scholarly journals Paradigm Shift in Business Education: A Competence-Based Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantin Bratianu ◽  
Shahrazad Hadad ◽  
Ruxandra Bejinaru
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Ecosystem Dynamics ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Competencies ◽  
The Future ◽  
Critical Literature

The fast and unpredictable changes in the business environment lead to significant changes in the future job market. For current business students, the future will offer many new opportunities for their employment but, at the same time, it will also create many threats disguised in the disappearing jobs. Business education centered mainly on knowledge transmission is challenged to switch towards a competence-based approach which includes knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The present research focuses on the need to change the paradigm of business education by creating a new learning environment centered on business competencies, and on a new knowledge ecosystem dynamics. The approach uses both qualitative and quantitative methods. In the first phase the research is focused on a critical literature review, and extraction of ideas for the next phase based on quantitative methods. In order to evaluate the students’ perception on the need of competence-based business education, a questionnaire has been designed and applied to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in business and management programs. Data is processed by using SPSS and deriving six logistic regressions based on the conceptual model designed similar to a hierarchy Findings coming from students show a significant awareness for the need of paradigm shift in business education, from knowledge transfer to business competence development.

Weak Signals and Wild Cards Leading to Transformative Disruption: A Consumer Delphi Study on the Future of e-Commerce in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Qi ◽  
Petri Tapio
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Study ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
Weak Signals ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Horizon Scanning ◽  
The Future ◽  
Wild Cards

The future of businesses is not only orchestrated by emerging trends and megatrends but also to a greater extent struck by surprising events. With the accelerating presence of high-tech innovations and smart technologies, business activities are exposed to an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment. Any unexpected changes in the environment could lead to the malfunction or even collapse of a company, a business, or even an industry. Discerning the seeds of change and anticipating the potential disruptions in the external environment is a precondition for avoiding potential risks and threats. The present study contributes to the conceptual and methodological discussion of disruptive transformation by identifying, analyzing, and interpreting the potential disruptive factors in the external business environment. The venture is undertaken through the lens of probing into the dynamism of China’s e-commerce industry, considering its growing influence both domestically and abroad. Any unexpected disruptions would result in a significant ripple effect on interrelated businesses, industries, and even economies. The research adopts a combined mode of qualitative and quantitative methods in the form of horizon scanning and a Consumer Delphi study. Horizon scanning collects futures signals indicating the seeds of change (i.e., weak signals) and potential disruptions (i.e., wild cards), whereas Delphi study solicits the evaluations on the degree of likelihood and impact of the collected factors from an expert panel. As a result, twenty-seven potential disruptive factors are discovered, categorized, estimated, and discussed.

scholarly journals Importance of professional ethics and corporate social responsibility within business studies curriculum within context global economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 04004
Author(s):  
Tatjana Daudisa ◽  
Velga Vevere
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
The Future ◽  
Mba Curriculum ◽  
Corporate Social

Businesses today have to juggle between the need to survive due to increased competition and the pressure to become socially and environmentally responsible business entity. Consistent with the intensification of discussion about the importance of embracing CSR among businesses, the issues now has expanded to the concern over the future of CSR. In view of this, the future of CSR will depend on how the future generations perceive the importance of embracing CSR in business operations. The purpose of the current study is to research the business students’ perception of importance of ethics and corporate social responsibility courses within their curriculum. The quantitative research design is applied in the study – the target group survey using 7-point Likert scale questionnaire, nonprobability purposive sampling (n=131). The research question posed in the current article is the following: Does business students’ attitude towards CSR and ethics depend upon taking these courses as part of BBA and MBA curriculum? The result of the study – the mapping of students perceptions and attitudes towards ethical aspects taught at the university. The practical implications of the current study are of improvement of BBA and MBA curriculum to meet the needs of the 21st century in the globalized business environment.

Collaborative practices with suppliers in Indian manufacturing multinationals

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoj Hudnurkar ◽  
Urvashi Rathod
Keyword(s):  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Collaborative Practices ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Customer Perspective

Purpose The aim of this research was to study collaborative practices with suppliers in multinational manufacturing companies operating in India and to develop a framework for collaboration with suppliers. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a four-step mixed-methods approach that included qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative technique was used to explore the factors and develop a balanced scorecard-based (BSC – balanced scorecard) framework using them. Quantitative technique was used to validate the framework statistically and also by using fuzzy analytical hierarchy process using perception-based ranks given by practitioners. Findings The exploratory research resulted in 26 antecedents for collaboration with suppliers in supply chains. Out of these 26, only 19 were considered based on importance given by practitioners. Further, the identified antecedents were classified and mapped based on the perspectives of the BSC. The extended BSC adds business environment and partnership perspectives to existing BSC framework. Some of the important factors identified under these perspectives were transparency of transactions, long-term commitment and trust. The customer perspective was given the utmost importance by the practitioners. Research limitations/implications There are certain issues that may limit the completeness of the work in a global context. The number of organizations (21) and respondents (45) may also be insufficient to convey the complete knowledge embedded in the practice of the field. Originality/value The study provides practical insights about the factors affecting collaboration with suppliers. A BSC-based framework for collaboration with suppliers was also developed along with the associated importance of each perspective and factors under each perspective, which can prove to be of great value to academics and practitioners involved in relationship with suppliers in supply chain.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC SECURITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF A CHANGING SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

New Medit ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustin Ignatov
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The Future ◽  
Present World

The speed the present world changes, is at least impressive. During the last decade the global socio-economic environment faced major adjustments dictated by globalisation, technological progress and political interests. The European Union seems to fail in keeping up with the changing environment. Thus, if in 2007 the European Union represented 30.7% of the global nominal GDP, then in 2016 it accounted only for 21.7% (World Bank). The economic positions of the European Union have declined much as compared to the rest of the world the fact which inevitably leads to the decrease of the community’s political and economic strength. The main scope of the present paper is to assess the extent to which the economic security of the European Union has changed in the period of 2007-2017. At the same time, it has been proposed to identify the main subversive factors which affected the economic security of the European Union in the period of 2007-2017 and threaten the future perspectives of the Union. The results reached by the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis explicitly point out that economic security is decreasing and the identified threats menace the future existence of the European Union.

Innovation Cultural Factors in Australian Business Environment

2019 ◽  
pp. 129-145
Author(s):  
Kyeong Kang ◽  
Stephen Burdon ◽  
Grant Mooney
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Information Industry ◽  
Industry Association ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Technology Sector ◽  
Innovation Culture

This chapter presents research on innovation culture in Australian business organizations in the information technology sector, with a survey sent out the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) commercial members' executives. The survey was designed to determine organizational culture traits that determine innovation culture from the perspectives of their employees and competitors. Two hundred and forty-four responses were received from 102 organizations. A detailed analysis of the research data using qualitative and quantitative methods leads to the conclusion that the perceived innovation traits. This investigation confirmed that the employer organizations had very good innovation cultures, and this view was further confirmed by responses from their competitor organization. This chapter teases out some of the cultural factors that lead to these outcomes.

scholarly journals The Challenges of Future Leadership in International Affairs

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-423
Author(s):  
Jozef Hrabina
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
The Future ◽  
Structural Shifts

The article deals with the structural shifts towards multipolarity and global changes such as climate change, Industrial Revolution 4.0 and pandemics as phenomena that will shape the future generation of political leaders. The author works with neoclassical realism as a primary paradigm that enables him to evaluate structural shifts and the quality of political establishment on the unit level. The article entails both qualitative and quantitative methods. The Composite Index of National Capability and the comparison of gathered data falls into the quantitative methods, while analysis of scientific literature is the qualitative research method. The articles primary aim is to determine the scope of the current challenges for future political leaders. The papers central argument formulates the hypothesis that future leaders will be vastly shaped by the shift towards multipolarity in which the balance of power logic drives international affairs. At the same time, the future political thinkers are about to deal with the global emergencies caused by climate crisis, pandemics and Industrial Revolutions 4.0 and 5.0.

scholarly journals Effective Use of MBO in the Conditions of Slovak Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9788
Author(s):  
Olga Ponisciakova ◽  
Eva Kicova
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Management By Objectives ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Right ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Professional Resources ◽  
Mbo Method

With the variability of the business environment, the various tools that have emerged during the formation of management to support its functionality have been flexibly changed, used, or interchanged. With emphasis on the level of strategic management, it is not only the right choice of strategy and its implementation, but also the use of adequate theory or method of strategy implementation. There is a whole range of such methods, including management by objectives (MBO) by P. Drucker, a pioneer in modern management. The paper focuses on the implementation and use of a management system according to objectives in Slovak companies. Based on the content analysis of available professional resources, it defines the theoretical basis of the researched issues and the basic principles that relate to the MBO method. The analytical part is a case study of a selected Slovak company, in which we analyze the current state of management using qualitative and quantitative methods. Subsequently, based on the main findings, we propose possible recommendations for more effective management according to the objectives of the surveyed company.

Impact of corporate governance on financial performance: The case of listed warehouse transportation firms in emerging economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-43
Author(s):  
Duc Tai Do ◽  
Thi Thuy Hang Pham ◽  
Binh Minh Tran ◽  
Manh Dung Tran
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
The Impact

Corporate governance structures are expected to help a firm have better financial performance through giving proper decision-making (Shivani, Jain, & Yadav, 2017). In recent years, along with the completing process of the business environment, the corporate governance framework in Vietnam has also been gradually built and implemented. However, corporate governance in Vietnam still has some limitations. This study is conducted to investigate the impact level of corporate governance on the financial performance of warehouse transportation firms listed on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) of Vietnam. We employ both qualitative and quantitative methods for processing data collected from twenty-two listed firms. The results reveal that determinant of corporate governance including the nationality of the board (NB), board composition (BC) has a negative relationship with financial performance; the remaining determinants, such as board size (BS), professional qualifications of the board (BE), the proportion of women (PW), the average age of the board (AA), general director concurrently of the board chairman (PO), do not influence financial performance. However, this impact level changes when we put some controlled variables in the model. In addition, the controlled variable of enterprise continuous uptime (COT) also has a negative impact on financial performance. Based on the findings, some recommendations are proposed relating to corporate governance for enhancing the financial performance of listed warehouse transportation firms in Vietnam

Issues In Training in Applied Anthropology

1982 ◽  
Vol 4 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 15-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Bernard
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
The Future ◽  
Effective Science ◽  
Small Science ◽  
Directed Change

From my perspective, the most critical issue in the training of applied anthropologists is how to ensure that those anthropologists will make a contribution to anthropological theory —that is, to the development of an effective science of humanity. By this I mean a science of human behavior, of culture, and of social structure—one that can state, with confidence, the likelihood of various outcomes and interventions and directed change. In practical terms, this means that many students in the future will require very much stronger skills in research design and in quantification, including calculus and numerical modeling. This is not simply because their jobs depend on such skills. Indeed, there are jobs in advocacy and in management which do not require much mathematical training. There are even a few jobs in evaluation research (either in team work, or in the evaluation of small science delivery programs) which require only ethnographic skills. In the general arena of applied research, however, anthropologists in the future will avoid serious training in experimental design and numerical analysis at their peril. Anthropologists have an opportunity to become expert in both qualitative and quantitative methods of data gathering and data analysis; and they must do so in order to be competitive.

scholarly journals Exploring the Knowledge Management Impact on Business Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantin Bratianu ◽  
Dan Florin Stanescu ◽  
Rares Mocanu
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Academic Curriculum ◽  
Interpretation Criteria ◽  
The Impact

Knowledge management developed in the last decades as a dynamic symbiosis between science and art with significant implications on business and business education. Knowledge management operates within the organizational management, but it focuses on intangible resources, which are distinguished from the tangible ones as a result of their abstraction, metaphorical semantic, and nonlinearity. The purpose of the present paper is to explore the impact of knowledge management on business education through the mediation of academic curriculum and the influence of the business environment. The methodology is based on both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The qualitative phase focuses on a critical literature search and a semantic analysis of the main concepts and ideas, which allowed us to construct the research model and design a questionnaire addressed to business students and professors. The quantitative approach uses the statistical software packages SPSS 26.0 version, including the PROCESS macro for SPSS version 3.5 and the known reliability, validation, and interpretation criteria. Findings show that knowledge management impacts business education through the mediation of the academic curriculum and the influence of the business environment. The originality of the present research comes from the dynamics between knowledge management and business education and the research model’s design.

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