conflict, facilitate productive meetings, clarify roles for team members, operate in a productive manner, exhibit effective team leadership, provide development opportunities for team members” (Holmes, 2012, p.180). These ten actions are critical in order to form a successful team. Authors of other publications in the area of effective, high performance teams (Rico, Sanchez-Manzanares, Gil, and Gibson, 2008; Harrison and Tarter, 2007; Adobor, 2004; Munro and Laiken, 2003; Ammeter and Dukerich
Words: 4556 - Pages: 19
personality development, effective studying and learning. Purposes: * Help students recognize, accept and develop their potential, adjust to the school, and develop the skills needed to cope with the problems they meet. * Help young people come to know and accept themselves, their aptitudes and interests. * Teach pupils/students learn to use their interests and capabilities. * Teach pupils/students develop the skills to cope with the problems they meet both inside and outside the
Words: 5231 - Pages: 21
strategies of retail companies. This report focuses specifically upon the Czech retail environment and how Tesco has successfully entered the market by adapting its market offering for Czech consumers. It is demonstrated that Tesco has been successful within the Czech
Words: 8593 - Pages: 35
Introduction The purpose of this program evaluation is to examine the importance of carrying forward or ending the YouthBuild program in Cordele, Georgia. I want to establish whether or not this program should continue to be funded. The mission of YouthBuild is to unleash the intelligence and positive energy of low-income youth to rebuild their communities and their lives. YouthBuild seeks to join with others to help build a movement toward a more just society in which respect, love, responsibility
Words: 5092 - Pages: 21
(ERP) The tougher the disaster challenge, the greater the demand for experienced, emotionally and physically prepared individuals to mitigate the challenge. To that end, elite emergency response professionals (ERP) are experts possessing at least ten years of proficiency working in all types of catastrophic relief environment. Emergency response professionals will be even-tempered, willing to work across multiple cultures, government and private business boundaries. They must remain free of Post-Traumatic
Words: 3707 - Pages: 15
Evaluation of the Ecological Restoration Projects at The University of California, Santa Barbara’s Lagoon Authors: Matthew Edmiston Cat Bradley Chris Anderson Abstract: The University of California, Santa Barbara’s lagoon has undergone several ecological restoration projects over the past two decades. Some efforts have proven to be beneficial, while others still need improvement. This paper addresses and evaluates five different locations around the lagoon, the various restoration projects
Words: 3573 - Pages: 15
Performance, and Learned Resourcefulness in Baccalaureate Nursing Students. (2009) Directed by Dr. David F. Ayers. 135 pp. Despite extensive research establishing that stress affects problem-solving ability and coping, and leads to decreased learning, academic performance, and retention in nursing students, a paucity of research explores specific factors that could enhance these learning processes and outcomes. This explanatory correlational study examines the mediating effect of learned resourcefulness
Words: 31374 - Pages: 126
salary increases, performance issues, labor contracts, and terminations. Research indicates that by using practical, real-life simulated negotiation scenarios, learners can develop more effective negotiating skills. This paper introduces a case where students can be assigned to a management team or a union team to negotiate a mock collective bargaining agreement. Guidance is provided on how to apply the case in the classroom and facilitate the discussion at the conclusion of the exercise. INTRODUCTION
Words: 5699 - Pages: 23
mathematics curriculum reform, is intended as a resource for educators and communities considering the selection and implementation of a Standards-based mathematics curriculum. It also may assist individuals who are interested in learning about the student achievement, classroom practices, and implementation challenges associated with the use of Standards-based materials. When gathering resources for this publication, the K–12 Mathematics Curriculum Center staff reviewed articles that either addressed
Words: 26387 - Pages: 106
were congested, and were conducting classes in two shifts. The first shift starts as early as 6 a.m. and the second ends as late as six in the evening. There were reported to be as many as 80 students in each classroom. School authorities resorted to cutting classes in half and cramming the excess students into “science labs, libraries, corridors and even the principal’s office.” In Tacloban city, devastated last November by Typhoon Haiyan, a local newspaper reported that in one school, hundreds
Words: 12933 - Pages: 52
