A Masters degree in Business Administration by distance learning

A Web-based Distance Learning System in Business Administration Experiences from an Inter-Nordic Course

The paper presents a specially constructed Web-based tool, WebGPSS, developed in Sweden, for teaching business students simulation. The tool includes a Java Applet that provides a Graphical Users Interface, by which the student can build a simulation model of a system, such as an inventory system. The model is then run on a remote server, which then sends result graphs and tables over the Web t...

Introducing Problem-Based Learning in a Joint Masters Degree: Offshoring Information Technologies

A young offshore software industry has grown up in Morocco. The University of Brest has set up a network of major software companies and Moroccan universities, providing two mobility schemes towards France. Both schemes include a final internship on the French side of global companies, with preemployment on the Moroccan side – a successful internship being the key that opens the door to recruit...

Lessons Learned from Developing a New Distance-Learning Masters Course in the Green Economy

It is widely recognised that for the green economy to develop successfully, new educational curricula will be required to help professionals develop appropriate knowledge and skills. Relatively few university courses have been developed to date that explicitly focus on the green economy, reflecting its recent origins. Here we present the lessons learned from developing and implementing a new Ma...

Supply Chain Leagility and Performance of Humanitarian Organizations in Kenya by Sylvia Wangari Kuria a Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements of the Degree of Masters of Business Administration, School of Business, University of Nairobi November 2014

Imitation and Translation in the Travel of a Global Education Model: the Case of the Masters in Business Administration

Using the lens of Institutional Logics this paper considers the diffusion and translation of the Anglo American MBA as a global idea in China. The application of Institutional Logics allows us to review the conclusions of Mazza et al., (2007) and Clegg et al., (2005), who stress the prevalence of local translations of the MBA as it travels globally. Our study highlights two dominant institution...