SHORT TAKES

2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-5 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Skills ◽  
Senior Executives ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
The Future ◽  
Critical Skills ◽  
War For Talent

Responding to a survey of Fortune 1,000 companies by Accenture, 73% of senior executives said the “war for talent” continues, 24% said they believed it was temporarily on hold, and 3% said the talent crunch was past. When asked to identify the most critical skills that would enable their employees to do their jobs better in the future, the survey respondents overwhelmingly reported that leadership and management skills (49%) were at the top of the list for 2002, while technology skills ranked third (22%).

Alternative Production Regimes: The Challenge to Karpin

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Harding
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Management Leadership ◽  
The Future ◽  
Neoclassical Economic Theory ◽  
Simplifying Assumptions

AbstractThis paper is born of a deep concern about the premise upon which Enterprising Nation, Report of the Industry Task Force on Leadership and Management Skills (The Karpin Report), was undertaken. I argue that the review, report and recommendations are based on a set of simplifying assumptions that are essentially limiting. By conforming to a view of business embedded in neoclassical economic theory, the Task Force has not explored the implications of current developments worldwide that demonstrate the remarkable capacity of small-scale production to galvanise regions like the Third Italy and the Basque provinces of Spain. These enormously productive regions base their economic activity upon a capacity to cooperate as well as compete and this is anathema to the unmitigated competition that the Task Force takes as given in its recommendations about the development of management/leadership in Australia. Moreover, a reliance on this particular theoretical perspective has limited the Task Force's understanding of, and response to, organisational inequality. Ultimately, I argue that the five challenges articulated by the Task Force are important, but I interpret them differently in the light of a broader and more socially-embedded understanding of the importance and nature of business. In particular, management/leadership of the future will be an integral part of all worker's roles; it will no longer be confined to an organisational or societal elite. Understanding and preparing for the universalism of management in the future is a key challenge for both industry and management education.

Alternative Production Regimes: The Challenge to Karpin

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Harding
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Management Leadership ◽  
The Future ◽  
Neoclassical Economic Theory ◽  
Simplifying Assumptions

AbstractThis paper is born of a deep concern about the premise upon which Enterprising Nation, Report of the Industry Task Force on Leadership and Management Skills (The Karpin Report), was undertaken. I argue that the review, report and recommendations are based on a set of simplifying assumptions that are essentially limiting. By conforming to a view of business embedded in neoclassical economic theory, the Task Force has not explored the implications of current developments worldwide that demonstrate the remarkable capacity of small-scale production to galvanise regions like the Third Italy and the Basque provinces of Spain. These enormously productive regions base their economic activity upon a capacity to cooperate as well as compete and this is anathema to the unmitigated competition that the Task Force takes as given in its recommendations about the development of management/leadership in Australia. Moreover, a reliance on this particular theoretical perspective has limited the Task Force's understanding of, and response to, organisational inequality. Ultimately, I argue that the five challenges articulated by the Task Force are important, but I interpret them differently in the light of a broader and more socially-embedded understanding of the importance and nature of business. In particular, management/leadership of the future will be an integral part of all worker's roles; it will no longer be confined to an organisational or societal elite. Understanding and preparing for the universalism of management in the future is a key challenge for both industry and management education.

No Significant Difference in Service Learninng Online

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Y. McGorry
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Business Programs ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Significant Difference

Institutions of higher education are realizing the importance of service learning initiatives in developing awareness of students’ civic responsibilities, leadership and management skills, and social responsibility. These skills and responsibilities are the foundation of program outcomes in accredited higher education business programs at undergraduate and graduate levels. In an attempt to meet the needs of the student market, these institutions of higher education are delivering more courses online. This study addresses a comparison of traditional and online delivery of service learning experiences. Results demonstrate no significant difference in outcomes between the online and face-to-face models.

Development and perceived value of a master’s degree in health-system pharmacy administration training

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-79
Author(s):  
Evan W Colmenares ◽  
Jacqueline E McLaughlin ◽  
Kathryn A Morbitzer ◽  
Stephen F Eckel
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Administrative Positions ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Master Of Science ◽  
Pharmacy Administration ◽  
The University

Abstract Purpose To describe the development, format, and alumni and employer perceptions of a program combining a master of science (MS) degree with a residency in health-system pharmacy administration and leadership (HSPAL). Summary A multisite combined MS and HSPAL residency program was developed within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy to increase leadership and management education. The program balances clinical and administrative experiences with didactic courses over 2 years. The program format and perceived value of MS degree training for HSPAL residents had not been previously described in the literature. In an online survey, alumni of the program, as well as their first supervisors after completion of HSPAL training, indicated perceived attainment of the program core competencies and outcomes. Supervisors also indicated that they were more likely to hire MS degree–trained pharmacists for administrative positions. Conclusion Didactic training in the form of an MS degree as a part of comprehensive HSPAL residency training is perceived as beneficial by alumni and employers for promoting the development of core leadership and management skills and knowledge.

METHODICAL BASES OF ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF ENTERPRISES

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilia Lesyk ◽  
◽  
Olexandr Yemelyanov ◽  
Oksana Musiiovska ◽  
Oksana Zhyhalo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Preliminary Assessment ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
The Future ◽  
Enterprise Competitiveness ◽  
The Competitiveness Of Enterprises

For most enterprises the main purpose of their activities is to obtain proper financial results. For this reason, management of the enterprises requires a preliminary assessment of their economic potential. In particular, this concerns the potential to increase the competitiveness of enterprises. The assessment of the enterprise competitiveness potential is a prerequisite for determining the reserves of increasing its competitive advantages. The competitiveness is to a large extent affected by the management skills of business owners and managers. In particular, this refers to the ability to develop and implement a scientifically based strategy of competitive struggle and to manage the factors that shape the competitiveness. Nowaday much attention is paid to the assessing the competitiveness of both individual products and enterprises that produce them. It is worth to mention that the issue of managing the enterprise competitiveness is studied by many scientists. At the same time, the issue of managing the competitiveness of enterprises in modern scientific literature is more focused on the problem of better use of the real enterprise competitive potential rather than the question of this potential developing. The objective of the paper is to establish the essence and justification of assessment indicators of the enterprises competitiveness potential. This potential captures the ability of enterprises to provide a certain level of competitiveness in the future. Therefore, the following main tasks were consistently solved: the essence of the competitiveness potential were determined; the general approaches to its assessment were proposed; regularities of managing the factors of the enterprises competitiveness formation were determined. A two-stage assessment of enterprise competitiveness potential is proposed. The first stage is the measurement of the existing level of competitiveness. At the second stage changes of the competitiveness indicators in the future are projected. Further research on the assessment of the competitiveness potential of enterprises requires the construction of formalized models of rotation of industry leaders as a result of technological changes.

DETERMINANTS OF SUSTAINABILITY OF DONOR FUNDED COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN GARISSA COUNTY

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-50
Author(s):  
Arnold Ngatia ◽  
Dr. Allan Kihara
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Donor Agencies ◽  
Community Projects

Purpose: This study sought to assess the determinants of sustainability of donor funded community projects in Garissa County. The study specifically focused on community participation, financial administration, training and leadership and management on sustainability of donor funded community projects in Garissa County. The variables were anchored by the freirean theory, results theory, competency theory and the systems theory.Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive research design and the population included donor funded project managers, donor agencies and project beneficiaries. Mugenda and Mugenda’s sample determination formula to acquire a sample size of 246 respondents. Further, the study employed stratified sampling so as to determine the exact number of respondents from the different categories. Primary data was collected through semi structured questionnaire while secondary data was collected through  desk search techniques from the internet from past scholarly articles. Quantitative data was analysed using a multivariate regression model while qualitative data was analysed using content analysis method.Results: Inferential results revealed a positive and significant relationship between community participation and sustainability of donor funded community projects and also positive and significant association between financial management and sustainability of donor funded community projects in Garissa County.Contribution: The study concluded that an improvement in various indicators of community participation such as donor funded community projects leaders’ vision, community empowerment and community decision-making, programme planning, monitoring and evaluation, leadership and management skills, establishment of linkages between project components, supervision and mobilization of local resources will result to positive and significant effect on sustainability of donor funded community projects in Garissa County. The study also concluded that improvement in some of the indicators that define financial management results to positive and significant effect on sustainability of donor funded community projects in Garissa County.

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