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Going Home: New Technology's Impact on Remote Work Engagement
No full textThis study considers the literature concerning remote employment, how early estimates suggested 30-50% of Americans would be working by the beginning of the 21st century. Surveys of top executives, though positive in outlook, would lead one to predict just over 13% of the population is involved in full-time remote work practices at the end of the last century and decreasing between 2006 and 2008. This paper suggests a technological solution that offers a means of resolving trust and control issues and/or determining the true underlying management dilemmas that might inhibit the growth of daily remote work
A Monolithic Culture: Multiple Voices Behind the Same Card
No full textGold Cost, Inc. is a multinational company that sells products under brand names such as Gold Coast, Silver Border, and Brownstone. The founder created a culture; but, as the corporation grew over time, a number of smaller subcultures blossomed. No stronger subculture existed than the Silver Border brand, which at one time was the third largest category brand in the world. Much organizational literature exists today that takes exception to the assumption that monolithic cultures even exist within corporations. this research, however, not only cleearly shows the existence of a monolithic culture in a corporation but also provides insights into its strength when its behaviors are threatened by a more efficient and effective subculture
Business Diplomats for the 21st Century
No full textThis paper will provide many informative, illuminating, and illustrative examples of cross-cultural misunderstanding that cost literally hundreds of millions of dollars of busines to their rivals who are more culturally and cross-culturally nimble and savvy, enjoying a competitive sustainable advantage in the market place. The paper will examine the feasibility and applicability of two practical models - useful to all supervisory and managerial personnel from the foreman of the plant to the chairman of the board - to minimize cultural clumsiness in the global busines context of the 21st century - driven by the economic forves of liberalization, marketization, privatization, and the information revolution that drove democratization and globalization of the flow and content of information
The Devaluation of the United States Dollar: Causes and Consequences
No full textThis paper identifies many of the challenges that the U.S. dollar faced between 2002 and 2008, and also the consequences Americans are facing because of the dollar's free fall in value. Implications of the United State's current activities, both inside and outside of its borders, are examined in order to determine the causes of the decline of the U.S. dollar. In addition, a potential remedy is presented and includes the formation of a coalition with other countries to begin allowing all currencies to float freely in the exchanges, thereby letting the market dictate currency prices. Of course, the likelihood of this is small. Another remedy that is within the power of the U.S. but also unlikely to take place is to reduce government spending as well as the ever-increasing deficits. If drastic actions such as these are not instituted, further declines in the dollar's value will take place, and the ramifications will be severe
Wooing Employers with an Experiential Learning Program: Six Steps to Human Resource Management Career Opportunities for Your Students
No full textI present in this paper a teaching methodology for introducing students to the workplace through collaboration between a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Human Resource Management (HRM) program and an organization with needs appropriate for entry level employment assignments. My intention is for this article to ask as a blueprint for professors, as well as organizational sponsors, in undertaking an experiential learning partnership. In order to provide the reader such a guide, I highlight rubrics necessary for a successful collaboration, including anecdotal results from nine semesters, project topics, career placements, frequent challenges, and ongoing collaborations. I focus solely on pedagogy appropriate for undergraduate business programs, which adapt well to basic operational and topical research projects. In addition, to provide context and validation, I note applicable academic research on experiential learning
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An Analysis of the Accounting Doctoral Industry: Observations and Unanswered Questions
No full textThe shortage of doctoral graduates in accounting is evidence of a problem in the industry as a whole. While demand is up for all accounting graduates, supply is insufficient. This article examines the academic accounting industry as a whole, using a macro perspective to analyze data about doctoral graduates and programs, in order to identify positive and negative attributes of the market and identify further areas for inquiry. Uniquely detailed data on U.S. accounting doctoral graduates 1987-2006 are used in the analysis. Specific trends are identified and future avenues for research are also addressed
Does Feedback Increase Students' Emotional Intelligence?
No full textThis study investigates the extent to which emotional intelligence can be successfully developed through a semester-long classroom intervention and self-directed learning process among students in a college of business administration. We found that with emotional intelligence training, all students experienced improvement between the administrations of pre-tests and post-tests. This result also held regardless of maturity level (undergraduate or graduate student), or gender
University Commuter Students: Time Management, Stress Factors and Coping Strategies
No full textUniversities are evolving from the traditional, residential student population to institutions with a large populatoin of commuter students. This study investigated the stress factors and methods of coping for these commuter students during their university experience as compared to residential students along with the time management capabilities of both sets of students. A survey was conducted at a four-year southwestern state university that was projectable to the entire student population. Respondents were queried with regard to demographics, stressors and coping behaviors. The research indicates that commuter students experienced differing work/family/school role responsibilities than their residential counterparts which related to differing levels of stress and methods of coping between the two groups of students
The Evolution of the American Comic Book Industry: Are We Entering the Third Wave?
No full textSince its origins in the 1930s, the comic book industry has been a part of American popular culture. The industry itself can be thought of as having existed in three distinct waves. Wave one describes the industry from its beginnings, with a focus on mass distribution supporting high volume sales of an inexpensively priced product. Wave two is defined by a niche approach narrowly focusing on a target audience of committee fans and collectors. A nascent wave three drien by technological forces (e.g. internet) may augur further changes for the industry