32 research outputs found
The Use of Multi-Source Feedback as a Human Resource Management Tool
No full textThe article is devoted to the Multiple Source Assessment method as a process of Human Resource Management. Several aspects related to the definition of this method and others concerning its importance, purpose, application and feedback are presented. This method has been used for personal development at the organizational level, and then has begun to be directed to other purposes related of efficiency and performance. The method is considered revolutionary for human resources’ evaluation. It is increasingly used at an international level, with a growing prevalence. Recently, it has also begun to be used in the Romanian companies.multiple source assessment, human resource management, performance
Maximizing EFL Learning Through Blending
No full textAbstractPurpose of studyBlending different modalities and methods of EFL learning is gaining momentum as it assists teachers in designing relevant and engaging activities to drive learners from passive to active participants involved in their own learning.Sources of EvidenceThe paper will report on a class-size project of blending two elements within the face-to-face component: self-paced asynchronous learning (Voki, Fotobabble, Showbeyond) and opportunities for collaboration (personal blogs).Findings and ResultsThe project outcomes demonstrate that offering students a chance to collaborate and work outside of the class environment, at their own pace, through employment of web communication speaking and writing tools enhances learning and generates high levels of enthusiasm for communication in the target language.ConclusionFinding the optimum blend of methods and tools augments EFL learning and impacts positively on motivation, disposition and satisfaction, which are likely to enhance learning
“Socialism of sentiment:” Culture, progress and community in the early Romanian left 1870-1914
No full textMy dissertation questions the traditional assumption of the absence of an indigenous socialist tradition in Romania prior to the Soviet takeover in 1944 by exploring the cultural and intellectual history of early socialism between 1880 and 1914. Moving away from the unimpressive political and institutional history of Romanian socialism, I argue that in conditions of limited political space, socialism was refashioned in a powerful and attractive cultural orientation, particularly visible in the fields of literary criticism and the popularization of science. Using quantitative methods and examining periodicals, memoirs, correspondence, literary and scientific works, as well as archival sources, my study ascertains and documents the previously contested presence of a sizeable and cohesive socialist intellectual community. Prominent within this community was Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea, a Russian-born socialist theoretician and literary critic, who founded a deeply influential school of cultural criticism. Equally important for this community’s intellectual profile was a fascination with science which I explored along two axes: programs for the popularization of science and campaigns for public health and social hygiene. Both are indicative of socialist intellectuals’ deep sense of social mission and their practical appreciation for science as a vehicle for improving everyday life. Together, these cultural endeavors enhanced the visibility of the socialist movement and established its identity.
Socialism of Sentiment brings together four previously unconnected historical fields and bodies of scholarship: the history of political ideologies, literary history, history of science and the history of everyday life. By placing these literatures in conversation with each other, I create a complex portrait of my subjects as socialists, intellectuals, and private individuals. Looking at these fields together allows me to bring new insights to each. Examining the lives of prominent scientists and writers not usually remembered for their socialist activism I fill the gaps of the Romanian socialist pantheon and recover the ideological commitments of the politically unaffiliated. Placing the specialized analyses of literary history in the broader social, cultural and national environments in which Gherea and other socialist literary critics operated I trace their visibility to their involvement in the making of a national literary canon. This contribution is both unusual for Marxist critics, who generally examine already consecrated Western classics, and very relevant in the context of a nation-building young state. Going beyond the apparently antagonistic relation between socialism and nationalism, I show that socialism was vulnerable to, and compatible with, nationalist agendas. Looking at influential socialist researchers whose laboratories became important nodes in transnational scientific networks, I question the distinction between alleged scientific centers and peripheries and integrate Eastern Europe in wider European and global cultural and intellectual histories.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2021-08-01The student, Anca Mandru, accepted the attached license on 2019-07-02 at 17:28.The student, Anca Mandru, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2019-07-02 at 17:39.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2019-07-03 at 08:40.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #14139 on 2019-11-26 at 14:00:49Made available in DSpace on 2019-11-26T20:58:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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A Model for Developing Adult Learner Effectiveness in New Roles and Environments
No full textAbstractIntroduction. A glance at Plato's Republic confirms that the notion of learning through life is hardly new. Thus, with the development of ‘adult education’ came the view that education should be lifelong. Nowadays it must not be regarded as a luxury for a few outstanding individuals, nor as a stage of early manhood, but it is envisaged as a permanent necessity, an inseparable aspect of employment, and a part of life. Since life is viewed as learning, education has no endings, it is a cognitive process internal to the learner, which can occur both incidentally and in planned educational activities.Purpose of study/Sources of Evidence. Adult learners are employees or future employees who cross an organizational boundary that requires performance in a new organizational role or environment. Adult learner's development can be defined as all development processes used to advance adult students to desired levels of performance.This paper attempts to draft a model for developing EFL (English as a Foreign Language) adult learner effectiveness that could represent a foundation for developing more comprehensive performance improvement interventions. Three key questions are addressed: what learning content should be included in a comprehensive adult learner development program, what learning strategies are most effective to facilitate that learning, and what should be the role of educational institutions.Findings and Results. The conclusions of the study reveal that adult learners need to engage in four content domains in order to achieve performance goals: individual, people, organization, and work tasks. This development process is not linear, but rather cyclical, with novice learners having to cycle through learning tasks and learning events repeatedly. Conclusion. Effectiveness in new roles and environments can be achieved by interacting with other people, therefore social learning skills are of great importance, and learning occurs when engaged in work projects. Self-directed learning becomes the norm for adult learners who have to take initiative to go beyond their job-description. Adult learning has no definite beginning and ending points, it is a complex but continuous process
Approaches Regarding Business Logic Modeling in Service Oriented Architecture
No full textAs part of the Service Oriented Computing (SOC), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a technology that has been developing for almost a decade and during this time there have been published many studies, papers and surveys that are referring to the advantages of projects using it. In this article we discuss some ways of using SOA in the business environment, as a result of the need to reengineer the internal business processes with the scope of moving forward towards providing and using standardized services and achieving enterprise interoperability.Business Rules, Business Processes, SOA, BPM, BRM, Semantic Web, Semantic Interoperability
The relation between pupils’ learning style and educational performance
No full textAbstractThe paper aims to provide a practical example which can improve students’ school results by simply matching each student's own learning style with interactive learning methods. The research was done through an experiment in secondary school teaching. In the initial phase a questionnaire that evaluated learning styles was used as well as an educational test for evaluation of the educational student performance. In the formative phase some educational interventions were projected using interactive methods adapted to the identified learning styles, and in the final stage educational tests will be used again to test students’ performance.© 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd
Editorial: Multivariate Probabilistic Modelling for Risk and Decision Analysis
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Educating law students as good citizens Is the Romanian legal education system ready to fulfill its social mission?
No full textAbstractIn the last twenty years, Romania has made a long quest from the Communist centralized learning system to the world ideal of academic self-determination and responsibility. Yet nowadays law graduates do not consider themselves ready for a juridical life. Even if they know the law very well, they are not able to operate with it, at the beginning of their career. The purposes of our study are to identify the causes of this situation and to recommend some solutions
