Development Of Management Skills Research Articles

Nursing students' experiences of delivering dementia friends sessions to peers.

Nursing students and registered nurses often feel underprepared for their roles in dementia care. Extracurricular activities offer nursing students additional opportunities for professional development. A student-academic partnership initiative was developed in which nursing students delivered dementia friends sessions to their peers before formal taught content. To explore dementia champion nursing students' experiences, identify factors that affect collaborative working and make recommendations for future student-academic partnership projects. In individual and dual interviews, three students were asked about their experiences of participating in the initiative. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed using a thematic analysis framework. Four themes were identified: commitment to working with people who have dementia, difficulties in taking on extracurricular responsibilities, personal development, and relationships and collaboration. Students were motivated by the need to provide high-quality dementia care. They identified benefits of collaborative working including development of time management, team working, leadership, communication and presentation skills. Future projects should take into account student workloads and offer rewards that are congruent with nursing students' values.

Considerations about employability in higher education

This paper provides a review of central features on the debates about the relationship between higher education and the labour market with the aim to contextualize the emergence of employability as a concept, practice, and policy in higher education. In this environment, despite its extensive international diffusion, it suffers significant and criticized contradictions regarding its appropriation, due to the presence of multiple interpretations and the lack of interdisciplinary dialogue to approach it. Thus, in this context, employability tends to be presented as an accountability tool for the teaching and learning process, due to conceptually weak bases completely unrelated to educational research, that give way to a problematic configuration. Its conceptualization does not take into account, for example, contributions from career theory, career education, and career orientation for the development of career management (or employability) skills, from a process-oriented perspective.

Importancia de las TIC según los docentes de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad Nacional de Loja

Las universidades ecuatorianas enfrentan en la actualidad el desafío de innovar la educación superior en procura de una mayor pertinencia y calidad, mediante la implementación de nuevos modelos pedagógicos y didácticos para lograr una mayor implicación de los estudiantes en su aprendizaje, en los que las TIC constituyen un valioso recurso de apoyo. En este contexto se realizó un estudio de tipo transversal, descriptivo, con el objetivo de generar conocimientos sobre el uso de las TIC como recurso didáctico por parte de los docentes de las carreras de la Facultad de la Educación, el Arte y la Comunicación de la Universidad Nacional de Loja. En este trabajo se presentan los resultados correspondientes al objetivo de establecer la percepción de los docentes acerca de la contribución de las TIC como recurso didáctico del proceso enseñanza – aprendizaje (PEA). La información obtenida mediante un cuestionario, indica que la mayoría de los profesores considera que el uso de estas herramientas favorece la motivación de los estudiantes; el desarrollo de habilidades de gestión de la información, manejo de las TIC y de pensamiento; también contribuye en su mejor desempeño como docentes; facilita su trabajo académico y el de los estudiantes en el PEA; así como el logro de los resultados de aprendizaje.

STAIR Group Treatment for Veterans with PTSD: Efficacy and Impact of Gender on Outcome.

Group Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR) is an evidence-based, manualized treatment for individuals with post-traumatic stress symptoms, that focuses on improving functioning through mood management (e.g., emotion regulation) and relationship skills development. To date, no study has evaluated the potential benefit of group STAIR among Veterans. Feasibility of delivering STAIR in a mixed-gender group format and the potential impact of gender on outcome were examined. Participants (n = 39) were Veterans enrolled in a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Clinic at a large VA Medical Center. Veterans participated in one of four mixed-gender STAIR groups and completed self-report questionnaires of PTSD symptoms and general psychological distress at pre-treatment and post-treatment. Institutional review board approval was obtained for this study. There was significant pre-treatment to post-treatment improvements in PTSD symptoms as measured by the Post-traumatic Stress Checklist (PCL) (Cohen's d = 0.91), as well as in general psychological distress as measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) (Cohen's d = 0.90). Change in PTSD symptoms from pre-treatment to post-treatment did not differ across gender. However, the interaction between gender and time on change in (BSI) was significant, where change in general psychological distress significantly decreased from pre-treatment to post-treatment for male Veterans but not for female Veterans. The results from this study demonstrate the feasibility and initial effectiveness of STAIR delivered in a mixed-gender group format for Veterans with PTSD. It should be noted, however, that male Veterans benefited more from this approach than female Veterans. The findings suggest the value of investigating Veterans' attitudes and beliefs about the benefits and drawbacks of mixed-gender group therapy for trauma-related difficulties.

Use of emotion regulation strategies across family systems

Family is an exclusive institution for the development of healthy or unhealthy emotion management skills of its members. The present study aimed to compare emotion regulation strategies used by the adolescents from nuclear and joint family systems. For this cross-sectional study 400 adolescents, 12–18 years of age were involved through purposive sampling. The scale used for the present study was Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) and a demographic data sheet. For result analysis, SPSS version 21 was used to apply t-test. There were 200 (50%) males and 200 (50%) females with a mean age of 15 ± 2.16 years. The family structure descriptive analysis revealed that 181 (45.3%) were from joint family structure, 193 (48.3%) from nuclear family structure, and 26 (6.5%) from extended family structure. T-test indicated that the Mean values of cognitive reappraisal for joint and nuclear family structures were 29.30 ± 7.44 and 29.57 ± 6.28, respectively, and the difference was insignificant. The mean values for expressive suppression for the two family structures were 15.82 ± 6.41 and 17.61 ± 6.31, respectively, with significant difference between the means (p < 0.01). In nuclear families, the adolescents use expressive suppression. The more the family members, the more attention will be paid to the development of children as in the joint family system. The joint families, having the traditional values can cater the emotional needs better than the nuclear families.

Interactive Teaching of Risk Management in the Russian Construction Industry

As one of the strategic sectors of the Russian economy, the construction industry plays a special role in the economy of the state. The industry is sensitive to a variety of systemic and project-based risks. The construction industry as a whole bears the risk of painful responses to global or local economic conditions such as inflation, constriction of capital, financial system collapse, changes in tax law, etc. Construction managers and engineers can benefit from familiarity with globally tested methodologies of enterprise risk management (ERM) so they can apply these principles and techniques to the companies and projects they manage, as well as contribute to the health of the construction sector and the economy. Research and practice in industries and professions across many developed economies have demonstrated the enhanced effectiveness of experiential, interactive teaching techniques generally, and specifically in the development of risk management insights and skills. This paper will (i) review ERM as a recognized discipline, describing techniques for identifying and quantifying the impact of various categories of risk; (ii) show that ERM is a critical skillset in the Russian construction industry; and (iii) provide illustrations of and theoretical support for various interactive teaching techniques which enhance the development of insights and skills in risk managers and industry leaders. These interactive pedagogical techniques can be effective in either academic settings or within professional training programs.

Overcoming the challenges of integrated coastal management in Xiamen: Capacity, sustainable financing and political will

Capacity, financing and political will are three indispensable driving forces of sustainable development programmes. Xiamen initiated an Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) programme in 1993 and has built a successful ICM model known as the ‘Xiamen Model’ which has served as the operational modality for application in other coastal areas in China. In this paper, the authors illustrate Xiamen's experiences in overcoming the challenges of building capacity, developing sustainable financing mechanism and political will. With regard to capacity building, investments in on-the-job training and management skills development, as well as developing the capacity for monitoring and law enforcement are essentials. In the case of sustainable financing, optimal use of an appropriate financing mechanism in terms of government financial allocation, fees for sea area usage and marine ecological damage compensation and socially raised capital is critical. Further, by strengthening governance through the enactment of appropriate laws and policies, increased stakeholders participation and public consultation, can change the incentives of political interests and hence increase political will and commitment to implement Xiamen's integrated coastal management programme. Possibilities for further improvement of the ‘Xiamen model’ are also discussed.

Supervised Curricular Internship and the development of management skills: a perception of graduates, undergraduates, and professors

Abstract Objective: Analyze the perception of graduates, undergraduates and professors about the teaching-learning process of the Supervised Curricular Internship (SCI) of Nursing Undergraduate Courses and in light of the development of management competencies. Method: Qualitative study based on the Mayan content analysis from a questionnaire of objective and discursive questions that evaluated the perception of 87 undergraduates, 280 graduates, and 48 professors from two universities in the state of São Paulo. Results: Four thematic categories emerged from this process and the development of management skills, highlighting the fundamental role of the supervising nurse in SCI and the need for greater presence of professors. Regarding management skills, the subjects emphasized leadership, resource management and performance of bureaucratic functions as essential skills. Final considerations: SCI is an environment that favors learning the profession and developing managerial skills; however, better coordination is required between educational institutions and SCI practice sites.

Case study of a problem-based learning course of project management for senior engineering students

ABSTRACTThe analysis of the current state of the Ukrainian system of engineering education indicates the prevalence of traditional teaching–learning approaches in contrast to the modern needs of the labour market. Many universities across the world use the problem/project-based learning (PBL) which is an effective approach for the development of design and management skills of engineering students. The paper describes a detailed structure of a PBL course in project management and practical experience related to its implementation in an engineering degree programme at Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy. Also, the results of surveys carried out in order to study the students’ generic competences’ development and perception of the PBL process are presented. The results show that students understand the diversity of PBL aspects and the influence of the PBL approach on their professional characteristics such as teamwork, ability of self-directed learning, communication and problem-solving skills.

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The paper focuses on the development of management skills for effective church management in pastoral preparation programs in Zimbabwe, and underscores the need for the use of secular principles and practices in church management. It identifies the management challenges faced by the pastors, explores the extent to which management skills are being developed in pastoral preparation programs, and looks into alternative management practices which could be adopted into the Church for ministry effectiveness. The research instruments used were self- administered questionnaires distributed to a sample of fifty-three Evangelical and Pentecostal Pastors in Harare whose churches are registered with the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) and/or the Zimbabwe Council of Evangelical Pentecostal Churches (ZCEPC); and six face-to-face interviews held with three seminary deans and three senior pastors for churches which do in-house training. The study found that pastors are currently facing management challenges because the course content of the pastoral preparation programs is more skewed towards the spiritual aspects of ministry. Recommendations were thus made to the effect that pastoral preparation programs should consider collaborating with business schools and business persons to assist in the amendment of their course content to ensure that proper management skills are developed in the pastors by the introduction of management studies alongside theological studies. Some of the suggested management aspects are strategic planning and implementation, financial management and internal control systems, and organizational development and design. As such, the researcher attempts theoretical generalization by proposing that the theory applied in business skills of management, can be generalized in church circumstances. Key words: Management principles and skills, training and development, church management, ministry effectiveness, church leadership. &nbsp

EVALUATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS LEVELS OF ACADEMICIANS: FACULTY OF SPORT SCIENCES AND SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS EXAMPLE

Background/Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the managerial effectiveness levels of the academicians who work in the sports science faculty and School of Physical Education and Sports. Methods: In the study, a descriptive scanning method aimed at revealing the current situation has been used. For the purposes of this study, the academicians population of Turkey in the research universities working in sports science and sports colleges with the faculty of physical education, from which a sample is chosen, which is determined by simple random sampling method, which consists of volunteer academicians (n=178) working at the faculties of sport sciences and school of physical education and sports of universities such as Erciyes, Selcuk, Omer Halisdemir, Gaziantep, Dumlupinar, Usak, Karamanoglu Mehmet Bey, Firat, Suleyman Demirel, Sakarya, Balikesir, Gelisim, Esenyurt, Mugla Sitki Kocman ve Bingol universities. A managerial efficacy scale developed by Murry (1993) and implemented in the Turkish version by Ira and Sahin (2010) was used to measure managerial effectiveness. The obtained data was recorded with the package program IBM SPSS 22. Kruskal Wallis analysis was applied as statistical process. Results: The level of managerial effectiveness of academicians is moderate and advanced, the level of managerial effectiveness is related to age, department, title and professional experience, and also there is a relation between the progress of age, title and professional experience of academicians and the development of managerial effectiveness. It can be assumed that this situation originated from the situations such as the maturity of academicians' knowledge and experience, efforts to improve their skills, the adoption of the management concept of modern life, self-evaluation and autonomy as well as being able to adapt to scientific, cultural and social changes. The development of managerial effectiveness perceptions and managerial skills of young academics can be supported by managerial development seminars. Determining the managerial perceptions of the faculty members who work in different faculties and higher schools may contribute to the updating of the managerial perspective. Article visualizations:

Developing management skills through experiential learning: the effectiveness of outdoor training and mindfulness

The primary goal of this study is to develop a tool to measure the personal and interpersonal skills of individuals who participate in experiential learning based on outdoor training and mindfulness sessions. This paper presents the results of an application of this method to a sample of 97 participants (49 employees and 48 master's and undergraduate students). Using competency questionnaires, participants were evaluated by managers and tutors. Participants were assessed individually. The following competencies were analysed: teamwork, communication, leadership, motivation, stress tolerance, organisation and planning, responsibility, and analysis, resolution and anticipation of problems. The results show that students and employees require further development in terms of their leadership, teamwork, responsibility and stress tolerance. Teamwork should be promoted. Individuals should be encouraged to delegate and accept opinions, ideas and criticism from other team members. It is important to identify the leader and the followers. This requires all individuals to accept their roles and responsibilities by taking charge of their actions. For the sample of workers, the manager's evaluations were consistently less positive than the evaluations by the workers themselves.

Developing management skills through experiential learning: the effectiveness of outdoor training and mindfulness

The primary goal of this study is to develop a tool to measure the personal and interpersonal skills of individuals who participate in experiential learning based on outdoor training and mindfulness sessions. This paper presents the results of an application of this method to a sample of 97 participants (49 employees and 48 master's and undergraduate students). Using competency questionnaires, participants were evaluated by managers and tutors. Participants were assessed individually. The following competencies were analysed: teamwork, communication, leadership, motivation, stress tolerance, organisation and planning, responsibility, and analysis, resolution and anticipation of problems. The results show that students and employees require further development in terms of their leadership, teamwork, responsibility and stress tolerance. Teamwork should be promoted. Individuals should be encouraged to delegate and accept opinions, ideas and criticism from other team members. It is important to identify the leader and the followers. This requires all individuals to accept their roles and responsibilities by taking charge of their actions. For the sample of workers, the manager's evaluations were consistently less positive than the evaluations by the workers themselves.

Time Management Skills. Academic Achievements and Life Satisfaction. A Case Study at Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Time is one of the most valuable resources. A given period of time can be occupied with interesting or boring activities that generates different perceptions on it and affects individuals differently. As consequence, individuals have developed different time management skills. While some individuals demonstrate time management skills in a ‘natural’ manner, other have to develop these categories of skills. This paper is verifying the established correlations between time management skills and academic achievements, on one side, and life satisfaction, on the other side, in order to see and measure their relevance for young people by analysing time management skills demonstrated by students from Bucharest University of Economic Studies enrolled in bachelor programs. We are presenting the research we have conducted on 150 students from schools of economics, business and public administration, our findings and recommendations for effective development of time management skills to students.

Relationship between Knowledge Management and Managerial Skills: The Role of Creative Thinking

Knowledge management is one of the most critical issues the managers of organizations, especially educational organizations, must consider. It is aimed at finding new viewpoints about learning, creating knowledge, and developing internal and external competences. This paper investigates the relationship between management skills and knowledge management mediated by creative thinking. The analysis is based on a survey of several hundred managers and teachers at high schools in Isfahan. The research employs a step-by-step regression analysis and structural equations modeling.Based on the results of the calculations, a significant correlation was established between the three main variables of the study: management skills, knowledge management, and creative thinking. Thus, the hypothesis concerning a close relationship between these factors are confirmed. The quality of knowledge management is affected primarily by the level of human skills, as well as by enforcement as a dimension of creative thinking. The findings suggest the need for establishing an organizational environment that fosters the development of knowledge management skills and removes barriers impeding this process.

CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS OF STUDENTS IN GENERAL AND VOCATIONAL UPPER-SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN GREECE: CAREER ADAPTABILITY AND SELF-EFFICACY IN CAREER PLANNING

Contemporary career guidance and counselling approaches with particular interest to subjects which concern the development of career management skills since these skills are considered important means for the active exploration of the vocational course and the development of a career. The development of skills related to career adaptability and self-efficacy in the planning of a career could help students who are finishing Upper-secondary School (Lykeio) to approach creatively their career aims, and to deal effectively with the transitions or unexpected events by applying appropriate actions. The present study employed the survey research strategy in order to examine the level of the career adaptability and self-efficacy in the planning of a career with male and female students (N = 240) of Upper-secondary Schools (General Lykeia - GEL) and Vocational Upper-secondary Schools (Vocational Lykeia - EPAL) in Greece. Specifically, it examined the level of skills which students declare that they possess regarding the type of school, their gender and the educational level of the parents. The finding that the levels of career adaptability differentiated not only as regards the gender of the students but also the studies of the father and the mother has presented particular interest while the students who study at the General Lykeia were found to have higher scores in the areas: “career interest” and “curiosity” in the Career Adapt-abilities Scale (CAAS) compared with students who study at the Vocational Lykeia (EPAL). Finally, the motif of the scores in the B’ Class of Lykeio showed that the students of EPAL excelled in all the skills apart from the factor “career interest” while correspondingly in the C’ class of Lykeio students of the General Lykeio (GEL) excelled in all skill categories. Keywords: upper-secondary school students, self-efficacy, career adaptability, career management, Perceived Self-Efficacy in Career Planning, Career Adapt-Abilities Scale.

HOW TO MOTIVATE DE-MOTIVATED JAPANESE COLLEGE EFL LEARNERS

In Japan, English is a significant part of everyday life. We see English advertising signs all around us, we use English loan-words in Japanese written and spoken communication, and many Japanese songs incorporate English into their lyrics (Aspinall, 2003). On the other hand, it is known to scholars that many Japanese students are de-motivated to study English. Hasegawa (2004) reports that 71% of junior high school students and 77% of senior high school students are not motivated to study English. Among the reasons for de-motivation are the lack of perceived relevance of English learning and the lack of confidence in capabilities. Thus, this present study focuses on the following four areas as tools to help de-motivated students become re-motivated and to enable them to sustain that motivation to study English throughout the 2016 academic year: (1) the four sources of self-efficacy beliefs (Bandura, 1977); (2) the establishment of concrete EFL study reasons for future careers; (3) the development of time management skills; and (4) the understanding of effective self-regulated learning. 210 Japanese college freshmen in four different proficiency groups participated in this study. It was found that when focus was placed on sources of self-efficacy, students in all the proficiency groups were able to significantly improve their English listening skills throughout the academic year, and that students in general were able to sustain relatively high self-efficacy beliefs about their English listening skills. However, a sharp decline was found in the number of students who were able to sustain that motivation during the two-month summer break. It is suggested that ample examples of concrete English study reasons that are associated with students' future careers as well as activities for visualization (Sampson, 2012) might need to be implemented into our pedagogic approach to help our freshmen put their acquired knowledge into action during the summer break. Article visualizations:

DEVELOPMENT OF CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS OF NEW PODOLOGISTS FOR WORK IN A MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT

Because of the affections of globalization process and because of the changes in social-political situation in world, multicultural environment in Latvia is also changing. Latvia becomes more and more attractive for foreign citizens from Europe the same as for citizens from elsewhere, that choose to settle down here permanently or only for a period of time. That is considerable challenge for education and healthcare.&#x0D; Workers in field of medicine, and podologs as well, must guide their professional carreer development in mutable multicultural environment. That is why needs of joung specialists are changing too-with knowledge, skills and competencies necessary in proffession, specialists must develop creativity and critical thinking, insight of values and culture, humanism and citizenship, decision-making and problem- solving skills as well as entrepreneurial abilities and communication skills.&#x0D; In process of prepearing new podologs for work in multicultural environment more important becomes development of those personal attributes set, that are made of tact and diplomacy, as well as development of basic skill set, that includes learning skill and skill to make compromises, but career management skill set development is characterized by ability to collaborate, ability to notice changes in working environment and ability to give support.&#x0D; The goal of this article is to describe, theoreticaly and empyricaly, the development of necessary carreer management skills for work in multicultural environment to new podologs.&#x0D; Keywords: career management skills, study process, podologist, multicultural environment

3-4 プロジェクトマネジメントスキル養成のためのガイドラインシステムに関する考察

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Still the Dark Continent? Towards contextual methodological approaches to management development research in foreign multinational firms in Africa

Following the widespread implementation of liberalization policies across the continent and resultant ‘subsidiarity’ of the industrial sectors by mostly Western multinational firms, management development in Africa has been dominated by Western approaches. The alternative is contextualization of research approaches that take into account the cultural and societal values of the people being researched. The article therefore proposes two methodologies believed to be contextual to management development research in multinational firms in Africa. These include indigenous methodology and postcolonial methodology. The two methodologies are complemented by appropriate data collection and analytical approaches, which have also been suggested. Data for this conceptual paper were mainly from review of extant popular and academic literature. The article concludes that applying the proposed methodologies could help tackle the neocolonial influence in African industries to decolonize indigenous people from Western hegemony and management development approaches that do not tackle the development problems of indigenous managers. Theoretically, the article contributes to literature on postcolonial management and organizational studies and, practically, contributes to alternative and appropriate approach to research into managerial skills development problems in Africa.