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Effective Project Management And The Role Of Quality Assurance Throughout The Project Life Cycle, Monier Madison Ouabira, Hengameh Fakhravar

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Quality is a fundamental requirement in effective project management. Effective project management entails a steady focus on quality management as well as achievement of all user requirements as defined during the requirements engineering phase of project implementation. Quality assurance must be executed throughout the project development cycle as a new normal in reducing errors and challenges during project development. Conducting quality assurance throughout the project development cycle has many benefits to both the project as well as the project development team. Understanding the research approach to use is critical in achieving high-quality findings in projects. There is a need to …

Understanding Successful Strategies Human Service First-Level Managers Utilize When Addressing Workplace Incivility, Mary Elizabeth Barlow

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The social problem of workplace incivility is a well-researched issue that impacts employees, work groups, and organizations across the nation. The purpose of this study was to understand how first-level human service managers describe employee turnover in relation to workplace incivility and what first-level human service managers view as successful strategies they have used to address workplace incivility. The theoretical framework utilized for this study was incivility spiral theory, as described by Andersson and Pearson. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to gain an understanding of successful strategies that first-level human service managers utilize when addressing workplace incivility …

Leadership Strategies To Improve Employee Well-Being, Camille Black

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Poor employee well-being because of a lack of job resources costs business leaders billions of dollars each year. Business leaders in the entertainment industry who fail to manifest strategies to increase employee well-being might decrease employee resources and increase the consequences of job demands, such as decreased organizational performance and profitability. Grounded in the job demands-resources model theory, the purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies entertainment leaders use to increase employee well-being. The participants included six entertainment executives employed at a large entertainment company in California who successfully implemented strategies that increased employees’ well-being. Data were …

Funding Strategies For Nonprofit Animal Shelter Leaders, Destiny Reeder

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nonprofit animal shelters provide vital services to the community and improve the overall well-being of animals. Many animal shelters, however, face the challenge of insufficient funding. Some nonprofit animal shelter leaders are burdened with financial uncertainty because of a lack of funding strategies for operational stability and survival. Grounded in the resource dependency theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies that nonprofit animal shelter leaders use to obtain funding. The participants comprised three nonprofit animal shelter leaders in Maryland. Data were collected from semistructured telephone interviews and public financial reports. Data analysis was conducted …

Willingness-To-Pay For Halal And Branded Poultry In Northern Mozambique, Alison J. Creasey, L. Lanier Nalley

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

While price typically drives consumers’ food-purchasing decisions in low-income countries, religious attributes associated with food production and corporate branding could influence buying patterns. In Mozambique, more than 46% of people were living below the poverty line of ($0.31 USD) per day in 2018. That being said, in the Nampula Province (the location of this study), which is the second poorest province in the country, over 25% of the population is Muslim and may be willing-to-pay (WTP) a premium for Halal meat products to uphold Islamic beliefs. Like many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, poultry is the fastest-growing source of protein. Since …

Optimalizimi I Formës Së Dizajnit Duke Përdorur Cad/Cae Sistemet, Namik Tola

Theses and Dissertations

Computer Aided Design (CAD) dhe Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) janë mjetet më të rëndësishme teknologjike qe ingjinierët dhe dizajnerët i përdorin për të zhvilluar dhe përmirësuar produktet në përditshmëri (formën, dizajnin dhe procesin e optimizimit). Për këtë arsye, ky studim shfaq rendesinë e përdorimit te CAD-it për modelimin e pjesëve dhe veglave, si dhe pjesën e CAE-it për analiza të ndryshme ingjinierike si presionin në pika të ndryshme, apo aerodinamikën e makinerive të ndryshme, flow simulation dhe shumë analiza tjera.

Kjo temë prezanton përdorimin e CAD/CAE sistemeve për modelimin dhe analizimin e procesit stress dhe strain dhe rezultatet e kalkulimeve …

The Benefits Of Evidence Based Practices In Public Administration: Does Therapeutic Listening Training Increase Emotional Intelligence To Affect Change Management Outcomes In Public And Private Sector Organizations, John Sillup

West Chester University Doctoral Projects

Abstract

This doctoral dissertation considers change management as it relates directly to evidence-based practices in public administration. The problem under study was the lack of scholarly research on the effect of an administrative leader’s emotional intelligence (EI) has on follower self-efficacy during change management. This study provided findings on the effect of therapeutic listening training as a means to increase emotional intelligence to potentially affect change management outcomes in public and private sector organizations. Change management is a systematic and structured process of developing and implementing strategies and interventions for organizations transitioning from current state to a desired state. The …

Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Highlights 2020-2021, Jim Jansen, Jeffrey Stokes

Nebraska Farm Real Estate Reports

Introduction

The Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Highlights 2020-2021 report represents the 43rd edition to the annual series. These reports provide an important insight on agricultural land market dynamics for stakeholders across Nebraska. In today’s market, where market transactions exceeding $1 million dollars are the norm, objective market information and analysis is more critical than ever. The focus of the report continues to be on providing unbiased information for agricultural land values and rental rates so industry participants can make educated and informed decisions.

This year, the February 2021 survey of nearly 120 expert panel members from across the state …

Investigating Brexit Implications On The Irish Agri-Food Exports: A Simulation-Based Scenario Mapping Model, Amr Mahfouz, John Crowe, Rishi Choudhary, Wael Rashwan, Aly Owida

Conference papers

The Irish economy is highly dependent on the UK market with a total export value surpassing e 14 billion. Several reports have warned of severe bottlenecks at the Irish and British ports if new customs checks are reintroduced. A significant disruption is also expected to the traffic flow between Ireland and Britain because of the lack of proper checking infrastructure at some ports. This situation will cause devastating impact on the competitive advantage of various Irish exports to the UK market, particularly limited-shelf-life products. Hence, a simulation model has been developed to investigate three Brexit scenarios: 1) applying non-tariff barriers …

Value Of Nfts In The Digital Art Sector And Its Market Research, Su Yeon Jeong

MA Theses

NFT, as a digital asset, has the most significant advantage of making clear ownership and providing strong authenticity in any sector. It means anything such as a family Christmas video, a legendary game item, or meaningless tweet from Twitter can be NFT work and trade as a digital asset. How would NFT work in a digital art segment, and what would be the value of NFT in the digital art sector? What is really authenticating, collecting, and owning NFT artwork? NFT art as a digital asset, there is potential to open up a 'post-futuristic art market.' As a student willing …

The Brave New Virtual Art World The Evolution Of Digital Art: Nfts And Their Effects On The Art Market In 2021, Sophie Delaplaine

MA Theses

The first half of 2021, NFT crypto art captured both the public’s attention and the art market due to the escalation of sales prices and the auction houses acceptance of cryptocurrencies. As an artform, digital art is not new. It began in the 1960s and 1970s with roots as early as the 1940s. During this evolution the lines between technology and art have intersected, often become blurred and in many cases have merged into new artforms. Even when scholars trace the origins of digital art to present day it is difficult to tell if scientists are influencing artists or artists …

Letter From The Dean, Deacue Fields

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Discovery: The Student Journal Of Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food And Life Sciences - Volume 22 2021, Several Authors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Inventions Of Scientists, Engineers And Specialists From Different Countries In The Area Of Nanotechnologies. Part Iv, Leonid A. Ivanov, Li Da Xu, Zhanna V. Pisarenko, Cahn T. Nguyen, Svetlana R. Muminova

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

Introduction. Advanced technologies impress people's imagination demonstrating the latest achievements (materials, methods, systems, technologies, devices etc.) that dramatically change the world. This, first of all, concerns nanotechnological inventions designed by scientists, engineers and specialists from different countries. Main part. The paper briefly reviews inventions made by scientists, engineers and specialists from different countries: Russia, USA, China, Belarus, Great Britain, Vietnam, Denmark, the Kyrgyz Republic. The application of the results of scientists', engineers' and specialists' investigations, including inventions in the area of nanotechnology and nanomaterials allow achieving significant efficiency in construction, house and communal service, related sectors of economy. For example, …

Transitional Challenges In Technology Adoption Among Academic Communities In Indian Higher Education Institutions, Elangovan N, Guydeuk Yeon, Sebastian Perumbilly, Sarah Hormeila Awungshi

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Due to the lockdown and remote working practices, academic universities around the world have been forced to adopt new technology. Online courses and exams enabled the use of new applications. During the pandemic, innovative technological adoption became faster, overriding the usual diffusion time lag. The transition was so fast that it presented a slew of new challenges to India's academic communities. An open-ended online survey was used to gather data from faculty members, students, and non-teaching staff at higher educational institutions. Several concepts about transitional challenges emerged from the qualitative data analysis. The results revealed the significant commitment needed to …

Do I Desire Chatbots To Be Like Humans? Exploring Factors For Adoption Of Chatbots For Financial Services, Moses Sugumar, Shalini Chandra

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

AI-powered chatbots are gaining traction across various industries, especially in the financial sector. Despite these implementations, chatbot adoption and usage among consumers is still low. Grounding on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 (UTAUT2) model and the Belief Desire Intentions (BDI) model, this study explores factors influencing the adoption of chatbots for financial sectors by emphasizing on the role of user desires in addition to human beliefs. Explicitly, the research hypothesizes the role of the humanness in chatbots influencing consumer adoption in the financial services sector. The suggested research model was tested via a sample of …

นวัตกรรมฮาร์ดแวร์สอนเขียนโปรแกรมแบบตัวต่อในรูปแบบหุ่นยนต์สัตว์เลี้ยง, ณัฐธภา พงษ์พานิช

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยในครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ 1) เพื่อพัฒนาฯ 2) เพื่อศึกษาวิธีการนำไปใช้ฯ และ 3) ศึกษาผลการเรียนรู้ของนักเรียนชั้นประถมศึกษาก่อนและหลังจากการนำฮาร์ดแวร์สอนเขียนโปรแกรมแบบตัวต่อรูปแบบหุ่นยนต์สัตว์เลี้ยงมาใช้ในการจัดการเรียนรู้หลักการคิดเชิงคำนวณ กลุ่มตัวอย่างที่ใช้ในการพัฒนาฮาร์ดแวร์และการนำไปใช้ คือ ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ ด้านการประเมินการใช้งานของฮาร์ดแวร์ต้นแบบ และ ด้านการนำไปใช้ในการจัดการเรียนรู้ โดยมี กลุ่มตัวอย่างที่ใช้ในการทดลอง คือ นักเรียนระดับชั้นประถมศึกษาจํานวน 5 คน เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวิจัยได้แก่แบบสัมภาษณ์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญทั้งในด้านฮาร์ดแวร์ฯ และ ในด้านการนำไปจัดการเรียนรู้สำหรับนักเรียนชั้นประถมศึกษา เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการรวบรวมข้อมูล ได้แก่ แบบประเมิน Scoring Rubric ทั้งก่อนและหลังเรียน ทั้งนี้ได้ทําการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลทางสถิติเพื่อศึกษาผลการพัฒนาหลักการคิดเชิงคำนวณของนักเรียนชั้นประถมศึกษา โดยใช้การวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลแบบเปรียบเทียบ คะแนนแบบ Paired-samples T-Test ร่วมกับการอธิบายผล ผลการวิจัยพบว่า ฮาร์ดแวร์ฯ ที่พัฒนาขึ้นมีความเหมาะสมสำหรับการนำไปใช้ในการจัดการเรียนการสอนสำหรับนักเรียนประถมศึกษา ผลการทดลองนำฮาร์ดแวร์ฯไปใช้ พบว่า นักเรียนระดับชั้นประถมศึกษามีพัฒนาการด้านหลักการคิดเชิงคำนวณหลังการทดลองสูงกว่าก่อนทดลองอย่างมีนัยสําคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ .05

Generational Giving In Public Higher Education, Christine Bernot

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

Abstract

Competition for donors and dollars between higher education and the non-profit sector has never been greater, with Americans giving nearly $450 billion in philanthropic support to charitable organizations in 2019 (IUPUI, 2020). Alumni of higher education institutions are a natural constituency group with a history of giving back to support student needs and programs.

New research in fundraising for higher education analyzing generational giving behaviors of alumni graduate donors could help universities better understand their giving results and support the innovation of new fundraising strategies and best practices. This quantitative research study used historical giving data to examine the …

Communication During A Crisis: Keeping Our Patrons Informed During The Covid-19 Pandemic, John P. Delooper, Michelle Ehrenpreis

Publications and Research

This article discusses the Leonard Lief Library’s communications strategy to keep its patrons informed during the COVID-19 crisis. The Leonard Lief Library at Lehman College (CUNY) made use of its website, social media, and research guides to effectively convey timely information about service changes, library resources, and to improve outreach activities to our patron community while the library’s physical building was closed to its students, faculty, and staff.

Perceiving Organization As An Entity : The Relationship Of Entitativity And Organizational Justice Perception, Wei Zhuang

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Entitativity is an important group construct that has received little attention in the organizational psychology literature. The current study based on 343 employed individuals explores the potential role of entitativity perceptions of organizations on the relationship between justice perceptions and employees’ emotional and behavioral reactions. Results of a three-wave survey study suggest that entitativity perceptions are positively associated with employees’ experienced gratitude toward organizations but have no relationship with employees experienced anger toward organizations. In addition, this study provides evidence that positive emotions can mediate the effect of justice perceptions on positive behavioral outcomes, and negative emotions can mediate the …

ทรายอะราโกไนต์แปรรูปจากเปลือกหอยแมลงภู่, ครรชิต ประทุมราช

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

โครงการค้นคว้าอิสระครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ เพื่อศึกษากระบวนการแปรรูปเปลือกหอยแมลงภู่ในอุตสาหกรรมผลิตอาหารทะเล โดยใช้นวัตกรรมการสร้างมูลค่า ให้ได้ผลผลิตเป็นทรายอะราโกไนต์ต้นแบบ เพื่อศึกษาปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อประสิทธิภาพของการนำทรายอะราโกไนต์แปรรูปจากเปลือกหอยแมลงภู่ สำหรับใช้เป็นวัสดุรองพื้นตู้ปลาทะเลสวยงาม เพื่อศึกษาแผนธุรกิจ และความเป็นไปได้เชิงพาณิชย์ ของการนำเปลือกหอยแมลงภู่ในอุตสาหกรรมผลิตอาหารทะเลมาแปรรูปให้เป็นวัสดุที่มีมูลค่า ตามแนวคิด TURN WASTE TO WEALTH และ การบริหารจัดการขยะเป็นศูนย์ รวมทั้งพัฒนาทรายอะราโกไนต์ต้นแบบเพื่อทดแทนการใช้วัสดุจากธรรมชาติ ส่งเสริมแนวทางการพัฒนาอย่างยั่งยืนขององค์การสหประชาชาติ โดยใช้รูปแบบการปฎิบัติจริงทุกขั้นตอน ตั้งแต่การนำวัสดุเปลือกหอยมาจากชุมชนชาวบ้านที่มีอาชีพแกะเนื้อหอย นำมาผ่านกระบวนการทดสอบในห้องปฎิบัติการของจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย จนได้ผลิตภัณฑ์ต้นแบบ และใช้รูปแบบการวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ ทำแบบสอบถามเพื่อพิสูจน์ถึงปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อการยอมรับนวัตกรรมทรายอะราโกไนต์แปรรูปจากเปลือกหอยแมลงภู่ สามารถเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลที่สนับสนุนแนวทางการศึกษาในโครงการค้นคว้าอิสระ พร้อมที่จะนำข้อมูลอันเป็นประโยชน์เพื่อสนับสนุนการพัฒนาผลิตภัณฑ์ในขั้นตอนต่อไป

Mobile Technology Use By Rural Farmers And Herders, Mohamed Ali

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Mobile technology business leaders from many mobile technology companies practice digital apartheid when improving rural farmers' communication and technology infrastructure in developing countries. Mobile technology business leaders who do not effectively plan mobile technology infrastructure deployment to rural farmers and herders are at a high risk of failure. Grounded in adaptive structuration theory of technology, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies mobile technology business leaders used to improve the mobile technology infrastructure for rural farmers and herders in the United Republic of Tanzania. The participants comprised three mobile technology business leaders from three different …

A Hebrew Republic Of Taxation?: Henry George’S Single Tax, Hebraic Law, And Unearned Income, Joshua Cutler

Accountancy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Can millennia-old religious ideas offer insights into modern tax law? I explore this question through the hugely popular, yet largely forgotten, tax movement of political economist Henry George. Seeking to explain why poverty always seemed to increase along with progress, George proposed that, as societies advanced, land owners were able to capture an increasing share of unearned wealth. To remedy this, George proposed a “Single Tax” on the unearned income from land. George’s tax movement gained popularity largely because it was founded on widely-held ideas originating in the Hebrew Bible. Yet, the religious foundation of George’s tax movement has been …

Factory To Table: A Philosophic Analysis Of The Justice Or Lack Thereof Of Agricultural Markets, Will Carter

CMC Senior Theses

How food is produced has dramatic consequences on how we live, our world’s justice, and the future of our planet. In a world increasingly driven by neoliberalism, agricultural markets have been incentivized to industrialize, globalize, and consolidate. This has resulted in the global dominance of a new type of agriculture, industrial agriculture, driven by the market logic of lowering costs and raising profits. Industrial agriculture has undoubtedly generated the profound benefit of cheaper, more plentiful food in much of the world. These favorable innovations lead many scholars to argue that free markets produce the most just and efficient arrangements for …

Raj Soin College Of Business Newsletter - January 2021, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University

Raj Soin College of Business Newsletter

A four page newsletter created by the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University. This newsletter includes a upcoming events, message from the dean, and more.

Adoption Factors Of The Internet Of Things In Quality Management Of The Thai Food Processing Supply Chain: Manufacturing Perspectives, Pakorn Opasvitayarux

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The introduction of quality management Internet of things (QM IoT) can help food supply chain members to enhance real-time visibility, quality, safety, and efficiency of products and processes. Current literature indicates three main research gaps, including lack of studies in QM IoT in food supply chain, vagueness of integrative adoption of new technology framework, and deficient research covered both adoption attitude and intention in the same model. This study proposed an analysis model based on the technological-organizational-environmental (TOE) framework, reinforced by the collaborative structure to capture the importance of supply chain network, and used the partial least square-structural equation modeling …

Prepare For Takeoff: Improving Asset Measurement And Audit Quality With Drone-Enabled Inventory Audit Procedures, Margaret H. Christ, Scott A. Emett, Scott L. Summers, David A. Wood

Faculty Publications

Auditors increasingly employ technologies to improve audit quality. Using a design science approach, we examine whether using drones and automated counting software can improve audit quality and thereby improve financial reporting. We assess three dimensions of audit quality—efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of audit documentation. We provide evidence that auditors can perform inventory counts with these technologies much more efficiently than they can with manual techniques, decreasing count time in our study from 681 hours to 19 hours. At the same time, auditors can maintain or improve audit effectiveness with these technologies, decreasing error rates in our study from 0.15% to …

Corporate Governance And Tax Avoidance: Evidence From Governance Reform, Jon Kerr, Richard Price, Francisco J. Román, Miles A. Romney

Faculty Publications

Prior literature struggles to find evidence in U.S. settings to support the Desai and Dharmapala (2006) theory on how corporate governance affects tax avoidance. Most studies rely on equity incentive compensation as their governance proxy. We use a Mexican setting to examine this association and find firms with stronger governance engage in less tax avoidance. We rely on both a hand-collected governance index and governance reform to show improved corporate governance pushes tax avoidance toward a new equilibrium. Supplementary analyses show associations between governance and tax avoidance are greatest for tax-cost-sensitive familyowned firms and non-cross-listed firms with naturally weaker governance. …

J Mich Dent Assoc January 2021

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

Every month, The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association brings news, information, and features about Michigan dentistry to our state's oral health community and the MDA's 6,200+ members. No publication reaches more Michigan dentists!

In this issue, the reader will find the following original content:

• A cover story on “The Dentist’s Role in Recognizing Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children”.
• A feature article, “Dental Sleep Medicine Education: Do You Want a Nap or a Full Night’s Sleep?”.
• The feature article, “In-office Plans: Where Are We Now? What Have We Learned?”
• News you need, Editorial and regular department articles on MDA Foundation activities, …

How Many Latours Is Too Many? Measuring Brand Name Congestion In Bordeaux Wine, Christopher Buccafusco, Jonathan S. Masur, Ryan Whalen

Faculty Scholarship

Firms rely on brand names to market goods to consumers, and consumers rely on brand names to locate goods that satisfy their preferences. If multiple firms are using the same or similar names, consumers may be confused about which product to buy, and firms may not obtain the benefits of their investments in quality. Recently, both firms and scholars in a number of industries have expressed concern about brand name congestion—too many firms clustering around too few terms. This paper applies computational linguistic analysis to chateau names in the Bordeaux wine region to study the degree of brand congestion within …