Article: Logoleadership And Meaning In Organizations

The current globalized milieu compels post-modern individuals to search for meaning in their work. Organizations have the opportunity to fulfill the lacunae generated by the deficiency of spiritual and religious communities and to subsequently aid workers in finding meaning while profiting financially from their engagement within the organization. Logoleadership refers to the union of leadership practices with the logotherapeutic techniques established by Dr. Viktor Frankl.

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Monarch Restates Its Opposition To Standardized Admission Testing

Recently with the advent of Covid-19 and additional stresses placed on many traditional institutions the role of standardized admission testing has come under increased scrutiny. A recent publication entitled “For the first time, major counseling group says it’s time to reconsider standardized testing in college admissions” reiterates the opinion of many that standardized admission testing is not reflective of the abilities of candidates to be a success within a university program. Since its inception this has been the view and understanding of Monarch Business School.

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Research: Innovation Growth Strategy: A Study of Competitive Advantage of SME’s In The United Kingdom

Business Strategy plays a major role in most companies, particularly in developed and mature countries. Studies show that a formal strategy can contribute to organizational effectiveness and competitive advantage. In the last few years, the United Kingdom has faced a protracted and slow growth, political uncertainty and inefficiencies due to poor management. As a result, similar mature markets have seen productivity and efficiency surpass that of the UK. Between 2017 and 2019, the UK economy lost 185 billion GBP per year due to poor management and resulting ill health. The UK also fell 14% behind similar countries in the G7 on productivity (Francke, 2017). The economic environment does not favour businesses with little or no strategic direction.

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Student Focus: Mr. John Momoh PhD Candidate

Mr. John Momoh is a Professional PhD Candidate. He holds a Master of International Law and an Honours Bachelor in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos. He also holds a Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the Thomson Foundation Center for Journalism Studies in Cardiff, Wales. He has completed the Owner/President Management program at Harvard University and the Chief Executive program at the Lagos Business School. Professionally, he holds the position of Chairman and CEO of Channels Media Group in Nigeria. Previous to that, he was a News Anchor and Senior Reporter at the Nigerian Television Authority as well as a News Reader at the Voice of Nigeria.

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Student Focus: Dr. Miray Barsoum PhD Candidate

Dr. Miray Barsoum is a PhD program Candidate. She holds a Master of Science in Strategic Marketing from the London School of Business & Finance as well as an MBA from the Maastricht School of Management. She is a certified Marketing Analyst from UC Berkeley, USA and holds a Certificate in Marketing Strategy from Cornell University, USA. She also holds a Masters of Pediatric Medicine as well as a Bachelor degree in Medicine and Surgery from the School of Medicine at Cairo University. At present, she holds the position of Marketing & Communications Director at Nile University. She is also the Founder and Instructor at Marketista where she designs and conducts focused crash-courses in Strategic Marketing & Communications to help non-marketers in customer understanding, competitive analysis and value proposition identification. Previous to this, she was the Marketing Manager at AMAN for E-Payments-Raya Holding. She has also been Marketing Manager at Raya Social Media. She has also been a business case writer for El-Khazindar Business Research and Case Center (KCC) at the American University in Cairo.

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Research: Teentrepreneurship: A New Entrepreneurship Framework For At-Risk Teenagers In South Africa

South African youth are facing an employment crisis. The deficient national education system and lack of skills development are two of the major issues which are contributing to a high youth unemployment rate. The at-risk teenager communities are predominantly living in poverty amidst various other social ills. The positive impact that entrepreneurship may have on communities is significant, hence the suggestion that entrepreneurial intervention at an early age can enhance the socio-economic empowerment of teenagers.

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Research: Evaluating Organizational Knowledge Transfer In The IT Industry

Organizations are continuously faced with various challenges. One particular problem is related to the retirement or brain drain of some of their essential human resources resulting in the loss of critical knowledge. Knowledge is regarded as one of the principal sources of innovation for organizations to remain competitive and create sustainable progress. Essential steps for the organization to augment their knowledge base is knowledge integration, knowledge preservation and knowledge utilization.

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Nana Korobi Ya Oki – 7 Times Fall Down Get Up 8

Often Candidates attending the Doctoral seminars have heard me speak of the factor of success in completing a PhD. I liken them to tools that we need in our toolbox. I repeat often that the most intelligent person is not necessarily the one who completes the PhD in the best fashion, or even completes the PhD at all. There are other factors that are more important to the successful completion of the dissertation and program.

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