Volume 02 Issue 1 (Aug 2015)
Browse the selected issue in a cleaner research-focused reading flow, with article discovery, quick archive movement, and direct access to the full issue PDF.
Exploring Issues in Change Management: Developing a Systems Perspective on the Management of Learning and Teaching Initiatives
This paper seeks to develop a case-based systems perspective on how university-led educational change initiatives to enhance the student experience and student learning interweave with external influences on the development and management of academic programmes. The paper provid…
Creating a Culturally Responsive Classroom in Teaching to Bilingual Students from a Monolingual Perspective
I have learned a great deal on what bilingual education is, what it means, and how it affects millions of students in the school system all over this country. I’ve been able to understand the personal effects of the mistreatment of bilinguals in this country.…
Institutional Continuous Professional Development as a Tool for Improving Lecturer Performance in Private Higher Education Institutes in Botswana
Continuous Professional Development is the strategy schools, colleges and universities employ to ensure that teachers and lecturers continue to develop and enhance their professional practice throughout their career lives. The aim of the study was to find out the lecturerâ…
Instructional Design Models—Framework for Innovative Teaching and Learning Methodologies
Effective instructional design is essential for efficient teaching and learning outcomes in all disciplines, particularly in the nursing content-laden curriculum. Instructional design model steps and processes enable faculty to determine the scope of the course contents, sequenc…
Benchmarking as a Means to Gauge and Improve Academic Standards in Higher Education within the Arab Region
Benchmarking is becoming a central instrument for improving the performance of higher education institutions and different approaches to higher education benchmarking have been adopted in many parts of the world. “If taken seriously and deployed properly, benc…
Mobile Governance in Complex Value-Creation Networks: A User Centric Approach
The management of digital platforms like mobile services and data or information flows are an essential part of modern information governance. In this theoretical article the relationship between mobile governance, value networks and data portability is discussed, focusing on th…
Achieving Gender Equity in Leadership of South African Institutions of Higher Learning: Is Woman Empowerment Mission Impossible in Universities?
Thus far achieving gender equity in the academic leadership of South African institutions of higher learning is a mission not clearly possible. The Commission of Gender and Equity is established in terms of the Constitution of the Republic South Africa, 1996 and is mandated to t…
How (Not) to Manage A Business School in India
With the increasing proliferation of academic institutions offering a post-graduate degree in Management (MBA) in India, an examination of the inner workings of these business schools (B-schools) in India could be of interest to several stakeholders. Some of these stakeholders c…
Analysing Innovative Practices for Oman Firms to Excel on Global Markets and Networking and Linking With Higher Education
The main thrust of this research is to engage in a purely literature review to strategically analyse innovation best practice and highlight gaps and areas for further improvement in Oman and beyond. The main reasons giving rise to this research are the desire to illuminate world…
Successful Publishing in Academic and Scientific Journals: Framing and Organizing the Scholarly Paper
Publishing in quality academic journals is challenging. Authors who want to improve their chances of publishing in management and allied business and social science journals can save themselves time by ensuring that manuscripts are consistent with the journal’s aims and sc…