David L. Schroeder

Selecting a Business College Major: An Analysis of Criteria and Choice Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process

According to the Chronicle of Higher Education (2001), 15 percent of entering freshmen believe that there is a good chance they will change their college major and 8 percent are undecided. To gain insight into the criteria that students use to select a major, a model of the student decision making process was developed using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). This model predicted student’s first choice major with 88 percent accuracy for sophomores and seniors. An analysis of the criteria revealed judgement inconsistencies, particularly for accounting, finance, and decision science majors. Not surprisingly, sophomores were more inconsistent in their decision making than were seniors. It was also determined that students clustered the majors into two separate groups, viewing accounting, finance and decision science majors differently than marketing and management majors

Integrating the Internet into the business environment

An estimated 30 million people make use of the Internet not only for electronic mail (e‐mail), but also to peruse databases, view photographs and videos and find travel information and weather reports. Innovative data systems managers can offer business solutions by integrating the capabilities of the Internet into their business environment. The Internet offers vast communication resources to enhance product development and system support. Offers an introduction to the communication resources of the Internet and provides several specific examples of business solutions in the areas of e‐mail communications, business applications software support, system design and databases. An awareness of these global solutions by today’s managers may stimulate an increased appreciation of the power of electronic communications and an encouragement of co‐operative work, using electronic media.

Integrating the Internet into the Business Environment

An estimated 30 million people make use of the Internet not only for electronic mail (e‐mail), but also to peruse databases, view photographs and videos and find travel information and weather reports. Innovative data systems managers can offer business solutions by integrating the capabilities of the Internet into their business environment. The Internet offers vast communication resources to enhance product development and system support. Offers an introduction to the communication resources of the Internet and provides several specific examples of business solutions in the areas of e‐mail communications, business applications software support, system design and databases. An awareness of these global solutions by today′s managers may stimulate an increased appreciation of the power of electronic communications and an encouragement of co‐operative work, using electronic media.

Issues in Team Teaching: Point and Counterpoint

Team teaching can be both a satisfying and frustrating experience. Kulynych (1999, p, 144), for instance, describes the team-teaching experience as “both exhilarating and exasperating”. Among the satisfying—even exhilarating—aspects of team teaching are the opportunities to learn from one another and the support faculty members can receive from colleagues. Among the frustrations associated with team teaching are faculty members’ insecurity and their fear of power imbalances (Speer & Ryan, 1998), lack of institutional support (Speer & Ryan, 1998), and lack of attention to detail (Arnold & Jackson, 1996; Bakken et al., 1999; Lehmann & Gillman, 1998; Speer & Ryan, 1998).