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Pepperdine Magazine - Vol. 1, Iss. 3 (Fall 2009), Office Of Public Affairs, Pepperdine University Oct 2009

Pepperdine Magazine - Vol. 1, Iss. 3 (Fall 2009), Office Of Public Affairs, Pepperdine University

Pepperdine Magazine

Megan Huard, editor.


Pepperdine Magazine - Vol. 1, Iss. 2 (Summer 2009), Office Of Public Affairs, Pepperdine University Jul 2009

Pepperdine Magazine - Vol. 1, Iss. 2 (Summer 2009), Office Of Public Affairs, Pepperdine University

Pepperdine Magazine

Megan Huard, editor.


Need For International Business Concepts In The Curriculum, David Seeley Jr. Apr 2009

Need For International Business Concepts In The Curriculum, David Seeley Jr.

International Journal for Business Education

With the continued increase in international business, business education has an obligation to reflect this trend. There are two methods for incorporating international business concepts into the curriculum: infusion and creation. Ideally, this obligation would be completed with a standalone course in international business. However, it can also be accomplished through incorporating international business concepts into current curriculum. Business programs need to include international aspects into the curriculum to help the students understand the economy in which they live.


Understanding Arts-Based Methods In Managerial Development, Steven S. Taylor, Donna Ladkin Mar 2009

Understanding Arts-Based Methods In Managerial Development, Steven S. Taylor, Donna Ladkin

Faculty Articles

With the rising use of arts-based methods in organizational development and change, scholars have started to inquire into how and why these methods work. We identify four processes that are particular to the way in which arts-based methods contribute to the development of individual organization managers and leaders: through the transference of artistic skills, through projective techniques, through the evocation of "essence," and through creating artifacts such as masks, collages, or sculpture, a process we call "making." We illustrate these processes in detail with two case examples and then discuss the implications for designing the use of arts-based methods for …


A Network Implementation Class Exercise: Businessquest Business Incubator, Llc, Priscilla Arling Jan 2009

A Network Implementation Class Exercise: Businessquest Business Incubator, Llc, Priscilla Arling

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

One way to bring concepts to life in an introductory data networks course is for students to physically build a network that addresses a real business problem. However it can be challenging to find a suitable business problem, particularly if the network can exist only during the class period. This case presents a realistic business scenario and network implementation exercise that can be completed in one or two class periods in any classroom with Internet access. The objective of the exercise is for students to solve a business problem by applying concepts related to basic network configuration, local area networks …


Student Perspectives Of Competition: A Qualitative Analysis, Michael W. Firmin, Jennifer Evens Lucius, Sharon Johnson Jan 2009

Student Perspectives Of Competition: A Qualitative Analysis, Michael W. Firmin, Jennifer Evens Lucius, Sharon Johnson

Psychology Faculty Publications

The present study involved action research of appraising business students’ individual assessments of a classroom competition exercise in which they participated for a university semester. Analysis of in-depth interviews held with each student show four over-arching themes shared by the participants. First, students showed significant self-insight into how they perceive themselves competing. This occurred on both the cognitive and affective domains. Second, with relative consistency, students reported avoiding competitive situations where they did not believe chances were good that they would win. Conversely, they tended to involve themselves in situations where success was perceived as possible or likely. Third, gender …