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Critical Thinking In A College Of Business Administration, Phyllis R. Anderson, Joanne R. Reid Apr 2020

Critical Thinking In A College Of Business Administration, Phyllis R. Anderson, Joanne R. Reid

Southern Business Review

Phyllis R. Anderson, MetE, MBA, PhD, is a senior university lecturer in the College of Business and Public Administration at Governors State University, One University Parkway, University Park, IL 60484.

Joanne R. Reid, BA, MSED, EdD, is the vice president of Corporate Development Associates, Inc., Lombard, IL 60148.


To Close The Skills Gap, Technology And Higher-Order Thinking Skills Must Go Hand In Hand, Manying Qiu, Yaquan Xu, Emmanuel O. Omojokun Jan 2020

To Close The Skills Gap, Technology And Higher-Order Thinking Skills Must Go Hand In Hand, Manying Qiu, Yaquan Xu, Emmanuel O. Omojokun

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Technology is rapidly changing the business landscape. Workforce skills gap is widening in the digital business environment. Universities and employers call for developing students’ higher-order thinking skills along with integrating technology into academic curricula. We conducted a survey to assess learning outcomes from two groups of undergraduate students: business majors and information technology (IT) majors. SAP ERP hands-on case studies were used for this comparative experiment. The student survey results showed that the students of both majors believed that learning SAP software can lead to more rewarding jobs and they felt confident about their competitiveness in the job market. Although …


A Hybrid Course Designed To Increase Managerial Export Motivation And Export Engagement, John Andy Wood, Cyril Logar, William Riley Dec 2013

A Hybrid Course Designed To Increase Managerial Export Motivation And Export Engagement, John Andy Wood, Cyril Logar, William Riley

Atlantic Marketing Journal

The paper reviews and explains a new course format at West Virginia University. The content of this course focuses on initiating exporting by companies located in the home state of the university. The attendees include university students and representatives of companies that are interested in starting to export. The content of the course and the participation by company representatives created the need for an atypical delivery of Friday evenings and all day Saturday meeting at two to four week intervals between class sessions. Practical exporting experience is shared by experts from the Department of Commerce, the Export Council, and representative …