Contemporary engineers and entrepreneurs need to become more cognizant and responsive to the emerging needs of the market for engineering, enterprise and technology services. Enterprise 2.0 which penetrates our society more thoroughly with the availability of broadband services has the potential to contribute decisively to the sustainable…

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence electronic collaboration technology acceptance and predicted usage for virtual team collaboration projects in higher education courses. The research combined the unified theory of acceptance and usage of technology (UTAUT) with a virtual team-training model. All 108 participants…

The preferred learning styles of secondary business education students were studied, and whether a match existed between student preferences and the preferred teaching styles of their teachers was also investigated. Eight secondary business education teachers completed the Canfield Instructional Styles Inventory and administered the Canfield…

Teacher educators' views on preparing future business education teachers to deliver workplace skill instruction were examined in a survey of an adjusted sample of 183 members of the National Association of Teacher Educators for Business Education who were in teacher education positions. Of the 71 teacher educators who completed surveys (a 38.8%…

The business education teacher must thoroughly understand why and what he is doing in career education. A career education program can be viewed as consisting of five categories from which the teacher is to form a basic career education philosophy. (1) To develop in the student self-awareness and a positive attitude toward self, school, and work.…

Data were collected on the demographic characteristics, educational backgrounds, and perceptions/attitudes of the approximately 1,429 business and marketing education teachers who were among the subsample of 3,538 vocational teachers and total sample of 56,051 public school teachers who participated in the 1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey.…

Internationalizing the business curriculum means integrating the processes of international culture into an educational setting to give students a more comprehensive understanding of the business world. As part of its efforts to internationalize the curriculum, Wisconsin's Waukesha County Technical College established an Associate degree in…

Studies have shown that managers work at a frenetic pace, rapidly moving from one concern to another, coping with tremendous amounts of information picked up largely through face-to-face or telephonic oral communication. Managers somehow process this information in their minds and then make decisions. Despite the overwhelming quantity of…

A comprehensive work experience model based on demonstrated competence in a business or office occupational area was developed for training or retraining vocational education teachers in Ohio. Developed to meet occupational certification requirements within pre-service and inservice professional courses, the model addresses the needs of…

A corporation's image is a powerful persuasive tool for reaching external publics such as competitors, regulators, and prospective employees. Corporations should avoid disparities between the actual and the desired image, as well as disparities between the external perception and the internal perception of employees. A course was developed at…

The Foreign Language for International Trade degree program developed by Indiana University of Pennsylvania is described. The curriculum combines elements of a basic business course with elements of a language program. It is a rigorous program with 36 credit hours in both business and language. The program presents problems for language students…

Professional communicators are often called upon to announce changes at places of business and to implement them in a timely fashion. One approach that works (and minimizes confusion) is to plan carefully to achieve three key objectives: Understanding, Support, and Action (USA). To promote understanding, those who have decided on the change should…

The college level sport management curriculum must go beyond the level of providing technical competencies--it must also orient graduates to using competencies in the fulfillment of management tasks. The sport management curriculum should also emphasize the unusual and sometimes unique aspects of managing a sport organization. Sport should be…

This paper underscores the need for entrepreneurship education in Canada's community colleges and presents a description of Confederation College's (CC's) entrepreneurial curriculum. A history of the growth of entrepreneurial businesses in Canada is followed by a discussion of the need for entrepreneurial education at the community college level.…

Bilingual business education is increasing in importance in response to the growing Spanish speaking population, bilingual student population, and need for bilingual employees. The continued immigration from Mexico and growth in the number of unskilled Spanish speaking workers will lead to an increased need for bilingual supervisors and managers.…