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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Investigation On Sustainability Of Total Quality Management In Higher Education  Through Deming’s Pdca Cycle]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Total Quality Management (TQM) is an approach that seeks to improve quality and  performance which will meet or exceed customer expectations. This can be achieved by  integrating all quality-related functions and processes throughout the organizations. Total  Quality Management (TQM) is an integrated organizational effort designed to improve  quality at every level. In a TQM effort, participation of all members of an organization is  very important about sustainability. The term sustainability has become popular in policyoriented  research as an expression of what public policies ought to achieve. According to  Brundtland, sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present  without compromising the needs of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainability  management, the ability to direct the course of a company, community, organization, or  country in ways that restore and enhance all forms of capital (human, natural, manufactured,  and financial) to generate stakeholder value and contribute to the well-being of current and  future generations. TQM as a management system could be expanded to include components  of sustainability.  The methods for implementing this approach come from the teachings of such quality leaders  as Philip B. Crosby, W. Edwards Deming, Armand V. Feigenbaum, Kaoru Ishikawa and  Joseph M. Juran. For example W. Edwards Deming in the 1950&#039;s proposed that business  processes should be analyzed and measured to identify sources of variations that cause  products to deviate from customer requirements. Deming created a (rather oversimplified)  diagram to illustrate this continuous process, commonly known as the PDCA cycle for Plan,  Do, Check, Act.  In higher education, this study is aimed that offering sustainability of quality education  among the most important goals for university strives to achieve. Moreover the purpose of  this study is to increase the degree of quality awareness, practice, and appreciation of using  PDCA cycle in higher education. As a result, in this study it is mentioned about relationship  between sustainability of total quality management in higher education using by PDCA cycle  technique.Keywords: Total Quality Management, PDCA Cycle, Sustainability, Sustainability  Management, Higher Education]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1104]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2188">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The IPARD Programme in the context of European Union  Rural development funds]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[One of the pre-accession funds which provided by the European Union is IPARD (Instrument  for Pre-Accession Assistance-IPA). With this fund, it is aimed that include in some of the  priorities for the adaptation of the agricultural sector and rural areas and contribute to the  solution of problems. Thus, it is aimed people in rural areas attain sustainable business and  living conditions their own region. In this context, it is given priority such as market  efficiency, improving of quality and health standards, and creation of new employment  opportunities in rural and rural areas in the supported activities.  At this study primarily, it will be focused on the importance of rural development. Later, it  will be given information about funds in order to promote rural development by the European  Union. It will be especially focused on IPARD funds and the implementation of IPARD in  Turkey will be discussed.  Keywords: European Union, Rural Development, IPARD Programme, Turkey.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1176]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Knowledge Economy and its Impact on the  Employment and the Employees’ Profile]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Throughout history, there has been a radical transformation concerning  the developmental stages in the lives of human beings. The first stage that  initiates with the agriculture continues with industry which is the main  turning points in the sociological perspective of work and working life. The  Industrial Revolution that was the sign of transformation from the manual  oriented economy to the machine oriented ones also shifted the  requirements of the human resource capital. The new terms about the  work entered to the literature such as the time, wage, and trade unions,  working conditions, factories and so forth. This event called as  industrialization as different from the period of agriculture isolated the  work and family life from one another. In the third period, the economic,  sociological, and the political procedures resulted in the development as  well as the importance of the knowledge and the knowledge economy.  Today, the knowledge which is the particular indicator of knowing  something and know-how is associated with the welfare and the power.  Those who can produce and utilize the knowledge can compete with the  others easily. Therefore, it can be stated that the knowledge is the main  determinant of current age called as ‘the age of information’. In a way, this  inclination shaped a great many things in the society from the education to  the employment strategies of the nations. Even more, the requirements of  the employees altered unlike those in the industrial period. As an example,  the internationalization of the human capital in terms of their  qualifications, the occurrence of the knowledge workers put a different  point to the employment based strategically approach. Within this  framework, the main aim of the study is to analyze the changing  perspectives of the employment and the employees by referencing to the  information centered society.  Keywords: Knowledge Economy, Knowledge, Knowledge Worker.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1659]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2533">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Language Barrier in the Cross-Cultural Communication between East and West: A Comparative Analysis]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The use of language in international arena and international politics plays a significant role, especially in the world after 9/11 attacks in USA. The spoken words got more important functions by the process of globalization, and spread of mass-media communication. The aim of this paper is to examine the key terms and concepts in the communication between East and West with focus on the (mis)understanding of the terms such as: jihad darul-islam/harb/sulh, crusades, democracy, and human rights in a post 9/11 world. The paper presents the historical overview and evolution of these terms in Islamic as well in western societies. Thus, this paper offers the interpretation of the words jihad darul-islam/harb/sulh, crusades, democracy, and human rights through the Islamic prism of understanding and cultural experience but also through the prism of understanding and experience of the societies in the West. Furthermore, this paper analyzes the denotations and connotations of these particular words and their significance in international political communication.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[823]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1936">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Language of Entertainment News is a Serious Business!]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Key words: entertainment news, structural complexity, semantic diversity  ABSTRACT  An essentially qualitative structural and semantic analysis is performed on the text of an ‘American Idol’ coverage posted on yahoo.com January 24th, 2013, constituting a micro corpus of 2,739 words. Being what it is, entertainment laced with a shot of drama and scandal, most of us share similar expectations as to what packaging such content will come in: in short, we anticipate relatively informal language and simple structures. However, a preliminary analysis of the story reveals at face value a fair amount of both phrasal and clausal complexity, with modification embedded at different levels of structures under investigation. Moreover, not only do the structures appear morphologically and syntactically complex, but their semantic representations also add to this diversity. Much as providing too much detail at word, phrase and clause level can easily lead to information overload, it also makes a clever tactic helping to transform a basically frivolous event into a top story of the day. It seems to be an attempt to ascribe relevance and newsworthiness to an affair that is nothing more than entertainment, but the aforementioned strategies almost make it look like a serious business.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[IBU Publishing]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-03]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1989]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/971">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[THE LEARNING AND MASTERY OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: A KEY STEP TO PROFESSIONAL INSERTION IN CAMEROON]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Relationships with others, in this modern globalized world, command respective challenges in communication and bring closely everyone into connection with people of other languages and cultures. The latter make people require exchanging cognitive notions, thoughts and principles through this connection, and to achieve this goal a strong medium is needed: language. Language is at the heart of human beings interaction and mostly for children’s learning. Through language, one can receive knowledge and acquire skills. Language enables both to communicate with others efficiently for a variety of objectives and to scrutinize their own and others’ experiences, feelings and ideas, giving them order and meaning. Because language is central to children’s intellectual, emotional and social development, it has an essential role across the curriculum and helps pupils’ learning to be coherent and progressive. This is a reality in Cameroonian schools and even at professional level. The fact that local, national, official and foreign languages are spoken in Cameroon makes the country unique and exceptional in Africa and even in the world. One can realise in Cameroon sub-system of Education, for instance, that a student can learn French, English, German, Spanish, Chinese or one of the 300 native languages that counts the country. Thus, Foreign and second language education has developed to unravel the challenges the present and prospective interlocutors encounter, by emphasizing on learning how to communicate successfully with others speaking a different language and living a different culture. Better still, the mother tongue as well as official languages (French and English) and some foreign languages ( Italian, Spanish, Chinese…) remain, in Cameroon,  part of the curriculum throughout primary, secondary and tertiary schooling, and this enables the learners to communicate worldwide and also be in acquaintance not only with their own cultural awareness but also with the others. Languages have become very important in Cameroon in looking and getting jobs in the public administration. The premise of the paper is, then, to highlight the benefits that are hidden behind the learning of languages in Cameroon. It also shows the place languages play in the development of Cameroonians’ awareness and competence in the use of two or more languages: an asset for a better insertion in society at professional level.     Keywords: Challenges, Communication, Plurilingual, Professional Level, tutored environment]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3546]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Level of Using Technology for Pre-Graduate Students While Preparing  Assignments]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The aim of this study is to determine the level of using  technology of Pre-Graduate students likewise internet and other basic  technology resources while they are preparing their assignments. The  centre of the research is Pre-Graduate students of AICUNI (Ağrı Ibrahim  Çeçen University), Vocational Training School of Ağrı.  Students have opportunities of accessing some other resources different  from books and papers with the help of developing informative  technologies finding their way through educational settings. Contrary to  traditional teaching/learning methods, developing technologies, especially  educational technologies, make it unavoidable for students to use them  while preparing assignments. While evaluated as information resources,  technologies such as internet and TV undoubtedly provide great  convenience to students for their individual studying. However there exist  some obstacles in the technology use for students such as access to  technology, know-how of tools, anxiety level etc.  With the questionnaires that are applied to our students of Pre-Graduate  students of AICUNI (Ağrı Ibrahim Çeçen University), Vocational Training  School of Ağrı we tried to determine the level of using technologies while  they are preparing assignments.  Determining their level of using technology will be useful for teachers and  lecturers to understand students’ tendencies about internet and other  technological resources as educational materials.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[709]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Limits of the SCO: Rethinking the Enlargement  Dilemma and Implications for Turkish Foreign Policy]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The question of whether the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),  which has been seen by some scholars as the Russo-Chinese “strategic  partnership”, can manage both deepening and widening of the  organization simultaneously has been a central concern of many public  and academic debates in recent years. Since its debut, SCO proved to be a  potential platform where upon Beijing – Moscow cooperation on a wider  Central Asia was enhanced further. Although the differences in the areas  of security, foreign policy and trade orientations of the member states  impede furthering the coordinated efforts towards enlargement, the SCO  members and observers alike, share lots of ideals and are longing for a  similar future for this extremely vast region. Nevertheless, it still remains  to be seen whether the expansion of the organization would facilitate or  make it more difficult in achieving and sustaining coherent policies among  the member countries. In a time of global economic crisis and drastic  changes in its immediate neighbors linked to the Arab Spring, the question  of enlargement renders a bunch of challenges and intricate choices,  among one of which is the recent overtures made by Turkey for joining  the SCO as an alternative to the European Union (EU). This paper  discusses the development of the SCO as an organization by analyzing first  its founding principles and objectives. Secondly, the work sheds light on  the converging and divergent aspects of the country specific approaches  to the enlargement issue and thirdly, addresses the prospects of Turkish  bid for full member status at SCO.  Keywords: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Russia, China, Turkish  Foreign Policy, Arab Spring, Eurasian Security.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1660]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2129">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Linguistic Impact of Internet on Language Usage]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Over the past a few decades, we have started to experience the linguistic impacts of the latest communication technology which was, most specifically, the Internet and with its different domains. The Internet has become a main free resource which is increasingly being used in almost every faces of our life by different age groups. It includes many domains such as chat rooms, e-mails; broadcasting and so on and every single mean of these communication domains have a clear effect on the future of all languages. Even though using these facilities has enabled us to reach any possible information, it also has brought some disadvantages to the language in use.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3581]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/943">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[THE LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPES OF MOSTAR AND LEUVEN: A COMPARATIVE STUDY]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Linguistic landscaping is a pioneering subfield of sociolinguistics exploring language in its written form in urban contexts. Since 1997 (Laundry and Bourhis, 1997), as a swiftly expanding research area worldwide, it has proved to be a relevant instrument for measuring various social and linguistic phenomena in multiethnic and multicultural ecologies (Backhaus, 2007; Ben-Rafael e.a., 2006; Edelman, 2010; Grbavac, 2012; Pavlenko, 2010 etc.) This paper aims at a comparative analysis of the linguistic landscapes of two seemingly different sociolinguistic surroundings: the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the city of Leuven in Belgium. The motivation and justification for this research lies in the fact that the linguistic landscapes of these two cities have not been inspected so far through the LL research methods. Furthermore both cities are embedded in similar yet different political, ideological, cultural, social and linguistic settings. Therefore the aim of the paper is to outline the similarities and differences of these two sociolinguistic contexts visible in the linguistic landscape. We propose the hypothesis that the two linguistic landscapes will show some similarities in language usage patterns and in the collective identity construction modes. Both LLs are set in regions where different languages and cultures are intertwined, therefore we expect to find some possibly universal matrices. Additionally, the contribution of this paper is to be seen in the documentary value of the research.    Key words: linguistic landscape, comparative studies, multiethnic ecologies, linguistic diversity]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3455]]></dcterms:extent>
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