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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Business and education"”.
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Pursuing Tikkun Olam in Business Pedagogy: An Investigation of Business Faculty Perspectives of Social Justice in Business and Education
Starting with the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam and framed by Critical Theory, this paper investigates business faculty perspectives of social justice in Israel and Canada. Eight purposefully-selected participants were interviewed. Their narratives form the basis of this qualitative study. The …
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Determining necessary world-class skills and proficiencies for non-college-bound students
… of Labor's Commission (SCANS), made up of business, labor, and education leaders, was charged with the mission of producing national competency guidelines for workers that reflect work readiness for world-class companies. This challenge will require an improved communication system between …
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The Relationship between Computer Skills and the Levels of Technostress among Faculty and Academic Librarians from Selected Institutions within the University System of Georgia
… of the population, especially those in higher education. Change is an inevitable part of society and each individual handles change differently. Furthermore, technology's effect on society, and in particular on higher education, has been positive and negative. There has been resistance to the …
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A national study to determine the characteristics of technological literacy for high school graduates
… used to formulate the list of characteristics and make judgments on each. The design of the study was the Delphi Method, using the Q-Sort Technique, with the Thurstone and Chave Method of Equal Appearing Intervals. Using the Method of Equal Appearing Intervals, median scores and Q-Values were …
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Productive and unproductive debt spending of microloans taken by urban borrowers (Johannesburg)
Edward and Olsen (2006) explored the existence of three paradigms within the microfinance world of India. It was found that microfinance institutions were moving towards the Financial Sustainability paradigm as opposed to Poverty Alleviation and Women Empowerment. Meyer (2002) showed that there are …
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The relationship between leisure activities and career development among a select group of college seniors
… to the equally salient dimension of leisure. The educational or developmental consequences of participating in leisure activities on the campus had not been examined nor had seemingly the logical relationship between work and leisure been analyzed for its developmental potentiality (Bloland, …
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A Critical analysis of the secondary school economic science curruculum
… with skills that would be readily recognised and acceptable to the corporate world. Yet it became obvious from the high unemployment rate of leamers with economic science background that the expected skills were less developed than expected. School leavers need to be retrained for them to be …
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An exploration of empowerment amongst final-yearundergraduate nursing students while onclinical placement in Ireland usingSocial Domain Theory
… final-year undergraduate nursing students in Ireland. Empowerment is a topical concept used not only in health care but also in business and education. However, few studies have looked at the impact of clinical placements on the empowerment of undergraduate nursing students. A qualitative design …
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A literature review on facilitating on-line collaboration of learning teams : can education learn from business and other disciplines?
… social change in the ways we work, learn, and communicate. Within today's business environment the hierarchical work structures of the past are being decentralized creating the need for team-based organizations. This decentralization is slowly finding its way into higher education, as well, …
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The impact of social media on young adults of African-American or African descent
… people communicate with their peers, employers and the world. Online social media sites have brought demands for further exploration using social media sites. Online social media has influenced social change, and has become the voice of the new era. Facebook and Twitter have been the leading …
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Certified registered nurse anesthetists' professional recertification process: a grounded theory.
… a grounded theory that would provide an understanding of what certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and their colleagues value and expect from the nurse anesthesia profession's recertification process. The grounded theory was based on analysis of the data obtained from a total of 27 …
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Organisational information security management: The impact of training and awareness. Evaluating the socio-technical impact on organisational information security policy management.
… have attracted attention from corporations and scholars alike. The major organisations are determined to stop security breaches as they are detrimental to their success. Arguably the most common factor contributing to these breaches is employee behaviour, which suggests that changes in …
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The effects of the Lincoln National Corporation Business-Assisted Summer Employment Program upon the self-concept scores and select-job retention factors of high school students from low-income families
… the effects of the Lincoln National Corporation Business Assisted Summer Employment Program upon the self-concepts and selected job retention factors of junior and senior high school students from low income families in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Specifically, the study was designed to gather and …
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A Review of Business/Education Partnerships in Southwest Iowa During the Late 1990s
… our nation has cultivated a strong tradition of business and education interaction. The intensity of business-education partnerships varied depending upon the inequities of the marketplace. This inclusion of academic secondary research from 1991 to 1997 forms a good theoretical framework for …
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Examining Predictors of Professional Master Degree Completion at a Highly Diverse Research Institution
… major gaps in knowledge about the demographic and academic factors that affect academic success among master’s degree students. Purpose: This study examined academic success and degree completion among a sample of master’s degree-seeking students by applying Tinto’s (1987) seminal framework of …
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An Examination of Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers' Integration of Technology into Instructional Activities Using a Cognitive Demand Perspective and Levels of Technology Implementation
… lives such as communication, shopping, games, business, and education. Technology has been used for decades in the teaching and learning environment in K-12 education and higher education, especially in mathematics education where the use of instructional technology has great potential. Today's …
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National industry-based skill standards technical committees: perceptions of adoption of standards in vocational education programs
… condition of the American economy. As a result, business and education leaders in the United States have acknowledged the interdependence between education and the economy. The keys to linking education and the economy are workforce preparation and performance. One major outcome of the concern …
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Attitudes to English with particular reference to black South African English
… eleven, English is regarded as a lingua franca and as the language of business and education. For this reason, English is afforded significant status in South Africa (De Kadt, 1993; De Klerk & Bosch, 1993, 1995; Lazenby, 1996; De Klerk, 1997; Conradie, 1999 and Van Der Schyf & Wissing, 2000). …
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America Inc.: The Rise and Fall of a Civil Democracy
… the detrimental effects of corporate ideology on education in terms of curricular mandates, the corporatization of higher education, rampant privatization, and globalization. Educational mandates have created an atmosphere of control in which students are methodically deprived of exploration and …
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