Search Results - subject:"Theory and practice"

Raelin, Joseph A. - In: Organization Science 8 (1997) 6, pp. 563-578

expected outcome, taking into account the interplay between theory and practice. Applications of the model can spur conceptual … and practice modes of learning at both individual and collective levels. The model is designed to bring together epistemic …A comprehensive model of work-based learning is illustrated combining explicit and tacit forms of knowing and theory …

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The development and evaluation of an Information Technology Support System for inter-organisational collaboration in HRD

Ford, NJ - 2006

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to evaluate the diffusion of and user response to an information technology support system (ITSS) which was designed to facilitate inter-organisational coordination and collaboration in the professional development of officers employed by local...

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Theoretical Approaches to Services Advertising and the Differences in Practice: AContent Analysis of Services Advertising in Turkey

Ozturk, Sevgi Ayse - In: Anadolu University Journal of Social Sciences 6 (2006) 2, pp. 101-120

Intangible nature of services makes it necessary to implement different advertising strategies. Academics studying on services marketing have suggested various managerial frameworks about services advertising to tangibilize the services in the minds of consumers. Presenting physical evidences of...

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Whither Management Education? Professional Education, Action Learning and Beyond

Raelin, Joseph A. - In: Management Learning 25 (1994) 2, pp. 301-317

As pedagogical approaches, the professional education model and more recently action learning have each made important contributions to the preparation of experienced students for management practice. Using some carefully chosen domains, these approaches, in particular their advantages and...

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Innovation, Construction SMEs and Action Learning.

Davey, CL; Powell, JA; Cooper, I; Powell, JE - 2004

Action learning is intended to enable a group of professionals (a SET) to tackle work problems, develop solutions and reflect upon the success and failure of their actions. As part of the UK construction industry's drive to improve learning and performance, four SETs of small and medium-sized...

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Collaborative management research: alternative roadmaps

David, Albert; Willson, Cory; Shani, A. B. (Rami) - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2004

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OK in practice - and theory

Dennis, Ian - In: Accounting Education 12 (2003) 4, pp. 415-426

This teaching note considers the experience of introducing an extended case study and simulation into an auditing course for second or final year undergraduates. Having reviewed the reasons for adopting a different approach to the teaching of auditing, the paper provides a case for the...

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Dilemmas of development and the environment in a globalizing world: theory, policy and praxis

Simon, David - In: Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003) 1, pp. 5-41

Many key dilemmas in contemporary development studies centre on disjunctures between theoretical innovation, formal policy and practice. Even the very meaning of â€˜developmentâ€™ and its implications are today hotly contested. Questions of scale, sustainability and identity lie at the...

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Defining the development needs of entrepreneurs in SMEs

Davies, J; Hides, MT; Powell, JA - 2002

This paper focuses on the theme of entrepreneurship education, learning and development and specifically, on the challenge for higher education institutions (HEIs) of supporting entrepreneurial and enterprising individuals and organisations. This is examined from the perspective of the...

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