It has been some time since Turner Business has surveyed the Google Scholar citations portfolio of Turner College business faculty. Heading into 2024, the 24 faculty comprising the corps of business instruction for the Turner College have produced scholarship that has garnered 17,260 Google Scholar citations. These figures produce a mean citation count of 719. Including all 28 business faculty in the Turner College raises total citations to 22,183, and mean citations to 792. When the data are broken down by department, the 14 faculty comprising the corps of instruction of the Department of Management and Marketing, which also includes Management Information Systems faculty, have produced 10,829 Google Scholar citations. These numbers produce a mean citation count of 774. When all 16 members of this department are included, these numbers are 15,550 and 972, respectively. Next, the 10 faculty comprising the corps of instruction of the Department of Accounting and Finance, which also includes Economics faculty, have produced 6,431 Google Scholar citations. These figures produce a mean citation count of 643. Finally, when all 12 members of this department are included, these numbers are 6,633 and 553, respectfully.
Officials in the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development recently put the finishing touches on an extensive report on trends in educational programs and occupations in the Columbus area. The report also includes data on business and technology trends. According to Fady Mansour , Director of the Butler Center, there are several key takeaways from the report regarding 10 occupational gaps that currently exist in the Columbus area. First, software development occupation exhibits the biggest labor shortage, with the report adding that the TSYS School has a bachelor's degree program in information technology along with a new AI track for the bachelor's degree in computer science, both of which can qualify students for this occupation. Other educational programs are in demand, such as computer programming and cloud computing. Second, there is a gap of 30 employees per year in general and operations management. This gap could be addressed by the Turn...

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