For the discussion, sharing, and collaborative creation of open educational resources (OERs)—from syllabi to course materials, assignments, and textbooks—in humanities fields.
Roger Gillis deposited “Caring about Sharing”: Copyright and Student Academic Integrity in the University Learning Management System in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 2 months, 1 week ago
The issue of sharing course material outside of the classroom is very much intertwined with academic integrity and information literacy issues. This chapter explores the key issues surrounding this topic. First, this chapter explores the ill-conceived notions that might exist around students’ perceptions that everything on the internet is free a…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Building a Knowledge-Based Economy in Bangladesh in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
The concept of “knowledge economy” is based on the view knowledge and information are at the center of economic growth and development. In today´s ever changing world knowledge has become a key element for sustainable economic development. This study aims to identify key challenges for developing knowledge based economy in Bangladesh. Study resu…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Shifting Global Economic Paradigm in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
Introduction: The 21st century was started with the dawn of a new economic puzzle of China’s fast economic growth. It has surprised the economists. The Chinese constant upward growth has shifted economic paradigm and the axis of growth appear to have been shifted from the western hemisphere to the eastern hemisphere. Some economists term it a 2…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited The Social Network of High and Low Self- Monitors and it’s Impact on Organization’s Performance in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
Self-monitoring as a personality attribute is given particular attention by researchers in order to understand employee performance and productivity in the organizational context. Numerous studies focused on the impact of self-monitoring from individual employee perspective with limited focus on the impact of the organization’s performance. H…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited The Fundamental Deviation and the Riddle of Manipulation: A Critical Analysis in the Context of Bangladesh Stock Market Crash in 2010-11 in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
The capital market in Bangladesh does not always act based on the fundamentals. Fundamental means the set of ethics, principles, guidance, various market instruments and well structural set up that helps the stock market for operating well. Structural weakness is a thing which may ruin the market base or fundamentals. But the capital market as…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Strategic Management in Zimbabwean Profit and Non-profit Organizations: Identifying the Missing Tools in the Strategy Implementation Kit Bag in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
The purpose of this study was to identify the determinants of strategic success or failure in Zimbabwean Profit and Non-Profit Organizations. The convergent parallel mixed methods research design was adopted as the guiding model for the data collection, analysis and interpretation process in this study. This explains why data was collected through…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited An Analysis of Guest Occupancy and Profit of Private and Public Hotels in Cox’s Bazar in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
Purpose: The aim of this research was to find out the differences in guest occupancies and profits of the private and public hotels between and within the years 2008 and 2014.
Methodology: The researchers followed explanatory research to differentiate the data with statistical tools. The researchers undertook the deductive approach to test the…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Mushroom as a Mechanism to Alleviate Poverty, Unemployment and Malnutrition in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
Mushroom is the most popular delicious, nutritious and medicinal vegetable in the world. Now it is considered as the most promising concept for crop diversification. It has been regarded as an effective means for poverty alleviation in less developed countries due to its potential for a quick, high return of profit on a small investment.…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Education Levels among Parents and Misconceptions on HIV and AIDS in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
This study investigated the association between Parents’ education levels and beliefs towards HIV/AIDS and People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). Data was collected using a set of questionnaire. Five points Likert was used to measure parents’ attitudes and beliefs towards HIV/AIDS and PLWHA. Findings from this study show that age, sex, rel…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Corporate Social Activities of Private Commercial Banks in Bangladesh: An Evaluation in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
Every business organization has some responsibilities to the people because organizations need people to sell their products. No organization can make profit without selling products to the customers. However, every bank needs customers to sell products for earning profits. In this case, the authority of each bank should accomplish some activities…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Corporate Culture and Organizational Change- a Study on a Large Pharmaceutical Company in Bangladesh in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
This paper investigates the relationship between corporate culture and attitudes toward organizational change from the perspectives of a large pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh. A structured questionnaire was developed on the basis of the competing values framework of culture typology of Cameron and Quinn (2006) and a study of Justina Simon…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Economic Analysis of the Pearl River Delta’s “Labor Shortage” in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
The shortage of workers in the Pearl River Delta is becoming increasingly severe. The enterprise can hardly employ enough workers. Based on the supply-demand model, this paper analyzes the phenomenon from the view of economic, and bases on the Lewis Model analyze the deep cause of this situation. This paper argues that the best way to solve this…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Distribution Process of Pesticides in Vegetable Production in the Southern Part of Bangladesh in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
This study reveals the way of understanding the usages of pesticides and the development of the distribution process of pesticides in vegetable production in southern part of Bangladesh. In this regard, a descriptive study has been, at first, conducted to understand the insights about the pesticide use. A sample of 152 farmers has been interviewed…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Asset Liability Mismatch- An Empirical study on nationalized commercial banks in Bangladesh in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
Liquidity Management is the integral part of monetary management. Liquidity management, ensuring sustainable solvency are the two core prerequisites for smooth functioning of banks in the long run. The balancing act between a bank’s own liquidity and its role as a liquidity creator, especially in times of financial distress or crisis, is the f…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Research of Working Capital Management Regarding to Companies in China in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
This paper divides working capital into working capital of operating activities and working capital of financing activities. Working capital of operating activities can be further divided into working capital of procurement channels, working capital of productive channels and working capital of marketing channels by channel. Then we analyze the…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Volatility Estimation in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) returns by Garch Models in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
This study aimed at understanding the volatility of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). The daily and monthly average DSE General Index (DGEN), from the period January 1, 2002 to July 31, 2013 has been used. The study has been made by using the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) models to estimate the presence of volatility.…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Investment Performance of Islamic Bank: An Empirical Study in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
The article undertakes an empirical study on investment of Islamic Bank. The aim of the study is to examine and evaluate the performance of investment of Islamic Bank for the time period 2005-2009 in comparison with a conventional Bank. Several financial ratios are applied for this purpose. For the empirical investigation data has been collected…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges and Its Impact on Economy in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
This research will try to examine the FDI plays a dominant role in the economy of Bangladesh through accelerating Gross Domestic Product (GDP), export and domestic investment followed by overall economic growth. So it is vital for a developing country like Bangladesh to carry out effective measures in protecting the prospective foreign investors…[Read more]
Alim Al Ayub Ahmed deposited The Dimensions of Industrial Growth in Tamil Nadu, India: Three Decades of Experience in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
Industrial development plays a momentous role in all walks of development. The empirical investigations of world famous works pursued by Simon Kuznets(1966) Chennery(1980), Hoffman(1958), Murray & Bryce(1960) and Kaldor(1978) found that there is a positive and significant association between industrial development and overall development of a…[Read more]
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