Papers by Nensi Hazizaj
International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 2020
Business schools have globally applied the case method as an initiative to assimilate real-life b... more Business schools have globally applied the case method as an initiative to assimilate real-life business knowledge and skills. Researchers have found that the case method, compared to other teaching methods, provides an excellent opportunity for students to participate in the analysis of different business situations, as well as to invent solutions, generating interest and positive motivation towards learning. This study aimed to examine students’ perceptions about the influence of the case method on students’ performance and critical thinking. The sample included 141 freshman undergraduate students from Business Informatics and Economics programs at Epoka University enrolled in a management course that utilizes the case study method. Forty-seven questionnaires were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Questions were divided in three categories: general perception, performance, and critical thinking. The result showed a positive general perception of the case met...
Case Conceptualisation of Jack/Tyler Durden The case to be explored is that of Jack/Tyler Durden.... more Case Conceptualisation of Jack/Tyler Durden The case to be explored is that of Jack/Tyler Durden. He is a 30 year old, white male suffering from dissociative identity disorder. When we are presented with Jack he is presented as a man who suffers from insomnia (inability to sleep). He claims he has not slept in a period of six months, a condition which has left him blunted emotionally and exhausted physically. He does not know what causes his insomnia. Jack presents himself as being passionate about his belongings in his house and as spending his free time shopping for house furniture. He chooses this furniture by asking himself 'What kind of dining set defines me as a person?' As the movie develops he tells us that he sometimes nods off and wakes up in strange places. Tyler's life up until this point has caused him to develop a feeling of emptiness and lack of meaningful interpersonal attachments. He is obsessed with filling his house with things that would define him because he does not have a stable sense of self. We see that Tyler does have a desire to get better and improve his current state of being. He takes the initiative to go to the doctors office asking for medicine to help him sleep. However, the doctor dismisses his case by telling him he's not getting enough exercise. When Jack replies that he is in pain, the doctor jokes about him going to a testicular cancers survivors group in order to experience real pain. As he says that, a glimpse of Tyler Durden, his soon to develop alter-ego, is shown to us. There are several important things going on here. First, Jack is actually looking for help. This means that he has a desire to get better. Second, we get a glimpse of a new drive for him. As a person with a blunted affect and emotional state, the simple push to go and experience real pain (i.e. real emotion), is what drives him to go to those support groups. When he does go there, he says nothing and let's people assume the worst about his condition. In these groups, the people are urged to carry out an exercise in which they find a partner, hug, and cry. Jack, allowing those around him to think the worst, undergoes these group exercises in which he cries with force. It is because he feels a need to experience something genuine, that he finds catharsis for his suffering by lying and crying in support groups of people who have tangible pain and suffering to recover from. Through lying to those around him, he creates around himself an environment which allows him to express his feelings to people who are willing to listen. As he later says in the movie 'When people thing you're dying, they really listen to you instead of waiting for their turn to speak.' After he begins to frequent these support groups, Jack manages to sleep 'better than a baby'. Why is this? I believe that due to the cathartic nature of crying, he temporarily eased the consequences which the lack of meaningful and genuine communication with other people in his life causes. He goes on to state that when he enters these sessions he is dead and when he leaves them he feels resurrected. The experience of raw emotion makes him feel as if he is being pulled back from the dead. A disruption come up in his coping mechanism in the form of Marla Singer. Unknown to us if she is a figment of his imagination or an actual real person with similar issues as he, she is a 'tourist' as Jack himself is in these groups. She has no terminal illness and yet uses these support groups for the terminally ill for the same purpose as he: catharsis. When Marla Singer comes into his group sessions, he is faced with the nature of his presence in these groups; that it's all a lie. When confronted with the possibility of his cover being blown and people seeing his purposes for being in these meeting, he once again goes on to being numb and sleepless. Due to the anxiety
The relationship between ASE, Gender and Academic Outcomes: A qualitative research.
For this paper I have chosen to analyse the fictitious character of Jean-Baptiste Clamence, the m... more For this paper I have chosen to analyse the fictitious character of Jean-Baptiste Clamence, the main character of Albert Camus novel titled The Fall. Jean-Baptiste is a forty year old man who practices the profession of a lawyer. In the book he currently lives in the Netherlands, is alone and has a drinking problem. Jean-Baptiste is at the early stages of what is considered to be middle adulthood which starts around the age of 40 to 45 and ends around 60 to 65 years of age (Santrock 2017, pp. 126). During his young adulthood, Jean-Baptiste spend most of his time on building a career and focusing on enjoying life. In the book he talks about how he believes to have lived a successful life. Even though he did have successful relationships throughout his life, Jean-Baptiste is unmarried and [claims to be] happily so. In this paper I analyse the character of Jean-Baptiste Clamence in terms of physical development, cognitive development, degree of attachment to others, intelligence and finally, I discuss how the three theories of personality development presented in Santrock 2017 can be adapted to this character analysis. Physical Development: In terms of physical development, since Jean-Batiste is at the start of middle adulthood, he does not yet show signs of the physical decline that occurs during this stage. He even describes himself as built like a rugby player (Camus 1956, pp. 9). His physical development, as Jean-Baptiste explains while he tells the story of his youth, during his 20s an 30s was at its peak. However, even though his physical built seems to be unbothered by his age, we can see clearly throughout the book that Jean-Baptiste has an alcohol abuse problem. As he reminisces about his youth, he sometimes talks about the fact that he was very much sexually active during early adulthood. However, we know that in this stage of development [middle adulthood], sexual activity occurs less in both males and females (Santrock 2017, pp.136). At forty, Jean-Baptiste engages in not one of sexual activity throughout the story, mainly due to the change of view/perspective on sexual activity itself rather than any physical impairment. Cognitive Development In check with research that has been done after Piaget proposed the final cognitive stage of development in young adulthood,-that of formal operational thought,-Jean-Baptise seems to engage in what psychologist consider post formal thought. This stage is characterised by thought that is reflective, relativistic and realistic (Santrock 2017, pp.93). As a character, Jean-Baptiste is heavily guided by what he thinks would make him feel good. With this motivation, his contemplations are about how he could maximise this feeling in his surroundings, both on a environmental level (what is physically around him, i.e. helping an old lady across the street) or on a abstract level (how can his career best affect others in order 1
Mental health practitioners rely heavily on new and upcoming research and theories when determini... more Mental health practitioners rely heavily on new and upcoming research and theories when determining the best course of treatments for the disorders that their patients have. Therefore it is important for them to have a comprehensive framework under which they can base their therapeutic practice in a way which would best resolve the issues that their client has. A big problem when comorbid substance use disorders and schizophrenia occur is that there is no wide consensus how to best go about tackling the symptoms of these disorders. Blanchard (2000) has proposed a model which attempts to explain the comorbidity in terms of individual personality characteristics. Due to its relatively recent nature, the model has some scientific backing, but not enough for it to be generalisable and valid enough for mental health practitioners to work under its frame of thought. The research I propose here is a longitudinal study which is built around Blanchard's Affect Regulation Model of substance addiction in schizophrenia. Hopefully, by controlling for the confounding variables which as of today have made current research not fully congruent and in accordance with Blanchard's theory, this study will aid us in better understanding the role that individual characteristics play in the development of this type of comorbidity. Introduction:
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Social-cognitive processes are considered to be integrative parts of knowledge management in orga... more Social-cognitive processes are considered to be integrative parts of knowledge management in organisations and projects. In this study, Shared Mental Models and Social Capital between team members is considered under the lens of complexity as it influences knowledge management practices such as Absorptive Capacity. Social Capital is also examined in its role in facilitating information processes between team members as they occur under varying level of complexities. Data was gathered from a sample of 127 project managers and consultants through the use of a survey. Significant relationships were supported between Social Capital and Knowledge Management, as well as Social Capital and Complexity. Moreover, Complexity was found to be inhibitive to the process of creation of Shared Mental Models, as well as inhibitive to information absorption capacity of team members. This study adds to current literature which focuses on the interrelationship of social-cognitive processes in knowledge management process in project management.
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