NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hack-Polay, Dieu; Igwe, Paul Agu; Okolie, Ugochukwu Chinonso – Industry and Higher Education, 2020
The experiment tested overconfidence in number skills among British graduates and non-graduates. The data were collected at a residential management training programme for part-time professional students. The aim of the research was to test whether graduate professionals, due to their higher qualifications, overstated their numeracy abilities…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Numeracy, Part Time Students, Management Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Retna, Kala S. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
A body of literature asserts that group work can be beneficial in enhancing learning and in developing specific skills among students. This research builds on the literature and on Gardner's (2006a) five notions of mindsets: disciplined, synthesising, creation, ethical and respectful, as a descriptive framework to explore and understand the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics, Part Time Students, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Joesbury, Mark – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2015
This Account of Practice describes the introduction and development of action learning within a level 5 module of "Communications at Work" delivered as part of a Business & Technology Education Council (BTEC) Professional Certificate in Management (CMS) between 2005/2006 and 2009/2010. This will commence with a personal narrative and…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Experiential Learning, Part Time Students, Management Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Harris, John; And Others – Management Education and Development, 1992
Four types of Master's of Business Administration (MBA) offered at the University of Bath (England) are (1) full-time program; (2) executive MBA, to prepare working managers for promotion; (3) Malaysian executive MBA, in collaboration with the Malaysian Institute of Management; and (4) British Airways open MBA, an evening program for airline…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education