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2015-Engineering Geology Class Field Trip To Drill Rig Site, Department Of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

ETSU Engineering Geology students inspecting a drill rig in action and learning from a professional geologist.

2015-Etsu Geosciences Recognitions, Department Of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Students and professors in the Department of Geosciences at East Tennessee State University are earning prestigious awards and generating important research. Click Here!

2015-Wets-Fm Interview With Dr. Ingrid Luffman, Department Of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Dr. Ingrid Luffman and ETSU student Victoria Anderson discuss the Brush Creek Citizen Scientist Hydrology Project.  To listen to the full podcast click here: http://winkler.podhoster.com/index.php?pid=48172

2015-Wallace Presents At Nashville Zoo, Department Of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

ETSU Professor, Dr. Steven Wallace, gave a presentation on the fossil history of tapirs at the Nashville Zoo. The presentation was part of the Zoo’s 3^rd Annual Party for the Planet Celebration and was open to the public. During the talk Wallace highlighted the Gray Fossil Site and the importance of its fossil tapirs for helping save living tapirs. Today the Nashville Zoo is home to a family of three Baird’s tapirs: JuJu is the mother of two male calves, Tybalt is her first, now two years old, and the recent addition, Kuzco, was born in March. For more …

2015-2015 Collaborative Design.Pdf, Department Of Interior Architecture, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Junior design students where lead on a short intense design exercise where they designed a patient room in a single day.  Each student contributed an initial design proposal and then the group selected the best elements and combined them into a single design.  Students take that collaborative design and apply it to their individual projects for Mountain States Health Allianc

2015-2015 Design As Social Responsibility.Pdf, Department Of Interior Architecture, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

In their last studio at ETSU, senior design students just presented their projects on how design can address a social issue.  This semester long project included research papers, multiple presentations using various types of delivery methods (Skype, PowerPoint and large presentation boards – shown).  All during the semester they worked with regional professional mentors who works with them each week.  Topics included deafness, obesity, urban farming, and domestic abuse. 

2015-Design - More Than Decorating.Pdf, Department Of Interior Architecture, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

2015 Design is much, much More Than Decorating

All designers spend a very small portion of their time selecting finishes and working with color but a vast majority of their time is spent doing so many other important things that relates to the safety and their clients. In their Building Systems course students learn about fire and life safety codes, fire separation, compartmentalization, smoke/heat detectors, pull stations, exit illumination, water flow, and many others.

2015-2015 Johnston Memorial Health Project.Pdf, Department Of Interior Architecture, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

The Senior Health Care Studio toured Johnston Memorial Health in Abingdon, VA. to learn about the functions within their facilities.  Students will be making design modifications to several locations within the facility based on a new branding program and the hospitals needs following a post-occupancy evaluation.  Before starting the project students tried to navigate the ETSU campus in a wheelchair to bring awareness to design issues facing the wheelchair bound.  After completing these activities students took time for a time for brainstorming before returning to the classroom to begin their designs.

2015-Etsu Student Group Earns National Award For Impacting Policy Legislation, Bill Gatton College Of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY A student organization within the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy at East Tennessee State University has won a national award for its efforts in impacting policy and legislation.  

During a conference last month, the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists chapter from ETSU accepted the National Policy and Legislative Award, which is given to only one chapter in the country for its active participation as agents of change within the legislature.

Students took a large role in promoting the ultimately successful collaborative practice legislation in Tennessee that was signed by Gov. Bill Haslam in 2014, said Loren …

Regulating The Underground: Secret Supper Clubs, Pop-Up Restaurants And The Role O F Law, Sarah B. Schindler

Faculty Publications

Instagram pictures of elegantly plated dinners, long farmstyle tables, and well-to-do people laughing in what looks like a loft apartment are followed by commenters asking, “Where is this?” This is the world of underground dining. Aspiring and established chefs invite strangers into their homes (or their friends’ stores after hours, or the empty warehouse at the edge of town, or the nearest farm) for a night of food and revelry in exchange for cash. Although decidedly antiestablishment, these secret suppers and pop-up restaurants are popular—there are websites to help people locate them, and many respected publications have penned stories about …

How Culture Makes A Difference In Management: Applying Geert Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions To Management In Germany And China, Brock Foster

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

Culture has been defined by many different individuals in a variety of fields with wide ranging definitions. The following paper will define culture and give the reader a framework at how to look at differences in cultures abroad. It will elaborate upon some cultural concepts of German and Chinese individuals and then go on to use Geert Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Theory to diagnose some of the issues that may arise when working with individuals identifying as German or Chinese. For the purpose of this paper, the individuals being referred to are the citizens in both the German and Chinese mainland. …

Law Firm Selection And The Value Of Transactional Lawyering, Elisabeth De Fontenay

Faculty Scholarship

Following the contraction in demand for law firms’ services during the Great Recession, “Big Law” was widely diagnosed as suffering from several maladies that would spell its ultimate demise, including excessive fees, excessive size, increased competition from in-house counsel, the commoditization of legal work, and the decline in demand for “relationship firms.” While each of these market pressures is only too real for certain segments of the law-firm population, their threat to the most elite U.S. law firms has been largely misunderstood. Even as many firms reduce their fees and contract in size, we should expect certain firms to continue …

Corporate Risk-Taking And Public Duty, Steven L. Schwarcz

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Strategic Priorities: A Roadmap Through Change For Library Leaders, Anne M. Casey

Publications

Twenty-first century academic libraries need to adapt on a regular basis because external forces such as increased pressures from the institution and accreditation organizations, emerging technologies, or budget reductions create new conditions. In a twenty-year period ending in 2008, academic library spending shifted substantially from physical to electronic resources and from staff and student salary lines to professionals, signaling profound changes in the way libraries do business. “Then just as academic … libraries were settling into these new behaviors, the worst recession in seventy-five years occurred, forcing many … to concern themselves with survival and making difficult decisions based on …

Understanding Humanitarian Supply Chain Logistics With Systems Dynamics Modeling, John Voyer Phd, Matthew D. Dean Phd, Christopher Pickles Ms, Mba

Faculty Publications

Purpose – We explore the short-term humanitarian response to a natural disaster that prompts a rapid influx of relief supplies to the area affected by the disaster, aiming to understand the dynamics of systemic processes that apply to humanitarian supply chain logistics. Design/methodology/approach – We use system dynamics to simulate the disaster relief supply chain elements of humanitarian response. System dynamics is a well-established simulation method for analyzing complex social systems that include feedback. We used it because the timing and coordination of, and feedback loops among, events in humanitarian response incorporate a delay structure that can be modeled effectively …

Hopworks Urban Brewery: A Case Of Sustainable Beer, Madeleine E. Pullman, Jacen Greene, Devin Liebmann, Nga Ho, Xan Pedisich

Business Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Hopworks Urban Brewing: A Case of Sustainable Beer, Interview with Christian Ettinger

About the Case Study

Founded in 2007 in Portland, Oregon, Hopworks Urban Brewery is a sustainability-focused brewpub that produces certified organic beer. The State of Oregon is the second largest producer of hops, a main ingredient in beer, in the United States, and also has more craft breweries per capita than any other state. The metro area of Portland, home to over 2 million people, has over 84 craft breweries within its borders.

The craft brewing industry has grown rapidly in the United States …

Biztech Winter 2015, Southern Adventist University

BizTech – School of Business Newsletter (Retired)

The winter 2015 edition of BizTech features articles on advanced accounting students, a message from the dean, and tax preparation.

Organizational Trust As A Moderator Of The Relationship Between Burnout And Intentions To Quit, Glenn Trussell

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This research explores an individual's trust in his or her organization and an individual's perceptions of the level of organizational trust he or she receives as potential moderators of the relationship between burnout and intentions to quit. Reciprocal trust, as defined by high levels of both individual and perceived organizational trust, was also examined as a potential moderator. Research was conducted in partnership with a regional consulting firm. Survey data was collected through MechanicalTurk. A total of 2,922 participants from eighteen business sectors across the United States and Canada were represented. Level of trust was shown to significantly impact intentions …

Performance Based Funding, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg., Han Reichgelt

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Conjoint Analysis Study Of Preferences And Purchasing Behavior Of Potential Adopters Of The Bureau Of Land Management Wild Horses, Omotoyosi O. Adekunle

Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics

This study uses conjoint analysis to examine the preferences of buyers for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horses based on physical attributes of wild horses and individual characteristics of the buyers. Generalized ordered logit models and multinomial logit models are used to study the impact of the buyers’ demographic characteristics such as age, gender, knowledge about wild horse care, and number of wild horses previously adopted on physical attributes of the horses such as color, age, height, training status, temperament, conformation, and unique markings. Using a choice experiment, taken together, these attributes determine buyer’s preferences for a wild horse. …

An Action Plan For Implementing Responsible Management Education In Business Schools In The Uk And Ireland, Maeve O'Connell, Lorraine Sweeney

Other resources

Recent corporate scandals have resulted in criticism of business schools for graduating students who put too much emphasis on shareholder value and profit maximisation but neglect the broader social and environmental context in which businesses operate. The Principles for Responsible Management (PRME) are a set of voluntary standards developed in 2007 under the coordination of the UN Global Compact, to address weaknesses in ethical education. This paper reviews the context of the PRME principles and UK and Irish school signatories’ approaches to implementation through a review of their reports to PRME to outline the range of options available to a …

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Individual Strength-Based Assessment For Adult Empowerment Ngos, Ashley T. Turner

MA IDS Thesis Projects

The purpose of this culminating comprehensive project is to advise adult empowerment focused NGOs on the importance of identifying and leveraging the strengths of the individuals they serve. Given the evidence that all individuals innately have strengths, it is important to be aware of them in order to properly engage such assets. Character strengths are studied in this paper as one of the main pillars in the field of positive psychology. This culminating comprehensive project reviews the literature on positive psychology to best understand how empowerment can be achieved. Accompanying this research is a sample resource guide that was designed …

Models Of Faith: The Role Of Faith-Based Organizations In International Development, Mara Hochberg-Miller

MA IDS Thesis Projects

Faith-based organizations make up a large percentage of organizations doing development work both domestically and internationally. Faith-based development organizations (FBDOs) can be successful because they have spiritual drive to work for the social good, and large religious organizations to support them. However, not all FBDOs practice good development, and in the past many of them have undertaken development projects that proved to be damaging and detrimental to the host communities. The purpose of this research is to explore how different FBDOs conceptualize and operationalize their faith while doing development work abroad. Through exploring different models of faith-based development and analyzing …

Analyzing Stakeholders Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping, Patrick T. Hester

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Stakeholder analysis was first explored as a methodology to assist business leaders with their strategic management functions. Stakeholder analysis has since expanded beyond the corporate arena. Stakeholders are a vital element in all complex systems problems; they are the customers, users, clients, suppliers, employees, regulators, and team members of a system. They fund a system, design it, build it, operate it, maintain it, and dispose of it. Each stakeholder contributes their own value-added perspective, as described by the systems principle known as complementarity. While many approaches exist for classifying and determining their attitudes, these approaches stop short of evaluating stakeholders …

Key Factors Driving Personnel Downsizing In Multinational Military Organizations, Ilksen Gorkem, Resit Unal, Pilar Pazos

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Although downsizing has long been a topic of research in traditional organizations, there are very few studies of this phenomenon in military contexts. As a result, we have little understanding of the key factors that drive personnel downsizing in military setting. This study contributes to our understanding of key factors that drive personnel downsizing in military organizations and whether those factors may differ across NATO nations’ cultural clusters. The theoretical framework for this study was built from studies in non-military contexts and adapted to fit the military environment.

This research relies on historical data from one of the largest multinational …

Aplikimi I Menaxhimit Të Dijes Në Biznesin E Ndërmarrjeve Të Vogla Dhe Të Mesme Në Kosovë, Edona Krasniqi

Theses and Dissertations

Në këtë temë diplome trajtohet roli i menaxhimit të dijes në bizneset e vogla dhe të mesme në Kosovë. Në fillim kemi një shqyrtim të literaturës ku shpjegohet menaxhimi i dijes, llojet e tij si dhe mjetet se si menaxhimi i dijes mund të funksionojë në çdo biznes. Në këtë punim janë të paraqitura problemet që kompanitë kosovare por edhe më gjerë hasin në implementimin e menaxhimit te dijes, gjithashtu në bazë të hulumtimeve primare dhe atyre sekondare dhe përdorimi e metodës së pyetësorit tregojnë se ku kanë ngecje kompanitë në implementimin e menaxhimit të dijes me qëllim të avancimit …

Sistemi Bankar Dhe Niveli I Kredive Joperformuese Në Kosovë, Ermira Gashi

Theses and Dissertations

Kreditë joperformuese po rriten per shkak te ngadalesimit te procesit të kredidhënies dhe shtrëngimit të standardeve duke bërë krahsimin nëpër vitet e fundit ku normat e kredive joperformuese ne vitin 2012 ishin 6.5% ndersa ne vitin 2010 kane qenë 5.9%. Sa I përket kredive joperformuese ka ndikim të dyanshëm me rritjen e numrit të bankave mund të zvoglohet analizimi i gjendjes financiare te klientëve pasi qëllim është rritja e procesit të kredidhënies, kurse në aspektin pozitiv rritja e numrit të bankave mund të ndikojë në uljen e normave të interesit alternativë kjo e cila rrit gjasat që klientet të performojnë …

Aplikimi I Koncepteve Tё Menaxhimit Tё Operacioneve Nё Ndёrmarrje, Marigona Metaj

Theses and Dissertations

Në këtë temë të diplomës trajtohet roli i Menaxhimit të Operacioneve në ndërmarrje. Në fillim janë shpjeguar konceptet kryesore në MO, dizajnimi i produktit apo shërbimit, dizajnimi i procesit dhe dizajnimi i rrjetit të bizneseve. Pastaj janë shpjeguar planifikimi dhe kontrolli në ndërmarrje, kemi cekur edhe planifikimin dhe kontrollimin e kapacitetit dhe inventarit. Dhe në fund të shqyrtimit të literaturës është shtjelluar menaxhimin e kualitetit, menaxhimin e resurseve njerëzore, menaxhimin e riskut, menaxhimin e projekteve dhe menaxhimin e parashikimeve, subjekt i cili është shumë pak i shtjelluar nga ekonomistët shqiptare.

Menaxhimi i operacioneve është i rëndësishëm si në ndërmarrje të …

Llojet E Auditimit, Petrit Kelmendi

Theses and Dissertations

Monitorimi i cilësisë nga jashtë është komponentë e rëndësishme e menaxhimit të cilësisë. Ajo i ofron bordit dhe grupeve të tjera që mbështeten në punën e auditorit të jashtëm konfirmim të pavarur të cilësisë së punës së kryer. Monitorimi i cilësisë nga jashtë duhet të bëhet nga persona të kualifikuar të cilët janë të pavarur nga organizata dhe të cilët nuk kanë konflikt të interesit.

Tema e marrë në studim është një çështje shumë e rëndësishme për të kuptuar rolin që ka Auditimit i jashtëm në mbarëvajtjen e sistemit në të cilin po jetojmë (apo në çfarë do sistemi tjetër). …