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A Smile And A Handshake Are Not Enough: Moving Toward The Need, Patricia J. Mintz
A Smile And A Handshake Are Not Enough: Moving Toward The Need, Patricia J. Mintz
Student Scholarship
As an undergraduate in 1966, I studied the Fortran and Cobol programming languages on a mainframe computer. At that time, I could not have predicted the personal computer on the desktop. In 1982, we took the plunge and bought an Apple IIe personal computer for use in our home and for the development of my mathematics teaching materials. I was amazed by the power and ability of 64K of memory in that first Apple computer. Over the past eighteen years, the development of powerful personal computers has changed the daily lives of many people in their home and in their …
Workforce Development In A Small Manufacturing Organization, Agustin V. Arbuluc
Workforce Development In A Small Manufacturing Organization, Agustin V. Arbuluc
Student Scholarship
This applied research project focused on workforce development in a small manufacturing organization. Specifically, this study offers a CEO perspective regarding the work environment or setting in contributing to worker attitudes toward acquiring skills and knowledge, commitment to the organization, and performance of hard-to-pace workers. The conceptual framework that underpins this inquiry draws on the concept of communities of practice as development by Etienne Wenger and the theory of situated learning by Jean Lave as applied to learning and communication in the workplace. The study offers insight into limitations on workforce development and the role of the relationships and race …
The Strength Of Strong Ties: The Role Of Integrity In Efficiency, Gregory Milzcik
The Strength Of Strong Ties: The Role Of Integrity In Efficiency, Gregory Milzcik
Student Scholarship
The New York Stock Exchange founded in 1792 is the largest and busiest market the world has ever seen. More than 3,000 companies with a capitalization of more than $12 trillion dollars are represented by the New York Stock Exchange. Half, or nearly $6 trillion dollars, represent 400 foreign companies from around the globe. On average more than one billion - shares worth over $40 billion dollars - change hands everyday (NYSE, handout). Investments in the U.S. stock markets have grown significantly over the past decade. Along with this growth has come a diversification of investors, investment tools and corresponding …
In Area 10 Overload: The Great Vacation-Less Class: Cooperation And Coping Strategies Of Women Entrepreneurs, Barbara K. Mistick
In Area 10 Overload: The Great Vacation-Less Class: Cooperation And Coping Strategies Of Women Entrepreneurs, Barbara K. Mistick
Student Scholarship
An ethnography of how women entrepreneurs with multiple responsibilities manage their time at home. Introducing the belief that by engaging in the "juggler ethic" women entrepreneurs are able to manipulate activities to provide for more engagement in family life. This study aims to create a better understanding of how women entrepreneurs enlist the efforts of others and mobilize resources toward family needs, with an enumeration of some of their strategies for consideration by other women in similar circumstances.
Learning Together: Volunteer/Practitioner Interactions In Effective Communities Of Fundraising Practice, Donald Zeilstra
Learning Together: Volunteer/Practitioner Interactions In Effective Communities Of Fundraising Practice, Donald Zeilstra
Student Scholarship
Observations of the dynamic interactions of high level volunteers and fundraising practitioners are interpreted as an extended learning process. Two major themes are developed: the actors are involved in reciprocal learning relationships, and learning is stimulated and encouraged by a wide range of behaviors and activities. A conceptual model is developed from the theoretical bases of collective action and situated learning to guide and present this interpretation. Each of the themes of the interpretation is explored for practical implications. Finally, implications for theory are discussed, and a direction for further research is indicated.
More Than Directing Money: Theories In Use For Helping Distressed Communities As Practiced By Independent Foundations, Sally Austen Tom
More Than Directing Money: Theories In Use For Helping Distressed Communities As Practiced By Independent Foundations, Sally Austen Tom
Student Scholarship
This research began with the two premises. The first is that stronger, healthier, more vibrant communities more effectively support pregnant women, their infants and the families. The second premise is that private independent foundations in the United States are engaged in a multitude of activities designed to help distressed communities and have significant tacit knowledge about how to do this work. I reviewed the literature on the concept of theories in use and discovered that the literature asserted that they exist and that they can be found through a dialogical interview process. I posited that discourse analysis of categories of …
The Contribution And Status Of Women Inside Directors In Fortune 1000 Companies, Deborah Dahlen Zelechowski
The Contribution And Status Of Women Inside Directors In Fortune 1000 Companies, Deborah Dahlen Zelechowski
Student Scholarship
My interest in women and corporate boards evolved from a general desire for more information on boards. Being the most senior woman executive in an educations institution, there appeared to be no senior individuals available to assume a role on our board and to illustrate the possible role women executives could play. During my initial research it became obvious there were very few senior women executives who had ascended to positions on their organization's corporate board. there was also very little known about women inside directors, giving me a tremendous opportunity to begin to answer numerous questions. My grand tour …
A Study Of The Impact Of Ohio's Instructional Support Funding Process On Institutional Behavior At Two-Year Colleges, Morries W. Beverage Jr.
A Study Of The Impact Of Ohio's Instructional Support Funding Process On Institutional Behavior At Two-Year Colleges, Morries W. Beverage Jr.
Student Scholarship
This study examines the impact that Ohio's higher education instructional support funding process has on decision-making at two-year colleges. In Ohio, instructional support subsidizes credit (degree-eligible) but not non-credit instruction. The study methodology included six colleges selected on the basis of how active or inactive they were in the provision of job-related non-credit training against their predicted activity. The colleges selected represent the three relatively most and least active institutions. Interviews were conducted at the six colleges with the President, Chief Academic Officer, Chief Fiscal Officer and Chief Non-Credit Instruction Officer. The study found evidence of influence from the instructional …
Essays In Distribution Channel Management Under Demand Uncertainty, Rakesh Kumar Niraj
Essays In Distribution Channel Management Under Demand Uncertainty, Rakesh Kumar Niraj
Faculty Scholarship
This dissertation deals with issues that arise in distribution channel management where channel partners face uncertain environments. The two essays address two related but slightly different ways channel partners often interact in environments characterized by uncertain demand. In the first essay, I look at voluntary information sharing arrangements between distribution channel partners, like those in the Category Management initiative in food retailing, in two different settings. The results from a simple bilateral monopoly channel indicate an asymmetry in retailer's and manufacturer's incentives to enter such information-sharing alliances. Only relatively sophisticated retailers find it profitable to enter such alliances, while manufacturers …
Toward A Theory Of Technological Change, John Rodney Franklin
Toward A Theory Of Technological Change, John Rodney Franklin
Student Scholarship
Theories of technological change are generally constructed based on assumptions that the technological artifact is a member of a historical line of technological advance (trajectory and evolutionary theories) or that novel technological developments simply "happen" (happenstance theories). Where a more constructivist view is taken technological change is assumed to be a social construct driven by the societal elements of human relationships and initiative. This paper takes a different approach to technological change positing that a combination of social structure and human agency act in a recursive manner to push a technological artifact forward. Using Anthony Giddens' structuration theory as the …
Money And Theology -- It's Not An Oxymoron, Valerie Kay Brown
Money And Theology -- It's Not An Oxymoron, Valerie Kay Brown
Student Scholarship
The premise of this research is that the lack of connecting church financial management principles to a biblical foundation is a primary cause for the lack of clergy and church leaders following effective financial management practices within a church setting. This research explored this hypothesis by teaching two church financial courses; one with heavy emphasis on the biblical foundation for financial and administrative management, and one that is secular in approach. This study will compare the experiences of teaching each course with the premise that the scripturally-based course will have a positive impact on the students' attitude toward church financial …
Parental Choice Of Elementary Schools Within The Cleveland Catholic Diocese And Its Implications For The Financial Policies Of Diocesan Schools, Thomas Edward Garvey
Parental Choice Of Elementary Schools Within The Cleveland Catholic Diocese And Its Implications For The Financial Policies Of Diocesan Schools, Thomas Edward Garvey
Student Scholarship
Catholic schools occupy a unique place within the nation's educational system. Beyond supporting a complete academic curriculum, a Catholic school is a community combining value formation and religious instruction into the education of its students. These schools exist because they offer something of value apparently not found in the public sector. What are these elements that attract parents to these schools? The subject of "school choice" offers many opportunies for study. This research however focuses on select aspects of parental choice of elementary schools within the Cleveland Catholic Diocese, including: What factors are most important to parents in selecting a …
Sensemaking In A Hospital Strategic Planning Process, George Lehman
Sensemaking In A Hospital Strategic Planning Process, George Lehman
Student Scholarship
Studies of the cognitional process of sensemaking in organizations have generally been conducted in two different settings. The first is some type of disaster, natural or otherwise. The second is a long-term organizational process such as the merging of two departments. In both cases the researchers tend to rely heavily on after-the-fact interviews and formal documentation. The outcome of this case study is a rich description of the nature of sensemaking process in hospital strategic planning retreat that is formulated in such a way as to provide an exemplar for practitioners working with similar concerns in similar settings. The case …
Business Is War: An Investigation Into Metaphor Use In Internet And Non-Internet Ipos, Michael W. Grieves
Business Is War: An Investigation Into Metaphor Use In Internet And Non-Internet Ipos, Michael W. Grieves
Student Scholarship
This study presents the results of an investigation into the use of metaphorical language in the summary and business description sections of Intial Public Offerings (IPO) prospectuses of both Internet and non-Internet companies. This research examined fifteen Internet companies and nine non-Internet companies, which were chosen at random, that completed IPOs between January 1, 1999 and August 6, 1999 for metaphorical use that was either common to both sets of companies or specific to the Internet companies. The research attempted to demonstrate that there is strong evidence for the theory that descriptive language used in the IPO prospectuses is metaphorical …
The Symphony Orchestra: The Role Of Cohesive Commitment In The Pursuit Of Persistent Presence, Marguerite Burton Humphrey
The Symphony Orchestra: The Role Of Cohesive Commitment In The Pursuit Of Persistent Presence, Marguerite Burton Humphrey
Student Scholarship
Orchestras must attract and maintain enthusiastic audiences to survive in today's competitive environment, and many orchestras are working hard to raise public awareness about their products in the hopes of making them more attractive to a broader audience. I have drawn upon the theory of persistent presence to create a framework which outlines five of the most important issues facing orchestras today. I offer a refinement of the model which I believe is a better explanatory vehicle for understanding why some orchestras succeed more than others in terms of expanding their audiences. I have added the element of cohesive commitment, …
Theoretical Aspects Of The Japanese Institutional Relations Model And Its Effectiveness For Corporate Governance In The Context Of Globalization, Shigeo Kagami
Student Scholarship
Corporations are organized differently from country to country in terms of their management structures, stakeholder power, and nature of corporate control. For the past decade, policymakers, business leaders, institutional investors, and scholars have debated differences among these structures and their implications for corporate competitiveness. Increased global integration of economic activities has heightened awareness of these cross-country differences in the structures of corporate governance and financial markets. The Keiretsu system, which means the long-term relationships between parent companies and subsidiaries or affiliated firms, or historic linkage between companies, is the "core" of the Japanese corporate governance model. On one hand, Keiretsu …
Business Is War: An Investigation Into Metaphor Use In Internet And Non-Internet Ipos, Michael W. Grieves
Business Is War: An Investigation Into Metaphor Use In Internet And Non-Internet Ipos, Michael W. Grieves
Student Scholarship
This study presents the results of an investigation into the use of metaphorical language in the summary and business description sections of Intial Public Offerings (IPO) prospectuses of both Internet and non-Internet companies. This research examined fifteen Internet companies and nine non-Internet companies, which were chosen at random, that completed IPOs between January 1, 1999 and August 6, 1999 for metaphorical use that was either common to both sets of companies or specific to the Internet companies. The research attempted to demonstrate that there is strong evidence for the theory that descriptive language used in the IPO prospectuses is metaphorical …
Back To The Future: A Search For Economic Progress Or Roots? A Comparison Of Experiences Between African American Entrepreneurs In South Africa And In The United States, Melinda Dowell Harris
Back To The Future: A Search For Economic Progress Or Roots? A Comparison Of Experiences Between African American Entrepreneurs In South Africa And In The United States, Melinda Dowell Harris
Student Scholarship
This study addresses some of the challenges and opportunities that African Americans encounter in their quest for economic and personal progress. Further, the study implies that minority entrepreneurs are a special breed of entrepreneur, combining personal, professional, and financial success with that of shared-identity peers. African American entrepreneurs' views of success transcend personal financial gain to incorporate economic and civic progress with those with whom they share identity. Twenty African American entrepreneurs in South Africa and in the United States were interviewed. These individuals were identified through various local and government agencies, as well as through individuals who are in …
Collaboration And Competition In Management Education And Development: Threat Or Opportunity?, William K. Laidlaw Jr.
Collaboration And Competition In Management Education And Development: Threat Or Opportunity?, William K. Laidlaw Jr.
Student Scholarship
The executive education industry seems headed towards increased collaboration. This research explores ways university-based business schools and corporations interpret the rapidly changing environment in which they operate. Using population ecology as a theoretical framework\, it seeks to understand the decision factors and processes used by providers and purchasers to develop new species of programs. It also explores reasons for the death or modification of existing programs species. The units of analysis are organizations (business schools and corporations)and the focus is on executive education programs\, mainly non-degree\, but also credit and degree programs. The sources of information are primarly those people …
Achieving Potential In Hospital Mergers, Sister Nancy Linenkugel
Achieving Potential In Hospital Mergers, Sister Nancy Linenkugel
Student Scholarship
This applied research project focused on hospital mergers and the combination of "business" and "people" factors that allow full potential to be achieved. The business factors included finances and the "people" factors related to culture and practices. We sought to examine whether or not both factors were necessary in order for the merger to reach full potential. "Merger" was defined as the creation of a single entity out of two in which there is movement of services or staff. A "merger stabilization model" was developed that predicted potential merger synergy as dependent upon "people" fit and "business" fit. Four merged …
The Quest For Sustainable Leadership: The Importance Of Connecting Leadership Principles To Concepts Of Organizational Sustainability, Eric S. Harter
The Quest For Sustainable Leadership: The Importance Of Connecting Leadership Principles To Concepts Of Organizational Sustainability, Eric S. Harter
Student Scholarship
This study investigates the possible link between leadership and organizational sustainability. The primary focus is to determine if leadership is a distinguishing variable associated with organizational sustainability. This study was quantitative in design and used The Leadership Profile (TLP) (Sashkin & Rosenbach, 1995, 1996, 1997) to measure leadership. The data used for this study to measure leadership was collected through the use of a mailed survey. The mailed survey yielded a 180-degree leadership assessment. The sample consisted primarily of chief executive officers and their senior executive subordinates of multinational or national healthcare firms. A purposive and nonrandom selection was completed …
The Transformational Influence Of Narrative Enrichment, Maxine L. Lynch
The Transformational Influence Of Narrative Enrichment, Maxine L. Lynch
Student Scholarship
This social constructionist study examined what occurred to 20 high school students exposed to the narrative genre of news story writing to try to add to the knowledge about the narrative mode of thought. This applied research project used various qualitative methods to interview, analyze and discuss the changes that occurred in these students who became narratively enriched from their participation in journalism workshops that were designed to help them learn how to write and publish news stories. The findings where that learning to write narrative news stories stimulated changes in the students' values and sense of self-determination. The study …
Habitus Wars And Field(S) Of Dreams: Using Bourdieu To Reframe The Sense Of A Crisis, Louann Hofheins Cummings
Habitus Wars And Field(S) Of Dreams: Using Bourdieu To Reframe The Sense Of A Crisis, Louann Hofheins Cummings
Student Scholarship
The paper illustrates the application of Pierre Bourdieu's oeuvre to a qualitative research project regarding organizational change. Considerable attention is given to the interaction of field delineation, capital stakes struggle, interests, and individual/class habitus at both a church and a medical college. It is posited that a focus on field analysis considers the sources of capital struggle in a given realm. This, in turn, grants a researcher a new way to analyze who participates in these struggles, what prized capital stimulates interest, and how action and prctices are subsequently engendered. This body of work suggests that agents and/or classes have …
Managers In The Middle: A Study Of Long Term Care Regional Managers Dealing With Organizational Stress, Jeffrey W. Ferguson
Managers In The Middle: A Study Of Long Term Care Regional Managers Dealing With Organizational Stress, Jeffrey W. Ferguson
Student Scholarship
Perhaps the most difficult job in long term care chain organizations is that of the Regional Manager. This study considers the chronic and acute events with which Regional Managers must contend and determines how they cope with the stresses of those events. Appraisal theories of Richard Lazarus and P-E fit are used to test the actions of the Regional Managers. The events discussed seem to confirm previous research regarding coping in that the more significant the event, the greater the likelihood that others will be solicited to attain a solution. Corporate staffs who assist in the acute events help to …
Ordinary Canadians: Identity Of Time And Place, Jim Higginson
Ordinary Canadians: Identity Of Time And Place, Jim Higginson
Student Scholarship
Previous studies on national identity have centered around national identity formation by individuals because of the influence of values and preferences; social connectedness through social interactions; and values orientation of individuals and groups and their ability to change. Talking to a cross section of ordinary Canadians in their own setting about their experiences, stories and thoughts on what is happening in Canada provides an opportunity to assess their thoughts and ideas about a unique Canadian identity. The design of the research is qualitative utilizing experience-based information gathering. Oral histories were conducted with 64 ordinary Canadians from all provinces and regions, …
Capacity Building: An Appreciative Approach, Jacqueline M. Stavros
Capacity Building: An Appreciative Approach, Jacqueline M. Stavros
Student Scholarship
The term "capacity building" has caught on quickly within the nonprofit sector, specifically with Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs). In fact, many funding organizations, agencies and foundations are now requesting that their partners engage in capacity building activities. How then, do we determine which organizations have the capacity to adhere to their mission statements and to deliver their services in a sustained fashion? This is an important question for two reasons. First, it asks us to identify the factors which lead to capacity, and second, it suggests that capacity building is a continuous process. This study proposes a relational process of building …
Capacity Building: An Appreciative Approach, Jacqueline M. Stavros
Capacity Building: An Appreciative Approach, Jacqueline M. Stavros
Student Scholarship
The term "capacity building" has caught on quickly within the nonprofit sector, specifically with Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs). In fact, many funding organizations, agencies and foundations are now requesting that their partners engage in capacity building activities. How then, do we determine which organizations have the capacity to adhere to their mission statements and to deliver their services in a sustained fashion? This is an important question for two reasons. First, it asks us to identify the factors which lead to capacity, and second, it suggests that capacity building is a continuous process. This study proposes a relational process of building …
The Social Construction Of Workforce Development Organizations In Singapore And Penang, Malaysia, Daniel E. Berry
The Social Construction Of Workforce Development Organizations In Singapore And Penang, Malaysia, Daniel E. Berry
Student Scholarship
This study reviews the experiences of workforce development organizations in Singapore and Penang, Malaysia. On the basis of the similarities in population and workforce size, the study argues that lessons can be learned from the two places which can be applied to U.S. regions. The study further argues that place-based workforce development strategies, such as those implemented in Singapore and Penang, will be essential to the economic competitiveness of manufacturing and export-oriented regions in a globalized economy. In the first part of the study, the Singapore and penang experiences are placed in the context of what has been referred to …
Entrepreneurship As A New Career At Midlife Or Later: A Study Of The Relationship Between The Entrepreneurial Process And Personal Characteristics/Environmental Conditions In Career Transitions To Entrepreneurship, Suzanne Palmer
Student Scholarship
The topic of entrepreneurship at midlife or later was studied against a background reflecting the scope and role of entrepreneurship in the U.S., the phenomenon of downsizing/early retirement, and issues around work and aging. The goal of the project was to understand the entrepreneurial process for later life entrepreneurs, and the relationship between that process and both the personal characteristics of and the environmental conditions for individuals who become later life entrepreneurs. A literature review considered research on the psychology of the entrepreneur and the social and environmental dimensions of entrepreneurship, as well as specific types of entrepreneurs, and career …
Straight To The Heart: Cleveland Leaders Shaping The Next Millennium, Shawana P. Johnson
Straight To The Heart: Cleveland Leaders Shaping The Next Millennium, Shawana P. Johnson
Student Scholarship
While touring the Frascati vineyards outside ofRome with a business associate and as we learned the basic techniques of winemaking, our in-between conversation was focused on the difficulties and change our industry and his country were facing. We pondered and discussed our positions and responsibilities for our organization. during this time. We were well aware of the many industry challenges facing us and our board ofdirectors. It was upon reflection ofthat conversation and the memory of that beautiful scenario of those luscious vineyards that it struck me how similar the management ofthe fruit·ofthe grapevine is to the management of organizations. …