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• Does Mentoring New Faculty Make A Difference?

  BNET - 2005-08-28

  The primary purpose of a mentoring program is to help new faculty to fully develop their professional careers, support professional identity and build competence. Mentoring programs also facilitate professional learning, socialization and adaptation of new faculty into their professions (Kalbfleisch & Bach, 1998). This can be effectively accomplished through the...

  Tags: University Of Calgary, Faculty, Professional Development, Strategy, Career, Management

• Process Improvement Through Evaluation Of Operational Feasibility Of Strategic Release Planning

  BNET - 2005-06-29

  Improvements in software processes can improve software quality, cost, and on-time delivery. Supplementing strategic software release planning with fine grain operational planning provides project managers the tools and abilities to make timely decisions affecting the project. Strategic planning of software releases is accomplished by the assignment of requirements to releases...

  Tags: Software, Process Improvement, University Of Calgary, Software Release, Tools & Techniques, Management

• Investments In Information Technology

  BNET - 2005-02-04

  Many studies measure the value of Information Technology IT by focusing on how much value is added rather than on the mechanisms that drive value addition. We argue that value from IT arises not only directly but also indirectly through its effects on other factor inputs such as non-IT capital...

  Tags: Information Technology, Investment, University Of Calgary, Strategy, Management

• Organizational Learning: Towards a Model for the Canadian Forces

  BNET - 2003-05-01

  Strategy 2020, a roadmap to meet operational imperatives for the Canadian Forces CF, outlines the need for CF to nurture and develop its collective knowledge, skills, and talents (Chief of the Defence Staff, nd). To guide and direct the CF's efforts, Strategy 2020 has outlined key strategic objectives for planning...

  Tags: University Of Calgary, Leadership, Strategy, Management

• Perceptions of Leadership Fairness in the Canadian Forces: Unintended Consequences of Leader Behaviour and Transmission of Core Values

  BNET - 2003-03-31

  Leaders in the Canadian Forces CF can use principles of organizational justice in peacetime and other out of theatre contexts to establish trust and commitment to decisions among subordinates and to reduce the likelihood of negative responses to perceived unfairness (i.e., reduced citizenship behaviour, retaliation, withdrawal behaviour). Moreover, the effects...

  Tags: Leader, University Of Calgary, Leadership, Management

• Simulation Based Project Selection Decision Analysis Tool

  BNET - 2002-11-15

  Project selection is the process of evaluating individual projects, to choose the right project based on an analysis so that the objectives of the company will be achieved. It involves a thorough analysis including the most important financial aspect to determine the most optimum project among all the alternatives. The...

  Tags: Decision Analysis, Selection, University Of Calgary, Tools & Techniques, Managerial Accounting, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance

• Family and Non-Family Priorities in Family Firms: Preliminary Evidence

  BNET - 2000-11-22

  A large portion of the family business literature is devoted to succession and other issues related to family members. The survey indicates that issues concerning non-family managers are as important as succession planning to family firms. Based on the review of the literature and the results obtained, the paper concludes...

  Tags: University Of Calgary, Leadership, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing