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Teaching Research Methodology Using a Project-Based Three Course Sequence Critical Reflections on Practice
Author: Braguglia, Kay H.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Research Methodology,Teaching Methods,Active Learning,Student Projects,Educational Practices,Sequential Approach,Undergraduate Students,Student Centered Curriculum,Course Descriptions,Course Organization,Statistics,Organizational Culture,Reflection

This article presents a reflective analysis of teaching research methodology through a three course sequence using a project-based approach. The authors reflect critically on their experiences in teaching research methods courses in an undergraduate business management program. The introduction of a range of specific techniques including student developed research projects, student-centered learning experiences, and public presentation of research projects are reflected upon. In 2001, the Department of Management reviewed the curriculum and established a research sequence linking major management course offerings. Three courses: Statistics, Research Methodology and Organizational Behavior were selected to be taught in sequence and designed to build research expertise. This article addresses the processes, procedures and practices for implementing and sustaining an undergraduate research sequence. Techniques are included for course design, development, and facilitation that emphasize product based learning strategies and interactive elements. Techniques for garnering student engagement and excitement for research projects will be presented.
Facilitating Critical Thinking in an Introduction to Business Freshman Course
Author: Newman, Cynthia M.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Critical Thinking,Introductory Courses,Business Administration Education,College Freshmen,Intervention,Curriculum Development,Curriculum Implementation,Course Evaluation,Instructional Effectiveness,Teaching Methods,Educational Practices,Educational Strategies

The current article presents an example of the development, implementation, and evaluation of a teaching intervention intended to facilitate student critical thinking through the integration of knowledge in an introductory business course. The intervention is grounded in the scholarship of teaching and learning literature. A discussion of the initial evaluation of the impact of the intervention on student learning is presented and directions for future research on the effectiveness of the intervention are discussed.
Servant Leadership as a Teachable Ethical Concept
Author: McMahone, Marty
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ethics,Concept Teaching,Leadership Training,Participative Decision Making,Business Administration Education,Organizational Culture,Corporations,Performance Factors,Values Education,Teaching Methods,Units of Study,Transformational Leadership,College Programs,Outcomes of Education,Educational Practices,Business Administration

This paper considers a different approach for developing ethical organizations. It argues that the practice of servant leadership provides a systematic training approach that should develop a more ethical culture. Servant leadership can serve as a &quot;character ethic&quot; that is teachable to individuals or organizations. The advantages and potential problems of using servant leadership as a basic organizational ethic are examined. A key advantage of servant leadership is that it might improve both the ethical climate and the internal work environment of an organization. Finally, the paper considers ethical scorecards that should show that companies currently practicing servant leadership tend to be more ethical.
Travel Expenses in Connection with Tax-Deductible Education Expenses
Author: Bottiglieri, William A.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Tax Credits,Expenditures,Operating Expenses,Transportation,Travel,Learning Activities,Business Administration Education,College Programs,Business Skills,Accounting,Educational Practices,Educational Strategies,Units of Study

Trade or business expenses are deductible if they are ordinary and necessary with respect to the trade or business in which they were incurred. Treasury Regulations bring education expenses into this purview but only if they maintain or improve skills already acquired or allow a taxpayer to maintain his current position. Related travel expenses in connection with educational activities may come into play in (i) travel to an out of town location to attend an educational function, (ii) travel while engaging in educational activities or (iii) travel which is itself a form of education. Current regulations may limit the allowable deduction for these education-related travel expenses.
Introduce XBRL to Business Students
Author: Corkern, Sheree M.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Business Administration Education,Introductory Courses,Accounting,Programming Languages,Financial Services,Money Management,Definitions,Standards,Disclosure,Information Management,Database Management Systems,Educational Practices,Units of Study,College Programs,Intellectual History,Program Effectiveness

This paper informs business instructors and educators about XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) so that they can introduce it to their students and expand their students' understanding of how it relates to the accounting profession. Even though the financial community has entered a new age with this standardized reporting language, many business educators and even accountants old and new to the profession are not informed about XBRL nor have an idea of its potential benefits. With this paper, educators and students can learn the definition of XBRL, its history, and its current uses. The information educates the reader about the evolution of XBRL over the past two decades as well as its benefits so readers can become aware of the value of this now-worldwide application. The paper includes the SEC and FDIC adoption of this computer language as an international standard that aims to improve the speed, accuracy, and transparency of business reporting.
The Impact of Merit Pay on Teaching and Research Outcomes of Accounting Programs
Author: Lindsay, David H.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Merit Pay,Accounting,Compensation (Remuneration),College Faculty,Teacher Salaries,Instructional Effectiveness,Program Effectiveness,Program Evaluation,School Surveys,Productivity,Hypothesis Testing,Statistical Significance,Scores,Achievement Rating,College Freshmen,Licensing Examinations (Professions),Regression (Statistics)

Basing the compensation of accounting professors on merit pay in order to encourage better teaching, research and service is controversial. This study uses data from a survey of the 852 accounting programs in the United States to empirically examine the influence of merit-based salary plans. Findings indicate a strong positive association between the presence of a merit plan at a school and the quality of the school's research outcomes. However, no association was found between the presence of a merit program at a school and the school's teaching outcomes.
Moving beyond Consultation and into Action with a Client Project
Author: Ewing, Sara
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Consultation Programs,Theory Practice Relationship,Praxis,Teaching Methods,Marketing,Educational Practices,Educational Strategies,Teamwork,Experiential Learning,Learning Theories,Problem Based Learning,Educational Innovation,Learning Activities,Business Administration Education,College Programs,Partnerships in Education

Attempting to implement client-based projects within a single semester often overwhelms students and underwhelms the client and grading professor. In this paper, we share results from a two-year pilot project in which the components of a client project were split between several classes. We discuss the client project model as a valuable teaching method that allows students to implement and reflect on marketing strategies. We show that by dividing the project across several teams, the project becomes more manageable and valuable for students and professors. In comparison to other common projects, the client project presented here produced substantial and valuable outcomes for the non-profit client while providing students the unique experience of working in a multiple team structure. We indicate that this approach may be useful for select marketing classes.
Theory and Practice in CEO Pay: A Course Module and Integrative Case Based on Boeing Inc.
Author: Boschen, John F.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Theory Practice Relationship,Learning Modules,Accounting,Masters Degrees,Governance,Salaries,Salary Wage Differentials,Corporations,Compensation (Remuneration),Teaching Methods,Lesson Plans,Case Method (Teaching Technique),Integrated Activities

Business students may dream of receiving pay packages like that of Michael Eisner at Disney. However, many of them will work for the compensation consultant who determines the economics of the pay arrangements, for the valuation consultant who values the different components of the pay arrangements, for the accountant who must audit the financial statement impacts of the pay arrangements, or as a manager in the company whose employees respond to the incentives provided by the pay arrangements. No matter their eventual role, it is critical that every student understands these various aspects of executive pay arrangements, and how these practices have evolved over time. The course module presented herein is designed to effectively integrate these perspectives in as few as five or as many as nine 80-minute sessions that could be a substantive component of an MBA or Master of Accounting capstone course, or a component of a corporate governance elective. A case based on the CEO compensation of Boeing Inc. over the last 60 years provides a series of assignments that effectively integrate the module.
Teaching Accounting Courses Online: One Instructor's Experience
Author: Dusing, Gregory M.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Online Courses,Electronic Learning,Teaching Methods,Teaching Experience,Accounting,Best Practices,Teaching Models,Technology Integration,Delivery Systems,Instructional Effectiveness,Curriculum Design,Educational Practices,Educational Strategies,College Programs

Accounting programs at colleges and universities across the country are offering more online courses, and in some cases entire degree programs. Given increasing enrollments in online accounting education, it is important that accounting educators become aware of the things that work and the things that don't work when delivering courses over the internet. This paper addresses the good and bad aspects of teaching accounting online. It looks at optimal ways to integrate state-of-the-art technology into an online teaching model and explores ways to increase effectiveness of online delivery as compared to traditional courses. This paper examines teaching accounting courses online at a small liberal arts school. Our research identifies features in the course that led to its effectiveness.
Educating the Next Generation of Accounting Professionals
Author: Schader, Gary
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Accounting,Professional Development,Concept Teaching,Educational Principles,Educational Practices,Capacity Building,Financial Services,Teaching Methods,Technology Integration,Technology Uses in Education,Money Management,Job Skills,Business Skills,Undergraduate Students,Career Readiness

Each year accounting graduates are recruited by the accounting firms that hope the new crop of employees will be technically prepared to serve the clients of the firm. They are looking for these recruits to have a mastery of the principles and concepts of the accounting courses they have taken. Proof of mastery is the student's ability to apply their accounting knowledge to solve their clients' accounting-related issues. Many of these firms, if not all, devote substantial resources &quot;on boarding&quot; new employees and training them in the way the firm serves their clients. Those students who have mastered the accounting concepts in their undergraduate courses have a career building advantage over those who do not have mastery. A frequent topic of discussion at firm leadership meetings centers around how well prepared students are from the different universities. Inevitably the discussion turns to what are the most effective methods to teach accounting to the newest crop of potential accounting professionals. These same discussions take place at faculty meetings as well as at conferences for accounting educators across the country.
A Business Educator's Guide to Transitioning to a Digital Curriculum
Author: Roberts, Scott D.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Business Administration Education,Business Administration,Teaching Guides,Educational Change,Change Strategies,Electronic Learning,Online Courses,Media Literacy,Adoption (Ideas),Technology Integration,Technology Uses in Education,Technological Literacy,Technology Education,Marketing,Law Related Education,Teaching Methods,Educational Practices,College Programs

The authors, representing three key digital media business disciplines, present a case for how business curriculum could be updated to include a strong digital element without recreating the entire business school enterprise or spending millions on new faculty and technology. The three key disciplines are technology, law, and marketing.
Does a Business Curriculum Develop or Filter Critical Thinking?
Author: Coleman, B. Jay
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Critical Thinking,Business Administration Education,Performance Based Assessment,Business Administration,Undergraduate Students,Credits,Time Factors (Learning),Scores,Predictor Variables,Investigations,Curriculum Evaluation,Instructional Effectiveness,Regression (Statistics)

We investigate whether a business curriculum develops critical thinking ability or at least serves as a filter for critical thinking (i.e., students who cannot think critically tend not to progress toward graduation). We measure critical thinking by performance on the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal Short Form which was administered to a sample of 600 students enrolled in a junior-level operations management course. We find that students who have completed more credit hours score significantly higher than those with fewer hours completed. This advantage appears specifically evident in the areas of interpreting information and evaluating arguments.
Accrued Interest on Bonds: An Explanation Based on Brokers' Preference for &quot;Clean&quot; Price Data with a Critique of Intermediate Accounting Textbook Explanations
Author: Vicknair, David
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bond Issues,Accounting,Credit (Finance),Cost Indexes,Standards,Textbook Standards,Business Administration Education,Educational Practices,Teaching Methods,College Programs,Preferences,Units of Study,Business Communication,Financial Services

By convention U.S. bond markets announce the actual price of a bond as the sum the quoted price plus accrued interest. The economic meaning of accrued interest and its role in this price announcing convention is generally misunderstood by accounting textbook authors who mistakenly provide accrued interest with both an economic and administrative explanation. A cogent rationale for the broker price announcing convention is offered which places accrued interest in its proper context. Explanations of accrued interest found in a sample of intermediate accounting textbooks are also critiqued. The concept of negative accrued interest is also briefly discussed.
Facebook, Social Networking, and Business Education
Author: Taylor, Steven A.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Networks,Business Administration Education,Web 2.0 Technologies,Technology Integration,Technology Uses in Education,Undergraduate Students,Majors (Students),Teaching Methods,Focus Groups,Goal Orientation,Gender Differences,Student Attitudes,Teacher Student Relationship,Peer Relationship,Computer Mediated Communication,Qualitative Research

Brown (2012) asserts that faculty perceptions of Web 2.0 for teaching will influence its adoption. For example, social media's influence on educational delivery is growing (Hrastinski and Dennon 2012). Zulu et al. (2011) note that business educators are only beginning to understand social networking related to education. We report an exploratory inquiry that confirms the growing evidence that many undergraduate business students do not support the use of Facebook as part of their formal academic relationships. However, an argument is presented that while existing tools for social networking such as Facebook may offer limited pedagogical utility, social networking as a concept none-the-less offers significant potential.
Contrasting Student Attitudes toward Study Abroad Programs among College of Business Majors
Author: Kuzma, Ann T.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Study Abroad,Business Administration Education,Majors (Students),College Programs,Educational Experience,International Educational Exchange,Student Surveys,Global Education,Global Approach,Attribution Theory,Costs,Correlation,Preferences,Likert Scales,Student Educational Objectives,Undergraduate Students

The evolution of globalization has increased the demand for skills that can compete in the expanding global markets. In addition to meeting the basic skills required in particular academic disciplines, many educators have advocated that an increased international exposure should be included in students' higher educational experience. Some universities include international study abroad as a component of their degree requirements. Our study surveyed junior and senior level business students at a publicly-funded state university to determine their attitudes toward the study abroad experience. This university does have various study abroad experiences available to students through its International Center and encourages, but does not require, an international experience for graduation. Our study contrasts the perceptions of a study broad experience between the business disciplines. We seek to further clarify this area of research by identifying differences in the majors' perceived value of the study abroad experience relative to their in-class major courses, their financial needs, costs of studying abroad, concerns about safety when studying abroad, and their views of the value of the overall study abroad experience by potential employers.
Topics in Finance: Part VIII--Mergers &amp; Acquisitions
Author: Laux, Judy
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Business Administration Education,Money Management,Financial Services,Conflict,Organizational Change,Change Strategies,Counseling Techniques,Corporations,Educational Practices,Teaching Methods,College Programs,Units of Study

In this series, three key axioms--stockholder wealth maximization, the risk-return tradeoff, and agency conflicts--are applied to the major topics in financial management. The current article looks at mergers and acquisitions, reviewing the presumed motivations, the ethical challenges, and the literature dedicated to this financial activity.
Closing the Loop: Using Assessment Results to Modify the Curriculum so That Student Quantitative Reasoning Skills Are Enhanced
Author: Johnson, Lynn
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Statistical Analysis,Curriculum Enrichment,Evaluation Utilization,Thinking Skills,Student Evaluation,Student Improvement,Knowledge Level,Evaluation Methods,Action Research,Achievement Gap,College Programs,Educational Practices

Assurance of student learning through effective assessment has become increasingly important over the past decade as accrediting agencies now require documented efforts to measure and improve student performance. This paper presents the methodology used by the College of Business Administration at California State University, Stanislaus to assess its students' quantitative reasoning skills and the resulting actions taken to improve student performance. The critical role that faculty play in developing meaningful assessment instruments and evaluating and acting on the results is emphasized.
Exploring the Effects of Social Exchange Relationships on the Scholarly Productivity of New Faculty Members in Accounting
Author: Ugrin, Joseph C.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Accounting,College Faculty,Social Exchange Theory,Teacher Student Relationship,Doctoral Dissertations,Doctoral Programs,Supervisors,Beginning Teachers,Productivity,Mentors,Gender Differences,Measures (Individuals),Correlation,Predictor Variables,Teacher Attitudes,Graduate Students,Teacher Surveys,Online Surveys

This paper explores how social relationships between new accounting faculty members and their former dissertation chairs can influence the publishing productivity of the new faculty members in their early academic careers. The focus on social relationships offers a unique approach to studying the effectiveness doctoral education. Our findings show that strong social exchange between new faculty members and their former chairs can have a significant impact on new faculty members' scholarly productivity and provide some reasons for those effects. We also find differences in relationships between mixed and same gender pairs and examine reasons for those differences.
Proposal for Supply Chain Concentration in the Traditional MBA Program
Author: Ramaswamy, K. V.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Business Administration Education,Masters Degrees,Supply and Demand,Information Management,Business Administration,Program Evaluation

The purpose of this proposal is to develop and implement a concentration in Supply Chain Management in the existing traditional MBA program effective fall 2012. Houston is the hub for many multinational oil and energy companies, large healthcare systems, wholesale/retail businesses, engineering and construction companies, and is a major city along the transportation artery of NAFTA. The program is designed to provide SCM expertise to students in the existing traditional MBA program. The environment for this proposal is the School of Business at Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas 77004.