There are many social changes in the era of new economy. The most important change is exploitation of the up to date information and communication technologies. At present we do not only automate existing processes, but form completely new structures of processes and activities. We can consider...

Through a mythical case study students are introduced into basic concepts of statistics. The case study also provides the opportunity for students to perform simple exercises using these concepts. Part I explores the concepts of means, medians and modes, and discusses the uses and limitations of...

The purpose of this paper is an introduction to methods for conducting inquiries in social sciences. A method of inquiry is an organized and systematic scientific approaches used by scholars for controlled investigations and experiments to efficiently solve theoretical and practical problems,...

Education courses now involve homework assignments that require technology skill as well as domain knowledge. Yet there is little pedagogical and technological support for teaching “What” (statistical mean) while simultaneously teaching “How” (use the =average (Range) function in Excel)....

This paper approaches the services offered to the students by the faculties of Economic studies. We use the results resulted from an investigation of the students' perceptions about these faculties. We try to find out the aspects that matter when students evaluate the universities. Based on...

Objective – Employee satisfaction and employee performance are critical to a service-oriented organization and its performance. Employees play a crucial role in the successful delivery of service and maintaining customer relationships in service oriented organizations. Satisfied employees in...

This paper examines the question of how an instructor's attendance policy influences student performance in Principles of Microeconomics. This study asked students in several different microeconomics classes at a medium sized regional university what sort of attendance policy they were subject...

The learning group in Regional Economics works in a similar way as the Balint medical group. During a session, a “problem” is presented by a group member, in the context of a rotation or “turn taking”. The other members do not try to ”solve the problem” by adding technical...

This article identifies key characteristics of Jesuit pedagogy, expounds why Jesuit pedagogy is relevant to all learners, and explores the benefits of applying these active learning teaching methods to business and economics modules. Teaching effectiveness is reviewed before and after a Jesuit...