ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Future of Business: Merit in Writing across the Curriculum
Author: Dana, Heather
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Futures (of Society),Business Administration Education,Educational Trends,Writing Across the Curriculum,Transfer of Training,College Students,Teaching Methods,Associate Degrees,Bachelors Degrees,Grants,Writing Instruction,Interdisciplinary Approach

As a direct response to higher education's challenge to produce more engineers, scientists, and business professionals, universities have increased the numbers of degrees and continue to focus on increasing the numbers of students in these areas. As recently as the 2011 State of the Union speech by President Obama, the United States is posed to increase federal and state grants which favor offering resources to these disciplines. This study will show that students improve their writing and communication skills by practicing them in their entire Associate or entire Bachelor program, and these skills can transfer into their professional lives.
Manager and Business Student Work Goals: Implications and Recommendations for Educators
Author: Richards, Clinton H.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Goal Orientation,Business Administration Education,Vocational Adjustment,Student Attitudes,Administrators,College Students,Administrator Attitudes,Trend Analysis,College Faculty

The correspondence between work goals, work requirements, and available organizational rewards is a primary determinant of job satisfaction and motivation and is also likely to impact job performance. Research suggests managers' but not business students' work goal priorities are well matched with the work requirements and available rewards of modern business organizations. Educational implications are discussed and recommendations are made to increase students' understanding of the importance and impact of work goals in modern organizations and to facilitate their adjustment to the reward conditions and work requirements that they are likely to face in these organizations. The recommended work goal and adjustment module, which is integrated into the topic of motivation, is also expected to increase student understanding and interest in the motivation material by encouraging students to apply it to work adjustment and by helping them more personally relate to the motivation principles applied.
&quot;LinkedIn&quot; for Accounting and Business Students
Author: Albrecht, W. David
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Accounting,Business Administration Education,Social Networks,Databases,College Students,Profiles,Career Development,Employment

LinkedIn is a social media application that every accounting and business student should join and use. LinkedIn is a database of 90,000,000 business professionals that enables each to connect and interact with their business associates. Five reasons are offered for why accounting students should join LinkedIn followed by 11 hints for use.
Building the Case for Educating Business Leaders on the Importance of Public Relations
Author: Hagan, Linda M.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Business Administration Education,Public Relations,Strategic Planning,Organizational Effectiveness,Reputation,Graduate Study,Management by Objectives,Communications,College Administration,Leadership Training,Crisis Management,Learning Activities

An organization's well-developed strategic plan and reputation can crumble in minutes if it mishandles key communications, particularly during crises. Today's leaders need to appreciate the value of professional public relations and how it helps organizational effectiveness by building strategic relationships, maintaining a favorable reputation, minimizing damage from crisis, and generating revenue. Graduate business schools, educating future business leaders, need to include strategic communication and public relations as part of the required curriculum. This paper makes a case for educating business leaders on the importance of public relations as a critical management function.
Generational Differences of Personal Values of Business Students
Author: Giacomino, Don E.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Values,College Students,Business Administration Education,Student Attitudes,Generational Differences,Comparative Analysis,Social Values,Moral Values,National Security,Equal Opportunities (Jobs),Surveys,Psychological Patterns,Social Attitudes,Freedom,Interpersonal Relationship,Life Style,Health,Self Esteem

This paper examines the values and value systems of business students from a private mid-western university using the Rokeach Value Survey and the Musser and Orke Typology of Personal Values. The findings of this study are compared with the results of studies in the latter part of the 1990's and early 2000 in order to provide some insights regarding generational differences. There is evidence of changes in several individual variables during the past decade. For example, the value with the greatest change is National Security. Students in 2010 place more importance on this value than did the students in 1998. We also see a change in value systems where students are more concerned with achieving social goals through competence than with achieving social goals for moral reasons. Implications for accounting educators and practitioners are offered.
A Learning Game for Youth Financial Literacy Education in the Teen Grid of Second Life Three-Dimensional Virtual Environment
Author: Liu, Chang
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Money Management,Teaching Methods,Computer Simulation,Educational Games,Instructional Effectiveness,Interdisciplinary Approach,Family Financial Resources,Debt (Financial),Knowledge Level,Marketing,Risk,Scores,Likert Scales

Game-like three-dimensional (3D) virtual worlds have become popular venues for youth to explore and interact with friends. To bring vital financial literacy education to them in places they frequent, a multi-disciplinary team of computer scientists, educators, and financial experts developed a youth-oriented financial literacy education game in the &quot;Teen Grid of Second Life 3D&quot; online virtual world. This paper presents the design and development process of this financial literacy education game, its learning effectiveness in classrooms, and lessons learned from the process.
Today's Program Is Brought to You by the Letters--Debit and Credit and by the Number Income
Author: Bush, H. Francis
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Credit (Finance),Income,Money Management,Time Management,Cognitive Style,Accounting,Student Evaluation,Teaching Methods,Grades (Scholastic),Undergraduate Students,Control Groups,Tests,Scores,Student Characteristics

As each generation comes of age they receive a label. Currently, we are teaching the new millennials. Their learning style and time management preferences may respond better to a constant task and feedback cycle similar to the popular Public Television Series, Sesame Street. This paper examines the effects of requiring students to take an assessment as part of the grade in principles of financial accounting. In particular, this paper attempts to identify the effects on both performance and satisfaction.
A Review of Howard University's Financial Literacy Curriculum
Author: Lindsey-Taliefero, Debby
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Money Management,Curriculum,African American Students,Business Administration Education,Curriculum Evaluation,Regression (Statistics),Knowledge Level,Grade Point Average,Economics Education,Scores,Banking,Taxes,Program Evaluation,Surveys,College Students

This article evaluates a financial literacy curriculum at the Howard University (HU) School of Business, by measuring the financial knowledge acquired after participating in a variety of programs. To evaluate the HU curriculum, the National Jump$tart Coalition (NJC) survey was administered to collect data on financial knowledge and demographic characteristics. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis were used to study the data. The results show that HU-Business students performance was comparable to Jump$tart's national average for college students and Business/Economics students. HU Business students scored higher than the Jump$tart's African American student sample. The regression analysis helped identity key factors that influence financial awareness for HU students including having checking account, electronic tax preparation, taking a course in personal finance or money management, GPA, and frequently balancing check book.
The Defense Life Cycle Management System as a Working Model for Academic Application
Author: Burian, Philip E.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Masters Programs,Program Evaluation,Educational Assessment,Management Systems,Models,Program Administration,Business Administration Education,Masters Degrees,Federal Government,Technical Institutes,Program Implementation,Core Curriculum

Performing the review and assessment of masters' level degree programs can be an overwhelming and challenging endeavor. Getting organized and mapping out the entire review and assessment process can be extremely helpful and more importantly provide a path for successfully accomplishing the review and assessment of the entire program. This paper will provide a roadmap that was used as a guide for accomplishing a successful review and assessment of academic degree programs in a logical and succinct manner by adapting a proven model originally developed for the acquisition and life cycle management of new equipment, materials, and systems. This paper will also discuss how the Integrated Defense Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Life Cycle Management System process was adapted to the needs of an academic institution of higher-learning.
Topics in Finance Part VI--Capital Budgeting
Author: Laux, Judy
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Finance Occupations,Business Administration Education,Role,Money Management,Theories,Budgeting,Risk,Teaching Methods,Economic Factors

This series on the theory of financial management offers insight into the roles of stockholder wealth maximization, the risk-return tradeoff, and agency conflicts as they apply to major topics in finance. The current article investigates capital budgeting. Much literature addresses this topic, with a number of articles challenging mainstream theories, some investigating agency problems, and a few empirically testing the relationships taught in most managerial finance classrooms.
Key Determinants of Student Satisfaction When Undertaking Group Work
Author: Pang, Elvy
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Statistical Analysis,Business Administration Education,Program Effectiveness,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Satisfaction,Group Dynamics,Group Activities,Cooperative Learning,Teamwork,Interpersonal Communication,Student Projects,Correlation,Predictor Variables,Questionnaires,Likert Scales

The increasing popularity of team structures in business environment coupled with the common practice of including group projects/assignments in university curricula means that business schools should direct efforts towards maximizing team as well as personal results. Yet, most frameworks for studying teams center exclusively on team level outcomes to address organizational needs. Far fewer studies have examined effectiveness at individual team member level in an educational context. The quantitative study on which this paper is based investigated the impact of team process on the effectiveness of individual satisfaction in group work amongst business students in Hong Kong with work group effectiveness and management educational literature providing the theoretical background. The study surveyed 489 university business students and revealed that all three team process factors, namely workload sharing, mutual support and communication play a positive and significant role in individual satisfaction in team settings.
Applying the Extended Technology Acceptance Model to the Use of Clickers in Student Learning: Some Evidence from Macroeconomics Classes
Author: Wu, Xiaoyu
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Audience Response Systems,Computer Attitudes,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Student Attitudes,Macroeconomics,Economics Education,Path Analysis,Student Behavior,Positive Attitudes,College Students,Correlation,Hypothesis Testing,Surveys

This paper applies the extended technology acceptance model (exTAM) in information systems research to the use of clickers in student learning. The technology acceptance model (TAM) posits that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of technology influence users' attitudes toward using and intention to use technology. Research subsequent to TAM has added perceived enjoyment as a factor in predicting attitude and behavioural intentions. This study tests the validity of this extended TAM model while applied to clickers via data collected from three macroeconomics classes. Path analytic results show that most of the hypotheses are supported in the expected directions, providing evidence that exTAM is applicable to examining factors influencing learner attitude and behaviour in relation to the use of interactive learning technologies, such as clickers in the classroom.
Student Acceptance of Clickers in Large Introductory Business Classes
Author: Preis, Michael W.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Marketing,Management Development,Audience Response Systems,Introductory Courses,Business Administration Education,Large Group Instruction,Lecture Method,Educational Benefits,College Students

Today's NetGen students require more multimedia and interactive learning environments and greater participation than previous generations. Personal response devices (PRDs, sometimes called Audience Response Devices or ARDs, better known as clickers) show promise in helping to meet that need. This article explores the literature of PRDs to develop propositions about the impact of PRDs on learning in large introductory business classes (e.g., Principles of Marketing, Introduction to Supply Chain Management, Organizational Behavior, etc.). We report on two exploratory studies utilizing PRDs and discuss recommendations and observations on the use of PRDs.
A Survey of Student Perspectives toward Faculty Evaluations
Author: Slocombe, Tom
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Surveys,Student Attitudes,College Faculty,Business Administration Education,Faculty Evaluation,Humor,Gender Differences,Foreign Students,Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance,College Students,Mathematics Instruction,Teacher Effectiveness

This study was designed to help faculty and administrators weigh the value of using student ratings of professors' teaching effectiveness and to determine factors that may affect those ratings. For this study, conducted at a Midwestern AACSB accredited School of Business, 163 students (23% of the business majors) were surveyed to determine their perceptions concerning student ratings of faculty. Although 100% of the students surveyed believed they were honest in their evaluations, only 33% of them believed other students were honest. International students tended to give higher evaluations in math-related classes than U.S. students. Students tended to give higher evaluations to professors who used humor and to professors they liked. They did not give higher evaluations to male professors or ones under 55 years of age. The difficulty of the class did not impact students' ratings of faculty.
Assessing the Value of Certification Preparation Programs in Higher Education
Author: Daniels, Vincent S.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,Certification,Business Administration Education,Lifelong Learning,Professional Education,Student Motivation,Student Surveys,Transfer of Training,Knowledge Level,Skill Development,Continuing Education,Employer Attitudes,Employers,Student Attitudes,Career Change,Expertise,Recognition (Achievement)

The purpose of this article is to begin an exploration into the value of certification preparation programs in high skills lifelong learning, specifically in the field of business and management. This segment of lifelong learning is often referred to as executive and professional education (EPE). As professions and skills are made obsolete in the knowledge economy the need for continued high level lifelong learning becomes increasing important to the sustainability and viability of local, regional, state and national economies. This research paper focuses on programs that prepare participants for nationally and internationally recognized certifications. Additionally the research addresses issues relating to the motivation of participants to enroll in EPE programs.
12 Years of Action Learning at EM Normandie: Monitored Field Projects as Regular Pedagogical Activities
Author: Anger, Sophie Gay
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Active Learning,Experiential Learning,Higher Education,Student Projects,Consultants,Problem Solving,Competency Based Education,Management Development,Business Administration Education,Models,Masters Programs,Skill Development

The Master Grande Ecole curriculum at EM Normandie School is organized around junior consulting projects and real problem solving activities aiming at bridging the gap between classroom knowledge and professional competencies. Since the 90's, students are involved in regular consulting activities for local and national companies following the &quot;HEC entrepreneur&quot; pedagogy adapted guidelines. The purpose of this paper is to characterize the EM Normandie junior consulting projects learning activities within the more general theoretical framework of Action Learning. We underline the elements that make action leaning at EM Normandie singular, but also its limits and potential for improvement.
Nascent Leadership Behaviors
Author: Payette, Dennis L.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Leadership Styles,Administrator Behavior,Administrator Characteristics,Graduate Study,Masters Programs,Business Administration Education,Undergraduate Study,Leadership Qualities,Crisis Management,Administrators,Career Development,Persistence,Success,Decision Making,Theories,Interpersonal Relationship,Networks,Teamwork,Empathy,Communication Skills,Volunteers,Family Work Relationship

This paper is a compendium of leadership behaviors that emerging or aspirant leaders could choose to enhance their management and leadership skills. These behaviors were drawn directly from the experience of the authors, both of whom have held senior leadership and management positions in business, law, and higher education. This paper is an outgrowth of more than a decade of experience in teaching leadership in graduate MBA programs and in undergraduate business policy and strategy capstone courses. MBA programs typically have a dedicated course on leadership and undergraduate capstone courses focus on leadership, business policy and strategy. Normally course material is presented through case studies, readings and lectures on leadership and leadership theory. Most, although not all, students have limited or no management experience and they hope to advance their management and leadership skills which they believe should in turn result in their career success. During our years of teaching leadership, many students asked the authors about specific leadership actions they could utilize in their nascent business careers. The material presented in this paper is oriented towards practical and actionable steps that the aspiring leader can decide to apply with the caveat that common sense and sensitivity to the individual circumstances will vary greatly. However, sooner or later the right time to distinguish oneself will surely occur and that the behaviors presented in this paper can be of value to entry and junior level managers.
Group Testing as a Pedagogical Technique to Enhance Learning in Difficult Subjects
Author: Scafe, Marla G.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Group Testing,Individual Testing,Statistical Analysis,Comparative Analysis,Teaching Methods,Difficulty Level,Methods Courses,Graduate Students,Masters Programs,Business Administration Education,Research Methodology,Multiple Choice Tests,Statistics,Weighted Scores

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group testing as a pedagogical technique to enhance learning in a difficult subject such as statistics. Individual test scores were compared to their group test scores for the same, identical test. A t test was used to compare the scores for 157 randomly selected MBA students enrolled in a graduate level quantitative research methods course. Results of the t test were significant (t = -14.807, p = 0.000) illustrating that individual scores were significantly lower than the group scores.
How to Get in the &quot;First Pile&quot;
Author: Vanevenhoven, Jeff
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Job Search Methods,Tenure,Job Applicants,Interviews,Career Planning,Search Committees (Personnel),Personnel Selection

Pressures facing junior faculty during a tenure track job search are high and can come from a multitude of areas. It follows that professionals in this position would try to reduce uncertainty associated with securing a new employment contract. The authors offer their observations below on how to increase an applicant's chance to succeed in an initial screening process--what is we refer to as &quot;making the first pile&quot;--and the interviews that follow.
Attracting Economics Majors
Author: Okoye, Ifeakandu
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,Majors (Students),Economics Education,Student Interests,Enrollment Trends,Declining Enrollment,Enrollment Management,Educational Change,Change Strategies,Innovation,Student Needs,Degree Requirements,Relevance (Education),Curriculum Development,Partnerships in Education,Learning Laboratories,Student Organizations,Role Models

A disturbing concern that has been expressed by academic economists is the low interest in economics as a major, as evidenced by the declining enrollment in most of the economics departments in American colleges and universities. Though some college and university economics departments are experiencing or had experienced a decline in their majors enrollment, others, in fact, have experienced an increase. The main purpose of this paper is to suggest innovative actions that economics departments experiencing declining enrollment can take in an effort to reverse the trend. The ideas presented in this paper can also benefit economics departments that have not experienced a decline in enrollment.
Measuring Course Competencies in a School of Business: The Use of Standardized Curriculum and Rubrics
Author: Gibson, Jane Whitney
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Business Administration Education,Undergraduate Students,Graduate Students,Core Curriculum,Scoring Rubrics,Academic Achievement,Feedback (Response)

This paper examines the growing emphasis on measurement of course competencies by individual college students through two course examples, an undergraduate course in managing change and conflict and a graduate course in human resource management. The author explains how standardized curriculum and assignment rubrics are being used to measure student achievement and as a vehicle for ongoing assurance of learning efforts.