An assessment of partnerships between technical vocational education and training and its stakeholders in the development of Ethiopian SMEs

This paper examines the Ethiopian Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in terms of policy, strategies, curriculum, implementation, practice and challenges faced on the ground by both the TVET program and the nation in meeting the skills needs of industry and human capital development in general as enunciated in the goals of ESDP III, (Ministry of Education, 2005). In doing this the paper reviews the skills needs of industry against the capacity of the institutions of higher education’s capacity to meet these needs. It is in this context that the appropriateness of the curriculum and its implementation in respect of the TVET goals is scrutinized (Ministry of Education, 2008). Furthermore, government policies and strategies in the identification and selection of appropriate candidates for the TVET program and the incorporation of stakeholders are examined. In this assessment issues of collaboration by stakeholders in the provision of training resources and facilities are assessed, especially financing and human resource requirements in respect of staffing levels and requisite technical skills and supportive equipment and other resources. Policies and organizational structures in the identification, mobilization and distribution of such resources are also examined. To this end any opportunities that may exist for the retention and further training of the TVET graduates already employed by the industry are also reviewed. An important aspect of this evaluation is to identify and understand the kind of relationships and partnerships that exist between the TVET colleges, and government. Similarly an assessment is done concerning curriculum implementation, practice and delivery.technical vocational education, curriculum, implementation, partnership

CONSUMERS OF THE WORLD EXCLAIM:"WE WANT SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, PUBLIC POLICY AND CORPORATE ETHICS!"

This study is related to public policy issues, such as the ethics of marketing practices and the dynamics of popular culture. Although textbooks often present the consumer as a rational decision maker, often harmful for consumer activities of the individual or society. Often, the consumer's worst enemy is himself. Growth is still important, even morally required, if individuals and society towards improving the living standards of the peoples of the world. Socio-philosophical concept of social justice is an attribute that you should hold shares or individual therapy or groups in society, within the existing social order and moral or desirable. Values govern our actions and personality. Knowledge and understanding of business values gives the company the ability to control and manage in a sustainable manner, its future. Managers should sacrifice their own needs in favor of employee needs, and the last would have to give up their ambitions and needs, to eliminate customer sacrifice. Equality and freedom are two forms of the same fundamental values. Current marketing is a factor of democratization. Companies traded on the market, falling into one of two dichotomous situation: the mission and their action in the service of others, the community, its employees and the environment, or choose the dishonor, deceiving their confidence. Marketing itself is a subject of intense dispute. Today, competitiveness is the productivity growth in the use of resources. All forms of pollution are manifestations of economic waste. Companies that take a code of honor are reciving medals. Lack of Ethics is charged!marketing ethics, corporate social responsibility, consumer behavior, morality, role of marketing

Legitimizing the Educational Experience in the context of the Didactic Methodology

The didactic methodology reminds of the idea of an efficient functioning of the education process. In this way, the systemic perspective of the didactic methodology illustrates the way in which the educational experience transposed at the level of the teaching-learning-evaluating activity. Thus, the didactic courses of action initiated in the context of the educational reality emphasize an image that legitimizes the experience of learning itself in general. Therefore, from a pragmatic perspective, the didactic methodology represents a transposition of the educational strategies in relevant learning situations and adequate (self) training actions.didactic activity, educational methodology, didactic methodology, didactic technology, educational experience

RFID lecturer availability system

In process of learning in polytechnic, having a meeting with a lecturer was an importance thing to make sure that all the task given are clearly understand and submitted on time. As such, RFID Lecturer Availability System (L.A.S) will enable to identify the availability of the lecturer for the students. This will enable the students to get inputs if the lecturer is available or having different work to be done. The advantage of LAS is that it is easy to be used and low costs. This enable an efficient product to ensure students are aware of lecturer availability before commencing any meetings or appointment. In future, the study will focus on the evaluation of the prototype in measuring the usefulness of the application developed

OLD AND NEW CONFIGURATIONS REGARDING THE CONCEPT OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

The performance is generally known to be a special achievement in a field of activity. The measurement of performances represents a system of control techniques meant to make sure that the achievements from various centers of responsibility within the enterprise are in conformity with the norms established for each of them and to apply positive or negative sanctions if the achievements are sensitively off track from the selected norms. In the economic specialized literature, the performance is perceived in three different ways, respectively: performance - the strategic objectives’ achievement level; - defining performance depending on the creation of value; - efficiency versus efficacy in defining the performance. The performance of the enterprise is known nowadays under the name of sustainable development, a concept targeting the achievement of three objectives: - the growth of the enterprise’s financial performance; -the development of its surrounding environment’s efficacy; - the favoring of the social development.performance, economic performance, internal value, external value, sustainable development, efficiency, efficacy, enterprise.

ENSURING THE COMPETITIVENESS ORGANIZATIONS USING SERVICES BASED ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTITLE

Using knowledge-based management is a very modern approach to specific activities of service organizations, with direct effects on work processes to ensure competitiveness. The complex system of multidisciplinary actions refers to the particularities of services for tertiary sector in relation to material goods production, which involves the transfer to practice of the original methodologies of decision making in conditions of risk and uncertainty.competitiveness, knowledge, competition, awareness, certification, computerization.

An exploratory investigation examining male and female students' initial impressions and expectancies of lecturers

The aim of this study was to examine the informational cues that male and female students perceive to be influential when developing initial impressions and expectancies of a lecturer. University students (n 752) rated the extent to which 30 informational cues influence their initial perceptions of a lecturer. Following exploratory factor analysis (EFA), a five-factor model (i.e. appearance (APP), accessories (ACC), third-party reports (TPR), communication skills (CS) and nationality/ethnicity (NE)) was extracted for male students and a five-factor model (i.e. ACC, TPR, APP, interpersonal skills (IPS) and engagement (ENG)) extracted for female students. Inspection of mean scores identified that male students rated CS (e.g. clarity of voice) and TPR (e.g. qualifications) and female students IPS (e.g. control of class), ENG (e.g. eye contact) and TPR to be influential factors in forming initial impressions and expectancies of a lecturer. The findings further identify the potential for expectancy effects within student lecturer interactions

FOR A SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION: 21ST CENTURY ORGANISATIONS REALIGN THEMSELVES AROUND VALUES

The aim of this paper is to discus the changes that confronting our society. The modernity is perceived like an expression of man's control over himself and over nature through reason in a desire for unlimited expansion, therefore implying that growth could be infinite. Consequently, the new logics of the 21st century concern the globalisation of trade and the issues of sustainable development and social responsibility.modernity, socio-ecological transition, motivation

REVENUES MANAGEMENT IN THE MARKETING OF SERVICES

In the evolution of pricing strategy, yield management gained a significant importance in the latest years. Revenue Management/Yield Management helps businesses selling services at the right time, to the right customer, at the right price. Revenue management can be applied to all service businesses and especially to those in which lower price units have a shorter availability. This system allows companies to personalize the price so that the customer receives exactly what he has paid for. In developing yield management systems, it is important that customer retention be included in the model. Maximizing revenue today has little value if this leads to customers switching to another company. Revenue management is becoming used more and more in the Romanian economy.strategic pricing, revenues management, price personalization