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Analytics by degree: The dilemmas of big data analytics in lasting university/corporate partnerships.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Cotter, Patricia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Leadership.
- Education, Evaluation.
- Engineering, General.
- Work-Based Learning Leadership--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Work-Based Learning Leadership.
- Local Subjects:
- Education, Leadership.
- Education, Evaluation.
- Engineering, General.
- Work-Based Learning Leadership--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Work-Based Learning Leadership.
- Genre:
- Academic theses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
- Contained In:
- Dissertation Abstracts International 76-01A(E).
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania ; Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2014.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- This research study provides insight about how employers and universities can and should partner, to achieving readiness of recent graduates to fill business analytics (BA) jobs. A phenomenological approach was used to interview 4 BA groups: business leaders, faculty, recent graduates, and supervisors of recent graduates. Twenty-five individuals yielded data via semi-structured interviews about their lived experiences. Findings show that while BA graduates are expected to be leaders in future analytics, most are initially lacking in real-world preparation, use obsolete and irrelevant software training, and lack beneficial interdisciplinary training. The rapidly changing business world is leaving an unfilled need for T-Shaped graduates. T-shaped graduates possess broad expertise coupled with in-depth discipline knowledge. Responsibility for training graduates is mistakenly seen as belonging to universities. But businesses are in an essential training role through internships, mentoring, and on-the-job training. Interviewee data suggests ways to improve: partnerships between universities, placement offices and businesses; better internship and mentoring programs; including students in curriculum planning; introducing and enhancing T-shaped thinking. These suggested improvements can help corporations and universities to become better partners in educating BA students.
- Notes:
- Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-01(E), Section: A.
- Adviser: Robert Moore.
- Department: Work-Based Learning Leadership.
- Thesis Ed.D. University of Pennsylvania 2014.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175.
- ISBN:
- 9781321170474
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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