Joseph KK Ho's work diary

The following topic areas of Strategic Financial Management are to be taught in 2013 May-June by me Business-level Strategy (Johnson et al (2008, Chapter 6).) Directions and Corporate-level Strategy (Johnson et al (2008, Chapter 7).) International Strategy (Johnson et al (2008, Chapter 8).) Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Johnson et al (2008, Chapter 9).) Strategy Methods and Evaluation (Johnson et al (2008, Chapter 10).) Enterprise Risk Management References FB forum on Strategic Mgt: https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/274828358631/ Business Analysis FB folder: https://www.facebook.com/josephho33/photos#!/media/set/?set=a.10151495502402090.551741.713727089&type=3 Enterprise risk management: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_risk_management Guide (pdf): http://www.ucop.edu/enterprise-risk-management/_files/protiviti_faqguide.pdf ERM video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajipo2lXNEw ; video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idqHuI8eEx4 ; ...

The subject of Housing Professional in the discipline of Housing Studies covers the following topics: Professional code of conduct Professionalism Personal development Professional development, including continuous professional development Professional ethics Research ethics Diversity in the housing sector Work-based learning References Powell, M. 2010 Dynamic presentations student's book Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. Robertson, D. 2008 Looking into housing. A Practical Research Guide to Housing Students. Alden Group. Witney Hutchinson, H. 2010 Write great essays and dissertations Teach yourself. London. Hepworth, A. 2011 Studying for your future : successful study skills, time management and career development : a guide for personal development planning for university and college students University of Learning, Bury Garnett, J. Costley, C and Workman, B. eds 2009 Work based learning : journeys to the core of higher education ....

The following are the related links on Housing Studies that involve me: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/111340167202830467466/111340167202830467466/about/op/iph#111340167202830467466/about  (HK Housing Management) https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/178966298896032/  (The Built Environment) http://courses.leedsmet.ac.uk/housingstudies   (as Course Leader in HK with AIBE) References https://x-stream.leedsmet.ac.uk/ On social sciences: https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/125235494183216/

It is now clear that I can and have to rely more and more on my e-readers from Amazon and the tablet from Samsung to access information and do much of my reading. There is the explosion of academic readings and news from the Internet; and the  heightened expectation to be much better informed in doing all the teaching and research works. The mode of learning required in a paperless knowledge-intensive era is different from the previous era...  This concern for searching for effective learning is much related to the Multi-perspective, Systems-based Research. More on this topic later.

From my recent assessment of students' final year projects as a second marker, I found that many students just examined their research design in their chapters on "Research Methods" as either a quantitative research or a a qualitative research. In this case, quantitative research, from their perspective, means gathering quantitative data. Some students told me that doing a mixed research (i.e. using both quantitative and qualitative research) is too complicated, based on what their supervisors told them. As one of them said, doing survey questionnaires with a section with open questions, while the rest are mainly questions with rating scales, amount to a mixed research method. I can understand that why they develop such a simplified  view on research method and research design; and I can also understand why their supervisors teach them such a simplified view on research methods.. it boils down to a learning attitude that is result-oriented and a learning process that ...

In my review of these three plagiarism cases, I can tell that these three students are good friends, who helped each other, performed plagiarism together and shared content with each other. Now, they receive the same penalty... it is so touching