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Research: Programme Management Strategies For Improved Delivery Of Major Construction Activities

Doctoral Research /

In the current business climate with aggressive competition and increasing demands for improved performance and profits, sustainable growth strategies are key to any successful programme delivery. Successful programmes invariably occur as a result of effective and strong leadership by those who truly understand the programme environment as well as the challenges and the opportunities that are created. A programme is defined as a temporary, flexible organisation created to coordinate, direct and oversee the implementation of a set of related projects and activities in order to deliver outcomes and benefits related to the strategic objectives of the organisation. Programmes are generally about delivering change with a series of outcomes and these are invariably interlinked. The contemplated research examines programme management strategies for improved delivery of major construction activities of large projects in both Europe and the Middle Eastern regions. This is achieved through a triangulation of three research domains, namely: sustainability theory, strategy in programme management theory and stakeholder management theory. The contemplated research seeks to formulate a new model or framework that defines programme management strategies for the delivering of major construction activities.

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Dr. Samuel Appiah-Kubi Publishes Book On Africa’s Walk To Economic Freedom

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Africa is wealthy beneath the soil. Gold, diamonds, and other precious natural resources have, from ancient times, pulled people from all over the world to Africa, and yet the masses whose feet tread on such riches are being led on unknown paths with virtually nothing to show to the world but poverty. The worsening situation regarding poverty, unemployment, hunger, violence, illiteracy, disease, environmental degradation, etc. pose a security threat not only for the people of Africa but the entire world.

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Doctoral Candidate Karina Ochis Publishes Book On Virtual Reality & Political Marketing

Doctoral Research, Publications, Research /

It is with pleasure that Monarch Business School Switzerland highlights the latest book by Doctoral Candidate Ms. Karin Ochis. The book is titled, The Impact of Virtual Reality on Political Marketing and deals with showcasing and evaluating the nexus between virtual reality and political marketing.

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Research: Equipping Conservation Managers For An Industry In Crisis: Evidence From South Africa

Doctoral Research /

The escalation of illegal poaching and wildlife trafficking over the last decade has placed the conservation industry in crises. Conservation managers find themselves with a new professional landscape to navigate where daily challenges lie far outside their existing skill set. As a result, there is a need to understand the disparity between what conservation managers have been prepared for and what they now face in order to inform training and capacity building interventions. Using the South African conservation industry as a case study, the research will address this Praxis Gap by gaining a deeper understanding of the nexus within the academic literature; investigating the key performance outputs and competence shortfalls experienced by protected area managers and developing a new framework or model that may identify the most important competencies required by contemporary protected area managers in the South African conservation industry.

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The Philosophical Orientation of Monarch Business School

General News, Program News, Research /

Monarch Business School believes that business skills and the research carried out by business students and faculty can be a factor for positive change. At its core, this is the understanding that businesses can serve society for the greater good. From a business school perspective this means a critical re-evaluation of the role of business

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Assessing Measurement Quality: Reliability & Validity

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In this article, assessing measurement quality is closely reviewed. Aiming addressing the goals of the present work, quantitative method has been used. More specifically, the Likert scale questionnaire based on the existing scales was developed and the online survey has been conducted in order to collect the required data. As a part of the nomonological network validity check, three types of validity were tested. Namely, those were content, construct and criterion validity. Apart from that, internal consistency reliability method has been used for the present research. The SPSS software has been used for the analysis. And, the following reliability coefficients were tested: Confidence Interval, Cronbach?s Alpha and Guttman?s Lambdas.

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Monarch Welcomes Dr. Katenova As Post-Doctoral Fellow In CSR

Fellowships /

Monarch Business School Switzerland is happy to welcome Dr.Maya Katenova as Post-Doctoral Fellow in Coporate Social Responsibility & Global Business Ethics. Dr. Katenove holds a Doctor of Business Administration from KIMEP University in Kazakstan where she also earned a Master in Public Administration and a Bachelor in Social Science. At present, she holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance at Bang College of Business at KIMEP. Previously, she held positions as Lecturer and Teaching Assistant at KIMEP. She also holds the title of Professional Financial Manager from the ICFM in the UK.

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Research: Anti-Poverty Strategies: An Investigation of Northern Nigeria

Doctoral Research, Research /

Poverty and poverty reduction are prominent topics of discussion at international development meetings. Despite the existence of both private and public initiatives to combat it, over 1 billion people still live in extreme poverty, about half of whom are in sub-Saharan African countries (MDG, 2015). Poverty Global Practice, a poverty policy monitoring and evaluation unit of the World Bank, indicates that, for countries in Africa, poverty continues to rise because anti-poverty policies fail to reduce poverty (PGP, 2016), a view shared by the literature on poverty reduction in Africa (Dagusta, 2007; McCloskey, 2015). It has been suggested that more comprehensive and coordinated methods could help anti-poverty programmes overcome some of the major challenges to alleviating global poverty (Ravallion, 2016). In line with this suggestion, the proposed research examines the potential of sustainable anti-poverty strategies through the triangulation of three research domains: multidimensional poverty, family functioning, and social justice theories.

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The Difference Between PhD and DBA Explained

Program News, Research /

Being a graduate business school we are often asked what exactly is the difference between a PhD and a DBA degree or program. In general, the two degrees are typically considered equivalent from an academic rigor standpoint. They both must satisfy the requirement for originality. And both can be used for teaching purposes. However, there are some important distinctions that should be kept in mind.

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