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Title: THE JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BUSINESSMEN: A CASE STUDY OF ONE UTILITY'S PROGRAM.
Creator: GREENE, GEORGE EDWARD, III., Florida Atlantic University, Zimmerer, Thomas W., College of Business, Department of Management
Abstract/Description: This thesis is a case study of the JOBS Program of Florida Power Corporation from its creation in 1968 through the end of 1973. It reviews the program decisions which were initially made, summarizes highlights by year and gives case histories of both disappointments and achievements. It evaluates the program in terms of cost, employment of trainees, earnings of trainees and supervisory evaluations of company employed former trainees. The thesis analyzes biographical and test data for...
Show moreThis thesis is a case study of the JOBS Program of Florida Power Corporation from its creation in 1968 through the end of 1973. It reviews the program decisions which were initially made, summarizes highlights by year and gives case histories of both disappointments and achievements. It evaluates the program in terms of cost, employment of trainees, earnings of trainees and supervisory evaluations of company employed former trainees. The thesis analyzes biographical and test data for predictors of success in selecting trainees.
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Date Issued: 1975
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13692
Subject Headings: Education, Business
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: MACHINE LEARNING TO PREDICT BUSINESS SUCCESS: THEORIES, FEATURES, AND MODELS.
Creator: Gangwani, Divya, Zhu, Xingquan, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Businesses are the driving force behind economic systems and are the lifeline of the community as they help in the prosperity and growth of the nation. Hence it is important for the business to succeed in the market. The business’s success provides economic stability and sustainability that helps preserve resources for future generations. The success of a business is not only important to the owners but is also critical to the regional/domestic economic system, or even the global economy....
Show moreBusinesses are the driving force behind economic systems and are the lifeline of the community as they help in the prosperity and growth of the nation. Hence it is important for the business to succeed in the market. The business’s success provides economic stability and sustainability that helps preserve resources for future generations. The success of a business is not only important to the owners but is also critical to the regional/domestic economic system, or even the global economy. Recent years have witnessed many new emerging businesses with tremendous success, such as Google, Apple, Facebook etc.. Yet, millions of businesses also fail or fade out within a rather short period of time. Finding patterns/factors connected to the business rise and fall remains a long-lasting question that puzzles many economists, entrepreneurs, and government officials. Recent advancements in artificial intelligence, especially machine learning, has lent researchers the powers to use data to model and predict business success. However, due to the data-driven nature of all machine learning methods, existing approaches are rather domain-driven and ad-hoc in their design and validations, particularly in the field of business prediction. The main challenge of business success prediction is twofold: (1) Identifying variables for defining business success; (2) Feature selection and feature engineering based on three main categories Investment, Business, and Market, each of which is focused on modeling a business from a particular perspective, such as sales, management, innovation etc.
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Date Issued: 2024
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014506
Subject Headings: Machine learning, Business enterprises, Business education
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The universities and the ruling class : how wealth puts knowledge in its pocket.
Creator: Horowitz, David
Abstract/Description: This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued: 1969?
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002814
Subject Headings: Business and education -- United States.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: AN EVALUATION OF THE LEARNING STYLES INVENTORY AS A PREDICTOR OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN INTRODUCTION TO DATA PROCESSING AT MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-NORTH.
Creator: STRATTAN, CHARLES GREGG, II, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Enrollment of students with widely diverse academic aptitude and life experiences in large classes, forced instructors in the Business Data Processing department at Miami-Dade Community College to seek more effective ways to respond to the individual needs and learning styles of the students. Intensive review of the literature indicated that prior achievement accounted for approximately 50% of the variance in student grade point average. Another 25% was accounted for by motivation. Interest...
Show moreEnrollment of students with widely diverse academic aptitude and life experiences in large classes, forced instructors in the Business Data Processing department at Miami-Dade Community College to seek more effective ways to respond to the individual needs and learning styles of the students. Intensive review of the literature indicated that prior achievement accounted for approximately 50% of the variance in student grade point average. Another 25% was accounted for by motivation. Interest and personality tests did not contribute significantly to predictions of academic performance. Cognitive style remained largely unexplored at the college level. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of matching student perceived cognitive styles, as measured by the Learning Styles Inventory (LSI) with differentiated teaching strategies. The study evaluates and analyzes the interaction effect of sex, age, grade point average, four LSI Content scales, four LSI Mode scales and sixteen Learning Packages selected to supplement the text and classroom presentation. It is concluded that while GPA is the best single predictor, it can be improved by combining it with measures of student learning preferences. Thus the present study demonstrates that academic performance can be enhanced when students are taught subject matter in a mode that is in accord with the students' learning style preference as measured by the Learning Style Inventory.
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Date Issued: 1978
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11720
Subject Headings: Business education--Research--Florida
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Title: THE MANAGEMENT TRAINING NEEDS OF NON-NATIONAL CPA FIRMS.
Creator: SANITATE, FRANK., Florida Atlantic University, Bell, Gordon
Abstract/Description: This is a study of the felt need for and current participation in management training by non-national certified public accounting firms. The data was gathered by questionnaire and shows that firms: - receive far less management training than desired - give it top priority over technical training for partners, and middle priority for high supervisory staff - prefer management training in certain areas over others - prefer outside sources, primarily their professional associations, to provide...
Show moreThis is a study of the felt need for and current participation in management training by non-national certified public accounting firms. The data was gathered by questionnaire and shows that firms: - receive far less management training than desired - give it top priority over technical training for partners, and middle priority for high supervisory staff - prefer management training in certain areas over others - prefer outside sources, primarily their professional associations, to provide training courses - feel it is not available enough to them. Yet, in actual practice they participate in and plan to participate in far less management training than they claim they want.
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Date Issued: 1978
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13910
Subject Headings: Management--Study and teaching, Business education
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The effect of ethics instruction on the moral development of adult real estate students.
Creator: Long, Deborah H., Florida Atlantic University, Guglielmino, Lucy M., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: A baseline examination of real estate licensees' ethical reasoning abilities implemented by this researcher in 1993 indicated that the subjects (n = 82) were ethically immature compared to adults in general. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of ethics instruction upon the moral reasoning ability of adult real estate students. The subjects were drawn from two real estate post-licensing classes offered at a private vocational school: one class (n = 14) served as the experimental...
Show moreA baseline examination of real estate licensees' ethical reasoning abilities implemented by this researcher in 1993 indicated that the subjects (n = 82) were ethically immature compared to adults in general. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of ethics instruction upon the moral reasoning ability of adult real estate students. The subjects were drawn from two real estate post-licensing classes offered at a private vocational school: one class (n = 14) served as the experimental group and received the traditional curriculum without ethics instruction; the other class (n = 21) served as the treatment group and received a 15 hour ethics program as part or their 45 hour program. The ethics program used in this study incorporated the best teaching practices described in research literature, including small group discussion, role play and teacher- and peer-led activities designed to simulate the reality of the real estate business. Subjects were administered the Defining Issues Test (DIT), a measure of moral reasoning, as a pre- and post-test. ANOVA and ANCOVA indicated that students in the treatment group experienced the Blatt Effect, a one-developmental stage increase in their moral reasoning abilities: the mean P-score at the beginning of the program was 27.07; at the end of the program, the mean P-score was 41.24. Students in the control group did not experience significant change in their scores. Further analysis indicated that gender was significant: female licensees scored higher on the DIT than did males. Those licensees who were members of the National Association of Realtors, a professional society with its own code of ethics, also scored higher than did non-members. No significant relationships were found between DIT scores and the licensees' age, license status, sales experience, real estate income, or level of formal education. The overall results of this study indicate that the ethics intervention program was effective in improving DIT scores. The probability exists that this program might have a similar effect on a larger sample of licensees as well as on other professionals.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12375
Subject Headings: Education, Adult and Continuing, Education, Business, Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Education, Vocational
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Relationship Between Undergraduate Instructor Self- Concept and the Degree of Prosocial Behavior Exhibited by Instructors to Online Undergraduate Business First Year Students.
Creator: Bain, Bernice, Bryan, Valerie, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: The primary goal of this quantitative study was to investigate the connection between instructor self-concept and prosocial behavior and its impact on student learning; thus, gaining more knowledge about assessment of instructor fit for online, undergraduate, business first-year experience (FYE) courses. If an instructor’s selfconcept is related to the degree of prosocial behavior exhibited, then an instructor with a higher likelihood of exhibiting prosocial behavior may be a better fit for...
Show moreThe primary goal of this quantitative study was to investigate the connection between instructor self-concept and prosocial behavior and its impact on student learning; thus, gaining more knowledge about assessment of instructor fit for online, undergraduate, business first-year experience (FYE) courses. If an instructor’s selfconcept is related to the degree of prosocial behavior exhibited, then an instructor with a higher likelihood of exhibiting prosocial behavior may be a better fit for an online, undergraduate, business FYE course. The study failed to reject all null hypotheses, showing no correlations between faculty self-concept and degree of prosocial behavior exhibited to online business firstyear students. The results did show a correlation between instructor self-concept (RSCQ score) and tendency to exhibit prosocial behavior (PTM score), which is outside of the scope of this study, but informed future research considerations discussed in Chapter 5.
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Date Issued: 2018
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013052
Subject Headings: Online learning and distance education., Business teachers., Undergraduates.
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Title: Perceptions of industry practitioners toward an academic degree program in public assembly facility management.
Creator: Riordan, James J., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: Utilizing a modified Delphi Technique research study, consensus was sought from 298 practitioners in the public assembly facility management (PAFM) industry regarding their perceptions on varied matters connected to the academic preparation of managers/executives serving the industry. A comprehensive literature review and a prior pilot study were conducted for the purpose of creating the initial survey (Questionnaire 1). The pilot study consisted of an open-ended interview session with a...
Show moreUtilizing a modified Delphi Technique research study, consensus was sought from 298 practitioners in the public assembly facility management (PAFM) industry regarding their perceptions on varied matters connected to the academic preparation of managers/executives serving the industry. A comprehensive literature review and a prior pilot study were conducted for the purpose of creating the initial survey (Questionnaire 1). The pilot study consisted of an open-ended interview session with a panel (N=16) of PAFM managers. Sixty-four (64) of 66 consensus-seeking items attained consensus from the respondents (N=298) after Questionnaire 1 results were tabulated. Respondents were given the opportunity to re-assess their Questionnaire 1 choices in Questionnaire 2 and if compelled, change them. Items related to Kinesiology and Physical Education did not attain consensus status in Questionnaire 1 or Questionnaire 2. This study concluded: a) academic program in PAFM is beneficial to the industry (96%) and 63.5% viewed the degree as very important or essential; b) the preferred academic delivery level was Bachelors/undergraduate (52.7%); c) the degree program should be housed in Business (42%); d) the preferred competencies and skill sets were identified; e) the preferred course components were identified., Statistical analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between the type of public assembly facility where a respondent worked and the preferred academic unit of the program, as well as preferred general course components. Recommendations for future research include: (a) conducting a similar study employing solely qualitative methodology; (b) seeking potential significant relationships with gender, ethnicity, geographic location, ownership and governance of facilities, years of experience; and (c) comparing and contrasting results of this study among faculty who currently teach public assembly facility management courses and the students that are in said courses . The rising cost of providing safe and cost-efficient public assembly facilities require that the people operate these facilities possess the best set of managerial, administrative and technical skills related to the management of these facilities; this study aids in that quest by suggesting competencies and course components, and potentially a PAFM general academic curriculum, based on practitioner viewpoint.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186765
Subject Headings: Facility management, Strategic planning, Executives, Training of, Creative ability in business, Management, Education, Aims and objectives
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A STUDY OF PALM BEACH JUNIOR COLLEGE AND BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARD CERTAIN BUSINESS CONCEPTS ESSENTIAL TO A FREE ENTERPRISE ECONOMY.
Creator: WILLIAMS, MILDRED H., Florida Atlantic University, Laird, Dorothy S.
Abstract/Description: The purposes of this research were to: 1. Measure community college students' attitudes toward fifteen business concepts: international trade, supply and demand, government regulation, marketing, consumerism, credit, labor unions, management, capital, corporations, profits, social responsibility, stock markets, technology, and business ethics. 2. Identify implications from these attitudes which pertain to curriculum planning for the community college. The hypotheses tested were that there is...
Show moreThe purposes of this research were to: 1. Measure community college students' attitudes toward fifteen business concepts: international trade, supply and demand, government regulation, marketing, consumerism, credit, labor unions, management, capital, corporations, profits, social responsibility, stock markets, technology, and business ethics. 2. Identify implications from these attitudes which pertain to curriculum planning for the community college. The hypotheses tested were that there is no significant difference in the mean ratings, as measured by a semantic differential, toward the fifteen business concepts between: 1. Students who have had business courses and those who have had none. 2. Business and nonbusiness majors. 3. Male and Female students. 4. Students 21 and under and those over 21. 5. Students with business work experience and those with nonbusiness work experience. 6. Associate Arts degree business majors and Associate Science business majors. The fifteen concepts to be evaluated were selected after an extensive study of periodicals for the two-year period ending September 30, 1973. A semantic differential instrument was constructed as prescribed by Osgood, Suci, and Tannenbaum in The Measurement of Meaning. The six pairs of bipolar adjectives used were unfair-fair, bad-good, dirty-clean, unpleasant-pleasant, awful-nice, and dishonest-honest. The survey was administered to a random sample of 386 students enrolled in freshman communications classes at Broward Community College and Palm Beach Junior College during the fall term of 1973. A two-way analysis of variance was computed for each classification variable. Overall group means were positive for all concepts by all classification variables except the undecided college major group. Students with the most business courses and students majoring in business had the most positive attitudes. Significant F ratios resulted in the rejection of the null hypothesis for classification variables 1 and 2 and acceptance of the null hypothesis for the other variables. Although the null hypothesis was accepted for classification variables 3 and 4, there were significant interactions between groups and concepts for these groups. Government regulation, labor unions, corporations, and business ethics received negative ratings from almost all groups. Conclusions. Students who had completed business courses had more positive attitudes toward the fifteen concepts than those who had not taken any business courses. Students majoring in business had attitudes more positive than nonbusiness majors. Males and females were differentiative toward supply and demand, consumerism, labor unions, capital, corporations, profits, stock markets, technology, and business ethics. Age influenced attitudes toward international trade, supply and demand, government regulation, credit, labor unions, management, social responsibility, and business ethics. Type of employment and type of business degree sought did not influence attitudes significantly. Recommendations. A general education course based on economic principles as applied to the individual's role as a citizen, consumer, employee, and entrepreneur should be designed for nonbusiness majors. The general goal of this course should be to develop understanding of how the free enterprise system functions and the relationship of economic principles to problems confronting the American people, both individually and collectively. A consumer education course for all secondary school students should include a study of the free enterprise system and be taught by an instructor who has completed at least six semester hours in economics. The attitudes of secondary school students toward business concepts should be measured at two-year intervals for a period of ten years to see if the career education program influences attitudes in a positive direction.
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Date Issued: 1974
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11640
Subject Headings: Business education, Economics--Study and teaching, College students--Florida--Attitudes
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Title: Strategies for effective communication with Hispanic students: An analysis of student responses to recruitment viewbooks used by colleges and universities.
Creator: Botero, Nancy Renee, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Abstract/Description: This study examines effective strategies of communication with Hispanic students through the use of printed material, specifically recruitment viewbooks used by colleges and universities. The Hispanic market is significant in south Florida. As colleges and universities begin to seek to communicate the benefits of their institutions to this population, it is important to produce printed communication in a manner that appeals to members of the Hispanic culture. Using a qualitative approach...
Show moreThis study examines effective strategies of communication with Hispanic students through the use of printed material, specifically recruitment viewbooks used by colleges and universities. The Hispanic market is significant in south Florida. As colleges and universities begin to seek to communicate the benefits of their institutions to this population, it is important to produce printed communication in a manner that appeals to members of the Hispanic culture. Using a qualitative approach through focus group research, Hispanic freshmen students of a community college and upper division students at a public university were asked a series of open-ended questions about their preferences in the use of language, photographs and several design elements of three publications. One college viewbook represented a majority enrollment of Hispanics. The second viewbook represented a university that is culturally diverse. A third viewbook represented a university that has Hispanic enrollment of less than 4%.
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Date Issued: 1999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15621
Subject Headings: Business Administration, Marketing, Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Mass Communications, Education, Higher
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Title: School-business partnerships: Awareness, attitudes, and actions of secondary school principals and their business counterparts in selected Florida school districts.
Creator: Wechter, Dennis., Florida Atlantic University, Bogotch, Ira
Abstract/Description: The role of the business partner in education has come into more prominence in the public school system, especially at the high school level. Shrinking budgets have prompted high school principals to explore the idea of business partnerships as a way to close the gap in academic achievement and provide direction for high schools struggling to meet the workforce development demands in today's society. In addition, financial support has provided opportunities for curriculum enhancement, staff...
Show moreThe role of the business partner in education has come into more prominence in the public school system, especially at the high school level. Shrinking budgets have prompted high school principals to explore the idea of business partnerships as a way to close the gap in academic achievement and provide direction for high schools struggling to meet the workforce development demands in today's society. In addition, financial support has provided opportunities for curriculum enhancement, staff development, and student support. However, as more emphasis is placed on the development of school business partnerships, the need to determine how these partnerships function successfully is a necessary part of the process. This study looked at the historical perspective concerning the involvement of the business sector and their relationship with education throughout the twentieth century. This exploratory study utilized quantitative and qualitative data gathering procedures. The purpose of this study was to identify the skills and knowledge that high school principals and their business counterparts need to have to create an equitable relationship. High school principals from three school districts in the State of Florida were asked to complete a quantitative survey, including a section in which they named their business partners. A section was provided for each principal to agree to a personal interview. One principal from each Florida school district was selected at random from among those returned surveys in which the principal agreed to be interviewed. In addition, a photo matrix was created by visiting each high school campus in which the principal agreed to an interview in order to collect data of businesses that had visible name recognition. The top six business partners based upon frequency of appearance or as indicated by the principal were selected from the matrix and contacted for an interview. The research questions that guided this study were (a) What is the nature of the relationship between high schools and their business partners? (b) What do high school principals need to know in order to create equitable business partnerships? (c) What do business partners need to know in order to create equitable education partnerships? (d) Based on this study, what recommendations emerge that will promote more equitable relationships between business and education partnerships?
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Date Issued: 2004
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT12097
Subject Headings: Business and education--Florida, Education, Cooperative--Florida, Community and school--Florida, School management and organization--Florida
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Title: An economic analysis of the Community College of the Air Force.
Creator: Kilbride, Wade Robert., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Purpose of the study. The Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) is an innovative concept which combines technical Air Force education and training with traditional college courses from civilian institutions to produce Air Force career-relevant Associate of Applied Science degrees. In the developmental stage, CCAF was criticized as being an economically inefficient method of achieving the educational goals established by the Air Force. This study investigates various methods of...
Show morePurpose of the study. The Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) is an innovative concept which combines technical Air Force education and training with traditional college courses from civilian institutions to produce Air Force career-relevant Associate of Applied Science degrees. In the developmental stage, CCAF was criticized as being an economically inefficient method of achieving the educational goals established by the Air Force. This study investigates various methods of microeconomic analyses that could be used to determine the degree of economic efficiency of CCAF. Methodology. The use of the cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness and cost-utility methods of analysis were considered but dismissed as being inappropriate because of the difficulty in assigning monetary values to the benefits of CCAF. Also, these methods are usually applied to assist the decision maker in comparing alternative approaches. It was determined that there were no direct alternatives to CCAF. The economic method of analysis used in this study is the breakeven analysis which compares costs and revenues--the breakeven point being the point at which costs and benefits are equal. The cost function was developed using the costs of the administrative center of CCAF. The revenue function was determined by the student credit hours generated and the average cost of a student credit hour. Conclusion. The analysis indicates that in measuring CCAF's productivity either by total student credit hours generated or by the number of hours used by graduates in obtaining the associate degree, the CCAF concept and operation is economically efficient. As a corollary, it is determined that CCAF not only does not cause a loss in revenue to the civilian sector of education, it generates substantial additional revenue. Recommendation. Because of the success that the Air Force has experienced in motivating students to complete career-relevant Associate degree programs and the economic efficiency of the CCAF concept, the Department of Defense should consider having the Army and Navy join the Air Force in a Community College of the Armed Forces (CCAF).
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Date Issued: 1988
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11916
Subject Headings: Community College of the Air Force, Community colleges--Economic aspects--United States, Business and education, Economic development--Effect of education on
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