scholarly journals Preparing Business Students for the World of Work—Games for Intercultural Skill Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Maureen Snow Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Intercultural Development ◽  
Business Courses ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Intercultural Competencies ◽  
Global Presence

Most work environments today are diverse—gender, age, culture, language, values, ethnicity. Businesses are also increasing their global presence with branches in international locations and daily interactions across countries and cultures, all made easier through technological advances. Business education must be at the forefront in preparing students to work effectively in these contexts, and in particular, help future managers develop the skills to establish high performing diverse teams within and across organizations. A number of pedagogical approaches can be implemented in business courses to help students develop intercultural competencies. Three games for engaging students in the recognition and appreciation of cultural differences are described in this article. Ideas for debriefing are provided as well as for analyzing learning outcomes. The purpose of this article is to share strategies and approaches for implementing intercultural development pedagogies and measuring their effectiveness.

scholarly journals Futuristic Trends and Innovations for Examining the Performance of Course Learning Outcomes Using the Rasch Analytical Model

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 727
Author(s):  
Moustafa M. Nasralla ◽  
Basiem Al-Shattarat ◽  
Dhafer J. Almakhles ◽  
Abdelhakim Abdelhadi ◽  
Eman S. Abowardah
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Rasch Model ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Business Courses ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Association Pattern ◽  
Engineering Education Research ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
The Rasch Model

The literature on engineering education research highlights the relevance of evaluating course learning outcomes (CLOs). However, generic and reliable mechanisms for evaluating CLOs remain challenges. The purpose of this project was to accurately assess the efficacy of the learning and teaching techniques through analysing the CLOs’ performance by using an advanced analytical model (i.e., the Rasch model) in the context of engineering and business education. This model produced an association pattern between the students and the overall achieved CLO performance. The sample in this project comprised students who are enrolled in some nominated engineering and business courses over one academic year at Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia. This sample considered several types of assessment, such as direct assessments (e.g., quizzes, assignments, projects, and examination) and indirect assessments (e.g., surveys). The current research illustrates that the Rasch model for measurement can categorise grades according to course expectations and standards in a more accurate manner, thus differentiating students by their extent of educational knowledge. The results from this project will guide the educator to track and monitor the CLOs’ performance, which is identified in every course to estimate the students’ knowledge, skills, and competence levels, which will be collected from the predefined sample by the end of each semester. The Rasch measurement model’s proposed approach can adequately assess the learning outcomes.

Determinants of the learning motivation of students in business education at universities in Ho Chi Minh City

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3C) ◽  
pp. 741-753
Author(s):  
Tran Duc Tai ◽  
Le Thi Thanh Truc ◽  
Nguyen Thu Phuong ◽  
Dau Thi Phuong Uyen ◽  
Nguyen Thi Kim Lien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Business Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Self Awareness

This study primarily unearths measure and evaluate the determinants influencing business students' learning motivation at universities in Ho Chi Minh City through the self-administered questionnaires with 257 students. The results show all seven factors of (1) social factors; (2) learning environment; (3) lecturers’ behaviour; (4) family and friend influence; (5) students’ self-awareness; (6) student’s willpower and (7) student viewpoint have impacted on learning motivation of business students. In addition, suggestions and recommendations are proposed to enhance student motivation in higher education.

scholarly journals PENGARUH MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TSTS–NHT DAN GAYA BELAJAR TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR PENGANTAR BISNIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Mendarissan Aritonang ◽  
Abdul Hamid K ◽  
Julaga Situmorang
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan :(1) Untuk mengetahui hasil belajar pengantar bisnis mahasiswa yang diajar dengan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe TST lebih tinggi dari mahasiswa yang diajar dengan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe NHT. (2) Untuk mengetahui hasil belajar  pengantar bisnis mahasiswa yang memiliki gaya belajar teoritis dan mahasiswa yang memiliki gaya belajar pragmatis. (3) Untuk mengetahui interaksi antara model pembelajaran kooperatif dengan gaya belajar  terhadap hasil belajar pengantar bisnis. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Universitas Methodist Indonesia. Populasi berjumlah 180 orang. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan cluster random sampling. Metode penelitian kuasi eksperimen dengan desain faktorial 2 x 2 dilanjutkan dengan statistik inferensial dengan menggunakan ANAVA dua jalur dengan taraf signifikan α = 0,05 yang dilanjutkan dengan uji Scheffe. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: (1) hasil belajar pengantar bisnis mahasiswa yang diajarkan dengan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe TSTS lebih tinggi dari pada hasil belajar pengantar bisnis mahasiswa yang diajarkan dengan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe NHT; (2) hasil belajar pengantar bisnis mahasiswa yang memiliki gaya belajar teoritis lebih tinggi dari pada hasil belajar pengantar bisnis mahasiswa yang memiliki gaya belajar pragmatis; (3) terdapat interaksi antara model pembelajaran kooperatif dengan gaya belajar  dalam mempengaruhi hasil belajar mahasiswa.  Kata Kunci: model pembelajaran kooperatif, TST, NHT, gaya belajar, pengantar bisnis.  Abstract: This study aims: (1) To find out the introductory learning outcomes of business students who are taught with the cooperative learning model of the TST type are higher than students who are taught with the cooperative learning model of the NHT type. (2) To find out the introductory learning outcomes of business students who have theoretical learning styles and students who have pragmatic learning styles. (3) To determine the interaction between cooperative learning models with learning styles on introductory business learning outcomes. This research was conducted at the Methodist University of Indonesia. The population is 180 people. Sampling was done by cluster random sampling. Quasi-experimental research method with 2 x 2 factorial design followed by inferential statistics using two-way ANAVA with a significant level α = 0.05 followed by the Scheffe test. The results showed: (1) the results of introductory business learning students who were taught with the cooperative learning model type TSTS were higher than the results of introductory business learning students who were taught with the NHT type cooperative learning model; (2) the results of introductory business learning students who have theoretical learning styles are higher than the results of introductory business learning students who have pragmatic learning styles; (3) there is an interaction between cooperative learning models and learning styles in influencing student learning outcomes. Keywords: cooperative learning model, TST, NHT, learning style, business introduction.

scholarly journals Building an Inclusive Campus: Developing Students’ Intercultural Competencies Through an Interreligious and Intercultural Diversity Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-64
Author(s):  
Amy Rose Green ◽  
Adriana Tulissi ◽  
Seth Erais ◽  
Sharon Lynn Cairns ◽  
Debbie Bruckner
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Intercultural Development ◽  
Intercultural Development Inventory ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Intercultural Competencies ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Intercultural Engagement ◽  
Insight Into

Post-secondary institutions are increasingly recognizing the need to foster intercultural competence (ICC) in students; however, the ways in which these institutions can do so has not been fully explored. The purpose of the current mixed methods study was to investigate changes in post-secondary students’ ICC (N = 35) following participation in an interreligious and intercultural diversity program, based upon changes in students’ scores on the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). A thematic analysis of post-program questionnaires was used to triangulate the data and provide more insight into changes experienced by participants. Quantitative results revealed significant increases in students’ overall ICC, and significant decreases in the discrepancy between students’ perceived ICC and their actual ICC. Qualitative results revealed five overall themes: (1) shifting perspectives, (2) enhancing intercultural engagement skills, (3) connecting, (4) inspiring action, and (5) personal growth. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Effectively Serving The Needs Of Todays Business Student: The Product Life Cycle Approach To Class Organization

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-302
Author(s):  
Jacqueline K. Eastman ◽  
Maria Aviles ◽  
Mark Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Mature Stage ◽  
Life Cycle Approach ◽  
Product Life ◽  
Millennial Students ◽  
Business Courses ◽  
Learning Rates ◽  
Business Course

We illustrate a class organization process utilizing the concept of the Product Life Cycle to meet the needs of todays millennial student. In the Introduction stage of a business course, professors need to build structure to encourage commitment. In the Growth stage, professors need to promote the structure through multiple, brief activities that can keep the attention of business students. In the Mature stage, professors need to use the structure to stabilize engagement levels and learning rates but be willing to make adjustments to prevent apathy in the course. Finally, in the Decline stage, professors need to dismantle the structure while allowing opportunities for utilizing materials for future business courses and addressing todays millennial students need for achievement and sense of entitlement with the course grades. The value is that this paper illustrates an approach to aid professors in organizing business courses that can be utilized in a variety of courses to better serve millennial students.

scholarly journals The Impact of Inventory Valuation Methods on Corporate Financial Reports.

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-134
Author(s):  
A. Bruce Caster ◽  
Wanda K. Causseaux
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Hypothetical Case ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Income Statement ◽  
The Impact

Business students are generally introduced to LIFO and FIFO in their first accounting course. However, that introduction generally focuses exclusively on computing ending inventory and cost of goods sold.  Students are rarely challenged to compute or analyze the impacts of LIFO and FIFO on the income statement, balance sheet, or cash flow statement.  This paper presents a hypothetical case designed to provide a framework within which students can compute, analyze, and discuss the financial statement impacts and economic impacts of choosing one or the other of these accounting methods.  The questions in this case also address the effects of this choice on financial indicators like liquidity ratios, the impacts of each method on quality of earnings, and the potential impacts of IFRS convergence on companies that are currently using LIFO.One important feature of this case is its adaptability to support a variety of learning outcomes in different courses.  This flexibility results from making the questions posed in the case as independent of each other as possible.  That independence allows a professor to select only the questions that support the learning outcomes for that professor’s specific course.  The teaching notes discuss in detail possible course applications and uses of this case.

Reweaving the rainbow: qualitative color in business education

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Starr-Glass
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Business School ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Business Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Central Direction ◽  
Undergraduate Economics ◽  
Personal Insight ◽  
Limited Generalizability

Purpose This study aims to reflect on the dominance of a narrowly focused analytical approach within business schools, which provides an artificially fractured and disjointed understanding of the contextual complexities and interconnectedness that students will encounter in the future. This approach unnecessarily constrains sensemaking and inhibits creative response to future social and organizational complexity. As business schools and their graduates come under sustained scrutiny and criticism, it perhaps appropriate to reexamine and reframe their analytical bias. Design/methodology/approach The central direction taken in this study is that of critical reflection on the present author’s practice and experience in teaching undergraduate economics and accounting. Although the analysis may have limited generalizability, it is hoped that it may prove of interest and value to business school educators. Findings The preferential business school reliance on analytical perspectives suggest that they fail to appreciate the nature of business, its embeddedness in broader society and the competencies required by undergraduates and graduates. This study argues that an emphasis on holistic systems, synthetic fusion and an appreciation of complexity – rather than a reductive analytical agenda – might benefit business schools, their graduates and society at large. Originality/value This study provides an original, albeit personal, insight into a significant problem in business education. It offers original perspectives on the problem and presents faculty-centered suggestions on how business students might be encouraged and empowered to see quality as well as quantitative perspectives in their first-year courses.

The Transformation of Russian Business Education and Its Outcomes

2018 ◽  
pp. 1083-1103
Author(s):  
Elise Kiregian
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Master Of Business Administration ◽  
Central Control ◽  
Business Courses ◽  
Personal Investment ◽  
Management Positions ◽  
Investment Portfolios ◽  
Unexpected Outcome ◽  
New Generation

This chapter looks at the transformation of Post-Soviet Russian business education. The extraordinary metamorphosis shapes the new generation of Russians profoundly. Russians are now far more likely to speak English, to hold personal investment portfolios and to be able to work outside of Russia in global businesses. The old-fashioned idea of central control of every aspect of life is largely gone as are business courses extolling the virtues of Marxism. Research shows the wide acceptance of western business concepts such as strategic planning and case analysis and the rapid growth of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. One unexpected outcome is the rise of Russian women to management positions in Russian corporations.

Smart City = Smart Citizen = Smart Economy?

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-180
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Frank ◽  
Gloria Aznar Fernández-Montesinos
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
World Population ◽  
The Public ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
City Population

With a rapidly growing world population, urban populations are estimated to increase significantly over the next decades. This trend is reason for concern since the planet's resources are limited, and climate change is inherent. This chapter focusses on the question about whether new technologies employed in smart cities can be the answer to current and future needs of a city population. Cutting-edge technological advances are reshaping our ecosystem; transforming society, living, and work environments; transport systems; energy grids; healthcare; communications; businesses; and education. How can cities respond to the multitude of challenges by employing technology and at the same time ensure the public well-being, improve the quality of life of city inhabitants, and make sure that the human is still at the center of decisions?

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