The Changing Nature of Academic Work: Canadian Universities and the Flexible  Firm Model

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh Krushell
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Statistics Canada ◽  
Firm Model ◽  
Faculty And Administrators

Though much literature has been produced on the topic of academic restructuring, those works concerned  with the Canadian context have mainly focused on issues of corporate­university linkages, the role of state coordination of public universities, and the disparity between funding and student enrollment. Very little work has been done in documenting or analysing the role of adjunct faculty, who now make up nearly half  the university faculty, in Canadian universities. Statistics Canada has only once collected data on part­time faculty, and only one current analysis of this data has been conducted (Omiecinski, 2003). The Canadian  Association of University Teachers, furthermore, only publishes data concerning full­time faculty  members. The implications of an emerging division between the use of full­time and part­time faculty on  the nature of academic work and the quality of post­secondary education has been yet unexamined. Drawing on labour market segmentation theory, this study presents the multiple ways in which the work of  academic staff in Canadian post­secondary education has conformed to the principles of the flexible firm model, first observed of private business firms in the 1980s by John Atkinson. A series of semi­structured  interviews with academic faculty and administrators, as well as a collection of current secondary source data, informed the basis of this research. It was found that the changing nature of academic work in post­  secondary education is negatively affecting the quality of undergraduate education provided in Canada.

The Changing Nature of Academic Work: Canadian Universities and the Flexible  Firm Model

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh Krushell
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Statistics Canada ◽  
Firm Model ◽  
Faculty And Administrators

Though much literature has been produced on the topic of academic restructuring, those works concerned  with the Canadian context have mainly focused on issues of corporate­university linkages, the role of state coordination of public universities, and the disparity between funding and student enrollment. Very little work has been done in documenting or analysing the role of adjunct faculty, who now make up nearly half  the university faculty, in Canadian universities. Statistics Canada has only once collected data on part­time faculty, and only one current analysis of this data has been conducted (Omiecinski, 2003). The Canadian  Association of University Teachers, furthermore, only publishes data concerning full­time faculty  members. The implications of an emerging division between the use of full­time and part­time faculty on  the nature of academic work and the quality of post­secondary education has been yet unexamined. Drawing on labour market segmentation theory, this study presents the multiple ways in which the work of  academic staff in Canadian post­secondary education has conformed to the principles of the flexible firm model, first observed of private business firms in the 1980s by John Atkinson. A series of semi­structured  interviews with academic faculty and administrators, as well as a collection of current secondary source data, informed the basis of this research. It was found that the changing nature of academic work in post­  secondary education is negatively affecting the quality of undergraduate education provided in Canada.

scholarly journals Academic staff promotion system and its influence on the quality of vocational and technical education - College of Technological Studies, as a case Kuwait

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 91-98
Author(s):  
Salah Al-Ali
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Work Ethics ◽  
Promotion System ◽  
Education College

The need to enhance local capability is one of most Kuwaiti government priorities that is embodied in the overall governmental plan. In fact, the Kuwaiti government has exerted efforts to forge the College of Technological Studies, CTS, in order to equipped students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are required by essential sector in the country’s economy (e.g., Oil and Electricity and Water). However, the success of the College of Technological Studies in achieving its objectives would rely on the competencies of the CTS management and academic staff in meeting industrial requirements. The shaping and enhancing of student’s ability in managing, maintaining, and adapting the imported technology in industries would rely on the level of academic staff knowledge, skills, experience, and attitude in meeting industrial requirements. The efficiency of the promotion system for academic staff would indeed contribute significantly to shaping the standard of the CTS graduates. The need to absorb and evaluate the current status of the CTS academic staff promotion system must be one of highly management priority in order to achieve the CTS overall objectives. The aim of this paper is to identify and examine the efficiency of the academic staff promotion system. Several issues would be investigated and examined. Among which: the criteria’s applied in selected and approving academic journals, the criteria’s required for promoting academic staff, work ethics and its relation to the academic staff promotion system, and the obstacles that might face the CTS management in applying the academic staff promotion system. The paper would conclude that unless the management of the CTS realised and appreciate the significant role of the academic staff promotion system, industries would continue to rely on expatriate for years ahead.

Role of Cooperatives for Sustainable Livelihood in Bagmati Province, Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-92
Author(s):  
Nischal Risal
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Cooperative Movement ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Analytical Research

The study aims in analyzing the role of cooperatives for sustainable livelihood of people in Bagmati Province (3), in Nepal. Cooperatives areconsidered to be the third pillar of Nepalese economy. The ongoing literature suggests that the cooperative movements have relationship with quality of work life of people and poverty reduction. Nepal is developing her future prosperity and growth. Hence, the study has pointed out the gap in the literature and the practice. The descriptive and analytical research designs have been adopted in the study. The secondary source has been used to collect the data. The MS Excel Software has been used to tabulate and analyze the data. The study found that the cooperative movement is more prone in Bagmati and Gandaki Province that resulted decrease in poverty rate and the increase in the employment rate. The activities of the cooperatives in the investment in share, saving, lending and employment creation hadcontributed in the sustainable livelihood of people in Bagmati Province, Nepal. .

scholarly journals The triple role of university academic staff and its effects on students’ satisfaction: contractual tie and gender contextual analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-39
Author(s):  
Josep Llach ◽  
Frederic Marimon
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The University ◽  
Students Satisfaction

The university academic staff is a key element of the quality of universities. Therefore, it is essential to understand if performance in their three possible roles (teaching, research and management) affects the learning process of students and, more specifically, their satisfaction. A database of 992 satisfaction surveys conducted at the University of Girona was used to show that not all the roles affect these two aspects in the same way and that contextual factors such as contractual tie and gender are also significant.

scholarly journals The evaluation of quality teaching methods in research at Czech Republic.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Jana Marie Safrankova ◽  
Jana Marie Safrankova
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
University Evaluation ◽  
West Bohemia ◽  
The University

The evaluation of the quality of teaching and the evaluation of education at universities, methods of evaluating teaching and assessment are one of the key criteria for university evaluation. At present, a project of the ESF project of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen was realized and one of its activities is focused on "Improving Educational Activities and Modern Educational Trends" and on the subsequent implementation and reflection of student education with new teaching methods. The questionary survey was conducted in 2019 with 616 respondents from the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, who is the only one public higher education institution in the Pilsen Region. The results analyze in detail the views of the students - taking into account the extension of pedagogical competencies within the framework of the career order. The aim of the project is a comprehensive system of interconnection of the education of academic staff in the area of increasing pedagogical competencies with introduction of new teaching methods into practice and taking into account the extension of pedagogical competencies within the framework of the career order. The results of a survey focused on evaluating the quality of teaching methods confirmed a number of mostly known means of activating teaching, interactive teaching, communication, discussion, the role of the personality of the lecturer and the instructor. These activation approaches need to be continued.

Cognitive Health Counseling 40+

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Eschen ◽  
Franzisca Zehnder ◽  
Mike Martin
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Pilot Phase ◽  
Subjective Memory ◽  
Cognitive Health ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Main Outcome Variable ◽  
Further Development

This article introduces Cognitive Health Counseling 40+ (CH.CO40+), an individualized intervention that is conceptually based on the orchestration model of quality-of-life management ( Martin & Kliegel, 2010 ) and aims at improving satisfaction with cognitive health in adults aged 40 years and older. We describe the theoretically deduced characteristics of CH.CO40+, its target group, its multifactorial nature, its individualization, the application of subjective and objective measures, the role of participants as agents of change, and the rationale for choosing participants’ satisfaction with their cognitive health as main outcome variable. A pilot phase with 15 middle-aged and six older adults suggests that CH.CO40+ attracts, and may be particularly suitable for, subjective memory complainers. Implications of the pilot data for the further development of the intervention are discussed.

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