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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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Kang, Keebom; Doerr, Kenneth H. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2015
This article presents a classroom exercise, centered on a simulation that has been used for 4 years in an MBA program to help students develop an understanding of the trade-offs involved in managing capital assets in the public sector. Though often ignored in business schools, "mission" is a key criterion that must be considered when…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Class Activities, Simulation, Graduate Students
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Asef-Vaziri, A. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2015
By delivering lectures online using screen capture technology, students can learn course material at the time and location of their choice, when they are in control to pause, rewind, and fast forward the professor. Class time is no longer spent teaching basic concepts, but rather focused on more value-added activities such as problem solving,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Online Courses, Blended Learning, Pilot Projects
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Fetter, Gary; Shockley, Jeff – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2014
Instructors look for ways to explain to students how supply chains can be constructed so that competing suppliers can work together to improve inventory management performance (i.e., a phenomenon known as co-opetition). An Excel spreadsheet-driven simulation is presented that models a complete multilevel supply chain system--customer, retailer,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Simulation, Spreadsheets, College Instruction
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Helms, Marilyn M. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2014
This article describes a "conscientious consumerism" project that involves the student as the consumer to either commend or complain to a company about a recent product or service experience. This activity and presentation helps students develop an understanding of the commendation/complaint management process within organizations while…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Class Activities, Management Development, Problem Solving
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Webb, G. Scott; Thomas, Stephanie P.; Liao-Troth, Sara – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2014
The SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) Model Supply Chain Classroom Simulation is an in-class experiential learning activity that helps students develop a holistic understanding of the processes and challenges of supply chain management. The simulation has broader learning objectives than other supply chain related activities such as the…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Information Management, Business Administration Education, Simulation
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Pinder, Jonathan P. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2014
Business analytics courses, such as marketing research, data mining, forecasting, and advanced financial modeling, have substantial predictive modeling components. The predictive modeling in these courses requires students to estimate and test many linear regressions. As a result, false positive variable selection ("type I errors") is…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Regression (Statistics), Predictive Measurement