Tim Moran
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Aurora University
Doctoral Student in Adult and Higher Education
Northern Illinois University
This presentation offers a professional perspective emphasizing the importance of teaching cultural effectiveness to business students and challenging business educators to embrace short term study abroad programs as an effective alternative to traditional study abroad programs. In addition this presentation provides practical guidelines for business educators who wish to establish a short term study abroad program that is rich in content and utilizes sound principles of learning theory.
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Pamela M. Schwer
Associate Professor, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University
John E. Eber, Ed.D.
Dean and Professor, Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University
This paper describes an exercise that has been highly effective in teaching basic cost concepts and cost/volume /profit relationships.
The exercise has been highly effective in both a classroom and a corporate training environment. The example deals with planning and cost analysis for a wedding. While the focus is on cost/volume/profit relationships, social and cultural norms play a part in identifying and analyzing variables.
The fact that all age groups have experience with weddings helps engage participants and further conceptual understanding of the CVP issues.
Participants identify costs, cost drivers, and volume based cost behavior patterns. Fixed and variable revenues and the concept of relevant range are demonstrated in a very concrete manner.
The example can be expanded to include issues related to product mix and sensitivity analysis. Quantitative goals can be break even, loss limits, or target profits. The key to making this an excellent learning experience is that all of the information and assumptions come form the group and everyone gets involved. Qualitative goals are easily addressed as the discussion unfolds.
Too often students and corporate learners lose the point in CVP analysis because they are dealing with artificial information about “widgets”. Simplicity and reality are the keys to learning.
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by Patricia L. Powell, Ph.D.
Trinity Christian College
Palos Heights, IL 60463
With Trinity Christian College students, Kelly Barnes, Betsy Dyk, Sarah Engbers, Kate McLaurin, Kimberly Monsma, and Jessica Slama
What do an adolescent self-esteem workshop for African-American girls, a food and clothing pantry, a Young Authors event in Montego Bay, Jamaica, an HIV/AIDS awareness brochure for a Chicago health care facility, an after school program for low income students, and an international student awareness survey have in common? Each was an idea, birthed in a passion that sprouted into a semester long service-learning project for six Honors students at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois.
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