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Collateral Learning Through Service-Learning: Developing Competent Business Professionals, Janice Gygi, Susan R. Madsen
Collateral Learning Through Service-Learning: Developing Competent Business Professionals, Janice Gygi, Susan R. Madsen
Susan R. Madsen
Stakeholders of business schools expect graduates to have certain collateral skills in addition to the specific skills required by the discipline. These skills have been identified as quantitative analysis, information technology, diversity, teamwork and interpersonal, critical and analytical thinking, verbal and written communication, and ethical. This literature review suggests that service-learning should be an excellent way to help students develop collateral as well as discipline-specific skills. This may be due to the high motivation to learn that students gain from working in the real world with individuals whose lives are impacted by the quality of service provided by the students.
Thinking Beyond The Classroom In Management Education: Implementing Academic Service-Learning For A Comprehensive Learning Experience, Ovilla Turnbull, Susan R. Madsen
Thinking Beyond The Classroom In Management Education: Implementing Academic Service-Learning For A Comprehensive Learning Experience, Ovilla Turnbull, Susan R. Madsen
Susan R. Madsen
The business environment has gradually become more dynamic and complex throughout the past decades. Today, businesses struggle with complicated issues that were not discussed and/or did not exist 25 to 30 years ago. Yet, according to Dallimore (2002), “higher education has not adequately responded to the need to prepare students from this complex environment” (p. 86). Educators have found that experiential teaching methods, including academic service-learning, address these current challenges in higher education. The purpose of this paper is to assist management educators and practitioners in understanding the service-learning pedagogy and its worth and applicability to management education. We will …
Work-Family Conflict And Health: A Study Of The Workplace, Psychological, And Behavioral Correlates, Susan R. Madsen, Cameron John, Duane Miller
Work-Family Conflict And Health: A Study Of The Workplace, Psychological, And Behavioral Correlates, Susan R. Madsen, Cameron John, Duane Miller
Susan R. Madsen
Quantitative methods are used to shed light on the relationships among work-family conflict, health, and other workplace, psychological, and behavioral constructs, i.e., organizational commitment, management/leadership relations, job knowledge and skills, job demands, workplace social relations, and readiness for change. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data regarding the perceptions of 464 employees in four organizations. Negative correlations were found between work-family conflict and all variables except job knowledge and skills. Significant relationships were also discovered between health and all study variables. Multiple regressions were used to explore the relationships between the demographic variables and work-family conflict and health.
The Integration Of Human Resource Development And Work-Life Research (Food N' Thought Session), Susan R. Madsen, M. Lane Morris, Vicki Stout
The Integration Of Human Resource Development And Work-Life Research (Food N' Thought Session), Susan R. Madsen, M. Lane Morris, Vicki Stout
Susan R. Madsen
Some of the most important topics of research in human resource development (HRD) today revolve around specific issues, policies, practices, programs, or interventions that appear to influence the performance of employees in all types of organizations. Although research in the work/life arena has been published for the last three decades in related fields (e.g., management, psychology, and family sciences), HRD literature reporting the exploration and investigation of the HRD-work/life connection is relatively new. However, it is clear that work/life issues are essential considerations with regard to the performance at the individual, group, and organizational levels. Hence, it is important that …
Common Factors Of High Performance Teams, Bruce Jackson, Susan R. Madsen
Common Factors Of High Performance Teams, Bruce Jackson, Susan R. Madsen
Susan R. Madsen
Utilization of work teams is now wide spread in all types of organizations throughout the world. However, an understanding of the important factors common to high performance teams is rare. The purpose of this content analysis is to explore the literature and propose findings related to high performance teams. These include definition and types, goals, talent, skills, performance ethics, incentives and motivation, efficacy, leadership, conflict, communication, power and empowerment, norms and standards, and values.
Readiness For Organizational Change, Susan R. Madsen, Duane Miller, Cameron John
Readiness For Organizational Change, Susan R. Madsen, Duane Miller, Cameron John
Susan R. Madsen
Today’s businesses are confronting continuous and unparalleled changes. For organizations to assist employees in being motivated and prepared for change, it is essential that managers, leaders, and organization development professionals understand factors that may influence individual change readiness. The purpose of this research study was to investigate the relationship between readiness for change and two of these possible factors: organizational commitment and social relationships in the workplace. Four hundred and sixty-four usable surveys were returned from full-time employees in four companies within two northern Utah counties. The findings indicate that there are significant relationships between readiness for change, organizational commitment, …
Common Factors Of High Performance Teams, Bruce Jackson, Susan R. Madsen
Common Factors Of High Performance Teams, Bruce Jackson, Susan R. Madsen
Susan R. Madsen
Utilization of work teams is now widespread in all types of organizations throughout the world. An understanding of the important factors common to high performance teams is, however, rare. the purpose of this content analysis is to explore the literature and propose findings related to high performance teams. These include definition and types, goals, talent, skills, performance ethics, incentives and motivation, efficacy, leadership, conflict, communication, power and empowerment, norms and standards, and values.