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Creating Cultural Competence

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Jacquelyn Wiersma-Mosley, Margaret Miller Butcher

Subject(s): Diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace, Cultural studies

Publisher: University of Arkansas Libraries

Last updated: 25/01/2024

This book was written to provide an introduction to cultural competence. The book is broken into video chapters that focus on the five developmental orientations of cultural competence, based on the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). The videos utilize voices of how students define and create cultural competence in their communities. These videos are appropriate for high school and college campus initiatives and classes, organization, and community trainings.
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Teaching Apparel Production

CC BY (Attribution)  7 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Sheri Deaton

Subject(s): Apparel, garment and textile industries

Institution(s): University of Arkansas

Last updated: 25/01/2024

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Family Financial Management Case Studies (an OER resource)

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)   English

Author(s): M. E. Betsy Garrison, PhD

Subject(s): Budgeting and financial management

Institution(s): University of Arkansas

Publisher: University of Arkansas Libraries

Last updated: 25/01/2024

Family financial management involves decisions based on both economic and social factors, including the quality of life and well-being of all family members. Family composition changes throughout the life course of people, including formation and re-formation, and are affected by laws, regulations and policies at multiple levels, from local or national. Six case studies were developed for students to critically think about and through the myriad of decisions that diverse families make as manage their lives and financial resources. Each case study features a different family type: a relocating family with same-sex parents, an uncoupling family with heterosexual parents, widowhood, coupling, a divorcing gay couple, and a single parent family, all within the context of current events in the U.S. For each case study, students are asked by their employer or in a professional role to prepare a report that makes use of highly credible and trusted sources of information and a chart or table as well as a recommendation for the family. To further student learning four reflection questions were also developed. The case studies were piloted in spring 2023 course, revised summer 2023 and will be fully deployed fall 2023 in an undergraduate online course of ~50 students. Case studies will be updated as needed based on current events, including legislative and judicial decisions.

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Introduction to Education

CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike)  19 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Jennifer Beasley, Myra Haulmark

Subject(s): Education, Teacher training

Institution(s): University of Arkansas

Publisher: University of Arkansas Libraries

Last updated: 25/01/2024

This book was written to provide students with an introduction to the field of education. The book is broken into chapters that focus on questions students may have about education in general. Although some chapters may go into more depth than others, this is created as an introductory text.

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Human Behavior and the Social Environment I

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Susan Tyler

Subject(s): Social work

Institution(s): University of Arkansas

Publisher: University of Arkansas Libraries

Last updated: 25/01/2024

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Principles of Management for Leadership Communication

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): [Authors removed at request of original publisher]

Subject(s): Communication studies, Business and Management

Institution(s): University of Arkansas

Publisher: This edition published by University of Arkansas Libraries. Original edition published by University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing edition, 2015. This edition adapted from a work originally produced in 2010 by a publisher who has requested that it not receive attribution.

Last updated: 25/01/2024

This version adapted for leadership communication.  Chapters from the original have been reordered.  Some chapters have been deleted in this version. 

Principles of Management is adapted from a work produced by a publisher who has requested that they and the original author not receive attribution. This adapted edition is produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing through the eLearning Support Initiative.

Principles of Management teaches management principles to tomorrow’s business leaders by weaving three threads through every chapter: strategy, entrepreneurship and active leadership.

Strategic — All business school teachings have some orientation toward performance and strategy and are concerned with making choices that lead to high performance. Principles of Management will frame performance using the notion of the triple bottom-line — the idea that economic performance allows individuals and organizations to perform positively in social and environmental ways as well. The triple bottom line is financial, social, and environmental performance. It is important for all students to understand the interdependence of these three facets of organizational performance.

The Entrepreneurial Manager — While the ”General Management“ course at Harvard Business School was historically one of its most popular and impactful courses (pioneered in the 1960s by Joe Bower), recent Harvard MBAs did not see themselves as ”general managers.“ This course was relabeled ”The Entrepreneurial Manager“ in 2006, and has regained its title as one of the most popular courses. This reflects and underlying and growing trend that students, including the undergraduates this book targets, can see themselves as entrepreneurs and active change agents, but not just as managers.

By starting fresh with an entrepreneurial/change management orientation, this text provides an exciting perspective on the art of management that students can relate to. At the same time, this perspective is as relevant to existing for-profit organizations (in the form intrapreneurship) as it is to not-for-profits and new entrepreneurial ventures.

Active Leadership —Starting with the opening chapter, Principles of Management show students how leaders and leadership are essential to personal and organizational effectiveness and effective organizational change. Students are increasingly active as leaders at an early age, and are sometimes painfully aware of the leadership failings they see in public and private organizations. It is the leader and leadership that combine the principles of management (the artist’s palette, tools, and techniques) to create the art of management.

This book’s modular format easily maps to a POLC (Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling) course organization, which was created by Henri Fayol (General and industrial management (1949). London: Pitman Publishing company), and suits the needs of both undergraduate and graduate course in Principles of Management.

This textbook has been used in classes at: College of Alameda, Columbia Basin College, Flagler College, Johnson County Community College, Pasadena City College, Penn State University, Renton Technical College, San Diego Mesa College, Sierra College, Yuba College.

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Introduction to Marketing - MKTG 3433

CC BY (Attribution)  10 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): WCOB Marketing Faculty

Editor(s): Rebecca Miles

Subject(s): Sales and marketing management, Business and Management

Institution(s): University of Arkansas

Publisher: University of Arkansas - Walton College of Business

Last updated: 19/01/2024

This University of Arkansas open textbook is adapted from the Lumen Learning openly licenced course Principles of Marketing. The textbook uses current case studies and engaging, real-world scenarios to help students recognize and analyze marketing in business as well as in everyday life. Curated OER readings, videos, simulations and other learning activities introduce students to the principles of marketing.

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Introduction to Apparel Production Workbook

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Laurie M. Apple

Subject(s): Sewing, Apparel and fashion: technology and techniques

Institution(s): University of Arkansas

Publisher: University of Arkansas Libraries

Last updated: 19/01/2024