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Showing 1 to 20 of 114 for “"Business leaders"”.
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CEO and CSR: business leaders and corporate social responsibility.
The increasing commercial and social pressure for business leaders to act in a socially responsible manner is undermined by the lack of standards in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) legislation, auditing, indexing, and reporting. Moreover, CSR research is fragmentary and often missing …
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How do business leaders learn in peer-group coaching?
… learning. Peer-group coaching practice among business leaders is historically built on peer coaching practice and has received little academic attention so far. This study aims to understand the processes within peer-group coaching and the factors that participants experience as influencing …
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Innovating by Behaving: How to Adopt the Startup Culture in Large Companies
Increasingly, large company leaders want their organizations to act like startups! They want to take action against the threat of disruption by startups. They see many industries disrupted by startups, as evident by the rise of Airbnb and SpaceX. Rather than waiting to be disrupted, business …
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A Pythian Exploration of the Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability Reporting Requirements of Millennial Leaders
… needs to change to meet the needs of Millennial business leaders, who place a stronger emphasis on sustainability, authenticity, and stakeholder impact, when compared to previous generations. CSR/S reporting has not been previously viewed through a generational lens, and the intersectionality of …
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Determining the Differences and Similarities Between Christian and Secular Universities in Preparing Students for Ethical Leadership in Corporate America: A Qualitative Content Analysis Study
… approaches to educating and developing ethical business leaders for work in the marketplace. This study used a qualitative content analysis to analyze and compare published curriculum descriptions of Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs at select Christian and secular higher …
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Becoming an ethical leader: The leader development journey of South African chartered accountants in business leadership
… that highlight the need for effective ethical leadership. Despite the urgency, existing research does not understand the lifelong process that develops Ethical Leaders. All the existing research has been done in Western contexts and with a focus on adulthood development. This study’s purpose …
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The relationship between Black Economic Empowerment and entrepreneurship in South Africa
… insights into the lived experiences of Black Business Leaders and Black Entrepreneurs through a phenomenological analysis of the data. Data was also collected from Experts, in an attempt to strengthen the findings and validity of the study through triangulation. Research instruments included …
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Promoting Positivity: Securing Memphis's Image in Times of Crisis
… national reputation influenced how city leaders dealt with crisis. Throughout its history, Memphis government officials and business leaders promoted Memphis as a good city to do business, free from disease and racial strife. Despite their best efforts, they could not deny explosive …
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Shaping Public High School Training Curriculum: The Corporate Contribution, 1893--1917 and 1985--1999
Findings related to the behaviors of business organizations and business leaders across time periods provide a framework for examining their involvement in reform of the public school curriculum. The framework consists of five parts. First, the fundamental restructuring of work. Second, the …
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THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING CURRICULUM AND PRACTICES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY MASTER OF ARTS IN COMMUNICATION: A PROGRAM EVALUATION
… and former program participants and community business leaders to answer these questions. While program satisfaction was high, the results suggested the need for revised curriculum to align with the 21<sup>st</sup> century workplace and to better meet the needs of adult learners. The results of …
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Does HR add value? : diverse perspectives on human capital management
… Meanwhile, environmental pressures have forced business leaders and academics to call for the elevation of HR to a level of strategic primacy. This thesis examines the relationship between organizational human capital and the professional HR function, looking at the history and current state of …
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The Fox Guarding the Henhouse: Coregulation and Consumer Protection in Food Safety, 1946 – 2002
<p>Most citizens, business leaders, and government regulators can agree that inspections of food and consumer goods constitute a valuable and even “essential” task of governments. Nevertheless, these groups frequently disagree on what “inspection” means, who should carry it out, and how they should …
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"An Ardent Military Spirit": William C. C. Claiborne and the Creation of the Orleans Territorial Militia, 1803-1805
… the Mississippi Territory. By working with local business leaders with a stake in American success, observing the local customs and traditions, and gradually encouraging political participation, Claiborne successfully introduced the American militia system to a culture far different from that of …
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Teachers'' Perspectives on the Standards of Learning School Reform in Virginia
… were juxtaposed to the views of policymakers and business leaders, the public at large, parents, and scholars in the field of education concerning the issue of high-stakes accountability-based school reform. Finally, the study discussed a conflict related to the purpose of public schooling between …
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Matching faces to expectations : the impact of political and business domain differences in gendered expectations on preferred appearance for leaders
… that feminine appearance is penalized in business contexts. However, a separate body of research, predominantly centered on electoral outcomes, has put forth conflicting results demonstrating that feminine appearance can be beneficial. In a series of experimental studies, I aim to resolve …
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Entrepreneurial high school: An evaluation and feasibility study of a conceptual school model
… study employed the expertise of education and business leaders to determine that the model has conditional strength. To be successful, the model must build on certain success factors, strong mission and leadership, well developed PBL curriculum and training, and community support, while …
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The knowledge attributes of leaders who get things done
… attributes that influence how South African business leaders get things done. Knowledge is described as the social and emotional skills that allow leaders to enact behaviours. Therefore the components of the knowledge necessary for leaders to get things done are based on an understanding of …
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A Quasi-Experimental Study on Creativity Development
… is of growing concern to U.S. educational and business leaders as jobs require creative ability. Using a two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance, the researcher compared the creativity raw scores from pre- and posttests of all third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students. The researcher …
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