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Operations Management Teaching: Establishing Content and Relevance to Practitioners
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Doran, Desmond; Hill, Alex; Brown, Steve; Aktas, Emel; Kuula, Markku – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
This paper explores the relevance to industry's needs of operations management (OM) teaching in higher education, by researching the content of OM modules delivered by UK academics and comparing the results of this research with the views of business practitioners having had first-hand experience of OM teaching on MBA programmes. To determine…
Descriptors: Management Development, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Meat Training Council Aims to Make Willing Workers into Professional Managers
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Pollitt, David – Education & Training, 2002
Details the UK Meat Training Council's management development programme, aimed at increasing the levels of professionalism in the meat and poultry industry and making it more attractive to young people as a long-term career. Describes the course contents and assessment methods, and contains interviews with course participants.
Descriptors: Course Content, Evaluation Methods, Management Development, Interviews
Design and Implementation of an M.B.A. Program in the United Kingdom.
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Dyer, Gordon C. – American Journal of Distance Education, 1991
Describes the design and implementation of a program offered through the United Kingdom's Open University that leads to a Master's of Business Administration (MBA) degree. The national need for management development opportunities is discussed, different entry standards based on prior education and experience are explained, and the use of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Admission Criteria, Course Content, Distance Education