This is a website that provides articles, webcasts and conferences on various business management issues. There is also online learning for managers to improve decision making and leadership skills.
Type of Material:
Learning Object Repository
Recommended Uses:
Useful for in-class debate/discussion, homework for both individuals and teams, and lecture. While self-paced learning is also viable, the content offers rich considerations to support lively class discussions and activities.
This is also a very useful site for professional development in organizations.
Technical Requirements:
Adobe Flash Player 24, Adobe Reader 15, Java 8, update 121, and Firefox 50.1.0 were used to review this learning object repository.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
This website is a repository for information about the concepts and practices regarding the discipline of management that includes international considerations in both political and business topics to provide readers with a variety of current events and topics.
Target Student Population:
Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in business, politics, public administration, and potentially criminal justice.
This is also an effective site for professional career development.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Prior knowledge of management concepts. Familiarity with how blogs work. General knowledge would be helpful in the areas of international studies, politics and business although these are not required.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
There is a vast amount of data, research, and editorial content available regarding an immense variety of international topics. Content and information are carried from a wide variety of news articles and sources; information is timely and relevant.
Concerns:
The content is not necessarily organized, as many running headers exist. This could be better organized to enable the reader to find content. URLs lead to other sources away from the site and can be distracting.
The sheer amount of information can be overwhelming for new users especially if they follow the various links, references and data available.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Faculty or curriculum designers have access to copious amounts of headline-grabbing topical research and editorial considerations. The information provided is timely and is updated regularly; material can be used to discuss current management trends and issues. The material incorporates an international perspective into the management literature and the practice of management.
Concerns:
The layout of the various articles, research, and references may be a challenge to navigate.
A table of contents may assist the reader in those doing research to break management into specific topics and discussion areas.A clear purpose or objective on the blog site may be informative for researchers and readers
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Links take you directly to the news articles and other sources related to the topic.
This provides easy access from most major web browsers.
Some sections provide a table of contents and summary of the information provided.
The main page lists everything available which makes everything readily accessible.
Concerns:
With everything being on the main page, it requires a lot of scrolling that makes it easy to miss great content and get a bit lost in the material.
The current organization of the material is somewhat distracting from a visual perspective even though the blog brings an incredible amount of information. Perhaps some pictures or graphics, or flags belonging to countries which serve as origins of the news sources could be helpful.
One suggestion would be to put this in an application or a newsfeed that could be linked to a mobile device.
Other Issues and Comments:
No other issues were identified.
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