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Couturier, Luc. "Le franchisé vu sous une dimension entrepreneuriale /." Thèse, Chicoutimi : Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1992. http://theses.uqac.ca.
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Averback, Sheila R. "School business partnerships : the school board's perspective /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1988. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/10808425.
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Gonzalez, M. F., Y. Cohen-Charash, K. Busse, M. L. Ambrose, D. E. Gibson, A. R. Grotto, R. E. Johnson, Lorianne D. Mitchell, J. I. Sanchez, and L. M. Steele. "Psych’d Up for Business School: Preparing I-O Psychologists for Business School Careers." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8310.
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Brachet, Champsaur Florence. "Créer c'est avoir vu le premier. Les Galeries Lafayette et la mode (1893-1969)." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PSLEH069.
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Cette thèse étudie la place des Galeries Lafayette dans l’échange marchand entre l’offre et la demande, au cœur du système de la mode. Elle réévalue le rôle de la distribution en général et du grand magasin en particulier comme intermédiaire créateur de valeur dans la relation entre le producteur et le consommateur. Au tournant du XXe siècle, sur le marché de la nouveauté et le segment émergent de la confection, l’enseigne répond aux attentes des consommateurs qui cherchent à se distinguer et se différencier en suivant de près les phénomènes de mode. Alors que les maisons de couture exercent un monopole sur les tendances, et limitent leur diffusion en France à un cercle de clientes privilégiées, les Galeries Lafayette ont fait « entrer la mode dans le grand magasin ». Elles fabriquent et vendent sous leur propre marque des modèles inspirés de ceux des couturiers. Cette appropriation efficace de la création construit la légitimité de l’entreprise en tant qu'intermédiaire ainsi que le pouvoir prescripteur de la marque sur le marché de la mode. Elle fait aussi des Galeries Lafayette un acteur de l’économie de la contrefaçon, au centre des enjeux de l’industrie du vêtement dans l’entre-deux-guerres. La thèse montre cependant qu’il existe plusieurs régimes de management de la création aux Galeries Lafayette. A travers l’analyse des investissements de l’entreprise dans les industries créatives et en particulier les cas des Parfums Chanel, des maisons Madeleine Vionnet et Jean Patou, elle se saisit pour la première fois de la question du financement de la couture et décloisonne l’étude des principaux acteurs du système de la mode. La période couverte, de la fin du XIXe aux années 1960, rend compte des transformations de l’industrie du vêtement, mais aussi de la plasticité de la stratégie et des structures de l’organisation. Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, l’intégration verticale de la fabrication laisse progressivement la place à de nouvelles modalités de construction de l’offre. Dans un contexte marqué par la modernisation de la filière habillement, la « révolution » du prêt-à-porter, et l’émergence de nouvelles capitales de la mode, la centrale d’achats élargit ses approvisionnements aux marques et à l’international. La mise en place pionnière d’un bureau de style au début des années 1950 est centrale dans cette transformation pour faire le lien entre les créateurs, les industriels et les clients avec lesquelles les Galeries Lafayette sont en contact direct.Une partie des développements est consacrée aux associations professionnelles internationale qui sont le véhicule privilégié des transferts transatlantiques mais aussi de la construction d’un réseau européen favorisant la circulation des idées et des marchandises. Ces échanges montrent que la diffusion des méthodes nouvelles d’organisation, importées et adaptées des États-Unis, ne s’est pas limitée à l’industrie. Les efforts des Galeries Lafayette pour rationaliser l’organisation sont une nouvelle démonstration de la nécessité de réévaluer le rôle de la distribution et des intermédiaires du système de la mode longtemps négligés au profit de la figure du créateurThis thesis researches the role of Galeries Lafayette at the heart of the French fashion system. It re-evaluates the role of retail and department stores as value-creating intermediaries in the relationship between producer and consumer. Additionally, the research highlights the innovative capacity of a family business and shows that the introduction of new organizational methods in retail trade along the 20th century, imported and adapted from the United States, was as much present as in manufacturing enterprises. In the first part, the thesis looks at the foundation of the company, its competitors and its customers. To differentiate themselves, Galeries Lafayette manufactured and sold models inspired by those of the couturiers under the store private label. At the turn of the twentieth century, while fashion houses claimed a monopoly on trend setting, Galeries Lafayette introduced fashion in department store. This effective appropriation of fashion design built the legitimacy of the company as an intermediary, and posited the prescribing power of the brand in the fashion market. It also made Galeries Lafayette a player in the economy of counterfeiting, a major issue for the apparel industry in the inter-war period. The thesis shows, however, that various management regimes for design exist at Galeries Lafayette. In a second part, we analyze the investments of the company in the creative industries and in particular the cases of Chanel Perfumes as well as Madeleine Vionnet and Jean Patou fashion houses. In doing so, for the first time, the thesis analyzes the financing of fashion houses thus unbundling the study of the main actors in the fashion system. In a third part, the thesis studies competitive and market change from World War II onwards: the modernization of the clothing industry, the ready-to-wear revolution, and the emergence of new capitals of fashion besides Paris. The dismantling of the vertical integration in manufacturing, the opening of central purchasing to new suppliers, the pioneering establishment of in-house fashion forecasting office in the early 1950s induced a new organization and changes in the link between creators, designers, industrialists and customers for Galeries Lafayette
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McGreevy, Jeanette Sue. "No school business official left behind School business officials, superintendents, and role theory--Association of school business officials (ASBO) international professional standards and job proficiency /." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2006.
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Beverungen, Dirk Armin. "Whither Marx in the business school?" Thesis, University of Leicester, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/8202.
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In this thesis I read critical studies of management reading Marx. I explore the inheritance of Marx in the business school through a symptomatic reading of labour process theory and critical management studies. In Part I I explore the conditions of this thesis. The university-based business school is introduced as the context in which this thesis is written, and as an institution concerned with management as object of theory and its relation to capital. I outline a symptomatic reading which explores how particular theories or problematics focus on particular objects, such as management or capital. In Part II I read works in labour process theory to demonstrate how Marx is inherited in these discourses and how labour process theory seeks to constitute a study of management within a Marxist problematic, before abandoning the Marxist problematic and establishing a new problematic of management. In Part III I read works in critical management studies to demonstrate the ways in which Marx and a problematic of management is established. Here a variety of both theoretical and political positions emerge, from a Marxism to anti-Marxism in theory, and a for and against management in politics. The symptomatic reading demonstrates that overall a particular reading of Marx leads critical studies of management away from a clear position within a Marxist problematic, to moments in which Marx is no longer read and in which capital emerges as a symptom that is not accounted for theoretically. This is followed by a return to a reading of Marx in the business school, which seeks to account once again for capital. This thesis contributes to the work of inheritance in the business school, and the conclusion points to current moments in this work, which leave the question "whither Marx in the business school?" contested.
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Martin, Gregory M. "Revitalizing a Dying School-Business Partnership." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37650.
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The notion of business involvement in helping to improve public schools is not new. Although business involvement faded somewhat in the 1960s and 1970s, a resurgence in business involvement began in the late seventies and early eighties. School-business partnerships have been steadily on the rise from around 40,000 in 1983 to over 200,000 by the mid-1990's.
When schools and businesses become involved in partnerships certain conditions must be present for the partnerships to succeed. Those conditions include awareness, clear and measurable goals and objectives by both partners, the necessity of identifying potential resources and talent, reciprocal benefits for participants, and the ability to carry out formal evaluation of the program.
The purpose of this study was to attempt to save a school-business partnership that had the potential to make a significant contribution to both a middle school and a large employer in Southside Virginia. By identifying the variables involved in both the erosion and revitalization of a school-business partnership, the information could prove valuable to others who may be struggling to maintain or renew partnerships in their schools or businesses.
This study was conducted in two phases. The first phase involved the identification of the variables which contributed to the disintegration of a school-business partnership. The second phase involved using a 12-step partnership development process created by the National Association for Partners in Education to revitalize the partnership. A series of interviews, surveys, and questionnaires, as well as a search of current school data were used to determine the variables present in both phases.
In phase I of the study, a serious lack of communication, perhaps even miscommunication, appeared to lead to the total shutdown of the partnering process. This breakdown in communication prevented other possibilities for success. The absence of goals or a formal agreement on the nature of the partnership also appeared to be one of its major downfalls.
Phase II of the investigation involved partnership renewal. The major ingredients necessary for partnership development were communication; awareness; reciprocal benefits to participants; mutually acceptable, clear goals and objectives; the ability to carry out formal, on-going evaluation of the partnership; continuous recognition of good works by the stakeholders; and the use of the National Association for Partners in Education 12-step process as both a diagnostic and prescriptive resource for partnering.
School-business partnerships, like all other human endeavors, require understanding, nurturing and support. By attempting to understand and embrace the needs of each partner, the true promise of this very human endeavor may be realized. Developing and revitalizing school-business partnerships is not only possible, but essential if we hope to create the type of learning communities necessary to the total education of children.Ed. D.
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Paugh, Mary Jo. "Predictors of successful school/business partnerships." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1382636456.
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Campbell, James K. "Bridge leadership in school resource management: school business administrator perspectives." Diss., Wichita State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/3925.
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Understanding technical skills of financial resource management is clearly one of the most important aspects of the school business administrator‟s job. Less clear is their understanding of the collaborative role played in addressing issues of equity and low achievement of marginalized students, and how decisions made about use of resources advances social justice and equity or perpetuates oppression within the school setting. This study examines the perceptions of school business administrators about how they can work most effectively with school leadership teams to leverage district funds to best support student achievement and equitable educational practices, while minimizing the detrimental effects of nationwide budget cuts. Emergent research is necessary to connect the position of the school business administrator to resource management practices supporting equal opportunity for all learners, advance issues of social injustice and inequities within school systems, and establish the school business administrator‟s knowledge of resource allocation in the context of social justice and equity. The theoretical framework for this qualitative study merges social critical theory, leadership for social justice theory, and the construct of bridge leadership to elevate the leadership role a school business administrator can play in contributing to the overall effectiveness of education and instruction. The researcher interviewed 14 school business administrators across the U.S. and used the constant comparative method to analyze data. Implications from the research include the need to better connect leadership to required school business official technical skills and improve SBO training and professional developmentThesis (Ed.D.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Educational Leadership
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Demeulemeester, Julien Marcel. "Déjà vu : o Brasil e a revitalização de uma condição histórica de dependência motivada pela ascensão chinesa." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/147462.
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O presente trabalho tem como objetivo principal estudar os impactos que a ascensão chinesa e o estreitamento das relações sino-brasileiras imprimem no Brasil, utilizando como suporte teórico o pensamento desenvolvimentista latino-americano e depositando especial atenção no período pós-2001. A escolha deste marco teórico se deve ao fato de que a evolução da dinâmica do relacionamento sino-brasileiro traz à tona uma série de características estruturais de dependência caracterizadas pelos pensadores desenvolvimentistas latino-americanos. A hipótese do presente trabalho é que a ascensão chinesa e o estreitamento das relações sino-brasileiras imprimem externalidades contraditórias sobre a economia brasileira, cujos efeitos transitam entre as dinâmicas cooperativa/complementar e competitiva/concorrente. Argumenta-se que, no curto prazo, a crescente demanda por bens primários e o aumento do influxo de investimentos tem trazido dinamismo à economia brasileira, ao financiar um ciclo virtuoso de crescimento com baixa vulnerabilidade externa. Porém, no longo prazo, a China alimenta o risco de uma tendência regressiva de especialização da estrutura produtiva brasileira em produtos primários e uma concorrência ao setor manufatureiro do Brasil, que tem percebido ameaça crescente tanto em seu mercado doméstico quanto em suas exportações para terceiros mercados. Essas perspectivas caracterizam dois lados da mesma moeda, envolvendo uma tensão entre o otimismo e a angústia que o rápido aprofundamento das relações sino-brasileiras produziu. O presente trabalho contribui para a literatura ao utilizar a perspectiva da Economia Política Internacional para aproximar as dimensões econômicas e políticas, além de considerar as perspectivas da literatura chinesa sobre o tópico, no intuito de alcançar uma compreensão mais completa da dinâmica das relações sino-brasileiras. estudo justifica-se pela gravidade dos riscos oriundos dos impactos que o Brasil vem sentindo em decorrência da ascensão chinesa e pela necessidade de maior reflexão sobre estes impactos em razão de seus potenciais efeitos sobre as perspectivas de desenvolvimento de longo prazo do país.This dissertation aims to assess the impacts that China’s rise and the strengthening of sino-brazilian relations has brought to Brazil, using the Latin-American developmentalism school thought as a support and focusing on the post-2001 period. The choice of this theoretical framework is due to the fact that the evolution of the sino-brazilian relations is following a pattern that closely resembles to the structural dependence characteristics portrayed by the developmentalism school. The hypothesis that guides the research is that China’s rise and the expansion of sino-brazilian relations draws contradictory externalities on the Brazilian economy, whose effects navigate between cooperative/complementary and competitive/concurrent dynamics. This dissertation argues that, in the short-term, the increasing demand for primary goods and the expansion in the inflow of investments has brought dynamism to the Brazilian economy, while it contributes to a virtuous cycle of growth with low external vulnerabilities. However, in the long-term, the pattern of relations developed with China intensifies the risk of a tendency of regressive specialization of the Brazilian productive structure in primary products, while it also poses a risk of increasing competition to the manufacturing sector, both in the domestic market and on its exports to third markets. These perspectives characterize two sides of the same coin, as it involves a tension between the optimism and the pessimism of the rapidly expanding relations between China and Brazil. This dissertation contributes to the literature by adopting an International Political Economy approach, seeking to bridge the gap that separates the political and economic dimensions of most analyses on the topic, whilst also taking into consideration the perspective of the Chinese literature, in order to achieve a broader and more comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of the sino-brazilian relations. The research is justified by the severity of the risks that may arise from China’s rise and by the necessity of further reflection of the potential impacts brought to Brazil and their effects on the long-term developments of the country.
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Anunkor, Elizabeth Ijeoma Alozie. "School-business partnership : a study of the perspectives of secondary school principals and business executives in Nigeria /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1995. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/1178961x.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995.Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Frank L. Smith Jr. Dissertation Committee: Susan Otterbourg. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-175).
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Grant, Donald James. "A study of an urban school district's school-business partnership program." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ29043.pdf.
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Zhou, Baolin 1964. "Entrepost.com business plan." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9212.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2000.Also available online at the DSpace at MIT website.
Includes bibliographical references.
The development of Internet technology and its application in e-commerce business activities have resulted in a revolutionary impact on the traditional model of the cross-border trade activities. The forthcoming entry of China to World Trade Organization is going to present unprecedented opportunities between China and the United States, and eventually between China and the world. This thesis of Entrepost.Com Business Plan is intended to evaluate such unleashed opportunities and present a new business model that enables the small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises in China and the United States which have been largely excluded because of their lack of resources to overcome the various barriers in the process of cross-border transaction activities. The business model of Entrepost.Com provides a set of integrated solutions to its targeted customers in the selected industrial segment through its online manufacturing community services and offline total customer solutions. The values that Entrepost.Com proposes to its customers will be the incremental opportunities, and efficient and effective facilities for them to penetrate into foreign markets.
by Baolin Zhou.
M.B.A.
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Hase, Yoshiko M. B. A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Automotive electronics business." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39526.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 96).
In the automotive industry, due to the trend to introduce active safety systems, concerns about protecting the environment, and advances in information technology, key automotive manufacturers are eager to acquire new enabling technologies which can provide solutions for these issues. As a result, the demand for automotive electronics is increasing. Meanwhile, due to strict requirements for demanding specifications, as well as low volume commitment offered by car manufacturers as compared with consumer electronics products, many electronics manufacturers have so far avoided entering this business. However, as the requirement for high technology grow, the technology of the electronics companies becomes indispensable for the car manufacturers. Currently, there are some electronics companies who provide automotive parts, mostly on the components level and not on the solution level, but only few of them are truly successful. The automotive electronics business requires various types of components as well as demanding specifications for safety and operating conditions. Offering solutions for this demanding industry often requires cross-organizational initiative.
(cont.) Despite the difficult challenges, many electronics companies, including semiconductor and fabless companies, have already penetrated into this industry, and its market is becoming more and more competitive. The purpose of this work is to discuss the potential of Toshiba Corporation to become a major player in the automotive electronics industry. While it seems to be attractive, there are also many challenges which would face Toshiba as a new player attempting to penetrate this market. The work will focus on the understanding and analysis of these challenges. The work will start from a general description of the current automotive electronics industry. Following, I will discuss the future technological trends of automotive electronic systems and the demands and requirements of the different geographical markets. Following this general background, Toshiba's current market position and a comparison to the key competitors is presented. The work will be concluded with a discussion of the optional strategies which can be adopted by Toshiba if it decides to focus on the automotive market.
by Yoshiko Hase.
M.B.A.
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Jennerot, Alexander, and Adam Nygren. "Coor Business School i jämförelse med andragogiken." Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-57937.
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Internutbildningar är vanligt förekommande i många företag. I och med dessa kan företagen kompetensutveckla sin personal och specialutbilda dem i områden som gagnar företaget och i slutändan också affärsresultatet. Studiens syfte är att analysera uppbyggnaden av ett case i en internutbildning i relation till teori inom andragogiken. Analysen sker i symbios med utvärderingar från före detta utbildningsdeltagare. Undersökningens metod är utgörs av intervjuer, internutbildningsmaterial, enkät och litteratur.I analysen framgår vikten av prioriteringar av de delar som ingår i caset. Utbildningsdeltagare måste känna att kunskapen som prioriteras är relevant och kan realiseras med arbetslivet. Caset i internutbildningen präglas av höga betyg och har samtidigt en stark relation med teorin som därmed stöds.Internal educations are widespread in many companies. Thus the companies can develop and give special training to their employees in a way that is beneficial for the company and ultimately the revenue. The purpose of the study is to analyze the structural behavior of a case in an internal education in relation to theories within andragogy. The analysis is done by evaluations from former participants in the internal education. The study methodology is composed by interviews, the internal education course material, a survey and literature.In the analysis it becomes apparent that the prioritization of the components within the case is of great importance. The participants must feel that the content that is prioritized is also relevant that latter can be utilized in real-life work. The case in the internal education is characterized with high scores in the evaluation and with a strong connection to the theory in andragogy, therefore supported.
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Gammie, Robert Peter. "Psychological contracts in a business school context." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/228.
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Over the last three decades the UK higher education system has operated under an ideological approach sometimes referred to as New Managerialism (Deem, 2004). The psychological contract of the individual actor within this altered environment was the subject of the research in this study. The psychological contract has been defined as an individual’s beliefs regarding the terms and conditions of a reciprocal informal exchange agreement between themselves and their organisations (Rousseau, 1989). The thesis focused on the psychological contracts of higher education lecturers in a post-92 University Business School in the United Kingdom. The study considered the construction of the psychological contract, the appropriateness of the initial contract, perceived influences on the contract, and behavioural consequences of contract breach and/or violation. The research was focussed on the role of the lecturer in interpreting and unpacking his/her perceptions and understandings. The research questions required data that was personal and experiential. Interviews were undertaken which allowed participants to provide life history accounts that described and theorised about their actions in the social world over time. The approach used had a number of limitations which were identified and considered within the thesis. Notwithstanding the limitations of the research approach, the data suggested that each individual had analysed the extent to which a new employment context would deliver transactional, relational, and ideological reward. However, ideology was less relevant in making the decision to accept higher education employment than either transactional or relational elements. Post-entry, sensemaking acted as a confirmation mechanism in respect of the expectations of what the job would entail and the pecuniary and non-pecuniary benefits that would be received. Initial contracts were relatively accurate in their conceptualisation of the work involved in being a higher education academic. Within the Business School examined in this study, management decisions impacted on participants from both an economic and socio-economic perspective. Employees described how individual work contexts were altered by management decisions. Reaction to decisions depended on individual circumstances at any given juncture based on the influences from multiple contexts both internal and external to the workplace. Context was not homogenous and wide-ranging individual differences were apparent. These contexts played a part in defining to what extent changed work environments would be accepted or not. Participants were continuously active and involved in the evaluation of the multiple contexts that were relevant to them. The capacity to manipulate managers and influence decisions to counteract context change was also evident. The ability to thwart changes to work context varied between individuals and over time. This study identified how participants were able to create and shape their own work environment to satisfy their needs and wants during their careers within a structure that remained predominantly organic in nature despite a changing higher education environment. The goal of the employee was to create the idiosyncratic deal, the specific individually tailored work environment that would deliver the satisfaction required from higher education employment. The psychological contracts were self-focussed and self-oriented but this did not necessarily mean that employees were not also actively involved in assisting the organisation to achieve its ambitions. The notion that a managerial agenda had resulted in the erosion of individualism in higher education was not supported. There was evidence that the psychological contract was unilaterally changed and altered by the employee whenever he or she chose, rather than a negotiated change to a binding agreement. Alteration was intrinsically a private determination and often not communicated.
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Ofori-Kyereh, Samuel. "School-business partnerships for organisational leadership development." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2013. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10017996/.
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Leadership and how it is developed have become a top priority for almost all organisations, particularly schools and business organisations, to survive and secure growth (Bolden, 2004). Equally, the concept of partnership has become a panacea for solving complex and ‘wicked’ problems in diverse organisations (Armistead, 2007). This study therefore investigates how school-business partnerships could serve as alternative means for organisational leadership development. The study is principally influenced by earlier work in the leadership development field by Day (2000) and Allen and Hartman (2008). Following a review of literature on leadership and partnership, four main sub-questions were formulated. An explanatory multi-case mixed-methods research design (Yin, 1984) was adopted to answer these questions, using qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection – interviews and survey questionnaire – in two schools and two banks in the South-East of England. Data analysis was carried out in two stages – within-case and cross-case analyses (Yin, 1994) – and the data combined to provide composite research findings. The key finding and main original contribution of this study to knowledge is that school-business partnership activities that promote experiential leadership learning experiences can support organisational leadership development. The study identifies twenty-five (25) different learning approaches which enable members of the organisation to develop four main experiential leadership learning experiences: spiritual, emotional, academic and practical leadership competencies. Some of these learning approaches are found in existing literature on leadership development including leadership apprenticeship, job placement, job mixing, degree programmes as well as online learning, action learning and reflections. Other leadership learning approaches such as recitals, records of enlightenment, counselling, reflections, story-telling and themes from the Bible are found to be new to literature in the leadership development field.
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Liu, Weibo S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Business plan of starting up a health checkup business in China." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90744.
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Thesis: S.M. in Management Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-62).
A health checkup business provides services to examine the customer's health status. This thesis has been developed to understand the heath preventive market and prepare a business plan of starting up high-tier checkup centers in China. The target customers are the high-income individuals with more than USD10, 000 per year in big cities, age between 30 and 69. A case study of Beijing Mei Zhao Health Screening Center illustrates that the analysis of this thesis is reasonable and applicable, however, more details will need to be calibrated before launching the real business. The overall health checkup market is in a full force growth period in China. For example, CiMing Health Checkup Management Group Co., Ltd. filed its IPO in 2012 and 2013. Ciming planned to use the funds to invest in Osis hospital that opened in 2011, which positioned itself as a high-end checkup and medical service center. In another example, iKang Healthcare Group, Inc. has filed its IPO prospectus on NASDAQ on March 3rd, 2014 and the trading commenced on April 9th (NASDAQ:KANG). iKang opened its International Evergreen Medical in December 2013, which is comparable with Osis Hospital. Both of the firms have ambitions to invest in super high-tier health checkup centers. Health 100 claimed that it became the biggest health checkup service institution, with 130 sites in 55 cities in 2013. These are the positive signals for this prosperous market. The audiences of this thesis are the investors and entrepreneurs who are interested in this market, and the scholars who are pursuing academic research on this industry.
by Weibo Liu.
S.M. in Management Studies
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Matsuki, Akira. "The paradigm shift in wireless platforms : from traffic business to transaction business." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33549.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 100).
The mobile communication industry in Japan is facing a constructive revolution that will be the industry to next-generation services. Most communication companies have competed aggressively to develop and offer e-mail or Web applications to their users in order to increase operating revenue. One approach was the introduction of flat rate plans, used primarily to acquire new customers; however, the profits achieved by relying on communication fees are diminishing. Nevertheless, mobile phones continue to be the point of contact closest to the customer. In recent years, mobile phones have evolved from tools used primarily for talking to a tool that transmits and receives e-mail. But these are changes that alter the quality of communication rather than make a substantial change. To heighten its competitive position, in June 2004, NTT DoCoMo developed a new type of cellular phone that contains a built-in noncontact IC card called "FeliCa," which represents the next remarkable stage of progress. This thesis first analyzes the structural transformation of the mobile phone business, and then discusses how it is influencing the financial and authentication businesses. First I present an overview of the mobile communication industry, showing its progress from a rapid growth to a mature market. Next, I show how wireless carriers are building a new wireless value chain by implementing the IC card function in mobile phone terminals. Then I describe the new wireless value chain and offer examples that illustrate the kinds of change that have been created in the industry structure. I conclude by describing a business strategy that utilizes the new platform, and the influence that the new platform will have on society.
by Akira Matsuki.
M.B.A.
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Koh, Bong (Bong Dug). "Wireless services business plan." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33665.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-75).
The primary goals of this thesis were to analyze the market for wireless applications/services and create a business plan for a viable wireless application. There has been tremendous hype relating to wireless data services in the past few years with significant venture investment not yielding many commercially successful companies. In reviewing the wireless services market, there appears to be significant opportunity for the right wireless application/service to gain significant traction in the marketplace and spawn a successful startup. It was my assertion that one could create a service that allows users to find information from a community of users on a variety of technology platform that would prove to be the basis for a commercially viable startup. In writing the business plan for this startup,
by Bong Koh.
M.B.A.
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Kinkead, Devon Andrew. "Micronotes, LLC : business plan." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45937.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2008.Includes bibliographical references.
The primary goal of this research was to determine if Micronotes, a start-up company based on an electronic bill-pay service that enables customers to prepay and discount their bills, is a viable business proposition. Here is how Micronotes works: On April 15th, a customer receives a $1,000 insurance bill due on May 15th. She enters the bill amount and due date into the Micronotes server, accessible via cell phone, handset, or the internet, and determines that she can pay Micronotes $996.12 today to settle that bill and Micronotes will pay her $1,000 bill, in full, on May 15th. Micronotes aggregates her $996.12 payment on April 15th with millions of other customer payments, and invests it into short-term, low-risk, institutional-grade securities which mature just before the due date of her bill; Micronotes then pays her $1,000 insurance bill on May 15th. The idea is to get people to think about paying bills incrementally earlier as a discount opportunity, rather than a burden to avoid - and by doing so, create perfect ontime payments for customers which will eliminate late fees, yield higher credit scores, and ultimately lower credit costs. The research design comprised qualitative and quantitative market research to understand the level of customer interest in the concept, creation and maintenance of customer trust, the firm's system of innovation as a competitive advantage, the regulatory and tax environment in which this business will operate, system and financial modeling to understand business drivers and sensitivities, market timing, international expansion, and routes to liquidity for investors.
(cont.) Our results reveal that Micronotes (Mnotes) is an electronic bill-pay service that will enable 24.8 million U.S. small businesses to quickly, conveniently, and securely discount and pay any of the $5 trillion dollars in bills they pay annually via handset or internet and by connection to the institutional-grade money markets. Our market research suggests that 27% of the 7.7 million female-owned small businesses, our initial target market, would use the Mnotes service yielding $486B/year in shortduration investment volume for the firm. 13.3% target market penetration, or 320,155 customers are needed to reach break-even operations under present assumptions.
by Devon Andrew Kinkead.
S.M.
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Santana, Paula Peste. "Nova School of Business & Economics: Sustainability report." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9547.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsThis work project consists of a sustainability report proposal for NovaSBE, consolidating its strategic goals of preparing students for sustainable development challenges of today’s organizations and communication towards stakeholders. This proposal arouses from the partnership with the Consultancy firm for Sustainable Development Sair da Casca. The first assignment given by the company consisted of building a sustainability observatorium that included the top 25 Portuguese companies’ sustainability practices. However, during the process, the company realized such a benchmarking tool already existed so that it did not make sense to develop it. It was then that from the alignment of interests between the company and the Field Lab purpose emerged the idea of a sustainability report for the school. To conduct a Sustainability Report Proposal for NovaSBE, the previous experience of collecting data on the top 25 companies’ sustainability practices allowed for a deeper knowledge on sustainability reporting.The Global Reporting Initiative sustainability reporting standards were chosen to carry this project out considering that its wider acceptance applies for NovaSBE’s internationalization ambitions. Nonetheless, the standard framework was adjusted to NovaSBE’s specificities in what sustainability is concerned. Overall, the results from this report’s proposal show that although NovaSBE has already taken several sustainability related measures they lack on strategic orientation and coordination, so that their full potential is not being achieved. Taking into consideration the conclusions, several recommendations for future sustainability reports are presented.
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Vokál, Pavel. "Strategická analýza International School of Business and Management." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-4056.
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The aim of the thesis is to make a strategic analysis of the newly opened private school by University of Economics, Prague. For analysis of external environment is used PEST model and Porter's model of Five Competitive Forces. Special attention is paid to description of Czech-MBA-schools market. Internal environment is described by analysis of company's resources. Outputs from partial analyses are summarised in SWOT analysis. SWOT analysis serves than for formulation of strategic recommendation to ISBM.
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Dubovská, Jana. "Developing a business plan for Ski School Jasna." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-198436.
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The Master's Thesis analyses and evaluates the conditions for the Ski & Snowboard School Lúčky development in the Jasná Nízke Tatry ski resort as well as it illustrates specific steps and actions in the realistic business plan. Firstly, it introduces theoretical background of feasibility analysis, business model, and the business plan focusing on the importance and structure of each topic. Secondly, the thesis portrays the results of an empirical research conducted on the target audience that are together with the market analyses integrated into the business plan. At last, the business plan proposes marketing and financial projections that lead into final conclusion and recommendations for the business development in the ski & snowboard school business area.
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Jang, Dongsu. "Preparing for the future business." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81083.
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Thesis (S.M. in Management Studies)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2013.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references.
GS Caltex is one of the major energy companies in Korea. Like all other energy companies in the world, the company seeks to become a "total energy provider" by successful launching new types of energy businesses and also by managing its traditional business more efficiently. However, the inherent nature oil business and its associated organizational culture make successful change for oil companies to future energy companies very challenging. Therefore, appropriate preparation and a clear image of the future business are required to facilitate the organizational transformation to which GS Caltex aspires. This thesis is mainly focused on analyzing GS Caltex's current HR system and suggesting possible solutions to the following questions: 1. What are appropriate preparations for transformation to a "total energy provider?" 2. How can the HR division best support the company's change? To find answers to these questions, IBM and NIKE's cases were used as examples of companies that had successfully undertaking complex corporate transformation initiatives. In this context, it became clear that successfully preparing for the future requires a keen focus on sustainability. I conclude by suggesting that a well-structured HR system based on "a high road strategy," launched in conjunction with a sustainability-oriented strategy at the corporate level, is an optimal path through which energy companies can make the significant transformations required to continue their success well into the future.
by Dongsu Jang.
S.M.in Management Studies
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Bliss, Robert P. (Robert Patrick) 1967. "Business modeling as a decision support tool in the jet engine aftermarket business." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80521.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (p. 81).
by Robert P. Bliss.
S.M.
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Bell, Reginald Lamar. "The multiple roles of the business educator as perceived by secondary school administrators and business teachers /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9824775.
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Franck, Stephen G. (Steven George). "Business angels--attitudes, behaviors and characteristics." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10907.
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Demacopoulos, Alexander Christos. "International engineering and construction business environments." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52894.
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Kashibe, Masahiro. "The business strategy of Japanese Slers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37122.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2006.Includes bibliographical references.
The fundamental role of the System Integrators (Slers) is to provide customized IT systems or services that satisfy the unique requirements of each customer by integrating the various products and services that many IT companies produce. Originally, the IT companies in the different business segments such as the consulting business, hardware business, and software product business have complemented each other, and Slers played the roles of coordinators between these various IT companies and the customers. However, the business model of IT companies is rapidly changing. The firewalls separating business segments in the industry are becoming obsolete, and the Japanese Slers are now getting involved in the intense new competition. This thesis identifies key elements that influence the future business of Japanese Slers. It also proposes sound strategies that will enable Japanese Slers to grow solidly from the viewpoint of top management. From the technological viewpoint, my research finds that the commoditization and openness of technologies have made hardware and software product companies shift their business focuses from products to services. On the other hand, from the market viewpoint, customers are implementing the strategies that select and focus on core businesses.
(cont.) Customers are actively trying to find outsourcing opportunities. The enterprise IT systems are no exception. Customers are trying to maximize business value using IT by distinguishing strategic systems that should be customized and owned by themselves from commodity systems that should reduce costs by adopting outsourcing services. Under these changing environments, Slers will be unable to maintain the sustainability of their business simply by improving their current core competency: system integration. I argue that Slers should create new relationships with complementers. Developing open-application platforms and sharing them with IT service providers widely will allow Slers to create a new software ecosystem that will provide mutually beneficial relationships with their current competitors. The Slers should not focus on cost reduction in offshore development; rather, global sourcing and global business expansion should be the center of the strategies for offshoring. I also show that the development of consulting services and the hybrid services that combine outsourcing and system integration services will be the keys to further growth.
by Masahiro Kashibe.
M.B.A.
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Ghosemajumder, Shuman 1974. "Advanced peer-based technology business models." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8438.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 58).
The mass adoption of the Internet and the creation of digital standards for the storage of information goods ( e.g. written documents, audio recordings, videos) has allowed individuals to exchange these goods with one another on an international scale with essentially no marginal cost. This phenomenon has been accelerated by the rise of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing systems. which provide a public marketplace for the express purpose of finding and exchanging these goods. Napster was the first such system, and is still the most famous, but its demise has been followed by the ascendance of more powerful systems such as KaZaA, Gnutella. and Freenet - which now boast more aggregate users than Napster ever had. This thesis examines the social behaviors, economic ramifications, legal issues, and technological developments which are the results of this ultimate form of disintermediation. It concludes by proposing a strategy for the effective commercial distribution of information goods in a world of free exchanges. The recording industry is examined most closely, since this is the industry with the most copyrighted content available on these systems. Primary data has been collected from 23 interviews with industry representatives, technologists and end users plus 206 questionnaires from end users alone. An additional 1141 questionnaires were administered anonymously via the Internet for comparison. The results indicate that a viable business model requires several responses to current trends. The qualitative model proposed in this thesis consists of three strategic complementarities: I . A new pricing model. 2. A commercial file sharing standard. 3. A strategy for minimizing the negative impact of free exchanges. The suggested format for each of these actions is examined. It is argued that all three responses are crucial for the online success of any information goods industry, and that an incomplete solution will be rejected by consumers.
by Shuman Ghosemajumder.
M.B.A.
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Chen, Kai Wei Kevin. "Korean restaurant business plan in Taiwan." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81071.
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Thesis (S.M. in Management Studies)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2013.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 43).
Taiwan's food and beverage business has been one of the main drivers of the country's economic growth for the past several years. As Taiwan becomes more prosperous and grows beyond the traditional OEM/ODM businesses, citizens start to value eating as an important part of everyday lifestyles. Many restaurant brands have captured the trend and have expanded very successfully both in Taiwan and other parts of the world. Specifically, local cuisines as well as cuisines from Japan, Italy, France, and the US have exploded in popularity. Interestingly, Korean cuisine has been lackluster in Taiwan, despite the rise of Korean pop culture in general and the proximity of the two countries. My research will focus on the food and beverage industry in Taiwan and the existing opportunities to start a Korean restaurant business. The study includes an overall industry analysis of the food and beverage sector in Taiwan, from the angle of competitive landscape, customer preferences to industry developments and trends. The study also includes my personal business aspirations and strategies that I will take given the food and beverage environment in Taiwan.
by Kai Wei Kevin Chen.
S.M.in Management Studies
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Colorado, Francisco 1967. "Managing uncertainty in new business development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67161.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-91).
The basic premise of this thesis is that uncertainty creates opportunities and that dealing with uncertainty demands a structured and simple framework. Uncertainty has many different sources and for approaching issues with high level of uncertainty a manager should try to understand this sources in a structured way. This work I address the multiple issues involved in the formulation of strategies for the development of new businesses based on the core competencies of the firm and taking advantage of the environmental trends and opportunities. Relevant findings of different scholars and authors that have addressed development of new businesses, implications of diversification, management of uncertainty, and financial valuation are analyzed. It is proposed a framework to deal with uncertainty in a structured and simple way. For a case study, Sun Microsystems' Jini Technology was chosen, given that it represents a technological disruption generating high levels of uncertainty in the computing industry. It is a technology oriented to take advantage of the computing and communications infrastructure and to increase value for the customer. The proposed structured framework is applied to the case of study as an exercise to show a practical use in developing new business and to demonstrate its validity.
by Francisco Colorado.
S.M.M.O.T.
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Marsh, Jeffrey Horace. "Educational professionals and school-business link initiatives, 1976-1999." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419586.
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Hayes-Burrell, Ingrid Monique. "Financing School-Based Health Centers: Sustaining Business Operational Services." ScholarWorks, 2015. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1684.
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Walden University
College of Management and Technology
This is to certify that the doctoral study by
Ingrid Hayes-Burrell
has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects,
and that any and all revisions required by
the review committee have been made.
Review Committee
Dr. Ify Diala, Committee Chairperson, Doctor of Business Administration Faculty
Dr. Anne Davis, Committee Member, Doctor of Business Administration Faculty
Dr. Yvette Ghormley, University Reviewer, Doctor of Business Administration Faculty
Chief Academic Officer
Eric Riedel, Ph.D.
Walden University
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School-based health centers (SBHCs) have faced challenges in securing adequate funding for operations and developing sound business systems for billing and reimbursement. Specifically, administrators often lack strategies to develop and sustain funding levels to support appropriate resources for business operations. The focus of this descriptive study was to explore best practice strategies to develop and sustain funding through the experiences of SBHC administrators. The conceptual framework included Elkington's sustainability theory, which posits that corporate social responsibility, stakeholder involvement, and citizenship improve manager's effect on the business system. Twenty full-time SBHC administrators working in separate locations throughout the state of Maryland participated in semistructured telephone interviews. The van Kaam process was used to cluster descriptive experiences in data analysis that resulted in the development of thematic strategies for implementing best practices relevant to developing and sustaining funding for SBHC business operations. Major themes provided by the participants were interagency communications, creating marketing plans, and disparities in the allocation of funding for programs and professional staff. Findings indicated SBHC administrators continue to face challenges in developing and sustaining adequate funding for operations in the state of Maryland. Suggestions for future research include how administrators can develop marketing plans and explore long-range funding for SBHC services. The findings in this study may contribute to positive social change by demonstrating to officials in the Maryland State Department of Education the significance of SBHCs, and the need to increase mental health services.
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Darabi, Fariba. "Developing Business School/SME collaboration : the role of trust." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2013. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/7600/.
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The purpose of this thesis is to advance the understanding of how University Business Schools initiate, develop and manage their inter-organisational relations with SMEs and what, if any, are the mutual advantages from these collaborative relationships. The findings aim to inform the best practice of how collaboration between these sectors can be encouraged and enhanced. This study explores the collaborative relationships between a University Business School and SMEs in the South Yorkshire and Humber region of the UK. A qualitative approach was used to gather empirical data through in-depth semi-structured interviews with Managers and academics at the Business School, and Managing Directors, Operational, Marketing and Sales Managers at the SMEs. A purposive sampling data technique and general analytical induction approach were used for data collection and analysis respectively. The analysis of the data produced three main themes: Relationship Management, Collaborative Opportunities and Challenges, and The Role of Trust. The main outputs from the present research are two practice-based models of 1) initiating collaboration and 2) initiating and building trust in the UBS/SME context. The models include elements which can help Executive Managers at Business Schools and practitioners at SMEs to define their strategy in developing collaboration. Overall, the research reveals the importance of SMEs’ engagement in the early stages of the relationship, in developing a programme to obtain a better understanding of their expectations and of how the promises need to be delivered in developing collaboration between SMEs and University Business Schools. The collaboration between universities and industry has been encouraged because of the mutual advantages of collaboration, and trust is seen as a primary factor in such collaboration.
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Jackson, Victoria. "Investigating employability : the perspective of the business school graduate." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2013. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/17213/.
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Graduate employability is a current and high profile concept, which has received much attention over recent decades. This attention however, has mostly centred on employer perspectives and their views regarding skill demands or shortfalls. Where the graduate viewpoint has been sought, this has largely involved the mass collection of career destination and employment outcome information (Woodley & Brennan, 2000; Tomlinson, 2007; Holmes, 2013). This career destination approach however, has been criticised for its simplicity, with arguments that it is not an accurate measure of employability (Harvey, 2001; Tymon, 2011). As a consequence, the graduate perspective of their employability enhancement is an under-researched and largely neglected area, resulting in a lack of understanding of this particular viewpoint (Nabi & Bagley, 1999; Harvey, 1999; Nabi, 2003; Shah et al. 2004; Sleep & Reed, 2006; Rothwell et al. 2009). To address this situation, the overall aim of this research is to investigate employability from the graduate perspective, and to research this within the context of the current economic climate. The critical realist philosophy was adopted for this research, which supports the implementation of a multiple case study methodology, utilising mixed data collection methods. Employing this approach, three key employability stakeholder perspectives were collected and analysed: graduates, curriculum developers and employers. A fourth stakeholder view, the policy makers, was obtained from secondary sources comprising of recent policy documents. Addressing the four stakeholder perspectives assists in the acquisition of a holistic understanding of the graduate employability concept. This facilitates the connection of the graduate perspective to those of the other stakeholders, which is currently lacking in the employability literature (Andrews & Higson, 2008). A range of interesting employability perspectives were produced, which most notably highlighted the importance of the type of institution attended, employer focuses upon behaviours over skills, and the significance of the prevailing economic climate. These fresh insights were incorporated into a revised model of graduate employability. The original contribution to knowledge is threefold. Firstly, a deeper understanding of the graduate perspective has been obtained. Secondly, clarity over employer requirements has been produced, and thirdly, the economic climate and labour market conditions have increased awareness of the effect these have upon stakeholder perceptions of graduate employability.
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Flowe, Ronald M. "A model to predict institutionalization of school-business partnerships." W&M ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618308.
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The purpose of this study was to create a model to predict institutionalization of partnerships between schools and businesses. The study posited that institutionalized partnerships will contain ten program qualities which are missing in partnerships that do not become institutionalized. These ten critical program qualities include: (1) the perception in both partners of a need which engagement in a partnership might fulfill, (2) the identification of specific rewards to both partners, (3) putting the terms of the partnership agreement in writing, (4) support of the chief executive officer, (5) support of the school administration, (6) financial stability of the business partner, (7) substantial community influence of the business partner, (8) location of the business partner within the geographic boundaries of the school division, (9) competence of the personnel charged with implementing the terms of the agreement, and (10) frequent exchange of information.;The researcher identified ten school-and-business partnerships representing a mix of urban, small city or town, suburban, and rural school divisions. Five institutionalized partnerships and five non-institutionalized partnerships were studied to determine whether the ten program qualities influenced institutionalization. Partnership sites were visited, and school officials were interviewed following a planned schedule of questioning to ascertain whether the program qualities were present in the partnerships.;Results suggested that each of the ten program qualities was a cornerstone of institutionalization. Every partnership which failed to become institutionalized also failed to include one or more of the program qualities. All institutionalized partnerships included all ten program qualities.
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So, Kar-yee Carrie, and 蘇嘉儀. "Secondary school students' attitude in choosing business stream: a case study in one secondary school." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30293054.
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Gui, Zhaoyu. "Developing a private equity business in China." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39527.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 70).
The private equity business, a good complement to the public equity market and the debt market, has been playing an increasing role in China. However, there is no universal formula for doing this business. As an art rather than a science, it varies from country to country. After two decades of reform and open-door policy, Chinese enterprises are essentially the same as the ones in developed countries. The major difference lies in the different developmental stages and business environments such as the dominant governmental role in China, the lack of business leaders and the immaturity of financial market. This different business environment drives a different market structure including more venture investments than buy outs, more late-stage and pre-IPO investments than early stage, and more investment in private sectors than state-owned enterprises. As a result, the excess of investment capital focuses on the small market of late-stage investments with a high potential of IPO.
(cont.) Given the current business environment, I suggest three key investment strategies. First, bring the value to the companies in a competitive industry by providing business model upgrades, market knowledge, and disruptive technologies. Second, originate deals by helping the government to achieve its public goal of restructuring industry resources and accelerating Chinese enterprise globalization and modernization in regulated industries. Third, seek any possible investment opportunities provided by the immature financial market.
by Zhaoyu (Jeffrey) Gui.
M.B.A.
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Andonie, David. "Preserved bananas as a new business opportunity." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/13816.
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Jacobson, Kenneth P. (Kenneth Phillip) 1963, and Charles A. 1964 Myers. "New business creation : internal ventures or spinoffs?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10005.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 1998.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-89).
by Kenneth P. Jacobson and Charles A. Myers.
S.M.M.O.T.
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Soucy, Arthur L. "De-commoditizing the commercial jet engine business." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39517.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2007.Includes bibliographical references.
This thesis project is a comprehensive application of the Delta Model at a major jet engine manufacturer. It will assess and contrast customer segmentation and customer value proposition via primary research. It will also assess and contrast the current and future state "bundle of competencies" within the firm. Utilizing the frameworks of the Delta Model, we will then define the mission of the business and the strategic agenda. Once these are understood we will determine the strategic agenda for customer targeting to determine how we attract and delight the best customers. And finally, this paper will assess the operational effectiveness of the firm to determine an agenda for improvement. This analysis will be done utilizing the Delta Model's three strategic options and eight strategic positions. -- Best Product: -- Low Cost ... what does it take to become the low-cost producer? -- Differentiation... what differentiates in the market and is it enough to demand price premiums? -- Total Customer Solution: -- Customer Integration... have customer performed activities been assessed for integration? Can scale, technology, information systems and/or other innovations and competencies be leveraged to provide solutions that will enhance customer economics? --
(cont.) Customer Relationship... has the customer base been properly segmented in order to define differentiated treatment of customer tiers? -- Horizontal Breadth... is revenue opportunities maximized at each customer tier by offering a complete set of product and services? -- System Lock-in: -- Exclusive Channel... is their barriers in place that makes it difficult for competitors to complete for the acquisition of customers? -- Dominant Exchange... is their appropriate interface between Buyers and Sellers and is that interface difficult to displace? -- Proprietary Standard... is proprietary standard possible in this industry?
by Arthur L Soucy.
M.B.A.
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Thom, Torsten. "Mobile business : an analysis of the arising business potential." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50397.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The goal of this research report is to provide a comprehensive overview of the new business potential that arises from the convergence of two of the fastest growing industries worldwide, namely the Internet and mobile communications. Most experts agree that this emerging mobile business market has great revenue potential. However, the initial market development has generally been very disappointing, because most service providers have not found ways to satisfy customer needs in this young, dynamic market. Since academic sources and best practices are rare in this new business environment. this study attempts to offer the necessary background and a sound decision base for successfully mastering the inherent challenges in this area. It focuses on mobile services to private customers. While concentrating on Western Europe, it nevertheless follows a global approach, which makes its results applicable to other industrialised world regions. After the possibilities of the enabling technologies are explored, the m-business market is analysed and the mobile service spectrum comprehensively evaluated. Furthermore, the requirements for customer acceptance and a mass-market breakthrough are determined, enriched by up-to-date findings of the writer's own market research. Mobile network operators are clearly dominating the m-business market, and their general misuse of power prevents the creation of fertile ground for a compelling mobile service spectrum. The clearly leading Japanese mobile service market is proof of bow cooperation and concentration on core competencies can create conditions for a fast market take-off, that benefits not only all value chain players, but especially the operators. It is crucial for the creation of successful mobile business applications to avoid the significant weaknesses of enabling technologies. Instead, mobile service providers need to use the valueadded characteristics in an optimal way. To continue merely to transfer offerings of the stationary Internet to the mobile medium will surely not suffice, since this only makes the limitations of the mobile technologies much more evident. Thus, in order to minimise these insufficiencies, the value-added characteristics of mobile technologies need to be exploited as intensively as possible. This means delivering highly time- and location-specific services that are simple and personalised. Even without considering the greatly inhibiting international roaming barriers, this can be done optimally in home networks. This strongly supports a mobile service development on national level. Overall, the focus must be on delivering what customers want, when they want it, at a cost that represents real value to the customer.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel met hierdie navorsingsverslag is om 'n omvattende oorsig te verskaf van die nuwe sakepotensiaai wat ontstaan uit die sameloop van twee van die wereld se snelgroeiendste industriee, naamlik die Internet en mobiele kommunikasie. Die meeste deskundiges is dit eens dat hierdie ontluikende mobiele besigheidsmark enorme inkomste-potensiaal bied. Aanvanklike markontwikkeling was egter tot dusver oor die algemeen uiters teleurstellend omdat die meerderheid diensvoorsieners nog nie metodes gevind het om die behoeftes van kliente in hierdie jong, dinamiese mark voldoende aan te spreek rue. Aangesien akademiese bronne en beproefde gebruike in die nuwe sake-omgewing maar skraps is, trag hierdie studie om die nodige agtergrond en 'n soliede besluitnemingsbasis te bied sodat die inherente uitdagings op die terrein suksesvol onder die knie gekry kan word. Hierdie studie fokus op mobiele dienste aan private kliente. Hoewel daar op Wes-Europa gekonsentreer word, word nietemin 'n globale benadering gevolg wat meebring dat die studie se resultate ook op ander geindustrialiseerde wereldstreke toepaslik is. Nadat die moontlikhede van die hulp-tegnologiee uiteengesit is, word die m-besigheidsmark geanaliseer en die mobiele dienssprektrum volledig geevalueer. Vervolgens word die vereistes vir klientaanvaarding en 'n omvangryke mark-deurbraak vasgestel en dan verryk deur bevindinge uit die skrywer se eie marknavorsing tot nou toe. Klaarblyklik oorheers mobiele netwerk-operateurs die m-besigbeidsmark en hulle algemene misbruik van mag verhoed dat 'n vrugbare teelaarde vir 'n noodsaaklike mobiele diensspektrum ontstaan. Die duidelik leidende Japanse mobiele diensmark bewys hoe samewerking en klem op kernbevoegdhede toestande kan skep vir 'n snelle markopswaai, wat nie net alle waardekettingspelers nie, maar veral ook die operateurs bevoordeel. Dit is deurslaggewend vir die skep van geslaagde mobiele besigbeidstoepassings dat die veelseggende swakhede van hulp-tegnologiee vermy word. Mobiele diensvoorsieners moet eerder die waardetoegevoegde eienskappe op gunstige wyse aanwend. Om bloot voort te gaan met die oordrag van aanbiedinge van die statiese Internet na die mobiele medium sal sekerlik nie voldoende wees nie aangesien die beperkinge van die mobiele tegnologiee sodoende veel meer sigbaar gemaak word. Derhalwe is dit nodig om die waardetoegevoegde eienskappe van mobiele tegnologiee so intensief moontlik uit te buit ten einde hierdie gebreke te minimaliseer. Dit beteken dat persoonlike en ongekompliseerde dienste, wat hoogs tyd- en plek-gespesifiseerd is, voorsien moet word. Hierdie kan optimaal binne tuisnetwerke gedoen word sonder om eens die hoogs belemmerende internasionale swerfversperrings in ag te neem. 'n Mobiele diens-ontwikkeling op nasionale vlak word sterk hierdeur aanbeveel. In die geheel moet die fokus wees om aan kliente te verskaf wat hulle wil he, op 'n tydstip wanneer hulle dit verlang en teen koste wat absolute waarde aan hulle bied.
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Brady, Norman. "'Education or training?' : a case study of undergraduate business curriculum in a new university business school." Thesis, University of Greenwich, 2013. http://gala.gre.ac.uk/10223/.
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This is a single case study of undergraduate business curriculum design and pedagogic practice in a post-1992 university business school (UBS). The central aim of the research was to investigate the factors that combined to influence the design and enactment of the BA Business Studies and BA Entrepreneurship and Innovation programmes. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with academics from the department of Systems and Management and a documentary review of programme texts. The data were analysed within an analytical framework which brings together Bhaskar's critical realism, Fairclough's critical discourse analysis and Bernstein's theory of the pedagogic device. This thesis contends that the undergraduate curriculum in UBS has become recontextualised as a business project which frames knowledge as a commodity for the purposes of income generation, pedagogy as a rational, 'quality-assured' system for its 'delivery' and academics as the 'deliverers'. The pedagogic codes which underpin this model legitimise knowledge as narrow projections of business practices and confine didactics to behaviourist, sometimes incoherent, approaches to knowledge generation predicated on 'employability' and 'transferable skills'.
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Huovinen, A. (Anni). "Business education in transition:a phenomenographical study on Oulu Business School teachers’ perceptions of sustainability and responsibility." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2018. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201810062892.
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Enhancing sustainable development in the society can be regarded as a key factor in providing a good and safe future for the coming generations. The business sector can be seen as an actor that has a great role to play in doing so. However, business education seems to still have a long way to go before reaching the goal of educating business professionals that take sustainability and responsibility into account as core values in business. The aim of this study is to investigate what the perceptions of the (10) teachers of Oulu Business School in Finland are on sustainability and responsibility, how they have implemented sustainability and responsibility in their teaching, what kinds of challenges they have faced in doing so and how could implementing these topics be enhanced in Oulu Business School. One of the aims of the study is also to find out how the teachers perceive the contradiction between the goals of sustainability and responsibility and on the other hand the goals of neoclassical economic theory that is the prevailing paradigm within business schools. This has been done by utilizing phenomenographical methodology that is interested in people’s conceptions, perceptions and experiences. The teachers have been interviewed in Oulu, Finland, in May and June of 2017. The data has been analyzed by categorizing the utterances into a pool of meanings and by dividing these utterances into further categories which formed the outcome space. The findings of the study show that the teachers of Oulu Business School see sustainability and responsibility as important topics per se. However, the ways in which they see that these topics should be enhanced in the society and who should be responsible for it are different. Some of the teachers see that business school teachers have a great agency in sustainability and responsibility whereas others find that other actors in the society and other teachers in the business school should take responsibility of these issues. It can be argued that some of the perceptions are outsourcing and represent a neoclassical economic paradigm whereas other perceptions represent a change agent perspective that seems to be in line with an ecological modernization paradigm. Based on the empirical findings of this study and on previous research on the subject, the possibilities of critical pedagogy in enhancing sustainability and responsibility in business education are being discussed in the end of the study and practical suggestions for doing so are given at the levels of curriculum as well as teaching and study methodsKestävän kehityksen edistämistä yhteiskunnassa voidaan pitää keskeisenä tekijänä hyvän ja turvallisen tulevaisuuden takaamisessa tuleville sukupolville ja liiketoiminta-alan voidaan nähdä olevan tässä avainasemassa. Vaikuttaa kuitenkin siltä, että kauppatieteiden koulutuksella on vielä matkaa tavoitteeseensa kouluttaa liike-elämän ammattilaisia, jotka ottavat kestävyyden ja vastuullisuuden huomioon liiketoiminnan keskeisinä arvoina. Tämän tutkimustyön tarkoitus on selvittää, mitkä ovat Oulun yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulun opettajien (10) käsitykset kestävyydestä ja vastuullisuudesta, miten he ovat toteuttaneet kestävyyttä ja vastuullisuuta omassa opetuksessaan, millaisia haasteita he ovat kokeneet siinä, ja miten näiden aiheiden toteuttamista voitaisiin edistää Oulun yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulussa. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on myös selvittää, miten opettajat käsittävät ristiriidan kestävyyden ja vastuullisuuden tavoitteiden ja kauppakorkeakouluissa vallitsevan ajatusmallin, uusklassisen taloustieteen tavoitteiden välillä. Tutkimus on tehty hyödyntämällä fenomenografista tutkimusmenetelmää, joka on kiinnostunut ihmisten käsityksistä, ymmärryksestä ja kokemuksista. Opettajia on haastateltu Oulussa touko- ja kesäkuussa 2017. Tutkimustiedot on analysoitu lajittelemalla ilmaisut merkitysyksikköjen joukoksi ja jakamalla nämä ilmaisut eteenpäin kategorioiksi, jotka muodostavat tulosavaruuden. Tutkimuksen tulokset osoittavat, että Oulun kauppakorkeakoulun opettajat näkevät kestävyyden ja vastuullisuuden itsessään tärkeinä aiheina. Heillä on kuitenkin erilaisia näkemyksiä siitä, miten näitä aiheita tulisi edistää yhteiskunnassa, ja siitä, kenen tulisi olla siitä vastuussa. Joidenkin opettajien mielestä kauppakorkeakoulun opettajilla on suuri vaikutusmahdollisuus kestävyydessä ja vastuullisuudessa, kun taas toisten mielestä muilla yhteiskunnan ja kauppakorkeakoulun tekijöillä ja yksilöillä tulisi olla vastuu näistä asioista. Voidaan väittää, että osa käsityksistä on ulkoistavia ja edustaa uusklassista taloustieteellistä ajatusmallia, kun taas osa käsityksistä edustaa muutosagentti-näkökulmaa, joka vaikuttaa olevan yhteneväinen ekologisen modernisaation ajatusmallin kanssa. Tämän työn empiiristen tutkimustulosten ja aiempien kriittistä pedagogiikkaa koskevien tutkimusten perusteella työn lopussa kartoitetaan kriittisen pedagogiikan mahdollisuuksia kestävyyden ja vastuullisuuden edistämisessä kauppatieteiden koulutuksessa ja annetaan käytännön ehdotuksia tämän toteuttamiseksi niin opetussuunnitelmatasolla kuin opetuksen ja oppimismetodien tasolla
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Paulsen, Zenley Olivia. "An evaluation of the impact of the business in society programme on business students at the University of Stellenbosch Business School." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96203.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.The global business environment has undergone a systemic transformation that has influenced the way we see and do business. Central to this transformation is the rising importance of environmental sustainability, social responsibility and sound corporate governance. Given these changes, leaders require training and education about building a values-based, ethical business platform in order to operate effectively. Therefore, it is imperative that business people are appropriately educated in the art of handling matters of this nature. The primary aim of this research study is to evaluate the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) education on future business leaders by comparing the expected outcomes of a specific educational curriculum with its actual real-world outcomes. The University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) introduced a module called Business in Society in 2011. This duration of the module is one full semester. At the time, the course outline stated that the aim of the programme was to improve the decision-making ability of students about ESG issues in the business context. Participants who were busy studying or had graduated from the programme were expected, in reasonable measure, to be able to formulate appropriate responses to the challenges and opportunities inherent in matters of the environment, sustainability and governance. The primary aim of this study was therefore to review and assess both current student’s and graduates’ envisioned and practical application of theory, their environmental and social awareness levels and any significant changes in ethical outlook and values, or lack thereof. The secondary aim of the study was to assess the quality of the educational intervention itself. In order to review the impact of the programme on participants, the study focused on the subjective experience of the students, their perceptions of the programme and their subsequent behaviour in the workplace as an outcome. The research involved a two-tier approach. The first tier entailed the deployment of surveys to the randomly selected graduates of the programme. The second tier involved interviews with randomly selected respondents in the first round of surveys. These research participants were current and former students of the programme. The expectation was to find that these future business leaders were properly equipped and educated to make the right decisions concerning sustainability issues and ethical dilemmas. Based on the results of the survey, it was evident that the majority of students had come away with a positive experience of the Business in Society Programme, and that the course had had a positive impact on their lives both professionally and personally. The results of the interview analysis offered a holistic review of the experience of students in relation to their learning, the essential learnings and practical application, and the extent of the impact on their personal and professional lives. Recurrent themes which came to light in the analysis were the increase in awareness and the absence of practical engagement. There was a general discontent with the delivery of the course, in particular its lack of practical emphasis, and fragmentation in delivery. Recommendations to improve the course are supplied and may be utilised and implemented at the discretion of the Business School.
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Qumza, Thabang Vuyo. "Barriers to entrepreneurship: assessing NMBM school leavers for business enterprise." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1011804.
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In plight of the country‟s high unemployment, poverty, and income inequalities, there is an urgent need to address these issues by converging toward entrepreneurship. World-wide, it is acknowledged by both government and academia that entrepreneurship soothes and remedies socio-economic ills. It creates employment, wealth, alleviates poverty, increases tax base, balances income disparities and accomplishes social stability. With the high youth (18-34 year age) unemployment looming at 73 percent and a low South African total entrepreneurship rate at 8.9 percent; this study attempts to investigate the barriers that hinder school leavers from engaging in entrepreneurship. The research investigates critical entrepreneurial factors including entrepreneurial character and behaviour, entrepreneurial knowledge and skills, managerial knowledge and skills, knowledge on legal aspects of a business, sourcing of finances, and entrepreneurial background and orientation. The primary objective was met through the investigation of the secondary objectives. This was accomplished through a questionnaire survey, composed with multiple choice questions and closed questions measured on a Likert scale. The questionnaire was constructed based on the literature reviewed from various sources including books, dissertations, journals, government reports, newspapers, magazines, internet, television and radio broadcasts (interviews and news). The study discovers that learners are inhibited by various factors from engaging into business venturing. The list of barriers identified was: A discouraging entrepreneurial background (heritage) – parents had low levels of education and were not entrepreneurial, Weak entrepreneurial character and behaviour, Lack of entrepreneurial exposure and work experience, Learners lack financial skills and computer skills, Families lack savings to financially support their business start-ups, Limited knowledge on the legal aspects regulating a business, Limited knowledge on sourcing finances (angel and venture capital investors).
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Malange, Nandipha. "Implementing lean principles to improve processes at NMMU Business School." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1017028.
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This time of great change, of shifting paradigms, provides a great platform for universities to rethink their processes (Duderstadt, 2000). Thanks to the pioneering success of the Toyota Motor Company for the invention of lean manufacturing. This operating system has been implemented in many manufacturing companies, with recent successes reported in the service industry. With its focus on quality improvement, cost reduction, efficiency and excellency, lean has been recognised as one of the mechanisms for process improvement and organisational change. In terms of fully embracing lean principles, the service industry still lags far behind the manufacturing, with institutions of higher learning still quite far. Numerous authors have confirmed that institutions of learning are not an easy environment to change. Universities are still characterised by bureaucratic systems based on conventional processes that are not necessarily relevant to today‘s world. The old saying that change in the universities occur one grave at a time is not farfetched (Hines and Lethbridge, 2008 and Paul and Brindley, 1996). The impact of globalisation on business education and how to respond to this phenomenon is a challenge. This necessitates a need for more streamlined and efficient organisations; hence lean has been promoted as a strategy to achieve competitive advantage (Simmons and Masson, 2003). The research study aims to identify areas where lean principles can be implemented to improve the NMMU MBA application process. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with employees directly involved in the process in order to understand it better. The results of the respondents were reported in a process chart diagram and spaghetti diagram. The interviews also revealed five themes that emerged during the analysis of responses. These themes formed the basis for development of recommendations in Chapter 6 of the study.
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Bosman, Jeremy Maurice. "NMMU business school alumni satisfaction factors with the MBA program." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/14686.
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In a fast-paced dynamic world, the key to success lies in the ability to accept change and to rapidly respond to demands placed by ever increasing competitive environments. In business, the impact of products and services in meeting or exceeding customer’s expectations in such environments is measured by customer satisfaction and the importance thereof cannot be downplayed, thus providing management with a metric that guides and augments change. Subsequently, these dynamic competitive forces are pushing sectors such as Higher Education into the realm of service industries, where stakeholders such as students and alumni are viewed as customers. Correspondingly, measuring their satisfaction has become important as this provides strategic insight, whilst enhancing academic programmes and the student experience. The purpose of this research study was to identify the factors that determined satisfaction with the MBA programme as viewed by students and the alumni of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School. Furthermore, it advanced the field of stakeholder theory by identifying alumni as a key stakeholder in business schools. Consequently, the research was exploratory and consisted of quantitative and literature components where hypotheses were developed and relationships between factors analysed, in addition to the literature reviewed. The literature introduced key concepts to this study, such as alumni as stakeholder, alumni satisfaction, satisfaction with the MBA programme, measuring alumni satisfaction, MBA alumni networks and alumni communication. The factors that determined alumni satisfaction were identified by means of a statistical analysis of the data collected by the research instruments. Correspondingly, the findings indicate various factors determine satisfaction with the independent variables highlighted in this study, which are the Facilities, the MBA Programme, the Social Experience, the NMMU Business School Alumni Chapter, the NMMU Business School brand and Communication. Furthermore, it was established that there is a significant link between Social Experience, the NMMU Business School Alumni Chapter, the NMMU Business School Brand, Communication and Alumni Satisfaction.As services industries such as Higher Educational Institutions get exposed to competitive pressure, customer satisfaction comes to the fore and there are certain factors that need to be addressed to enhance satisfaction. Subsequently, this study highlights this pressure and satisfaction levels can certainly be improved by the institution across all the independent variables identified, especially in areas such as the NMMU Business School Alumni Chapter and Communication. Consequently, the NMMU Business School, for the first time have metrics to identify the factors that determine satisfaction with the MBA programme as viewed by their alumni and resultantly can strategically benefit by taking the views of their most important stakeholder into account.