Rolland LeBrasseur

Rolland LeBrasseur, PhD is a Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Director of the School of Commerce & Administration in the Faculty of Management at Laurentian University. He has published extensively in academic journals on a range of management topics. Winner of several Canadian research awards in small business, he is a member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurshipand a judge for the selection of the top 7 for Intelligent Community Forum annual award. His current interests focus on the development taking place in small businesses, organizations, and communities.

Publications

The Case for Open Access Networks
Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur, Sylvie Albert. © 2011. 12 pages.
Efforts to keep the broadband Internet a free and open public utility are much in the news. In the context of the Network Society, the authors examine some of the publicly stated...
Networked Communities: Strategies for Digital Collaboration
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 344 pages.
Today, information communication technologies, such as the Internet and World Wide Web, are inextricably woven into the fabric of social and economic development. These changes...
The Case for Open Access Networks
Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur, Sylvie Albert. © 2009. 12 pages.
Efforts to keep the broadband Internet a free and open public utility are much in the news. In the context of the Network Society, the authors examine some of the publicly stated...
Collaboration Challenges in Community Telecommunication Networks
Sylvie Albert, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 22 pages.
This article reviews the literature on networks and, more specifically, on the development of community telecommunication networks. It strives to understand the collaboration...
Collaboration Challenges in Community Telecommunication Networks
Sylvie Albert, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 22 pages.
This article reviews the literature on networks and, more specifically, on the development of community telecommunication networks. It strives to understand the collaboration...
The Network Society
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 34 pages.
This book emphasizes the centrality of the human condition—those things that make individuals and communities uniquely human—in our vision of the networked community. It also...
The Technological Basis of Networking
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 33 pages.
This chapter pursues the following themes: • The extent to which telecommunications technology can serve as a platform for economic and social change; • The role that broadband...
Regulation and Policy Reforms
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 36 pages.
This chapter examines the following ideas on regulation and public policy: • Information societies are enabled by regulations and public policies that support open...
Knowledge Workforce
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 25 pages.
This chapter focuses on knowledge workers—who they are and what they do, and the impact they have on organisations and communities in the Network Society. As technology-savvy...
Creating Applications and a Culture of Using
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 41 pages.
Chapters I to IV have introduced the networked community and described its environment in terms of the Network Society, technology, telecommunication regulations and public...
Innovation: Creating Ideas
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 27 pages.
The global environment has become more turbulent, and innovations in telecommunication and information processing are both part of this turbulence and an adaptive response to it....
Strategies for Community Development
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 31 pages.
The transformational changes brought about by the Internet stimulate the planning of social and economic development in networked communities. This chapter will cover the...
Citizen Empowerment and Participation
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 30 pages.
This chapter on citizen empowerment and public participation explores the following ideas and assumptions: • Internet collaboration and creation make possible global workforces...
Leadership and Collaboration
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 26 pages.
This chapter discusses several basic elements of leadership and collaboration in building networked communities. It includes: • The context for collaborating, that is, the new...
Promotion and Relationship Marketing
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 19 pages.
This chapter introduces the concept of marketing and explores its relevance for networked communities. The specific topics include: • An introduction to relationship marketing; •...
Conclusion
Sylvie Albert, Don Flournoy, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2009. 9 pages.
A new set of conditions for healthy growth and adaptation is emerging for 21st century communities. This book has sought to explain what some of these conditions are, and to...
Collaboration Challenges in Community Telecommunication Networks
Sylvie Albert, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2008. 22 pages.
This article reviews the literature on networks and, more specifically, on the development of community telecommunication networks. It strives to understand the collaboration...
Collaboration Challenges in Community Telecommunication Networks
Sylvie Albert, Rolland LeBrasseur. © 2007. 21 pages.
This article reviews the literature on networks and, more specifically, on the development of community telecommunication networks. It strives to understand the collaboration...