Tim J. Rahschulte

Meeting the Needs of Global Companies Through Improved International Business Curriculum

The global workplace requires specific knowledge, skills, and abilities on the part of workers. There is a growing body of research indicating a gap between the global industry demand for skills and the higher education systems ability to supply that demand. Leveraging the work from Yu, Guan, Yang, and Chiao (2005) and Prestwich and Ho-Kim (2007), this study investigated this gap. The sample included global leaders of Fortune 500 companies. Exploratory in nature, the primary purpose of this study was to understand the needs of global business organizations that form the hiring market for international business graduates. The findings highlight the gap between the topics being taught by educators and the skills actually needed by the target international businesses. This information is relevant to the challenges facing global businesses as well as higher education institutions and provides insights into improvements for the good of both industries and especially the students aiming for careers in global organizations.

Organizational and Leadership Implications for Transformational Development

Transformational development is a concept of change that originated in the Christian context but has now become generally used in the work of both secular and faith-based organizations. The growing use of the concept by organizations that are fundamentally different has naturally led to some confusion about what the concept means and what it takes to effectively implement it. In this article, we describe the key features of the concept and how they are important in determining the organizational requirements for its effective implementation. Drawing on a few cases, the paper highlights the centrality of faith in transformational development work.

The Program Manager

..................................................................................................................................................... Executive Summary........................................................................................................ 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 2.0 Monitoring Design.............................................................................................. 2.1. Boundaries ....................................................................................................... .2. Stratification of Land Area............................................................................. 2.3. Selection of Carbon Pools to Measure and Monitor................................... 2.4. Monitoring Frequency.................................................................................... 3.0 Sampling Plots..................................................................................................... 3.1. Type and Number of Sampling Plots........................................................... 3.1.1. Plot Type................................................................................................... . Number of Plots ................................................................................................................. .2. Sampling Procedure ....................................................................................... 3.2.1. Plot Layout ............................................................................................... 3.2.2. Size and Shape of Sample Plots............................................................. 3.3. Establishing Sampling Plots .......................................................................... .0 easurement of Live Biomass .......................................................................... 4.1. Measurement of Trees in Sample Plots........................................................ 4.2. Calculating the State and Change in Live Tree Biomass ........................... 4.2.1. Calculating changes in aboveground tree carbon stocks from allom equations .................................................................................................................. 4.2 . Ingrowth and mortality accounting ..................................................... 4.3. Non‐tree Biomass ............................................................................................ 4.4. Belowground Biomass.................................................................................... 4.4.1. Calculating biomass increment in roots............................................... 5.0 Measuring Other Biomass Pools ................................................................................................

Transitioning to Program Management

This is the fourth and final installment in this article series that has focused on numerous aspects of organizational transition involved with introducing and maturing an organization’s program management discipline. Throughout the series we have detailed the story of a major U.S. contractor in the midst of a program management transition. This transition was led by Dave Mitchell, a senior V.P. for the company, and his PMO director, Nico Coachman.