Business

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…

    I’m Anthony Romano and I am a Information Systems major.   It has been a cooperative start to our project while working with many cultures from around the globe. My team consists of members from South Korea, Turkey, Columbia, Spain, and our neighbors up in New Jersey. All of our group members can speak and type in English.…

There’s no single definition for the word “Globalization.” For me, it is the free interaction among people of different ethnicities. For others, it might be “The close integration of countries and people of the world driven by the rapid improvement in communications technology and transportation.” There are so many answers and one could start to see the world as being…

Guest Blogger: Kathryn Kingfield   Before starting this project, I didn’t know what to expect. My team isn’t too far into the assignment as we just submitted our topic. A teammate created a group page on Facebook which was a great idea and has helped us communicate with each other very easy. We are able to post our ideas and…

Guest Blogger: John Vetter, Business Administration major Going into the X culture project I just like most of my classmates expected there to be some issues. I have had discussions with all but one of my teammates. The good news is that she has been in contact with others in the group, so we do not have a “ghost teammate.”…

The job market has shown strong signs of recovery and business graduates are especially apt to benefit from this turn-around. According to a Reuters report  hiring is up on college campuses around the country. The National Association of Colleges and Employers projects, that hiring this spring will be up over 10%. At the University of Florida career fair 150 employers…

MELBOURNE, FLA.—A team of five Florida Institute of Technology business students took first place in the Intercollegiate Case Competition in Strategic Management, held March 30-31 at Florida Southern College, Lakeland. The students attend the Nathan M. Bisk College of Business. Their adviser was H.L. Singer, adjunct faculty member and instructor of Business Strategy and Policy, and Production/Operations Management. The teams’…

Florida Institute of Technology Press Release: The Florida Institute of Technology Women’s Business Center (WBC) was recently awarded the 2012 Women’s Business Center of Excellence Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). To win the award, the WBC was nominated and then selected by the SBA. The nominations in this category include organizations that deliver results, are innovative, that…

Guest Blogger: Maduka Ulu Hi, my name is Maduka  and I am Information Systems major at Florida tech. I am originally from  Nigeria in West Africa; this semester I am taking a class with Mr.Muth on International business. This course has given me the opportunity to be invloved in a nationwide project called X-Culture . I am working with students…

Intellectual Property Lecture Kicks off Series with Luncheon April 18MELBOURNE, Fla.—The Women’s Business Center (WBC) at Florida Institute of Technology and the Technological Research Development Authority (TRDA) will kick off the “Technically Speaking Luncheon Lecture Series” in April with a program on “Intellectual Property.” The first in the luncheon series will address simplifying the legal principles behind intellectual property; it…