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Online Business Simulations: Authentic Teamwork, Learning Outcomes, and Satisfaction
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Lohmann, Gui; Pratt, Marlene A.; Benckendorff, Pierre; Strickland, Paul; Reynolds, Paul; Whitelaw, Paul A – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
Educators have struggled to incorporate authentic team-based learning (TBL) into the business curriculum despite increasing evidence that collaborative learning can enhance learning outcomes. We investigate the use of online business simulations as a platform for fostering authentic TBL for undergraduate and postgraduate business students studying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Business Administration Education, Teaching Methods
The Impact of Diversity, Prior Academic Achievement and Goal Orientation on Learning Performance in Group Capstone Projects
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Cheng, L. T. W.; Armatas, C. A.; Wang, J. W. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
Capstone projects are common in undergraduate programmes, providing students with a culminating educational experience designed to draw on the knowledge and skills accumulated over the course of their studies. While there are many benefits to capstone projects, they are not without challenges. In particular, when these projects are conducted in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Capstone Experiences
Understanding Chinese Students' Learning Needs in Western Business Classrooms
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Foster, K. Dale; Stapleton, Donna M. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
This study was motivated by a recognized tension experienced by teachers and students resulting from an increasingly internationalized university classroom. We propose that this tension is exacerbated in business classrooms because of the participatory nature of many of the pedagogical tools used in these classrooms, tools which have been designed…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Needs, Business Education, Classroom Environment
Designing and Evaluating a Personal Skills Development Program for Management Education
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Pang, Elvy; Hung, Humphry – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2012
Success in preparing business students for professional careers requires these students to develop a set of well-defined personal skills. The present study examined 145 business students to assess the effectiveness of a personal skills development (PSD) program by measuring the impact of the training on the students' attitudes in skill development…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Administrator Education, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Disciplinary Differences and Implications for the Development of Generic Skills: A Study of Engineering and Business Students' Perceptions of Generic Skills
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Chan, Cecilia K. Y.; Fong, Emily T. Y. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
Although previous research has examined how generic skills and disciplinary contexts are related, such investigation has not been conducted from students' perspectives. Implications of disciplinary differences for the design of a generic skills curriculum have also remained unexplored. In this study, a questionnaire was administered to 502…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Majors (Students), Engineering Education
Learning in Introductory E-Commerce: A Project-Based Teamwork Approach
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Ngai, Eric W. T. – Computers and Education, 2007
In this paper, we describe an e-commerce teamwork-based project designed and implemented at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) for undergraduate business and management students. The teaching objectives of this e-commerce project are to develop the students' knowledge and skills, such as in the use of e-commerce site building tools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Business Education, Universities
Key Determinants of Student Satisfaction When Undertaking Group Work
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Pang, Elvy; Tong, Canon; Wong, Anthony – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
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…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Statistical Analysis, Business Administration Education