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Dominican Students Host Speed Interview Workshop, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The students were participating in a speed interview workshop dinner with professionals from Bay Area businesses, including Deloitte, U.S. Capital Partners, Chevron, and Lateef Investment Management. Sponsored by the Dominican Accounting and Finance Association (DAFA), the event attracted about 35 students and 10 professionals.|

Dominican's Commitment At White House Event, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The White House College Opportunity Day of Action helped to support President Obama’s commitment to partner with colleges and universities, business leaders, and nonprofits to support students across the country to help our nation reach its goal of leading the world in college attainment. Marcy announced plans to double the number of students who graduate with degrees in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields and triple the number of students who graduate with a STEM minor by 2020.

Mba Program Introduces ‘The Beer Game’ To Curriculum, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The game is designed to help students understand the importance of communication throughout the supply chain.

An Inquiry Into The Aviation Management Education Paradigm Shift, Matthew P. Earnhardt, Jason M. Newcomer, Daryl V. Watkins, James W. Marion

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace

Working adults with four-year degrees from accredited colleges or universities earn, on average, almost three times more than individuals without a degree. This pay gap led Newcomer and his colleagues to study attitudes of aviation and aerospace managers towards education. That study found that managers valued education in new hires, even though they did not deem it critical to their own positions. That finding indicated a potential paradigm shift towards the perceived value of education in the industry.

In the current qualitative, phenomenological research, we interviewed 14 managers from various capacities within the aviation and aerospace industries to determine the …

When Will We Use This In Real Life?: Problem-Based Learning And Its Use In Effective Information Literacy Instruction, Bridget S. Farrell, Adelia B. Grabowsky

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Chances are that at some point in your career, you have heard a student ask, “When will we use this in real life?” For most instructors, those can be hard words to hear, especially after careful thought and planning has gone into developing a library session geared toward a class assignment or project. One way to decrease questions about real world applicability is to incorporate aspects of problem-based learning in library instruction. Problem-based learning (PBL) has been defined by Berkel and Schmidt as “an approach to professional education that stresses the use of real-life problems, encourages learners to discuss them, …

Accounting Students Attend Calcpa Careers Panel, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Visperas, who is pursuing her BA in Business Administration with concentrations in accounting and marketing, became Dominican’s first CalCPA Society Campus Ambassador in January of 2013. Dominican is in the third year of the Campus Ambassador program, which is an elite, statewide group with only 32 colleges represented, including Santa Clara, UC San Diego, and the University of Southern California.

President Marcy Accepts "Business Of The Year" Award, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

President Marcy was one of 13 people honored by local businesses during the event for their philanthropic leadership, volunteer efforts and success as business leaders.

New Dean To Helm Smu Lee Kong Chian School Of Business: Smu Appoints Professor Gerard George As New Business School Dean From 2015, Singapore Management University

SMU Press Releases

The Singapore Management University (SMU) has appointed Professor Gerard George from the Imperial College London as Dean of the SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business from 1 January 2015 for a five-year term.

A Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Professor Gerard George is currently Deputy Dean of Imperial College Business School and the Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre. The Centre facilitates Imperial College London's strategic commitments in India for joint research initiatives and educational programmes in innovation and entrepreneurship. He also serves as the International Dean of BML Munjal University, an innovative new university mentored by Imperial and …

Santana Tops Fall Lecture Series Lineup At Dominican, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The speaker series, a cooperative effort between Dominican’s ILS and Book Passage, features some of the country's leading figures from the worlds of business, politics, entertainment, academia, and literature. The series has entertained and educated thousands of Marin County and San Francisco Bay Area residents

Research Express News, Georgia Southern University

Research Express News (2013-2021)

• Inside Bulloch Business with DeWayne Grice – Dr. Keel: How to attract more biz to Statesboro

Inaugural "Mba Boot Camp" Greets 40 Grad Students, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The three-day student orientation featured exercises in live business cases, sessions for preparation on business presentations and consulting practices, and a leadership and special team-building project – “Fast and Furious” – on the Alemany Library lawn using plastic model cars.

The Multilingual Reality In American Business, Zachary Z. Lim

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Business Major Attends Ams National Conference, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

When the junior business administration major and honors student was accepted to present at the Academy of Marketing Science’s annual conference in Indianapolis May 21-23, Rains understood how to share and pass the credit. She attributed her success to a team effort involving Anjali Bal, Christopher Leeds and Kelly Weidner, all professors in the Andrew P. Barowsky School of Business at Dominican

Ouachita Buisness Students Manage Investment Fund, Attend New York Forum, Anna Mcculloch, Ouachita News Bureau

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A group of Ouachita Baptist University students attended the Global Asset Management Forum in New York City March 19-22. The students are members of the Eddie and Phyllis Ary Student Investment Fund management team at Ouachita.

Business As A Calling Of God (Dallas), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Speaking at Dallas Theological Seminary's Table Conference 2014, Pollard considers the integration of faith and work, noting in particular the need for both a transformation of leadership and new approach to educating future business leaders. For Pollard, what it means to lead cannot be divorced from questions of faith and God.

The Acceptability Of Social Media For Enhancing And Extending Learning: A Case Study, Kyle Knudtson

Culminating Projects in Information Media

The Accebatabilty of Social Media for Enhancing and Extending Learning was a small study looking at the historical use of social media for business training through an instructional design lens. While social media was relatively young at the time, companies started to use it to enhance their employees' learning. Some took to it, while others did not. 85% of employees were willing to use social media for training. Still, only five employees knew how an employer could use social media for training and had concerns about using this as a job requirement. This study focused on the employee's willingness to …

Dominican Unveils Andrew P. Barowsky School Of Business, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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The Andrew P. Barowsky School of Business is one component of a campus-wide series of initiatives. The initiatives will be launched by a gift – Dominican’s largest ever – from Mr. Barowsky

Ouachita Students To Compete In Governor's Cup Business Plan Competition March 18-19, Taylor Tomlinson, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University seniors Michael Crowe, Evan Malcolm and Alex Nelson were recently awarded named undergraduate innovation finalists in the 14th annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup Business Plan Competition for their plan, PUREnovation, Inc. Two other Ouachita teams also will deliver oral presentations in the Governor's Cup March 18-19 as undergraduate semifinalists.

Sutd And Smu Jointly Launch Inaugural Undergraduate Dual Degree Programme In Technology, Design And Management, Singapore Management University

SMU Press Releases

This May, the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and the Singapore Management University (SMU) will admit the first batch of dual degree undergraduate students. Up to 45 top achievers will have the unprecedented opportunity to pursue an engineering degree from SUTD and a business management degree from SMU concurrently. The four-year programme, aimed at producing graduates who will be highly effective in an increasingly complex globalised world, will prepare students to be technology and management-grounded leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Students will spend time at both campuses, and will take SUTD and SMU courses from the first academic year, …

Extending And Accelerating Global Business-Education Partnerships, Dylan Kissane, John Farrell

Dylan Kissane

Senior management in contemporary graduate business education must respond are the trends that are leaving a marked impact on the traditional business models of business schools. Key stakeholders in the business education ecosystem, including the students, the corporate employers and the business schools themselves, demand more of graduate education in order that their respective careers flourish, future employees have the requisite skills and experience, and business education institutions survive. Yet as in any system, survival is but a minimum requirement; successful programs seek not only to survive but to thrive, embracing the change that these three trends place on graduate …

Biztech Winter 2014, Southern Adventist University

BizTech – School of Business Newsletter

The winter 2014 edition of BizTech features articles on Principles of Accounting 1, experience outside the classroom, ENACTUS, and Newbold.

Cheating In Business Online Learning: Exploring Students' Motivation, Current Practices And Possible Solutions, Martonia Gaskill

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Cheating has been an area of concern in educational institutions for decades, especially at the undergraduate level. A particular area of concern is the increasing reports of the rise of cheating behaviors and the perceived cheating potential in online learning. As online learning continues to grow and become an integral part of education, concerns exist regarding academic integrity due to anonymity and the isolated nature of online learning. The purpose of the current study was to analyze cheating behaviors in an online environment, and determine students’ perceptions and motivation towards cheating. Another aim was to understand how and why online …

Enhancing First Year Student Engagement: Collaborative Practice In A Core Business Unit, Tina Fleming, Alicia Stanway

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The purpose of this paper, informed by an action research framework, was to evaluate how a collaborative approach between unit facilitators and learning advisors in a first-year core business unit contributes to an environment where students are actively engaged in their learning. Student engagement in their learning is a key priority for university faculties, particularly in first year, as it is a key factor in student performance and persistence in their studies. Using the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement as a benchmark, a mixed-methods approach was adopted using an online survey (n_171) and focus groups

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