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The Signature Project is a two-credit course completed independently by students in the Executive Masters of Business Administration program. Each project is approved and supervised by a faculty advisor(s).
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[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Computers and the Internet have revolutionized communication and information sharing,
which is having a significant impact on education. As technologies continue to evolve,
traditional post-secondary institutions, such as Holland College, are faced with the
challenge of adapting curriculum and de... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Employee engagement has become an important measure of employee performance and it has
been linked to higher overall firm performance outcomes. Studies have shown that employee
engagement may be impacted by both organizational culture and ethical workplace climate. For
example, organizational cultur... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] The purpose of this paper is to look specifically at workgroup boards to identify their motivations and challenges, and to develop recommendations on how to address those challenges. Workgroup boards are volunteer boards that have to both govern and manage because they do not have paid executive sta... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Hospital foundations, established to raise funds for medical equipment for their
parent hospitals or health care institutions, are being challenged by changes in
governance by their parent hospitals or health care institutions. The governance model
for most hospitals across Canada has changed dramat... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Psychological harassment in the workplace comes in a number of forms, from sexual harassment to
workplace bullying. No matter what the situation in which these destructive actions are manifested, it is
always based on an instigators need for power and control (Lockwood, Rosenthal & Budjnaovcanin,
20... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Tourism can provide social and economic benefits for Aboriginal people. This market research investigated the potential for Aboriginal Tourism opportunities, particularly basket weaving, on Prince Edward Island (PEI). Members (N=7,366) of the Traveller‟s Voice panel, maintained by the University o...  |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Mental illness has become one of the leading reasons for absenteeism in Canadian workplaces. Employers are challenged to become more aware, educated, and active about mental illness in order to assist employees with workplace accommodations. In the 2006 report by Kirby and Keon, stigma was highlight... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent a key driver of economic prosperity in Prince
Edward Island. Local SME owners also represent an aging demographic group, and the need to facilitate the successful transition to a new generation of SME owners is recognized as a major local
econom... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Executive Summary: Globally, aquaculture continues to be the fastest-growing animal-derived food producing sector. It
has an average annual growth rate of 8.2% between 2004 and 2009 and is expected to outpace the capture
fisheries and the demand increase for fish by the human population growth. The ... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] The need for a country to innovate has always been important to ensure a growing
economy, but with the continued progress towards globalization there has been increased
emphasis on the development of a knowledge economy driven by innovation. Two recent
documents, Mobilizing Science and Technology to... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] The corporate governance of Crown Corporations first became a topic of common
discussion in 2003 with the Sponsorship scandal whereby Government institutions were
implicated in failing to respect the parliamentary appropriations process and in failing to
comply with Government contracting policies a... |
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[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Prince Edward Island (PEI) is facing significant decreases in population and resulting labour force based on current labour force dynamics. Projections show that Prince Edward Island has aging population and fewer births, leading to a shrinking population base from which to draw on for the labour fo... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) is a communications technology that provides a multitude of
applications and services over a single fiber optic network. These include basic services such as telephone, internet and television, and more advanced applications like tele-medicine, tele-working, smart grid power... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] A localized study, focused on Prince Edward Island, Canada, compiled to assist with determining social, economic and technological readiness for electric vehicles and the related infrastructure. The study used both a Christensen based disruptive technology framework approach and traditional marketin... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] The present study was conducted to examine employee perceptions of and recommendations for improving employee engagement in the workplace. Using one-on-one interviews the author set out to examine and explore how employees in one industrial location perceived employee engagement and what, in the emp... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Researchers have been examining barriers and challenges for women in leadership positions from a variety of perspectives since the 1980's when the "glass ceiling" concept was coined. More recently researchers have been examining whether women are being placed in precarious leadership positions. Rya... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Recruitment and retention of agricultural workers was identified by the Prince Edward Island Agricultural Sector Council in 2007 as a major issue facing the Prince Edward Island (PEI)
agricultural industry. Although there have been numerous studies on the supply and demand for agricultural workers,... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are becoming more and more common practice in business, but have varied results. M&As are at the forefront in the biotech industry as firms look at ways to increase their pipeline or grow sales to improve shareholder value. Since R&D expenditures among biotech firms is... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Deficiencies in a number of key human resource-related areas have been identified as
potential threats to the Canadian biotechnology sector's success. Given its importance as an
emerging industry and, its pressing needs relative to leadership and human resource (HR) practice
development, the biotech... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Workplace bullying is costing organizations millions if not more each year. The costs associated with workplace bullying come from loss of productivity, legal settlements and loss of good employees who have been bullied and chose to leave the organization. Workplace bullying has negative effects on ... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] International student populations have been growing in Prince Edward Island over the past number of years. With declining population and demographic issues looming over Atlantic Canada, international students, with their high degree of acculturation and local credentials, provide an excellent source... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Executive Summary: A literature review of the approaches to Regional Economic Development was conducted and the best approach, the "Bottom Up Approach", was identified. This approach of local decision making, community participation, and grass roots mobilization was used as the basis for the collect... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Since the introduction of instant messaging programs in the mid-1990s, the use of social media tools has grown exponentially. As popular social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace become more prevalent, employers and employees alike, are faced with a new reality – dealing with an inc... |
[Page generation failure. The bibliography processor requires a browser with Javascript enabled.] Hydrogen production represents one of the most promising solutions for solving the intermittency in electricity generation that is produced by renewable resources, such as wind. Recent studies have suggested that a potential solution for the storage of excess energy generated by a hybrid energ... |
