Business

MELBOURNE, FLA.—At its Spring Awards Banquet on April 12, the Florida Institute of Technology Nathan M. Bisk College of Business named Claudia Haines Jones, corporate attorney with Dean Mead in Viera, Melbourne, its Outstanding Business Leader of the Year. Haines Jones, a longtime supporter of the College of Business and the university, joined the business law firm of Dean Mead…

Guest Blogger: DeMario Robinson   Before starting this project, I was really concerned about this project. The project seemed to be very challenging and time consuming, which it is. The communication and getting everyone to participate is the biggest challenge. Also the thought of a major part of my grade resting in the hands of others doesn’t sit well with me.…

Hello, this is Kraig Clabough checking in from X- Culture Project. I am currently a senior studying Business Administration and also play baseball for Florida Tech, which makes this project a very challenging endeavor to complete. However, our group is doing well! As a group we have decided to choose the car company Toyota to write our proposal on. We…

  I am Jean-Baptiste, a Florida Tech student. I anticipate in graduating with a Master’s of Business Administration in December. For my international business class, I am working on a project with students from around the world: one woman in Slovakia and one in India, one man in Turkey, one in the United-States ( New Jersey) and one German in South Korea.…

Guest Blogger: Samah Alrashdi I must say when I first read about the X Culture Project I was a bit nervous and really had no idea what to expect. It is hard sometimes to work together in a group especially a group from all over the world. I have been pleasantly surprised at how well the project is going thus…

Guest Blogger: Mert Sells At the beginning of this project, I was unsure what to expect, not only from my teammates but the culture differences, communication, and also time zones. Although communication at times proves to be challenging (mainly the time differences) overall I am very pleased with our groups success, and our ability to interact with one another without…

Guest Blogger: Robert Schmidt   This X Culture project has been an eye opening experience this semester. It has been a great learning experience. By participating in this, we are able to interact with other classmates from around the world with different cultures. It has been tough dealing with the language barriers but my group has been able to make…

My name is Giovana, I am a senior studying Information Systems and Business Administration at FIT. This semester I am in the International Business class with Mr. Muth, and one of out major projects is the X-Culture, in which we need to work with students from around the world. The project is a clever idea that helps students to get…

Guest Blogger: Nick Waters   The Nathan M. Bisk College of Business’ International Business course is filled with thought provoking case studies. The premier assignment is the X-Culture project. This task pairs the NBM CoB students with foreign students around the world. My experience with this undertaking is a mix of elation and apprehension. My team is comprised of six…

MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Institute of Technology students in Tim Muth’s international business class are using 21st Century tools to gain international experience for their class project. Each of his 26 students joins, through the World Wide Web, five other students from different universities around the world in a team business project. As they work on their project over four or five…