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Advaita (Non-Dualism) As Metatheory: A Constellation Of Ontology, Epistemology And Praxis, Latha Poonamallee

College of Business Publications

Integrating contradictory and mutually exclusive positions is a challenge in building a metatheory. In this paper, I examine how advaita (non-dualism) philosophy is a metatheory. Based on a holistic, non-dualistic ontology, discovery based epistemology, and personal accountability-action-reflection oriented praxis, it provides a useful metatheory for embracing, learning from, and transcending the paradoxes of social life. I use the example of Gandhi as a practitioner of this approach to action and knowledge.

Sustainability, Information Needs And Organisational Change In Uk Water And Sewerage Companies, A. Tanner, Brian Mcintosh, A. Seth, D. Widdowson

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Computer-based decision and information support tools (DISTs) have potentially important roles to play in the embedding of sustainability appraisal processes into the planning and operation of water utilities. This paper reports on preliminary outcomes from research employing a particular model of sustainability, the Five Capitals model, to identify and facilitate the exploitation of opportunities for improved incorporation of sustainability appraisal into business process and practice within a major UK water and sewerage company (WaSC). In particular, the aims of this paper are to characterise and critically assess WaSC decision and information support needs by interpreting the findings of having applied …

Innovations In Management Training: Training Business Personnel Along The Structural Method, Papiya Deb, Madhav. Welling

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Trained manpower that can infuse order into the system is the need of the hour. This could be the most important contribution of well-managed companies that have developed a sound management cadre. Commercial organizations are best equipped to play a critical missionary role for two reasons- their vast and influential presence as also sound environmental management which is good business. Issues of social perspective now occupy important boardroom space. Corporate houses traditionally employing managerial skills to enhance the bottom line and shareholders value are increasingly reexamining their managerial skill and policy mix. There is yet unrecognized but a significant corporate …

The Relationship Between Organizational Culture And Sovereignty Of Merit Principle In Iran National Company Of Petrochemical Industry, Gholamreza Jandaghi, Seyed Borghei, Hossein Khanifar, Maryam Eslampour

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

It is needed in new world today that organization for their survival should search for new ways. One of these factors which help the organization in this aim is meritocracy. This happening is not accomplished in vacuumed. Other factors also have roles in this process; especially the culture of every organization may make the basic of sovereignty of merit principle because the unique culture of every organization shows the way of understanding and give meaning to event for individual.

Kcumb Communicator, Summer 2010: Who We Are, Kansas City University Of Medicine And Biosciences

Communicator (1991-2012)

Contents: From the President -- Moving Forward -- The Many Faces of KCUMB -- Making Physical Activity a Community Priority -- Alumni in Politics -- A Nation Apart -- A Family's Journey -- Alumni News -- Campus News -- Faculty and Staff Notes -- Class Notes -- Passages -- Last Look.

Leadership In Tunisian Higher Education From The Perspective Of The Efqm Excellence Model, Raoudha Kammoun, Omar Ben-Ayed

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Since the early 1980s, the concept of quality has been a central focus of attention in the debate of higher education (HE). Over time, many developed countries have experienced a growing concern for quality in HE such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Norway, and the United States of America, amongst others (Anyamele 2004, Becket and Brookes 2005). The focus on quality leads many developed countries to acknowledge the benefits of the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) within their institutions (Kanji and Tambi, 1999). However, quality movement is rather slow in the HE of developing countries. Indeed, some HEIs have …

The Taiwan Civil Aviation Safety Reporting (Tacare) System In Aircraft Maintenance: An Evaluation Of The Acceptance Of Voluntary Incident Reporting Programs For Maintenance Personnel In Taiwan, Yi-Fan (Tom) Chen

Master's Theses - Daytona Beach

The purpose of this research was to examine the effectiveness of the Taiwan Civil Aviation safety reporting (TACARE) system for maintenance personnel to improve aircraft safety. The research evaluated what are the issues that affect the participation of the TACARE system. The understandings of the safety culture for maintenance personnel in Taiwan were also analyzed. The research was conducted with a mixed method. The survey and interview were developed to sample the acceptance and opinions regarding the TACARE system for the maintenance personnel in Taiwan. Statistical analysis of the data from 605 survey respondents and 9 interviewees concluded the maintenance …

How Visionary Planning Can Help Management To Deal With The New Technology-Based Changes: A Case Study Of An Open University In Malaysia, S. Ghavifekr, S. Hussin

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Vision plays an important role in leadership and strategic planning for all organizations including education. In this regards planning vision is the management’s key task and responsibility. In managing the change process, working on vision not only means examining and re-examining the strategic planning for the organization but also making explicit to management the purpose for the change. Consequently, the importance of the vision and planning would be more critical when an organization is going through the new technology-based changes. This paper which is the result of a PhD research study focuses on “vision “as one of the main component …

Improvement In Management Reporting Of Is09000 Companies And Its Relationship With Performance, C.R. Isa, W. Ying, E.Y. Oon Nee

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

In the last two decades, there have been an increasing number of organizations obtaining accreditation from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO 9000 was created to assist organizations worldwide in their pursuit for quality management practices.There have been numerous debates on whether the benefits of ISO certification outweigh its costs. A review of past literature on ISO 9000 reveals vague, mixed and inconclusive results of the relationship between ISO certification and performance, both financial and non-financial. This study investigates the relationship between improvement in management reporting and business performance among ISO 9000 companies in Malaysia. A personally administered questionnaire …

Sustainability, Information Needs And Organisational Change In Uk Water And Sewerage Companies, A. Tanner, Brian Mcintosh, A. Seth, D. Widdowson

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Computer-based decision and information support tools (DISTs) have potentially important roles to play in the embedding of sustainability appraisal processes into the planning and operation of water utilities. This paper reports on preliminary outcomes from research employing a particular model of sustainability, the Five Capitals model, to identify and facilitate the exploitation of opportunities for improved incorporation of sustainability appraisal into business process and practice within a major UK water and sewerage company (WaSC). In particular, the aims of this paper are to characterise and critically assess WaSC decision and information support needs by interpreting the findings of having applied …

Gaming As The Method To Integrate Modelling And Participatory Approaches In Interactive Water Management, Qiqi Zhou, Igor Mayer

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

At the science - policy interface there are several reasons to combine models with the participatory process to facilitate the complex policy making process but the communication of the two sides is often too hard to generate any meaningful results. In this paper we argue that to close the communication gap the rationale of the Meta – rule of complex policy making needs to be comprehended and coped with. Gaming as a participatory method can be used to organize the combined process. Through the literature review we summarize the principles of gaming and use them to analyze an empirical case …

Gaming As The Method To Integrate Modelling And Participatory Approaches In Interactive Water Management, Qiqi Zhou, Igor Mayer

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

At the science - policy interface there are several reasons to combine models with the participatory process to facilitate the complex policy making process but the communication of the two sides is often too hard to generate any meaningful results. In this paper we argue that to close the communication gap the rationale of the Meta – rule of complex policy making needs to be comprehended and coped with. Gaming as a participatory method can be used to organize the combined process. Through the literature review we summarize the principles of gaming and use them to analyze an empirical case …

Dispelling The Fog Of Learning Through Sotl, John Tagg

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Students, faculty, and administrators in higher education work in a pervasive fog, a state of diminished perception of those processes most relevant to learning, caused by a lack of information, unreliable information, and distorted information. SoTL can address this problem by clarifying providing needed information and helping to correct distortions.

Antitrust, Institutions, And Merger Control, D. Daniel Sokol

UF Law Faculty Publications

This Article makes two primary contributions to the antitrust literature. First, it identifies the dynamic interrelationship across antitrust institutions. Second, it provides new empirical evidence from practitioner surveys to explore how the dynamic institutional interrelationship plays out in the area of merger control. This Article provides a descriptive, analytical overview of the various institutions to better frame the larger institutional interrelations for a comparative institutional analysis. In the next Part it examines mergers as a case study of how one might apply antitrust institutional analysis across these different kinds and levels of antitrust institutions. The Article utilizes both quantitative and …

Antecedents Of Servant Leadership: A Mixed Methods Study, Curtis D. Beck

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore the antecedents of servant leadership. The sequential explanatory research design consisted of two distinct phases: quantitative followed by qualitative. The Phase One quantitative survey collected data from 499 leaders and 630 raters from community leadership programs in the United States using the Servant Leadership Questionnaire (Barbuto & Wheeler, 2006). During Phase Two, selected leaders from phase one (N = 12) were interviewed to explain those results in more depth. The data were coded and analyzed for possible themes. Triangulation was used to analyze the quantitative and qualitative data to validate …

Discourses Of Diversity: Negotiating The Boundaries For Equity, Inclusion, And Identity Through The Discourse Of Socially Situated Subjects, Hannah Oliha

Communication ETDs

The demographic changes in the U.S. and the contestation of taken-for-granted social dynamics are breeding fragmentation and discursive struggles over individual, group, institutional and national identities. Questions of who fits into the category of "American," who should be included in U.S. institutions, and the boundaries for their inclusion have taken center stage in this 21st century moment. Unsurprisingly, the word "diversity" has taken on epic proportions and is now the channel for engaging in these conversations centered on issues of equity, inclusion and difference. This dissertation explores the multiple ways diversity is viewed in one U.S. institution, higher education, to …

An Internship Report: The New Orleans Museum Of Art, Elise Lianne King Solomon

Arts Administration Master's Reports (1984-2016)

Experience obtained from an internship at the New Orleans Museum of Art leads to a discussion of the Museum's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Strengths identified are the Museum's location, temporary exhibitions, expansive collection, recognition of New Orleans cultural heritage and diversity, ability to attract different audience segments, and educational outreach to schools. Weaknesses include the Museum's resistance to change, neglect of technology, poor internal and external communication, lack of coherent and shared purpose, and adequate space for programming. Opportunities ascertained are the potential for expansion in technological updates and public programming, and the leadership of a new Director. Threats …

A Communication Intervention In A City Government Organization Using The Appreciative Inquiry Theory Focusing On Communication, Teamwork, And Leadership To Improve Work Group Performance, Mary T. Figone

Master's Projects

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Making The Most Of Opportunities During A Recession, Christine G. Springer

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Research

The best public managers know that conventional thinking won’t get them through tough times and that a recession is a rich opportunity to reinvent their organization and to lay the groundwork for future successes. Good times are when managers experience their greatest success. But bad times provide the greatest opportunities to rethink how the organization will persist through the inevitable up and down economic cycles so as to be successful in the future. Smart managers today that I have engaged regarding this process say that they plan for both the good and bad times by continually focusing on six processes: …

Experienced Secondary Teachers' Perceptions Of Engagement And Effectiveness: A Guide To Professional Development, Denise Meister

The Qualitative Report

The purpose of this research is to describe a qualitative research study of experienced high school educators who have remained motivated and highly engaged in their teaching. Ten high school teachers who have been called "the best" by their administrators and fellow teachers were interviewed to ascertain common traits that can serve as a framework for providing professional development to assist teachers in the work force, as well as bring their voice to the National Reform Movement. The following themes emerged: teachers are ambivalent to administrative leadership as an important influence in their work; colleagues are their support network; and …

Using Message Boards To Conduct Online Focus Groups, David Deggs, Kenda Grover, Kit Kacirek

The Qualitative Report

Geographic dispersion of research subjects can make traditional face-to-face focus groups difficult if not impractical to conduct. Online focus groups have many advantages such as enabling researchers to save costs, allowing for more efficient collection of data, and allowing researchers to accommodate research subjects' schedules. However, online focus groups require greater skill on the part of the researcher and research subjects alike. This manuscript chronicles the process that we recently used to conduct an online focus group using a message board system with graduate students enrolled in an online degree program. We explain the processes that were followed in conducting …

The Effect Of The Governance Environment On International Business: Three Essays, Jun Wu

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

We examine how governance environment affects business activities across countries. Using an updated framework of governance environments, we classify countries into three groups based on their dominant modes of governance: (1) rule-based (strong rule of law), (2) relation-based (weak rule of law and strong informal network based on private relations), and (3) neither-based (absence of both public rules and private network). We then examine how different governance types affect trade patterns and foreign investment flows. Chapter 2 theoretically proposes that the governance environment of a society plays a significant role in influencing international trade and foreign investment across countries. Chapter …

Applications Of Cognitive Flexibility Theory In Cross-Cultural Training, Richard Miller

Organization, Information and Learning Sciences ETDs

An examination of American efforts to influence global peace and security through development assistance to foreign police and other security forces reveals that they have a record of mixed results. The pitfalls arising from cultural dissonance in international training programs is a significant factor in why some police reform initiatives fail. Through substantial investment of financial and human resources, U.S. Government funded police education programs deployed across a wide range of diverse and evolving nations have attempted to solidify the democratic process in often tumultuous environments. This research suggests that traditional Western classroom approaches that have been employed for decades …

Envisioning Leadership For A New Millennium: A Phenomenological Study Of The Experiences And Perspectives Of Emerging Organizational And Community Leaders, Lawrence Roybal

Organization, Information and Learning Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the behaviors, experiences, perspectives, and values of emerging millennial leaders. The research explored how these emerging leaders defined and enacted their leadership styles, how they had been influenced by their life experiences and the actions of others, how they had been affected by various learning opportunities, and how their participation in a collegiate leadership development program had fostered their leadership. The research was comprised of six case studies of emerging organizational and community leaders. Interviews, journals, leadership creeds, and a focus group were used to collect the data. Twelve themes emerged …

The Key Drivers Of Innovation In Malaysia., Seyed Amirhossein Taherizadeh

Student Works (2010-2019)

The day-by-day increase in competitive pressures keeps companies on their toes to continuously adapt, develop and innovate in order to excel in the stifling ocean of competition. Moreover, in today’s borderless world where boundaries are no longer relevant, where accessibility to knowledge, expertise and technology is far advanced, innovation has become a necessity rather than a luxury (Kaplan &Warren, 2007). Malaysia, among all of the developing countries in the world, is often held up as one of the few countries whose economic policies might be worth emulating. Its rapid economic growth following the industrial transformation that took place in the …

E-Science At The University Of Minnesota: A Collaborative Approach, Lisa Johnston, Cody Hanson

International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference

In 2008 the University of Minnesota Libraries formed the E-science and Data Services Collaborative (EDSC). The group was formed amid an environment of emerging initiatives related to e-science at the University, and was intended to leverage our existing expertise, such as our nationally recognized assessments of researcher behavior, to develop new capacity and engage with campus partners to support e-science and data services. We will report on the EDSC’s progress to date, including the following four areas of focus:

• A Data Stewardship Report assessing requirements for support of e-science and data services, determining gaps in our capacity, and seeking …

Draft Agenda For Business Meeting Of The Fcic On 6-15-2010, Gretchen Kinney Newsom

Documents

No abstract provided.

Agenda For Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Telephonic Business Meeting On Tuesday June 15, 2010, Phillip Angelides, Wendy Edelberg, Bill Thomas, Scott Ganz, Brooksley Born, Byron Stephen Georgiou, Bob Graham, Keith Hennessey, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Heather Murren, John W. Thompson, Peter J. Wallison

Documents

No abstract provided.

Affirmative Action As A Dimension Of Diversity Management: Perceptions Of South African Sport Federations, Anneliese Goslin, Darlene Kluka

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

Affirmative action in the transformation process of South African sport aims at balancing the concerns of white sport participants with the aspirations of participants of color. The aims of this study are to determine perceptions of South African sport federations in diversity management and the affirmative action profile of South African sport federations, and to suggest strategies to manage affirmative action. A Likert scale questionnaire evaluated perceptions of 32 sport federations on affirmative action factors. Below-average scores were recorded on affirmative action policy and the provision of specialized training opportunities. Political rather than managerial reasons are regarded as the leading …

Who Cares? The Role Of Job Involvement In Psychological Contract Violation, Jason S. Stoner, Vickie C. Gallagher

Business Faculty Publications

This study examined survey data from full-time employees employed in a variety of occupations. We empirically examined how psychological involvement with one’s job affects reactions to psychological contract violation. Data for control variables (i.e., age, gender, organizational tenure), the independent variable (i.e., psychological contract violation), and the moderator (i.e., job involvement) were taken at Time 1; and dependent variables (i.e., depressed mood at work, turnover intention) were taken at Time 2. Results illustrated that job involvement was an important construct in understanding individuals’ negative reactions to psychological contract violations. Implications and limitations are discussed, and suggestions for future research are …