Strategy to Increase the Entrepreneurship Interest in Diploma Students

Low percentage of working population from Diploma I/II/III graduates and high number of open unemployment level from Diploma I/II/III graduates indicate that it is still hard for Diploma graduates to get a job after graduating from their studies. Therefore, it is very important to integrate entrepreneurship education into the curriculum of Diploma Program. The aim of this research is to analyze the strategy that can be applied to increase the entrepreneurship interest in diploma students especially in D3 Accounting of Jenderal Soedirman University. Subject of this research are students in D3 Accounting of Jenderal Soedirman University (UNSOED), lecturers in D3 Accounting of Jenderal Soedirman University, manager of UNSOED’s KPRI “Kosuku”. Data collecting method in this research are questionnaire, in-depth interview, FGD, and documentation studies. Result from data analysis indicates that the lowest entrepreneurship interest in students is the confidence aspect. Strategy that can be used to increase the entrepreneurship interest in students is by internship activities at “Kosuku” KPRI of Jenderal Soedirman University. Keywords: Entrepreneurship Education, Diploma Student

Multi-robot team formation control in the GUARDIANS project

Purpose The GUARDIANS multi-robot team is to be deployed in a large warehouse in smoke. The team is to assist firefighters search the warehouse in the event or danger of a fire. The large dimensions of the environment together with development of smoke which drastically reduces visibility, represent major challenges for search and rescue operations. The GUARDIANS robots guide and accompany the firefighters on site whilst indicating possible obstacles and the locations of danger and maintaining communications links. Design/methodology/approach In order to fulfill the aforementioned tasks the robots need to exhibit certain behaviours. Among the basic behaviours are capabilities to stay together as a group, that is, generate a formation and navigate while keeping this formation. The control model used to generate these behaviours is based on the so-called social potential field framework, which we adapt to the specific tasks required for the GUARDIANS scenario. All tasks can be achieved without central control, and some of the behaviours can be performed without explicit communication between the robots. Findings The GUARDIANS environment requires flexible formations of the robot team: the formation has to adapt itself to the circumstances. Thus the application has forced us to redefine the concept of a formation. Using the graph-theoretic terminology, we can say that a formation may be stretched out as a path or be compact as a star or wheel. We have implemented the developed behaviours in simulation environments as well as on real ERA-MOBI robots commonly referred to as Erratics. We discuss advantages and shortcomings of our model, based on the simulations as well as on the implementation with a team of Erratics.</p

Creative and leadership behaviors of preschool children

The present study was conducted to investigate creative and leadership behaviors of a group of preschool children, who were selected from the Greensboro Head Start Program and church sponsored kindergartens. The data for creative behavior were collected with The Unusual Uses, Product Improvement, and Picture Completion Tests of The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (Torrance, 1966), which were administered to each child individually. The data for leadership behavior were collected with The Nursery School Leadership Observation Schedule (Fu, 1970). Each child was observed for four times over a period of time

Framing Group Projects: Leadership and Style in Small Group Dynamics

The purpose of my Capstone was to look at small group dynamics and the factors that have a profound impact upon them. I used Bryant University’s IDEA Program as the template for my project for, and arena from which I collected my research. The IDEA Program is a three-day ideation and innovation program that all first-year students are required to participate in. I observed, filmed and questioned twenty-five of the first-year students participating in the program. After my research and analysis, I found that there were four factors that greatly influenced the dynamics of a small group, as well as its overall success. Those four factors include leadership style, the ability to play to the strengths of others, comfort with creativity and the detrimental effect of minimal contributors on the group

A STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GROWING LEADERS THROUGH TEAM BUILDING AND CONTINUAL LEARNING

Team building and continual learning methods have become transdisciplinary, and the effectiveness of these approaches have yet to be fully appreciated across industries. Training, coaching, and team building may alleviate many of the challenges for positioning talent with organizational change. Organizational leaders should provide direction and support with team building by clarifying and prioritizing goals before inducing innovative initiatives (Peralta, Lopes, Gilson, Lourenço, & Pais, 2014). Setting transparent goals and commitment is characteristic of mature groups, which team building may help develop (Peralta et al., 2014). Four goals for team members at the group level are to set goals, assign responsibilities, observe processes, and reflect on social relationships (Burke, 2018). As more organizations embrace the importance and benefits of continual learning, taking the initiative of team building may be the foundation for growing leaders and organizational success. Organizations that provide the leadership and opportunities of team building with the time and effort needed to promote organizational change may reap the benefits of creativity and innovation and prosper with the advantages of a changing global environment. Keywords: teams, teamwork, team building, transformational leadership, trust building, continual learning, team innovation, organizational leadership, organizational success, organizational change, leadership development, growing leader

Introduction to the theoretical and philosophical basis of modern management

This “Introduction to the theoretical and philosophical basis of modern management” was developed, maintained and expanded by Professor Patrick Boylan between 1992 and 2004 to support teaching on the City University MA Courses in Arts Management, Museum and Gallery Management and Arts Management in Education in what was then the Department of Arts Policy and Management. From 1995 it was also made available on the Department’s resources website, formerly at http://www.city.ac.uk/artspol/, but soon became used much more widely by other institutions and courses to support their own students, particularly after it received a “Best of the Web” Award for Management Education in 1995. By request it was also it was also added to the learning resources website of the International Council of Museums’ International Committee for the Training of Personnel (ICOM-ICTOP). Since the Arts Policy and Management website was finally discontinued following recent major changes in the University’s structure there have been a number of requests from other institutions and individuals who still find the original text of value, it is now being made publicly available again, this time in PDF format, through the University’s new institutional repository, City Research Online: http://www.city.ac.uk/research/research-publications

Creativity Training for Future Engineers: Preliminary Results from an Educative Experience

Due in part to the increased pace of cultural and environmental change, as well as increased competition due to globalization, innovation is become one of the primary concerns of the 21st century. We present an academic course designed to develop cognitive abilities related to creativity within an engineering education context, based on a conceptual framework rooted in cognitive sciences. The course was held at \'Ecole Polytechnique de Montr\'eal (\'EPM), a world renowned engineering school and a pillar in Canada's engineering community. The course was offered twice in the 2014-2015 academic year and more than 30 students from the graduate and undergraduate programs participated. The course incorporated ten pedagogical strategies, including serious games, an observation book, individual and group projects, etc., that were expected to facilitate the development of cognitive abilities related to creativity such as encoding, and associative analytical thinking. The CEDA (Creative Engineering Design Assessment) test was used to measure the students' creativity at the beginning and at the end of the course. Field notes were taken after each of the 15 three-hour sessions to qualitatively document the educative intervention along the semester and students gave anonymous written feedback after completing the last session. Quantitative and qualitative results suggest that an increase in creativity is possible to obtain with a course designed to development cognitive abilities related to creativity. Also, students appreciated the course, found it relevant, and made important, meaningful learnings regarding the creative process, its cognitive mechanism and the approaches available to increase it.Comment: 10 page

A study of evaluation instruments used with students while they are in home economics residence

Home Management residence is considered to be the coordinating course of the core curriculum in home economics by many leading departments and schools of home economics. This idea was reinforced during the Purdue Conference on Teaching Home Management,1 in 1953, when the following specific ideas were presented: 1. Home Management is a process or means of achieving goals. It is also concerned with the ability to establish these goals, and identify the related values. 2. The total family picture is involved with emphasis on alternate choices. 3. Flexibility and an experimental approach to management are important. 4. Home Management may be a means of integrating various phases of home economics