An unstable climate exists within higher education as there is an anticipated high rate of employee attrition to occur over the next decade with the mass retirement of the Baby-Boomer generation. To be proactive, institutions have developed staffing plans, which provide an arbitrary framework...

The churn rate of innovation has become constant with the emergence of globalization and technological advancements. The ability for organizations to maintain competitive advantage stems from many different veins; however, modern perspective and strategies indicate that for long-term...

Spawning innovation is the puzzle that many strategists are seeking to understand and master. The limited foresight of past trends has handicapped leaders to identify attributes that contribute to the innovation process. However, through the assessment of innovation strategies, a conceptual...

Servant leadership focuses on the betterment and support of others by seeking to meet the interests, needs, and ambitions of others' above one's own. The following paper looks at philanthropy as a catalyst to drive servant leadership behaviors based on situational proximity. The findings of the...

As the business market environment continues to shift and long-term stability is not easily attainable with the constant market disruptions and emerging regions. In order to compete on this platform, organizations must maintain flexibility within their business models and strategies to...

The recent climate of reporting course and service assessment data has an emerging trend of institutions seeking to establish data warehouses within the siloes of cyberspace in the name of effective planning strategies. The process of driving efficiency has now succumb to more administrative...

Leadership has been an increasingly growing topic throughout literature with the mass exodus of the Baby Boomers. These preparation strategies have researchers searching for the best attributes associated with effective leadership outcomes. The following study looks at attributes of two...

The state of California has the largest two-year college system with 114 colleges and has a set of focused goals to increase degree and certificate attainment and transfer to four-year universities with the end goal to support economic and social mobility. To ensure that colleges are making...

The mainstream roles of data scientists have evolved from a nicety to a necessity, as the positions support and facilitate decisions and strategy throughout organizations. However, as globalization holds mainstream dominance across markets, leaders need to have an expanded perspective to engage...

The focus of this paper is to provide a framework to suggest that effective thinking is an essential element to the ideation and innovation process. The review of the case study found that a range of elements need to be established in order to support collaborative creativity. Though the aspects...