Open Educational Resources | Pao Yue-kong Library, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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BPM in Industry

Cover the adoptions of BPM in organizations, why they are being adopted, to what extent they're being adopted and what if organizations fail to adopt a BPM

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

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Compare 2 process manager animation

From the animation of two process managers, who do you think is a better process manager for the organization?

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

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Hong Kong’s MTR by the numbers

A video about the history, the evolution and statistics of MTR

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
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Interview with Dr. Josiah Chan

An interview with Dr. Josiah Chan, Senior Consultant of a large global IT organizations on process management

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
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More about BPM

A more indepth on conventional and theoretical treatment about Business Process Management

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

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Business Process Management

A basic introduction to Business Process Management

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

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Interview with Mr. Ivan Cheung

An interview with Mr. Ivan Chan, a global PBM director and his experience on rolling BPM in organizations

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

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Why BPM is so IMPORTANT for Organizations?

To have a better understanding on the importance of BPM by watching a video about graduates of Industrial Systems Engineering at PolyU and the good work by Professor Devonport Tom Davenport.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

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What’s in the name “BPM”

It covers the diversity on BPM and its derivative

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

Video

An animation which illustrates from a real story. 3 students went to a very large IT company in Shanghai for summer placement and they found how difficult it was to capture or rediscover the business process in reality.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

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Process based organizations

This lecture covers the topic of process-based organizations

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

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Organisational Structure and Business Process Management

In this lecture, we further study business process management in particular about how organizational structure or different types of organizational structure can support business process management.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Industrial management Workflow -- Management
Resource Type:: Video

MOOC

Managing Human Resources in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry

Understand essential human resources concepts and theories and analyze contemporary issues in the management of human capital.

Subjects:: Hotel, Travel and Tourism
Keywords:: Hospitality industry Corporate culture Tourism Personnel management
Resource Type:: MOOC

MOOC

Innovation and Technology Management in Tourism and Hospitality

Learn about information and communication technologies [ICTs] and innovations in the hotel and tourism industries.

Subjects:: Hotel, Travel and Tourism
Keywords:: Hospitality industry Tourism Technological innovations
Resource Type:: MOOC

MOOC

Managing Marketing in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry

Learn the latest principles and theories in marketing and how to apply them to the hospitality and tourism industry.

Subjects:: Hotel, Travel and Tourism
Keywords:: Hospitality industry Tourism Marketing Bring (Marketing)
Resource Type:: MOOC

MOOC

English at Work in Asia: Job Applications

Learn how to be successful in your job search by creating a compelling CV / résumé and cover letter.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: Applications for positions Résumés (Employment)
Resource Type:: MOOC

MOOC

Introduction to Urban Geo-Informatics

Learning about geospatial technologies, such as GIS, Remote Sensing, GNSS and Underground Mapping, to solve urban environmental issues.

Subjects:: Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
Keywords:: Remote sensing Geospatial data Geographic information systems
Resource Type:: MOOC

MOOC

English at Work in Asia: Job Interviews

Learn how to successfully ace your job interviews to get promotions and secure a new job.

Keywords:: Applications for positions Employment interviewing
Resource Type:: MOOC

Courseware

Big Data Strategies to Transform Your Business

While big data infiltrates all walks of life, most firms have not changed sufficiently to meet the challenges that come with it. In this course, you will learn how to develop a big data strategy, transform your business model and your organization. This course will enable professionals to take their organization and their own career to the next level, regardless of their background and position. Professionals will learn how to be in charge of big data instead of being subject to it. In particular, they will become familiar with tools to: - assess their current situation regarding potential big data-induced changes of a disruptive nature, - identify their options for successfully integrating big data in their strategy, business model and organization, or if not possible, how to exit quickly with as little loss as possible, and - strengthen their own position and that of their organization in our digitalized knowledge economy The course will build on the concepts of product life cycles, the business model canvas, organizational theory and digitalized management jobs (such as Chief Digital Officer or Chief Informatics Officer) to help you find the best way to deal with and benefit from big data induced changes. During the course, your most pressing questions will be answered in our feedback videos with the lecturer. In the assignments of the course, you will choose a sector and a stakeholder. For this, you will develop your own strategy and business model. This will help you identify the appropriate organizational structure and potential contributions and positions for yourself.

Subjects:: Management and Computing
Keywords:: Business -- Data processing Big data
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Business Model Metrics and Advanced Tools

Do you want to enhance your business model by creating a clear focus or implement your new business model innovation into your IT? In this business and management course, we will discuss business model agility and how specific business model metrics will help you focus on the overall goals of our business. You will also learn about advanced tools to help support the bridge between business model thinking and IT implementation.

Subjects:: Management
Keywords:: Business planning Information technology -- Management Strategic planning Industrial management
Resource Type:: Courseware

Open (Access) Journal-Article

Using Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology and Discrete Event Simulation to Reduce Patient Discharge Time in King Hussein Cancer Center

Short discharge time from hospitals increases both bed availability and patients and families satisfaction. In this study, the Six Sigma process improvement methodology was applied to reduce patients discharge time in a cancer treatment hospital. Data on the duration of all activities, from the physician signing the discharge form to the patient leaving the treatment room, were collected through patient shadowing. These data were analyzed using detailed process maps and cause-and-effect diagrams. Fragmented and unstandardized processes and procedures and a lack of communication among the stakeholders were among the leading causes of long discharge times. Categorizing patients by their needs enabled better design of the discharge processes. Discrete event simulation was utilized as a decision support tool to test the effect of the improvements under different scenarios. Simplified and standardized processes, improved communications, and system-wide management are among the proposed improvements, which reduced patient discharge time by 54 from 216 minutes. Cultivating the necessary ownership through stakeholder analysis is an essential ingredient of sustainable improvement efforts.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Management
Keywords:: Hospitals -- Administration Process control Six sigma (Quality control stard)
Resource Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article

Open (Access) Journal-Article

A Lean Six Sigma framework to enhance the competitiveness in selected automotive component manufacturing organisations

This article investigates the integration of Lean and Six Sigma tools as a unified approach to continuous improvement and develops a Lean Six Sigma framework for selected automotive component manufacturing organisations in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa.

Subjects:: Management and Business Information Technology
Keywords:: Production management Automobile supplies industry Six sigma (Quality control stard)
Resource Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article

Open (Access) Journal-Article

The Integration of Lean Management and Six Sigma Strategies to Improve the Performance of Production in Industrial Pharmaceutical, Vol. 13, No. 8 (2018) | International Journal of Business and Management | CCSE

The aim of this paper is to identify the lean management and Six Sigma strategies to improve production performance in pharmaceutical companies through the ...

Subjects:: Management and Business Information Technology
Keywords:: Pharmaceutical industry -- Quality control Production management Six sigma (Quality control stard)
Resource Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article

Video

At University, Learning Is Inquiry

This video is about 'what is learning?' at the university.

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
Resource Type:: Video

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The Amazing Journey of Information

This video is about "where does information come from?".

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
Resource Type:: Video

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The (High-Quality) Ideas Constructors

This video is about 'how to create high-quality ideas?'.

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
Resource Type:: Video

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The Information Check Point

This video is about the basics techniques of evaluating information.

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
Resource Type:: Video

Video

All Gone Well Done - Episode 2

In facing the developer hegemony, Ah Bao’s convenient store is being forced to relocate. His best friend, Ah On gave up the opportunity to study aboard and insisted to stay in Hong Kong and film a documentary about the reconstruction of the old district. Why did he give up the study? Let’s find out the story of Ah On.

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
Resource Type:: Video

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All Gone Well Done - Episode 1

In the age of information, everyone is easy to be satisfied with the so-called "facts". However, a young man, Ah On believes that the truth-seeking spirit just like playing a trick, you can only one-side of the "truth". Let's check out whether the buddies of Ah On have this truth-seeking spirit or not.

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
Resource Type:: Video

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All Gone Well Done - Episode 4

In order to realize the unfinished plan of Ah On, some of his friends conduct the interview, some of them responsible for the on-site investigation while some of them do the background research. Do you want to know what are they going to do? Let’s check it out!

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
Resource Type:: Video

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All Gone Well Done - Episode 3

There are many strange things happened in the old building, is it a trick played by the developers? Let’s continue the story to see what happened on the 5 young people.

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
Resource Type:: Video

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All Gone Well Done - Episode 5

Here comes to the last episode! Let's check out whether they can realize the unfinished plan of Ah On.

Keywords:: Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Bloomberg Video Tutorial: Finding Dividend Payment, Dividend Growth Rate, Cost of Capital for Distributed Dividend Model

How to use Bloomberg to retrieve company financial data

Subjects:: Finance
Keywords:: Financial statements Corporations -- Finance Corporation reports
Resource Type:: Video

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Bloomberg Video Tutorial: Finding historical stock price, market index data, risk-free rate for Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

How to use Bloomberg to collect equity and market data

Subjects:: Finance
Keywords:: Stocks Corporations -- Finance Capital market
Resource Type:: Video

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Bloomberg Video Tutorial: Searching Companies based on Specific Criteria

How to use Bloomberg to screen companies by specific criteria

Subjects:: Finance
Keywords:: Investments Stocks Corporations -- Finance Equity
Resource Type:: Video

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Bloomberg Video Tutorial: Basic Analysis of Risk and Return of a Bond

How to use Bloomberg to search fixed income data

Subjects:: Finance
Keywords:: Investment analysis Bonds
Resource Type:: Video

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Bloomberg Video Tutorial: Finding Environmental, Social & Governance Analysis

How to use Bloomberg to find data related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG)

Subjects:: Finance
Keywords:: Corporations -- Investor relations Social responsibility of business Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects
Resource Type:: Video

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Bloomberg Video Tutorial: Finding Cost of Capital and Capital Structure

How to use Bloomberg to find data needed for corporate finance

Subjects:: Finance
Keywords:: Corporations -- Finance
Resource Type:: Video

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Bloomberg Video Tutorial: Collecting Economic Statistics

How to use Bloomberg to gather key macroeconomic indicators

Subjects:: Economics
Keywords:: Economics Economic indicators Social sciences -- Statistics
Resource Type:: Video

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Bloomberg Video Tutorial: Collecting Mergers and Acquisitions Data

How to use Bloomberg to get information on mergers and acquisitions

Subjects:: Finance
Keywords:: Consolidation merger of corporations
Resource Type:: Video

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Bloomberg Video Tutorial: Finding Research Analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence Analysts

How to use Bloomberg to search for business and industry reports

Subjects:: Finance
Keywords:: Business Corporations Corporations -- Finance
Resource Type:: Video

Courseware

Electric Cars: Introduction

This course explores the most important aspects of this new market, including state-of-the-art technology of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure; profitable business models for electric mobility; and effective policies for governmental bodies, which will accelerate the uptake of electric mobility.

Subjects:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Electric vehicles
Resource Type:: Courseware

e-book

Electromagnetics, Volume 1

This book is a peer-reviewed open educational resource intended for electrical engineering students. The book employs the “transmission lines first” approach in which transmission lines are introduced using a lumped-element equivalent circuit model for a differential length of transmission line, leading to one-dimensional wave equations for voltage and current.

Subjects:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Electromagnetism
Resource Type:: e-book

Courseware

Electric Cars: Business

This course explains how electric mobility can work for various businesses, including fleet managers, automobile manufacturers and charging infrastructure providers. The experts of TU Delft, together with other knowledge institutes and companies in the Netherlands, will provide insights into and examples of how innovations have disrupted conventional businesses and created new businesses altogether. This will be explained through various concepts and models, including total cost of ownership models, lean mass production, value chain thinking and business integration.

Subjects:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Electric vehicles Electric vehicle industry
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Electric Cars: Technology

This course focuses on the technology behind electric cars. You will explore the working principle of electric vehicles, delve into the key roles played by motors and power electronics, learn about battery technology, EV charging, smart charging and about future trends in the development of electric cars.

Subjects:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Electric vehicles Electric vehicles -- Batteries
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Signals, Systems and Inference

This course covers signals, systems and inference in communication, control and signal processing. Topics include input-output and state-space models of linear systems driven by deterministic and random signals; time- and transform-domain representations in discrete and continuous time; and group delay. State feedback and observers. Probabilistic models; stochastic processes, correlation functions, power spectra, spectral factorization. Least-mean square error estimation; Wiener filtering. Hypothesis testing; detection; matched filters.

Subjects:: Electronic and Information Engineering|Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Signal processing Signal theory (Telecommunication) System analysis
Resource Type:: Courseware

Courseware

Masculinity, Sexual Behavior and Health

This course focuses on men's health with particular attention to sexual and reproductive health and healthcare use among adolescents, extending throughout the lifespan.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Men -- Health hygiene Sexual health Masculinity
Resource Type:: Courseware

e-book

Essential of Linguistics

The book brings together Open Access content from around the web and enhances it with dynamic video lectures about the core areas of theoretical linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics), supplemented with discussion of psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic findings.

Subjects:: English Language
Keywords:: Linguistics
Resource Type:: e-book

Video

Physics of Ultrasound

An hour-long lecture explaining the physics of ultrasound, shared via the Easy Radiology youtube channel.

Subjects:: Medical Imaging
Keywords:: Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging Medical physics
Resource Type:: Video

Courseware

Environmental Technologies in Buildings

This course focuses on the thermal, luminous, and acoustic behavior of buildings, examining the basic scientific principles underlying these phenomena and introducing students to technologies and analysis techniques for designing comfortable indoor environments. Students are challenged to apply these techniques and explore the role light, energy, and sound can play in shaping architecture.

Subjects:: Environmental Engineering and Building Services Engineering
Keywords:: Buildings -- Environmental engineering Sustainable buildings -- Design construction
Resource Type:: Courseware

Video

2-Minute Neuroscience: Optic Nerve (Cranial Nerve II)

A 2-minute video (with transcript) discusses the anatomy and function of the optic nerve, as well as describe what can happen when the nerve is damaged. Additional notes are available at https://www.neuroscientificallychallenged.com/optic-nerve-deficits .

Subjects:: Optometry
Keywords:: Optic nerve Optic nerve -- Diseases Nerves Cranial
Resource Type:: Video

Video

What is critical to learning at U?

In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce shares her view on "Why InfoLit is vital?" through the search & research they do every day.

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
Resource Type:: Video

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How would it change my U-learning if I'm knowledgeable in creating new ideas and knowledge?

In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being information literate help you find creative and innovative ways of doing things, which is invaluably advantageous to your wider profession.

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
Resource Type:: Video

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How would knowledge about evaluating & select information benefits my learning?

In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being able to evaluate information in leisure, home, or professional situations is an essential skill. Our information world is always changing, and shelf-life of most information is no more than two years!

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
Resource Type:: Video

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The advantages of being information literate

In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being information literate give you critical and strategic approaches to solve problems. It's you who need to decide using which type (e.g. research or non-research based) of information to support ideas, claims, and proposals that you propose in your research task.

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
Resource Type:: Video

Others

Want to test your knowledge on Primary and Secondary Sources?

In this exercise, learners are required to distinguish the information belong to "primary sources" or "secondary sources". Primary information source are anything created at the time when the incident/event happened. They were created with the intention to record the incident/event. It could be a document, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, a diary, an artifact, and so on. Secondary information source is anything (e.g., documents, records, artifacts, objects, and so on) that discuss, relates, or refers another piece of information existing elsewhere.

Keywords:: Information resources Research -- Methodology Information literacy
Resource Type:: Others

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Be a life-long learner

In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being able to use information to learn, being an informed learner is about being able to maximize the potential of the information environment you have. It will make it possible for you to be productive, capable, and also innovative and creative.

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
Resource Type:: Video

Others

Further personal competencies and skills

Apart from subject domain knowledge, there are some personal competencies and skills that learner may want to develop in university. The personal competencies and skills include, critical thinking, evaluating definitions, evaluating arguments, evaluating news & media, evaluating scientific studies, evaluating disagreement, and evaluating statistics & graphs.

Keywords:: Critical thinking Media literacy Journalism -- Social aspects Information literacy Press criticism
Resource Type:: Others

Others

12 types of biases

In this slide, there could be as many as 12 types of biases that information user could fall victim when dealing with information.

Keywords:: Fallacies (Logic) Cognition Selectivity (Psychology)
Resource Type:: Others

Others

What are the six frame of informed learning

In this slide, it introduces the six frames for informed learning, suggested by Prof. Christine Bruce, would help learners brainstorm about the research topic in all-rounded, comprehensive way. The six aspects of your research topic that you should brainstorm for are: (1) Content frame, (2) Competency frame, (3) Learning to learn frame, (4) Personal relevance frame, (5) Social impact frame, and (6) Relational frame.

Keywords:: Learning Information literacy
Resource Type:: Others

Others

The role information and information literacy play in 4 steps methods for creating refutations

In this slide, it explains the 4-steps-method outlined by the University of Pittsburg and it illustrate the role information and information literacy play in each step to help learners to see the bigger picture.

Keywords:: Information retrieval Study skills Information literacy
Resource Type:: Others

Others

5 Levels of research output

The way you put ideas together reflect your level of understanding about the issue you have inquired in your research, which, is what your professor looks for when she/he assess your work. In this slide, it introduces 5 level of research output and note the differences between different sentences, and the depth of idea you could get.

Keywords:: Research -- Methodology Report writing Academic writing
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Why is information from authoritative sources not trustworthy?

In this slide, it explains the reason why the information came from authoritative sources but still not trustworthy. The possible reason could be (1) the way information is produced, (2)carelessness or loaded with secret intentions, (3) in favour of their hidden goal, (4)not spending enough time, (5) limited topic vocabulary, (6) limited by technical barriers, (7)information that fits with your knowledge & beliefs, and (8) from a source that you think is trustworthy.

Keywords:: Research -- Methodology Information resources -- Evaluation
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Steps in preparing for research task

When preparing for research tasks (e.g. articles, essay, projects, reports, thesis,...), you have to go through a series of small tasks. In this slide, it elaborates and expands the research topic before carrying out the actual search.

Keywords:: Research -- Methodology
Resource Type:: Others

Others

My info buddies

In this slide, it introduces different type of resource was created with a particular kind of purpose: to transmit facts, to interpret the findings, to put forward a viewpoint, to let fellow workers know some important idea, and so on.

Keywords:: Information resources Research -- Methodology
Resource Type:: Others

Video

How to kick-start the planning?

In this video, a team of four students are now discussing how to kick-start the exhibition and what information sources in needed

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Exhibitions -- Planning Humanities -- Research
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Seven things about info. needs of research

In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains the seven things you should pay attention to when you plan the information needs of your research. (1) Use information and communication technology to be really up to date with what's happening. (2) Encounter different types of sources and knowing when it's important to use them. Not only academic literature but also people, social media, the environment, visual information, sound, anything that might inform you. (3) Create your processes to tackle problems or make decisions. (4) Connect information of all kinds that you encounter with specific projects, problems, or areas of interest. (5) Build your knowledge base about your fields of study. (6) Use your creativity and intuition to do something new. (7) Seventhly using information wisely for the benefit of others.

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
Resource Type:: Video

Others

Where is the best place to find primary sources for cultural project?

In the exercise, learner need to determine where is the best place to find these primary information.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Information resources Humanities -- Research Information literacy
Resource Type:: Others

Others

What do you usually do when you receive the assignment topic?

In this exercise, learners are require to order the tasks in a way that reflect the research usual practice.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Humanities -- Research -- Methodology Humanities -- Research
Resource Type:: Others

Video

How do professional historians look for information

In this video, Prof. Mark Hampton share his view on how do professional historians look for information.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: History -- Research -- Methodology History -- Archival resources Humanities -- Research History -- Research
Resource Type:: Video

Video

To assess the relevant primary and secondary sources for the exhibition

In this video, a team of students arrive the university library and meet the Reference Librarian at a discussion room. The Reference Librarian firstly recaps the concepts of the AAOCC. Then, she mentions the additional criteria for evaluating the primary and secondary sources!

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Information resources Information resources -- Evaluation Information literacy
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Evaluating historical resources

In this video, a team of students meet again with the Prof. Brown after finding various kinds of primary and secondary resources for the exhibition. Prof. Brown had taken a look at the resources that they have collected and commented that some of the primary resources. He reminded them to use a list of criteria to evaluate the resources the plan to use for the exhibition. Let's check out what are the criteria he suggested to use!

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Information resources -- Evaluation Humanities -- Research -- Methodology Humanities -- Research
Resource Type:: Video

Video

How to evaluate the information is relevant to your work

In this video, Prof. Mark Hampton shares his view on how do historians select relevant information.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: History -- Research -- Methodology Information resources -- Evaluation Humanities -- Research History -- Research
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Where is the best place to find primary sources?

In this video, a team of students are now discussing where is the best place to find primary sources and search more efficiently.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Information resources Information retrieval Humanities -- Research
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Creating new knowledge

In this video, a team of students have been collecting the various type of information that needed for the exhibition. One of them suggested to show some videos during the exhibition to the public and you found the TV programmes about the cinema development of Hong Kong that was broadcasted in television channels found are extremely useful for the exhibition.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Exhibitions -- Planning Intellectual property YouTube (Electronic resource) Humanities -- Research Copyright
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Why we need to care about other historians' ideas? Why don't we just finding facts?

In this video, Prof. Mark Hampton share his view on why we need to care about other historians' ideas? Why don't we just finding facts.

Keywords:: Communication in the humanities Humanities -- Research History -- Research
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Understanding intellectual property

In this video, a team of students are suggested to digitize the works of the exhibition.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Intellectual property Humanities -- Research Copyright
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Identifying business information sources

In this video, a team of students are working together to create a business plan--a formal document that describes the business goals of a start-up company, and provides a strategic map to show how it will attain those goals. What kinds of information do they need to write a business plan? Which information sources will provide them with the critical evidence

Keywords:: Business planning Proposal writing in business
Resource Type:: Video

Video

How to select the right business databases

For most of us, research starts with a search engine like Google. Is a search engine always the best tool for getting business information? Have you experienced the frustration of not being able to find what you need online? In this video, the students on the team are about to face some challenges as they begin their information search.

Keywords:: Business planning Corporations -- Finance Proposal writing in business
Resource Type:: Video

Video

In what ways creativity and imagination help studying history at university?

In this video, Prof. Mark Hampton share his view on how to make a creative video.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Creative ability History -- Research Humanities -- Research
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Why information literacy is important

In this video, Prof Klaus Tochtermann, the Director of Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (ZBW) and Professor of Media Informatics of University of Kiel in German shares his view on the importance of becoming information literate.

Keywords:: Information literacy
Resource Type:: Video

Others

Search the journal databases

In this slide, it explains 3 questions: (1) What are the top 20 journals in the subject discipline of business and international management, (2) How can I find the most highly cited articles on a specific strategy, and (3) How can I find the articles from practitioner magazines and newspapers.

Keywords:: Business -- Periodicals Information retrieval Information resources -- Evaluation Bibliometrics Scholarly periodicals -- Ratings rankings
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Search the business databases

In this slide, it explains 3 questions: (1) How do I gather the forecast of key economic indicators in Hong Kong, (2) How can I find the market data and analytics for mobile phones in China, and (3) How can I create a customized table to compare P/F ratios of all constituent stocks in Hang Seng Index.

Keywords:: China -- Hong Kong Economic conditions -- Statistics Business -- Databases
Resource Type:: Others

Video

How to find journal and magazine articles

In this video, a team of students now planning a marketing strategy for their business, and require theoretical frameworks and concepts found in the academic literature, that is, academic journal articles. They have so many questions, such as which articles are most influential and should be read first, which are the top journals in the field, and who are the prolific authors on the topic?

Keywords:: Information retrieval Information resources -- Evaluation Bibliometrics
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Power search in Google

With power searching, you can quickly identify the many freely available, top-quality reports produced by professional bodies such as top investment banks, accounting firms, and management consultancies. In this video, a student, Christina demonstrates three advanced search tips on Google.

Keywords:: Google (Firm) Web search engines Internet searching
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Insights from a managing director of private equity - how to makes use of business information to inform the multi-million dollar deal-making process

In this video, Dr Charles Lam shares his views on how to deals with information at various stages of the investment deal. In his sharing, he covers 4 stages of the investment deal. In completing a deal -- What are the major steps involved in completing a real estate investment deal? In making decisions about real estate -- Which business information will inform his decision-making? In validating information -- What mechanism does he use to validate the information sources and data? In spotting bad information -- How does he spot out biased or even fraudulent information?

Keywords:: Investments Real estate investment Business -- Research -- Methodology Investment analysis
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Insight from an industry analyst - Sharing on how to deals with information at various stages of research

In this video, Ms Huang, industry analyst from Bloomberg Intelligence, shares her views on how to deals with information at various stages of research namely: At the start -- What information does Margaret seek to kick-start research into an industry theme? During the search -- How does she determine the reliability of her data sources? During the search -- What major challenges does she face when dealing with business information? At the end -- What makes her industry research valuable to investors?

Keywords:: Investments Business -- Research -- Methodology Investment analysis
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Insights from an award-winning academic - what Robert has to say about the different aspects of information seeking

In this video, Dr Robert Wright, a multi-award winning teacher and researcher at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, shares his views on the various aspects of information seeking: Inspiration -- Where does he get inspiration for research? Selecting info -- How does he select appropriate information for his research projects? Evaluating info -- What criteria help him evaluate the quality of a research article? Top tips -- What tips does he have for his students to help them read and understand an academic journal article?

Keywords:: Business -- Research -- Methodology Management -- Research -- Methodology
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Stock market investing

In this video, a member of the team discovers a piece of surprising investment advice that she shares with her teammates. Watch the video to see the competition results and learn about the investment advice. What goes wrong?

Keywords:: Investments Investment analysis Stocks -- Prices
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Finding new opportunities (Part II)

Many fresh graduates are unaware that the jobs postings in newspapers or employment websites are only the tip of the iceberg when compared to all the actual career opportunities available on the market. Oftentimes, the advertised jobs attract dozens or even hundreds of interested candidates. Tracking down a position that is unadvertised or doesn’t yet exist is therefore worthwhile because one will face a lot less competition. In this video, a team of students are discovering the golden opportunity of their lives. Does their story inspire you to find your own future dream job?

Keywords:: College graduates -- Employment New business enterprises
Resource Type:: Video

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Shortcut of creating references for research paper

In this video, a student, Jacob comes up with a brilliant idea to compile over hundreds of highly relevant citations for his reference list in just under an hour. Without this shortcut, Jacob might have spent a week tidying up his references before submitting his paper. Do you want to learn how Jacob so painlessly created the reference list? Watch the video below and see what Jacob ends up doing after he meets with Prof. Ian, his co-supervisor of the research project.

Keywords:: Bibliographical citations Report writing
Resource Type:: Video

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Finding new opportunities (Part I)

Most successful people are able to perceive the world around them differently, looking creatively at organisations and systems. They uncover hidden patterns and possibilities that allow them to discover new insights and new ways of doing things. In this video, most of the teammates regard its completion as the end of a journey, there is one student who spots an opportunity to do more.

Keywords:: Business planning Business -- Research -- Methodology Proposal writing in business
Resource Type:: Video

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Engineering information sources: The basic of the profession

There's lots of Engineering information on the Web. Some ask you to pay money; your library probably already subscribes to many good sources. As you develop into a professional engineer, you will learn to go beyond general web pages or web docs & become a more sophisticated engineering information user and creator. In this video, it introduces different engineering information (characteristics & purposes).

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Information resources Engineering -- Research
Resource Type:: Video

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What do professional associations do?

While many journal articles and conference papers are written by scholars working at universities or research institutions, professional engineering associations also play a major role in disseminating research findings and practices by: Publishing peer-reviewed research journals Publishing practical “trade” journals Holding conferences & publishing proceedings In this video, it explains what professional associations do and why it matters.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Professional associations Professional education Periodicals
Resource Type:: Video

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Matching various engineering content types

In this exercise, you will learn various engineering content types. For example, journal articles & conference papers, e-books, patents, standards, thesis & dissertations.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Information resources Engineering -- Research Information literacy
Resource Type:: Others

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Useful strategies to evaluate engineering information

In this video, you will learn about strategies to critically evaluate search results, including (1) Choose good & varied search tools, (2) Ask yourself what you want or need, (3) Use the sorting & filtering functions, (4) Look for your keywords the important parts of the results, (5) Pay issuing organization or publisher, (6) Ask yourself the information whether is credible, suitable, technical information appropriate to your information needs.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Engineering -- Research -- Methodology Engineering -- Research Information retrieval Information resources -- Evaluation
Resource Type:: Video

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How to find high impact articles?

In this slide, you will learn more about citation counts, h-index, eigenfactor score, and impact factor.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Engineering -- Periodicals Bibliometrics Scholarly periodicals -- Ratings rankings
Resource Type:: Others

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Connecting engineering innovations and the real world

Over 20 student teams from national and international universities, including UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Michigan, presented their global health technologies at the Rice competition. In this video, it share the story of 2 team of HKUST students. SIGHT was the first team from HKUST to participate in the Rice competition and they won.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Engineering -- Research Technological innovations Medical records -- Data processing Pharmacy management
Resource Type:: Video

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Introduction to evaluating engineering information

In this video, a team of students are working on their engineering innovation project. They used various search tools to find various information. However, they have difficulties to decide what to look at first, and how to choose in a strategic and clever way.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Engineering -- Research
Resource Type:: Video

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Community health project

In this video, a team of students preparing for a group community health project on the topic “overuse of hands and arms”. The project is a student learning activity of Problem-based Public Health module in the MBBS curriculum offered by the School of Public Health. The team is required to deliver patient education materials and a written report on the topic they decided.

Subjects:: Statistics and Research Methods
Keywords:: Public health -- Research Medical care -- Research Medicine -- Research Technical writing
Resource Type:: Video

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