The use of case studies in undergraduate Business Administration
We develop constructs to evaluate the factors influencing the degree of students’ acceptance of cases. In our proposed framework, student acceptance is affected by the case selection, intensity of faculty use, training, course type and level, level of instructor expertise, teaching atmosphere, and t...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo
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| description | We develop constructs to evaluate the factors influencing the degree of students’ acceptance of cases. In our proposed framework, student acceptance is affected by the case selection, intensity of faculty use, training, course type and level, level of instructor expertise, teaching atmosphere, and the faculty’s beliefs about the usefulness of the case method. Our sample includes faculty teaching quantitative or qualitative courses across several disciplines in undergraduate business administration. Responses to a survey are analyzed using factor analysis and regression. The quantitative analysis is complemented by interviews with a subset of expert faculty using a two-round modified Delphi technique. This study may be limited by the fact that it measured faculty perceptions of the degree of students’ acceptance of cases, rather than student acceptance directly. Future research might survey students or use students’ courses evaluations to validate or contradict our results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4716f133300246ee924f5588db60c6072023-09-02T19:05:47ZengFundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São PauloRAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas0034-75902178-938X2017-08-01574342356The use of case studies in undergraduate Business AdministrationCarlos J. O. Trejo-Pech0Susan White1Professor at The University of Tennessee, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics – Knoxville – TN, USAProfessor at University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business – College Park – MD, USAWe develop constructs to evaluate the factors influencing the degree of students’ acceptance of cases. In our proposed framework, student acceptance is affected by the case selection, intensity of faculty use, training, course type and level, level of instructor expertise, teaching atmosphere, and the faculty’s beliefs about the usefulness of the case method. Our sample includes faculty teaching quantitative or qualitative courses across several disciplines in undergraduate business administration. Responses to a survey are analyzed using factor analysis and regression. The quantitative analysis is complemented by interviews with a subset of expert faculty using a two-round modified Delphi technique. This study may be limited by the fact that it measured faculty perceptions of the degree of students’ acceptance of cases, rather than student acceptance directly. Future research might survey students or use students’ courses evaluations to validate or contradict our results.http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rae/article/view/71358/68865Case teaching in businessundergraduate management educationfactor analysisquantitative and qualitative researchmodified Delphi technique |
| spellingShingle | Carlos J. O. Trejo-Pech Susan White The use of case studies in undergraduate Business Administration RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas Case teaching in business undergraduate management education factor analysis quantitative and qualitative research modified Delphi technique |
| title | The use of case studies in undergraduate Business Administration |
| title_full | The use of case studies in undergraduate Business Administration |
| title_fullStr | The use of case studies in undergraduate Business Administration |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of case studies in undergraduate Business Administration |
| title_short | The use of case studies in undergraduate Business Administration |
| title_sort | use of case studies in undergraduate business administration |
| topic | Case teaching in business undergraduate management education factor analysis quantitative and qualitative research modified Delphi technique |
| url | http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rae/article/view/71358/68865 |
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