Managerial Sciences Faculty Publications Copyright (c) 2013 Georgia State University All rights reserved. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/managerialsci_facpub Recent documents in Managerial Sciences Faculty Publications en-us Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:55:09 PST 3600 An Empirical Investigation of Student Evaluations of Instruction - The Relative Importance of Factors http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/managerialsci_facpub/2 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/managerialsci_facpub/2 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:45:21 PST We analyzed over 100,000 student evaluations of instruction over four years in the college of business at a major public university. We found that the original instrument that was validated about 20 years ago is still valid, with factor analysis showing that the six underlying dimensions used in the instrument remained relatively intact. Also, we found that the relative importance of those six factors in the overall assessment of instruction changed over the past two decades, reflecting changes in the expectations of the current millennial generation of students. The results were consistent across four subgroups studied – Undergraduate Core, Undergraduate Non-Core, Graduate Core and Graduate Non-Core classes, with minor differences. Student Motivation (the instructor’s ability to motivate students) and grading/assignments (fairness and objectivity of grading practices) have superseded presentation ability in relative importance as indicators of overall teaching effectiveness. Our study has implications for teachers in terms of the appropriate areas to focus on for improving their teaching practices.

]]> Satish Nargundkar et al. Insights into the Strategic Sourcing Decision: Understanding Buyer- Supplier Relationships http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/managerialsci_facpub/1 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/managerialsci_facpub/1 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:03:21 PST The wide range of products and services that are being sourced today has made the company’s procurement organization an increasingly important function. The complexities of managing sourcing options is greater than ever making the procurement function critical for overcoming an increasingly global, complex and uncertain sourcing environment. This paper discusses an overview of relevant sourcing models and their importance for establishing a strategic sourcing decision, how buyer-supplier relationships play a key role in the strategic sourcing decision and key attributes of the various models for strategic sourcing. We illustrate the diversity of the sourcing choices with four strategic procurement scenarios that motivate the development of solid strategic sourcing decisions. The material is presented as a teaching document from a point of view that is integrative of key sourcing paradigms and is written from a context that is readily understandable.

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