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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Gayathridevi, K. Sri; Deepa, R. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2015
This study aims to show the effectiveness of a business communication course offered in a business school in India. All students who enrolled for the Master of Business Administration program in the school were considered for the study. The study adapted a pretest and posttest approach to find the effectiveness of the course. It also describes the…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries, Course Descriptions
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Yale, Robert N. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2014
Typical business communication courses provide significantly more opportunities for students to hone their skills in writing compared with speaking. This article outlines an impromptu speech assignment and explains a course-level strategy for providing each student with more than 30 significant speaking opportunities during a term. This approach…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Skill Development, Business Communication, Experiential Learning
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Moshiri, Farrokh; Cardon, Peter – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2014
This nationwide study of 169 business communication instructors examines the following issues: (a) ideal and actual class sizes in business communication courses, (b) delivery modes of business communication courses, (c) types of written and oral assignments, and (d) topics covered and depth of coverage. Findings suggest that business…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Business Communication, Class Size, Delivery Systems
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Kliegl, Julie A.; Weaver, Kari D. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2014
Business educators recognize the importance of developing teamwork as an employability skill. However, current methods used to teach teamwork have been met with mixed results from both students and educators. This article integrates research on the importance of teamwork, team development processes, and coteaching through examining a case study…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Business Administration Education, Teamwork
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Pope-Ruark, Rebecca; Ransbury, Paige; Brady, Mia; Fishman, Rachel – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2014
This case study, an example of scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) research, explores student motivations to collaborate with both peer teams and community partners in a service-learning course. Written by one instructor and three undergraduates, the article draws on personal narratives, student reflections, and a postcourse student…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Case Studies, Undergraduate Students, Personal Narratives