An Undergraduate Management Course Project: Experiential Service Learning

The process of engaging undergraduate students can be increasingly challenging. Creating an environment of engagement can be particularly daunting among Principles of Management students due to the theoretical nature of the materials and the perceived overlap with previous management and business coursework. In order to promote internalization and application of management and organizational behavior concepts, a service learning course project is assigned. The following service project not only offers opportunities for experiential learning, but also creates ties with community stakeholders. The learning objectives of the project, as well as the details of the instructions for implementation are presented. Teaching Notes are also provided

KEDUDUKAN DAN FUNGSI LEGAL OFFICER DALAM PERSEROAN TERBATAS

Lemahnya praktik GCG (Good Corporate Governance) merupakan salah satu penyebab yang memperpanjang krisis ekonomi di Negara ini.   Maka dari itu penerapan dari Good Corporate Governance tidak dapat dilakukan secara parsial (keseluruhan) karena dibutuhkan pendekatan yang mendasar, selain kerangka kerja ekonomi, juga dibutuhkan kerangka kerja dari segi Legal. Untuk itu meski dilakukan secara normative penerapannya sebagai Governance system agar dapat diterima masyarakat investor dan merupakan keharusan dalam efisiensi dan profitabilitas, secara Legal juga dibutuhkan hukum yang mendukung dalam penerapannya.Maka, dengan mengacu pada SK Menteri BUMN mengenai penerapan GCG yang baik pada perusahaan, seluruh perusahaan yang berbentuk Perseroan, wajib menerapkan prinsip dari GCG tersebut agar di dalam perusahaan, terjadi transparansi dalam menjalankan perusahaan serta dapat melakukan tindakan Manajemen Resiko yang dapat muncul sewaktu-waktu.  Tindakan tersebut dapat diwujudkan oleh seorang Direksi dalam menjalankan kepengurusan perusahaan (PT), karena penerapan dari GCG tersebut  merupakan kewajiban yang harus dilakukan oleh perusahaan.  Prinsip dari GCG itu sendiri menekankan pada setiap perusahaan (PT) untuk dapat bersikap lebih kooperatif dan profesional dalam melakukan setiap usaha. Sehingga tercipta iklim persaingan yang sehat dalam berbisnis.Sehubungan dengan aturan mengenai Legal Officer yang hanya ada diatur dalam peraturan perusahaan (Internal perusahaan), itu semua di dukung oleh keterangan dalam pasal 103 UUPT yang menjelaskan bahwa seorang direksi dapat memberi kuasa tertulis kepada satu orang karywan Perseroan atau lebih untuk dan atas nama Perseroan melakukan “perbuatan hukum†tertentu sebagaimana yang diuraikan dalam surat kuasa. Kata kunci: Kedudukan dan fungsi, legal office

Mobilising the Local Church for Social Justice and Reconciliation:

Social justice and reconciliation are inseparable, and both are inextricably linked to ethics, discipleship and ministry, that is, with the Christian walk. More precisely the evangelical church of the “global south” has lagged behind on their praxis with regard to this aspect. “What could be done to get the church involved in social justice and reconciliation in post-Apartheid South Africa?” What theological and other resources and assets could be mobilised in order for the church to address the issues of social injustice and reconciliation? While using the Baptist Union of Southern Africa as a case study, this article carefully investigates these important questions and other questions with wider theological/missiological implications for how we are to understand our Christian calling in the world. Further, this article argues that the church is by nature and by calling an indispensable agent for fostering social justice and reconciliation. Finally, it suggests that this be achievable only if all the church’s assets and resources are mobilised for the purpose of social justice and reconciliationChristian Spirituality, Church History and Missiolog

Demystifying the use of contractor employees in South Africa: a case study of Eskom KZN OU.

Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville.Many organizations employ external contractors in their daily business operations. The interactions between these host organisations and external contractors can either contribute to the success or failure of these organisations. Eskom’s Kwazulu-Natal Operating Unit makes use of several external contractors and this is the case in the Electrification Department. For the past five years, the department has not been able to achieve their sales quotas. Essentially, the more customers that get electrified the better returns of revenue for the organization. This study investigates the effectiveness of communication between management and contractors, how contractors are outsourced and the use of internal resources in relation to external resources. A survey was conducted among 200 employees chosen for the research in all areas within KZN with the goal of covering all areas within the province. The quantitative method was chosen for the survey. The survey instruments used was an emailed questionnaire with the utilization of a software called QuestionPro for feedback from the respondents. The data collected was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). From the findings, the respondents tend to agree that management must maintain good communication with external contractors about organizational targets. Respondents also agreed that assessments must be done internally with more focus on skills and experienced contractors. There needs to be a good working relationship between internal and external resources, however there are pros and cons when these two are compared. Findings and recommendations are discussed and areas for further study identified

Food, Expulsion, and the Polis in Aristophanes’ 'Birds'

This paper will argue that Aristophanes’ Birds repeatedly makes use of a conceptual connection between food and expulsive practices, such as φαρμακός ritual, exile, and the casting out of unburied or exhumed corpses. Food is prominent in accounts of some of these practices, and Aristophanes’ play shows that it is semantically connected to all of them. Euelpides’ initial speech casts him and Peisetaerus’ journey as a self-expulsion ἐς κόρακας (“to the crows”). The phrase wishes for an enemy’s corpse to be devoured by birds instead of receiving a proper burial. The birds behave exactly as expected, then, when they threaten to devour the ‘expelled’ Peisetaerus and Euelpides. Furthermore, as they do so, they use language reminiscent of Hipponax’s description of a φαρμακός-like figure. Later, the chorus issues a decree against Philocrates, a seller of birds to eat, comparing him to the tyrants and Diagoras the Melian.  Such decrees often acted as de facto expulsions and served notionally as a guard against tyranny and subversion of democracy. Peisetaerus’ plan to starve the gods with a λιμός Μήλιος (“Melian famine”) not only recalls Diagoras’ notorious impiety, for which he was exiled, but also resembles the expulsion of the personified Hunger in φαρμακός ritual and ostracism.  Intruder scenes, with their physical beatings designed to expel hungry and rapacious figures from the stage, also closely resemble these expulsive practices. In the play’s final scene, Peisetaerus turns the gods themselves into hungry intruders via the λιμός Μήλιος. To taunt their hunger, he roasts birds for subverting the democracy and so, ironically, commits the same crime as Philocrates as he becomes a tyrant at the end of the play. Brian V. Credo, Jr., is a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation focuses on the relationship between Greek Old Comedy, ritual, and expulsion. This project originated in his undergraduate thesis at the University of Notre Dame, entitled A Goat Amidst Frogs: The Pharmakos Complex in Aristophanes’ Play. Some of his related research interests include the anthropology and critical theory of humor, ritual, and marginality. Keywords: expulsion, φαρμακός ritual, exile, intruder scene, λιμός Μήλιο

Township churches of Tshwane as potential change agents for local economic development: An empirical missiological study

This article contributes towards ascertaining the potential of township churches as change agents for local economic development (LED) in Tshwane. Five church leaders (i.e. two from Soshanguve and three from Hammanskraal) were engaged through personal interviews to gain insights from them about their churches’ praxes and mission orientations in relation to community building, including LED in Tshwane. Based on these personal interviews, it was established that these churches have assets as well as current ministries that could be steppingstones for LED. Township chChristian Spirituality, Church History and Missiolog

Conversions in context: Insights from an autobiographical narrative of a Congolese-born missionary at Stinkwater

Indigenous African missionaries are increasingly becoming involved in various mission interests in their contexts. Assumptions made by many mission institutions are that when they call indigenous Africans, they would be easily accepted and integrated into the community and get on with mission duties. However, these assumptions do not hold for indigenous Africans who are not native to the land where they serve. In relation to the latter this article, based on an autobiographical narrative of a Congolese-born missionary at Stinkwater, highlights four ‘conversion episodes’ that the missionary went through before he begun to ‘weave together’ the story of the good news of Jesus with stories of people in this particular context. All these episodes have had profound implications towards reshaping and reviving his theology of mission and praxis at Stinkwater. Insights from this autobiographical narrative could be useful in the preparation of indigenous workers who intend to work in context where they are not native to the land.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiolog

Kampung Vertikal Berbasis Arsitektur Perilaku Di Manggarai Jakarta Selatan

Kelurahan Manggarai merupakan salah satu wilayah administratif Kota Jakarta Selatan yang terletak di Kecamatan Tebet. Kelurahan ini menjadi salah satu kelurahan dengan tingkat kekumuhan yang tinggi. Peningkatan pemukiman kumuh didasari oleh banyak faktor, terutama faktor kemiskinan dan kepadatan penduduk. Dalam Pergub No. 90 Tahun 2018 mengenai Peningkatan Kualitas Pemukiman Dalam Rangka penataan Kawasan Pemukiman Kumuh mengatakan bahwa Kelurahan Manggara terkhususnya RW 04 masuk kedalam kategori pemukiman kumuh berat. Telah banyak upaya yang dilakukan pemerintah dalam meminimalisir penyebaran kampung kumuh dengan beberapa program pemerintah, yakni KOTAKU, CAP (Community Action Plan), dan CIP (Collaborative Implementation Program). Keberadaan kampung kumuh ini memiliki ciri-ciri seperti pola bangunan yang tidak berarturan, ketidaktersediaan fasilitas yang memadahi, lingkunga yang tidak bersih, dan tidak sehat. Hal ini tentunya berdampak pada rendahnya kualitas hidup masyarakat yang tinggal di lingkungan pemukiman kumuh. Oleh karena itu, di desain Kampung Vertikal sebagai opsi berhuni yang mengandalkan efisiensi lahan. Desain dari kampung vertikal ini juga menyediakan kebutuhan hunian dan fasilitas sosial yang sesuai standard untuk masyarakat dengna berbasis arsitektur perilaku yang meninjau secara detail hubungan manusia sebagai penghuni dengan lingkungannya. Desain dari bangunan kampung vertikal juga tidak akan menghilangkan nilai sosial dan budaya masyarakat kampung yang ’”guyub” dan senang bersosialisasi. Harapannya dengan keberadaan kampung vertikal berbasis arsitektur perilaku ini, dapat meningkatkan kualitas masyarakat yang tinggal di kampung kumuh, menyediakan fasilitas yang dibutuhkan guna menunjang kebutuhan hidup, serta mengakomodasi segala kegiatan-kegiatan masyarakat dalam kampung vertikal. Kata Kunci: Kampung Vertikal, Pemukiman Kumuh, Kelurahan Manggara

An MD simulation of the decoy action of Epstein–Barr virus LMP1 protein mimicking the CD40 interaction with TRAF3

The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is associated with a variety of malignancies and chronic active EBV infection is a severe systemic disease associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity. In this paper, the dynamics of the interaction of EBV-expressed latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) with cellular signaling intermediate tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR)-associated factor 3 (TRAF3) is simulated using standard classical molecular dynamics (MD) protocols. For comparison, the dynamics of the interaction of TRAF3 with CD40, a TNFR mimicked by LMP1 to effect EBV infection is also calculated under similar conditions. Essential dynamics (ED) analysis is carried out to identify important degrees of vibrational freedom that relate to protein function and virus infection. Both the MD simulation and ED analysis reveal novel interactions that help explain the structural decoy action of LMP1 over CD40. These interactions involve the consensus sequence PXQXTXX shared by CD40 and LMP1. In LMP1, we have found novel interaction of Asp 209 with TRAF3 and the interaction is crucial although the adjacent Asp 210 was suggested to be essential by the X-ray analysis. In CD40, it is found that the hairpin formation is not indispensable for the interaction with TRAF3

Design optimization of a synchronous reluctance motor based on operating cycle

Synchronous reluctance motors are becoming an interesting solution for drives applications requiring high efficiency. The design of those machines is normally based on the optimization of the motor performance at the rated working point in terms of torque production, torque ripple and efficiency, but in many applications the drive will operate for most of the time at partial load and frequent overload may be required, with a speed not necessarily equal to the rated value. In this work we propose an optimized machine design method to maximize the drive efficiency on the total operating cycle, considering a specific speed and torque profile. Four typical working points are selected, each of them maintained by the machine for a different time in the operating cycle. The obtained machine is compared with the one optimized based on the rated conditions only, showing slightly higher losses on a single working point but an improved efficiency on the global operating cycle