Students from the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Business Administration recently competed in the Fall 2013 Capstone Great Case Competition, Sponsored by Florida Blue. The competition is a part of the college’s final coursework and designed to help business students strengthen their analytic, communication, presentation and teamwork skills beyond the classroom by developing recommendations for real-world business issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an important part of the student experience in the UCF College of Business Administration, as all of their skills are put to the test on an actual business issue,\u201d outlined Robert Porter, Ph.D., Fall 2013 Capstone Director. \u201cOur faculty and our sponsor, Florida Blue, worked hand-in-hand to provide a unique and valuable experience to our students.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n More than 700 students participated in the program. The semi-finals consisted of 17 teams with a total of 85 students. Five finalists were selected by panels of faculty and industry judges.<\/p>\n \u201cWe recognized this as a tremendous opportunity to provide business students with a way to exercise their academic skills, and benefit from the creativity and energy that students bring to industry challenges,\u201d stated Tony Jenkins, Central Florida Market President for Florida Blue. \u201cUCF and the College of Business is a great resource for our community and their students can compete at the highest levels based on our experience with them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The finalists and results are outlined below.<\/p>\n In addition to the regular awards, this Capstone competition featured a new recognition called \u201cCEO Best Paper.\u201d This is a new addition to Capstone intended to encourage doing well on researching and reporting prior to the final presentation. Team A-Z Solutions also won the CEO Best Paper.<\/p>\n The UCF College of Business Administration (UCF CBA) is the second largest college at the University of Central Florida with more than 8,000 students. The college provides a full spectrum of degree programs including Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Management, and Economics. In addition, UCF CBA has nationally recognized programs in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Real Estate, and Sport Business Management. The College of Business and the Kenneth G. Dixon School of Accounting are accredited by the\u00a0Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). AACSB accreditation ensures students and parents that the business school is providing a top-quality education. It also ensures employers that AACSB-accredited business school graduates are ready to perform on day one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students from the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Business Administration recently competed in the Fall 2013 Capstone Great Case Competition, Sponsored by Florida Blue. The competition is a part of the college’s final coursework and designed to help business students strengthen their analytic, communication, presentation and teamwork skills beyond the classroom by developing recommendations for real-world business issues.…","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":56137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4,31,27],"tags":[698],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-56136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-college-of-business-administration","category-student-life","tag-capstone"],"yoast_head":"\n