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U.S. Navy Seals - A Role model for the modern leadership

Lucian Ciprian, Crisan - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014

development of the private financial sector. Applying some techniques from military management system can create premises for the … managerial activity so that military discipline would lead to avoidance of errors in management of a civil organization by …

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Competence Management and Corporate Performance in Austria

Mühlbacher, Jürgen - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014

Since the first studies focusing on management development, nearly all authors state a positive relationsship between … management competencies and corporate performance. Boyatzis (1982) states in his seminal book on competency and performance, that … the competency clusters »Goal and Action Management«, »Leadership«, and »Human Resource Management« are the most important …

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Designing Study Abroad Programs to Develop Global Competencies for the Twenty-First Century Organization

TenHaken, Vicki - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014

The 2011 QS Global Employer Survey of over 10,000 recruiters worldwide indicates that employers actively seek and give preference to college graduates who had studied abroad. Six out of ten employers said they give "extra credit" for a student's international experience and more than 80 percent...

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Financial education and financial inclusion: How lexicography makes sense

Sierra, Gerardo; Martínez-Jaramillo, Serafín; … - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014

Financial inclusion has taken a very important role on the agenda of many international organizations and financial authorities across the globe. There are many reasons why financial inclusion is important, among these is the fact that a vast majority of the people in poverty are excluded from...

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USING STANFORD PARSER METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE COMPETENCIES OF IT PROFESSIONALS

Toader, Elena Alexandra - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2015

The paper deals with the presentation of the Stanford Parser method and its implementation into a competency assessment tool. The competency assessment tool is designed for appraising the performance that IT professionals have. Using the Stanford Parser package, the opinions of technical...

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Advantages of study abroad from the students’ perspective

Tamas, Anca - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014

Purpose-the aim of this paper is to compare the perceptions of future and former international students on the advantages of study abroad and to investigate the correlation between them, as well as to find out empirical evidence for the patterns identified in the literature...

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Internationalization Indicators for Higher Education Evaluation – The Case of Taiwan

Wang, Ru-Jer - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014

The purpose of this paper is to examine the current role of internationalization in the QA (quality assurance) evaluations of institutions of higher education in Taiwan. The method of documentary analysis was employed in the study. Firstly, a brief description of the structure and contents of...

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Fostering Creativity, Collaboration, and Accountability in the Online Classroom

Kutaka-Kennedy, Joy - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014

Online learning is expanding at an exponential rate, with more than one third of all higher education students taking at least one course online (Allen & Seaman, 2011). However, dropout rates for online courses are 10-20% higher than for traditional, face-to-face courses (Carr, 2000). Many...

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Improving the Performance of English Language-Learners: A Teaching Innovation Project at University Level

Martín Arista, Javier; Terrazas Gallego, Melania - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014

The aim of this paper is to assess the increase in the overall performance of English by University learners of EFL during the first three semesters. Students received instruction in a Spanish institution of Higher Education located in a medium-sized town in north-western Spain. The level of...

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Improving the Performance of English Language-Learners: A Teaching Innovation Project at University Level.

Terrazas Gallego, Melania; Martín Arista, Javier - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014

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