Volunteer Love Education Learning and Self-Management Model

The “FU Chuan Charity Foundation” uses the statutory curriculum of the Department of Social Sciences to implement education on volunteer love and self-management for volunteer students. The statutory courses of the Department of Social Sciences belong to the “Interdisciplinary Curriculum Integration Model”, the “FU Chuan Charity Foundation” opened the “FU Chuan Charity Bachelor Class”, which has been operated by volunteers for 8 years, invisibly in the original “education and learning philosophy”. The outlines of 7 groups of education and learning models gradually emerged, so they were named “Education and Learning Models for the Bachelor of Evangelical Compassion”: including (1) the integration model of old and new students, (2) the cross-age and multi-group co-learning model, (3) Sharing mode in different places and different industries, (4) Social welfare resource co-study mode, (5) Potential mode of voluntary service, (6) Intervention response effect mode, (7) No-handling property mode. The operation of this model has changed from “Originally run a school for the Foundation” to “Run a school for the Friends Association”, and at least assist students in 5 changes: (1) Attitude to study, from “wait and see trial” to “specialized reading” “, then change to “Determined to Grad.” (2) The learning factor changes from “convenient time” to “professional needs”, then to “equal attention to time and professionalism”, and then to “desire to graduate”. (3) The average number of courses taken has changed from “inconsistent courses” to “concentrated courses” and then to “intensive courses”. (4) Student volunteer habits have changed from “adjustment to ups and downs” to “balanced and stable”. (5) The willingness of students to volunteer has changed from “rare concepts” to “stable learning” and then to “dare to face the test of the epidemic” [1].

Usefulness of Internal Business Process (IBP) Perspective in Performance Appraisal using Balanced Scorecard of Objective (BSCO) As An Alternative To Staff Performance Appraisal and Development (SPADEV) Reporting System in the Civil Service of Lagos State, Nigeria

Appraising employee performance from the perspective of Internal Business Process (IBP) perspective is a dimension of performance appraisal exercise that is not only misunderstood but neglected or given little or no attention. Evaluating performance based on IBP benchmarks and established milestones using the Staff Performance Appraisal and Development (SPADEV) reporting system in the Civil Service of Lagos State, Nigeria is counter-productive. Lack of unambiguous rules and unwritten codes of conduct in basic organizational operating environments give rise to vague performance appraisal mechanisms, processes and outcomes. These reasons contributed to the inadequacies of the Annual Performance Evaluation and Reporting (APER) system previously used in the Civil Service of Lagos State, Nigeria and also constitutes a threat to the effectiveness of the Staff Performance Appraisal and Development (SPADEV) Reporting System. This comparative study examined the Effect of Internal Business Process (IBP) perspective on Performance Appraisal using The Balanced Scorecard of Objective (BSCO) Method or The Staff Performance Appraisal and Development (SPADEV) Reporting Method in the Civil Service of Lagos State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study with Key Informant Interviews (KII). The population comprised fourteen Ministries, the Civil Service Commission (CSC), and the Office of Transformation, Creativity and Innovation (OTCI) with total staff strength of 7,555 in the Lagos State Civil Service. Utilizing Taro Yamane’s sampling technique, a sample size of 380 participants was arrived at, with a thirty percent (30%) addition (to enhance the confidence level and response rate). A self-developed structured questionnaire was used to collect information about variables that formed the basis for assessing the appraisal instruments, BSCO and SPADEV; from the perspective of the level of appropriateness (App). The questionnaire was validated, yielding a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.830. A total of 494 copies of the questionnaire documents were distributed, with a response rate of about 75%. In addition, two Commissioners and a Director General were interviewed, using interview-guide. Data from the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses (p=0.05) while data from the interview were content- analyzed. Findings revealed that there was significant difference (p<0.003) between BSCO (IBP: = 7.20) and SPADEV (IBP: = 2.84) for criterion variables assessing the appraisal instruments. Furthermore, analysis of KII revealed BSCO appraisal method to be superior to SPADEV method of appraisal. The study concluded that evaluating employee performance from the Internal Business Process perspective (IBP) using the BSCO is more viable than SPADEV with consistently significant difference for all variables used in assessing the appraisal instruments. It is therefore clear from the study that there is a significantly positive effect of the Internal Business Process (IBP) perspective in BSCO as an alternative to SPADEV. It therefore recommended that the IBPP should be used in BSCO as an alternative performance appraisal instrument in the Lagos State Civil Service.

Impact of Social Media on Teenagers: Nigerian Experience

The paper investigated impact of social media on teenagers, using Abuja as the study area. Specifically, the study: find out the various social media platforms mostly used by the teenagers in Nigeria; ascertain the means that teenagers use in accessing the social media; ascertain the motivating interests to social media exposure; find out the specific areas of their use of the social media; and find out the impact of the social media on the lifestyles of the teenagers. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from secondary school teenagers who were between age 13 and 19 years. The data obtained were subjected to descriptive statistics and inferential statistical analysis, and were and presented in tables that contain frequencies and percentages, while the research hypothesis was tested with Chi-square statistic (χ2 ). The result of the hypothesis testing revealed that the use of social media has a significant impact on teenagers’ lifestyle. (α=0.05,χ2 =0.344, p-value=0.002). This study viewed the impacts of social media and how the social media influence teenagers in their lifestyle and learning behavior. Even though it creates negative impacts on teenagers, we cannot think of a world without social media today. The paper recommended the use of corrective and preventive measures towards the negative effects and teenagers should be well educated and must have proper awareness regarding such problems of Social media.

Stakeholder Engagement and Environmental Disclosure via Facebook, the Case of Italian Local Governments

Delving on an empirical research conducted in Italy, this commentary highlights the use of Facebook by Italian Local Governments (LGOs) in order to disclose environmental information towards their stakeholders and it examines their reactions and their engagement.

Communication Strategies Established By King Abdulaziz University between the Administrators and Students in Response of Covid-19 Crisis

The widespread of COVID-19 around the globe has led to unusual measures by each country to limit the viral spread. Universities as a part of other institutions, took measures to ensure the safety of the students. While every university tried to take safety measures to overcome this problem, the decisions and the measures taken were different from one institution to another. As part of the measures, administrators provided different type of communication with students to instruct them to the appropriate ways to remain safe. In this study, the authors analyze how administrators communicated with students since the start of the crisis. This analysis was done by collecting all the official responses at King Abdulaziz University. Analyzing the administrative response to this crisis is important to understand which measures were more effective in overcoming this situation while ensuring satisfaction of students’ learning objectives

Dozens of Deeper Reasons for Denial in Internationalizing IndoNepal Border Dispute

Nepal has been having quite endless and unsolved ruffle with neighbouring nation India in light of border dispute. Since long, despite cordial and amicable nexus as well as having almost an airproof proximity in terms of culture, social values and other traits, often Nepal has to present a gesture of unceremonious unwelcome and decent denial over India’s highhanded stance on border issues, more precisely an act of an unethical encroachment. Given the situation, many scholars and analysts often urge and strongly counsel Nepal to internationalize the issue and bring it in notice of International Court of Justice, hereafter said only ICJ. This paper makes an engagement to analyse dozens of prominent bases on why not this will be a beneficial issue for Nepal; thus, Nepal has to more rationally explore other diplomatic routes to resolve it, or should forbid on internationalizing it.

‘Gentlemen of the Press’ and Media Gender Neutrality: A ReEvaluation

Media gender neutrality is one of the key tenets or pillars of journalism. Such tenets include but not limited to the gender-sensitive and non-biased language of reporting. Based on the symbolic interactionism theory and drawing on the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) method, it is argued that the traditional greeting for journalists “gentlemen of the press”, which is still in use internationally, is too gender-biased, promotes hegemonic masculinity that disproportionately disadvantages and hurts women. This article concludes that, based on current trends in gender neutrality and gender sensitivity in language, the original meaning inputted into the generic word “men” in “gentlemen” where the term “men” is applied inclusively to and refers to both “men and women” is no longer justified and tenable and recommends that the usage be stopped and be replaced with a new proposed, more gender-neutral greeting, namely: “Distinguished members of the press”.

Current Intellectual Property Regimes in the U.S. Fail to Protect Fashion Designs

The United States does not offer adequate intellectual property protections for designs within the fashion industry. The quick pace and constantly evolving nature of the fashion industry creates obstacles for designers’ ability to obtain lasting protection in their fashion articles. The intellectual property regimes for trademark, trade dress, patent and copyright will be analyzed in the fashion industry context. These intellectual property regimes in the United States do not adequately protect designers in the fashion industry. Small fashion brands and independent designers are often left unprotected by the copying of their designs. Designers “remain vulnerable to knockoff artists who can steal ideas straight off the runway and produce copies before the originals even hit the stores.” Due to the lack of intellectual property protection for fashion designers in the United States, fashion companies and retailers are able to “steal American designs, make low-quality copies in foreign factories with cheap labor and import them into the U.S. to compete with original designs”. This presents a huge concern for young and emerging designers who can be “put out of business before they even had a chance.” Emerging designers are left vulnerable to the threat of copying [1].