Handbook of Research on Quality Assurance and Value Management in Higher Education

Handbook of Research on Quality Assurance and Value Management in Higher Education
Author: Nuninger, Walter
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2016-03-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1522500251

The management of quality and sustainability in higher education institutions ensures that proper standards are maintained. Such enforced standardization allows for the highest caliber of training opportunities for various fields and disciplines. The Handbook of Research on Quality Assurance and Value Management in Higher Education is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on quality management and assurance programs and standards in college-level environments. Highlighting global perspectives on academic and professional learning, this book is ideally designed for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and professionals actively involved in the field of higher education.

Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 2161
Release: 2017-03-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522519246

Continuous improvements in business environments and available resources have allowed more opportunities for people to pursue new ventures. This not only leads to higher success in new businesses, but it enhances the overall state of the global market. Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a comprehensive examination on the latest innovations and techniques to becoming a successful and sustainable entrepreneur. Including research-based studies on knowledge production, social entrepreneurship, and distribution, this multi-volume publication is an ideal source for practitioners, academicians, researchers and upper-level students interested in learning about entrepreneurship and seeking emerging perspectives on optimizing and enhancing entrepreneurial pursuits.

Educating for Democracy

Educating for Democracy
Author: Daniel Schugurensky
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2024-08-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1035302179

This captivating book provides a detailed examination of school participatory budgeting (SPB), a process that combines school democracy, civic engagement and citizenship education. Presenting insights from SPB processes across the globe, it advocates for the wider rollout of programs which amplify studentsÕ voices, their deliberative capacities and decision-making power while improving school climate and campus infrastructure.

Handbook of Research on Digital Marketing Innovations in Social Entrepreneurship and Solidarity Economics

Handbook of Research on Digital Marketing Innovations in Social Entrepreneurship and Solidarity Economics
Author: Saiz-Alvarez, Jose Manuel
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2019-04-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522589406

Technological advances in the realm of business have attributed to the global interest of using digital innovations to increase consumer traffic. Utilizing these new techniques can increase the profitability of business industries and consumer analytic information for future reference. The Handbook of Research on Digital Marketing Innovations in Social Entrepreneurship and Solidarity Economics is a collection of research on social entrepreneurship as a critical element of economic growth with a look at the evolutionary aspects of digital technologies on the industry. While highlighting topics including social media, microfinance, and consumer behavior, this book is ideally designed for marketers, managers, professionals, academics, and graduate-level students concerned about the fields of economics, sociology, education, politics, and digital technology innovation.

Leadership by Resentment

Leadership by Resentment
Author: Ruth Capriles
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1781006571

What do such disparate events as Occupy Wall Street, IranÕs Islamic revolution and VenezuelaÕs socialist revolution have in common? Often, resentment based on past grievances or shortcomings seems to emerge from the depths of individual and collective psyches over the course of such emotionally charged movements. This resentment, and the related philosophical concept of ressentiment, can have a profound impact on the course of history and on the role of leadership within societies. Expanding on the concept of ressentiment, this book addresses the importance of emotions in historical events. The author explores the conditions that foster the development of ressentiment, the role of leaders and followers, and the phases of the phenomenon as it encourages destructive behaviors such as murder and suicide. Often considered an incurable disease with destructive social and political repercussions, it is a core motive for acts of terrorism, revolutions, social upheavals and processes of toxic leadership. The author puts forth a model that helps to describe certain historical processes led by ressentiment, like some revolutions and terrorist acts, and to distinguish them from other movements that are usually treated as similar (e.g., independence revolutions). The book then tackles a seemingly impossible question: Can we find a cure for this powerful and destructive impulse? With care and deliberation, the author demonstrates the power of ethical leadership, recognition and redemption as positive unifying forces during human conflicts. A philosophical endeavor to understand events from the Boston Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street, from the French revolution to Hugo Ch‡vezÕs revolution in Venezuela, this book will be fascinating reading for scholars and students of the social sciences and humanities and those with a particular interest in leadership.

Psicología de la personalidad

Psicología de la personalidad
Author: José Bermúdez Moreno
Publisher: Editorial UNED
Total Pages: 764
Release: 2013-02-14
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 8436257189

En este texto se ofrece una visión equilibrada y actualizada que puede responder hoy, a la luz de la investigación científica, a la cuestión acerca de qué es eso que denominamos personalidad. A este respecto, nuestra propuesta es la siguiente: la personalidad engloba todas aquellas características, atributos y procesos psicosociobiológicos, cuya interrelación e integración posibilita identificar a cada persona como individuo único y diferente de los demás. El lector va a encontrar, en el tratamiento de los contenidos abordados en cada capítulo, abundante y actualizada referencia al sustrato de investigación científica en el que se apoyan los argumentos teóricos sobre los que se está debatiendo en cada caso.

Estudio de la motivación humana

Estudio de la motivación humana
Author: David C. McClelland
Publisher: Narcea Ediciones
Total Pages: 692
Release: 1989-05-12
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9788427708617

La psicología de la motivación es un campo muy amplio y poco delimitado. Lo abarca todo: desde los mecanismos fisiológicos de los impulsos animales hasta los motivos subconscientes a que las personas atribuyen su propia conducta. En esta gran obra, realizada por una verdadera autoridad en la materia, se integran todas estas fuentes de información para proporcionar una visión global y centrarse en los motivos humanos como determinantes de la acción distinguiéndolos de otras variables, como emociones, incentivos, valores. Aborda en profundidad la mediación de los motivos, su origen y desarrollo, sus fuentes sociales, desde los motivos en que los padres educan a sus hijos hasta la intervención destinada a cambiar los motivos de la gente. Explora los motivos clave que influyen en el comportamiento humano: de logro, de poder, de afiliación y de evitación. Se trata aquí la motivación de logro en la empresa y en el terreno económico, la motivación de poder en la política y la vida de las organizaciones, los motivos afiliativos y de evitación en las relaciones interpersonales y la salud. Se examinan los enfoques históricos (psicoanálisis y conductismo) de la motivación y las bases biológicas de los principales sistemas de motivos. Se ponen en conexión los motivos con las tendencias sociales, incluido el desarrollo, económico, la guerra y la paz, etc. Hay, pues que destacar junto a la indiscutible profesionalidad del autor, un auténtico experto que ha conseguido un libro bien expresado y científicamente apoyado, la revisión y puesta al día sobre los estudios empíricos acerca del tema, la acertada combinación de los enfoques biológico y social, el tratamiento de los efectos de la motivación no sólo en la conducta controlada de laboratorio, sino en la vida cotidiana. Las numerosas figuras y tablas que presenta hacen más intuitiva y accesible su lectura, al sintetizar los hallazgos de la investigación. Es una obra tanto para estudiantes como para profesionales de la psicología.