Management and Economic Development in sub-Saharan Africa

Management and Economic Development in sub-Saharan Africa
Author: John O. Okpara
Publisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2007-04-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1912234807

One of the major challenges facing Sub-Saharan African organizations today is how to effectively manage their resources. Though the importance of effective management of organizational resources is generally acknowledged, published research on the theme is disappointingly scarce. This book hopes to contribute in filling the lacuna. Contributors to the volume, which is the first in a book series from African Journal of Business and Economic Research (AJBER), a peer-reviewed, triennial publication, discuss various management issues in sub-Saharan Africa such as employee motivation, job satisfaction, compensation, organizational commitment, ethics, social responsibility and export management and the interplay between these and the effective management of an organization's resources. They argue that effective management of organizational resources - whether in the public or private sector - promotes efficiency, which in turn enhances the organization's ability to compete. The contributors also offer valuable insights into why many organizations in sub-Saharan Africa are inefficiently managed and offer desiderata for overcoming such challenges.

Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research
Author: Arch G. Woodside
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2008-07-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0762314516

Presents answers to the following questions: how do tourists go about seeking high novelty and yet return to the same destination? How do some firms in the same industry end up embracing industrial tourism while other firms reject such business models? How do executive leadership styles affect employee satisfaction in international tourist hotels?

Managing Health Sciences Libraries in a Time of Change

Managing Health Sciences Libraries in a Time of Change
Author: Claire B. Joseph
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2024-01-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1538170108

In Managing Health Sciences Libraries in a Time of Change, experienced leaders of the medical library community present insights into the current trends and issues faced by health sciences librarians and offer practical guidelines and management skills needed to create a culture of excellence. The Medical Library Association points out that “Management skills and a leader’s abilities affect the culture and performance of coworkers and the effectiveness of an institution.” The last decades have resulted in a sea change for health sciences library leadership and management. In a short period of time, medical libraries have transformed from collections of print books and journals to databases of digital resources accessible from any desktop. Library services no longer must be provided face to face, but the need for virtual library services has grown in complexity and now demands a greater knowledge of technology and informatics. Reference service, instruction, cataloging, and collection development all remain as key library tasks, but they have been transformed in this digital environment. This book explores what it means to be a manager of health sciences libraries today. Chapters focus on current trends in health science library leadership; managing change; staffing issues; managing for diversity, equity, and inclusion; mentoring; accreditation and evaluation; leadership skills, and a discussion of the differences between the concepts of leadership and management.

Special Education Teachers

Special Education Teachers
Author: G.L. Reddy
Publisher: Discovery Publishing House
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2007
Genre: Engineering mathematics
ISBN: 9788183563536

The aim of this book is to present elements of Mathematics as applied to Scientific and Engineering students whose main interest in the subject lie in finding the particular solution so rather than the general theory the book has been designed to source as the textbook of formal courses in Engineering Mathematics of B.Ed. and B.Tech. students of all Indian Universities. The subject matter has been discussed in a systematic way starting from basic concepts, keeping in mind the actual difficulties of students. Considerable more number of worked examples has been included in the text against each topic in all the chapters to make it more flexible. Contents: Vol. I: 1. Elementary Operations of the Matrices; 2. Eigen Vectors and Eigen Values; 3. Inverse and Adjoint of the Matrix; 4. Linear Equations Solution by the Matrices Method; 5. Integration and Differentiation of the Vectors; 6. Divergence, Curl and Gradient; 7. Multiple Vectors. Vol. II: 1. Moment of Inertia; 2. Multiple Integrals (Double and Triple Integrals and Change of Order of Integration); 3. Green s, Gauss s and Stoke s Theorem; 4. Fourier Series. Vol. III: 1. Mathematical Logics; 2. Set Theory; 3. Successive Differentiation; 4. Jacobians; 5. Partial Differentiation; 6. Theoretical Distributions; 7. Probability; 8. Correlation Analysis. Vol. IV: 1. Solution of Cubic Equations; 2. Difference Equations; 3. Transformation of Equations; 4. Solution of Biquadratic Equations. Vol. V: 1. Tabulation, Classification and Graphic Presentation; 2. Binomial and Normal Distributions; 3. Multinomial and Poisson Distributions; 4. Probability; 5. Regression and Correlation Analysis. Vol. VI: 1. Analytic Functions; 2. Calculus of Residues; 3. Complex Variable; 4. Zero of an Analytic Function; 5. Complex Integration.

Diversity Now

Diversity Now
Author: Teresa Neely
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1135791473

A comprehensive perspective on multiculturalism in libraries! Diversity Now: People, Collections, and Services in Academic Libraries delivers a comprehensive look at diversity issues for librarians. It examines partnerships between academic research libraries and campus agencies and provides effective retention strategies for diverse employees. It also shows how librarians can lobby for domestic partner benefits for university employees who are unmarried same- and opposite-sex couples. Diversity Now: People, Collections, and Services in Academic Libraries provides a unique research perspective on assessment and diversity integration in the academic libraries and highlights effective working strategies for a multicultural library environment, examining: partnerships between academic research libraries and campus agencies which work directly with students assessment and diversity integration in the academic library workplace and six critical challenges for working well in a multicultural environment communication and teaching incorporating service learning experiences in the library and information science curriculum model retention programs for junior faculty of color

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN INDIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN INDIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Author: Paul John, P. Balasubramanian
Publisher: MJP Publisher
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Contents: 1. Introduction, 2. TQM and LIS Professionals, 3. Awareness of TQM among Library users and Professionals, 4. Profile of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Mahatma Gandhi University, 5. TQM and Demographic Characteristics of the Library Users and Professionals, 6. TQM Implementation - Findings, Suggestions and Conclusion, 7. Bibliography, 8. Index.

Diversity Now

Diversity Now
Author: Teresa Y. Neely
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780789016973

Looking at diversity issues for librarians, contributors in library science examine partnerships between academic research libraries and campus agencies, suggest retention strategies, show how librarians can lobby for domestic partner benefits at university libraries, and discuss challenges of working in a multicultural environment. Neely is head of reference at Kuhn Library, University of Maryland-Baltimore. This work has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Library Administration, vol. 33, nos. 1/2 and 3/4 2001. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Information Literacy in the Workplace

Information Literacy in the Workplace
Author: Serap Kurbanoğlu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 851
Release: 2018-01-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3319743341

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2017, held in Saint Malo, France, in September 2017. The 84 revised papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 358 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the field of information literacy and focus on information literacy in the workplace. They are organized in the following topical sections: workplace information literacy, employibility and career readiness; data literacy and research data management; media literacy; copyright literacy; transliteracy, reading literacy, digital literacy, financial literacy, search engine literacy, civic literacy; science literacy; health information literacy; information behavior; information literacy in higher education; information literacy in K-12; information literacy instruction; information literacy and libraries; and theoretical framework.