The Challenges of Chairing a Large and a Small Department

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-11
Author(s):  
Catriona T. Higgs
Keyword(s):  
Small Department

scholarly journals Remarks by Maria Flores

2018 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 79-82
Author(s):  
Maria Flores
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
Public International Law ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
Small Department ◽  
The University

I first became involved with international law while I was at university. After graduating, I decided to teach public international law. As an undergraduate, I particularly enjoyed this branch of study. I was attracted to it because it helped me to understand the problems, challenges, and breakthroughs in the field of international relations on a global scale. Therefore, after facing a competitive entry process, I joined the international law department of the Universidad de la República. It was a small department, but the university had produced some well-known scholars like Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga, who became a judge at the International Court of Justice, and Hector Gross Espiell, who served as a judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

CLAH Lecture: Harrods Buenos Aires. The Case of the Unwanted Dresses, 1912–1940

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-360
Author(s):  
Donna J. Guy
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Department Store ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Female Population ◽  
City Block ◽  
The Us ◽  
Dining Room ◽  
Small Department

ABSTRACTIn 1912, a small department store called Harrods opened in Buenos Aires, one that by the 1920s expanded to almost a city block. Although named after the founder of the London store, the manager of Harrods London, Richard Burbidge, his son Woodman, and a few board members planned the purchase of land and opened the business, and then presented it to the entire London board. Unfamiliar with Buenos Aires, believing that women consumed more than men, and presuming that upper-class women there had the same consumer desires of those in England, the store opened catering to the upper-class female population and focused on readymade dresses. And, to the great surprise of the local manager, women of all classes did not want these dresses because they preferred to purchase cloth and take it to their dressmakers.The dilemma facing Harrods Buenos Aires, detailed in company reports in the archive of Harrods London and in scans of Buenos Aires Harrods archives in the possession of British bookseller Jennifer Wilton-Williams, show that sales reports, rather than studies of the Argentine market like those published by the US Department of Commerce, shaped the new department store's response. Until the 1940s, Harrods Buenos Aires focused on the sale of less expensive articles that came from its dining room, its cosmetics department, and infants’ and children's clothing. Furthermore, employees purchased more than 40 percent of the clothing. Originally imagined as the flagship of the upper-class female shopper, it ended up as a store for the middle class, especially women who bought gifts and enjoyed being seen in the dining room. It closed in 1998.

A Psychology Technician Training Program

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 206-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
William W. Nish
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Applied Program ◽  
Technician Training ◽  
Small Department

This paper is an account of how a small department has met the needs of its region by adding an applied program, but retaining its traditions.

The computer science small department initiative (CS_SDI) report

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 332-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy Bareiss ◽  
Kris Powers ◽  
Scott Thede ◽  
Marsha Meredith ◽  
Christine Shannon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Small Department

scholarly journals The Elephant and the Mouse: making a large department feel small and a small department feel large

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Trivett
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Student Experience ◽  
Size Spectrum ◽  
University Programs ◽  
Large Schools ◽  
Small Department

Engineering Education in Canada is carried out at 44 currently accredited university programs.  Collectively, the system graduates more than 12,000 new engineers each year. One quarter of those students study at a large schools having more than 1000 students in each yearly cohort. Many more study in medium-sized classes having more than 300 students each year. There also campuses where an engineering class is fewer than 30 students. How does the student experience differ from the opposite ends of this size spectrum?  

scholarly journals Leadership Styles in India- An empirical Study of Indian Entrepreneurs/Leaders

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-52
Author(s):  
Shruti D Naik
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Value Addition ◽  
Effective Leader ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
Role Concept ◽  
Small Department ◽  
The Right ◽  
Is Value

The word Leader simply means a person who leads. A leader should necessarily possess the characteristics of organizing, staffing, training, motivating, recognizing the special capabilities and talents, setting standards, correcting deviations, achieving objectives etc. or by guiding his subordinates and showing the way to be followed in order to reach the organizational goal. Each and every person has to either lead or follow. This is decided on the basis of aptitude, potential and determination.Very few are daring and courageous enough to risk unpopularity by depending from the herd. The ability to make a spot decision is what differentiates the executive or leader from the clerk. A leader always exerts a positive influence on the life of others, as a member of team or the head of a small department. The role of an effective leader is value addition. Leadership is a multi-dimensional, multi-faceted, multi-situational and multi-role concept."Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." There are nine key qualities that research shows people seek in a successful leader:Passion; Decisiveness; Conviction; Integrity; Adaptability; Emotional Toughness; Emotional Resonance; Self Knowledge; Humility This study intends to study various approaches to leadership adopted by entrepreneurs and leaders in India, specifically those in cities selected for the study. Effectively, the data were analysed and conclusions were drawn.

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