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The Rapid Adoption Of Smarter Teamwork Tools: The System For Management, Assessment, Research, Training, Education, And Remediation For Teamwork, Matthew W. Ohland, Misty L. Loughry, Richard Layton, David Jonathan Woehr, Daniel Michael Ferguson
The Rapid Adoption Of Smarter Teamwork Tools: The System For Management, Assessment, Research, Training, Education, And Remediation For Teamwork, Matthew W. Ohland, Misty L. Loughry, Richard Layton, David Jonathan Woehr, Daniel Michael Ferguson
Department of Management Faculty Publications
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Optimizing Student Team Skill Development Using Evidence-Based Strategies, Matthew W. Ohland, Misty L. Loughry, David Jonathan Woehr, Richard Layton, Daniel Michael Ferguson
Optimizing Student Team Skill Development Using Evidence-Based Strategies, Matthew W. Ohland, Misty L. Loughry, David Jonathan Woehr, Richard Layton, Daniel Michael Ferguson
Department of Management Faculty Publications
The critical importance of effective teamwork in engineering is widely recognized. Surprisingly, however, relatively little is known about how to develop teamwork skills in higher education classes, including what factors contribute to effective teamwork, their relative importance in a team's overall performance, and the underlying individual and interpersonal dynamics. Increasing numbers of engineering instructors are adopting instructional practices relying on teamwork, yet many instructors simply form student teams and hope the members individually and collectively learn on their own how to work in teams and succeed in their task(s). Instructors do this because they do not have guidance for a …
A Cross Country Comparison Of Best Practices In Recruitment And Selection, Greg Vickers, Michael P. Mcdonald, Sara J. Grimes
A Cross Country Comparison Of Best Practices In Recruitment And Selection, Greg Vickers, Michael P. Mcdonald, Sara J. Grimes
Department of Management Faculty Publications
This study examines best practices in hiring related to the recruitment and selection process in English-speaking countries with an Anglo-Saxon heritage. Since such countries share a similar cultural backgrounds and histories, best practices are likely to be somewhat similar. Studies of best practices were examined in the following countries: United States of America, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand. After looking at commonalities across “best practices” studies, the current investigation presents a common set of such practices in terms of usage.
Perceived Environmental Sector Importance As A Determinant Of Managerial Information Search Behavior, John Leaptrott, J. Michael Mcdonald
Perceived Environmental Sector Importance As A Determinant Of Managerial Information Search Behavior, John Leaptrott, J. Michael Mcdonald
Department of Management Faculty Publications
Several prior studies have examined aspects of purposeful information search behavior as a necessary component of the formulation of business policy and strategy. This study used a sample of credit union managers to assess how the managers’ information search behavior related to various environmental sectors was affected by their perceived importance of those sectors. The study measured the use of five different types of information sources related to each of six environmental sectors. The five types of information sources included internal and external personal and written sources and the Internet. The six sectors were equally divided between the task and …