Engaging business: using practice-based experiential learning approaches to enrich MBA programmes

Adapting Australia’s & New Zealand’s MBA Programmes to the E-Business Age

The primary objective of an MBA programme is to obtain top quality management training in the field of business, in a conductive environment with all the necessary resources available, and easy access to faculty. It has the most up-to-date teaching methods and the knowledge transmitted is state of the art. This paper presents the interim results of a survey which was carried out to analyse the ...

Operations Management Teaching on European MBA Programmes

A comprehensive review of the literature established that several investigations have been made of operations management teaching in the United States, whereas almost nothing has been published on European teaching. Therefore, an exploratory investigation was made of operations management teaching on the MBA courses of ten leading European business schools. The results show that course content ...

Video Game Design in the MBA Curriculum: An Experiential Learning Approach for Teaching Design Thinking

To sleep, perchance to enrich learning?

There is evidence that sleep enhances memory and learning. Childhood is a critical period for neurodevelopment, and minor but persistent disruption of sleep may have long-term implications for cognitive performance. Sleep is critical for health and is undervalued both in our 24 h society and in paediatric clinical practice. Paediatricians need to understand the neurodevelopmental consequences o...

Comparing Experiential Approaches: Structured Language Learning Experiences versus Conversation Partners for Changing Pre-Service Teacher Beliefs

Research has shown that language teachers’ beliefs are often difficult to change through education.  Experiential learning may help, but more research is needed to understand how experiential approaches shape perceptions. This study compares two approaches, conversation partners (CONV) and structured language learning experiences (SLLE), integrated into a course in language acquisition. Partici...