The Role of Formal Education,Technical and Management Training on Information Systems (IS) Managers' Managerial Effectiveness as Perceived by Their Subordinates     

Jerry Ligon  ABM Abdullah  Majharul Talukder 《Performance Improvement Quarterly》2007,20(1):23-35

This study examined the relationship between Information Systems (IS) managers' formal education, level of technical and managerial training and their managerial effectiveness as perceived by their subordinates. The study finds that there is a strong positive relationship between the amount of technical training IS managers have received and their managerial effectiveness as perceived by their subordinates. There is also a significant relationship between IS managers' level of managerial training and their subordinates' perception of their managerial effectiveness. The managers' level of formal education was not found to have a significant relationship to the subordinates' perceived level of (their) managerial effectiveness. Finally, a regression model has been proposed to measure Information System managers'managerial effectiveness.  相似文献   

Paired values of serum fructosamine and blood glucose for the screening of gestational diabetes mellitus: A retrospective study of 165 Saudi pregnant women     

Haseeb Ahmad Khan  Samia Hasan Sobki  Abdullah Saleh Alhomida  Shaukat Ali Khan 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2007,22(1):65-70

This study reports the utilization of serum fructosamine and blood glucose for the screening of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Blood samples from 165 pregnant women were analyzed for fasting blood glucose (FBG), random blood glucose (RBG) and serum fructosamine. The actual fructosamine levels were corrected for serum protein (c-Fruct) for more precise presentation. Two cut-off values of FBG (>5.3 mmol/L and >7.0 mmol/L) and RBG (>7.8 mmol/L and >11.0 mmol/L) were used to classify hyperglycemic subjects for subsequent evaluation. The average values±standard deviations for FBG, RBG and cFruct were 5.865±1.95, 7.767±3.21 and 2.387±0.47 mmol/L, respectively. FBG levels were significantly correlated with RBG (Pearson correlation=0.597, P<0.001). Significant correlations were also observed between cFruct and FBG (Pearson correlation=0.673, P<0.001) or RBG (Pearson correlation=0.641, P<0.001). Out of 165 subjects, 24 (14.5%) cases were classified as hyperglycemic on the basis of FBG>7.0 mmol/L or RBG>11.0 mmol/L; use of lower cut-off values resulted higher frequencies of hyperglycemia. Whereas, a combined criteria of FBG>5.3 mmol/L and cFruct >2.5 mmol/L predicted 35 patients as the most probable hyperglycemic as compared to 32 patients identified using the criteria of RBG >7.8 mmol/L and cFruct >2.5 mmol/L. These criteria were associated with 4.8% and 3.6% false-positivity at the expense of 3.6% and 3.0% false-negative outcomes, respectively. The levels of FBG, RBG and cFruct were significantly higher in hyperglycemic groups (irrespective of grouping criteria) as compared to the respective normal groups. In conclusion, these findings clearly indicate that the paired values of cFruct with FBG or RBG could help in filtering high-risk individuals for OGTT and therefore avoiding a unnecessary OGTT.  相似文献   

Internet Anxiety among Foreign Language Learners     

Selami Aydin 《TechTrends》2011,55(2):46-54

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Finding the next ‘wave’ in internationalisation of higher education: focus on Malaysia     

Mohd Ismail Abd Aziz  Doria Abdullah 《Asia Pacific Education Review》2014,15(3):493-502

This article presents a case study of Malaysia’s inroad in internationalising its higher education system for the past three decades and proposes recommendations and the way forward in internationalisation. Internationalisation is one of the critical agenda in Malaysia’s higher education transformation with an end target of becoming an international hub of higher education excellence by 2020. The country is no stranger in internationalisation as efforts in student mobility, academic programmes and international collaboration have started since the 1980s and 1990s. As with other higher education systems globally, it was the private sector that initiated and sustained efforts in internationalisation of Malaysian higher education. With the growth in international student enrolment, the country has established itself as a student hub; however, greater focus and clarity in direction should be set forward in accelerating Malaysia’s progress in internationalisation, with research and development as a potential catalyst. The article also questions Malaysia’s current standing with regard to internationalisation and the need in facilitating higher education institutions to build their capacity in internationalisation, highlighting the important roles of individual institutions at both public and private sector that drive the country’s internationalisation agenda.  相似文献   

Importance of ticks and their chemical and immunological control in livestock     

Rajput ZI  Hu SH  Chen WJ  Arijo AG  Xiao CW 《Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B》2006,7(11):912-921

The medical and economic importance of ticks has long been recognized due to their ability to transmit diseases to humans and animals. Ticks cause great economic losses to livestock, and adversely affect livestock hosts in several ways. Loss of blood is a direct effect of ticks acting as potential vector for haemo-protozoa and helminth parasites. Blood sucking by large numbers of ticks causes reduction in live weight and anemia among domestic animals, while their bites also reduce the quality of hides. However, major losses caused by ticks are due to their ability to transmit protozoan, rickettsial and viral diseases of livestock, which are of great economic importance world-wide. There are quite a few methods for controlling ticks, but every method has certain shortcomings. The present review is focused on ticks importance and their control.  相似文献   

Culturally responsive positive behavioral interventions and supports: A process–oriented framework for systemic transformation     

Aydin Bal 《Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies》2018,40(2):144-174

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Judgment and Instructional Design: How ID Practitioners Work In Practice     

Colin M. Gray  Cesur Dagli  Muruvvet Demiral‐Uzan  Funda Ergulec  Verily Tan  Abdullah A. Altuwaijri  Khendum Gyabak  Megan Hilligoss  Remzi Kizilboga  Kei Tomita  Elizabeth Boling 《Performance Improvement Quarterly》2015,28(3):25-49

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Open and Dual-Mode Universities in East and South Asia     

Colin Latchem  Szarina Abdullah  Ding Xingfu 《Performance Improvement Quarterly》1999,12(2):96-121

This article draws primarily upon Asian research, literature, and experience to describe the open and dualmode universities of East and South Asia. It describes their origins, admissions, development, delivery methods, and applications of technology. It discusses their successes and failures and the contributing political, social, economic, and cultural factors. It questions whether Asian distance education is best served by adopting Western models or whether there is need for the evolution of indigenous systems more firmly based upon local, vocational, social, and cultural needs. It considers faculty development and performance improvement issues and concludes by arguing for more research and evaluation to increase the institutions' standing with the governments, students, and communities they serve.  相似文献   

A multilevel modeling approach to investigating factors impacting computer and information literacy: ICILS Korea and Finland sample     

Aydin  Mustafa 《Education and Information Technologies》2022,27(2):1675-1703

Education and Information Technologies - With the rapid technological advancements, schools and teachers have great responsibilities to educate students with regard to technological...  相似文献   

‘Cracks’ in the scholarly communications system: Insights from a longitudinal international study of early career researchers     

David Nicholas  Cherifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri  Blanca Rodríguez-Bravo  Eti Herman  Abdullah Abrizah  David Clark  Galina Serbina  David Sims  Marzena Świgoń  Jie Xu  Anthony Watkinson  Hamid R. Jamali  Carol Tenopir  Suzie Allard 《Learned Publishing》2023,36(2):319-322

• 170 early career researchers interviewed three times over 2 years, have uniquely contributed towards a stress test of scholarly communications and cracks have been identified.
• The perfect storm created by the convergence of millennial values and the pandemic appears to have fast-forwarded the cracking process, perhaps, for the good.
• The cracks in question are: (1) peer review; (2) reputational assessment; (3) unethical/questionable practices; (4) collaboration; (5) networking.

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