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Promoting Cross-Functional Team Interactions Within General Business Classes, Christopher J. Mckenna
Promoting Cross-Functional Team Interactions Within General Business Classes, Christopher J. Mckenna
Faculty Publications
This session discusses an attempt to integrate both unitary team and cross-functional team deliverables among general business students designing a complex client solution within an “IT for managers” class.
Free, Online, And Tailor-Made: Creating An Open Textbook As A Model Document, Andy Spackman
Free, Online, And Tailor-Made: Creating An Open Textbook As A Model Document, Andy Spackman
Faculty Publications
The high cost of textbooks contributes to the financial burden of today’s college students. Open textbooks are one solution, but in the absence of an administrative directive or institutional policy, faculty have little incentive to adopt open textbooks beyond an appreciation of their students’ financial distress. Working from the grassroots and partnering with the library, the faculty of Brigham Young University’s Management Communication program has created their own open textbook. Free, online, and tailor-made, this textbook can evolve in parallel with curriculum and models the writing and design principles taught in the course. The rationale and implementation of this project …