The Accounting Review Vol. 41 No. 2 1966
Quantitative Techniques and the Faculty.
Abstract
In recent years there has been an increasing use of quantitative methods by business and industry in the solution of their problems in the U.S. The introduction of the computer as a tool of business has accelerated this use. Schools and colleges of business administration, being aware of this trend, have put more emphasis on mathematics for business administration majors. One of the problems faced by the colleges is the fact that many business administration faculty members have not had sufficient training in mathematics. As a result, there has been a lack of emphasis on the application of quantitative techniques in business administration classes. In October 1964 the College of Business Administration at Bowling Green State University, as a part of its continuing study of the undergraduate curriculum in business administration, appointed a sub-committee to recommend methods and techniques to improve the quantitative capabilities of the business administration faculty. The article presents discussion with deans of the member schools of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business were contacted to learn how widespread this problem is and to gain some background on their approaches to its solution.
- DOI
- 10.2308/tar-4487865
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 338-340
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref