... in a management education program are used to discuss how Dewey’s concepts work to integrate practice and theory. Findings Dewey’s problem-based learning framework has the potential to increase managers’ capability to cope with complex and multifaceted challenges such as sustainability because of its focus...

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... of motivation to learn to explain learning outcomes. Performance Knowledge transfer Management education Learning orientation Part-time graduate business education requires from students a protracted and arduous investment while balancing work and studies. This investment in career capital also...

... and problem‐solving challenges. Originality/value The paper demonstrates how a specific role‐playing game maybe used in management education/training to incentivize improvements in problem‐solving skills as well as in communication and coordination. Role playing could be used for support in designing...

... is decision making, and really nothing else, has significant implications for management education and development. Still it is often overlooked or given very little emphasis. Furthermore, the duality of these decisions is not widely recognized and understood ‐ that there is always the need to simultaneously...

... relationship between the two variables. Suggestions for further research are proposed. Business strategy Experiential learning Management education Simulation Total enterprise (TE) simulations are popularly employed in capstone “policy” courses in both undergraduate and graduate business degree...

...Robert W. Boozer This paper suggests themes and specific questions that may be used as a foundation for discussion about the role of spirituality in management education. The discussion should both explore basic questions such as “What is workplace spirituality?” and examine current educational...

... of the advantages of an action learning programme along with some of the drawbacks. Action learning Development Management education Problem solving Vocational training The notion of action learning was first conceived by Reg Revans during the late 1940s when he was director of education...

... scrutinized is critical to successful leadership. In addition to the group and peer evaluations for the project deliverables, we attempted to objectively assess their individual leadership abilities, creativity and initiative. Business education Internet Management education Masters of Business...

...Edward Henninger Notes that one common response by management textbook writers and publishers to the need for multiculturalism in collegiate management education is to add chapters to standard management textbooks. Argues that management educators can better prepare students to communicate and work...

... and depth of the types of research studies available, however, has varied ranging from 40 studies costing up to $60,000 each in Brandmaps[ 2 ], 26 and 25 respective studies in Marketing in Action[11] and Compete[ 4 ], and only six in The Marketing Game[17]! Business games Management education...

... Learning organizations Management education Guiding ideas for learning organizations start with vision, values, and purpose: what the organization stands for and what its members seek to create (The Fifth Discipline Field Book, Senge et al., 1994). The ability to seek...

... to Harvard’s desire to professionalize management education through the use of case examples as had been the practice in medicine for many years (McNair and Hersum, 1954), By first inviting businessmen to their classrooms in the early‐1920s to discuss their current business problems with students...

... interactions because such enhancements could have important clarifying effects. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Influence Leadership Management development Management education π Washbush and Clements (1994) proposed a rationale for undergraduate instruction in leadership from a non...

...Jeffrey A. Mello Since Porter and McKibbin (1988) published their landmark study of the state of management education, business schools have been altering their curricula in response to the alleged criticisms and shortcomings cited in the study. To address the criticism that management education...

...Walter J. Wheatley The basic differences between good management education and excellent management education is the dynamism of the speaker and exciting materials. This paper is designed to introduce management educators to such materials. While not totally novel and unique, music and magic...