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An Exploration Of The Pay Levels Needed To Attract Students With Mathematics, Science And Technology Skills To A Career In K-12 Teaching, Anthony Milanowski

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

In an exploratory study of the role of salary level and other factors in motivating undergraduate math, science, and technology majors to consider a career as a K-12 teacher, the salary level students said would motivate them to consider a career in teaching was related to the salary expected in their chosen non-teaching occupation, but not to three of the Big 5 personality dimensions of extroversion, agreeableness, and openness, nor concern for others or career risk aversion. ...

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/50 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Exploration of the pay levels needed to attract students with mathematics, science and technology skills to a career in K-12 teaching / Anthony Milanowski.

The Rebirth Of Bioethics: Extending The Original Formulations Of Van Rensselaer Potter, Peter J. Whitehouse

Faculty Scholarship

Van Rensselaer Potter's original concept of bioethics as a global integration of biology and values was designed to guide human survival. His attention to the creation of human knowledge and the incorporation of ecological concepts and values into medicine and health remain important, yet largely neglected, contributions deserving of further elaboration. Bioethicists should heed his warning about unsustainable progress, particularly in health care systems, and work toward changing their behaviors. Incorporating life-affirming spiritual values and extending Potter's global bioethics to a deeper bioethics seem essential.

Minutes December 2, 2003

Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

An Examination Of The Relationship Between The Mentorship Of Student Athletic Trainers And Their Outcome On The National Athletic Trainers' Association Certification Examination, Jerry Vance Pickard

Faculty Dissertations

Purpose . The purpose of this study was to determine if the mentorship of student athletic trainers affects outcome on the National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification (NATABOC) examination.

Method . Results from the Athletic Training Mentor Questionnaire and NATABOC examination test scores for each part (written, oral, written simulation) were used as variables within the study. The sample population for this study consisted of 119 participants who completed both sections of the required study information and delimiting questions applied to the population. Proper methods of selection were incorporated into the study to assure that a national population would …

Healthcare’S Hidden Civil Rights Legacy, David Barton Smith, Ph.D.

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Organizational Factors Contributing To Worker Frustration: The Precursor To Burnout, Cathleen A. Lewandowski

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study examined the organizationalf actors that contribute to workers' frustration with their work situation. The sample included 141 service professionals who attended workshops on burnout in 2001. The purpose of the workshops was to increase awareness regarding the organizational factors that could contribute to burnout. Findings indicate that factors most directly affecting clients were predictive of frustration, rather than factors that may indirectly support service quality or factors impacting workers' professional autonomy. A sense of powerlessness and isolation was also predictive of frustration, suggesting that participants viewed workplace problems as a private rather than an organizational concern. To address …

Building Strategic Leadership And Management Capacity To Improve School Effectiveness, Kelvin Canavan

Journal of Catholic Education

The building of leadership and management capacity with a focus on teaching and learning effectiveness has been a defining characteristic of the Catholic schools in Sydney, Australia, during the past decade. During the 1990s, the leaders of the 150 parish primary and regional secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Sydney adopted a common leadership and management framework that incorporates long-term strategic planning with an annual implementation cycle characterized by a sharp focus on teaching and learning outcomes. Principals and senior staff are involved in an ongoing performance management plan that is linked to the schools’ annual curriculum goals and targets. …

A Comparative Analysis Of Mentoring As A Socializing Strategy Among Law Faculty., Ray Kennard Haynes 1963-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation used a comparative analysis approach to determine mentoring's ability to socialize law faculty. Specifically, it sought to examine the efficacy of formal and informal mentoring in socializing law faculty to their respective institutions. A Mentoring Questionnaire was developed to determine the occurrence of mentoring, the distinctions between the various forms of mentoring, and law faculty perceptions of the effectiveness of the various forms of mentoring received. The Organizational Socialization Questionnaire measured socialization along six dimensions of People, Performance Proficiency, Politics, Language, History and Organizational Goals and Values and was used to determine socialization differences among mentored and non-mentored …

Software Development Productivity And Cycle Time Reduction, Victor A. Clincy

Faculty Articles

Increasing software developers' productivity and reducing the software development process' cycle time are key goals for organizations responsible for building software applications. This paper proposes four major areas impacting an organization's ability to increase developer productivity and reduce development cycle time. The four areas are (1) organizational structure and climate, (2) reward system, (3) software development process and (4) the use of software design and testing tools.

Healthcare Strategic Management: The Impact Of State And Federal Funding Levels On The Implementation Of Strategic Plans At Tennessee Hospitals., Randy Lee Byington

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine hospital executive management’s perceptions of how turbulence in the politico-legal sector of the macroenvironment impacted the strategic management systems of Tennessee hospitals. In particular, how did Federal and State funding restrictions (Medicare and TennCare) impact the strategic planning and implementation process of their hospitals? The study was also designed to gain insight regarding specific changes to strategic management systems that may have resulted from these funding restrictions.

The research was conducted during April and May of 2003. Data were gathered by surveying the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of acute care hospitals in …

The Evaluation Of Aviation Security And Security Incidents, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes several difficulties in evaluating the efficacy of aviation security policies, programs, strategies, and tactics.

Independent- Nov. 18, 2003, Andrea Zelinski

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

Action Research Dialogue And Praxis: How A Participatory Evaluation Design As A Case Study Unfolded To Restructure An American Indian Program (Alp) And Reconstruct A Thirty Year Relationship With An Ivy League, Land-Grant University, Rebecca Maldonado Moore

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

The AlP at Cornell University underwent a major internal restructuring process that engaged multiple stakeholders between 1998 and 2000. The methodological, philosophical, political, and pragmatic value of this process will be detailed along with implications for other ethnic programs needing to reassess their relationship with a given institution. Key Terms: Action research, participatory evaluation, search conference

Cultural Competency: Assessing Organizational Readiness For Change , Valda Boyd Ford, Linda Cunningham

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 8th Annual National Conference (2003)

How culturally competent is your organization? This session will illustrate the process the University of Nebraska Medical Center used to improve the organizational climate to support cultural competence and the method that was developed to ensure employee participation in the change process

Toward An Integrated Communication Theory For Celebrity Endorsement In Fund Raising, Tracie M. Domino

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Throughout the history of the United States, Americans customarily have given away their money, as well as their time to serve the common good. Americans will give "to build something, to fight something, or to save something" (Fink, 1990, p. 136). They make gifts to causes, or the societal problems represented by organizational missions, that are important to them. Individuals give not only to advance a common good, but also to receive private goods, or benefits that are internal, intangible, and in some cases, tangible (Steinberg, 1989).

To create this feeling of reciprocity for prospective donors who have not actually …

Bjc Today

BJC Today

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, October 10, 2003

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Systems Of Practice: How Leaders Use Artifacts To Create Professional Community In Schools, Richard R. Halverson

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

This article explores how local school leaders construct the conditions for professional community in their schools. This paper argues that professional community is a special form of social capital that results, in part, from the design and implementation of facilitating structural networks by instructional leaders in schools. The structural aspects of a school community can be conceived as a system of practice, that is, a network of structures, tasks and traditions that create and facilitate complex webs of practice in organizations.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/37 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Systems of practice : how leaders use artifacts to create professional community in schools / Richard R. Halverson.

Vista: October 09, 2003, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Fall 2003 Vol. 6 No. 2, School Of Information Studies

School of Information Studies - Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Fall 2003, School Of Information Studies

iSchool Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Practicing Cpa, Vol. 27 No. 8, October 2003, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Business Faculty Opinions Of Teaching Methods And Resources, Gundars Kaupins, Malcolm Coco

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

About two hundred and eighty business professors compared seventeen teaching methods and resources based on four objectives. Interactive, hands-on teaching methods such as internships were rated first and less interactive teaching resources such as radio were rated last. Web courses that included more interaction such as chats were rated higher than Web courses with audio, typed lectures, and videos. However, all four types of Web courses investigated were rated in the bottom half of the teaching methods and resources. Results correspond to major principles of andragogy theory.

Virtual Flexibility: A Reexamination Of The Concept Of Organizational Slack, Roy B. Johnson, John Minton, John W. Ray

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

This article reviews changes taking place in the business environment and in the field of strategic management, contrasting the traditional industrial organizational economics paradigm with the new hypercompetitive or Austrian paradigm. It then demonstrates the implications of this paradigm shift in a detailed examination of the concept of organizational slack, highlighting new forms, applications and value for slack in the new hypercompetitive environment.

Teaching The Potential Impacts Of Technology Growth On Required Rates Of Return, John D. Groesbeck

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

As professors of economics and finance, we often teach that technology enhances profits, which is well and good, and probably true from a macroeconomic point of view. However, recent market experiences with respect to the technology sector show that the process of technological innovation is often messy, and subject to devastatingly high levels of risk at the firm level. It is the intent of this paper to provide financial educators with some tools to incorporate the assessment, and pricing of technology risk in the undergraduate and graduate curriculum.

The Future Search Conference: A Development Tool For Organizational Learning, Paula S. Weber, Vicky J. Mcintyre, Margaret A. Young

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

The future search conference methodology was examined for its utilization of organizational learning tools. Organizational learning tools are tools designed to aid an organization toward becoming a learning organization. Analysis reveals that future search conference design includes organizational learning tools of dialogue, scenario planning, the “Merlin Exercise” and knowledge management and mapping. To some extent, the future search conference design also uses practice fields and action learning.

Evaluation Of Capacity-Building Programs: A Learning Organization Approach, John Gruidl, Ronald Hustedde

Journal of Extension

Major Extension programming, whether in community development, nutrition, youth development, small business, or other areas, strengthens organizations by enhancing the capacity of members to work together effectively. Yet evaluating these impacts is difficult and rarely done in practice. In this article, we apply ideas from the Learning Organization model to the evaluation of capacity-building programs. We identify questions that Extension educators can ask in evaluating the impact of their programming on an organization. In our view, a Learning Organization approach to evaluation holds promise in providing Extension educators with tools to demonstrate the value of their interventions with organizations.

A Tool For Developing Questionnaire Content, Kathlene Larson, Vern Ryan

Journal of Extension

CD-DIAL, a community survey unit at Iowa State University Extension, has developed a process for generating the content of data collection instruments such as surveys and focus groups. This participative process uses three statements and the knowledge of community or organization members to identify significant issues and collect useable data for program development, long range planning, and evaluation. The goal, the setting, a description of the three statements, and examples of typical outcomes are described.