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Students' Perceptions and Expectation Gap on the Skills and Knowledge of Accounting Graduates

  • ARYANTI, Cornelia;ADHARIANI, Desi
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.9
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    • pp.649-657
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    • 2020
  • This study aims to describe the perceptions of accounting students and expectations of employers towards the skills and knowledge needed by accounting graduates in Indonesia. Quantitative method using survey is employed to analyze 103 questionnaires from students and 51 questionnaires from employers. The results showed that students' perceived honesty, continuous learning, and work ethics are important skills, while employers stress the importance of work ethics, teamwork, and time management. Knowledge needed by accounting graduates in the perception of students includes financial accounting, financial reporting, and financial statement analysis, whereas employers perceived the importance of financial statement analysis, knowledge of Microsoft Office program, and financial accounting. Further analysis showed that there is an expectation gap between the perceptions of students and the expectations of employers towards skills - not knowledge - needed by accounting graduates. Although investigations of students' perceptions and employers' expectations have been conducted in previous studies, the information should be updated continuously to reflect the current conditions. This study offers the recent perceptions from students and employers to identify the current expectation gap. This study points to the importance of skills development in the university curriculum in order to develop the skillful human resources in accounting and meet the expectations of employers.

Improving Student Learning through a Team-Based Learning Approach in a Retailing Math Course

  • Oh, Keunyoung
    • Fashion, Industry and Education
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.50-58
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    • 2016
  • Passive learning attitudes and lack of enthusiasm in a retailing math course is quite common and a significant number of students do express their frustrations and struggles by seeking extra help outside the classroom. In order to promote students' active participation in class and to improve their performance and overall satisfaction with the course, a modified team-based learning (TBL) method was implemented in a retailing math course in two consecutive semesters. Implementing TBL into a retailing math course would improve students' accountability for their own learning, increase student interactions and engagement, and develop teamwork and collaboration skills. The scores on the midterm and final tests indicated that students' performance improved especially for the students who scored below 80% on each test when TBL was implemented. Students' reflection on the TBL activities done in class throughout the semester indicated that these TBL activities help them solidify the concepts taught in class better. They were able to realize their own mistakes and other group members who got the question right helped them understand. To maximize the benefit of TBL, it is suggested to implement TBL within the flipped classroom. Further research is called for to evaluate the effect of TBL on long-term knowledge retention among college students.

Theoretical Examination of the Pay-for-Performance Practice: Case of a Shipbuilding Company

  • Jun, Gyung-Ju
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.37 no.5
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    • pp.471-480
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    • 2013
  • Pay-for-performance plans are some of widely used human resource practices in many firms, including shipbuilding, for productivity and motivational improvement purposes. Such plans play an important role in industries that are highly labor-intensive, and where effective management of human resources is critical to business operations, such as the shipbuilding industry. Those practices can have large impact on employee performance and ultimately company competitiveness. Research studies that show how such incentive plans improve productivity and reported pattern of adoption by firms have spurred the use and adoption in many firms. However, there are also researchers who point out that there are negative consequences to using incentive plans. Therefore it is important for companies to carefully consider the practices they use. In this paper, I discuss research findings that support the practices and critical viewpoints related to pay-for-performance plans. Research findings from Korean literature are, then, discussed. The shipbuilding industry is chosen because proper human resource management is critical in reducing turnover and increasing employee satisfaction. Through a shipbuilding company case, problems related to using pay-for-performance incentive plans and how they affect work-related issues of employee morale, cooperation, and teamwork will be discussed. While positive aspects have been emphasized to drive greater adoption among firms, the resulting consequences of the pay plans need to be seriously considered and improvements upon the plans made by firms. Improvement suggestions are discussed in the conclusions and implications.

Empirical Approach to Marketing Research on the Quality Control of F&B in Hotels (관광(觀光)호텔의 식음료(食飮料) 부문(部門) 품질관리(品質管理)를 통한 마케팅방안 연구)

  • Choi Seung-Kuk;Lim Bum-Jong
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.102-113
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    • 2006
  • This article presents the results of empirical studies on the Quality of F&B parts in Hotel services. The main aim is to describe and analyze service breakdown from the customer's point of view and thus create a basis for quality management. The aim is also to find out maximizing factors of sales volume with profit in hotel F&B parts based on the serving systems of F&B items, quality control, change and innovation. The results of the study show statistically significant differences between the each F&B parts in term of quality of foods, location of restaurant, service inconvenience condition, variety of menu, teamwork of empolyees, educational programme, hotel internal culture, etc. Marketing and management implications for effective targeting the market segments are discussed.

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Study on running practices of introductory design for engineering education (based on an example of Hanbat National University) (공학교육 입문설계의 운영사례 연구 (한밭대학교 중심으로))

  • Yun, Rin
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.83-88
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, we surveyed from students and professors of Hanbat National University to examine the current state of running the introductory engineering design and to derive the direction of future improvements of the subject. A total of 783 students from nine departments and 12 professors who are in charge of the introductory engineering design participated in the present questionnaire evaluation. Outcome categories of the interest in their major and the learning of design theory appears relatively lower than other learning outcomes of the introductory engineering design course. Accordingly, it is determined that the theoretical aspects of designing should be emphasized in performing a team project. The design process, writing and presentation ability, teamwork theory are dealt in more than 70% of the departments, but engineering ethics, patent, visualization education had not been addressed in a number of departments due to their department characteristics. While a lesson outcome of the creativity resulted in the largest for the students, most of the professor feel difficult in increasing the creativity. It is urgent to develope of teaching methods in order to promote the creativity in the introductory engineering design course.

Needs Analysis of Converged Education on Engineering and Human Resource Development: Focused on Students' Project Experience for Graduation in H University (공학과 HRD 융합교육에 대한 요구분석: H대학교 재학생의 졸업작품 수행 경험을 중심으로)

  • Lim, Se-Yung;Park, Yoon-Hee;Bae, Gwang-Min
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.54-64
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze needs of convergence education on engineering and human resource development (HRD) for students in H university for increasing creative problem solving skills. To achieve the research purpose, needs analysis was conducted to students through in-depth interview about students' project experience for graduation in H university. The research finding shows that the converged areas between engineering and HRD are: connecting technologies to social context, problem solving skills, leadership, communication skills, and teamwork skills. Based on the derived five converged areas, objectives and method of the engineering-HRD convergence education are discussed. As an effective teaching and learning method, a problem-based learning and a project method are suggested. Finally, considerations for successful implementation of the engineering-HRD convergence education are discussed.

A Study on the Definition of Team Creativity upon the Design Paradigm and Their Sub-domains and Element Extraction (공학 설계 패러다임 변화에 따른 팀 창의성의 정의 및 하위 영역과 요소 도출)

  • Kim, Taehoon
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.13-23
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    • 2015
  • This paper attempts to take an in-depth study of the importance of teams and their creativity according to changes of recent design paradigm in engineering and to draw conclusions of the sub-domains and their element extraction. For this purpose, theoretical consideration was reviewed to present the definition of creativity and its sub-domains and elements. Besides, the two steps of expert validation test were conducted to extract the definition of creativity and its sub-domains and elements. The team creativity is defined as a team ability to come up with fresh and useful ideas and to lead them to get meaningful results through cooperative interactions among team members to solve problems given to them based on each member's creativity. Totally, 4 subs -domains and 16 sub-elements were extracted to get to know their influence on the team creativity. This includes a team size, characteristics of team members, and a team structure in team organization domain. To evaluate team atmosphere, elements such as sensibility, fellowship, teamwork, reliability, autonomy and open minded feature are included. In the team activity domain, strategies for solving problems, activities for divergent thinking, activities for convergence thinking and team interaction are included. Also, the sub-domain for team management includes a task, process and conflict management.

Brining a Change in Medical Education (의학교육의 변화 관리)

  • Jeon, Woo Taek
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.3-11
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    • 2011
  • Every medical school aims to provide better education, and it sometimes requires changing the current education system. However, an attempt for a change may not always be successful. In many cases, it is so not because an intended change was not properly directed but because conflicts in the process of adopting the change were not properly handled. This paper suggests seven points for how to successfully bring a change in medical education. First, the medical education should not simply focus on the pass rate of the national medical examination but also on the cultivation of creative leaders. Second, the faculty of medical school should be creative, self-motivated, and passionate. Third, people in charge of an intended change should have a good understanding of complicated dynamics between the dean's office, medical education experts, professors, and students. Fourth, people who are leading the change should also grasp the possibility that a well-intended change might not be well-received by professors, students, and dean due to their tendency to be complacent with the current system. Fifth, a successful introduction of a change requires good teamwork of a thinker, an actor, and a coordinator. Sixth, a change takes time as it takes place through a step-by-step process. Seventh, an attempt for a change accompanies a negotiation with professors with different thoughts and views regarding education, and people who want a change need to be flexible in that negotiation. In addition to these seven points, people who are responsible for a change should be consistent and consider the renown of the school.

A Pilot Study on Developing a Patient Safety Curriculum Using the Consensus Workshop Method (환자안전 교육과정 개발 사례 연구)

  • Lee, Seung-Hee;Shin, Jwa-Seop;Huh, Nam-Hee;Yoon, Hyun Bae
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.151-158
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    • 2013
  • Patient safety is achieved through systematic improvement based on the knowledge and willingness of medical professionals. A systematic longitudinal curriculum for patient safety is essential to prepare medical students and professionals. The purpose of this article is to introduce our experience with a 'workshop for developing a patient safety curriculum' and to compare the results with previous studies. The workshop comprising 15 medical professors and patient safety experts met for 2 days. The Consensus Workshop method was applied, collecting opinions from all of the members and reaching consensus through the following stages: context, brainstorm, cluster, name, and resolve. The patient safety curriculum was developed by this method, covering patient safety topics and issues, and teaching and assessment methods. A total of 7 topics were extracted, 'activities for patient safety, concepts of patient safety, leadership and teamwork, error disclosure, self-management, patient education, policies.' Issues, teaching methods, and assessment methods were developed for each topic. The patient safety curriculum developed from the workshop was similar to previous curricula developed by other institutions and medical schools. The Consensus Workshop method proved to be an effective approach to developing a patient safety curriculum.

Influencing factors of satisfaction and revisiting intention of dental implant patients (치과 임플란트 환자의 만족감과 재이용 의사에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Lee, Jong-Hwa;Park, Chun-Man
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.983-990
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    • 2015
  • Objectives: The purpose of the study is to investigate the influencing factors of satisfaction and revisiting intention of dental implant patients. Methods: An interview and a self-reported questionnaire were completed by 190 patients in 10 dental clinics in Daegu, Gyeongbuk, and Gyeongnam from September 17 to October 31, 2015. The questionnaire consisted of the general characteristics of the subjects and satisfaction of implant. The instrument for implant interview was adapted form Pjetursson et al. by Likert 5 points scale. Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ in the study was 0.768. Data were analyzed by SPSS/AMOS version 21.0 program. Results: Cost satisfaction had direct effect on satisfaction of expectation and indirect effect on revisiting intent. Mastication satisfaction had the direct effect on satisfaction of expectation and revisiting intent, and indirect effect on revisiting intent. Satisfaction of aesthetic function had the direct effect on satisfaction of expectation, and the indirect effect on revisiting intent. Conclusions: The determining factors of successful dental implant included expenses, mastication function, and aesthetic satisfaction. The competent dental implant teamwork and appropriate expenses can satisfy the implant patients.