A new approach to speaker relevence using a logistics executive in residence course

This article addresses a new method to bring real world relevance into the Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain Management classroom. A different type of Executive in Residence course focuses on using multiple industry speakers to provide a unique learning environment for today’s Millennial majors. While the majority of the paper is a thought based overview, a statistical analysis of student responses was used to compare various types of relevant courses. A simple comparison of various appropriate items was examined to identify if the Executive in Residence course increased learning. Both the anecdotal and statistical evidence suggests that the Executive in Residence course increases interaction and improves learning with majors. It highlights a non-traditional type of approach to incorporating executives into the curriculum and results in a more robust learning environment. The inclusion of active executives also creates a number of practical benefits for the practitioners, students, faculty and university

A 2CUL Collaborative Ethnographic Assessment of Humanities Doctoral Students

This paper examines the processes taken to design and administer a collaborative ethnographic study of humanities doctoral students within an inter-institutional, collaborative framework. Project organization and management, including the creation of instruments and analysis of results across two local research teams and institutional cultures is discussed. Effective communications, among and between project teams, and time management were identified as critical factors for success. Benefits resulting from the project included an improved understanding of the needs of a key user group, a heightened interest in user assessment and data-driven decision making among staff within the partner organizations, and a deeper engagement with important academic administrators on both campuses

A 2CUL Collaborative Ethnographic Assessment of Humanities Doctoral Students: Design, Implementation and Analysis

This paper examines the processes taken to design and administer a collaborative ethnographic study of humanities doctoral students within an inter-institutional, collaborative framework. Project organization and management, including the creation of instruments and analysis of results across two local research teams and institutional cultures is discussed. Effective communications, among and between project teams, and time management were identified as critical factors for success. Benefits resulting from the project included an improved understanding of the needs of a key user group, a heightened interest in user assessment and data-driven decision-making among staff within the partner organizations, and a deeper engagement with academic administrators on both campuses

Supporting Humanities Doctoral Student Success: A Collaborative Project between Cornell University Library and Columbia University Libraries

In recent years there have been a number of major, large-scale studies in the United States on the high attrition rates for doctoral students in the humanities. The results of these studies reveal a significant gap between the humanities and other disciplines. None of the studies consulted has specifically considered the role of the library in supporting doctoral program completion, even though it is often characterized as the humanist‘s equivalent to the scientific laboratory. This collaborative study includes focus groups and individual interviews with doctoral students in the humanities at both Cornell and Columbia. The study investigates whether the research library might positively impact doctoral student success in the humanities and discusses specific strategies it might employ to do so

Logistics Management: Opportunities in the Cloud

The Internet provides an opportunity to facilitate business strategies and operations by enabling some logistics computing technologies to be outsourced and leveraged. Specifically, cloud computing provides numerous opportunities and value-added capabilities that logistics organizations require in order to remain competitive and be successful; however, there are conflicting viewpoints regarding cloud viability. The purpose of this study is to explore the perceived use of cloud computing and its functionality in logistics, to identify what types of cloud computing architectures, Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and cloud deployments (public, private or hybrid) are most utilized for logistics operations, and to determine the advantages and disadvantages logistics firms see in cloud computing. The model developed here is based on the Theory of Reasoned Action and explores logistics/IT managers’ perceptions of cloud computing

Logistics Management: Opporunities in the Cloud

The Internet provides an opportunity to facilitate business strategies and operations by enabling some logistics computing technologies to be outsourced and leveraged. Specifically, cloud computing provides numerous opportunities and value-added capabilities that logistics organizations require in order to remain competitive and be successful; however, there are conflicting viewpoints regarding cloud viability. The purpose of this study is to explore the perceived use of cloud computing and its functionality in logistics, to identify what types of cloud computing architectures, Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and cloud deployments (public, private or hybrid) are most utilized for logistics operations, and to determine the advantages and disadvantages logistics firms see in cloud computing. The model developed here is based on the Theory of Reasoned Action and explores logistics/IT managers’ perceptions of cloud computing