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conditions of state-run universities, such as decreasing number of students and a tendency to increase the proportion of … scientific research activities, require flexible adjustments to the size and structure of the universities’ facility base … university AM would be useful for universities and other public building owners and their decisions-makers, such as chancellors …
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Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the inequities in the financial infrastructure of Division II rural universities … leadership role, Division II universities can augment their operating funds through the development of undergraduate research …
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and impact of control) is applied through a parallel examination of two cases: control systems in Italian universities and … in the failure or success of control systems. In universities, taking advantage of existing knowledge and professional …
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Outlines the total quality management approach used to develop and sustain an undergraduate curriculum in supply management. Illustrates the importance of identifying the primary customer, and using the customer’s needs as the foundation for a curriculum. Examines the importance of empowering...
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asset – their staff. In this context, there is a growing trend to use universities as external providers of training and … change. Explores a spectrum of partnership arrangements between universities and public sector organisations, and discusses …
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Pressures from globalization and the knowledge‐based economy are transforming the traditional role of universities …. Universities are being targeted by policy makers because they are the largest “knowledge‐based” institutions in the regions. They … have concluded that universities will aid economic regeneration if they disseminate their knowledge and expertise through …
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. Considers the impacts of globalisation on Australian universities, and examines the ways in which university leaders invoke the … to develop a new discourse for the sector. The effects of globalisation on Australia and its universities are seen to be …
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Purpose – This paper aims to resolve a staffing solution for a purchasing department at the University of Miami to expand a service request bulk purchasing program that generates savings for the university and respective departments. Design/methodology/approach – The well‐known lean Six...
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Purpose – To explore, describe and explain what processes are at work in facilitating or inhibiting entrepreneurship amongst academics. Design/methodology/approach – A corporate entrepreneurship perspective is used to construct a framework for understanding academic entrepreneurship at...
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/organizational context. Findings – This framework brings fresh ways of looking at the importance of KE networks within universities. Although … historical understanding of how universities become involved with KE activities. The inclusion of non‐human actors allows for a …
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