Managerial Skills: An Imperative for Business Education in Enhancing Nigerian Dwindling Economy

STEWARDSHIP: A Conceptual Imperative For Managerial Effectiveness In The Nigerian Health System

Unacceptable health status indicators such as high infant and maternal mortality rates and low life expectancy have continued unabated inspite of government efforts to change it. This paper espouses the concept of stewardship as a selfless, ethical, cost effective and outcome oriented approach to governance. It is believed that through stewardship approach governments would improve the health s...

Integrating Business Skills in Engineering Education: Enhancing Learning Using a Cdio Approach

University degrees, such as engineering, that focus on professional competences are becoming increasingly popular in Sweden. However, there is still a need to not only include but to integrate different interdisciplinary skills in courses and education programs. This paper reports and analyzes a case study of the integration of business skills in two different courses on different study program...

Caring as an imperative for nursing education.

Caring is a universal need that is an important component in the delivery of nursing care. Nurse educators face the challenge of teaching the value of caring as a necessary part of nursing. Watson's theoretical framework, which focuses on interpersonal and transpersonal processes in human care, presents an effective model in understanding the concept of caring (1). Krathwohl, Bloom, and Masia's...

Business Cycle Features In The Iranian Economy

An assessment tool for developing healthcare managerial skills and roles.

This article is based on a study to identify, and by doing so help develop, the skills and roles of senior-level healthcare managers related to the needs of the current healthcare environment. To classify these roles and skills, a qualitative study was conducted to examine the literature on forces in the healthcare environment and their impact on managers. Ten senior managers were interviewed, ...