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Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters. (2013)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2013). Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters. China media research, 9, 45

Until recently Anglophone business research into the issues surrounding the costs of and barriers to internationalisation has focused on cultural barriers and their potential for conflict and misunderstanding. Most of this research assumes that, as E... Read More about Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters..

Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector. (2013)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2013). Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector. Scottish Languages Review, 26, 3-12

This article investigates the employers' preferences when hiring graduates to work in the financial services sector in Edinburgh. It is based on five in-depth semi-structured interviews with managers in the sector. The findings show that a global men... Read More about Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector..

Customer retention through the equal incorporation of continuous improvement(CI), culture and customer service (2013)
Thesis
McCrory, B. Customer retention through the equal incorporation of continuous improvement(CI), culture and customer service. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6439

Customer retention has long been considered an important element in achieving competitive advantage for business organisations. The increasingly turbulent economic environment has brought this again to the fore for many organisations. Through the de... Read More about Customer retention through the equal incorporation of continuous improvement(CI), culture and customer service.

An investigation into the sales process practiced by Scottish-based food and drink SMEs (2013)
Thesis
Douglas, T. An investigation into the sales process practiced by Scottish-based food and drink SMEs. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6038

This thesis aims to explore selling and the sales process in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from the selling organisation’s perspective. It investigates the sales process between SME manufacturers/distributors and Food retail and Foodservices cu... Read More about An investigation into the sales process practiced by Scottish-based food and drink SMEs.

The Depiction of Women in the Historical Narrative of the German Order (2012)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2012). The Depiction of Women in the Historical Narrative of the German Order. Zeitschrift fuer deutsches Altertum,

This paper analyses the portrayal of women in the Livländische Reimchronik and Nikolaus von Jeroschin’s Kronike von Pruzinlant, the two earliest German language chronicles written by members of the German Order to describe the conquest of Livonia and... Read More about The Depiction of Women in the Historical Narrative of the German Order.

The learner’s role in assessing higher level abilities (2012)
Journal Article
Cowan, J., & Cherry, D. (2012). The learner’s role in assessing higher level abilities. Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 6, 12-22

This paper responds to the vision of a new assessment culture, which will be a meaningful integration of teaching, learning and assessment. It reviews the advice in the literature about assessment, and from there identifies principles for the assessm... Read More about The learner’s role in assessing higher level abilities.

Public feedback - but personal feedforward? (2012)
Journal Article
Cowan, J., & Chiu, Y. J. (2012). Public feedback - but personal feedforward?. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 4,

Academic feedback is taken here as the reporting to student writers of the strengths and weaknesses of their submitted draft work, while academic feedforward refers to constructive advice regarding possible strengthening of students’ next work. Both... Read More about Public feedback - but personal feedforward?.

Developing a Pedagogy for Interactive Learning. (2012)
Book Chapter
Cowan, J. (2012). Developing a Pedagogy for Interactive Learning. In J. Jia (Ed.), Educational Stages and Interactive Learning (1-17). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0137-6.ch001

Recent developments in higher education have seen the demise of much didactic, teacher-directed instruction which was aimed mainly towards lower-level educational objectives. This traditional educational approach has been largely replaced by methods... Read More about Developing a Pedagogy for Interactive Learning..

Students’ choices between typing and handwriting in examinations. (2012)
Journal Article
Mogey, N., Cowan, J., Paterson, J., & Purcell, M. (2012). Students’ choices between typing and handwriting in examinations. Active learning in higher education, 13, 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787412441297

Keyboarding is a ubiquitous skill for most UK students and most coursework essays must be word-processed. However few examinations, other than for students with disabilities, permit the use of a word-processor. It is not known how students would re... Read More about Students’ choices between typing and handwriting in examinations..

A simulation based decision making approach in bunkering. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moeller, D., Friedrichs, S., Cullinane, K., Schroer, B., & Anderson, M. (2012, May). A simulation based decision making approach in bunkering. Paper presented at AlaSim International

An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh (2012)
Thesis
Mackenzie, C. An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5422

Probably the most important and strategic resource of SMEs is their employees” (Analoui & Karami, 2003b:204). A critical review of the literature on leadership in Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) suggests the relationship between the individual emp... Read More about An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh.

Freedom to learn: a radically revised pedagogy to facilitate lifewide learning in the academic curriculum. (2011)
Book Chapter
Cowan, J. (2011). Freedom to learn: a radically revised pedagogy to facilitate lifewide learning in the academic curriculum. In N. J. Jackson (Ed.), Learning for a Complex World (122-136). Authorhouse™

Higher education has progressed fairly steadily to a common pedagogical approach which centres on the idea of alignment. In this arrangement, intended learning outcomes are identified and declared; learning activities which will enable the desired le... Read More about Freedom to learn: a radically revised pedagogy to facilitate lifewide learning in the academic curriculum..

Helping Eastern students to master Western critical thinking (2011)
Journal Article
Chiu, Y. J., & Cowan, J. (2011). Helping Eastern students to master Western critical thinking. Asia Pacific education review, 6, 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-011-9189-2

It is possible that some of the problems that confront Eastern learners when they are asked to engage in critical thinking come from the misleading association of the title with criticising negatively and even with disagreeing. In some other educa... Read More about Helping Eastern students to master Western critical thinking.

The Book in Germany. (2010)
Book
(2010). M. Fischer, & W. A. Kelly (Eds.), The Book in Germany. Merchiston Publishing

The articles in this edited collection trace the history of the book in Germany from the manuscript tradition through to the twentieth century. Contents: 1. Mary Fischer: Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the crusades in nort... Read More about The Book in Germany..

Nine examples of innovative assessment. (2010)
Preprint / Working Paper
Cowan, J. Nine examples of innovative assessment

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Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the Crusades in north-eastern Europe in the fourteenth century. (2010)
Book Chapter
Fischer, M. (2010). Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the Crusades in north-eastern Europe in the fourteenth century. In The Book in Germany (1-15). Merchiston Publishing

This article examines how literary outputs and chronicles in particular were used in the fourteenth century by the order's leadership to document, justify and popularise the Teutonic Order's crusades in Prussia.

Reconceptualising moderation in asynchronous online discussions using grounded theory (2010)
Journal Article
Vlachopoulos, P., & Cowan, J. (2010). Reconceptualising moderation in asynchronous online discussions using grounded theory. Distance Education, 31, 23-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/01587911003724611

This paper reports a grounded theory study of e-moderation of asynchronous online discussions, to explore the processes by which tutors in higher education decide when and how to e-moderate. It aims to construct a theory of e-moderation based on some... Read More about Reconceptualising moderation in asynchronous online discussions using grounded theory.

The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin. A History of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia 1190-1331. (2010)
Book
Fischer, M. (2010). The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin. A History of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia 1190-1331. Ashgate Publishing

This text is a translation of the fourteenth century Middle High German chronicle, Kronike von Pruzinlant by Nicolaus von Jeroschin. The chronicle is the main source of the early history of Prussia and is of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate... Read More about The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin. A History of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia 1190-1331..

Choices of approaches in e-moderation: conclusions from a grounded theory study (2010)
Journal Article
Vlachopoulos, P., & Cowan, J. (2010). Choices of approaches in e-moderation: conclusions from a grounded theory study. Active learning in higher education, 11, 213-224. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787410379684

Much has been published in recent years about the desirable nature of facilitated interactions in on-line discussions with educational purposes. However little has been reported about the roles which tutors actually adopt in real life learning contex... Read More about Choices of approaches in e-moderation: conclusions from a grounded theory study.