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Maine Food Trader, New England Environmental Finance Center, University Of Southern Maine
Maine Food Trader, New England Environmental Finance Center, University Of Southern Maine
Local Food Systems
A free website for buying, selling, trading and donating local food. Keep food from going to waste and help make food production a good way to make a living in Maine.
Responsible Leadership - The Ethic Of Right Behavior (Wausau, Wi), C. William Pollard
Responsible Leadership - The Ethic Of Right Behavior (Wausau, Wi), C. William Pollard
C. William Pollard Papers
Speaking at the 2003 Wausau Luncheon and Excellence in Leadership Forum (Wausau, WI), Pollard calls on business leaders to run their organizations as moral communities oriented to the "development of human character."
Responsible Leadership - The Ethic Of Right Behavior (River Forest, Il), C. William Pollard
Responsible Leadership - The Ethic Of Right Behavior (River Forest, Il), C. William Pollard
C. William Pollard Papers
Speaking at the Concordia Business Friends Breakfast, Pollard calls on business leaders to run their organizations as moral communities oriented to the "development of human character."
A Charge To Keep, C. William Pollard
A Charge To Keep, C. William Pollard
C. William Pollard Papers
In this address at the Emmanuel University's (Oradea, Romania) 2003 commencement ceremony, Pollard encourages the graduating seniors to see themselves as going out to serve and engage the world for Christ in whatever field of work they may enter.
Responsible Leadership - The Ethic Of Right Behavior (London), C. William Pollard
Responsible Leadership - The Ethic Of Right Behavior (London), C. William Pollard
C. William Pollard Papers
Speaking at the CRPA Dinner in London, Pollard calls on business leaders to run their organizations as moral communities oriented to the "development of human character."
The Impact Of Base Expansion And Contraction Scenarios For Fort Bliss, Texas On The Regional Economy, Dennis L. Soden, David A. Schauer, Brent Mccune
The Impact Of Base Expansion And Contraction Scenarios For Fort Bliss, Texas On The Regional Economy, Dennis L. Soden, David A. Schauer, Brent Mccune
IPED Technical Reports
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Cracks In The Egg: Improving Performance Measures In Business Incubator Research, Barbara Cornelius, Rekha Bhabra-Remedios
Cracks In The Egg: Improving Performance Measures In Business Incubator Research, Barbara Cornelius, Rekha Bhabra-Remedios
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Early research into business incubators focused on describing how they were operated and what activities were undertaken to assist in the survival of tenant firms. The only measures of effective operation were based upon the economic agenda of those sponsoring the incubators, that is, whether jobs were created and firms successfully developed beyond the protected incubator environment. The theoretical considerations used by researchers were, as a consequence, limited largely to either economic or fmancial models of performance. Much can be learned, however, from the management literature, which examines performance through organisational theory. It is suggested that further research into incubator …
Government Business Process Analysis With Activity Theory, Peter A. J Larkin
Government Business Process Analysis With Activity Theory, Peter A. J Larkin
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Activity Theory tells us that a motivated person or group performs an activity directed at an object in order to transform the object into desired outcomes to fulfil a need. It also tells us that instruments and the community mediate human activity. The New South Wales state parliament in Australia performs the activity of creating Acts and those Acts prescribe within them the objects of the Act and the desired outcomes. To achieve the desired outcomes, the Act will establish or constitute the necessary instruments. This paper describes an application of Yrjo Engestrom's Activity Theory model, or structure of human …
Engendering Healthy Organisational Communication - Evidence From Australian Female Managers And Business People, Mary Barrett
Engendering Healthy Organisational Communication - Evidence From Australian Female Managers And Business People, Mary Barrett
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Keeping 'good' communication in organisations is one of the most frequently prescribed recipes for organisational well being. Training programs for employees in assertiveness, improved communication, career development, and managing oneself and others, have often called attention to the specifics of verbal interactions between managers, employees and others in the organisation. Such training programs generally suppose that direct, open approaches to communication are best. Yet it has often been asserted in sociolinguistic research that men and women communicate differently, including at work. Despite this, precepts for 'good' communication that are recommended for both genders in communication training are usually consistent with …