scholarly journals Postgraduate “Management” program design for small and medium business managers

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 01013
Author(s):  
Sergey Mamontov
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Content Organization ◽  
Master's Thesis ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
The Difference

The paper suggests an approach to teaching and implementing research in the master’s degree studies, which are oriented at system training of heads/owners and managers of small and medium-sized businesses that do not have basic management education, but, as a rule, have a higher technical or technological education and sufficient practical experience. Hypothesis of the article is the assumption that the teaching specifics of this segment should be based on interdisciplinary coordination of content, organization of training, and communication. Verifying this hypothesis based on a review of the literature and identifying the specifics of the segment is the overall goal of the article. As a particular corollary we justify a special educational event (a cycle of research seminars) that integrates various components of training students in the master’s program, in the framework of project activities logic that corresponds to the logic of the modern production process. We show the difference between this segment and consumers who are focused on the MBA and MIM programs, and provide examples from Russian reality. Taking into account the consumer characteristics of the segment, we propose an organizational and pedagogical approach to the formation of key competencies in the field of management for students representing this segment. In particular, we argue for teaching students of this group in the frame of the master’s program, based on the project approach both in the content and in its organization. The article notes that the pedagogical features of the formation of project competencies in students of this segment dictate the use of the method of ascending from the abstract to the concrete as a basis for building a general learning strategy. Decomposition of the learning strategy and the master’s thesis research demonstrates the need for interdisciplinary coordination of content, training and organizing communication.

scholarly journals Journal Club: a group of research experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 446-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Bover Draganov ◽  
Maria Regina Guimarães Silva ◽  
Vanessa Ribeiro Neves ◽  
Maria Cristina Sanna
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Journal Club ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Nursing Management ◽  
Health Services Administration

ABSTRACT Introduction: the Journal Club (JC) is a teaching and learning strategy developed by individuals who meet to discuss scientific articles in periodicals. Objective: to describe the experience of the JC strategy at the Group for Studies and Research in Health Services Administration and Nursing Management (Gepag). Method: case studies or scientific research demonstration mode of practical experience for the understanding and justification of facts. Results: Gepag JC emerged in 2008 and, in 2014, was computerized with the Google Drive®, in order to increase its scope and optimize the Group›s meetings. From April to May 2014, the instrument was tested and adjusted, resulting in advancements. Final considerations: the advantages involved optimizing the time of meetings, facilitation of access to publications of interest to the Group and creating the database to support future research.

Running a Successful Practice School

2011 ◽  
pp. 131-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-ming Ku ◽  
Saranya Thonglek
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Strong Linkage ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
History Of

The Chemical Engineering Practice School (ChEPS) at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) in Bangkok is a two-year international curriculum modeled after Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s School of Chemical Engineering Practice. The aim of this Master’s program is to produce professional chemical engineers with strong fundamentals, practical experience, and a good command of English. The program’s uniqueness lies in its strong linkage with the industrial sector. This chapter contains a history of ChEPS and details how KMUTT operates the program. The key factors contributing to the success of the program are identified. Moreover, critical analyses gleaned from the faculty, the alumni, and the industrial sponsors are carried out to examine the current strengths of ChEPS and to identify areas for improvement. Key challenges still facing the program are also outlined. Finally, potential solutions to these challenges are recommended.

scholarly journals BERTMeSH: deep contextual representation learning for large-scale high-performance MeSH indexing with full text

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronghui You ◽  
Yuxuan Liu ◽  
Hiroshi Mamitsuka ◽  
Shanfeng Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Full Text ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Learning To Rank ◽  
Representation Learning ◽  
Supplementary Information ◽  
Medical Subject Headings ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Contextual Representation

Abstract Motivation With the rapid increase of biomedical articles, large-scale automatic Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) indexing has become increasingly important. FullMeSH, the only method for large-scale MeSH indexing with full text, suffers from three major drawbacks: FullMeSH (i) uses Learning To Rank, which is time-consuming, (ii) can capture some pre-defined sections only in full text and (iii) ignores the whole MEDLINE database. Results We propose a computationally lighter, full text and deep-learning-based MeSH indexing method, BERTMeSH, which is flexible for section organization in full text. BERTMeSH has two technologies: (i) the state-of-the-art pre-trained deep contextual representation, Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT), which makes BERTMeSH capture deep semantics of full text. (ii) A transfer learning strategy for using both full text in PubMed Central (PMC) and title and abstract (only and no full text) in MEDLINE, to take advantages of both. In our experiments, BERTMeSH was pre-trained with 3 million MEDLINE citations and trained on ∼1.5 million full texts in PMC. BERTMeSH outperformed various cutting-edge baselines. For example, for 20 K test articles of PMC, BERTMeSH achieved a Micro F-measure of 69.2%, which was 6.3% higher than FullMeSH with the difference being statistically significant. Also prediction of 20 K test articles needed 5 min by BERTMeSH, while it took more than 10 h by FullMeSH, proving the computational efficiency of BERTMeSH. Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online

What every employer needs to know about I-9 audits

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-75
Author(s):  
Robert Basso
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Recent Case ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Immigration And Customs Enforcement ◽  
File Folder ◽  
New Hires

Purpose This paper aims to put I-9 audit and its compliance into perspective for employers. The paper explains what an I-9 audit is, what it means for employers, who is responsible for maintaining its forms, types of businesses most targeted for I-9 audits, what happens when notified that one is being audited, what type and how much penalties does a business incur if it fails to comply, the difference between technical and substantive violations, factors that Immigration and Customs Enforcement considers for determining penalty amounts against employers, what businesses should do if targeted with I-9 audit, business owners’ I-9 audit rights and how to proactively avoid being targeted by an I-9 audit. Design/methodology/approach The content of this paper was generated through practical experience, interaction with corporate entities and HR staff members, as well as industry knowledge and observations. Findings Every audit is different. It should be expected that all details be examined closely. In the recent case of a business subjected to an I-9 audit, auditors closely examined details of sections 1 and 2 of the I-9 forms for all new hires but did not examine section 3 for re-hires. This reinforces the importance of employers keeping careful track of records for all new hires. All employee I-9 forms should be filed together in a binder or file folder separately from employees’ HR file. While re-hires were not examined, this is no excuse for not properly re-verifying and tracking this information. Originality/value This paper was developed because of the interactions with companies that are facing the issue of I-9 audits. The author developed his responses to help HR leaders and managers better understand and address the challenges as well as the process associated with I-9 audits.

scholarly journals Effect of Cultural Practices on Neopamera bilobata in Relation to Fruit Injury and Marketable Yields in Organic Strawberries

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 843
Author(s):  
Hannah R. Talton ◽  
Elena M. Rhodes ◽  
Carlene A. Chase ◽  
Marilyn E. Swisher ◽  
Justin M. Renkema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cover Crops ◽  
Cover Crop ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Management Recommendations ◽  
Type Of Injury

The strawberry seed bug, Neopamera bilobata (Say), is an emerging pest of organic and conventional strawberries in Florida. There is limited information on this Rhyparochromidae species. Thus, the type of injury caused is not clearly documented and management recommendations are lacking. In this study, we evaluated the effect of strawberry cultivars, cover crops, and the presence of runners on N. bilobata populations and yield. We also investigated the effect of select cultivars and the presence of runners on N. bilobata injury levels. In addition, we used fruit bagging experiments to investigate the effects of N. bilobata population and life stage (nymph vs. adult) on strawberry fruits. There was no effect of cover crop or cultivar on N. bilobata populations. In the 2017–2018 season, strawberry plots with runners contained higher N. bilobata populations compared with plots without runners, and adult infestation was significantly higher than nymphal infestation. In the 2018–2019 season, the trend was reversed with higher numbers of N. bilobata collected in plots with runners removed. In the 2019–2020 season, there was no significant difference in N. bilobata populations in plots with and without runners. In both 2018–2019 and 2019–2020, nymphal infestation was higher than adult infestation. Less injury was recorded in “Florida Brilliance” compared with the other cultivars tested. In the 2019–2020 season, less injury was recorded from plots without runners while the difference was not significant in 2017–2018 or 2018–2019. Releasing five and ten adult N. bilobata on ripe (red) fruit produced a similar level of injury while no injury to unripe (green) fruit was observed. Both adults and nymphs cause injury to ripe fruit. These findings can help contribute to the development of an integrated pest management program for strawberry N. bilobata.

A Randomized Trial of a Church-Based Diabetes Self-management Program for African Americans With Type 2 Diabetes

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge ◽  
Thomas C. Keyserling ◽  
Sola Park ◽  
Larry F. Johnston ◽  
Ziya Gizlice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Trial ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Individual Counseling ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Design And Methods ◽  
To Receive

Purpose This study developed and tested a culturally appropriate, church-based intervention to improve diabetes self-management. Research Design and Methods This was a randomized trial conducted at 24 African American churches in central North Carolina. Churches were randomized to receive the special intervention (SI; 13 churches, 117 participants) or the minimal intervention (MI; 11 churches, 84 participants). The SI included an 8-month intensive phase, consisting of 1 individual counseling visit, 12 group sessions, monthly phone contacts, and 3 encouragement postcards, followed by a 4-month reinforcement phase including monthly phone contacts. The MI received standard educational pamphlets by mail. Outcomes were assessed at 8 and 12 months; the primary outcome was comparison of 8-month A1C levels. Results At baseline, the mean age was 59 years, A1C 7.8%, and body mass index 35.0 kg/m2; 64% of participants were female. For the 174 (87%) participants returning for 8-month measures, mean A1C (adjusted for baseline and group randomization) was 7.4% for SI and 7.8% for MI, with a difference of 0.4% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.1-0.6, P = .009). In a larger model adjusting for additional variables, the difference was 0.5% (95% CI, 0.2-0.7, P < .001). At 12 months, the difference between groups was not significant. Diabetes knowledge and diabetes-related quality of life significantly improved in the SI group compared with the MI group. Among SI participants completing an acceptability questionnaire, intervention components and materials were rated as highly acceptable. Conclusions The church-based intervention was well received by participants and improved short-term metabolic control.

scholarly journals Epistemological Intimacy: A Move to Autoethnography

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Smith
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Acquired Brain Injury ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Suitable Method ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Valuable Data ◽  
Master's Thesis ◽  
Auto Ethnography

In this article, the author reflects on the dilemma she faced when choosing an appropriate qualitative method for her master's thesis, which is entitled Creatively Rehabilitating Self-Esteem After an Acquired Brain Injury: An Auto-Ethnography of Healing. She found herself in a unique “insider” position, because, as well as being the student researcher, she was from the same culture as the participants. Therefore, to gain maximum access to the valuable data available, the author chose also to be a participant in the study. She chronicles her journey while choosing the most suitable method. The study, which was conducted as a requirement of her master's program, was eventually completed as an autoethnography.

scholarly journals Effect of Jigsaw Strategy and Learning Style to Conceptual Understanding on Senior High School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (19) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Amiruddin Kade ◽  
I Nyoman Sudana Degeng ◽  
Muhammad Nur Ali
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning Style Inventory ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Senior High School Students

Conceptual understanding should have serious attention due to the low score of Physics subject on national examination in Palu. The difference between learning style and jigsaw strategy is able to combine abstract conceptualization and active experiment towards the conceptual understanding for students whose learning style is converger and diverger. The research design was quasi experiment. The sample is the eleventh class of Senior High School students in Palu that are chosen using cluster random sampling (multistage), that is, 167 students. The research instrument was Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (KLSI) of conceptual understanding test on Physics (Tes Pemahaman Konsep Fisika or TPKF). The data was analyzed by using ANOVA, with the significant level is 5%. The result shows that: (1) cooperative learning strategy of jigsaw type has more benefits than direct learning strategy in conceptual understanding on Physics, (2) student group of which learning style was converger has higher conceptual understanding than that of which learning style was diverger, (3) there are interaction influence between learning strategy and learning style towards the conceptual understanding on Physics

Teaching Inventory Accounting: A Simple Learning Strategy to Achieve Student Understanding

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 835-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rochelle K. Greenberg ◽  
Neil A. Wilner
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Effective Technique ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Cost Flow ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Cost ◽  
First In First Out

ABSTRACT This learning strategy offers an efficient and effective technique for teaching inventory in the introductory financial accounting course. It is motivated by the belief that many students memorize how to calculate the cost of goods sold and ending inventory under different cost flow assumptions, but that few understand the subject. This fundamental lack of understanding prohibits them from fully appreciating other issues, such as the difference between the physical flow and the cost flow assumption, the relevance of the cost flow assumption when computing cost of goods sold and income, and the irrelevance of the cost flow assumption when computing cash flow unless taxes are considered. Our learning strategy involves a convenience store selling three bottles of water. Inventory flow, cash flow, and the calculations of cost of goods sold, income, and ending inventory are illustrated under the first-in, first-out method; the last-in, first-out method; the weighted-average method; and specific identification.

A Proposed Method for Anticipated-Allowable Piping, Mechanical and Seismic Nozzle Load Design

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ch. Botsis ◽  
G. Anagnostides ◽  
N. Kokavesis
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Vessel Wall ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
External Radius ◽  
Important Constraint ◽  
Design Loads ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Heuristic Estimate

Nozzle loads impose an important constraint in the design of pressure containing equipment. Pressure vessels are connected to external piping by a nozzle welded to the vessel wall and a flange connection. The nozzle loads are due to the piping expansion or contraction caused by the difference between the installation and operating temperatures. Pressure vessel designers need to know, early in the design process, the piping loads that a nozzle may be subjected to. It is important that such loads do not overstress the vessel-nozzle intersection. However the actual piping loads many times are only determined long after the pressure vessel materials are ordered and even procured. The intention of this paper is to provide an empirical but also realistic load set as a function of nozzle external radius, r, vessel external radius, R, vessel thickness, t, and allowable stress, S. The basis of this work is practical experience and also existing theoretical work. This will be a valuable tool in the hands of the pressure vessel mechanical designer. It will allow him to prescribe an early-heuristic estimate of the allowable nozzle loads that will cover external piping loads. These “anticipated” or design loads will allow a pressure vessel mechanical designer to reinforce his design early into the manufacturing of a pressure vessel. Finally, piping engineers will know the terminal allowable loads and thus determine the best piping routing and support arrangements if space constraints allow it.

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