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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"university management"”.
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Cultura organizacional: una mirada desde los gerentes universitarios de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales de la Universidad de Carabobo
… culture from the perspective of the university managers of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Carabobo. The object of study was approached from the interpretive paradigm, with a qualitative approach. The ontology was based on the dialogic apprehension of …
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Collaborative innovation in family firms : collaborating within and beyond
… by Centre for Family Business at Lancaster University Management School and received many helpful feedback for improvements. Chapter 4 encloses the research paper – Forming international collaborative innovation and government funding as a doubleedged sword. This empirical paper presents a …
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EXPLORING UNIVERSITY PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRESENCE AS RELATED TO ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS
… dissertation explores the presence of Project Management (PM) at 162 American Universities via data gathered from their publicly accessible websites. Motivated to expand the inventory of American university PM data to the international literature, I experimented with the potential to correlate …
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Factors influencing the attitudes of final year undergraduate students towards entrepreneurship as a career option: A case-study at the University of Venda in Limpopo Province of South Africa
… influence the attitudes of a group of final year University of Venda students to choose entrepreneurship as a career option. The objectives of the study were to explore and assess four factors operating amongst these students which would be influencing their attitudes towards entrepreneurship: the …
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SME leaders’ learning in networked learning: An Actor-network theory and Communities of Practice theory informed analysis
… the knowledge exchange initiatives at Lancaster university management school. The research explores the learning process through a qualitative, inductive approach underpinned by an (online and offline) ethnography and is supported by qualitative interviews, the researcher’s own reflections and …
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The assessment of staff morale at the University of Zululand in KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa
The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) is the institution of higher learning located in kwaDlangezwa in Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). This University is facing challenges which may affect staff morale. The aim of the study was to assess staff morale and obtain reliable information from the academic …
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An investigation into defaulted student accounts receivable at the University of Namibia
… the defaulted student account receivables at the University of Namibia (UNAM). Furthermore, the reasons investigated were whether the course enrolled for had been completed, the type of financial sponsorship, the mode of offering (part-time, fulltime and distance learning), gender, age and the …
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Volunteering in the higher education curriculum: the politics of policy, practice and participation
… stakeholders within one post-1992 HEI, the University of Wrottesley (a pseudonym). The methodological approach is qualitative. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with senior university staff and Students Union personnel, and a detailed on-line survey was conducted with three cohorts …
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Evaluation of Deficit Irrigation Strategies for Corn
… deficit irrigation on yield. South Dakota State University Management Software was used to simulate center pivot irrigation and com growth and yield at seven locations across the Great Plains. Sixteen to 24 years of weather data were used for each site. Thirty irrigation strategies were evaluated …
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SME leaders’ learning in networked learning : an actor-network theory and communities of practice theory informed analysis
… the knowledge exchange initiatives at Lancaster university management school. The research explores the learning process through a qualitative, inductive approach underpinned by an (online and offline) ethnography and is supported by qualitative interviews, the researcher‟s own reflections and …
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Student politics and the funding of higher education in South Africa: the case of the University of the Western Cape, 1995-2005
… dissertation examines various ways in which the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in Cape Town, South Africa, confronted the paradoxical post-apartheid higher education policy of expansion of access to historically disadvantaged students and limited funds and how students addressed the …
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New Pentecostal churches, politics and the everyday life of university students at the University of Zimbabwe
… has been a concerted ‘Pentecostalisation’ of university spaces in Africa. Despite enormous growth in Pentecostal Charismatic Church membership and activities on African university campuses, and its attendant implications for academic and everyday life, there is hardly any study that explores …
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Teacher education through distance mode : the Nepalese experience
… and inadequate staffing. The college and university management and administration was inefficient in supporting its students and staff. Study findings indicate that the quality of the programme was undermined by several factors such as political instability, absence of government support, …
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An Evaluation of Blended Learning in Higher Education: A Case Study on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
… based universities such as the Saudi Electronic University and the Knowledge International University. Our research is set in this context and broadly aims to assess the current status of BL in KSA and to identify the obstacles and challenges encountered at universities when implementing BL. The …
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Challenges of information systems innovation in developing country contexts: an inquiry into the adoption of institutional repositories in Nigerian universities
… transformation of universities and conditions of university libraries constitute IR innovation factors at institutional level. Study 2 was carried out to assess IR innovation barrier factors at the organizational level. It shows how institutional logics, adherence by universities to traditional …
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Evaluating key differences between higher education in the UK and the Middle East from a quality perspective with a view to enhancing education in Qatar
… the United Kingdom is a central element of the university management process. Results indicate that higher education in Qatar requires extensive strategic planning to improve quality standards. Based on these findings, it was determined that higher education in Qatar needed different strategic …
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Environmental reviews and environmental management systems: Methodologies and organisational impacts
… of Environmental Reviews and Environmental Management Systems in Local Authorities, Universities and Conservation organisations. It assesses the practical impacts of these tools, identifies elements of good practice and discusses the organisational and political factors which affect the …
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Perceptions of risk and protective factors associated with dating violence by female students at the University Of Benin, Nigeria
… issue affecting millions of female university students in dating relationships. The serious health implications can affect academic performance and the total wellbeing of the individual and the society. Literature on risk and protective factors for dating violence among students at …
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The effectiveness of Moodle in promoting online learning in tertiary public institutions: the case of the University of Zambia.
… secondary school leavers who could not go to the university because of the distance and lack of places. The introduction of e-learning platforms is bridging the gap in the provision of education. The background of the research shows that e-learning was introduced to promote distance education …
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