Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2011. / The demand for business schools has risen worldwide over the last decade as new and emerging challenges confront the competitive business landscape. It is estimated that there are currently over 700 registered business schools around the globe. Potential students, therefore, have a wider choice between business schools especially since more business schools have internationalised their curricula. Business school reputation, amongst others, is still regarded as the single most important criterion of choice for students in their endeavours to obtain an international business qualification. This study analyses and assesses the strategic architecture of a capita selecta of international business schools. It also summarises the significant similarities and differences between the strategic architecture of the schools assessed. The research question can be stated as follows: What can be learnt from the strategic architecture of a Capita Selecta of international business schools? A related question is: What are the similarities and differences between the strategic architecture of these schools? This study focuses on a qualitative methodological approach and is done from a functionalist research paradigm. An encompassing literature review was undertaken during which different accreditation vehicles and the importance of an organisation’s strategic architecture in ensuring its competitive advantage and profitability are discussed and argued The empirical investigation is aimed at analysing and assessing the strategic architecture of five (5) international business schools. The case study is used as investigative instruments. The research findings have shown that accreditation alone, although very important, is not the main differentiator and source of competitive advantage. Schools employ various strategies to ensure their relevance and competitiveness.

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The University of Stellenbosch Business School integrates environmental, social responsibility and corporate governance teaching in all its MBA courses. In 2012, it also introduced a stand-alone course, Business in Society, to improve students‟ knowledge of these topics and improve their decision-making ability. To enhance the course further, a social engagement project was piloted with the 2013 full-time cohort. The aim of the research paper is to determine the impact that the Social Engagement Project had on the participating students and to make recommendations for improving future engagements. The research method employed was content analysis of the reflective essays that the students wrote on assessing the course. Only essays for which permission was obtained from the students were used in the research. The success of the engagement in terms of experiential learning was firstly determined in relation to the Kolb learning cycle and literature regarding specifically service-learning. The impact on the students was then measured against Bloom‟s taxonomy, specifically focusing on the affective domain. Lastly, the effect the theory of planned behaviour was used to determine the influence the engagement had on the behavioural intentions of the students. From the content analysis it was determined that as an experiential learning engagement the project was a success In terms of Bloom‟s affective learning domain the learning dimension achieved by most students was the organisation dimension. Considering the limited duration of the course, this can be deemed a success. Two of the three independent determinants in the theory of planned behaviour that could be analysed, namely perceived behavioural control and attitude towards behaviour, were both positively influenced by the engagement. From a theoretical point of view, the Social Engagement Project could therefore be deemed a success. Areas for improvement that were however identified relate to students original motivations for choosing their projects that were not met. The main reason for this was very high initial expectations that were never congruent with the time available for projects. This factor can have a negative effect on the future behavioural intentions of the students, and the writer therefore proposes that the expectations of students be managed in order to obviate these shortcomings. The analysis of student recommendations revealed three main themes requiring attention, i.e. appropriate project identification, better time allocation, and improved support from faculty. Using these themes and the information learnt from the content analysis, final recommendations were made.

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a world of increasing fiscal constraints, internationalisation strategies at higher education institutions should be evidence-based, impactful and measurable. Since the year 2011, the International Study Module has been a compulsory module in the MBA programme at the USB. However, the value added by this international component of the curriculum, has never before been measured. The objective of this study was to explore whether this module enhanced the experience of MBA students at the USB and contributed to the relevant needs of practicing managers, locally as well as globally. This report explored the learning outcomes of MBA student participants on USB International Study Modules to Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC countries) in the years 2012 and 2013. Two forms of data were collected and analysed, namely: optional module abroad student evaluation forms and compulsory student reflective essays. The literature review provided a comprehensive benchmark concerning the best practices of business schools employing global modules in their MBA curricula. In addition, the data analysis process enabled the researcher to explore three key focus areas from the perspectives of the MBA students themselves, namely: i) The knowledge and insights gained about doing business in BRIC countries; ii) How students’ mental models, perspectives and worldviews have broadened and/or changed as a result of their experience abroad on the International Study Module; and iii) MBA students’ perceptions of the personal and educational value added by the compulsory International Study Module. The study confirmed the unique value proposition offered by the MBA International Study Module. Exploring the students’ reflections, it was clear that students had the expectation to have their global mind-sets developed, and they were open to new perspectives and worldviews. A key learning outcome was an appreciation for how different the worldviews of people in the target countries were from students’ own, which confirmed the increased levels of “world-mindedness” the International Study Module brings. The study showed how the international module enabled the USB to develop students’ mental models through a dynamic experiential learning process which disturbed current thinking and exposed students to diverse contexts. The findings provided evidence that the module abroad lead to better cultural understanding and students learnt how to leverage diversity to find better solutions to problems and challenges. A key outcome discovered, was the realisation by some students about the advantage South Africans have over many other countries given our familiarity in dealing with diversity issues. This provides a valuable platform for practicing better cultural sensitivity at home. The research also found that the module abroad enhanced students’ ability to think globally and act locally. Furthermore, the experience abroad challenged the mind-sets of participants to see opportunities. It showed how the theory-practice gap was bridged, and how students’ reflective competencies were further enhanced. Also, it was clear how hands-on assignments in the form of fieldwork among locals greatly enhanced the experiential learning of students on a module abroad. The study concluded with a perspective on the value proposition offered by the USB’s MBA International Study Module. The proposed recommendations relate to improving the value of the International Study Module through integration within a core MBA course. Improved assessment of student learning was recommended in order to ensure the continuous improvement of the module design. Finally, the importance of measuring primary objectives related to this module was highlighted, in order for the USB to partially fulfil its internationalisation strategy by offering a learning experience abroad as part of its MBA curriculum.

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The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the business administration curriculum at Panola County Junior College, located at Carthage, Texas, to see how well it fits the needs of both the students and the businessmen in Panola County and the surrounding territory from which the college draws its students.

The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate the competencies that a person who desires to teach should possess in order to be an effective classroom teacher. Identification of these competencies will be made from evidence obtained through a consensus of student's opinions, these opinions to be solicited from students currently enrolled in courses required for a major in elementary education, and from the consensus of faculty members who ware currently teaching these courses.

The problem of this study was the development of a concept of secretaryship as a guide for the development of community college secretarial programs. The particular interest was with those colleges located in oil-field areas. The purposes were fivefold: (1) to study the historical significance of the concept as an indispensable part of business; (2) to determine the current meaning and significance of the concept within business and industry; (3) to develop certain fundamental philosophies emerging from the study; (4) to develop a comprehensive concept of secretaryship; and (5) to make recommendations for studies leading to modifications that might be considered in the community college programs of business education.

Hoër onderwys het oor die laaste aantal jare meer en meer onder die soeklig gekom. Baie vraagtekens is dan ook geplaas oor die kurrikulum van Ondernemingsbestuur. Daar word gevra of die kurrikulum werklik nog die behoeftes van die praktyk, die student en die kleinsake-ondernemings aanspreek. Verder word daar vereis dat so ‘n kurrikulum aan die vereistes van die Suid-Afrikaanse Kwalifikasie Owerheid sowel as die beginsels van uitkoms-gebaseerde onderwys sal voldoen. Hierdie studie poog om ‘n kurrikulum voor te stel wat hierdie behoeftes sal aanspreek Hierdie studie voorsien ‘n ontleding van die noodsaaklike elemente vir die doeltreffende en effektiewe bestuur van die kurrikulum in Ondernemingsbestuur. Die persepsies en ondervinding van kleinsake-eienaars en kleinsake-bestuurders ten opsigte van die bestuur van ‘n winsgewende besigheid te ondersoek. Daar word geglo dat hierdie persespsie en ondervinding implikasies vir die aspirasies van studente in die module kleinsakebestuur inhou, met betrekking tot die implementering en sukses van die kurrikulum van Universiteit van Johannesburg (Vista Universiteit). Die doel van die studie is om die moontlikhede van ‘n nuwe kurrikulum binne die konteks van kleinsake-ondernemings te ondersoek. Daar word gepoog om vas te stel hoe prakties uitvoerbaar so ‘n kurrikulum module inhoud sou wees teenoor die huidige kurrikulum module inhoud vir kleinsake-ontwikkeling. Om die doel te verwesenlik, het die navorser ‘n intensiewe literatuurstudie onderneem. Dit is gevolg deur ‘n empiriese studie in die volgende sektore: • Vervaardiging • Konstruksie • Persoonlike diensverskaffers • Handelsdiens en Ambagdiens • Finansiering / versekeraars / eiendomsagente / makelaars • Kleinhandelaars Die uitslae van die empiriese studie het die uitgangspunte van die literatuurstudie bevestig en het ondere andere getoon dat ‘n kurrikulum gegrond op uitkomsgebaseerde onderwys en terugvoering van die kleinsake-onderneming ‘n bruikbare en toepaslike oplossing is vir die opvoeding, opleiding en ontwikkeling van studente en toekomstige eienaars van klein sake ondernemings, binne die konteks van die werkomgewing van Suid-Afrika. Die bydrae van die studie lê in die daarstelling van ‘n pro-aktiewe kurrikulum in die studie en bestuur van kleinsake-ondernemings vir studente binne Ondernemingsbestuur wat in ooreenstemming is met die breë beginsels van die Nasionale Kwalifikasie Raamwerk, asook gepaardgaande wetgewing. Die studie het ook aan die lig gebring dat sukses in die kleinsake-sektor behaal kan word deur die gaping tussen “onderwys en opleiding” en ook “teorie en praktyk” te oorbrug. / Dr. W. Mayhew

D.Ed. / In the past number of years the practical training of apprentice aircraft technicians has undergone a major change when it moved over to Modular Criterium Based Training. The theoretical training at technical colleges did not change phenominally over the past number of years. The aircraft industries thus requested that something should be done about the overlapping of the training. This problem could be effectively attended to by the present renewal that is busy occurring in the education and training in South Africa. If the technical colleges' learning programs could be curriculated and presented as outcome based programs, as suggested by the discussion document of the Department of Education (Department of Education, 1997b), it could be to the advantage of apprentice aircraft technicians and the whole aircraft industry in the future. An outcomes based curriculum framework is suggested in this study for the design of a curriculum framework for Aircraft Theory. Guidelines were discussed on how such a curriculum framework could be designed for Aircraft Theory, but these guidelines could be used with good results on the other trade theory subjects in the technical colleges in order that these courses could also be re-curriculated to be presented as outcomes based. The curriculum framework which was determined by the suggested outcomes based framework, have a situation analysis and critical outcomes as a first step in order that specific outcomes could be determined in the next step. The assessment is done according to assessment criteria and range statements as a third step and after this the performance indicators are left to the lecturer/facilitator to, in co-operation with the learners, determine it. These different steps have a close relationship with each other and need not be determined as rigid steps which have to follow each other. A point that should be kept in mind is that the changes in technical colleges could not only be of a cosmetic nature, to present outcomes based courses the daily timetable will be different and it will have many other administrative implications. The course will concentrate much less on subjects like Mathematics, Engineering Science and Engineering Drawing, although these subjects will still be there present in them, but not with such intensity. The writer would prefer a system which is used in Germany (Bayerisches Staatsministerium far Unterricht, Wissenschaft and Kunst, 1994: 4) where the "Fachtheorie" is prominent and the "Fachrechnen" and "Fachzeichnen" are much less prominent. The necessary implications at the National Qualification Framework will have to be addressed in order that the course will enjoy recognition in this setup too. The training of apprentice aircraft technicians could be improved further if the technical colleges and the training centres of the aircraft industry would take the time to determine which training will be done in which organisation and to spell it out clearly. Furthermore they should be closely working together to the advantage of the aircraft technical apprentices and eventually to the advantage of the aircraft industry as a whole.

Orientador(a): João Cardoso Palma Filho / Banca: Fernanda Albernaz do Nascimento Guimarães / Banca: Roberto Francisco de Carvalho / Banca: Lilian Freitas Vilela / Banca: Juliano Casimiro de Camargo Sampaio / Resumo: A Tese em questão discute o currículo de Arte desenvolvido em uma Escola de Tempo Integral do município de Palmas/TO, de modo a evidenciar qual a teoria que fundamenta esse currículo, bem como a relação existente entre tal estrutura curricular, a concepção de suas finalidades na perspectiva da Educação de Tempo Integral. Essa pesquisa fundamentou-se nos princípios da abordagem qualitativa, utilizando-se do estudo de caso para a investigação, usando da Análise Qualitativa Crítica como técnica de organização e compreensão das entrevistas. A coleta de dados foi feita através de entrevistas semiestruturadas desenvolvidas com professores de Arte da Escola de Tempo Integral de Palmas/TO. A discussão sobre o objeto de investigação referendou-se na produção teórica do campo do currículo, na educação integral em tempo integral, na legislação educacional e no Ensino da Arte, associado ao corpus empírico da pesquisa, na perspectiva da Teoria Crítica, da Escola de Frankfurt. As referências teóricas basearam-se em Cavalieri (2010), Coelho (2009), Saviani (2007), Romanelli (2007), Palma Filho (2005), Coutinho (2011), boletins da Federação dos Arte-Educadores (FAEB) e documentos oficiais, como a Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC, 2018), Lei de Diretrizes e Base (1996), Silva (2015), Apple (2006), Giroux (1986) e Sacristán (2013). Os dados apontaram que o currículo de Arte, na perspectiva crítica, é dialético, emancipatório e inclusivo, partindo de uma prática restauradora, transgressora... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The Thesis discusses the curriculum of Art developed in a full-time school in the municipality of Palmas/TO (BRAZIL), in order to show the theory that bases this curriculum, as well as the relationship between such curricular structure, the conception of its perspective of full-time education. This research was based on the principles of the qualitative approach, using the case study for the investigation, and critical qualitative analysis as a technique for organizing and understanding the interviews. Data collection was done through semi-structured interviews developed with professors from the Full-time School of Art of Palmas/TO. The discussion about the object of this research endorsed in the theoretical production of the curriculum field, full-time integral education, educational legislation and Art teaching, associated with the empirical corpus of research, from the perspective of Critical Theory, from Frankfurt School. The theoretical references were based on Cavalieri (2010), Coelho (2009), Saviani (2007), Romanelli (2007), Palma Filho (2005), Coutinho (2011), bulletins from the Federation of Art-Educators (FAEB) and official documents, such as the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC, 2018), Law of Directives and Basis (1996), Silva (2015), Apple (2006), Giroux (1986) and Sacristán (2013). Data pointed out that the curriculum of Art, in the critical perspective, is dialectical, emancipatory and inclusive, starting from a restorative, transgressive, intercultural an... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Resumen: La Tesis en estudio discute el currículo de Arte desarrollado en una Escuela de Tiempo Integral del municipio de Palmas/TO, de modo que evidencia igual a la teoría que fundamenta este currículo, como también la relación existente entre tal estructura curricular, la concepción de sus finalidades en la perspectiva de la Educación de Tiempo Integral. Esta investigación se fundamentó en los principios de abordaje cualitativo, utilizándose el estudio de caso para la investigación, usando del Análisis Cualitativo Crítico como técnica de organización y comprensión de las entrevistas. La colecta de datos fue hecha a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas desarrolladas con profesores de Arte de la Escuela de Tiempo Integral de Palmas/TO. La discusión sobre el objeto de investigación refiriéndose a la producción teórica del campo del currículo, a la educación integral en tiempo integral, a la legislación educacional y a la Enseñanza del Arte, asociado al corpus empírico de la investigación, en la perspectiva de la Teoría Crítica, de la Escuela de Frankfurt. Las referencias teóricas se basaron en Cavalieri (2010), Coelho (2009), Saviani (2007), Romanelli (2007), Palma Filho (2005), Coutinho (2011), boletines de la Federación de los Arte-Educadores (FAEB) y documentos oficiales, como la Base Nacional Común Curricular (BNCC, 2018), Ley de Directrices y Base (1996), Silva (2015), Apple (2006), Giroux (1986) y Sacristán (2013). Los datos apuntaron que el currículo de Arte, en la... (Resumen completo clicar acceso eletrônico abajo) / Doutor