Faculty Case Studies Samples For Students

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Overview of the Case
The paper has been developed to identify how organized data collection methods can be utilized in organizational change. In the given case study, some of the documented response from the teachers, parents, and staffs of Logan Elementary School has been attached. There are 38 faculty associates, eight school staffs, and a single part-time librarian. Nancy Mestas, the principal of the school, has wanted to build an improved relationship among the teaching staffs to provide a better education for students. Considering her overall vision, she has made several drastic changes over the past few years. To ...

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Introduction

The case of Julie and Susan occurs often in a work environment where a subordinate relationship and job description are not clearly defined. Misunderstanding between co-workers most often escalate into emotional confrontation inside and sometimes outside of the work premises. Behavioral issues are always the main factor why conflict between people happens and most workplace conflict occurs due to external influences. Individuals with personal problems are at higher risk of being easily irritated and they tend to show intolerant and aggressive behavior. On the other hand, the case also reflects the different attitudes of people towards work. Some people enjoy ...

SIRAC ANALYSIS

Summary
The populous state is facing a serious problem of sexual harassment of the female students by the faculty and fellow male students. In this context, it is instructive to appreciate the fact that the female students have been placed at a weaker position since their detractors are at a better position and privileged than they are. In some cases, the female students have no options but to conform given the high stakes. For instance, cases of compromised results, poor assessment and poor progress in the delivery of the education sort after face the students. The victims have to make a choice ...

It is important for an institution for higher education to conduct preliminary observations and surveys prior to developing a strategic plan in order to determine the areas, or departments that require some change, and those department or areas that are operating, and functioning properly. These initial observations allow the researchers and decision makers to make educated decisions to solve problems and improve overall results (Girden & Kabacoff, 2011). This paper will layout a strategic plan for Spring Valley University (SVU).

History

SVU is a public institution for higher education located in Spring Valley, New York. SVU educates about 6500 undergraduate students ...

Reform Movement: Demolishing Barriers Between Computer Science and Computer Engineering in Purdue University

Introduction
Synergy Between Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Engineering is the ‘practice of safe and economic application of scientific laws’. Science is a ‘systematic observation of natural events in order to formulate laws.’ The field of engineering became a separate discipline from science in the nineteenth century.
Computer science, like engineering, is a field of applied science. Unlike science, it has a shorter-term view. Computer science aims to determine what will work, and not to discover fundamental laws of nature. It is akin to engineering in its emphasis on automation. Therefore, computer science is more aligned to engineering than to ...

Problem Statement

Sofna College offers international education for children of expatriates. As such, Sofna College's vision and mission should be geared to more culturally diverse curriculum and engagement. Given current case, school's early operation phase appears to cater, effectively, for needs of children of diplomats while during mission's stint. The expansion in next decades, particularly during 1950's, 1960's and 1970's, appears to further confirm school's success as regional hub of international education as enrolments increased and campuses expanded. By 1980's up to present day, Sofna College appears to be losing strategic direction by focusing, almost exclusively, on expanding campuses. Specifically, by ...

Teaching is a rewarding process and for that and other reasons, nurses often perform as a faculty and advance teachers. “Successful transition into an academic setting requires faculty to develop expertise consistent with the college or university’s specific mission and philosophy” (Penn et al, 2008). The particular case study looks at a new nurse educator and his entrance into the teaching realm. From my personal knowledge base, I consider the nurse we are examining in this study as partially successful in his role as a teacher and faculty member. For one, he has a strong motivation to teach ...

At least fifteen people were injured and Sixty-four students arrested on Friday as two opposing groups of demonstrators crashed with University police at Fairmont University. This occurred when demonstrations seeking to influence the decision of the board of regents on cultural diversity classes turned violent.
The Board of Regents postponed the decision on whether or not to allow for a class in cultural diversity for all students and faculty until their next meeting scheduled for next month. The regents refused to comment on the reason for the delay in judgment on the controversial issue, with the regents’ president Clifford ...

Introduction

Critical organizational evaluation is paramount. Focus is on development, reviews and personnel performance. Notably, the organizational analysis includes examining the organization environment both external and internal environment. The external environment refers to the forces that are without the organization. Often they affect the organizational performance. On the other hand, internal environment concerns the forces within the organization, for example, the strengths and the weakness of the organization. This paper will focus on analyzing higher learning institution elements. Namely, organizational structure, organizational environment, culture, size, structure and management styles

Organizational Structure

The organizational structure of an institution has a significant impact on ...

Chapter 2: User experience

This chapter will define the user experience for the creation of the website. It is important to understand the users and how they will interact with the website. This chapter will define the user experience and the audience for whom the website is developed.
Audience definition – one of the audiences of the website is the students. The website is being developed to be used by students. Students will also want to access the materials from the website. This is for academic purposes. With time, the website will have reading materials for students. Many students will access the website ...

Parties involved (Public institution and individuals)

Kenneth E. Hardy, Plaintiff - Appellee, Jefferson Community College and Kentucky Community and Technical College System,
Defendants: Mary Pamela Besser and Richard Green, Defendants-Appellants
Summary
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution affords protection to freedoms and rights of citizen that include but not limited to, freedom of speech. Such rights and freedoms are anchored in the Constitution and cannot be abrogated by any particular individual. Nonetheless, it is never always clear cut on what constitutes speech on issues of public concern so as to fall into the category of speech that is protected by ...

- The PricewaterhouseCoopers is the auditor for Vanderbilt University for the financial statements as at June 30, 2012. The opinion of the auditors is unqualified, and they make an assertion that in their opinion, the statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Vanderbilt University as June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011. This opinion means that after examination of the statements, the auditors did not find any issues which could have affected the materiality and objectivity. This essentially implies that it is the opinion of the auditors that the financial statements were prepared in accordance ...

In 2004, the head of Harvard University’s $20 billion endowment fund faced pressure to change compensation plan for top investment managers since in 2003, a total of $107.5 million were received by top five managers of Harvard Management Company while the two most successful earn over $34 million each. The move brought a lot of protests from the Alumni who threaten to withhold gifts since the compensation endowment exceeds the salaries of the faculty members and administrators. In Harvard, managers’ salaries and bonuses exceed the compensation paid by any other school. Harvard endowment has increased from $4.7 billion to $22.6 ...

Garayalde-Rijos v Municipality of Carolina

The case was brought before the court of appeal in the in the United States and the parties to the suit were; Waleska garayalde being the plaintiff who was suing Jose Aponte Dalmau the mayor for the Municipality of Carolina and the Municipality of Carolina.

Facts of the case

The plaintiff Waleska garayalde filed a suit of gender discrimination with the Equal Employment opportunity commission (EEOC) alleging the municipality of Carolina refused to accord her equal opportunity of being a fire fighter based on the fact that she was a woman. She further alleges that, less qualified men as compared to her were ...

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Introduction

No one could have anticipated the scope of integration and pervasiveness of the internet in contemporary societies. Since its inception, the internet has undergone unprecedented growth in its reach and applications to become a staple in various sectors of the economy. A key technological revolution that accompanied its development was the emergence of social media as a primary platform for communication. Social media refers to web-based tools and services aimed at fostering community development through information sharing (Tarantino, McDonough, & Hua, 2013). They include blogs, wikis, sharing tools, networking platforms, media (e.g. video, audio, photo, and text), ...

Introduction

Social learning theory is a comprehensive theory that encompasses interrelated concepts about human behavior. The first to develop this theory is the American psychologist, Albert Bandura, in the 1960s. Bandura theorized that people learn behavior through observation, which he proved through his ‘Bobo doll’ experiment. Social learning theorists believe that human behavior is not just a product of the ‘cause and effect’ phenomenon as what behaviorism suggests, but rather, human beings processes information from the environment and learns their behavior over time. According to Bandura, man is a thinking creature; that he is not helpless to the psychological and ...

A Faculty Budget

A Faculty Budget
The main demand of the accounting profession for the accountants is to produce the information as per the ethical, legal and the guidance of the regulatory framework. The accounting information for the internal use of the organization plays an important role in the profitability and the direction of the business. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the accountants to produce relevant and best estimated budgets or estimates for the management of the business.
In the current scenario, the ethical issues arise in the making of a budget are as follows. Jackson Daniel is a junior accountant ...

Metaphorical explanation

The metaphorical explanation of the site that will be created is that of an institution of higher learning. There is registration of the students, section of the different users like students, faculty members, and administrators. The administrators have different privileges, while students and faculty have different privileges. In the university, there is a place for discussion of the different topics of interest. This is an interesting area. There is a need to include this interesting area. There is also the issue of content management of the website. This will include what is happening in the university and the upcoming events. Students ...

Adult Education has become an exciting opportunity for learning and interesting professionals. With tie this filed has grown in proportions, dynamism and creates opportunity for everyone involved. At present, greater than 50% of total American college students are above 21 years of age and almost 15% are above 35 years. Authorities predict that percentage of adult students will continue to rise in coming years. Researchers have also found that every adult remains engaged in learning projects in which large amount of time are assigned to self directed study. Annually, average 500 hours are spent by adult in learning projects ( ...

1. As the goal of the fringe benefits restructuring is not merely to reduce cost but also to consider the fact that this change may have on the quality of staff. Therefore, it is critical to take into account opinions and demands of people, who work in the university. A task force includes staff and faculty from different university departments, therefore it can better represent the interests of university employees.
2. The president already appointed chief administrator of the task force, thus ensuring that hospital management issues will be high on the task force agenda. Furthermore, an inclusion ...

Educational excellence is the main aim for any academic institution. However, achieving excellence in education is not a straight pathway. Thus, it calls for adoption of strategies or techniques to help achieve the desired results. One of the core techniques that institutions have chosen to embrace is the excellence inclusion. This is a result oriented strategy. It has also dawned to administrations of institutions that diversity is a core element for excellence in education.
Inclusive excellence is a planning process that aims at assisting institutions to establish a comprehensive and well-organized set of systemic actions that aim at ensuring massive diversity, inclusion, equity ...

Discussion and Test Answers

14. This is because the body’s cells need oxygen for extracting energy from organic molecules such as amino acids, fatty acids, and sugars (“Gas Exchange”).
15. This is because the process where cells extract energy from organic cells results in the production of carbon dioxide, which the body must dispose of (“Gas Exchange”).
16. Nitrogen (Freudenrich).
18. Cellular respiration (Tamarkin)
22. Respiratory control centers in the brain, with the medullary respiratory center as the main respiratory center (Sherwood).
23. pH (“Respiratory Function”)
32. Having lots of red blood cells may not be ...

Stage 1: Facts related to the problem situation.

Four people come together on a new venture; they happen to be family members.

They are engage in selling olive oil as a family business for years and now wish to expand.

Initial enthusiasm and zest for “Tapenade” gives away to frustrations and strained relations.

Each member starts off with a given specific role: Barb investigates on other farms engaged in a similar activity, Barry researches on new machinery requirements, Christine a business plan, and Carl on a marketing plan for the new venture.
Conflict between Carl and Christine on ownership of the business and lack of clarity of their future roles. Both are ...

Abstract

The issue of free will (freedom) versus determination has been around for a long time. It has continued to be a puzzle for philosophers ever since. Philosophers face such trouble with the issue of freedom versus determination because without freedom morality would be unheard of among the humankind; and such there would be no good, no wrong, or evil. All of humankind’s behavior would be priory determined, and; therefore, man would be left with no choice or creativity (Fischer 1994).

Introduction

Ted Trainer conducted a study in 2010 at the UNSW on the consumption of non renewable resources by first- world countries. ...