Business and Accounting, College Majors that Employers Plan to Hire
This is based on a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ (NACE) 2012 Job outlook. The study asked 1,000 employers on their future hiring plans. Business majors made it to the top with 83% of the employers plan to recruit them, Accounting and Information Science placed second for they accounted for [...]
The Rationality and Irrationality of Business
Business administration is a science. That means, we cannot just rely on gut feeling. We need a systematic approach in business, a scientific approach. Either quantitatively or qualitatively, they must be scientific. We plan, set goals, allocate resources, control behaviors, and evaluate what have been done. It is rational thinking. However, business administration is also [...]
Dokwayne.com, One Year and Counting…
Today a year ago, dokwayne.com was launched with no idea in mind what to post, how, and why. Dokwayne was supposedly docwayne, taken from “wayne,” my nickname that I based it on the name of a good friend. Wayne can be the shortened form of Sherwin. Dok is from the word doctor. I am a [...]
Feasibility Study Presentation
Feasibility study presentations are just around the corner. This year’s batch of business proposals are simpler than those of the previous years even since my college years. What makes them different? They will be executed next semester. What does it mean? The business plans will not be forever plans. They will put into actual implementation. [...]
Socioeconomic Model of Micro and Small Entrepreneurship
by: Sherwin Ragos A business is an entity that has a distinct personality apart from its creators. It exists because of factors that are inseparable and interwoven. As a system, a business can interact with its environment and adapts itself to the changes it brings. A business should work towards existence, and avoid extinction. Creation [...]
Bottled water, is it right for you?
“This once free commodity, now became a multi-million dollar business.” I watched bottled water video many times since I downloaded it last year from itunes U. I shared it with my marketing class. “Bottled Water” is a product that never existed before, 2 or 3 decades ago. Water was free. Clean water was accessible. This [...]
SPSS and its role in statistical analysis for a positivist business research
“When data become tremendous, SPSS is more reliable than MS Excel.” SPSS or Statistical Packages for Social Sciences is the most commonly used software for statistical data manipulation. When data become tremendous, SPSS is more reliable than MS Excel. I have been using SPSS since graduate school days when I was pursuing a doctoral degree. [...]
Pros and Cons of EzTest Online at dokwayne.com
Now, students can take quizzes or exams anywhere they are as long as they have access to the internet. Eztestonline is a site by McGraw Hill. It is an academic support for instructors as well as students. Now, students can take quizzes or exams anywhere they are as long they have access to the internet. [...]
How to write a market research methodology
The methodology of the research will compose the methods in conducting the research. It is heavily anchored on the research paradigm of the study. The research paradigm will determine what data to collect — quantitative or qualitative. In turn, it will determine what instrument to gather those data.To maintain rigor of the research, the instrument [...]
How to unlock business creativity
Have you tried working on something, a project or assignment perhaps but suddenly you run out of a creative idea as if your mind refuses to spew out something different or something new? That the right side of your brain has stopped functioning so to speak, and drained out of creativity? If you work as [...]
