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July 27, 2010 • 09:28 0

Economie sociala si antreprenoriat. O analiza a sectorului nonprofit – in curs de aparitie

Pentru toamna acestui an (2010), este programată apariţia cărţii “Economie socială şi antreprenoriat. O analiză a sectorului nonprofit” scrisă de Mihaela Vlăsceanu. Mai multe informaţii în curând!

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January 14, 2010 • 23:06 0

Comunicatul de presa al ARACIS cu privire la Barometrul calitatii – 2009. Distributii statistice, interpretari si optiuni cu privire la starea calitatii in invatamantul superior din Romania

Comunicat de presă: 14 ianuarie 2010

Universitățile romanești se confruntă cu un deficit de calitate a rezultatelor lor academice atunci când sunt comparate cu universităţile performante din Europa

 

Prima analiză sistematică a stării calităţii activităților din sistemul românesc de învăţământ superior în context european a fost publicată în ianuarie 2010 şi realizată în cadrul unui proiect cofinanțat din Fondul Social European şi de către Guvernul României, proiect intitulat Asigurarea calităţii în învăţământul superior din România în context european. Dezvoltarea managementului calităţii academice la nivel de sistem şi instituţional – POSDRU/2/1.2/S/1.

Această analiză relevă existenţa unui deficit de calitate a predării şi învăţării universitare, a competitivității multor calificări universitare şi a producției de cunoaştere științifică şi de inovare din universitățile noastre, atunci cand acestea sunt comparate cu universitatile europene performante.  Read the rest of this entry »

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February 27, 2009 • 23:09 0

Benchmarking – an useful tool for improving organizational effectiveness

My  suggestion for this week would certainly be “benchmarking”

Benchmarking is the process by which an organization learns how to improve its effectiveness and its performance. Benchmarking first appeared at the beggining of the 80, in the private for profit sector. Xerox company faced severe problems concerning major market share loss and increasing levels of competition. Top management was forced to come up with a quick solution to solve company’s difficult situation. Benchmarking was the answer they found – seeking the best practice in the specific field, measuring and collecting data, comparing facts, adopting and adapting/transferring policies and work processes to their own organizational arrangements. Soon after benchmarking turned out to be a very useful tool for managers in their continuing search for better results. Benchmarking does not reffer to copy-paste organizational procedures or work processes, does not reffer to industrial theft. Benchmarking is not easy and quick.

One can apply benchmarking not only to private for profit organization, but also to private nonprofit organizations and to public organizations. If you are interested in learning more about how this tool can help your business improvement or your organizational development, just send you comments or questions at ghancean@yahoo.com.

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Filed under: Organisational theories and application, Weekly suggestions

February 12, 2009 • 14:00 0

Atlas.ti 6.0 is coming in february 2009

Propunerea saptamanii 9 – 15 februarie 2009

The release of ATLAS.ti 6.0 has now been scheduled for February 28th, 2009. But there is no need to wait: If you are buying ATLAS.ti between now and the official release date, or if you have already purchased after July 1, 2008, you will receive the upgrade to version 6 free of charge.

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February 7, 2009 • 16:05 0

How about Elgg v1.2?

 

Propunerea saptamanii 2-8 FEBRUARIE 2009

Cred ca cea mai  buna prezentare pentru elgg.org ar fi chiar descrierea pe care am gasit-o la sectiunea home de pe (click pe link) http://www.elgg.org: “Create your own social network, quickly and easily. Elgg allows you to take full advantage of the power of social technology with elegant, flexible solutions for organisations, groups and individuals”.

In conditiile in care viata de munca a multor europeni este dominata de e-space, Elgg v1.2 poate deveni pentru unii un instrument de socializare…

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A short glimpse on social capital

Briefly, on social network analysis with Eric Rice

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