Abstract:
In today’s competitive working environment a successful manger needs to be well equipped with latest quantitative techniques for effective decision making and has the skills to optimize the available resources for organizational success. This paper aims to investigate the factors that affect the poor performance of management students in the quantitative subjects; especially in business mathematics & statistics, quantitative techniques and research methods are taught at bachelor of business administration (BBA) and master of business administration (MBA) level. The major reason for conducting this study was the high failure rates and poor grades in these subjects as compared to other subjects. This study has been conducted in a public and private sector universities of Pakistan at local level. Data has been collected after designing a questionnaire after detailed interview with the Instructors involved in teaching these subjects and the students scoring low grades in quantitative subjects. Using the inputs from interviews, 26 major variables were identified that were divided in to reflect student’s aptitude, attitude and behavior, teacher’s competency, behavior and administrative issues were included in the questionnaire and the analysis shows positive impact on poor learning and performance.
Page(s):
488-494
DOI:
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Published:
Journal: Science International, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Year: 2012