The “War for Talent” is fought on a global turf. Business impératives and dynamics in a world-wide context, propelled in a technologically effervescent environment, élude organization’s search for that all-fit “ideal” talent. A talent pool that’s technologically competent, communication and network savvy, attitudinally positive, socially and culturally understanding, and capable of delivering r...

Sustainable development goal four is to ensure quality education by 2030. One target of achieving this 2020, substantially expand globally the number scholarships available developing countries, in particular least developed small Island States and African for enrolment higher education. There has been an increased doctoral studies at Universities recent years. Government industry business are ...

There has been no academic work dedicated to the discovery of lived experiences business graduates from a private higher educational institution in Iloilo City, Philippines their respective family businesses terms daily lives. This phenomenological study was conducted explore who joined businesses. Moreover, this intended describe profile graduate participants, involvement, relationships, perso...

The rapid transformation of the modern economies reveals the significance of knowledge, innovation and technology for economic growth. In Europe, the Lisbon Strategy set the very ambitious goal to “become the more competitive knowledge economy in the world by 2010” Besides public policies, the development of the knowledge economy calls for an educational reform with respect to the programs and ...

Leisure studies graduates seek employment in a highly competitive marketplace. In addition to their degree qualification, graduates need to have a core of generic skills and attributes that are sought by their industry sector employers. As part of a larger study, graduates from Griffith University’s leisure management degree (1997-2000) were surveyed to explore their perceptions of how their ge...

Against a backdrop of competitive labor markets, employers have questioned business schools’ ability to prepare fresh graduates ‘hit the ground running’. This empirical study explores resear...

Recent events at Enron, K-Mart, Adelphia, and Tyson would seem to suggest that nianagers are still experiencing ethical lapses. These lapses are somewhat surprising and disappointing given the heightened focus on ethical considerations within business contexts during the past decade. This study is designed, therefore, to increase our understanding ofthe forces that shape ethical perceptions by ...

Information on the economic effect of poor population health is needed to engage the business community in population health improvement. In a competitive global market, the United States has high health care costs and poor outcomes (measured by such factors as healthy and productive lives) compared with other countries. US business needs to understand population health and not focus just on th...

Introduction The Productive Diversity policy was launched by Paul Keating in 1992 with the objective of increasing Australian business access to, and success in trading with increasingly diverse domestic and export markets. The policy was argued as a ‘win-win’ strategy that could support the needs of Australian businesses in a global trading environment while at the same time, take advantage of...