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Exploring the Relationships between Nonprofit Management Education and Career Impact: Scale Development and Comparison
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Blau, Gary; Hill, T. L.; Cannon, Maureen – Journal of Education for Business, 2021
We address the lack of scales for studying the effectiveness of nonprofit management education (NME), by using responses from 62 MBA graduates who had completed an experiential nonprofit governance course to develop six NME scales: Business Skills Enhancement; Nonprofit Skills Enhancement; Nonprofit Management Knowledge; Network Expansion; NME…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Management Development, Masters Programs, Graduate Students
Not Everything Important Is Taught in the Classroom: Using Cocurricular Professional Development Workshops to Enhance Student Careers
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Bruni-Bossio, Vince; Delbaere, Marjorie – Journal of Management Education, 2021
Business schools and graduate business programs have struggled since their inception to ensure that what students learn in their courses will resonate with the skills needed in their careers. To date, there has been limited attention paid to cocurricular experiential learning opportunities to assist with this challenge. In this article, we discuss…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Workshops, Business Schools, Graduate Study
Efficacy of MBA: On the Role of Network Effects in Influencing the Selection of Elective Courses
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Roy, Vivek; Parsad, Chandan – International Journal of Educational Management, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to outline the importance of social network effects in influencing the elective (courses) selection among masters of business administration (MBA) students and its role in influencing the efficacy of MBA. As such, given the enormous time and investment required for students to pursue an MBA and the role of…
Descriptors: Elective Courses, Masters Programs, Social Networks, Correlation
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
Assessing Emphasis Gaps among MBA Alumni: A Model Framework
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Van Auken, Stuart; Chrysler, Earl; Wells, Ludmilla Gricenko – Journal of International Education in Business, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to focus on Master of Business Administration (MBA) alumni and their ability to provide institution-specific insights into MBA program delivery. Given desired MBA positioning dimensions, a case exemplar is used to reveal gaps between "should have" program emphases and "actual" emphases. Departures from…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Alumni, Management Development
MPA and CPM Curriculum: An Analysis of the Views of Public Administrators.
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Rose, Bruce J. – 1996
Views of state public administrators about management education and training needs were investigated, as were administrator views concerning short-term management development workshops. Data was drawn from responses to questionnaires mailed to 5,980 state administrators who were selected from a national survey and from random samples using lists…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Course Content, Educational Needs