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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"Business schools"”.
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REPUTATION MANAGEMENT AT HIGHLY RANKED BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES
A business school’s reputation is a valuable intangible asset. Reputations have been found to influence human behavior related to applications, enrollments, faculty hiring, donor giving, and graduate employment. Despite these findings, there remains room for more research into the defining …
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Examining a technology acceptance model of internet usage by academics within Thai business schools
… collect primary data from 927 academics within Business Schools in 20 Public Universities in Thailand. The survey yielded 455 usable questionnaires, with a response rate of 49%. Statistical analysis methods and Structural Equation Modelling with AMOS version 6.0 were used to analyse data. The …
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Do Undergraduate Business Schools Cultivate Creative Thinking: The Wharton Curriculum As A Case In Point
… conducted to ascertain whether undergraduate business schools cultivate creative thinking, using the Wharton undergraduate education as a case in point. To determine this, past course syllabi were analyzed for objective(s) of cultivating creative thinking. This was followed by semi-structured …
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Exploring influences on academic identity development: stories of Visiting Lecturers in post-’92 UK business schools
… am an academic manager in a post-’92 university business school and my work with these colleagues on a daily basis motivated this study. I wanted to explore VLs’ identity development in an academic context and understand the apparent gap between VLs’ expectations and experience. A key purpose of …
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An analysis of student achievement in programmed business english in selected business schools and junior colleges
… use of an experimental edition of a programmed business English textbook in selected classes. The participants in the study were 202 post high school and junior college students distributed in seven classes in four states. The textbook used was the experimental edition of Programmed Business …
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Computer services for business schools: a procedure for analysis and application to the Sloan School of Management,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management. Thesis. 1974. M.S.
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Institutional perspectives on the implementation of the United Nations principles for responsible management education in UK business schools
… Management Education (PRME) in UK university business schools. 29 academics in 22 schools were engaged in dialogic interviews to address three questions: (1) What are the reported practices and strategies deployed by PRME advocates (institutional entrepreneurs) in their work to …
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An exploration of the influence of the Research Excellence Framework on the implementation of responsible management education in UK business schools.
… Management Education (RME) within six UK business and management schools. Since the study concluded, no other study had attempted to single out the REF to explore in-depth if and how it may be influencing RME advancement in UK business schools. This study therefore seeks to explore the …
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To identify issues that impact upon the acculturation and adaptation of Chinese Mandarin-speaking students taking undergraduate studies in British business schools
… Chinese Mandarin-speaking students during their business education at undergraduate level in the UK, so as to provide implications for all the stakeholders, including Chinese students, academics, and business schools, towards developing a more satisfying outcome for students during the period of …
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How do academic staff and managers perceive internal branding in UK business schools? Exploring internal branding understanding, support and leadership in universities
… branding in the context of United Kingdom’s business schools is explored, with a focus on the meaning of internal branding for managers and academics and the role played by training and communications activities in generating brand support. The topic of brand leadership is discussed, with a …
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An investigation into the implementation of relationship marketing on international student retention : a review of four business schools in the Greater Manchester area
… of relationship marketing initiatives by Business Schools as it relates to international student retention. Three stakeholders studies of a total of fifty two participants including: nine Business Schools managers; thirteen academic staff working in Business Schools and thirty …
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Can the reflective practice of action learning enhance criticality in MBAs? : A Bourdieusian analysis of organizing learning sets in the Pakistani business schools
… of organizing action learning at three Pakistani business schools with the intention of investigating whether reflective practice can be established as a self-sustaining feature of MBA education. The study informs about the cultural conditions shaping the reflective practice of Pakistani MBA …
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Pursuing Tikkun Olam in Business Pedagogy: An Investigation of Business Faculty Perspectives of Social Justice in Business and Education
… by Critical Theory, this paper investigates business faculty perspectives of social justice in Israel and Canada. Eight purposefully-selected participants were interviewed. Their narratives form the basis of this qualitative study. The research participants revealed that there were …
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Relevance of Accounting Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Alberta: A Comparative Study of a Polytechnic Institution and a University
… and assessment activities, collaboration of business schools and industry partners, collaboration of business schools with other business schools, and promotion of business school outcomes was presented. It is hoped that this work provides academic administrators the ability to more …
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Developing business school/SME collaboration: the role of trust
… to advance the understanding of how University Business Schools initiate, develop and manage their inter-organisational relations with SMEs and what, if any, are the mutual advantages from these collaborative relationships. The findings aim to inform the best practice of how collaboration …
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Management education in higher education institutions related to the needs of small business management
… in the North West of England, selected from the business schools, business and enterprise development people, a structured questionnaire distributed through the channels in (i), in addition to academics from business schools outside the region, (iii) semi-structured personal interviews, again …
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Towards an integrative view on learning style versatility in a business school context
Business schools operate in a highly dynamic environment and regularly need to reassess the value they add to a given context. The following research presents a critical analysis of the concept of ‘learning style versatility’ (LSV) and further substantiates it, relying on three related studies. The …
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Business interns' experiences partnering with a nonprofit entrepreneurial foundation: exploring service-learning, high impact practice pedagogy
… of internship requirements prior to graduation. Business students completing internships generally do so at corporate offices, accounting firms, and other traditional for-profit business entities. The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of …
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A framework that supports the acquisition of reflexive competence in a MBA : South African perspectives
… of reflexive competence; how it is developed in business schools; what role the Council on Higher Education (CHE) plays in supporting its development and what organisation processes support its development. Further to this, the research then set out to establish if the individual needs that …
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An investigation into factors influencing student decision to pursue graduate Business Education
… influencing student decision to pursue graduate business education at Namibian business schools. In particular, it intended to determine how financial costs influence student’s decisions to opt for graduate business education; to define to what extent opportunity for career advancement is a …
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