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Publisher

Business Expert Press

Year

2018

ISBN

9781947843165

Topic

Business

Subtopic

Service Industry

Index

Business

Index

active learning, 66

adaptive innovators, 65, 87, 89

agile decision making, 81

Aiman-Smith, L., 79

Aoun, J. E., 47

approach force field analysis, 35–36

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), 52–53

Atlas, 117–121

discipline, 124

domain and operational context, 123–124

interpersonal skills and technical leadership, 124

math/science/general engineering, 123

mindset, 124

Atlas 0.25, 117

Atlas 1.0, 117

authorships, 109

automotive group presentations, 23

Banathy, B. H., 47

benchmarking, 91–93

Biesta, G., 24

breadth and specialization, 41

British Computer Society, 134

Brooks, K., 32

Brown, T., 135–136

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 34–35

business

functions, 81

practices and principles, 67

results, 76–77

Business Savvy, 90

Buxton, B., 139

Capstone and Future Planning, 54

Career Services, 33–35

Carley, K., 137

Center of Innovation Management Studies (CIMS), 75–76, 78–80

character course, 101–103

Clydesdale, T., 21

co-creation, 141

Collegiate Employment Research Institute (CERI), 30

Collins, H.M., 138

communications, 90, 111

community college

general education, 20–25

T-shape, 25–26

competency

credentialing, 67

hierarchy, 55–56

competency-based education, 57, 65

complexity, 101, 104

Computer Assisted Drafting (CAD), 23, 25

Consistent Delivery of Value, 118

corporate universities, 39

Cotter, T., 31...

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Abstract
Contents
Praface
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01-Chapter 01
02-Chapter 02
03-Chapter 03
04-Chapter 04
05-Chapter 05
06-Chapter 06
07-Chapter 07
08-Chapter 08
09-Chapter 09
10-Chapter 10
11-Chapter 11
12-Chapter 12
13-Chapter 13
14-Chapter 14
15-About the editors
16-About the author
17_How
18_Index
19_Adpage