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Global inflation in addition to the recent pandemic led to a global shift in teaching methods and techniques. In Lebanon, the online learning was implemented in schools and universities as a form of distance education without a proper training for students and instructors. The abrupt transition to online learning presented a new challenging evaluation system for students at any higher education institutions like the “Arts, Sciences and Technology University of Lebanon” known as (AUL). Using an inductive approach based on the researcher's observations for a complete year, and the semi-structured interviews conducted with the university students and instructors, this exploratory study aims to highlight the gaps within the applied online system at AUL, particularly in regards to the adopted examination and the student’s evaluation system. Our findings reveal the high impact of student’s skills on their online academic achievements, versus the low impact of their knowledge levels. Thus, we propose in this study a useful evaluation method that we called “The Learning Leverage Ratio” or the L.L.R. system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Taking into account that the global market challenges will create new business concepts that will be affected by ultimate technological advancements, this project highlights the importance of including financial KPI's and methodical development in the Total Quality Management system of an organization. Data was collected through a triangulation procedure built on a contemporarystructured literature review and qualitative-empirical methods (13 interviews) with a selected team of Engineers, strategic management experts, and certification managers in international standards. When reviewing our work within the context of the Lebanese Health Care Institutions during the recent pandemic situation (the managerial implications regarding the absence of financial KPI's) and methodical practices the results outlined a gap in the quality management control system. The originality of our work comes from the formulation of a new business model (the "Airplane Model") that crisscrosses the airline industry (using the airplane shape and structure) and the healthcare system (as a case study) and takes into consideration the technological advancements impact on practical decision-making processes and business continuity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact & implication of higher education entities within the context of ''Service-Learning'' regarding the incubation of sustainable-non-profitable projects that have communal impact that are proposed and piloted by students. The study also highlights the many challenges that can be faced when trying to implement such extra-curricular initiatives in a post-war country, where public services are either poorly delivered or completely deteriorated and social capital is relatively inexistent. First a training seminar was provided by a World Bank youth advisor that introduced the concepts of ''Hybrid Transformational Change Management & Conscious Leadership'' and outlined the role of today's youth in emancipating the deprived communities. We then examined the structure and dynamics of AUL's School of Business course curriculum that had social-implications - and proposed several socially-responsible topics to the students' community and provided students with tools, processes, concepts, business modeling and ideation, etc. through the means of extensive trainings. Thirdly, we initiated an informal student's service club that aimed to assist students in developing entrepreneurial skills, learn to assess communal socio-economic needs, in order to deliver social impact within the campus's surrounding communities - within the banner of ''civic engagement''. Finally, students were invited to propose topics within a Project Management Process that went in line with the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Eventually such topics will go through a thorough evaluation process where one will be chosen by a designated committee- in order to receive the required funding (if any is required) to get implemented by the students' club and managed by a third party. The results indicate how students actually benefited from structured a ''learning by doing'' process that enabled them to gradually become ''Social-Public Entrepreneurs'' thus highlighting a new aspect of the ''Student Involvement Theory''. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]