An Importance-Effectiveness Analysis of the Contemporary Auditing Course

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, legislation enacted in 2002, increased the prominence and responsibilities of the audit profession. Historically, the profession has urged the academic community to institute changes in the accounting curriculum and specifically to the auditing course to prepare students for entry into the profession. This paper surveys auditing faculty members and obtains their opinions on the importance and effectiveness of topical coverage in the auditing course. Given that the Amer...

An Exploratory Analysis of Sales Career Desirability: An Mba Perspective

Sources of new salespeople are continually being sought and developed by many companies in numerous industries. As new salespeople are being recruited, one common location for these individuals is increasingly found on university campuses. College campuses are a logical source of recruits for sales because these institutions house individuals who are intelligent, motivated, have a capacity for learning, and because such individuals are seeking employment upon graduation. However one obstacle ...

How Can Interdisciplinary Collaboration Between Schools Promote Culturally Diverse Students' Success?

This paper will attempt to explain how interdisciplinary collaboration between different two career schools (i.e., School of Nursing and School of Business within the same university) can improve the academic success of culturally diverse students. Existing collaboration between the schools will be reviewed and statistical supporting data will indicate why retention is a challenging problem for diverse student populations. Once diverse students' problems have been identified, the study will f...

Educators' Role in Promoting Academic Integrity

Research on academic cheating dates to the turn of the twentieth century with the earliest studies having been conducted in the fields of education and educational psychology. Ethics in the classroom has gained significant interest over the past several years with numerous studies demonstrating the pervasive nature of cheating among college students. Faculty members may classify plagiarism as an intentional or accidental act based on a variety of circumstances. When questioned, students and f...

Preparedness for Mid-Career Transitions: Examining Current Practices in Management Education

This paper examines how MBA programs prepare graduates for involuntary, mid-career job loss. Numerous studies have identified responses that minimize negative consequences to such job losses and even increase opportunities for personal and professional growth. This paper summarizes those research findings and reviews the top 30 MBA programs to examine the extent to which the topics of career development, career transition and related topics are integrated into the curriculum. Based on these f...

Student Reactions to Assignment Structure: Examining the Influence of Cognitive Style

In this study, we investigated how student cognitive styles affect reactions toward course assignments. A total of 283 business undergraduates enrolled in either a statistics course or a business strategy course were involved in the study. In each course, students were given surveys to measure attitudes toward two very different versions ofthe same assignment - one in which the instructions were very detailed and structured and the other in which they were very short and ambiguous. Student co...

Watch This Clip: Using Film As an Augmentation to Lecture and Class Discussion

This paper examines the use of popular film as a teaching tool for enhancing business education. An extant review of the literature regarding popular film as a teaching tool is followed by a discussion of survey data collected by the author in an upper-level management course. Finally a discussion regarding the limitations and potential for future research concludes this article. It is hoped that this paper will encourage other researchers to consider and pursue further study into the effecti...

A Comparative Analysis of Grading Practices by Discipline Within a College of Business

This research tests for differences in average grades awarded across six business disciplines in the business college at a southern regional university. Although complaints about college grade inflation have existed for over one hundred years, there has been increasing interest in recent years in grade inflation within the US higher education system. Using regression analysis and controlling for a number of potential causal factors such as student GPA, withdrawal rates and instructor experien...

Readability of Introductory Financial and Managerial Accounting Textbooks

Selecting a textbook for use in introductory accounting courses can be a challenging task for faculty. Many criteria may be considered in such decisions, including a textbook's readability level. Using a widely-used readability index, this study analyzes the readability of seven introductory financial and managerial accounting texts. T-tests are performed to determine whether significant differences exist between the textbooks. The study finds that one text is clearly more readable than all o...

Do Online Students Make the Grade On the Business Major Field Ets Exam?

This paper examines the determinants of performance on the business major field achievement ETS exam with a focus on the impact of students taking multiple business courses in the online environment. The sample consists of 136 students at a midsized regional institution located in the Southwestern region of the United States. The empirical model employed controls for grade point average, standardized test scores (SAT/ACT), junior college transfer students, gender, and student motivation. The ...