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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aminul Karim; Yakov Cherner; Ahmed Khan

-life processes and objects,such as those related to fiber optics, wireless and wired communications as the context forscience and technology investigations. This enables students to: (a) learn the relationship betweenthe scientific theory and its practical applications in technology, and (b) explore the processesoccurring in the system and constraints between its parts and parameters, and (c) observe systemlimitations and bottlenecks. ALSuite is based on a proven pedagogical assumption that studentslearn effectively and master science and technical concepts efficiently if they can understand theconcrete phenomena that are being studied and if they become aware of the potential applicationsof the theoretical knowledge they are acquiring.The

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Meredith Aronson; Reid Bailey

formation with available students, managing teaminformation, and administering the program.All of the changes described in this section were driven from the bottom-up by local forces.Only two of the changes, aligning course times and credit-hours, required approval frominstitutional committees. Not surprisingly, these two changes required the most time toimplement. The common themes to the process of making each of these changes are A)persistence among the local champions of the changes, B) continuously learning about the visibleand implicit policies within the departments and college, and C) moving forward with changesnot requiring committee approval as a means of showing the benefits of integration.Institutional ElementsInstitutional forces have

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Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rachelle Heller; H. David Snyder; Catherine Mavriplis; Charlene Sorensen

of New Haven Press, 2001.11. Sandler, B. R., The Campus Climate Revisited: Chilly for Women Faculty, Administrators and Graduate Students, Washington: Association of American Colleges, 1992.12. Fitzgerald, L., Shullman, S., Bailey, N., Richards, M., Swecker, J., Gold, Y., Ormerod, M., & Weitzman, L., The incidence and dimensions of sexual harassment in academia and the workplace. Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol. 32, 152-175, 1988.13. National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Gender Differences in the Careers of Academic Scientists and Engineers: A Literature Review, NSF 03-322, Project Director, Alan I. Rapoport (Arlington, VA 2003), also available at http://www.nsf.gov

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Perry Li; David Waletzko; William Durfee

Bernstein (2001), Enhancing undergraduate control education, IEEE Cont Sys Mag, 19(5):40-43.5. DS Bernstein (2001), A plant taxonomy for designing control experiments, IEEE Cont Sys Mag, 21(3):7-14.6. R van de Molengraft, M Steinbuch, B de Kraker (2005), Integrating experimentation into control courses. IEEE Cont Sys Mag, 25(1):40-44.7. M Hites, M Sekerak, L Sanders (1999), Implementing and evaluating web-based "hands-on" laboratories for undergraduate education, Proceedings of the ASEE IL/IN Sectional Conference, March 1999.8. CC Ko, BM Chen, J Chen, Y Zhang, KC Tan (2001), Development of a web-based laboratory for control experiments on a coupled tank apparatus, IEEE Trans Ed, 44(1):76-86.9. A Valera, JL Diez, M Valles, P

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vaishalee Naruka; Stephen Raper; William Daughton

students’ responses toshow some kind of a pattern [Appendix A]. Based on those questions survey forms were created[Appendices B & C] and given out to other Engineering Management undergraduates. Also, many ofthem were interviewed and asked about their inducement in choosing this area as their field of study andhow they perceive it. They were also asked what they think about others’ perception. To make sure whatthey feel is in fact the general perception of engineering management by others, ten non-engineeringmanagement students were interviewed and their responses were matched against t EngineeringManagement student’s comments and perceptions.ResultsIt should be noted that selected comments from the interviews and surveys are used

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NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

Internetsimulations with embedded animations; iii) accelerate learning by exposing students to hands-onmanipulation of signals and systems; and iv) provide intuition and complementary information usuallynot available in lectures and text books. To accomplish these objectives, pedagogical structures havebeen formed that are described in [14]. In addition, an assessment process has been designed to measure:a) the progress towards accomplishing these objectives, b) the effectiveness of the pedagogies adopted,and c) the overall impact of the software tool on an undergraduate course. 4.1. The J-DSP EditorJ-DSP provides a user-friendly environment that exploits the graphical capabilities of Java. Figure 1shows the J-DSP simulation area. In this figure, section

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Troy McBride

at 2:15 pm Box4 UC2 (NEAR LAKE PLACIDA) Solar-Powered Endurance Vehicle Design Project Objective: The project objective was to design and construct a vehicle powered solely by solar energy, capable of transporting one person, that can complete the most laps around the outside of Lake Placida in the least time. Team Box4 Team Hummer Team Phoenix Team UC2 George B. Jake P. Mee Mee H. Jose C. Chad W. Mark L

Conference Session

Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes

more significant but integrated into the same overall design 2.00 = A redesign that significantly changes the design or adds new featuresRedesigns in service-learning projects may be additions or fixes to keep a fielded project inoperation or they may involve a new prototype to replace a defective or obsolete project.Step 7.b - Retirement/DisposalRedesigning is not always the best solution for an existing design. After analysis of a productand the costs and resources needed to either maintain the current design or to replace it with anew design, a team may conclude that the existing product needs to be retired from service. Thisis also a natural part of the life cycle of a product. The decision to retire a piece is be made inconjunction with

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Sullivan

ethnographic observation, will betranscribed and coded using a grounded theory type analysis as outlined by Atkinson andHammersly.10 Web-CT postings will be analyzed via discourse analysis methods and willbe coded following the guidelines of Titcsher, Meyer, Wodak & Vetter.11 Two surveys willbe administered during the start of spring semester 2005. These surveys will assessattitudes towards the university, service learning and team work. At the end of springsemester 2005 the surveys will be administered again to the students. The team worksurvey will be identical, while the attitudes and service learning survey requires minorchanges to the post-test (see appendix A, B and C). Each of the surveys will then beentered and analyzed via SPSS

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi Li; Kai Li; Jing Zhao; Xin Tang

. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationreceived his M.S. degree in Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, both from theUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte.JING ZHAO is a Research Associate at Virginia Tech. She received a MS in Biology from the GeorgetownUniversity and MS in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.TANG XIN is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Technology at East Carolina University. Hereceived his B. Sc. and M. Sc. from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1989 and 1992respectively, and his Ph.D. in 2002 from New Jersey

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kedmon Hungwe; Seyed Zekavat; Sheryl Sorby

students’ future needs.A number of universities recognized the problem and tried to find solutions usually just for oneEngineering area (e.g., Mechanical Engineering) by including an additional course for non-EEmajors [1], [2]. This is not an optimized approach because this additional course: (a) meets theneeds of only one area of engineering, (b) needs more university resources to offer the course,and (c) costs students their time and funding. In other words, it increases the number of requiredcourses rather than optimizing the current course. This experience formed the basis for apreliminary study conducted at Michigan Tech University and presented in ASEE 2004 [3].In our previous paper [3], we discussed the preliminary work for evaluating the

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Denny Davis

observable actions (see Appendix 2).Focus group review of the second draft profile was obtained through an electronic survey sent toan expanded group of individuals. The focus group included people responding to the firstsurvey as well as new contacts interested in the work. Twenty one academic and ten non-academic respondents provided data requested. They were asked to rate the importance of thirtyobservable actions for engineers at two stages of their careers: (a) upon graduation and (b) 5years after graduation. Importance ratings used were: 5 = essential for all engineering disciplines in the US 4 = essential for some engineering disciplines, moderately important for others 3 = moderately important for all engineering

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Glenn Wrate; Joerg Mossbrucker; Owe Petersen

(an ME course) that was dropped from the curriculum. b. Systems Interfacing – one of the most fundamental long term trends is the higher level of integration used in design. There is a major increase in the use of specialized integrated circuits and design at the system or subsystem level. c. Digital Signal Processing – the dominance of digital signals and the need to process such signals make this course essential. This course will precede the traditional continuous-time signal processing course. d. Electromagnetic (EM) Waves – with the advent of wireless technology, the critical importance of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Bryan Norman; Jayant Rajgopal; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

ABEToutcomes. Here we were particularly interested in how the course improved students’ abilitiesalong four ABET outcomes: (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as toanalyze and interpret data, (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meetdesired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political,ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability, (e) an ability to identify,formulate, and solve engineering problems, and (g) an ability to communicate effectively.To directly address how students were able to better synthesize skills developed from multiplecourses to new problems, concept maps2 are being employed as a direct measure of the students’ability to better

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanyu Zeng

combination of these Microsoft® Office software. 3. The Components of Microsoft Office Specialist Courses • Microsoft Office Word 2003 a. Microsoft Word : What Will Word Processing Do for me? b. Gaining Proficiency : Editing and Formatting Page 10.152.8 c. Enhancing a Document : The Web and Other ResourcesProceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education d. Advanced Features : Outlines, Tables, Styles and Sections

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Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

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2005 Annual Conference

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Russell Cummings; John McMasters

Interns Boeing Fellows Coops on Campus Faculty (Welliver Fellow) TIG TIG TIG Aux. Aux. Aux. University C University B Cream of the crop Student Population Figure 4. A Comprehensive TIG Concept.The students involved in the program would be required to work through the conceptual designprocess, including

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Masciadrelli; Nicholas Massa; Gary Mullett

the capacity for lifelong learning. While manyfour-year colleges and universities have embraced EC-2000 and have restructured their curriculaand instructional methodology accordingly, the limited time available in two-year engineeringtechnology curricula presents a unique challenge to associate degree-granting institutions –preparing learners with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to succeed in 21stcentury workplace. What is needed is a more efficient and effective approach to engineeringtechnician education, one that focuses on the development of learner proficiency, the ability toskillfully apply knowledge in solving real-world problems. To this end, we draw upon the adultand experiential learning literature to create

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger; Maurice Aburdene

for thecircumstances in their particular problem-solving issue. Naturally, the professor functions as the mainprogram which is why he or she is charged with orchestrating the execution of each type of mechanism. Figure 1. Two function mechanisms in C++: a. Call-by-value makes a copy of the original variable. b. Call-by-reference works directly on the original variable at its address. Students act as components. Page 10.528.2Reference:Johnsonbaugh, R. & Kalin, M. Applications Programming in C++, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Estell; Juliet Hurtig

team, and are reported to each faculty teamsupervisor, who then assigns letter grades based in large part upon this information. The oralpresentation and technical design content are each worth 30%, while the written report and theconstraint considerations are each worth 20%. An example of such a report is presented inFigure 2. Page 10.1360.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Design Team #1 Prof A Prof B Prof C Prof D Average

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

Instructions of PSPICE in Electric Circuits Analysis,” Proceedings of ASEE Annual Meeting and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2004.[7] A. W. Bates, R. Harrington, D. Gilmore & C van Soest, “Compressed video and video-conferencing in open and distance learning: A guide to current developments,” The Open Learning Agency, Burnaby, B.C., pp 6, 1992.[8] B. Willis, Distance Education Strategies And Tools, Educational Technology Publications, Inc., pp 169, 1994.[9] J. E. Folkestad & M. A. De Miranda,”Impact of Screen-Capture Based Instruction on Student Comprehension of Computer Aided Design (CAD) Software Principles,” Journal of Industrial Technology, 18(1), pp 1-5, Novemebr 2001 to January

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Board; April Brown; Joseph Holmes; Hisham Massoud; Steven Cummer; Jungsang Kim; Michael Gustafson; Leslie Collins; Lisa Huettel; Gary Ybarra

Theme-Based Redesign of the Duke University ECE Curriculum: The First Steps a) Leslie M. Collins, a)Lisa G. Huettel, a)April S. Brown, a)Gary A. Ybarra, b)Joseph S. Holmes, a)John A. Board, a)Steven A. Cummer, a) Michael R. Gustafson, a)Jungsang Kim, and a)Hisham Z. Massoud a) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708-0291/b)AcuityEdge, 437 Petty Road, Suite 201, Sanford, NC 27330Abstract. Historically, undergraduates in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) atDuke University have had ample exposure to theoretical foundations and

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal

://www.fit.edu/[15] http://www.msoe.edu/[16] http://www.msstate.edu/[17] http://www.rit.edu/[18] http://www.uta.edu/[19] Naur, P., and Randell, B., (1969). Software Engineering: A Report on a Conference Sponsored by the NATO Science Committee, NATO.[20] Notkin, D., Gorlick, M., & Shaw, M. (May 2000) An Assessment of Software Engineering Body of Knowledge Efforts.[21] The Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula - IEEE Computer Society and Association for Computing Machinery. (August 23, 2004). Software Engineering 2004. http://sites.computer.org/ccse/SE2004Volume.pdf[22] Thomas, B. B., Duggins, S. L. (July 2002) "The Internationalization of Software Engineering Education" 2002 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Montreal

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Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vinod Yedidi; Brian Johnson; Joseph Law; Herbert Hess

A A 1.0e-005 Ib BRK2 B B 1.0e-005 V_2gen V_2break V_2Avis ta

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ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erastus Njage; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Bert Davy; Pamela Leigh-Mack; Masud Salimian

½ persons.The average daily water usage is estimated at 70 gallons per person. Assume that all water used is discharged to thesewer. The amount of water, Q, in ft3/sec, that a pipe flowing full can accommodate is given by Q = 0.432CD2.63S0.54 where C is a coefficient that depends on the roughness of the inside of the pipe, S depends on the slope of the pipeand D is the inside diameter of the pipe, measured in feet.. For this project concrete-lined pipe is to be used so that C= 120, and for the street S = 0.15ft/ft. a. Write Q as a function of D. b. If the pipe is only available in size of 2” to 24” in inside diameter in increments of 2”, plot Q as a

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seyed Allameh; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

. Emphais on Research and Theoret. background 4 Year Degree Course Dipl.-Ing (FH) at a Univ. for Applied Science, Em phasis on Engineering Application 2 Year Course to expand on Research and Theory at Technical Univ. Dip.-Ing (TU) New 3 to 4 Year Degree Course B Eng. at a New 1 to 2 Year Degree M Eng. or Technical Univ. or Univ. for Applied Science M Sc. at Techn. Univ. or Univ. for Appl. Science

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DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zafer Gurdal; Jan Hol; Gillian Saunders-Smits

shown at the topof the notebook in Figure 1 is obtained using Mathematica graphics and corresponds to one ofthe geometries generated during an animation. Incidentally, for the truss mechanism problemspecified in this notebook, the vertical distance between the dashed line at the tip, point D, andthe horizontal line passing through points A and B is specified to be fixed. Hence, changing theinternal angle θA causes the length of the members to change affecting the overall weight of thetruss, as well as the internal loads of the truss. In the following subsection in the notebook, the truss weight, which is used as a measure Page

Conference Session

Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia White; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

, 1997, p viii.6. Brumm, T. J., S. K. Mickelson, B. L. Steward and A. L. Kaleita-Forbes, “Competency-based outcomes assessment for agricultural engineering programs,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 2004, in press.7. Brumm, T.J., A. Ellertson and S.K. Mickelson, “Using ePortfolios to Develop and Assess ABET-Aligned Competencies,” Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, American Society for Engineering Education, Nashville, TN, June 2003.8. Mickelson, S.K., T.J. Brumm, and B.L. Steward, “Using Competency Feedback to Assess Agricultural Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, American Society for

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Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Guidera

representation of a physicalsolid object” [9]. Computer modeling with solids that is based on Constructive Solid Geometry(CSG) is a method for describing the geometry by applying set operations to primitive objects[10]. CSG is used to build solid models by combining primitive (implicit) objects with Booleanoperators. Solid model primitive objects, such as spheres, cubes, and cylinders are manipulatedwith Operators to produce new objects based on addition, intersection, and union of the primitiveobjects. The Boolean Set Operators used are: • Union - A + B is the set of points that are in A or B. • Intersection - A.B is the set of points that belong to A and B. • Difference - A-B is the set of points that

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Kelly

the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations web siteExample batch recordsExample standard operating proceduresExample validation documentsSections of the United States Pharmacopoeia: National Formulary (USP24:NF19). TheOfficial compendia of Standards.Hardy, Mark R. Methods for the analysis of glycoprotein carbohydrates. Available at theURL http://www.abrf.org/ABRFNews/1994/April1994/apr94methods.html.Huber, Ludwig. 2003. Validation of analytical methods and processes. InPharmaceutical Process Validation edited by Robert A. Nash and Alfred H. Wachter.Pages 507-524. Marcel Dekker, Inc.Lincoln, John E. The FDA’s draft process validation guidance. Journal of ValidationTechnology. 5(3):263-270.Reisman, Harold B. Eight rules to live by for successful

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TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

and identify theories of 33% 62% 5% 0 0leadership.Dominant theories on motivation and 38% 52% 10% 0 0attitudes.Personal communication style and styles of 33% 43% 24% 0 0others.Values and ethical decision-making. 43% 43% 14% 0 0Positive reinforcement and employee reward 38% 52% 10% 0 0systems.Conflict resolution and conflict resolution 43% 33% 19% 5% 0style. Table 3. Spring 04 Online Class Section B—Human Relations in Organizations (n=14)Course Objective A specific objective of this Excellent Good Average Poor Notcourse is to help the student understand