Business School Curriculum Needs to Incorporate Project Management: Gantt Charts and Action Plans

Effective approaches in instructing the project management tools of Gantt Charts and Action Plans will be covered in detail.  This article is the second post on the importance of integrating real-world project management skills into undergraduate business school curriculum.  The first post entitled, “Business School Curriculum Needs to Incorporate Project Management: Request For Proposals”  is suggested to […]

Business School Curriculum Needs to Incorporate Project Management: Request For Proposals

Great ideas not supported by effective project management usually fall by the wayside. To graduate the most capable undergraduate business school students possible, project management skills need to be covered. A Standish Group study on information technology projects found that the average cost overrun was 43 percent, and 71 percent of projects were over budget, […]

Application Oriented Tests and Crib Sheets are a Winning Partnership

My examination philosophy is to test the application of what is being covered and minimize the level of memorization and regurgitation involved. The workplace and life is about applying your education, not the recollection of memorizing facts, processes and definitions.  My tests focus on critical thinking and the application of course topics similar to the […]