradox,” named after Admiral James Stockdale, an American naval officer who was held captive for seven and one-half years during the Vietnam War and survived imprisonment in large part because he held beliefs of optimism about the future, while simultaneously acknowledging the current reality of the desperate situation in which he found himself. This contradictory tension enabled him and his followers to emerge from their situation …

Letter From The Editor, Amanda Evert

Administrative Issues Journal

The Winter 2017 issue of the AIJ begins with an invited article on the evolution of a bridge-to-college program at Idaho State University.

Invited Article: Bridging The Gap – Supporting The Transition From High School To College, Julie A. Frischmann, Kelly S. Moor

Administrative Issues Journal

Idaho State University’s Bengal Bridge is a summer program designed to help students successfully transition from high school to their first year of college at Idaho State University. All Bridge students at ISU take two general education courses, plus an additional credit of supplemental instruction focused on academic strategies specific to the disciplines represented by those general education courses, as well as a First Year Transition (ACAD) course to facilitate engagement with and acculturation to the university community—a total of nine to 10 credits in just seven weeks. Bridge students are also supported by one-to-one academic coaching, supplemental tutoring, peer …

Classical Literature Gives Life To Business Paradox And Systems Integration, Robert A. Page, Samuel K. Andoh, Robert A. Smith

Administrative Issues Journal

Professors bemoan the great difficulty students have understanding the complexity of their disciplines or functional specializations. Many non-traditional students have work and family commitments that limit the time needed to reflect professionally and to master these concepts. This disconnect has persisted despite decades of work developing more integrated, interdisciplinary curricula. One potential, partial solution is to simply start sooner and partner with liberal arts courses to introduce business students to complexity and paradox before they arrive at the business school. Grounding these concepts in the Classics embeds them in great stories of passion, betrayal, commitment, and emotion normally absent in …

Authentic Leadership—Is It More Than Emotional Intelligence?, Phyllis Duncan, Mark Green, Esther Gergen, Wenonah Ecung

Administrative Issues Journal

One of the newest theories to gain widespread interest is authentic leadership. Part of the rationale for developing a model and subsequent instrument to measure authentic leadership was a concern that the more popular theory, the full range model of leadership and its instrument, the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) (Bass & Avolio, 1985), did not sufficiently emphasize aspects of leader emotional intelligence (EI), such as self-awareness (Avolio & Gardner, 2005).

In its current configuration, the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) (Walumba, Avolio, Gardner, Wernsing & Peterson, 2008) measures four dimensions of leadership: relational transparency, internal moral perspective, balanced processing, and self-awareness. …

Addressing Uncertainty During Workplace Change: Communication And Sense-Making, Rich Parsells

Administrative Issues Journal

Change is a commonplace occurrence in today’s organizations. A number of scholars suggest that communication strategies during organizational change are an important element to the success of a change initiative, yet such strategies are not given primacy in the research literature. The purpose of this paper is to add to the discourse on communication and workplace change initiatives by reporting on a research project that explored communication actions which were employed and viewed as useful by those experiencing a change in the workplace. This paper presents the findings that emanated from the study and explore their meaning in relation to …

Esl Club & Women Speak: Our Second Home In America, Tee Kesnan, Fred Alsberg, Ta-An Wu, Yu-Jou Lin, Juo-Chun Wu

SWOSU ESL CLUB NEWSLETTER

SWOSU ESL Club Newsletter: Fall 2017 is the third issue of the newsletter for the English as a Second Language Club (ESL).

December 8, 2017 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate December 8, 2017 Approved Minutes.

Intramural Activity Report Fy 2017, Yolanda Carr

Intramural Activity Reports

The Sponsored Programs Annual Reports collection contains reports for the Extramural and Intramural Activities of the Southwestern Oklahoma State University faculty and students. The collection currently covers the years 2014 - 2017. More reports will be included as they are available.

Extramural activities mean they were funded by organizations independent of SWOSU.

Intramural activities mean they were funded by SWOSU.

December 2017, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

CETL, SWOSU, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Migrating Learning Management Systems: A Case Of A Large Public University, Brenda L. R. Such, Albert D. Ritzhaupt, George S. Thompson

Administrative Issues Journal

In the past 20 years, institutions of higher education have made major investments in Learning Management Systems (LMSs). As institutions have integrated the LMS into campus culture, the potential of migrating to not only an upgraded version of the LMS, but also an entirely different LMS, has become a reality. This qualitative research study examines the perspectives of five stakeholders involved with the migration of an LMS at a major research institution in the southeastern United States. Using Lewin’s (1947) Change Management Model and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Model as analogies, this research seeks to understand the role and responsibilities …

11-27-2017 Swosu’S Pbl Hosts Round Table & Food Drive, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2017

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) chapter recently hosted professionals from across the state of Oklahoma at a career-readiness round table discussion on the Weatherford campus.

November 17, 2017 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate November 17, 2017 Approved Minutes.

November 2017, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

No abstract provided.

October 27, 2017 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate October 27, 2017 Approved Minutes.

10-16-2017 Homecoming King And Queen Finalists Named At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2017

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Homecoming is Saturday, November 4, and finalists for Homecoming king and queen have been selected by SWOSU students.

10-02-2017 Swosu Phi Beta Lambda Invites Students To Monthly Meetings, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2017

Phi Beta Lambda is a national business organization that focuses on professionalism, service, leadership, and networking, and SWOSU’s PBL chapter on the Weatherford campus performs a different service project each month, showcases knowledgeable guest speakers, and competes in state and national-level competitions each spring and summer.

10-02-2017 “Missiles Of Oklahoma” Seminars Planned In October At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2017

Southwestern Oklahoma State University is hosting a free two-night “Missiles of Oklahoma” seminar in October featuring nationally-known author Michael Dobbs and SWOSU history instructor Landry Brewer. The event coincides with the 55th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

October 2017, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

CETL, SWOSU, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

September 29, 2017 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate September 29, 2017 Approved Minutes.

The Source, Yolanda Carr, C.J. Smith

The Source

No abstract provided.

September 2017, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

No abstract provided.

Swosu Fact Book Fall 2017, James South, Diane Fitzsimmons

Fact Books

Southwestern Oklahoma State University Fact Book provides a ready source of information to answer frequently asked questions about the University and its operations. The Fact Book is compiled annually to assist the university with strategic planning, academic program reviews, grant writing, accreditation, and institutional information to help guide decision-making. The report is designed to help faculty, staff, and administrators better understand the student body and university trends. The data analyzed for this report was collected from 2008 to 2017.

Unless otherwise noted, the information in the Fact Book is collected on the tenth class day of each fall semester from …

August 25, 2017 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate August 25, 2017 Approved Minutes.

08-07-2017 Willow Missile Site Historic Marker Funding Campaign Is Complete, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2017

Southwestern Oklahoma State University-Sayre History Instructor Landry Brewer is one-step closer to placing a historic marker near Willow.

August 2017, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

No abstract provided.

July 18, 2017 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate July 18, 2017 Approved Minutes.

Color-Blind Racial Attitudes: Microaggressions In The Context Of Racism And White Privilege, Jared F. Edwards

Administrative Issues Journal

Interest in institutional racism, White privilege, and microaggressions appears to be growing. We are living in times when the impact of race and racism are debated—when even the existence of racism is debated along with the appropriateness of examining the worst parts of U.S. history. This special-issue invited article includes a brief examination of historical information and current context in which racism and microaggressions exist, leading to their connections to Color-Blind Racial Attitudes (CoBRAs). Reviewed research on CoBRAs addresses teacher training, educational practices, experiences on college campuses, and organizational management.

Investigation Of Factors Relating To The Web-Based Presentation Of Policy And Information On Campus Firearm Policy And Smoking Policy, Veronica F. Mcgowan

Administrative Issues Journal

In order to explore themes of privilege in regard to policy availability, language accessibility, and underlying bias, policies related to two topics of interest to higher education campus visitors, campus firearm carry policy and smoking policy, are explored to determine how Web-based information is presented to various audiences. Implications of policy accessibility are compelling; language barriers can adversely affect access to campus events and educational services. Representative samples of policies of five states that allow some form of open or concealed campus firearm carry were studied to determine possible factors of importance. Representative samples of two additional states in the …

July 2017, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

No abstract provided.