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Download full textHall, Roger; Rowland, Caroline – 1999
This paper explores the relationship between experiential learning theory and outdoor management training, and describes a British outdoor management program grounded in adult learning theory. An introduction explores competing paradigms in management education: the managerialist perspective, which focuses on development of skills and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business Administration Education, Corporate Education, Experiential Learning
Symons, John – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 1994
Reviews theories of leadership development relevant to the design of outdoor adventure programs for corporate executives and managers. Summarizes likely objectives and methods of outdoor development programs and their theoretical basis. Presents a framework for program comparison that correlates leadership outcomes with learning methods at…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Educational Strategies, Individual Development, Leadership Training
Wolverton, Mimi; Poch, Susan – 2000
This study points out the similarities between the backgrounds of corporate chief executive officers (CEOs) and academic deans. It notes that most CEOs are fairly well educated white males who rose through the ranks of middle management to reach their current positions; the typical dean has a doctoral degree, has often been a department chair or…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Deans, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics
Hayllar, Bruce – Horizons, 1997
Reviews research on outcomes of Outdoor Management Development (OMD). Presents the first part of a study in which 12 managers and consultants in OMD programs in large British and Australian companies were interviewed to determine how OMD works. Three broad themes were identified: learning environment, personal insights and outcomes, and emotional…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Corporate Education, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies
McAvoy, Leo H.; Mitten, Denise S.; Stringer, L. Allison; Steckart, James P.; Sproles, Kraig – 1996
This paper reviews the research literature published between 1992 and 1995 on group development and group dynamics in outdoor education and closely allied disciplines. The research is categorized in six general dimensions: (1) how the personal characteristics, skills, and experience that individuals bring to the group influences group dynamics and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Corporate Education, Educational Research, Experiential Learning
Priest, Simon – 1996
Experience-based training and development (EBTD), also known as Outdoor Management Development (OMD) in Great Britain and corporate adventure training (CAT) in Canada and Australia, is a field that uses adventure activities to bring beneficial change to organizations, primarily corporations. Activities used in EBTD and CAT programs include…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Corporate Education, Educational Research, Experiential Learning
