Baseball Front Office Careers: Expectations and Realities

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Hofacre ◽  
Scott Branvold
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Job Stability ◽  
Organizational Skills ◽  
Minor League ◽  
Front Office ◽  
Office Personnel

Two hundred sixty-one participants in a baseball career seminar and 90 minor league front office personnel were surveyed to examine (a) what characteristics are viewed as important for a front office career in baseball and (b) how job seekers' expectations correspond to what people working in baseball say is reality. Experience and contacts were seen by both groups as important for entering the field, and both groups viewed speaking, time management, and organizational skills as necessary abilities. Enjoyable work was ranked highest as part of a baseball career by both job seekers and baseball personnel, while free time was ranked lowest as an outcome from such a career. Spearman Rho analysis reflected that expectations of job seekers correspond to baseball personnel rankings in terms of relative importance of various skills and job characteristics. However, Z-test comparisons showed job seekers score several skills higher in absolute importance than front office personnel do, including knowledge of baseball and general sports, and several job characteristics as more likely to exist, including job stability and good salary.

scholarly journals The route to employability: a longitudinal study on a sample of Italian job seekers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Lo Presti ◽  
Assunta De Rosa ◽  
Monica Zaharie
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Life Circumstances ◽  
Core Self

AbstractThis study aimed to examine the main predictors of employability, building on a recent conceptual model on employability developed by Lo Presti and Pluviano (Organ Psychol Rev 6(2): 192–211, 2016). Survey based data were collected from a sample of 263 Italian job-seekers through a longitudinal study. The results revealed that employability was more strongly determined by personal dispositions than by external factors, such as life circumstances and that the variables with the most impact were proactive personality, core self-evaluations, and educational level, rather than employability culture, family employability support, and previous work experience. The paper reveals an understanding of the relative importance of antecedents that determine employability.

Facilitating quality project manager selection for Indian business environment using analytical hierarchy process

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 1177-1194
Author(s):  
Keshav Kumar Sharma ◽  
Anup Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Skills ◽  
Manager Selection ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Selection Of

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop criteria for project manager selection based on desired skills of a project manager and facilitate the selection of a suitable candidate from a pool of potential candidates for the implementation of projects in the Indian context.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilizes three major skills, namely human skill, conceptual and organizational skills; technical skill along with their sub-skills to develop criteria for project manager selection. Based on the responses of project professionals from industry, the study uses analytical hierarchy process to prioritize and identify the relative importance of different skills in the criteria in order to develop a hierarchical structure for project manager selection.FindingsThe study finds that at the first level of project manager selection criteria, conceptual and organizational skills are the most important selection criteria followed by human skills and technical skills. At the second level of project manager selection criteria, planning, delegating authority and understanding methods, processes, and procedures are some of the important sub-selection criteria. The weights indicating the relative importance of major selection criteria and sub-selection criteria can be used to evaluate the relative weight of a given candidate for selection as a project manager.Research limitations/implicationsThe results in this study are derived from specific demographic conditions in India. Future research with larger samples from other countries is needed for generalizations of the proposed criteria.Practical implicationsThe proposed method quantifies the intangible qualitative criteria to select a project manager, which can aid decision-makers in a multi-criteria decision-making environment.Originality/valueThis research paper is focused on the identification of critical skills for the selection of a project manager, which is almost neglected by the researchers.

Toward Control Over Time: Participants' Experiences of Attending the Group Intervention Let's Get Organized

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 7512515304p1-7512515304p1
Author(s):  
Kajsa Lidstroem Holmqvist ◽  
Anita Tollen ◽  
Marie Holmefur
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Roller Coaster ◽  
Organizational Skills ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Primary Author ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Date Presented 04/19/21 The Let's Get Organized (LGO) group intervention is a promising tool for improving time management and organizational skills. The aim of this study was to describe the experiences and meaning of attending the LGO intervention. Participants described a roller-coaster process toward control in daily life where success and setback were mixed. Most participants experienced meaningful and positive changes in daily life, such as getting more things done and increased control and safety. Primary Author and Speaker: Kajsa Lidstroem Holmqvist Additional Authors and Speakers: Amy Abbott, Vanessa Jewell, Julia Shin, and Marion Russell

scholarly journals Employers’ attitudes to HOU postgraduates’ qualities and skills

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
Minh Tuyet Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Ict Literacy ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Organizational Skills

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate employers’ attitudes towards qualities and skills for the twenty-first century of Hanoi Open University (HOU) postgraduates. More specifically, it is to find out employers’ assessment and satisfaction on five sets of skills: foundation skills, professional competencies, personal attributes, organizational skills and technical knowledge and skills. Design/methodology/approach The study used a survey questionnaire as a tool to collect data. The survey was conducted on employers of HOU postgraduates who graduated during the academic years 2015–2016 from five faculties at HOU. Findings The findings of the study show that employers highly appreciated HOU postgraduates in numeracy skills, ICT literacy skills and information literacy within foundation skills; critical thinking and problem solving skills, collaboration skills and conceptual skills within professional competencies; responsible, integrity and interpersonal skills within organization skills; productivity, organization and planning and time management within organizational skills; knowledge-related regulations and policies at workplace, capacity to use knowledge and skills at workplace and lifelong learning within technical knowledge and skills. Originality/value The values of the study are that the employer attitudes identified can be used to evaluate educational programs and can be used as a quality assurance measure. The study helps to indicate the gap between the expectation and the satisfaction of employers on HOU postgraduates. Thereby, suggestions can be given to HOU’s management to improve the services at the university in general and the services to postgraduate students in particular to upgrade their qualities and skills to meet social demands.

scholarly journals The Formation of Self-Organizational Skills of Student’s Academic Activity on the Basis of ‘Time Management’ Technology

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Yelena Agranovich ◽  
Amina Amirova ◽  
Larissa Ageyeva ◽  
Larissa Lebedeva ◽  
Sholpan Aldibekova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Organizational Skills ◽  
Academic Activity ◽  
Management Technology ◽  
Self Organisation

This article is devoted to the study of self-organisational academic activity of future teachers of primary schools. The purpose of this study is to provide a theoretical basis and methodological support for the self-organisation of the educational activities of a future teacher of primary education based on the time management technology. The study describes theoretical and practical principles of self-organisation academic activity of bachelor students, examines the different approaches of scientists to the concept of ‘self-organisational academic activity’, given the characteristics of this phenomenon from the point of view of pedagogical science, including functions, components of this phenomenon; considered the pedagogical possibilities of technology ‘Time management’ in self-organisation of educational activity of future teachers. The ‘Time management’ technology is presented as the organisation of bachelor student’s life aimed for the most rational planning of the learning process and professional development. The theoretical studies are confirmed by experimental research related to the diagnostic and improvement skills of future elementary school teachers’ self-organisation. On the basis of theoretical, empirical research methods, as well as methods of statistical processing of research results, the results of a search study of students’ self-organisation are presented. The presented experimental results show the feasibility of using a variety of time-management technology tools in training sessions in the process of preparing specialists.

scholarly journals A Behavioural Model of E-Banking Usage in Italy

10.5772/56606 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Guendalina Capece ◽  
Domenico Campisi
Keyword(s):  
Banking System ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Interactive Communication ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Front Office ◽  
Automated Delivery ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Office Personnel ◽  
Over Time

E-banking is defined as the automated delivery of new and traditional banking products and services directly to customers through electronic, interactive communication channels. “Pure online” banks are characterized by the absence of physical windows and front-office personnel. Traditional banks are still integrating traditional distribution channels with online ones; the scenario is therefore still evolving over time. Despite the intrinsic potentialities, Italy is far from being a leader in the usage of innovative online instruments in the banking system and will struggle with new innovation waves. In this paper, we measure the potential effective e-banking usage. Furthermore, we investigate the behaviour of users and adopters, identifying the major causes influencing satisfaction and usage and the impact of these different causes on the intensity of utilization. The analysis is based on a panel of 495 real users, thus allowing the profiling of the Italian adopter to discover the causes of usage and outline strategies for the growth of e-banking services in Italy.

Exploring the Relationship Among Free-Time Management, Leisure Boredom, and Internet Addiction in Undergraduates in Taiwan

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 1651-1665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Ching Wang
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leisure Boredom

Internet addiction has become a significant concern with a variety of negative outcomes among the younger generation in today's modern society and has been investigated and discussed in many studies. Of all the influencing factors, boredom has been proven to be a common trigger for intensive internet use and can result in particularly problematic internet use behavior. A number of studies have indicated the importance of time use as a treatment. Thus, using free time well might serve as a solution to reduce leisure boredom and internet addiction. The current study aims to test a structural model with a sample of university students to investigate the relationships among free-time management, leisure boredom, and internet addiction. The sample consisted of 475 undergraduate students. Data were collected through questionnaires distributed between March 1 and April 30, 2016. Totally, 446 valid questionnaires were received. The structural model was examined after the competent measurement model was processed. Results from the structural model supported that free-time management decreases boredom during leisure time, and boredom during leisure time enhances internet addiction. Furthermore, leisure boredom was revealed to play a role as a distinct mediator between free-time management and internet addiction. Finally, managerial applications and recommendations for future research are suggested based on the research results.

scholarly journals PENDAMPINGAN MANAJEMEN WAKTU ANAK PADA MASA NORMAL BARU DI DUSUN DESEKAN KABUPATEN MAGELANG

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 291
Author(s):  
Fiki Fitriyah ◽  
Yeny Fitriyani ◽  
Milna Wafirah ◽  
Achmad Labib ◽  
Titis Rosowulan
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
School Students ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The World

Tatanan Hidup Baru (New Normal) dimasa pandemi COVID-19 memberikan pengalaman yang benar-benar baru bagi dunia pendidikan khususnya siswa Sekolah Dasar (SD) di Indonesia. Kewajiban untuk taat protokoler kesehatan yang salah satu klausulnya adalah tidak berkerumun dan menjauhi krumunan menjadikan kegiatan belajar mengajar sangat tidak biasa. Tidak ada tatapmuka baik dengan guru ataupun teman, semua dilakukan secara daring (online). Hal tersebut membuat pelajar mempunyai waktu luang yang banyak dan cenderung tanpa pengawasan baik dari orang tua maupun guru. Tujuan pengabdian ini adalah untuk mengoptimalkan waktu luang siswa dengan manajemen waktu di masa normal baru. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode Participatory Action Research (PAR). Tahapan penting dalam PAR adalah Research (pemetaan masalah), Action (rencana aksi dalam penyelesaian masalah) and Participatory (orang tua dan siswa SD di Desa Desekan). Teknik Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi, survei, dokumen dan wawancara. Pendampingan diharapakan dapat membantu siswa memahami pentingnya manajemen waktu dengan membuat jadwal kegiatan harian sehingga siswa dapat memanage waktunya dengan efektif dan efisien. Kesimpulan dari pengabdian ini adalah para siswa belum memahami dengan baik mengenai manajemen waktu dan banyak menghabiskan waktu dengan dawai dan bermain yang tidak berhubungan dengan pendidikan. Kata kunci: Tatanan Hidup Baru, COVID-19, Manajemen Waktu, PAR ABSTRACT The New Living Order (New Normal) during the COVID-19 pandemic provided a completely new experience for the world of education, especially elementary school students in Indonesia. The obligation to comply with the Health protocol makes learning without face-to-face either with teachers or friends and everything is done online. This makes students have a lot of free time and tends to be without supervision from either parents or teachers. The aim of this service is to optimize students' free time with time management in the new normal. The method used in this study uses the Participatory Action Research (PAR) method. The important stages in PAR are Research (mapping problems), Action (action plans in solving problems) and Participatory (participation of parents and elementary students in Desekan village). The technique of collecting data was carried out by observation, surveys, documents and interviews. It is hoped that mentoring can help students understand the importance of time management by scheduling daily activities so that students can manage their time effectively and efficiently. The conclusion of this dedication is that the students do not understand well about time management and spend a lot of time with strings and games that are not related to education. Keywords: New Normal, COVID-19, Time Management, PAR

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