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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCapturing Tacit Knowledge for Assessing Employees' Competency and ProductivityMarzanah A. Jabar, Fatimah Sidi, Mohd Hasan Selamat et al.Problem statement: Organization has to evaluate the competencies of their workers to improve organizational productivity. However, this is difficult because organizations have difficulties to capture and retain knowledge especially tacit knowledge of their employees. Approach: The study reviewed selected literature on management knowledge and employers competencies. It also reviewed existing frameworks in knowledge management focusing on the capturing and storing … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 27 May 2011 · 8,324 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLocally-Chosen versus State-Mandated Success Criteria: A Retrospective Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Success-For-All Program with Fourth and Seventh Grade Hispanic StudentsJames Carifio, Dalis DominguezProblem statement: This study compared the growth in reading competencies of Hispanic female and male students in the SFA program as measured by the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI). Approach: The study was a retrospective study with several a priori hypotheses and examined logical comparison groups of 4th and 7th graders, who received 1 … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 31 Dec 2010 · 7,983 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHigher Education for Sustainable Development: Students' Perspectives on an Innovative Approach to Educational ChangeMatthias Barth, Jana-M. TimmProblem statement: With Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) being an innovative approach to educational change, its principal objective is students’ development of transformation competencies. However, HESD evaluations hardly consider students’ perspectives. This study presents a study that examined undergraduate students’ view on the HESD approach at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany) and aims at shedding light on their … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 18 Dec 2010 · 11,283 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAcceptance and Use of Strategic Processes in Developing CountriesAlev M. Efendioglu, A. Tugba KarabulutProblem statement: The concept of strategy has become a major process in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. These organizations have used the process to understand issues which they cannot control but have a significant impact on their success and use their limited resources and competencies to improve their competitive positions. The process was used in developed economies and primarily by businesses … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,306 accessesView PDFCite