Entrepreneurship: One Key To Integrated Business Education

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew L. O'Conner ◽  
Dale W. Jasinski ◽  
Chad Nehrt ◽  
Kathleen Simione
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
International Business ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Business Plan ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Approach To Teaching

This paper presents a case study of the key issues in implementing an innovative approach to teaching the business core curriculum.  The program utilizes entrepreneurship as a key integrating theme and is designed to include two major active learning components: the development of a business plan and the implementation of a student business.  The course integrates cross-functional topic areas including accounting, finance, international business, management, and marketing.  The paper describes the program in detail and identifies the key challenges and opportunities that remain.  From the student and faculty feedback it appears obvious that while certain improvements need to be made and institutional resources increased, the course offers a unique educational experience.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship: One Key To Integrated Business Education

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew L. O'Conner ◽  
Dale W. Jasinski ◽  
Chad Nehrt ◽  
Kathleen Simione
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
International Business ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Business Plan ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Approach To Teaching

This paper presents a case study of the key issues in implementing an innovative approach to teaching the business core curriculum.   The program utilizes entrepreneurship as a key integrating theme and is designed to include two major active learning components: the development of a business plan and the implementation of a student business.  The course integrates cross-functional topic areas including accounting, finance, international business, management, and marketing.  The paper describes the program in detail and identifies the key challenges and opportunities that remain.  From the student and faculty feedback it appears obvious that while certain improvements need to made and institutional resources increased, the course offers a unique educational experience.

scholarly journals International Business Education At Best B-Schools

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Eisner ◽  
Mary Ellen O’Grady Harvey
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Business Programs ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
International Business Education

This paper investigates the preparation undergraduate students readying for participation in the global economy and interested in international business careers can receive at U.S. business schools. Existing literature point to the importance of internationalizing business education, but have been relatively silent in recent years regarding its status.  Accordingly, this study seeks to contribute to business education and management practice by examining the attributes of international business programs currently offered by “best” business schools. Gap analysis and benchmarking tools are identified and summarized within the context of existing literature. Analysis and recommendation are provided to assist educators developing programs that successfully train graduates for the challenges and opportunities of today’s international workplace.

Multilingual Education for International Business

2019 ◽  
pp. 207-231
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Díaz ◽  
Sara Aguilar-Barrientos ◽  
Heiko Marc Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
International Business ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Third Language ◽  
Cognitive Correlates ◽  
Multilingual Education ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Multilingual Approach

Education for future international business (IB) practitioners must be linked to a clear multilingual and multicultural approach. In this chapter, the authors present a case of study of the setup, aspects, and implementations of an IB undergraduate program carried out mostly in a foreign language (English). The program here presented also requires students to acquire a third language, and thus has become the first IB program of its kind in Colombia. The consequences, challenges, and opportunities derived from this multilingual approach to business education are then discussed in this chapter. Through data collected from the study program, it is possible to draw attention to the link between linguistic skills and academic performance, which leads to a short overview of the cognitive correlates to multilingualism and the learning process aspects associated with the use of a foreign language in the classroom. Finally, the authors draft some recommendations for educators and professionals designing IB study programs with a multilingual approach.

scholarly journals Social work clinical leadership in allied health

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-113
Author(s):  
Kim Fry
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
District Health ◽  
Clinical Leadership ◽  
Health Group ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

One of the main issues in the health environment today is the need for clinical leadership. This includes the leadership of social work within the grouping ‘allied health’. Over recent years Allied Health Directors have emerged within District Health Boards (DHBs) and the author currently holds one of these positions and is the only social worker to do so. Social workers are the largest profession within the allied health group and have the knowledge, skills and attributes to provide direction within this group of many different professions. The challenges of defining and uniting allied health provides social workers with many opportunities, however we need to market and position ourselves strategically in our organisations. This article provides a case study of the Allied Health Director role at MidCentral Health and will examine how the role came about, the context of the organisation and the organisation’s current structure. Key issues in defining allied health will be explored including the tensions and concerns among professionals of being viewed as a generic group. There are challenges and opportunities for social work within the health environment and this brief paper explores how we can both utilise and develop our skills, knowledge and practice to provide allied health with unity and direction.

Multilingual Education for International Business

2021 ◽  
pp. 712-730
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Díaz ◽  
Sara Aguilar-Barrientos ◽  
Heiko Marc Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
International Business ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Third Language ◽  
Cognitive Correlates ◽  
Multilingual Education ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Multilingual Approach

Education for future international business (IB) practitioners must be linked to a clear multilingual and multicultural approach. In this chapter, the authors present a case of study of the setup, aspects, and implementations of an IB undergraduate program carried out mostly in a foreign language (English). The program here presented also requires students to acquire a third language, and thus has become the first IB program of its kind in Colombia. The consequences, challenges, and opportunities derived from this multilingual approach to business education are then discussed in this chapter. Through data collected from the study program, it is possible to draw attention to the link between linguistic skills and academic performance, which leads to a short overview of the cognitive correlates to multilingualism and the learning process aspects associated with the use of a foreign language in the classroom. Finally, the authors draft some recommendations for educators and professionals designing IB study programs with a multilingual approach.

Creating and Managing International Virtual Teams of Students in Management Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 124-140
Author(s):  
Emil Velinov ◽  
Juergen Bleicher ◽  
Paul L. Forrester
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Student Teams ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
European Business ◽  
Teaching Learning

This chapter provides an overview of how global virtual teams of undergraduates and graduates from three different countries are managed in order to achieve effective teaching-learning collaboration in the area of international business. The chapter uses evidence from a case study-based program used by a network of European business schools to discover and explore best practices when forming and leading collaborative student teams, working virtually and spatially. The study of this program suggests that there are particular challenges and opportunities in managing virtually international teams of students, which were amplified during COVID times in 2020. The study relates to the global virtual world of business education, where each tertiary institution is expected to embrace and manage the adapted and future design of programs and courses, where students necessarily had to deal with a wide variety of assignments whilst working virtually during times of national lockdowns.

Governing Integration in Sport Systems: A Case Study of Swimming Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (S1) ◽  
pp. S39-S44
Author(s):  
Laura Misener ◽  
Kerri Bodin ◽  
Marika Kay
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Organizational Change ◽  
Early Adopter ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Governing Body ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
Sport Policy ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Key Issues

This case follows Katie, a sport manager, as she researches Swimming Canada, an early adopter of integration (governing both able-bodied and para-swimming within one organization). The case demonstrates the organizational challenges and opportunities of integrating parasport and the able-bodied counterpart into one national sport governing body. While philosophically integration seems to be a good direction, the case of Swimming Canada demonstrates some of the key issues that need to be considered around access and inclusion, human capital resources for sport delivery, governance mechanisms, and the structure of sport that is influenced by many different social constructs. This case is particularly useful for addressing how sport policy and politics impact organizational change, inclusion, equity, and sport governance. The case is appropriate for use at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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