Total Quality Management activities are gaining prominence in higher education. Many universities and colleges are implementing these activities across their institutions and incorporating them into the curriculum. Total Quality Management adoption by academia may generally be attributed to...

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has received significant attention as the tool of the future for modeling information systems. However, prior to the development of the UML, IS modeling was done with tools such as Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) and Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs). These tools...

The Charon Response looks at how business firms should deal with the human and emotional consequences of a major work force reduction. Such reductions are a regular feature of the corporate landscape and can be handled in a caring manner if management so chooses. Due to the intense emotions...

A review of the literature found that little research has been conducted on the use of videotape in the teaching of management courses in university schools of business. Utilizing an adaptation of Gioia and BrassÕs (1985-86) Òrepertoire of observational techniques,Ó survey responses were...

There is general agreement that the relationship between university business schools and the business community should become closer in the future, but neither group has many suggestions as to how this might be done. This paper describes a student/practitioner collaborative project that helped...

This paper describes a semester-long project involving senior-level accounting students enrolled in Principles of Auditing and senior technology majors enrolled in a Manufacturing Planning and Management (MPM) class in the School of Technology. As part of their course requirements, the...

This article uses Geert HofstedeÕs taxonomy of workrelated cultural values to examine the relationship between international cultural diversity and the practice of management accounting. The discussion is presented in two parts. First, is a discussion of the relationship between international...