Abstract
This article discusses the various attributes of the University of Phoenix in general as well as how they relate to the University's MBA program. In particular, its three primary components of rEsource, its online database, the learning team environment, and the problem-based learning approach, are all discussed from a personal perspective related to the author's participation in the MBA program.
Personal Perspective Paper
Overview
From a personal perspective the University of Phoenix MBA program is effective not because of a single component but because of the combined effect of all its various components. Although each separate component of the University of Phoenix MBA program: the online rEsource database, its learning team structure, and its problem-based learning methodology, are intrinsically related to the University's success, how the University has managed to build a cohesive program based on these unique structures is an established benchmark in the education industry. It is the kind of value-added approach that many of the organizations, which are the topics of its courses, have taken to build cutting-edge operations and establish differentiation in the marketplace.
The Value of rEsource
The University's online rEsource database is invaluable to the student as well as the instructor. Current research indicates that while most education systems recognize the need to migrate libraries and information to Web-based platforms, most are struggling to finalize a strategy much less execute a plan to do so (Information, 2006). Yet, the University of Phoenix has had its online education model in place for many years and its current structure is leading the education industr ...