Developing a competency-based fundamentals of management communication course…

A competency-based course on the fundamentals of management communications has been developed. The course utilized a list of competencies and behavioral objectives for each of the four developed modules. Competency-based education has been chosen as the ideal approach to teaching since it is built around behaviorally state objectives which are easy to observe and measure. The approach also allo…

Shaping communication networks: telegraph, telephone, computer (e-journal)

People and organizations determine the course of the future, not computers. As a form of communication, the Internet can be used by individuals and businesses for good or bad but it cannot influence the direction society chooses to take. The Internet only reflects the society that created it. The development and use of the telegraph and the telephone provide a possible pattern for how the newes…

Politics and pain in managing information technology: a case study from insur…

Drawing on case study material, this paper explores the politics of career and resources competition that is a medium and outcome of IT investment strategies and system development priorities. This is achieved by examining the manner in which different managers and operating divisions in the case study organization perceive and pursue distinct IT priorities. This they do by involving particular…

Teaching Business Ethics With Management and Marketing Games. e-jurnal

Because of an apparent decrease in the business world's sense of ethics and an increase in illegal activities by many executives, America's business schools have taken steps to correct the situation through the education process. Management games, which are played in many schools and simulate the types of competitive conditions faced by real-world executives, maybe useful devices for teaching e…

Issues in classroom management in an interactive distance education course. e…

Qualitative methods were used to identify and analyze issues related to a distance education course. While classroom performance does not appear to be a factor related to differences in remote sites versus the local site, interactivity among the students and between the teacher and the students tends to be affected from the compressed video format. Issues of classroom management, facilitation a…

Pedagogy, assessment and bureaucracy: Roles of data in literacy teaching. e-j…

In this paper I argue that assessment data can be helpful to teachers for practising effective pedagogy, but it can also inhibit effective teaching when it is used to control their practice. Effective pedagogy is defined as giving each learner the resources they need to progress successfully and confidently through school. The paper first introduces the Reading to Learn professional learning pr…

Redefining tenure: tradition versus the new political economy of higher educa…

This article investigates the problems that confront academe and suggests that faculty work has changed so profoundly in recent years that tenure is no longer sufficient and/or necessary. The author argues that intellectual freedom and accountability are competing demands that must be met simultaneously. He reviews the problems that exist, how tenure exacerbates those problems, and how an expan…

The final frontier: new space for US-China relations (E-Journal)

On October 15, 2003, at 9:00 AM Beijing time, the People's Republic of China became the third nation in history to send a human into orbit. The "taikonaut," Lt. Col. Yang Liwei, landed the inaugural flight just over 21 hours later and immediately became a national hero. However, there are many in the United States who look suspiciously at China's accomplishment, fearing that China's developing …

Significance of Islam Nusantara Values in an Indonesian Multicultural Society…

Indonesian society is plural, consisting of various cultures, religions, beliefs, and ethinicities. All these differences can trigger fanaticism, causing tension and conflict in society. This paper uses the literature method to describe the values contained in Islam Nusantara (Indonesian model of Islam). The results of the literature review show that Islam Nusantara values can act as an a…

Filsafat Buddha: Sebuah Analisis Historis

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Cet.1.--

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xviii, 147p,;21cm.

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180 DAV f