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A graduate degree was a dream deferred for Brian Orczeck.
But last month, the Greensburg man began pursuing a master's degree in business administration, taking online courses while continuing to work for PA CareerLink.
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Michelle Mitch-Peterson has been appointed to the board of directors of the Maryland Clean Energy Center. She is business development manager for Honeywell Building Solutions. Mitch- Peterson has a bachelor's degree in marketing from Frostburg State University and a master's degree in business administration; she also has taken executive management courses in strategic planning, business development and finance. The Maryland Clean Energy Center promotes clean-energy economic development and jobs by educating consumers, assisting businesses and advising policymakers. It will hold its second annual Maryland Clean Energy Summit in Bethesda from Aug. 25 to Aug. 27.
Education
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SBA finance courses
The U.S. Small Business Administration has introduced two free online courses to help small business owners with the basic principles of finance and borrowing.
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Another course, "Am I Ready to Start a Business?" analyzes the user's responses to questions to determine if the user is indeed ready to launch. "The courses are candid," O'[Connor] said. "They can also help those that are not ready to start.
IF ENROLLMENT IN U.S. Small Business Administration online courses is any indication, business owners are currently most interested in learning two things: how to get an SBA loan, and how to sell their wares to the federal government. James A. Kosci, SBA New Jersey district director, isn't surprised the most commonly taken courses involve securing loans and increasing sales - two challenging achievements in the current climate.
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The potential shakeup comes at a tough time for the golf business, which suffers from a glut of private courses and a shortage of players. The Ballard administration is hoping, with golf managers financing capital improvements, that the city can spend the cash it receives on other park needs. [...] Cooprider said, the Indianapolis courses can be lucrative.
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The purpose of this study was to identify the key characteristics of a successful case discussion. The participants of this field-based case study were finance professors from Harvard Business School and the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, two top-ranked MBA programs that have used case discussion leadership as their primary philosophy of teaching and learning for many years. The methodology employed was a qualitative field study which utilized interviews of the finance professors, observations of case discussion courses, and analyses of relevant program documents. This article provides specific findings regarding the characteristics of a successful case discussion which can assist in developing the abilities and skills of educators to impleme...
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The problem was that MBA graduates were overqualified by virtue of their education, but underqualified by virtue of their experience," says Lynn Mozingo, director of operations for the Master of Business Administration program at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Courses covered the state of the art, as it existed at a particular time, in such areas as economics, accounting, finance, marketing, corporate structure and organizational behavior.
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As February begins the university offers many events for students, faculty and the Redlands' community.
Aside from the several sports events that this week brings us, there are also many lecture series opportunities for everyone to enjoy. Banta Center Lecture Series will feature John Boatright, a professor at Loyola University of Chicago's School of Business Administration who teaches courses in business ethics, ethical aspects of corporate decision making, and international business ethics.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Small Business Administration has introduced two new free online finance courses to help small business owners with the basic principles of finance and borrowing.
The new self-paced courses, Finance Primer: Guide to SBA's Loan Guaranty Programs at http://app1.sba.gov/sbtn/registration/ index.cfm?CourseId=29 and How to Prepare a Loan Package at http:// app1.sba.gov/sbtn/registration/index.cfm?CourseId=28, walk business owners through steps that answer questions about what debt financing is, what loan programs are available, what small businesses should know about borrowing money, how to prepare a loan package and how loan requests are reviewed by lenders.