bs_bs_banner British Journal of Management‚ Vol. 24‚ 85–101 (2013) DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00789.x What Makes Better Boards? A Closer Look at Diversity and Ownership Walid Ben-Amar‚ Claude Francoeur‚1 Taïeb Hafsi1 and Réal Labelle1 Telfer School of Management‚ University of Ottawa‚ 55 Laurier East‚ Ottawa‚ Ontario K1N 6N5‚ and 1 HEC Montreal‚ 3000 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road‚ Montreal‚ Quebec H3T 2A7‚ Canada Email: benamar@telfer.uottawa.ca‚ claude.francoeur@hec.ca‚ taieb.2.hafsi@hec
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References: Andreas. D‚ & Gemma. M‚ ‘Bargaining power and negotiation tactics’ Journal of common market studies‚ 2010 Vol 48. 3. pp. 557-578 Drea. J‚ Bruner. G‚ & Hensel. P‚ ‘Comparing Alternative Measures of the French and Raven Power Bases.’ Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management 1993‚ Vol. 13 Issue 4‚ p73-80 Kim. P‚ Fragale. A‚’ Choosing the Path to Bargaining Power: An Empirical Comparison
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being develops through a constructive‚ cognitive process. Since the 1950s‚ cognitive developmental researches agree on the now nearly universal consensus that intellectual skills are the by-products of self-governed activity in relation to the world (Bruner‚ 1990; Gardner‚ 1985). Considering this‚ it is difficult to understand that scientists rarely consider the role of the human being in his or her own intellectual development. The ongoing nature vs. nurture debate moves back and forth regularly from
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Methods and approaches to teaching have been greatly influenced by the research of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. Both have contributed to the field of education by offering explanations for children’s cognitive learning styles and abilities. This essay will discuss how rather than being an alternative‚ Vygotsky’s views on cognitive development complements Piaget’s. Initially‚ the term cognitive will be defined before having a look at Piaget’s stages of cognitive development and subsequently analyzing
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might increase a reader’s level of understanding and retention of facts‚ one should first be somewhat acquainted with exactly what makes a narrative and just what exactly it is that makes them such a good model for presenting information. According to Bruner (via Avraamidou and Osborne)‚ “[t]he situations and episodes in narrative have a close correspondence to everyday experiences‚ so the comprehension mechanisms are much more natural than those recruited during the comprehension of other discourse genres
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Piaget was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development. Piaget was interested in how intelligence itself changes as children grow which he called genetic epistemology. Genetic epistemology was based on the 19th century biological concept of recapitulation (Piaget was a biologist first whom later trained as a psychologist). It was thought before piaget’s studies that children were merely less competent thinkers than adults. However‚ through his findings‚ Piaget showed
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MODELS OF TEACHING We have discussed about the various learning theories in the last chapter. But as aspirant teachers‚ it is our experience that no teaching problems can be solved by acquiring knowledge of learning principles. The models of teaching will be a help to understand the nature of teaching. Teaching models are developed keeping in view of the learning theories (So that the teaching theories may be indoctrinated and reaffirmed by using these models.). The teaching model
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13 Masagca‚ J. T.‚ Masagca‚ M. T. & Chunxiang‚ M. (2009). Enhancing Governance of the Barangay: Reflections of Academics‚ JOAAG‚ Vol. 4. No.2 Enhancing Governance of the Barangay: Reflections of Academics Jimmy T. Masagca 1 Manrico T. Masagca 2 M. Chunxiang 3 Abstract This paper presents the insights of selected academics on local governance of the Barangay‚ the basic political unit (BPU) in the Philippines. Participants were pre‐selected and their representations were determined using the ethnographic
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Dr Kalpana Dixit Principal‚ VNS College Of Education ‚ Neelbud Bhopal E-Mail: Kalpana Dixit @hotmail.com Psychological Basis of Mobile Learning and Activity Based Approach Abstract: Mobile technologies are a familiar part of the lives of most teachers and students In the world today. At the present time‚ however‚ the models for using and developing mobile applications for learning are somewhat lacking. It moves away from the dominant view of mobile learning as an isolated activity
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How does constructivist approach underpins what happen in drama? What is Drama? Drama is the act of using the imagination to become someone or something other than yourself. It can be done at any place to any period of time. According to Richard Courtney‚ a professional in the area of drama in education defines drama as‚ “The human process whereby imaginative thought becomes action‚ drama is based on internal empathy and identification‚ and leads to external impersonation”. Courtney believes
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