Academic mentoring : a valuation of an accelerated development programme
- Authors: Ceronio, Louise
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Career development , Action research , Appreciative inquiry , Mentoring , Valuation
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/283056 , uj:30513
- Description: M.Phil. (Leadership Coaching) , Abstract: There is a need for an effective accelerated career development intervention such as mentoring to address the imbalances of the past still prevalent in the South African higher education context. Such an intervention should contribute towards the development of the next generation of academics for more senior roles. Mentoring programmes for academic advancement have been implemented in the higher education sector, but the value gained by the participants of such programmes has not been explored. The aim of this study was to explore what is to be valued by an academic mentoring programme for accelerated career development. The strategy towards this end was a case study. The case was an accelerated academic mentoring programme for lecturers in a higher education institution. The positive action research method of appreciative inquiry was applied in a two-phase design. The mentees (11 participants) took part in a facilitated appreciative inquiry workshop, and the mentors (5 participants) participated in appreciative interviews. The participants were able to identify the positive core of their mentoring programme, which enabled them to envision how such a programme may lead to academics flourishing in terms of teaching, research, community involvement, and academic leadership. Subsequently, the participants co-constructed an architecture for an ideal mentoring programme. The participants finally suggested the deliverables required for enhancing and guaranteeing the sustainability of a mentoring programme. On a methodological level, the positive action research method of appreciative inquiry was introduced as an approach to value (as opposed to evaluate) an academic mentoring programme. On a theoretical level, the findings corroborated the positive impact of mentoring on career development, in particular in the higher education context. On a practical level, the appreciative inquiry method empowered the participants to become appreciative of the value of the mentoring programme, encouraging them to become more self-directed in their personal career development.
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- Authors: Ceronio, Louise
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Career development , Action research , Appreciative inquiry , Mentoring , Valuation
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/283056 , uj:30513
- Description: M.Phil. (Leadership Coaching) , Abstract: There is a need for an effective accelerated career development intervention such as mentoring to address the imbalances of the past still prevalent in the South African higher education context. Such an intervention should contribute towards the development of the next generation of academics for more senior roles. Mentoring programmes for academic advancement have been implemented in the higher education sector, but the value gained by the participants of such programmes has not been explored. The aim of this study was to explore what is to be valued by an academic mentoring programme for accelerated career development. The strategy towards this end was a case study. The case was an accelerated academic mentoring programme for lecturers in a higher education institution. The positive action research method of appreciative inquiry was applied in a two-phase design. The mentees (11 participants) took part in a facilitated appreciative inquiry workshop, and the mentors (5 participants) participated in appreciative interviews. The participants were able to identify the positive core of their mentoring programme, which enabled them to envision how such a programme may lead to academics flourishing in terms of teaching, research, community involvement, and academic leadership. Subsequently, the participants co-constructed an architecture for an ideal mentoring programme. The participants finally suggested the deliverables required for enhancing and guaranteeing the sustainability of a mentoring programme. On a methodological level, the positive action research method of appreciative inquiry was introduced as an approach to value (as opposed to evaluate) an academic mentoring programme. On a theoretical level, the findings corroborated the positive impact of mentoring on career development, in particular in the higher education context. On a practical level, the appreciative inquiry method empowered the participants to become appreciative of the value of the mentoring programme, encouraging them to become more self-directed in their personal career development.
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Valuation of intellectual property and intangible assets
- Authors: Van der Walt, Deon
- Date: 2010-02-24T08:40:26Z
- Subjects: Intellectual property valuation , Intangible property valuation , Valuation
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:6637 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3038
- Description: M.Comm. , Intangible assets are increasingly becoming the critical determinant of value creation and future profitability of most businesses. There is a clear distinction between the accounting treatment of physical assets and are reported on the firm’s balance sheets, but intangible assets are by large written off in the income statement, along with regular expenses such as wages, rents and interest. This distorted treatment of intangibles in an accounting sense, has dire consequences for managers, investors and policymakers relying on financial information, thus giving an extremely limited view of a company’s potential for value creation and are virtually worthless as a basis for assessing the value of intangible assets as a whole. This paper is limited to the valuation of intellectual property and intangible assets not reflected on the balance sheet and is primarily aimed at researching, exploring and identifying various intangible asset valuation techniques used to make investment decisions; the advantages and disadvantages of each valuation method so identified; identifying which one or more of the valuation methods identified is the most appropriate measure to valuate intangible assets; identifying the accuracy of the most appropriate valuation method selected as compared with the other methods. The problems posed by intangible assets appear to be based on two levels. The first is the difficulty to identify, collect and analyse data regarding intangible assets. The second overlapping level is the lack of external financial reporting on intangibles. The problem herein manifests itself in the lack of recognition of the current accounting principles, thus resulting in intangible assets not being systematically reported in financial statements leading to a lopsided view of the assets employed by a company to generate revenues.
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- Authors: Van der Walt, Deon
- Date: 2010-02-24T08:40:26Z
- Subjects: Intellectual property valuation , Intangible property valuation , Valuation
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:6637 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3038
- Description: M.Comm. , Intangible assets are increasingly becoming the critical determinant of value creation and future profitability of most businesses. There is a clear distinction between the accounting treatment of physical assets and are reported on the firm’s balance sheets, but intangible assets are by large written off in the income statement, along with regular expenses such as wages, rents and interest. This distorted treatment of intangibles in an accounting sense, has dire consequences for managers, investors and policymakers relying on financial information, thus giving an extremely limited view of a company’s potential for value creation and are virtually worthless as a basis for assessing the value of intangible assets as a whole. This paper is limited to the valuation of intellectual property and intangible assets not reflected on the balance sheet and is primarily aimed at researching, exploring and identifying various intangible asset valuation techniques used to make investment decisions; the advantages and disadvantages of each valuation method so identified; identifying which one or more of the valuation methods identified is the most appropriate measure to valuate intangible assets; identifying the accuracy of the most appropriate valuation method selected as compared with the other methods. The problems posed by intangible assets appear to be based on two levels. The first is the difficulty to identify, collect and analyse data regarding intangible assets. The second overlapping level is the lack of external financial reporting on intangibles. The problem herein manifests itself in the lack of recognition of the current accounting principles, thus resulting in intangible assets not being systematically reported in financial statements leading to a lopsided view of the assets employed by a company to generate revenues.
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