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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Academic Writing in English: Approaches, Processes and Challenges in Higher Education]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Writing is pivotal and good language use is marked in higher education  throughout disciplines. Self-assumptions, others’ arguments, transformed knowledge, and  research results are primarily given in written documents including articles, theses,  dissertations and books. Though writing is often referred to as a skill or competence, it is  widely acknowledged that writing resides in much more than solely being able to  communicate what you already know. It rather stands as primary tool for thinking,  learning and knowledge construction. Based on the above considerations, the   present  study takes a qualitative case study approach to explore writing approaches and strategies  of nonnative graduate students’ writing academic texts and the difficulties that they  encounter in this process in English departments.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[333]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3380">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Comparative Analysis of Economic and Social Performances of  Transition Economies and the Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Transition economies have undergone an enormous transformation since 1989-  1991. After the recession of the early 1990’s, some of these economies experienced a GDP  recovery, at a different pace, with different outcomes in terms of economic growth and social  performance (human development, employment, poverty, etc.). This paper tries to analyze the  level of human capital for Transition Economies by comparative methods. In order to analyze  level of human capital for Transition Economies, we used the human development indexes.  Transition economies progress in the transition process has different effects due to internal and  external factors. The human development level in transition economies is relatively high in  spite of a huge recession and very poor economic performance, thanks to previous investments  made in social dimensions by previous regimes. In fact, economic performance would suggest  worse human development levels. Nevertheless, the transition process influenced the nonincome  dimensions of people, often worsening the main indicators. Among the countries of  Central and Eastern Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina is the ninth position as far as HDI rank  is concerned, just above Macedonia and Albania. BiH in aggregate human development terms  is continuing to progress. Its HDI score now places it at the lower band of the most developed  countries in the world.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[284]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3379">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Does Sector Make a Difference in HRM Practices?  Turkish Companies in Marmara Region]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[HRM discipline, occurring in 1920’s in the USA, has been predominant in the  USA and the European countries and there has been evolving phases throughout the 20th  century (Storey, 1989). It has been observed that the activities, objectives, dimensions, and  importance of the human resource function have changed dramatically since the 1970s  (Lundy, 1994). This is a result of social, political, economical, legal and technological  developments and the changes of work life, organisational features, labour. HRM functions  and practices are also affected by many other factors like national and organisational  circumstances (Andersen, 2000), sector, market type (Beer et al., 1984).  In Turkey, there is similar development. The Turkish HRM literature has a paralel rhetoric  especially to USA and Europe but the reality HR practices are not at the level that is told in  the literature (Ercek, 2006). The reality is different as a result of internal and external factors  effect to organisational structure and so to HRM functions. These factors are organisational  features, interpersonal relations, job’s features and personal characteristics are the internal  factors and external labour, external resources, rivals and regulators are the external factors  (Kaynak et al., 2000; Bingol, 2006; Sabuncuoglu, 2000), the current situation of the market in  which the company operates (Uyargil and Ozcelik, 2001). Also in Turkey organisational  structure (Ercek, 2006) and the number of employees (Çakmak et al., 2007) in other words  organisational size affect the HR practices and causes differentiation. Organisational size is  also one of the factors that determine the efficiency of HR practices (Aycan, 2001; Ozcelik  and Aydinli, 2006; Tanova and Nadiri, 2005).  The circumstances of the HR practices in Turkey must be investigated more (Ercek, 2006).  This paper starts from this point and will investigate if sector is an important factor that affect  HRM practices.  This paper critically explores if sector makes a difference in HRM practices and according to  this aim the research will be based on questionnaires conducted within companies of  manufacturing and service sectors who have HR departments in Marmara Region of Turkey.  The data gained from the questionnaires are analyzed statistically using SPSS 17.00.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[149]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3378">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Leniency and Severity Errors in Performance Appraisal in the Context of  Collectivist and Individualist Culture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Although the difficulty in carrying out the human resources’ practices into life in  different cultures is a major problem that the implementers have been handling for years, the  “appraisal errors”, which are important obstacles in front of an effective performance appraisal,  are needed to be examined more deeply in terms of socio-cultural factors. Because,  performance appraisals may be affected much by the value judgments that may have quite  serious differences with respect to the cultures. Therefore putting forward the effects of the  context in which the appraisal errors take place, has a critic importance for making sense of the  error reasons and for creating solutions. In this study, leniency and severity errors, those are  included in the performance errors, have been examined in the context of collectivist and  individualist cultures. Besides, the question as “how do the judgment values of those cultures  affect the tendencies of the raters towards leniency and severity error?” has been tried to  answer. This theoretical study has revealed that the variety of the cultural differences could  affect the tendencies of the raters towards leniency and severity influentially.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[247]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3377">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Turkish Financial Reporting System and Capital Markets’ Regulations]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Accounting is a knowledge system which records, classifies and summarizes the  economic activities of the companies. In this turn accounting has very close links with many  social economic factors that shapes an accounting system in a coıuntry. The aim of this paper  gives information about contemporary Turkish accounting system and its relation with capital  markets’ regulations. Also, this paper reviews current literature on accounting standard  setting issues and the last developments in Turkey since 1923. It should be addressed that,  there’s no capital markets and bourses before 1980s in Turkey. After this date significant  changes has lived both in economy and accounting system in axis of capital markets and  candidacy process of European Union. Also this situation brought out theoretical debate on  the change of current accounting system from continental Europe to Anglo-Saxon system]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[160]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3376">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Teaching Religion in a Secular Society]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[351]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3375">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Sustainable Development as a Course:  Social Service Applications]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study includes a general analysis of the “Social Service Applications” course,  which became part of the curriculum of Education Faculties in 2006-2007 in Turkey within the  context of sustainable development. A holistic perspective that takes socio-cultural elements into  account instead of a deterministic view which stresses only the economic factors is very important  in sustainable development. Enhancing knowledge and policies must be shared in a cooperative  way, as improvement of social life is very important for sustainable development. Therefore, the  objectives and contents of the afore mentioned course is in line with the aim of utilizing human  resources within the context of social problems, which is very important in social development.  This approach which enhances the development of social life necessitates a new cooperation that  will secure cooperation between universities and society. “Social Service Applications” course is,  therefore, an important opportunity within the context of sustainable development. In this study, it  is verified that university students who are conditioned not to take responsibility without being  given homework get used to taking responsibility within the context of the course. The study also  comprises evaluations of what can be done to make the course more useful and efficient, as well as  its role in sustainable development. The study discusses the coordination between the university,  civil society and public management in the applicability of the course, as well. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[322]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Global Crisis: Consequences and Solution Possibilities]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this paper, the reasons and solutions of the 2008 global economic crisis are  discussed. In the first part, a comparision of 2008 global crisis with 1929 economic crisis, the  effects of each and also the differences are explained. The champions and the losers of the  current crisis are interpretted. Also, the estimated duration and the expected end time of the  crisis are discussed. In the second part, the effects of the crisis to the Global Economy and to  some of the countries are stated. The expected effects can be summarised as, “losing of  confidence in global market”, “having negative prospects”, “decreasing of the foreign trade”,  “shrinking of the national incomes” ,“shrinking of demand and consumption”, “increasing of  unemployment”. In the last part, some solutions for negative effects of global crisis are  offered. A world economic story is stated and suggested a new International Money Currency.  Restrictions for the virtual Money is recommended and also some new rules on international  trade and international finance system are offered.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[212]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Information Security for Sustainable Development]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[With the advent of electronic commerce (e-commerce), business became  dependent on information systems in a new manner. Consequently information security  turned out to be more and more important for data-protection. In opposed to previous  systems, the changing requirements for security must be solely filled by new policies and risk  analysis. Security requirements can be defined with the help of investigations in the business  environment. Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is a rising discipline which includes  applications, mobile devices and wireless networks. Besides the majority of existing ecommerce  applications can be adapted to run in a wireless environment. M-commerce also  involves many more new applications such as, mobile financial services, user and location  specific mobile advertising, mobile inventory management. Therefore, most of the mcommerce  research should focus on applications, and security issues. To supply these  demands, we need to understand the necessary security requirements for every kind of  implementation. The aim of this work is to describe an approach for the importance of the  information security for sustainable development.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[506]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3372">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Strategies to Reduce Cost &amp; Improve Environmental Performance in  Lean &amp; Green Apparel Supply Chains]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[520]]></dcterms:extent>
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