Running head: LEVERAGING RESEARCH TOENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS EDUCATION 1
Leveraging research to enhance undergraduate business education
Luke Maass
Northwest Missouri State University
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Student involvement in research activities in U.S. business schools used to be primarily offered to graduate students. However, many universities are now offering undergraduate research opportunities that can provide students with a deep understanding of the academic environment. Research allows the exploration and questioning of significant issues in today’s world.
This type of learning can provide students with more understanding than can be taught in a classroom or read in a textbook. Research challenges students to engage in the process of identifying and evaluating major issues and trends impacting businesses and society. Students also explore potential business implications that can drive innovation (The Boyer Commission). One goal of business school research is to enhance the prestige of the business school where the research is done. There is evidence that research does achieve that goal, as "research has, historically, been regarded as the primary determinant of a school 's prestige" (Armstrong, 1995: 103). For example, Business Week magazine has added a research influence measure in its ratings of business schools. If a school scores highly on that measure, it enhances the overall prestige ranking.
How would you define research? What is the purpose of business research? How has the Internet changed the quality and quantity of research?
According to Depoy and Gittin, research is a way individuals think about problems in systematic way. Research is generally described as description, exploration, analysis, prediction and problem solving. There are different types of research and these researches are called the experiments, quasi-experiments and non-experiments. The purpose of research is to provide the insight to practice, it also enhance individuals understanding as well as developing new approaches with different topics, get to test your research for effectiveness. Understanding research is important because it helps to build individuals knowledge bases and informs decision making in practice. Research also enable us to make sure that our practice are up to date with relevant information.
Research questions are the basic building blocks of a research project. Developing good research questions is one of the first steps in the research process (Taylor, 1999). When developed correctly using precise language and when it is properly investigated beforehand, research questions should guide the research project and assist in the topic’s investigation (Taylor, 1999). When approaching a new Research project one must ask, “what information do I need to know and what kind of questions can I ask to obtain the information I’m looking for?” In research there is either a broad topic or a narrowed down topic. This is where research questions come into play. Creating a good research question can eliminate any unnecessary information.
Educational research is meaningful and purposeful. It helps educators continuously find ways to improve their practices and help student achievement improve. There are several research techniques that can be used to help improve the learning process. The ear we live in research is being conducted often. Research must be conducted with good intentions and purpose. There are steps that must be followed in order to achieve validity and success.
What is business research? Why should there be any question about the definition of research?
As a startup business or company, there are many benefits to research in which can dramatically aid the decision-making process in all aspects. Therefore, to obtain a better understanding, our first step consisted of examining our target market, the student body at the University of South Florida. With our combined efforts, we have conducted the proper research and comprised the following report to explain our findings.
The famous German physicist Albert Einstein once said, “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” Often in the classroom and life in general, many people assume that in order to research something, a person must first understand it, but that simply is not the case. The whole concept of research stems from human’s natural response to the unknown and the desire to understand it; almost all humans have used research to comprehend and attempt to solve problems. Personally, I have used research a great deal for personal and educational reasons. In high school, I used research for historical and literary papers, in order to better understand concepts, and to discover resources for almost every class. I also
Hi. My name is Becky Hoffman. My bachelors is in Business Administration but, after years of working in the insurance industry, I have decided on a career change and would like to become an educator. I am currently pursuing my teaching certification and working towards a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction. I would like to teach middle school social studies, more specifically American History or
What I have learned about research at an introductory level is that research is finding out about things we do not
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I can’t overemphasize the value of research in our institution that have put meaning and purpose in all that we initiate, create and implement for the good of our learners.
This research is important,because it will show educators, students and parents what the typical student wants to achieve currently. Students can check and see if their goals are similar to their peers. That might show them where they stand compared to their classmates, and that might change their goals, long term ones or short term ones.Parents and educators can see the statistics and see where students want to see each themselves,in 10 years or in 10 days.That will help them better understand how to get the students, where they want to be.
“Engaging students in research and inquiry develops important graduate attributes, engages students meaningfully in higher education
Bryman, A. & Bell, E. (2007) Business Research Methods. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Upon completion of the majority of the management core classes, I am able to reflect upon these areas and find considerable growth. Besides the obvious benefit of receiving formal training in tools, techniques and information used by business managers, the University's program has provided many other tangible benefits. Despite losing familiarity with the practice of studying during my hiatus from higher education, learning at the University quickly became an easy and motivating activity.