NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 6,196 to 6,210 of 18,074 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Singh, A. M. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2011
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a process of evaluating an adult learners previous experience, skills, knowledge and informal learning and articulating it towards a formal qualification. Whilst RPL is enshrined in a number of international qualifications frameworks, there are certain barriers which have prevented its application and…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Qualifications
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lowe, Ben; Laffey, Des – Journal of Marketing Education, 2011
Recent years have seen unprecedented possibilities for the use of different technologies to enhance learning in marketing courses. Given the rapid and widespread diffusion of these technologies, particularly within the demographic of the student population, it is pertinent to explore and examine how such technologies can benefit student learning.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Marketing, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bak, Ozlem – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
This paper explores the challenges and use of a postgraduate consultancy module in teaching operations management. The consultancy module extends the traditional learning boundaries between students and lecturers to a tripartite grouping of students, university and industry. The interaction within this group may be influenced by students' skills…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Higher Education, Business Administration Education, Consultation Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rochford, Linda; Borchert, Patricia S. – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
Case study analyses allow students to demonstrate proficiency in executing authentic tasks in marketing and management, facilitating faculty evaluation of higher order learning outcomes. Effective and consistent assessment of case analyses depends in large part on the development of sound rubrics. The authors explored the process of rubric…
Descriptors: Faculty Evaluation, Case Studies, Outcomes of Education, Scoring Rubrics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Steslow, Donna M.; Gardner, Carolyn – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2011
Storytelling has been used in diverse educational settings. It is employed at all educational levels, from elementary schools to graduate schools. Approximately twenty years ago, law school professors began writing about the application of storytelling to various law school subjects as an alternative to the traditional case method. Legal scholars…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Teaching Methods, College Instruction, Business Administration Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Benson, Sandra S.; Chumney, Wade M. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2011
The news is rife with Ponzi schemes--named after Charles Ponzi, who enticed investors with promissory notes paying an above-market return. Ponzi schemes present a unique opportunity to bring to life a federal Bankruptcy Code by illustrating the requirements for commencing a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy case, the broad avoidance powers of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Deception, Financial Problems, Investment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rashford, Nicholas S.; de Figueiredo, Joao Neiva – Journal of Management Education, 2011
This article describes a pedagogical technique that has been used successfully for more than 35 years in business education, primarily as a capstone experience in MBA and Executive MBA programs: the live in-class CEO intervention method. This method consists of a CEO bringing to the classroom a strategic issue that she or he is currently…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Business Administration Education, Class Activities, Administrators
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Williams, Tony; LeMire, Steven D. – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
The authors examined professionally qualified Air Force commanders' barriers to entry into a business doctoral degree program related to the factors of time, financial means, academics, and motivation. Of the 116 present commanders, 63% were interested in pursuing a doctorate in business. For the commanders interested in obtaining a doctorate…
Descriptors: Motivation, Doctoral Degrees, Military Personnel, Business Administration Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lundstrom, William J. – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
MBA students are often treated as a blank sheet of paper on which the MBA program and its faculty etch and imprint the knowledge and philosophy of business success. Implicit in this thinking is that students are willing neophytes in this ritualistic process without a perceptual screen shaping and molding the content being espoused by legions of…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Masters Programs, Student Attitudes, Business
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pesta, Bryan J.; Scherer, Robert F. – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business incorporates program assessment as an integral part of the accreditation process. Assessment tools created to meet assurance of learning standards, however, must go beyond grades and measure student learning directly. The author shows that an in-house assessment tool predicted student…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Business Administration Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Outcomes of Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dhar, Rajib Lochan – Education, Knowledge & Economy: A Journal for Education and Social Enterprise, 2011
This study tries to examine the causes which have led to the rise in the number of students pursuing an MBA in India. Qualitative methods have been used to collect the data. Data were collected via six focused group discussions with 60 postgraduate students associated with different management institutes in western India. In addition, data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Masters Programs, Graduate Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Holtschlag, Claudia; Masuda, Aline D. – Career Development International, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of difficult and specific career visions on job satisfaction and turnover intentions seven years after students reported their visions. Design/methodology/approach: Data for this study were collected in two waves, seven years apart, from the same cohort. At time 1 the career visions of…
Descriptors: Work Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Labor Turnover, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jepsen, Denise M.; Varhegyi, Melinda M. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
Many university administrators, academics and marketers expend time and financial resources promoting postgraduate study options, yet scant scholarly research has addressed students' attraction to postgraduate study. This study examines awareness and knowledge of, and intentions to pursue postgraduate study from the perspective of current…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Intention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Geissler, Gary L.; Edison, Steve W.; Wayland, Jane P. – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2012
Business professors continue to face the challenge of truly preparing their students for the workplace. College students often lack skills that are valued by employers, such as critical thinking, creativity, communication, conflict resolution, and teamwork skills. Traditional classroom methods, such as lectures, may fail to produce adequate…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Communication Skills, Student Improvement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Bangs, Joann – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
This paper describes changing the way a business statistics course is taught through the use of just-in-time teaching methods. Implementing this method allowed for more time in the class to be spent focused on problem solving, resulting in students being able to handle more difficult problems. Students' perceptions of the just-in-time assignments…
Descriptors: Statistics, Business Administration Education, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  410  |  411  |  412  |  413  |  414  |  415  |  416  |  417  |  418  |  ...  |  1205