scholarly journals Integration of Upper Division Business Core Classes: A Lesson in Informing Science

10.28945/2498 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Haney ◽  
Mary Bowers
Keyword(s):  
Business Communication ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Student Expectations ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Computer Information Systems ◽  
College Of Business ◽  
Course Format ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Interdisciplinary Process

In an effort to provide knowledge and skills essential for successful careers, the College of Business Administration (CBA) designed and offered a course in Fall 2000 consisting of four classes (marketing, management, computer information systems, and business communication) taught together in a block by a faculty team. The overarching goal of this course format was to present business as an interdisciplinary process, to link concepts to practice. The course was named BizBlock. The BizBlock experiment for the 2000-2001 academic year showed that misinformation that leads to unfulfilled expectations results in general student dissatisfaction. The imbalance and lack of integration among the four disciplines contributed to high dissatisfaction based on unfulfilled student expectations. The results of student feedback regarding BizBlock indicate that when properly informed, people consider even an unsatisfactory experience acceptable if it is what was expected.

scholarly journals BUSINESS ENGLISH: VIEWING ITS BENEFITS IN THE PERSPECTIVES OF STUDENTS AND ALUMNI

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-156
Author(s):  
Titien Indrianti ◽  
Af’idatul Husniyah
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
International Business ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Business English ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
English Instruction

English has been a language for international business. Thus, English instruction should be directed to teaching communication skills necessary for business. As a vocational institution, State Polytechnic of Malang is supposed to view its English instruction from the perspectives of the students and alumni. Thus, the present study is intended to investigate the students’ and alumni’s perspectives on the benefits of Business English as well as their recommendation for the course. The respondents of this study are students and alumni of Business Administration Department, State Polytechnic of Malang. To tap the data, questionnaires are deployed. The data, then, are analyzed employing descriptive statistics to obtain the most and least typical responses. Findings indicate that both students and alumni take the benefit of the course. They view this subject is to prepare for their career development in the workplace. Besides, it is beneficial for their communication at the office, particularly in foreign companies. Alumni claim that their business English knowledge and skills during their college time are applicable in their workplace.  The respondents mostly demand more practices on business communication skills and vocabulary teaching included in Business English courses.

scholarly journals Program Assessment: Not In My Back Yard

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 705-708
Author(s):  
Lynn Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Program Assessment ◽  
California State University ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
State University ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
College Of Business ◽  
Further Development

Faculty in the College of Business Administration at California State University-Stanislaus struggled to find places within the curriculum in which to embed programmatic assessment. An assessment model emerged from their discussions that meaningfully assesses the knowledge and skills of graduating seniors for programmatic improvement while providing each student with individualized feedback about their strengths and weaknesses. Students identify those areas in which they are particularly strong, which is useful information during career exploration, along with those areas in which further development would be beneficial. Resources for life-long personal and professional development are provided to participating students.

SOME ASPECTS OF MODELING THE COMMUNICATIVE CONSTITUENT OF COMPETENCE OF AN ENGINEER

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Rudnytska N. А. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineer ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Standard Language ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Ethical Basis

The article explores the basic professional communicative knowledge, skills that mechanical engineers must have; in this article we give their definitions in the process of fulfilling professional duties, give a description of the profession mechanical engineer considering business communication. The article defines a professional program as information about a complex of general and special professional knowledge and skills necessary for a specialist to ensure effective communication as a component of his professional activity. In the article we define the following basic criteria for the professional ability of a mechanical engineer: mastery of a sufficient supply of communicative skills and experience, knowledge of the basics of a communicative culture that facilitate communication and help to establish proper relationships for the sake of high one's achievements in a specific professional field.in their future professional activities, mechanical engineers must demonstrate the ability to negotiate, reach out to the audience, build relationships with colleagues on an ethical basis, resort to non-standard language forms, ensure cooperation in the group, as well as ability to avoid conflicts and respond promptly to the interlocutor’s comments in professional communicative situations, anticipate the development of the conversation and the interlocutor’s reaction, create and maintain a friendly communicative atmosphere for success in cooperation.

scholarly journals Perceived Academic Competence Among Arab Open University Students (Sultanate of Oman): الكفاءة الأكاديمية المُدركة لدى طلبة الجامعة العربية المفتوحة (سلطنة عُمان)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (31) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Hamood Al-Ghafri, Amal Saleem Mohammed Al-shabibi, Lai
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Competence ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Open University ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Academic Year

The research aimed to identify the level of perceived academic competence among Arab Open University students (Sultanate of Oman) and to identify the extent of the difference of the perceived level of academic competence according to the variables of specialization (Information Technology and Business Administration) and academic level (freshman and sophomore) and the interface between them. The research used the descriptive method and the Perceived Academic Competence scale to achieve the goals of the study and answer its questions, an indicator related to the extent of students' perception and awareness of their ability to achieve academic success. It consists of (9) scales applied to an intentional sample of (94) male and female students of AOU. The research has concluded that the general average of the perceived academic competence of the Arab Open University students in Business Administration and Information Technology for the first and second year amounted to (3.85) and this indicates that the study sample has a high degree of perceived academic competence. There were no statistically significant differences in the level of perceived academic competence according to the variables of specialization and academic year level. The results also indicated that there is no interface between the specialization and the academic year level. Rendering to the results, several recommendations and proposals were presented to improve the academic competence of university students and the general undergraduate students in the Sultanate of Oman and the Arab countries.

scholarly journals Innovation through i2Flex: The Transformation of a Classic in the Humanities Program

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (4Β) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Jasonides ◽  
Janet Karvouniaris ◽  
Amalia Zavacopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Visual And Performing Arts ◽  
Essential Questions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Course Format

Innovative since its inception, the ACS Honors Humanities program has a long history of more than 40 years as an interdisciplinary team-taught course that examines essential questions through literature, visual and performing arts, philosophy and history.  This innovative approach has continued to motivate successive teaching teams to modify and enhance a program that challenges students academically, utilizing the best possible resources and taking advantage of new technology. In this article, we present one in-depth case study where we explain how we transformed the Honors Humanities course from Face To Face to i2Flex. We will describe and present examples of how we redesigned the course format and presentation, learning activities and assessment. We present data on student feedback and our findings regarding the benefits and challenges of adopting the i2Flex methodology for this course.

scholarly journals Compustress: The Fear Of Computer Usage Among College Of Business Administration Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Nykodym ◽  
Jack L. Simonetti ◽  
Joseph C. Christen
Keyword(s):  
Computer Anxiety ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Computer Training ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Computer Usage ◽  
Midwestern University ◽  
Business Administration Students ◽  
College Of Business Administration ◽  
College Of Business ◽  
Administration Students

This study explores the area of computer apprehension among College of Business Administration students at a Midwestern university. The fear of computer usage has been termed Cyberphobia, Computer Apprehension, Computerphobia, Computer Anxiety, Computer Vertigo and Terminal Anxiety The authors have coined the word: Compustress. A review of the literature revealed that little has been published on this subject A variety of anecdotal data are provided by a number of authors. These brief data are explored. It was noted that business students may experience terminal shock when they are appraised of the widespread use of computers in their field. Data were collected from College of Business Administration majors on level of computer apprehension, number of hours of computer usage and number of hours of computer training. Results indicate that the higher the number of hours of computer usage and training, the lower the compute apprehension.

Revisiting the Business English Courses to Meet the Stakeholers’ Demand

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Titien Indrianti
Keyword(s):  
Business Communication ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Business English ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
English Usage ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
Character Building

In the international business communication, English has become a medium of communication. To respond to such a global challenge, it is vital to equip students with Business English courses to prepare them to be more competitive worldwide. Nevertheless, studying Business English is quite problematic to many non-native learners since they have to focus both on the subject matter and the language. The present study is conducted to investigate the perspectives of the students and alumni on the Business English courses at the Business Administration Department, State Polytechnic of Malang. A survey on the second year students and the alumni was conducted. The questionnaires were distributed to elicit their views on the courses, as well as their recommendations. The existing English syllabuses and materials were collected to be overviewed. The findings indicate most students are in favor of the course. Their motivation and interest in the course are good that they make some attempts to support their Business English skills acquisition. The business English competences, like: business presentation, business meeting, business socializing, negotiation, business correspondence, and knowledge, like global business issues are of their benefits to prepare them to work and develop their career in the future. The alumni claim they apply the Business English knowledge and skills in their workplace. However, the level of the application is different following their job position in the workplace. The students’ proposals for the course are that it should be presented in a more fascinating way and business communication skills are more emphasized. Besides, global business materials and vocabulary in business are to be more inserted. The alumni recommend providing more business communication practices and vocabulary enrichment. Showing the formal and informal English usage is also necessary. Besides, character building related to business needs to be inserted.  The Business English syllabuses and materials were in line with the students’ and alumni’s expectation. The content and materials have already covered business knowledge and skills as expected by the stakeholder.

Business Correspondence: Main Rules and the Specifics of Translation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
O Turitsina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Business Communication ◽  
International Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Cross Culture ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
National Differences ◽  
The World ◽  
Business Correspondence

Abstract: The article discusses the issue of business correspondence, its rules and etiquette, which is highly important in modern world as a great number or e-mails and business letters are sent and received every day throughout the world. So, the ability to correspond in business sphere is a crucial skill for the employees of multinational companies as well as for those who communicate internationally in different fields. It also concerns the cross-cultural aspect of organizing and translating business letters taking into consideration the key role of international communication due to the growing globalization of our society, and a lot of attention is paid to the national differences and peculiarities we may face while establishing contacts with foreign colleagues and partners. It analyses numerous studies and articles written by linguists, interpreters as well as by business coaches who, basing on their research and experience give advice and suggest solutions to different challenges we may face in this sphere. The article focuses on the different issues, such as the language and style, the structure and layout, the peculiarities and difficulties of translation, the things which should be avoided and are inappropriate in business letters. A lot of advice with numerous examples are given in order to avoid misinterpreting when it comes to cross-culture communication as well as embarrassing mistakes and those mistakes, which may have serious professional consequences. The article focuses six different problematic areas in business letter translation. These include: lexical-semantic problems; grammar; syntax; rhetoric; and pragmatic and cultural problems. The information must be interesting and useful for those who deals with business communication on international level as well as career coaches and business consultants in order to provide them with advice appropriately and help to improve and systemize necessary knowledge and skills to handle business correspondence successfully.

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