Teaching Business LO19340 -Call for papers

w.gijselaers (W.Gijselaers@EDUC.UNIMAAS.NL)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 09:30:27 +0000 (EZT)

Call for Papers

6th Annual EDINEB International Conference

Teaching Today the Knowledge of Tomorrow

June 23 - 26, 1999

The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Bergen, Norway

In the world of today, change is said to be the only constant. Knowledge
travels fast, through a variety of distribution channels, many of which
were unknown only a few years ago. Therefore, knowledge can be a highly
perishable commodity. An important objective of the dissemination of
knowledge will always be to ensure that it arrives fresh after the
shortest possible route. Academic research within the areas of business
administration and economics has often been criticized by the business
community, which claims that much of it is mainly directed at the
establishment of researchers themselves, who reply to and discuss it
within the establishment instead of distributing it to the business
community. Students may often wonder whether they are studying yesterday's
knowledge, instead of being continuously updated on current and relevant
research. The proliferation of learning opportunities (for example
Technology Information) today, makes learning for tomorrow even more
complicated. In our global society, success or failure in business
frequently depends on which party has the most current knowledge of the
issues and facts involved.

As universities and corporations attempt to prepare management to be alert
to future changes, improved, and even brand new teaching methodologies are
required. The main focus of the sixth EDINEB conference will be on the
distribution and selection of new knowledge. How can business educators
deliver new knowledge to students and the business community more rapidly
than before? How should we define the core business curriculum when new
knowledge becomes old knowledge?

Suggested topics for paper presentations, as well as interactive
workshops, demonstrations, poster sessions, and round-table discussions,
are the following themes:

- partnerships between business and academic research
- project-based, action-based and problem-based learning
- distance education
- technology supported learning
- on-the-job training programs in business and economics
- entrepreneurship programs in business-school curricula
- selection of business curriculum contents
- postgraduate education

Abstracts

Abstracts (500 word maximum) should contain author(s) name(s),
title/position, institution, address, telephone, fax number, and email
address. Abstracts will be published in the official program. No author's
name may appear in more than two abstract submissions. Abstract submissions
should be received on or before November 20, 1998.
Authors will be notified of status regarding abstracts mid January 1999. Send
abstracts (preferably by email) to:

Email: EDINEB@FACBURFDEW.UNIMAAS.NL

Fax: ++31 43 3213137

Papers

A selection of conference papers will be considered for publication in the
EDINEB series: "Educational Innovation in Economics and Business", Volume 6,
published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.

More information about EDINEB is available at our Website:

HTTP://WWW.UNIMAAS.NL/~EDINEB

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