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Full-Text Articles in Business
Superior Performance Competencies Achieved Through Destination Imagination Experiences, James Ward, Yaprak Dalat Ward, Johnny Wells, Kimberly Bejot
Superior Performance Competencies Achieved Through Destination Imagination Experiences, James Ward, Yaprak Dalat Ward, Johnny Wells, Kimberly Bejot
Applied Business Faculty Publications
Today’s workforce not only requires specific content-area knowledge and skills achieved through formal education but also, and most critically, superior performance competencies including distinguishable behaviors. While formal education prioritizes easily detectable and measurable content-specific knowledge and skills, superior performance competencies such as cognitive, affective, and motivational skills remain secondary unless students engage in extracurricular activities in real-world settings. This qualitative study investigated the phenomenon of achieving an array of superior performance competencies through learning by doing, at one of the 2023 Destination Imagination events. This study marked the first fieldwork in which the principal researcher directly observed the event in …
Brew Fest: Communication Agility In Rural America, Rachel Dolechek, Stacey L. Smith, Karen Thal
Brew Fest: Communication Agility In Rural America, Rachel Dolechek, Stacey L. Smith, Karen Thal
Applied Business Faculty Publications
Business communication is vital to solving any business problem. Yet, the uncertainty of the future makes business communication complex and requires organizations to be strategic and have communication agility. This pedagogical case study is used in the collegiate business communication classroom to help frame a business problem. Students reading the case will gain an understanding of a real-life business scenario involving the importance of communication agility and cultural events in a rural community. Students are then challenged to use best practices in business communication to help ensure the future of the community event, Brew Fest.
A Phenomenological Study: A Pre-Departure Study Abroad Course Interrupted By The Covid-19 Outbreak, James G. Ward Ed.D., Michael Martin Ph.D., Yaprak Dalat Ward Ed.D.
A Phenomenological Study: A Pre-Departure Study Abroad Course Interrupted By The Covid-19 Outbreak, James G. Ward Ed.D., Michael Martin Ph.D., Yaprak Dalat Ward Ed.D.
Applied Business Faculty Publications
The original plan of this research was to collect multiple sets of data from business students in a 2020 spring study abroad program including the pre-departure course, the experiential learning in Thailand and post experience. When the World Health Organization (2020c) categorized the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, the predeparture course was interrupted, resulting in the remaining sections of the program to be cancelled. To date, since no previous research was available on a pre-departure course interrupted by a pandemic of this kind, the experiences of the two faculty members teaching the course became central to the research making this study …
A Case Study: Developing A Study Abroad Program In Thailand, James G. Ward Ed.D., Yaprak Dalat Ward Ed.D., Scott Jones Ph.D.
A Case Study: Developing A Study Abroad Program In Thailand, James G. Ward Ed.D., Yaprak Dalat Ward Ed.D., Scott Jones Ph.D.
Applied Business Faculty Publications
This paper presents the phase one findings of a two-phased action research study which led to the development of a plan to design a study abroad program for both undergraduate students and students of DECA, a business organization, at the college of business and entrepreneurship of a state university set in a rural area in the Midwest of the United States. The question which guided the research was: How can a study abroad program, promoting career enhancement, be designed to meet the needs of the students from rural agricultural communities? Exploratory data were collected both on campus and in Thailand …
Career Education Discourse: Promoting Student Employability In A University Career Center, Rose Helens-Hart Ph.D.
Career Education Discourse: Promoting Student Employability In A University Career Center, Rose Helens-Hart Ph.D.
Applied Business Faculty Publications
In 2016, Gallup reported 80 percent of recent U.S. college graduates who had visited career services offices (CSO) rated their engagement to be somewhat to very helpful. Quantitative reports such as this provide student views of CSOs, but neither address CSO staff’s perceptions of the value of their work nor the tools they use to assist students. Staff perceptions provide insight into how they communicate with students and align with emerging career education paradigms. Through in-depth interviews and participant observations, this study illuminates the communicative strategies used by CSO staff at a large U.S. Midwestern public university to support student …
Solving A Whale Of A Problem: Introducing The Four Functions Of Management In A Management Principles Course., Rachel Dolechek, Thomas Lippert, Edward Vengrouskie, Robert Lloyd
Solving A Whale Of A Problem: Introducing The Four Functions Of Management In A Management Principles Course., Rachel Dolechek, Thomas Lippert, Edward Vengrouskie, Robert Lloyd
Applied Business Faculty Publications
This paper introduces an experiential exercise that exposes students in a management principles course to the four managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling. The exercise combines the powerful benefits of visual media and humor in a situational scenario designed to enhance the learning opportunities for students to grasp the fundamentals of management education. By connecting experiential learning with the four functions of management in a humorous situational case, students will be better able to develop a grasp of the management functions and understand how they are related. Learning applications allow students to develop a deeper conceptual understanding of …
A Preliminary Study: Application Of Quality Matters Standard 5 (Course Activities And Learner Interaction) To Development Of An Online Business Management Course, James G. Ward Ed.D., Yaprak Dalat Ward Ed.D., Linda A
A Preliminary Study: Application Of Quality Matters Standard 5 (Course Activities And Learner Interaction) To Development Of An Online Business Management Course, James G. Ward Ed.D., Yaprak Dalat Ward Ed.D., Linda A
Applied Business Faculty Publications
Quality Matters (Quality Matters [QM] Higher Education Rubric Workbook, 2014) is a national benchmark for online course design, and serves as a continuous improvement model for assuring quality of online courses through a faculty review process. QM is also described as “a faculty-centered, peer review process that is designed to certify the quality of online and blended course” (QM Higher Education Rubric Workbook, para 1). QM has eight research based rubric areas: “1) Course Overview and Introductions; 2) Learning Objectives or Competencies; 3) Assessment and Measurement; 4) Instructional Materials; 5) Course Activities and Learner Interaction; 6) Courses Technology; 7) Learner …
The Importance Of University Traditions And Rituals In Building Alumni Brand Communities And Loyalty, Mary C. Martin Ph.D., Emi Moriuchi, Ronda M. Smith, Jill D. Moeder, Charlene Nichols
The Importance Of University Traditions And Rituals In Building Alumni Brand Communities And Loyalty, Mary C. Martin Ph.D., Emi Moriuchi, Ronda M. Smith, Jill D. Moeder, Charlene Nichols
Applied Business Faculty Publications
The purpose of this study is to expand the literature and determine factors that impact alumni giving and loyalty at institutions of higher education. Specifically, this research aims to identify a relationship between university traditions and rituals, the relationships of an alumni brand community, and loyalty toward an institution of higher education. This research proposes that a university, as a branded institution, constitutes a brand community, and that traditions and rituals, an important component of brand communities, can serve as a means by which students engage on campus and participate in a university’s brand community and, in turn, become active …
New Media Communication Preferences, James G. Ward Ed.D., Wally Guyot Ph.D., Robert Meier Ph.D., Mark Bannister J.D.
New Media Communication Preferences, James G. Ward Ed.D., Wally Guyot Ph.D., Robert Meier Ph.D., Mark Bannister J.D.
Applied Business Faculty Publications
According to Barelka, Jeyaraj, and Walinski, “New Media is conceptualized as an umbrella class of information and communication technologies that is intended to connect individuals in novel and meaningful ways” (2013: 56). As part of the process of continuous quality improvement, a study was conducted in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship at a rural Midwestern university. The survey sought to determine business student preferences for the use of various types of new media to receive information from the Dean’s Office. Facebook, smartphone, and YouTube were the most popular among the students in the study; therefore, the researchers focused on …
Promoting Fan Labor And "All Things Web": A Case Study Of Tosh.0, Rose Helens-Hart Ph.D.
Promoting Fan Labor And "All Things Web": A Case Study Of Tosh.0, Rose Helens-Hart Ph.D.
Applied Business Faculty Publications
Television programs are increasingly paired with interactive media platforms in attempts to reach fragmented audiences though a medium where millions are now seeking entertainment—the Internet. Programs' online presences are cultivated and promoted by paid staffers and unpaid fan laborers. Producers monetize fan activity by guiding its form on their sites. Utilizing the concepts of sticky and spreadable media, an analysis of the Comedy Central show Tosh.0 Web site demonstrates how producers can promote particular types of interactivity through the content and architecture of a multimodal Web site. By designing a site that centralizes the use of popular social media, the …
Analysis Of U.S. Senate Web Sites For Disability Accessibility, Joanne M. Kuzma, Gregory Weisenborn, Thomas Philippe, Anthony Gabel, Rachel Dolechek
Analysis Of U.S. Senate Web Sites For Disability Accessibility, Joanne M. Kuzma, Gregory Weisenborn, Thomas Philippe, Anthony Gabel, Rachel Dolechek
Applied Business Faculty Publications
U.S. federal government web sites have increased significantly the level of services and information offered to various internal and external stakeholders. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 amended Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which complemented the intent and aims of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As a result, federal agencies and departments were mandated to provide disabled stakeholders with access to key information from federal web sites. However, since this enactment, some federal web sites still do not meet fully the legal requirements to accommodate users with disabilities. Additionally, web sites of members of the …