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Adaptation of HORIVERT to architects Profession
2015
International audience; The architectural profession in France is a regulated vocation whose field of intervention covers the work submitted for a building permit that establishes the architectural project, but also involves more extended missions. Architecture is also an artistic occupation.The entire architecture sector consists mainly of small or micro-organizations. They are framed at national level by the National Council of the Order of Architects (ANOC), which has regional relays. It is an associative organization, independent but recognized by the government, which is in charge of regulating the profession and ensuring the training activities. It is important to keep in mind that th…
Information Technology Issues in Finland
2020
Information technology (IT) industry is essential in Finland because of its significant export contribution, extensive workforce, and research and innovation contributions. This chapter highlights key issues in this important industry. For instance, IT reliability and efficiency are the top issues necessary for the Finnish IT industry’s competitiveness in a global context. Furthermore, business intelligence and analytics tools, techniques and skills are central to the Finnish IT industry. The industry has a very experienced workforce that is however aging and thus there is a need for training of young personnel to join the industry. Generally, the Finnish IT workers are satisfied with their…
Teaching networking: an interpersonal communication competence perspective
2015
Modern working life calls for competences that enable people to be creative, innovative and effective. Studies looking at contemporary enterprises and organisations such as businesses and schools have shown that many of the qualifications that graduating students would need, including informal learning (see Gielen, Hoeve & Nieuwenhuis 2003), innovativeness (e.g. Moolenaar & Sleegers 2010; Obstfeld 2005) and creativity (e.g. Burt 2004; Perry-Smith & Shalley 2003), are associated with interpersonal relationships and social networks. According to a report on the national career survey (EK 2011a), effective networking is dependent on social skills such as the ability to establish contacts in mu…
A CRITICAL ANALISYS OF BRAND EQUITY EVALUATION METHODS
2012
Evaluating brand equity can be a difficult and complicated task in practice because it is almost impossible to capture the impact of all "brand-building blocks" and their impact on brand equity on a multidimensional level. Not only the brand itself determines its brand equity, but marketplace multipliers and consumer mindset also hold a significant importance in the process of evaluating brand equity. The aims of this paper are to highlight the applications and main critiques for each method and to suggest an approach that minimizes these drawbacks in order to propose a better method for evaluating brand equity.
The Professional Competencies of the 21st Century Teacher
2010
According to the demands of many educational reforms, a teacher should not only be a provider of knowledge and skills, but also have a positive attitude towards innovations, feel the necessity for self education, and adopt a student centered teaching approach. Teachers are expected to develop professional skills and always try to be “an effective model of competence” (Bruner, 1976). For example, an examination of education students found that the main emphasis in their preparedness was subject area knowledge. Students did not report a focus on the personality traits. This study reports data gathered from education graduates about their perceptions of the level and extent of professional com…
COUNSELING AND PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE - AN IMPORTANT STEP IN ADAPTING THE WORKFORCE TO THE MARKET CURRENT REQUIREMENTS
2012
The role of counseling and professional orientation in high schools is to reduce the gap between supply and demand on the labor market. The aim of this work is to guide students in their final years of high school to discover their vocational interests, skills and competencies available and, not least, the motivation related to the career they choose.
Guidance on career development in vocational education in the Netherlands
2009
This paper explores which learning environments – geared towards career learning in students –contribute to the acquisition of career competencies in students attending pre-vocational, secondary and higher vocational education. The learning environment is laid out into the organization of the curriculum and career guidance. The study makes a distinction between three career competencies: career reflection, career forming and networking. Two quantitative studies (8325 students and 537 teachers in total) in pre-vocational, secondary and higher vocational education took place in order to study the relationship between aspects of the learning environment and career competencies. A case study in…
Comments and Final Remarks
2020
In this study, the multi-criteria approach is used to obtain rankings for a number of Italian universities, according to certain curricular and job placement graduate characteristics.
CREATIVITY VERSUS ILLEGALITY WHEN OPTIMIZING A COMPANY`S FISCAL COST
2012
Effectively managing the economic and financial resources of any company means taking account of business fiscal level, too. Companies concern is shifting from effective economic management to optimum fiscal management also known as fiscal optimization. It should be specified that managing taxes and fees in order to optimize them does not mean infringing the law. Correct and justified fiscal management can help prevent the inconveniences caused by tax evasion or fiscal frauds.
How Does Family Management Affect Firm Performance : Evidence from Taiwanese Firms
2011
This study used the panel data of 465 Taiwanese listed companies by applying both accounting and market-value indicators to an examination of family management’s influence on firm performances. The empirical results show that family firms in Tai-wan have performed better than non-family firms. The combination of equity owner-ship and management right has helped family firms reduce agency cost and enhance firm value in the long run. As for family management, the empirical results suggest that if the founder serves as the chairman and CEO at the same time, it is most benefi-cial to the firm’s performance. When the position of CEO is passed to a hired manag-er, it may enhance firm performance …