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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 1 (2006)
Encouraging Students to Take Responsibility for Their Own Grades: A Systematic Pedagogical Approach
Chewning, Richard C.
2006-05-01 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/2
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Students often asked, “Can I do extra work to bring my grade up?” If I said “No,” I would wonder, “Where is my redemptive compassion?” But to say “Yes” could be allowing the students to circumnavigate the consequences of not doing their best from the start. So I instituted a system that required the students to earn a preset number of points to achieve a specific grade. Points were assigned to each grading opportunity: pop quizzes; tests; term papers; book reports; etc. And there were minimum scores set to gain certain opportunities. This paper describes the process, and its results.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/7
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 1 (2006)
Bringing the Appellate Court to the Classroom
Bretsen, Stephen N.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/7
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This article describes the successful implementation of a classroom simulation exercise involving written and oral arguments before an intermediary court of appeals or a supreme court. The article first explains the mechanics of conducting an appellate moot court exercise and the resources available to professors and students. The article then discusses the pedagogical benefits of conducting an appellate moot court exercise.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/8
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 1 (2006)
Speaking the Language of Ethics; Can Biblically Centered Teaching Use the Ideas of the Philosophers?
Hoover Jr., Harwood
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/8
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This article describes a method for teaching business ethics using philosophical terms and ideas as it has been developed by a Protestant professor in a Catholic institution. In this approach, philosophy is used to identify issues which are then compared with Catholic teaching. A method is then developed for use in biblically centered Protestant schools. In the biblically centered Protestant approach, Scripture is the final authority and philosophy is used to frame and develop questions that are then asked of Scripture.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/9
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 1 (2006)
Business Classes Can Be Fun: Teaching Ponzi Schemes
Sayler, Larry W.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/9
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This paper provides specific suggestions for conducting a Ponzi scheme during a class session with students as the victims. It is suggested that by conducting such an exercise the students will (1) better understand Ponzi schemes, (2) internalize the concept that something that sounds too good to be true probably is, (3) gain a lifelong skepticism of financial scams, (4) realize how “get-rich-quick” schemes are contrary to God’s teachings, and (5) have fun.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/18
2018-04-11T12:08:52Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 10 (2015)
Enhancing Critical Thinking in Corporate Finance at a Christian University
Adams, Scott A.
Schiller, Valerie
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/18
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Critical thinking is one of the key components to higher education. Before covering specific decision-making areas involving capital budgeting, a lecture is presented in which various critical thinking ideas are outlined. The primary focus is on logical fallacies. We have developed a presentation which encourages students to examine the importance of critical thinking skills that are usable in both undergraduate and graduate corporate finance classes. The lecture could easily be modified for use in any business discipline where critical thinking and logical flaws is relevant.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/19
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 10 (2015)
Experiential Learning: Shareholder Engagement in a Student-Managed Investment Fund
Saunders, Kent T.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/19
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In many universities, innovations in financial education have allowed a movement beyond simulations to student management of real dollar funds. Through the investment of real money, students have the additional responsibility to act as stewards on behalf of their clients. When purchasing equities as part of their investment portfolio, students can practice real-life shareholder advocacy and engagement through socially responsible investing. The focus of this paper will be the experience of shareholder engagement within a student-managed investment fund at Anderson University. Specifically, this paper will detail the experience of attending actual annual meetings in person and online, completing corporate visits, proxy voting, and writing shareowner proposals.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/20
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 10 (2015)
Faith Integration in the Classroom: A Plural View
Dulaney, Emmett
Bates, Marvin O.
Berg, Patricia E.
Forbes, Barry
Gunn, Rebecca M.
Koontz, Richard
Mathern, Amber M.
Mullen, Kelly C.
Strifler, John F.
Thomas, Bradley J.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/20
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The topic of faith integration has been of interest to the higher education community for almost two centuries. Ten professors from ten different business schools collaborated during a Best Practices in College Teaching course to discuss faith integration, its importance in Christian universities, and ideas on implementation. Their writings on the topic were combined to form a guide to operationalizing faith integration. The resulting article seeks to demonstrate the imperative nature of integration within religious universities, focusing on schools of business. Practical ways of incorporating faith are also discussed, including three dimensions of integration. Assessment ideas and project proposals are included as well to aid professors in implementation.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/27
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 9 (2014)
Finding Management Principles of Leadership, Power, and Influence in the Story of Esther: A Faith Integration Assignment
Mays, Kathleen W.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/27
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This paper describes an assignment for a principles of management course which connects the leadership principles of power and influence and the story of Esther. Students are required to apply power/influence concepts, including sources of power, contingencies, influence tactics, and followers’ response to two main characters in the Esther story. Students then apply those concepts to a contemporary leader, preferably a personal acquaintance of theirs. The hope is that students will develop application skills and also discover that contemporary management principles are evident in biblical literature. Ideas are also shared for adapting this assignment to other management courses and other biblical characters.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 9 (2014)
Teaching the Gospel from Agency Theory in the Bible
Cafferky, Michael E.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/28
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The purpose of this paper is to show how the basic ideas of Agency Theory can be taught directly from the Bible through the use of biblical sheep-shepherd-hireling imagery and in so doing, naturally open an opportunity to lead business students to the call of the Gospel. To pursue this purpose, the paper will briefly review contemporary business scholarship on the concept of agency. Following this, the paper will consider evidence of Agency Theory from the biblical record focusing on the biblical foundations for caring for the economic asset of sheep, the work of the owner-shepherd, and the work of the hireling-shepherd. The paper will present a summary of the principles of agency as addressed in the Bible. Finally, the paper will present suggestions for how to integrate this material into the teaching-learning processes in the business school curriculum.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/30
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 9 (2014)
The Millennial Generation and Personal Accountability: Spiritual and Classroom Implications
Black, Janice A.
Smith, Yvonne S.
Keels, J. Kay
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/30
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A majority of students who currently populate university classrooms represent an age group that has been labeled “The Millennial Generation,” a generation widely believed to lack personal accountability. This paper discusses accountability in relation to Scripture and proposes that it is a personal quality that is important to an individual and to God. We then apply these ideas to characteristics of the Millennial Generation. Throughout the paper, we also introduce classroom techniques that are intended to teach accountability and are designed to appeal to Millennials.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/31
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 9 (2014)
Case Study: Tragic Kingdom? The Southern Baptist Convention Boycott of Walt Disney
MacDonald, Robert A.
McDonald, Katie
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/31
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In July 1998 the Walt Disney Company found itself embroiled in the midst of a consumer boycott spearheaded by the 16 million-member Southern Baptist Convention and supported by dozens of other organizations. With hard questions being asked regarding some elements of company performance, CEO Michael Eisner had to determine if the organization’s minimalist response to the boycott was effective or whether a new strategy was required. The narrative seeks to examine the impact of stakeholder opinion and action on the performance of a large publicly held corporation, and specifically tactical responses to the threat (and initiation) of consumer boycott activity.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/32
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 9 (2014)
Case Study: Allison Church, Acquisition and Cultural Assimilation in an Ecclesiastical Organization
MacDonald, Robert A.
Frazer, Tim
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/32
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This case examines the challenges associated with growth in a not-for-profit ecclesiastical organization with a specific emphasis upon expansion through merger/acquisition strategies and the cultural issues that must be addressed in these scenarios. The narrative outlines the experience of the church’s pastor, Dave Morehouse, as he wrestles with the challenges presented by congregational growth and seeks to deal with resistance to the change strategy he is seeking to implement in the face of environmental uncertainty.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/33
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 9 (2014)
Case Study: When the Golden Rule Yields No Gold
Zigarelli, Michael
Page, Gary
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/33
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Zach Jordan (a real person but not his real name), the owner of a small business in Connecticut, may not be able to compete any longer in the spring manufacturing industry. Overseas competition has put him at a significant cost disadvantage, and the losses continue to mount year after year. At the same time, he’s deeply committed to care for his handful of employees — people who are dependent on him and who he considers “family.” Now at a crossroads, he faces an apparent dilemma: (1) gamble $200,000 on rent to extend the jobs of his employee family or (2) liquidate the business while it’s still worth something, sending his employees to the unemployment line during a bad economy. There may be other, more attractive options and identifying them and selecting from among them is largely what this case is about. Framed from a Christian worldview, the case comes down to this: In an intensely competitive environment, how can we faithfully serve employee needs while effectively stewarding the business?
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/39
2018-04-11T12:05:21Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 8 (2013)
Kingdom Service via Service Learning for the Church: An Auditing Example
Poucher, David R.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/39
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This paper explores how a service-learning, group consulting project can be used to increase active learning by reinforcing textbook concepts as applied to an authentic client within the Kingdom of God. After reviewing the pedagogical advantages of Service Learning, service learning opportunities will be explored for various business disciplines related to Kingdom organizations. In addition, auditing class examples will be used illustrating how student groups, acting as consultants under the direction of their partner (the professor), research best practices, evaluate the client’s situation, and deliver a written analysis. The process uses research, iterative evaluation, self-critique, reflection, and cross-group sharing presentations.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/40
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 8 (2013)
Case Study: House of Blessing Ministry
Redmer, Timothy A. O.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/40
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House of Blessing is a non-profit, decision-oriented case featuring Community Chapel, a church participating in an outreach ministry to help those less fortunate by providing food and financial assistance. The church has been given an opportunity to acquire, at no cost, six modular units. However, the cost to get the trailers refurbished for their intended use is projected at $115,000. With a nationwide recession, the number of people in need is growing while contributions to the House of Blessing ministry and church are unstable. The church officers and board need to decide if they should secure the six modular units.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/41
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 8 (2013)
Case Study: Changing a Corporate Culture by Implementing a Compassionate Ministry Plan
Duncan, John B.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/41
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As CEO of Ultimate Support Systems, Inc., Jim Dismore, one of the original founding officers of Wal-Mart, developed a compassionate ministry plan, which became an integral part of the company’s business plan. Each year the company set aside one percent of gross receipts as “first fruits” to be used for ministry purposes. A corporate ministry team, comprised of 14 employees, determined how the ministry funds would be used both internally and externally. The compassionate ministry plan helped transform the culture of the organization and enabled Ultimate Support Systems to become an industry leader while truly functioning as a “business in ministry.”
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/52
2018-04-11T12:08:30Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 7 (2012)
Using Theories of Consumer Behavior in the Search for the Meaning of Life
Lantos, Geoffrey P.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/52
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This paper overviews classical traditional theories of consumer behavior and demonstrates their application in an introspective exercise to help students formulate a philosophy of life, with encouragement to adopt a God-centered worldview centering not on shallow personal values (e.g., material goods, pleasure, status, etc.) but rather on Christ’s values: loving and serving others, thereby loving and serving God. Students visualize what living life according to each of these theories and values entails. This demonstrates the theories’ personal relevance despite their flawed worldviews, and it assists students in becoming more enlightened human beings who live a purpose-driven life, pursuing God rather than shallow values that become idols.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/53
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 7 (2012)
The Silent Shapers of our Thoughts: The Relevance of the Concept of “Vision” in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis
Koch, Paul R.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/53
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This essay is an exploration of the meaning and significance of the concept of "vision" in economic analysis. It includes a definition of the term and its use by previous economists, its importance for the form and structure of economic inquiry, its relevance to an understanding of the debate over the future of the global economy in the wake of the financial crisis, and an examination of the nature of Christian reflection on this topic, particularly with respect to its significance for instructional design and the ongoing conversation about these issues within the church.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/54
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 7 (2012)
A Biblical Model for Teaching Personal Finance
Newell, Howard
Newell, Deborah
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/54
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A model is developed which may be used to teach personal finance based on a Christian worldview. The model is based on the concept of biblical stewardship and includes the stewardship of earning income as well as the stewardship of spending money. The article concludes with a set of contrasting statements which highlight how biblical perspectives radically change the way believers should understand and practice personal finance.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/55
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 7 (2012)
A Best-Practice, Integrated, Semester-Long Group Project in Corporate Finance
Poucher, David R.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/55
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This paper discusses and illustrates the use of an integrated, semester-long group project utilizing corporate finance concepts to a current public company. Within the fabricated context of being their consultants, groups must think critically in applying textbook theory to a non-conforming world, making decisions with their partner (the professor) using iterative evaluation and self-critique for decision making and presentation to this public client. The project involves data research, description of strategy, financial statement analysis, weighted average cost of capital, internal rate of return project evaluation, verbal presentation, and a comprehensive written report.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/56
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 7 (2012)
Modern Finance Through the Eye of Faith: Application of Financial Economics to the Scripture
Liang, Ernest P.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/56
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The tying of Scripture to key concepts in the science of modern finance offers important pedagogic value to students who appreciate the unqualified relevance of God’s living word in the pursuit of truth. In particular, modern finance as a behavioral science derives a body of knowledge from human psychology and decision rules that are also vividly displayed in biblical events, metaphors, and conducts of personalities. In addition, the Scriptural illustrations contain gems of Godly wisdom, incorporating moral-spiritual principles that are often ignored but, in fact, critical in crafting effective responses to the recurrent financial crises of today’s global economy.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/57
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 7 (2012)
Case Study: Honor and Remember
Redmer, Timothy A. O.
Roberts, Gary
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/57
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George Lutz is the father of Tony Lutz who was killed in action in Iraq approximately three years ago. George has been dealing with the grief of losing a son in battle and trying to find a way to bring honor to his son’s death and others who have died in battle. He was surprised to learn that 1.6 million of our country’s finest service men and women have died in battle since the founding of our country. He was equally surprised to learn that there has never been an official symbol to honor and remember the ultimate sacrifice of these heroes. George has come upon an idea to develop a flag specifically honoring and remembering the fallen heroes. He believes he would have to develop a not-for-profit organization to support this national movement. However, he is just one individual, with limited personal and financial resources, who has never worked in the not-for-profit arena. George does not have the expertise or knowledge on how to conduct such an extensive endeavor. The dilemma facing George is how to bring honor to our American heroes while at the same time not setting himself up for possible failure by taking on a movement which could quickly become much greater than he is capable of handling.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/61
2018-04-11T12:08:06Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 6 (2011)
John Wesley and the Goal of Maximizing Shareholder Wealth
Adams, Scott A.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/61
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This paper explores the use of John Wesley sermon number 50, “The Use of Money,” in corporate finance class when discussing shareholder wealth maximization. Wesley provides a framework to help keep the focus on good stewardship and away from greed. The paper will first provide the background as to why Wesley’s teaching is appropriate for wealth maximization. The paper will then demonstrate the use of this sermon in class.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/62
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 6 (2011)
Teaching Young Dogs Old Tricks! Management and Spiritual Lessons From America’s Most Selective School — Clown College
Sayler, Larry W.
Filby, Ivan L.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/62
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Our success in integrating faith and learning for a postmodern generation lies not in learning new tricks but using old evangelistic practices we learned when we first came to Christ. By doing so, we are teaching young dogs (our students) old tricks. The focus of this paper is on how one of the authors uses top 10 lists to tell his personal story to communicate business and spiritual principles. It begins with a discussion of top 10 lists and how they can be used effectively in a classroom. The main portion of the paper presents “Top 10 Lessons from America’s Most Selective College,” which communicates 10 important business and spiritual truths learned at Clown College. The final portion of the paper discusses how others might use personal stories to integrate faith and learning in the business classroom.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/63
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 6 (2011)
Toward Leading a Team: A New Script
Steen, Todd P.
VanderVeen, Steve
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/63
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In the classroom and in life, it is rare to find teams that perform to their potential. While scholarly papers addressing the issue of team building and leadership focus on knowledge and are theoretical in nature, this paper provides a script that professors can use over the course of a semester to instruct students on how to create productive teams. The script, however, is not a "cookbook” for team building; rather, it provides a process, ideas, and references for bonding people together in a common cause. Inherent in this script are values consistent with Christianity, collaboration, and servant leadership. Although this script is reflective of what happens in the classroom, it can be adapted for other venues such as teams and committees in the corporation and in the church.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/64
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 6 (2011)
Case Study: Greenhill College
Barram, Dirk
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/64
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Greenhill College is an organizational decision-making case study involving the financial stability of a fictitious small, private, religious liberal arts college with an enrollment of more than 2,000 students. Traditional, small liberal arts colleges, long a staple of the American higher education scene, are facing unprecedented challenges for survival. Steadily rising tuition costs, stiff competition for students, and escalating operational expenses represent just some of the pressures currently confronting Greenhill College. The college faces the immediate threat of an unbalanced budget, difficult decisions on financial and non-financial issues, and the need to manage possible morale issues. Finally, the administration must carefully address the potential of internal and external perceptions of the viability of Greenhill College.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/65
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 6 (2011)
Case Study: Truth Soul Armor
Redmer, Timothy A. O.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/65
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Truth Soul Armor is a new start-up company in need of an influx of additional venture capital up to $750,000 from an “angel” investor. Jeff Ray, the president of Truth Soul Armor, has already invested more than $500,000 of his own funds into the company over the last two years and needs resources from other investors to move to a full-time operational phase in anticipation of increased demand for their product. Truth Soul Armor, headquartered in San Clemente, Calif., is in the surfer and skater apparel business, which in the last 20 years has grown from insignificant to a $5 billion per year industry, serving a target market of youth from 15 to 24 that is more than 40 million strong. The surfer and skater apparel business is dominated by a few major players like Quicksilver and Billabong, with a lot of other companies from existing clothing companies wanting to expand and diversify to brand new start-ups like Truth hoping to gain a share of the market. A potential investor, John Martin (name is changed for confidentiality), is considering Truth Soul Armor as a potential venture capital investment of up to $750,000. After visiting with the company and its president, John is reviewing the business plan, sales forecasts, and financial condition of the company prior to making his decision. There are a multitude of both quantitative and qualitative issues that could play a role in the decision process.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/70
2018-04-11T12:07:35Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 5 (2010)
Introducing C.S. Lewis to the Business Ethics Student
Shelton, James G.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/70
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There is a tendency to compartmentalize morality which prevents consistent application of moral principles in business and personal life. To effectively teach business ethics from a Christian perspective, a morality informed by a Christian worldview must be integrated into all facets of the students’ lives. The idea that there are morals for business and morals for the rest of life must be shown to be false. One way to do this is to introduce students to C.S. Lewis’ writings on the “Law of Right and Wrong” to show the students that morality is real and is not relative. The purpose is not to turn a business ethics class into a class on Lewis but to introduce Lewis’ simple, but profound, ideas to the students in order to lay a foundation regarding the “Law of Right and Wrong” as students begin a discussion of business and morality.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/71
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 5 (2010)
Engaging Business Practitioners to Develop Students’ Faith and Talents
Wallace, Richard C.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/71
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Bringing business practitioners into our classrooms provides unique opportunities to develop our student’s faith and talents. We discuss the benefits of guest experts in terms of informing and inspiring our students as well as broadening our networks for internships, jobs, and philanthropy. We confront two challenges: 1) persuading the experts to come to offer advice, and 2) convincing the students to take it. We offer ten suggestions to maximize the benefits of engaging business experts in our classes.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 5 (2010)
Venture Out: An Entrepreneurial Introduction to Business
Lynn, Monty L.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/72
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Venture Out is a semester-long project which introduces elementary business skills and concepts from an entrepreneurial perspective. Student teams research and select a product to sell to students, create a mini-business plan, and present their plan to a board of judges from the business community. If their request is approved (up to $500), teams purchase and sell their product. After repaying the loan, teams donate their profits to a beneficiary and they reflect on their performance and lessons learned. Venture Out benefits students, the academic business program, and the community in tangible ways. Venture Out and other classroom-as-organization (CAO) programs are described.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 5 (2010)
An Interactive Interest Rate Activity for Financial Management
Halberg, Richard
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/73
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Students often have little understanding of appropriate interest rates, since textbook problems routinely provide a rate. In this activity, small groups establish interest rates and identify concerns for several realistic loan requests. This prepares the class for a brief lecture on interest rate components, including the risk-free rate and various risk premiums. Follow-up discussion of the loan requests and possible changes enables the instructor to assess the lecture’s effectiveness and misunderstandings. Biblical references to debt, interest, and usury can be used as a lead-in to the topic or as a follow-up to integrate Christian faith with this topic.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 5 (2010)
Using Demonstration Experiments to Illustrate the Pitfalls of Unintentional Moral Relativism
Kellaris, James J.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/74
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Unintentional moral relativism (UMR) is a judgmental phenomenon involving inadvertent misapplication of an ethical standard believed to be objective or absolute. It occurs when a decision maker intends to apply an ethical standard, but circumstances change the application of the standard without the decision-maker’s awareness, such that the standard is inadvertently misapplied. Research evidence and classroom experience show that even individuals who ascribe strongly to moral absolutes are prone to the pitfalls of UMR. This article offers three examples of experiments that can be done as classroom demonstrations to illustrate proneness to circumstantial biases that can influence students’ ethical judgment.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 5 (2010)
Just Pay It? Bribery and Higher Education in the Czech Republic
Mays, Kathleen W.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/75
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The fall of communism in the Czech Republic brought great opportunity in higher education. New legislation allowed for legally recognized private colleges and universities. However, the legal changes did not erase the entrenched structures of political corruption and bribery. What does it “cost” to pay a bribe? On the other hand, what does it cost not to pay the bribe? That was the question facing Richard Smith. As a Christian administrator of a secular college in post-communist Czech Republic, Smith had to decide whether to pay the relatively small bribe to the judge for the much-needed accreditation.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 5 (2010)
Case Study: Herr Foods Inc.
Redmer, Timothy A. O.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/76
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This case takes a unique inside look into the issues and decision process facing a company in the snack-food industry at a time of increased scrutiny regarding the health issues of certain foods, diets, and lifestyles. The fast-food industry already appears to be a target of interest, and actions have begun by fast-food companies and markets to counteract public perception. Will the snack-food industry encounter the same challenges? Do companies need to be taking a proactive or wait-and-see approach to the health and lifestyle related issues? Herr Foods top management, with a particular emphasis in the marketing and operations area, have been addressing the health food issue with a continuous review of their product line, operating procedures, new product development, and marketing strategies. A decision needs to be made by top management regarding the introduction of more health sensitive snack foods.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/81
2018-04-11T12:03:36Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 4 (2009)
Microeconomic Applications to the Bible: An extension to Stamm’s arguments in 2001
Chan, Alan
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/81
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Stamm (2001) suggests examples of how we can draw economic applications from the Bible. The present paper follows Stamm’s idea and suggests additional examples that Christian instructors can use in an introductory microeconomics classroom.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 4 (2009)
Case Study: James Jewelers
Redmer, Timothy A. O.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/82
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James Jewelers is a critical decision case involving Bob and Bonnie James, owners of James Jewelers in Spartanburg, South Carolina. This case accurately reflects dilemmas frequently faced by entrepreneurs in the highly competitive retail markets. The very survival of James Jewelers and the financial stability of Bob and Bonnie are dependent on a correct decision regarding the future of James Jewelers. Bob and Bonnie have been working in the jewelry business for 20 years and are in the midst of experiencing their second failure. With debt concerns, shrinking inventory, and a lost lease, Bob has to decide whether to throw in the towel and look for other forms of employment, or try to start over. Bob’s values and beliefs enter into the decision as he feels a strong obligation to repay his debt and continue to provide a quality product and service to devoted customers. Some suppliers and many customers have stuck with James Jewelers for a number of years, and Bob feels that quitting would be a disservice to those who had faith in him. However, the financial condition of his operation continues to deteriorate. Sometimes staying in business could change a condition from bad to worse and even more people could be negatively impacted by an unsuccessful operation. Then again, if he can turn the business around, there is a greater probability that Bob can make good on his obligations. Bob and Bonnie need to decide quickly if they want to try to save or discontinue the operation of James Jewelry.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/88
2018-04-11T12:03:16Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 3 (2008)
Spirituality in the Classroom: Two Integration Exercises For Management (and other) Classes
Smith, Yvonne S.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/88
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How can a professor intentionally create space for the Spirit in a business class? One way is to use exercises and assignments that integrate a spiritual dimension into class content. This paper presents two exercises that students have found to be beneficial in “learning in righteousness.” Teaching notes are included. The exercises have been tested in management classrooms but can be adapted for many business classes.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 3 (2008)
Introducing the Ambassador Scorecard: A Christian Approach to HR Professional Excellence
Pregitzer, Michael
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/89
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This paper describes a framework – the Ambassador Scorecard – that Christian human resource professionals can use to help them evaluate their vocational success. Similar to other balanced scorecard methods, this framework offers a “performance dashboard” and holistic approach measuring success based on four parameters: business knowledge, human resource expertise, cultural awareness, and Christian calling. This paper discusses the key elements of the Ambassador Scorecard, describes its use in the classroom, and discusses applications to other business disciplines. Most importantly, this paper will hopefully encourage HR professionals to pursue excellence in their vocation while maintaining accountability to Christ.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 3 (2008)
Case Study: Cardone Industries: Chaplain Program
Redmer, Timothy A. O.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/90
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Cardone Industries – Chaplain Program presents a decision situation where top management had to choose between cost reduction and preserving a visible representation of corporate culture. Over 20 years ago the company founder, Michael Cardone, had implemented a corporate chaplain program to enhance the “Cardone Factory Family” culture of the organization. Over the years, the chaplain service had expanded with the growth of the business to become much more than a religious support system. While the current staff of seven chaplains plus support staff had established several ethnic churches, they also assisted with basic employee needs including medical, social service support, financial, various governmental services, and domestic issues. The program supported benevolence funds, musical groups, family nights, cultural events, sporting activities, and employee recognition programs and awards. An outside consulting group spent 18 months evaluating the overall operations of Cardone Industries in the interest of making the company more competitive and better able to withstand the pressures of the market, competitors, suppliers, and economy with the objective of improving the financial viability of the organization. One of the first recommendations from the consulting group was for Cardone to save an annual cost of $600,000 by eliminating the Chaplain Program. Members of the top management team were both for and against the consultant’s recommendation. Sentiments ran high on both sides and current president Michael Cardone Jr. would have a difficult time reaching a decision.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 2 (2007)
The Integration of Family Stability into Income Distribution Measures: A Teaching Methodology
Ritchey, Barry
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/99
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Many of our students have experienced the internal cost of family instability. Out of wedlock births, divorce and separations have imposed substantial psychic cost upon them. The purpose of this paper is to expose them to the more macroeconomic external cost of family instability. The teaching method illustrated here provides a visual lesson on the external cost created by family dissolutions.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 2 (2007)
Bringing Truth, Joy, and Eternity into the Classroom: Using Perfume to Teach Introductory Marketing
Filby, Ivan L.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/100
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This paper explains how to reinforce the teaching of basic marketing concepts through a simple group experiential exercise. After dividing the class into small groups, the exercise involves spraying perfume on students’ wrists and instructing each group to develop a marketing plan that targets the segment of the market that they consider to best fit the perfume product. The paper clearly outlines how to prepare and run the exercise, some perfumes that the instructor might consider using, and what students will learn about marketing through the exercise. The paper concludes with some ideas on how to integrate our Christian faith into the learning experience.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 2 (2007)
Case Study: The Zambia Medical Mission: An Operations Management Perspective
Pope, Don
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/101
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The Zambia Medical Mission is an annual short term medical mission conducted in the remote bush of southern Zambia, providing medical treatment and ministry to thousands of people each year. Planning and executing this large-scale project embodies many opportunities for application, teaching, and learning of operations management techniques within a Christian mission context.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 2 (2007)
Case Study: The Corporate Blame Game: Firestone Tires and the Ford Explorer
Phillips, Mark
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/102
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This case focuses on ethical decision-making during a corporate crisis. Recounting the Ford Explorer/Firestone tire case of 2001, it places students in the boardrooms of the two companies, corporate partners for close to a century who suddenly found themselves fighting for survival. The case includes extensive background information on which to base a decision, questions for use in preparing the case write-up, and a detailed teaching note to simplify class preparation. In classroom testing, this case generated lively debate and convincingly demonstrated the difficulty of objectively interpreting data when one’s corporate survival is at stake.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 2 (2007)
Case Study: R. W. Beckett Corporation: Corporate Culture
Redmer, Timothy A. O.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/103
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This case introduces strategic, integrity, and lifestyle issues that make it a suitable case in any class featuring strategic management or ethics discussions. It could be a good case for a capstone course such as strategic planning or an introductory management course. The application of this case has relevance for strategic management and business ethics theory and processes. Regarding strategic management organizational culture is the most relevant issue related to this case scenario. In the area of business ethics, this case could also be presented to support corporate culture. Other secondary topics which might be applicable to the case study include competitive advantage, corporate governance, internal and external environment, product strategy, leadership, and social responsibility.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/425
2016-04-14T14:26:22Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 11 (2016)
Case Study: Ocean Beach Animal Shelter
Redmer, Timothy A. O.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/425
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Ocean Beach Animal Shelter is a nonprofit decision case featuring a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization experiencing serious board and CEO leadership problems that are endangering the organization’s mission achievement effectiveness and long-term viability. The main protagonists in the case are the Executive Director Corella McGill, recently appointed Board President Kitty Sitter, community volunteer Mary Ann White and her husband Max White.
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2016-04-14T13:54:51Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 11 (2016)
What's Done is Donne: Great Books Programs and the Business Student
Smith, Yvonne S.
Chun, Douglas
Chandler, Timothy
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/426
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Students who graduate from contemporary business schools, including faith-based schools, are increasingly found to have low ethical standards, inadequate soft skills, and a decreasing ability to integrate. For universities where ethics and Biblical integration are central to the mission, this is very disturbing. This paper describes an unusual program-level model that could reduce these problems: a modified Great Books pedagogy. Is such a program suitable for a business school? The article describes Great Books programs and illustrates with one located at a Christian university. Arguments for and against using this pedagogy in the business school are discussed. The paper ends with the personal impressions of a business professor and business student who participated in a Great Books program.
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2016-04-14T14:27:52Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 11 (2016)
Personal Strategic Plan: An Innovative Assignment for the Undergraduate Capstone Strategy Course
Mays, Kathleeen W.
Daake, Don D.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/427
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In undergraduate business education, the high expectation and hope is that students will graduate prepared to meet the challenges of a complex business work world. Most business schools offer the capstone Business Strategy course, which typically includes a combination of lectures and exercises with a heavy emphasis on case studies and industry analysis, as well as one of the Strategy Game simulations. We believe the Strategy course can be improved by using the Personal Strategic Plan (PSP), an exercise requiring students to apply analytical tools to their own lives and career plans. We offer background on the Strategy course, challenges and opportunities, a description of the PSP, and student feedback.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/449
2018-06-11T14:19:10Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 12 (2017)
An Tobar Nua A Strategic Mix of Mission and Business
Locke, Larry G.
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/449
Kelly and Susan Curry had a tough decision to make. In the summer of 2015 their Galway, Ireland based businesses were all well-staffed and running smoothly. Profits had never materialized for the Curries but, nonetheless, both were both excited about the new opportunity they faced. They had been presented with the idea of expanding part of their missional work, particularly their work in secondary religious education retreats, throughout the Republic of Ireland. Should they move forward with the expansion immediately or first seek to strengthen the financial performance of the businesses? If they were to focus on generating profits in the businesses, what strategic changes should they make to achieve that goal?
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2017-04-23T20:49:15Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 12 (2017)
“Gain all You Can, Save all You Can, Give all You Can”: An Exercise in Giving
Tippens, T. Kyle
Lynn, Monty L.
Litton, James D.
Brister, Jozell
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/450
Theologically-informed approaches to giving are critical to faith-based business curricula, yet few resources are available for use in personal financial planning or other courses to expose students to the practice of giving. Based on a recently developed model of giving (Brister, Litton, Lynn, and Tippens, 2016), we offer background content for discussion and an exercise to catalyze thinking and practice about lifetime giving from a Christian perspective.
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2020-10-23T13:35:12Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 13 (2018)
Value Functions, Fostering and Kingdom Gains
Wick, Katherine
2018-03-26 10:25:12
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/479
Behavioral economics is rising in popularity in American classrooms, and its discussion is relevant to students across business, public health, social sciences, and the humanities. As professors teach about loss aversion and risk, we introduce students to the kinked value function as an important part of prospect theory. In this paper, I will show a Kingdom-based approach to teaching about value functions in the context of the foster care system where there exists a crisis of capacity. It is only when Christians place their reference point in the Kingdom that risky endeavors show returns that outweigh losses.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 13 (2018)
Lifelong Learning in Christian Business Education: A Framework and Case Study
Liang, Ernest P.
2018-03-26 10:25:45
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/480
Christ-centered business education aims to build Christ-honoring character in Christians engaging the marketplace. Effective faith-work integration requires a proper understanding of biblical precepts (orthodoxy) and their proper applications (orthopraxy). When professionals progress through their careers, the contextual emphasis and significance of orthopraxy inevitably evolves. A framework of a pedagogy that will properly address the lifelong learning needs of Christian professionals should incorporate the mission goals of competence, discernment, stewardship, and community as borne out in Jesus’ commissioning of his disciples in Matthew 10. A survey of existing institution-based faith-learning initiatives reveals an overall scarcity of programs addressing the dynamic, multidimensional nature of lifelong learning needs of marketplace professionals. The Center for Christianity in Business at Houston Baptist University is one program that aims to address the diverse, changing needs in the life cycle of Christian business professionals. A review of the program’s progresses and challenges shows the promises of such initiatives and helps raise the awareness of the need for more participation by and collaboration among faith-based business programs. Christian business professionals can be effective agents in the redemptive work for the Kingdom only if they are properly equipped as they grow and mature as emissaries of Christ in the marketplace. As these equipping opportunities remain largely outside the scope of traditional business pedagogy, a lifelong learning pedagogy is required to answer the needs of Christians in the marketplace.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 14 (2019)
Teaching Love as the Foundation for Business Communication: A Strategy for Spiritual Formation and Concept Cohesion
Iluzada, Christina
2019-02-22 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/498
When teaching business communication, Christian faculty can integrate the virtue of love to help students cultivate ethical reasoning and bring cohesion to disparate writing and speaking assignments. “How can you love your audience?” is a central question around which a spiritually formative business communication class can be built. In answering this question in a variety of contexts, students practice cultivating an othersoriented focus in their communication, which provides a cohesive foundation for practical instruction.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 14 (2019)
Writing Devotions for the Classroom
Snider, Joseph
2019-02-22 09:46:01
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/500
For faculty considering faith integration in the classroom, devotion time is one of the best opportunities to share and engage with the student about God and Scripture. There is a lack of literature on writing devotions for the classroom. This paper adds a possible structure for online and onsite business devotions. Preparing students with reflective questions for reading and absorbing devotional material is useful for their entire lives.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 14 (2019)
Research Opportunities Featuring Christian Businesses: Case Teaching Notes, Tackling the Hard Part First
Redmer, Timothy A. O.
2019-02-22 09:45:13
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/501
When conducting research, the author often has a preconceived idea on what is the likely outcome. With basic research, there is generally a stated hypothesis, and the research sets out to either prove or disprove this hypothesis. With applied research, data collection is often used, and there is some expectation on what the results will be. In case studies, a less familiar research area, results can be entirely different than expected for a variety of reasons, some of which could be totally unforeseen by the author. This increased uncertainty can make the research process more enticing or have a severe detrimental impact on the study to the point of curtailing the case study altogether.
oai:cbfa-cbar.org:article/531
2020-02-04T18:00:52Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 15 (2020)
Instilling Christian Principles of Business Success in the Classroom
Forsyth, Joetta
2020-02-04 09:22:33
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/531
This paper illustrates how seven Christian principles create success: the admission of fallibility and forgiveness, individual responsibility to others and to the community, respect for all individuals, respect for private property, the emphasis on ethical principles over legalism, honesty, and leadership accountability. This paper shows that these principles contributed to the prosperity of the United States economy and businesses and suggests how these principles can be incorporated into business school classrooms.
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2020-02-04T18:00:52Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 15 (2020)
Bridging the Teacher-Student Divide: A Multimedia Approach to Reach Digital Native Learners
Holbrook, Jr., Robert L. (Lenie)
Lean, Emily R.
2019-11-02 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/532
Today’s higher education classroom is unique from previous generations. Attention spans are limited. Students are more interested in technology and social media than reading. Many critics question the value of higher education. While faith-based schools emphasize programs that are distinctively Christian, the calling to “come out and be separate” does not preclude the use of secular tools to promote effective learning. We present a multimedia pedagogy as an effective approach to student learning. Suggestions and examples are offered for implementation.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 15 (2020)
Grace vs. Grit: Reaching, Teaching and Preparing Today’s Christian Learner
Firesestone, Steve
Waddell, Jane Waddeddeddell
Patterson, Kathleen
2019-11-02 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/533
The higher education landscape has changed dramatically over the past 30 years with the number of students enrolled in colleges and universities doubling from 10 to 20 million during this time (Holzer & Baum, 2017). In addition to the change in the student population, there has been a major change in the method of instruction in higher education. Today, one of four students take some or all their courses online (National Center for Education Statistics, 2018). Professors and administrators need to become familiar with how to best aid students and how to best balance providing grace to students while also challenging them to achieve their best and holding them accountable.
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2020-02-04T18:00:52Z
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 15 (2020)
The Peter Process and Pedagogy: Applying Biblical Truth to Business Education
Schmidt, Gary
2020-02-04 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/534
In a time where suicide and cynicism are pervasive, we must prepare graduating seniors to forge ahead into a truly meaningful life. A capstone undergraduate course (at a Christian liberal arts university) led students in personalizing a biblical model for lifelong character growth. A diverse set of readings, assignments, and discussions helped students understand and embrace this virtue cycle that Peter expressed in the language of his time.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 15 (2020)
Character Formation in Online Education Book Review and Reflection
Sullivan, Holly K.
2020-02-04 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/535
In recent years, higher education has experienced a trend toward online learning. This atmosphere presents a challenge to instructors who want to keep the rigor of a traditional classroom while navigating the demands of an online landscape and facilitating connections with students. In Character Formation in Online Learning, Jung (2015) attempts to illustrate methods in which character can be formed in an online environment that meets or surpasses the depth of a traditional classroom experience.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 16 (2021)
The Briarwood Ballet: An Artistic Expansion
Schnarr, Karin; Wilfrid Laurier University
Henrique, Kathryn
Carson, Chad; Samford University
2021-01-29 16:24:48
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/564
Synopsis: Briarwood Ballet in Birmingham, Alabama, was a non-profit organization that provided classical ballet and contemporary dance classes under a mission of spreading the Christian gospel through dance. In late 2015 Executive Director Peggy Townes was considering whether Briarwood Ballet should attempt to target a wider, more secular audience through additional performances. A move in this direction would have administrative, artistic, staffing, and financial implications. It could also heighten the tension between the religious mission of the organization and Peggy’s desire to have Briarwood Ballet be viewed as a professional ballet troupe with quality equal to that of secular dance companies. Research Methodology: This field case was written based on first-person interviews conducted over a period of four months (January to April, 2015) with follow-up interviews (October and December, 2015). These interviews were conducted both in person and over the phone, with follow-up information provided through email. In addition, Briarwood Ballet provided source documents, including financial, marketing, and administrative material. The case authors also used the company’s external website (http://briarwood.org/ballet) as a source of information as well as secondary sources to gain insight into the overall industry and the Birmingham community. None of the information provided in the case is disguised. Relevant Courses and Levels: This case would be most appropriate for capstone courses in strategic/general management for undergraduate students. It would also be highly applicable for specialized business courses in nonprofit management and arts management. It can be positioned early on in a strategic management course to help students get familiar with case analysis while focusing on the role of a mission in an organization. It is designed to be used in a 75-90-minute class. Theoretical Basis: This case is focused on the role of mission and vision in nonprofits as linked to strategic analysis and planning. It builds on a number of theoretical models related to mission analysis and strategy creation as outlined in detail in the instructor’s manual.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 16 (2021)
Making Personal Finance Personal: The Use Of Service-Learning In Personal Finance Classes
Trent, Colene
2021-02-04 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/569
Service-learning integrates community service and classroom instruction and promotes civic awareness and significant learning. This paper describes an innovation in pedagogy through a service-learning project within personal finance classes at a Christian university. In this project, college students create art projects explaining basic personal finance concepts to second graders and lead an interactive lesson at a local school. This project provides an example of biblical financial stewardship through giving of one’s money, time, and talents.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 16 (2021)
Lying Fallow in a Restless World: Using the Bible to Explain the Implications of Rest in Economics
Barnhart, Cora
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/570
Economic courses pay little attention to the economic implications of insufficient rest. This paper identifies several biblical references to the role of rest with economic implications, examining what the Bible says about the importance of rest for creation and contrasting this with the economic consequences of inad- equate rest. It also provides some specific areas of economics courses where incorporating these connections between biblical guidance on rest and actual examples could be meaningful to students.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 16 (2021)
Disciples Discipling Disciples: Implementing Examples of Jesus’s Leadership Lessons
Kelly, Patrick
Stuebs, Martin
2021-02-04 20:36:46
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/571
Jesus provides many leadership and discipleship lessons that are applicable to today’s accounting and business students and business leaders. In this paper, we offer instructional resources to better disciple students in the classroom and better prepare them to disciple others they will encounter and lead. We provide four reflection learning assignments that have students consider how they can build their discipleship charac- teristics by studying Jesus’s teachings in the Sermon on the Mount, his examples, and the examples of Christian business leaders who have discipled others. The resources are intended to help instructors and students disciple disciples as disciples of Christ.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 16 (2021)
Radical Candor: A Review
Gatlin, J. Brad
2021-02-07 10:47:37
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/572
Review of:
Scott, Kim. (2019). Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Fully Revised & Updated Edition. St. Martin’s Press. 297 pages.
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Vol 16 (2021)
Interest Rates, Investments, Microfinance, Insurance, and Risk Management through the Lens of Scripture: Biblical Faith Integration in a Financial Markets and Institutions Course
Roller, Robert H.
2021-02-07 11:00:56
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/573
This paper illustrates an approach to encouraging students to integrate biblical concepts with course material in a financial markets and institutions course. The importance of biblical integration is presented along with five faith integration exercises concerning interest rates, investments, microfinance, insurance, and risk management. A teaching guide is included for each exercise.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 17 (2022)
Fury and Honor in the Palace: Faith Integration in Organizational Behavior Using the Book of Esther
Underwood, Julia
Roller, Robert
Burns, Alan
2022-02-28 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/606
This paper provides an example of discipline-specific biblical faith integration in an Organizational Behavior course through a series of eight faith-integration exercises and a final integrative assignment based on a single book of the Bible, Esther. This approach encourages students to have meaningful dialogue about important biblical concepts as applied to business and management, thus raising their moral and biblical consciences and contributing to their whole-person development. The benefits of this approach are discussed, and the faith-integration assignments and sample responses are included.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 17 (2022)
Creative Instruction in Accounting: Introducing and Analyzing Audit Evidence Through the Case for Christ
Abraham, Santhosh
Miller, Karen
2022-02-28 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/607
This paper presents an example of a creative instruction case for an auditing course that utilizes an analogy of the evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Following Belief Perseverance Theory (BPT), the case builds upon students’ prior knowledge and Christian worldview of the evidence of the resurrection of Christ to enhance and support the learning and discussion of audit evidence and professional skepticism in the accounting field.
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Vol 17 (2022)
The Econlowdown Educational Platform of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Shankle, David
2022-02-28 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/608
As Christian business faculty seek to adopt new technologies that improve student engagement and learning, a tool offered through the Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) of St. Louis deserves consideration. This review offers a summary of Econlowdown, an online learning resource offered by the Fed of St. Louis. The tool can be utilized in a traditional face-to-face format, an online format, or a hybrid format.
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Vol 17 (2022)
An Tobar Nua II: Scaling the Mission
Locke, Larry
Tristan, Alejejandra
Witten, Reagan
2022-02-28 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/615
Since the first An Tobar Nua case study was published in the Christian Business Academy Review in 2017, Kelly and Susan Curry have continued to build the brand within Galway, Ireland, by operating the café, baking their famous cookies, selling books, providing counseling services, and conducting student retreats. Now the Currys feel called to expand the student retreat ministry to all of Ireland, but the business continues to rely heavily on donations from abroad. Are they financially able to grow the business to the scale required to reach the whole country? What strategic financial choices can the Currys make to fund the growth needed to fulfill this new mission?
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 18 (2023)
My Fulbright Experience: International Teaching during Times of Pandemic and War
Saunders, Kent
2023-02-21 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/635
This paper provides a first-person account of my experience in the Fulbright Scholar program and the lessons learned about teaching internationally, responding to crisis, and understanding the role of faith in seeking guidance and direction during uncertain times. My Fulbright experience took place during the 2021-2022 academic year. During my Fulbright, I was able to live in both Chisinau, Moldova, and Bucharest, Romania. I was able to visit 15 additional cities in Moldova, five additional cities in Romania, and one city in Ukraine. Teaching and research were an important part of my experience, but I learned so much more about myself, about people, about language, about culture, and about history.
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Vol 18 (2023)
A Framework for Teaching Business from a Christian Worldview
Shankle, David
2023-02-21 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/636
Business faculty at Christian colleges and universities are oftentimes challenged to teach from a Christian worldview. It can be difficult to teach from a Christian worldview without a structure or framework for doing so. This article will define a Christian worldview then offer a framework consisting of five questions that can be answered through a creation, fall, redemption, and restoration narrative for business faculty to employ in their respective disciplines. This framework will be explained theoretically, and then some practical applications will be provided.
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Vol 18 (2023)
Incorporating Biblical Motivations into a Business Analytics Course
Pan, Kevin
Kirkpatrick, Nathan
2023-02-21 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/637
Business schools have been developing data analytics courses to meet industry demand. However, a main challenge is that business students lack motivations to learn analytics. In this article, we offer suggestions and scriptural examples on how the Bible can be a rich source for Christian faculty to provide motivation for students to master the learning objectives in analytics courses as the development of a sound mind is deeply rooted in the Bible and God’s Truth.
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Christian Business Academy Review
Vol 18 (2023)
Using Stories of White-Collar Crime to Teach Accounting Students about Ethical Dilemmas and Faith Integration
Lambert, Tara
Li-Kuehne, Michelle
LaShaw, Margie
2023-02-21 00:00:00
url:http://cbfa-cbar.org/index.php/cbar/article/view/638
This study presents a unique technique of creating awareness of white-collar crime by allowing students to interact with actual criminals via Zoom©. After hearing stories about fraud, students completed a survey and wrote reflection papers. Results show that the interaction with stories from the criminals made students more aware of ethical dilemmas and their anticipated responses. Some students articulated the importance of drawing on their Christian faith to make the right decision in these situations.