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Emerging trends in management education in international business schools

Faisal Manzoor Arain* and Syed Awais Ahmad Tipu

Abstract: The management education plays an essential role in today’s dynamic business environment. The rapid trend of globalization and technological changes have made difficult for organizations to survive in the competitive world. As a result the importance of management education has been increased many folds. Business executives need to update their skills due to sudden changes in the external environment. Due to the increasingly complex nature of organizations and businesses, there is a need that the business schools impart relevant, current, and cutting edge knowledge to the students. This research attempts to compare the course offerings in 8 international business schools. A total of 946 courses were reviewed in order to identify the common courses. The research also identifies some of the emerging areas in the business and management education. A comparison of the core courses along with the areas of concentrations/majors is also presented. Given the significance of management education which is essential for today’s organizations, the business as well as engineering schools should play pivotal role in equipping our future managers with the emerging trends of management skills to face the challenges of dynamic business world. This research will help the business schools particularly in the developing world to understand the emerging trends in management education and update their MBA curricula to come at par with the international standards of business education. This paper sets the foundation for future research focusing on improving management curricula for business schools in developing countries based on the international trends in business education.[...] Read More.

Keywords: MBA, business, management, education, international, developing countries.

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Statistical relationship between the performance of students in shorthand and typing: case study of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria

Eddy, E. N and Akpan, E. E

Abstract: Comparative study of the relationship between the performance of students in shorthand and typing was conducted by statistical analysis of results of 84 students of secretarial studies in Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic. The analysis shows that there was no significant difference between the performances of students in typing and shorthand (t = 0.38333, n = 84, = 0.05). Correlation between the two set of results was positive and significant (r = 0.54480, n = 84, =0.05). Effect size of d = 1.3 was obtained. The performance of students in typing has been found to be related to the performance of students in shorthand.[...] Read More.

Keywords: Student’s performance, shorthand and typing, statistical relationship.

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Equity in the distribution of bursary to secondary school students in Busia district, Kenya

Stephen O. Odebero, Anthony K. Sang, Joseph N. Bosire and Lucas A. Othuon

Abstract: This study sought to find out the opinion of the head teachers on equity of the established criteria in bursary support for the needy. It was done in the District’s 27 secondary schools with the total student enrolment of 5780. All the 190 students (3.3% of the total enrolment) who had received bursaries from 1999 - 2002 in the district were included in the study. Another saturated sample of 27 head teachers was included in the study. Data was collected using questionnaires, in-depth interview schedules and document analysis. The study used Lorenz curves and Gini coefficients to measure equity in bursary distribution. Findings show that bursary allocations in the district were inequitably distributed for all the years studied. It further reveals that the bursary award criteria were largely not effective in identifying and benefiting the most needy students. It recommended that there is need to review the criteria for the selection of the students with financial need. The study further recommends mounting of workshops and seminars for stakeholders to educate those in charge of disbursements on key items within the disbursement process so as to eliminate ambiguities in the criteria.[...] Read More.

Keywords: Access to secondary school education, equity, bursary, Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient.

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Upper mantle velocity structure in the NW Himalaya: Hindu Kush to Garhwal region from travel time studies of deep Hindu Kush earthquakes

Sushil Kumar*, R. Chander and K. N. Khattri

Abstract: The 22 Hindu Kush earthquakes had focal depths in the range of 50 to 245 km approximately. The 154 P travel time readings obtained from them were interpreted using a computer program based on least squared inversion and written specifically for the purpose. The upper mantle P- wave velocity along the north-west Himalaya obtained from this study has a value of 8.1 km/s. It appear to persist up to a depth of about 100 km below that level, it appears to increase to 8.35 km/s. The upper mantle P- wave velocity is found to be comparable to that obtained along a DSS profile in Kashmir. However, it is lower by 0.35 km/s from the value estimated by Ni and Barazangi in 1982.[...] Read More.

Keywords: NW Himalaya, P travel time, upper mantle structure, Hindu Kush to Garhwal Himalaya.

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Information and communication technology as synergy for sourcing distance education: the feasibility in Cameroon education system

Anja, Simon Ngwo

Abstract: The concept of distance education or learning is not new but welcoming in Cameroon especially with the advances in information and communication technology as the synergy for sourcing it. Information as the lifeblood of organisations is knowledge, intelligence or education while information technology is essentially the computerised or electronic technology as opposed to communication, which is thought of in terms of: media or skills of and organisation of communications. Both information and communication technology however, facilitate the feasibility of distance education or learning. This paper, therefore aims at prying (examining): the win on distance education, the role of information and communication technology as synergy for sourcing distance learning; the modes of delivering the curricula, which include: the face-to-face contact; electronic-print media; library and Internet, and the implications for Cameroon/education. Finally this paper ends up with conclusion and some recommendations made: that if not all the modes, the print media should be used to facilitate distance education or learning in Cameroon.[...] Read More.

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Educational problems associated with abdominal ultrasonography for pediatricians in Japan

Ko Ichihashi,* and Mariko Momoi

Abstract: In this study, we examined how pediatricians use abdominal ultrasonography and the educational problems associated with this technique for pediatricians in Japan. A simple questionnaire was distributed at the 2004 prefectural meetings of the Ibaraki and Tochigi chapters of the Japan Pediatric Society. Of the pediatricians who replied to the questionnaire, 38, 47 and 14% reported using abdominal ultrasonography often, sometimes, and never, respectively. Forty-two percent of those who use abdominal ultrasonography perform the procedure themselves; the rates were high among respondents in their thirties and forties, and the rates were highest in private practice and lowest in university hospitals and children’s hospitals. Intussusception, fatty liver, and hydronephrosis can be diagnosed by the pediatricians themselves, while diagnoses of appendicitis and diseases of the reproductive system are difficult. Fifty- eight percent of the pediatricians who do not perform abdominal ultrasonography themselves had no chance to learn how to use the technique. The pediatricians wish to learn abdominal ultrasound from publications, seminars, and guidance by specialists. New trials of publications and seminars are currently ongoing and the development of a system to facilitate learning from specialists is needed.[...] Read More.

Keywords: Education, pediatrician, ultrasonography.

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Coping: A critical mediating factor of stress among athletes in West African universities

Olufemi Adegbola Adegbesan

Abstract: This study examined coping, which is regarded as a critical mediating factor of stress among athletes in some West African universities using the ways of coping in sport sub-scales of problem focused coping; seeking social support general emotionality, increased effort and resolve, detachment, denial, wishful thinking and emphasising the positive. The descriptive survey research design was used in this study. A 4-point likert type questionnaire of ways of coping with sport with reliability coefficient of r =.87 was used to collect data from 587 participants selected for the study. Their mean age was 24.04 ± 3.62SD. The t-test analysis revealed a significant difference (P[...] Read More.

Keywords: Coping, athletes, stress, sport groups, West African Universities

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Access to basic education in Kenya: inherent concerns

Achoka, J. S. K., Stephen O. Odebero, Julius K. Maiyo and Ndiku J. Mualuko

Abstract: Basic education being the minimum education that every Kenyan must have for progressive existence in society is a crucial factor. That is why Kenya subscribes to the international protocol that established Education for All (EFA) in Jomtien, Thailand 1990 and the world education forum in Dakar, Senegal, 2000. Since then, the Kenya Government in her Education Sector Strategic Plan and Sessional paper No. 1 of 2005 has articulated how to attain goals for education. For instance early childhood education which tries to ensure development of the whole personality of the child’s physical, mental, and socio-emotional attributes faces challenges such as lack of access to early childhood education mostly caused by poverty, regional and gender disparities, policy framework, and HIV/AIDS among others. At primary school level where children stay longest in the schooling years and they develop more motor skill, further cognitive skills along with higher socialization than the early childhood education level, has children failing to access education due to poverty, gender imbalances, regional imbalances among other concerns. Secondary education which creates a human resource base higher than the primary education along with training youth for further education and the world of work registers restriction to many children due to concerns of poverty, gender imbalances, insecurity regional disparity among others. This article articulates in detail the above concerns discussing their manifestations in Kenya. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations made on how to improve access to basic education in Kenya. Among the recommendations are: To make basic education free and compulsory, improve provision of health services, intensify fight against demeaning cultures, give special attention to children with disabilities, avail employment opportunities to the youth, assure security to all in conflict prone zones and tighten bursary disbursement procedures.[...] Read More.

Keywords: Basic education, access.

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Strategic improvement of mathematical problem-solving performance of secondary school students using procedural and conceptual learning strategies

Adeleke M. A

Abstract: The paper examined the possibility of finding out if improvements in students’ problem solving perfor-mance in simultaneous linear equation will be recorded with the use of procedural and conceptual learning strategies and in addition to find out which of the strategies will be more effective. The study adopted a pretest, post test control group design. A total of 166 science students drawn from four schools in four local government Areas in Osun state of south-western Nigeria were involved in the study. The students were in Senior Secondary Class Two. These students were assigned to four groups of Conceptual Learning Strategy (CLS), Procedural Learning Strategy (PLS) and Conventional Method (CM) while the fourth group was not taught at all. The first two groups were the experimental groups and the control groups were the last two groups. Treatment was administered for a period of eight weeks. A mathematical achievement test was used as pretest and posttest after validation and was found to have reliability coefficient of 0.76 and item difficulty level ranging between 0.42 and 0.46. Three mathematics teachers who were university graduates were engaged to administer the treatment. The study recorded a significant difference between the problem-solving performance of students in the CLS group and those in the CM group (X1=30.71, X2 = 15.66, df =78, t = 16.56, p[...] Read More.

Keywords: Procedural Learning Strategy,conceptual learning strategy, mathematimatical problem-solving performance.

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Effects of test format, self concept and anxiety on item response changing behaviour

E. R. I. Afolabi

Abstract: The study examined the effects of item format, self -concept and anxiety on response changing behaviour. Four hundred undergraduate students who offered a counseling psychology course in a Nigerian university participated in the study. Students’ answers in multiple – choice and true – false formats of an achievement test were observed for response changes. Results indicated that more changes were made in true-false than in multiple-choice test items, and students having moderate trait anxiety made significantly more changes than those having low or high trait anxiety. Academic and general self concept was not found to have significant influence on response changing behaviour.[...] Read More.

Keywords: Test format, Self-concept, Trait anxiety, State anxiety, Response changing, test scores.

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