A competency-based course on the fundamentals of management communications has been developed. The course utilized a list of competencies and behavioral objectives for each of the four developed modules. Competency-based education has been chosen as the ideal approach to teaching since it is built around behaviorally state objectives which are easy to observe and measure. The approach also allo…
Students' communication skills can be sharpened through a communication across the curriculum program which develops community service learning (CSL) projects. Students are required to perform certain services for a nonprofit group under the CSL project. The organization itself can determine its needs or the business communications professor can suggest services which the students can do for th…
A study of 32 top-ranked MBA programs suggests that management communication is an important part of professional graduate management education. Eighteen of the schools have required core courses in communication, and two other schools follow an integrated model and also offer electives; another nine offer electives only. A total of four schools also have writing proficiency requirements, and a…
Business educators face the challenge of operationalizing the global converging initiatives of technology integration and inclusion of students with a disability in K-12 education. A survey of business educators was conducted to ascertain how they were implementing these initiatives in the United States. Results indicated that business educators received little training andfelt moderately prepa…