BACKGROUND Problem-based Learning (PBL) has been suggested as a key educational method of knowledge acquisition to improve medical education. We sought to evaluate the differences in medical school education between graduates from PBL-based and conventional curricula and to what extent these curricula fit job requirements. METHODS Graduates from all German medical schools who graduated betwee...

Research on a model Therapeutic Workplace has allowed for evaluation of the use of employment in the treatment of drug addiction. Under the Therapeutic Workplace intervention, adults with histories of drug addiction are hired and paid to work. To promote drug abstinence or adherence to addiction medications, participants are required to provide drug-free urine samples or take prescribed addicti...

This research aims to (a) identify the current competencies of graduate SMK BM (Vocational High School majority in Business and Management) (b) identify the competencies of manpower (SMK graduates) required DUDI (workplace) (c) recognize the constraints that occur in order to link and match between Vocational School and DUDI (d) to recommend strategies to increase the competence of graduates ba...

Sophistication of the integrated world of work and increased recognition of business processes as critical corporate assets, require graduates and employees to develop ‘process orientation’. Responding to these dynamic changes in business organizations, business schools are also continuing to modify their curriculum and introducing innovative teaching and learning strategies. ERP business simul...

In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia. By utilizing new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001, we investigate the effects of the weak institutional environment in Russia in terms of three dimensions: on the rate of productive entrepreneurial activity measured in terms of start-ups and existing ...

Many information systems (IS) programs have been touting the positive economic outlook and opportunities for IS graduates as a strategy for increasing enrollment. Today, the unemployment rate is the highest its been in 25 years with the unemployment rate for college graduates the highest since the U.S. government started keeping records (Yang 2009). The purpose of this panel is to discuss strat...

Schools of business can benefit from adoption of geographic information systems (GIS). A brief overview of GIS technology is presented along with an example showcasing how it can be presented in a business school. GIS benefits for business schools, their students, and faculty are discussed. A comprehensive approach for promoting such spatial thinking is presented. The goal is to empower faculty...

The main purpose of the study is to explore employability business graduates through mediating effect level competency with reference Woldia University graduates. In this study, a cross-section research design was applied and quantitative approach followed. data collected by using questionnaires from sample 223 respondents were selected systematic random sampling technique. analyzed descriptive...