This study examined formal leadership degree programs and their ability to prepare professionals for leadership positions. This study provided data outlining the necessary competencies for leadership positions and examined the current activities and formal curriculum included in three premier formal leadership degree programs. This study also provided recommendations for the enhancement of current curriculum and methods in formal leadership degree programs to better facilitate the learning and empowerment of student populations interested in pursuing leadership positions. This study utilized qualitative research in order to study the interrelationships holistically. The data collected in this study provided insight into what leadership competencies were valued and taught by highly ranked diverse undergraduate and graduate academic programs. These programs were selected based on their reputation of excellence, faculty, and overall program experience. The gatekeepers and graduates of these highly motivated academic programs identified the necessary competencies for success after graduation in the leadership work force. This examination allowed for holistic impressions to be made about curriculum revision and enhancement that added to the foundation and future of leadership education. A purposive sample was used to maximize the range of specific information that could be attained from and about the context. The purposive sample allowed the researcher to purposely seek typical and divergent data and insights to capture the essence of the situation. The major findings of this study include the development of two competency sets necessary for successful practice within leadership positions. Etic competencies refer to those competencies relating to features or items targeted for development which can be considered outside of their role within a leadership system. Emic competencies refer to those competencies relating to features or items targeted for development with respect to their role within a leadership system. Based on the literature and respondent perspectives four recommendations can be made for the revision of leadership education. These revisions are expansion of current curricula, renewed focus and attention to global perspective, enhanced faculty development opportunities, and grounding in moral and ethical purpose. These four recommendations are solidified and integrated into practice through the Foundational Approach to Leadership Development Model.

In this thesis, information completeness and credibility in web auction environment is the mainly question to find out. By using focus group research method, three discussions were held. In the first discussion, there were six interviewers joined, and the discussing purpose was to understand the concept of information completeness and credibility in e-commerce. In the second discussion, two sellers were invited to demonstrate and to explain how to sell in online auction. In the third discussion, eight buyers were asked to introducing themselves, and discussing themselves cases about online shopping. Finally using oral analysis skills, the research framework was constructed. The research suggests that information completeness and credibility includes all about product information, retailers¡¦ information, transaction information, information representation and third parties information. Each has its different degree of credibility, and buyers usually retrieve information they need to reduce their perceived risk.

As the trend of progressive development of technological information and globalization, organization use teams to manage the complex operational activities in dynamic environment. Organizations use cross-functional team to encourage individuals¡¦ knowledge sharing; however, the team members are composed by talents with different professional background and the way they think, work and express emotion are different. Hence, whether or not the group members with high level of group emotional intellectual and whether or not the group can from their social capital in their group determine their group performance and organizational success. Through a series of questionnaire survey of groups in health care Industory and using hierarchical regression analysis to deal with the data, our research indicate will investigate the following questions: 1. Whether the diversity of group will lead to relational conflict and negatively influence group performance. 2. Whether group emotional intelligence can decrease the relational conflict and then positively influence performance. 3. Whether group emotional intelligence can contribute to accumulate social capital and then strengthen team performance. In consequence, our study has empirically demonstrated that GEI could reduce the negative effect of relationship confluct, meanwhile increase positive effect of group identity on group effectiveness. The dimension of creating resource working with emotions and creating an affirmative environment are found to be two of most significant factors that attribute to this effect, and GEI can definetly contribute to accumulate social capital and strengthen team performance. This study finally suggested that organizations shall endeavor to assist team build positive attitude and move group memvers from striking together to working cooperatively.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wyoming, 2007. / Adviser: Garth Massy. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Lehigh University, 2000. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-221).

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-124).

Thesis (doctoral)--Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn, 1928. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Toledo, 2009. / Typescript. "As partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics." Bibliography: leaves 96-97.

Thesis--University of Florida. / Manuscript copy. Vita. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: leaves 125-133.

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2001. / Field problem. Includes bibliographical references.