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Curriculum Library for Employee Ownership

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Reviewed:: Feb 26, 2022 by Teacher Education

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Overview:

The Curriculum Library for Employee Ownership (CLEO) is the world’s only online library for teaching materials on employee ownership. It houses a collection of more than 600 materials and links to materials, including case studies, videos, policy reports, syllabi, and articles. Through CLEO, the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers University’s School of Management and Labor Relations makes a treasure trove of high-quality resources on employee ownership freely available to the public.

Type of Material:

Collection

Recommended Uses:

Educators of accounting and entrepreneurship courses (and other disciplines) can use the resources at this site to find materials to create lectures, or use videos in class or for the flipped classroom, or have students visit the site for research articles or other assignments.

Individuals interested in learning more about employee stock ownership might also benefit from these freely shared learning materials.

in class, homework, individual, self-paced

Technical Requirements:

Browser based website.

Identify Major Learning Goals:

Viewers are greeting with a Welcome and the statement "We invite you to browse this site for information, new research, and teaching tools about employee ownership.

The Project Director, Adria Scharf states “My goal as Project Director is to make CLEO an indispensable online resource for teaching material on employee ownership. I want CLEO to give educators, including business school professors, the resources–research articles, videos, syllabi, case studies, and more–that they need to integrate the study of employee ownership into their courses. I also envision the broader public–including workers, policy makers, and advocates–finding information of value on the site. I see worker ownership as an important means to build a more inclusive economy.”

User researches materials in the database to gather information about employee ownership.

Target Student Population:

College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional.
Accounting, entreprenuerial and business teachers and students.
This collection would also be useful for business owners considering stock options for their employees.

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

An interest in employee stock ownership would be helpful before using this resource.

Content Quality

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Strengths:

According to the webpages "CLEO is managed by the James B. Carey Library at the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey."

The resources at the Curriculum Library for Employee Ownership are very comprehensive, relevant, and recent and include case studies, videos, syllabi, policy and issue reports, interviews, company profiles, guest speakers and...the list goes on.

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The resources at this site are of high quality.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:

The website indicates that the materials could be useful for business majors, those interested in employee ownership of business, educators, and companies. There are case studies for use with real-world applications. According to the website, materials could be used to "facilitate classroom discussion."

The variety in potential uses of this site make the collection a very effective teaching tool. Case studies for example, are provided for free, so between those and the Internet alone, a teacher could put together a lesson plan. Two Teaching Modules are provided and they include details from syllabi to lesson plans, case studies and other resources layed out in a class by class schedule. A clever instructor could use this site to craft an entire class out of mostly free materials and guest speakers.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:

Materials are easily searched, viewed, and/or downloaded. Some of the published case materials are from 2021 which makes the site current.

The website is organized very well with a simple top navigation of:

The Home page greets the user with a search box and scrolling down lists the CLEO collections. The Additional Resources allows the user to search articles and lists relevant websites including specialized information by state. Everything seems to be updated and in working order.

Many materials such as articles and case studies can be downloaded in PDF format. Videos can be shared from YouTube.

Other Issues and Comments:

Be aware that not everything is provided for free, for example clicking on a link to one of the books provided might take you to Amazon for purchase.

Materials could be useful for businesses, business majors, and those interested in business practice and policy.

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