Sketchy communication: An experiential exercise for learning about communication in business

To be an effective communicator, students need to learn how to select the appropriate means of communication and be aware of potential obstacles. The model of communication process can be an effective framework for students to understand many pitfalls of the communication process. The described activity enables students to experience communication at different levels of richness (e.g., face to face, instant messaging, email) and with varying levels of feedback and noise. After completing the activity, students will understand the importance of precise, rich messages, seeking and providing feedback, and the difficulties that can occur at every step in communication.     

Then and Now: Examining Older People's Engagement in Outdoor Recreation Across the Life Course

Outdoor recreation provides a range of health and wellbeing benefits and facilitates engagement with natural environments. We explore older people's participation in outdoor recreation throughout their lives to examine how past experiences shape engagement later in life. A qualitative life history approach, consisting of semi-structured interviews and a focus group in three place-specific (urban, rural, and small town coastal) case studies in Scotland, was adopted. Thematic analysis revealed ways in which childhood experiences shaped adult engagement and highlighted life course transitions where behaviour change was most pronounced. Place and gender were considered as factors which may affect responses. Participants identified the points of getting married, becoming a parent, children entering adolescence, retirement, the onset of disabilities or ill health, and the death of others as “moments of change” in the extent and/or form of their outdoor recreation. The findings highlight potential for targeted interventions to promote outdoor recreation throughout life.     

高职院校老年服务与管理专业晨练模式改革探析——以老年福祉学院为例

晨练作为高职院校体育工作的重要内容,是学生日常行为规范养成、良好道德品质与纪律规范形成的重要措施之一。本文通过对现有晨练项目的问卷调查,分析老年服务与管理专业学生对晨练项目的态度,试图探索符合专业发展、灵活多样的晨练形式,以满足学生发展需求。     

论颈椎间盘突出症患者的非手术及理疗

本文主要探讨了椎间盘病学特征、病理特征、临床分型、临床症状与表现、非手术及治疗以及康复治疗的一些实际问题。     

对高职院校学生课外体育锻炼的心理分析——以辽宁地质工程职业技术学院为例

高职院校学生体质如何,将直接影响未来的工作和学习。由于大学生之间存在着身体形态、生理机能的差异,因此,他们的锻炼动机、锻炼项目和锻炼时运动量的选择等心理活动特征也有差异。对这些问题研究的目的是掌握他们课外体育锻炼规律,采取有效的措施,正确地引导和帮助他们,真正达到科学锻炼的目的,以便为促进高职院校学生课外体育活动健康、科学地发展,促进学生终身体育行为,为高职院校体育教学改革提供重要的参考依据。     

影子训练法在大学英语听力教学中的应用

将同声传译的基本训练方法影子训练法应用到英语听力教学中,可以通过具体语言信息的听辨和具体图式的应用,选择合适的听力材料,提高学生的听力水平。     

上市公司股权激励问题探析

股权激励制度曾被视为降低经理层代理成本、完善公司治理的良方，但安然事件等一系列公司丑闻逐渐暴露出该制度的弊端。近年来股权激励制度在我国上市公司迅速推广，一些公司通过股权激励取得了“公司业绩增长，股价上涨，投资者受益，公司高管暴富”的“多赢”局面，实际上在表面繁荣、貌似合法与市场化的背后隐藏着大量问题，部分公司的股权激励已被扭曲为公司管理层牟取暴利的寻租工具。这表明，在资本市场有效性程度低、上市公司治理不规范的情况下，不宜大规模推广股权激励制度。     

延安时期毛泽东对建设马克思主义学习型政党的引领

中国共产党关于＂建设马克思主义学习型政党＂的基本思想,在延安时期已具雏形。红军长征到达陕北后,毛泽东深刻总结党的历史上＂左＂、右倾错误的成因及危害,决定通过学习的方式,进一步提高党的理论水平和实践经验,切实加强党的建设。他以身作则、率先垂范,刻苦学习马克思主义的政治、军事、哲学理论,带头发起全党有计划的马克思主义学习与教育运动,在延安营造了一个空前浓厚的学习氛围,在此基础上,通过整风运动,更是在全党范围内形成了一个＂你追我赶＂的学习热潮,开创了建设马克思主义学习型政党的新形式。在毛泽东的引领下,延安时期党的自身建设不断完善,马克思主义学习型政党建设初见成效。     

Managerial Selection Decisions in Multinational Corporations: Teaching International Business Using Problem-Based Learning

Companies face many challenges as they staff managerial positions in overseas operations, including decisions on whether to staff using expatriates, host-country nationals, or third-country nationals. We developed an exercise—designed to help students understand the differences between these three groups of employees—that requires students to develop a set of criteria that would form the basis for choosing the candidate they deem to be the best one. In addition, the exercise can serve as a springboard to discussion of the different training and compensation requirements for each of the three different types of employee. The steps involved in the exercise are presented together with suggestions for debriefing the exercise.     

Body image as a leisure constraint: Examining the experience of aerobic exercise classes for young women

Abstract

Previous research has shown that women, and especially young women, in this culture experience pressure to be thin. Although considerable research has been directed toward the investigation of body image and its relationship to psychological health and self‐image, the impact of body image on leisure behavior has not been adequately addressed, nor has body image received much attention as a potential leisure constraint. The purpose of this study was to investigate ways in which body image might function as a constraint to young women's participation in aerobic exercise classes. The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods, including a survey of 190 women undergraduate students and in‐depth interviews with a sub‐sample of 11 students. The qualitative data are the main focus of this analysis. The data indicated that body image did not seem to prevent participation or constrain levels of participation in aerobics. Nevertheless, body image concerns were shown to constrain the enjoyment of aerobics as a leisure activity, and this reduction of enjoyment was related to the clothing worn for aerobics and to competition over appearance and body weight among participants. The findings also showed that body image functioned as a constraint into participation in that body‐image‐related concerns were a major motivating factor exerting pressure on young women to participate in aerobics. In sum, the study suggested that body image can constrain leisure in some situations, although it is not a constraint in the traditional sense of preventing participation. The implications of these findings for the conceptualization of leisure constraints were discussed. Furthermore, some practical implications for the provision of aerobics classes were provided.