scholarly journals Integrating Academic Journal Review Assignments Into A Graduate Business Leadership Course

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Schultz ◽  
Lisa M. Agrimonti ◽  
Jeanne L. Higbee
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Journal Editor ◽  
World Journal ◽  
Journal Review ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Business Leadership ◽  
Class Assignment

Graduate course assignments that are pragmatic, challenging, scaffold prior learning, and support academic career aspirations can be difficult to create and even more problematic to assess for even the most experienced faculty.  This paper presents a class assignment that incorporated a real-world journal reviewing assignment into an elective doctoral leadership seminar.  This manuscript presents an overview of the assignment, journal editor perceptions of the experience, and recommendations for best practices.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO: EVOLVING APPROACHES TO DIFFERENT NEEDS

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 245-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS E. SÁNCHEZ
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Assessment Practice ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The University

This paper documents the experience of teaching environmental impact assessment (EIA) to undergraduate students at Escola Politécnica, an engineering school in Brazil, where EIA was first introduced as a graduate course in 1990, evolving to be taught as an undergraduate course. Learning objectives, course contents and teaching approaches are described. The courses have always sought to prevent a "legal trap" in teaching EIA, i.e. shaping the contents and the approach upon the applicable legal requirements, as it is assumed that, ultimately, EIA is not practiced because of laws, but because society calls for environmentally and socially responsible decision-making. Given the limited literature on EIA education, the paper also hopes to stimulate further reflection and debate on the role of teaching in enhancing environmental assessment practice and in improving its effectiveness and disseminating best practices.

Making a tough personnel decision at Nova Waterfront Hotel

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-48
Author(s):  
Mary Kuchta Foster
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hiring Process ◽  
Selection Processes ◽  
Host Organization ◽  
Available Information

Synopsis Laura Green, Director of Event Planning at the Nova Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, had been through the hiring process many times. She was comfortable with Nova's selection and behavioral interviewing processes. They had only interviewed two candidates for the open senior event manager position, yet they had been discussing what decision to make for two and a half hours. Normally, these kinds of meetings wrapped up in 30 minutes with a clear consensus. Today, they were gridlocked, unable to agree on a path forward. Green suggested that they all “sleep on it.” They would get together first thing in the morning, when they were fresh, and decide what to do. Research methodology The data for this case were collected via personal interviews with employees of the hotel and from information on the company's website, other company resources, and publicly available information about the company. Only the hotel's name, parent company's name, and people's names have been disguised to protect the confidentiality and anonymity of the individuals. The author has no relationship to the host organization or protagonist. Relevant courses and levels This case is appropriate for an undergraduate or graduate course in Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, or Recruiting and Selection. Theoretical bases This case may be used to illustrate, analyze, and evaluate the selection process and interviewing approaches (e.g. behavioral interviewing). The importance of selection, best practices for selection, candidate assessment methods, best practices for candidate interviews, and common biases which affect the fairness of selection processes are reviewed.

scholarly journals Creating a positive prior learning assessment (PLA) experience: A step-by-step look at university PLA

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara M. Leiste ◽  
Kathryn Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Prior Learning Assessment ◽  
Arcs Model ◽  
Answering Questions ◽  
Available Resources

A prior learning assessment (PLA) can be an intimidating process for adult learners. Capella University’s PLA team has developed best practices, resources, and tools to foster a positive experience and to remove barriers in PLA and uses three criteria to determine how to best administer the assessment. First, a PLA must be motivating, as described by the ARCS model. Second, it must enable success. Finally, it must use available resources efficiently. The tools and resources developed according to these criteria fall into two categories: staff and online resources. PLA programs can use both to ensure that all departments provide consistent communication to learners about the PLA process, which will foster a positive experience. The PLA online lab houses centralized resources and offers one-on-one interaction with a facilitator to assist learners step-by-step in the development of their petitions. Each unit contains resources, examples, and optional assignments that help learners to develop specific aspects of the petition. By following the examples and recommendations, learners are able to submit polished petitions after they complete the units. The lab facilitator supports learners throughout the units by answering questions and providing recommendations. When learners submit their petitions, the facilitator reviews it entirely and provides feedback to strengthen the final submission that goes to a faculty reviewer. All of these individuals and tools work together to help create a positive experience for learners who submit a PLA petition. This article shares these resources with the goal of strengthening PLA as a field.

The Academic Journal Editor—Secrets Revealed

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thom Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Journal Editor ◽  
Academic Journal

scholarly journals Perverse incentives and the political economy of South African academic journal publishing

2018 ◽  
Vol 114 (11/12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyan G. Tomaselli
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
South African ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Journal Editor ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Voluntary Work ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Perverse Incentives

Academic publishing in South Africa attracts a state research incentive for the universities to which the authors are affiliated. The aim of this study was twofold: (1) to examine the composition of the research value chain and (2) to identify the effects of broken links within the chain. The methodology selected was a lived cultural economy study, which was constructed through incorporating dialogue with editors, authors and researchers in terms of my own experience as a journal editor, read through a political economy framework. The prime effect is to exclude journals, especially independent titles, from directly earning publishing incentives. The behaviour of universities in attracting this variable income is discussed in terms of rent-seeking which occurs when organisations and/or individuals leverage resources from state institutions. Firstly, this process commodifies research and its product, publication. Secondly, the value chain is incomplete as it is the journals that are funding publication rather than – in many cases – the research economy funding the journals. Thirdly, authors are seeking the rewards enabled by the incentive attached to measurement systems, rather than the incentive of impacting the discipline/s which they are addressing. Fourthly, the paper discuses some policy and institutional matters which impact the above and the relative costs between open access and subscription models. Editors, journals and publishers are the un- or underfunded conduits that enable the transfer of massive research subsidies to universities and authors, and, in the case of journals, editors’ voluntary work is the concealed link in the value chain enabling the national research economy. Significance: The South African scientific publishing economy is built on a foundation of clay: this economy distorts research impact and encourages universities and academics to commoditise output.

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