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Augustine State: Initiating Online Course Offerings1

John E. Timmerman (The Citadel)
Al S. Lovvorn (The Citadel)
Michael M. Barth (The Citadel)

Publication date: 1 December 2011

Abstract

Dean Lynn, of Augustine State University's School of Business Administration, has been asked to develop online offerings as a prototype for the rest of the university. The decision he faced was whether to (A) take on the project alone or (B) make a ten-year commitment to a specialized vendor. If option B was selected, the further choice was whether to allow the vendor to handle everything short of instruction with a customized program or to handle only the marketing elements of the task. In the course of considering what to do, Dean Lynn was faced with the financial as well as the qualitative dimensions of the choice. The purpose of this case is to provide students a vehicle to explore the myriad considerations inherent in every organization's decision making process… qualitative as well as quantitative.

Citation

Timmerman, J.E., Lovvorn, A.S., Barth, M.M. and Morris, R.F. (2011), "Augustine State: Initiating Online Course Offerings1", , Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 33-47. https://doi.org/10.1108/TCJ-08-2011-B003

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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