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Student-Alumni Mentoring in the Business Capstone: An Opportunity to Both Cap and Bridge the Undergraduate Experience
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Vieregger, Carl; Bryant, Andrew – Journal of Education for Business, 2020
At its best, the undergraduate capstone class in the college of business can both cap the students' learning experience and bridge that experience to their future careers. Recent trends in management education, however, have seen the capstone course evolve to consist primarily of a terminal group project without any focus on professional…
Descriptors: Mentors, Alumni, Capstone Experiences, Business Administration Education
Action Learning in Postgraduate Executive Management Education: An Account of Practice
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Ruane, Meadbh – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2016
The merits of action learning as a change tool and enabler of deep learning are well recognised. However, there is a gap in the literature of participants' stories regarding their experiences on accredited postgraduate executive programmes underpinned by an action learning philosophy. The following account of practice addresses this gap and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Management Development, Graduate Study, Graduate Students
Business Inspiration: Small Business Leadership in Recovery?
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Rae, David; Price, Liz; Bosworth, Gary; Parkinson, Paul – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
Business Inspiration was a short, action-centred leadership and innovation development programme designed for owners and managers of smaller firms to address business survival and repositioning needs arising from the UK's economic downturn. The article examines the design and delivery of Business Inspiration and the impact of the programme on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Small Businesses, Management Development, Leadership
The Effects of a Short-Term Cultural Immersion Experience to Mexico on School Leaders
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Dinnan, Paula Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The U.S. Census bureau projects that by 2023, minorities will comprise more than half of all children. The population of school-aged Hispanic children is already the largest ethnic group, and the sheer number and rate of increase of these linguistically and culturally different students creates unfamiliar cultural challenges for school leaders.…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Cultural Awareness, Administrator Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Learning Advanced Leadership: Findings from a Leadership Development Programme for New Superintendents
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Orr, Margaret Terry – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2007
Given the lack of preparation incoming school district superintendents receive and the many challenges they face, this article reviews the approach of the few existing programs for new superintendents and describes the leadership development strategies that would be beneficial. With this background, the article presents the findings from an…
Descriptors: Seminars, Action Research, Pilot Projects, Learning Strategies
A Unique Learning Experience: Practical Workshops in Educational Leadership.
Gillen, Marie – 1982
Since 1976, the Atlantic Institute of Education in Nova Scotia has conducted a series of workshops to help school administrators and school board members to develop their practical leadership skills. The services provided by the workshop program include needs assessment, inservice workshops, information services, dissemination of materials, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Boards of Education, Inservice Education