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Can business schools increase student employability by embedding action learning into undergraduate management education? An account of practice

Groves, CJ, White, GDO, Panya, F and Stewart, J (2018) Can business schools increase student employability by embedding action learning into undergraduate management education? An account of practice. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 15 (3). pp. 258-266. ISSN 1476-7333

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Abstract

Management education is at a pivotal crossroads. In an increasingly globalized world, where change is the only constant, business school graduates leaving university are faced with ever intensifying competition and complexity. Universities have responded by increasing their emphasis on teaching ‘employability skills’ to graduates. However, undergraduate management curricula still often focus on Programmed Knowledge, which does not adequately prepare graduates for the labour market to which they will inevitably graduate. A Future Search exercise was implemented to help conceptualize new visions of the future of management education, considering the question ‘to what extent does management education impact on management practice?’ This paper asserts that integrating Questioning Insight and a scholarly practice approach into management education will better equip graduates for the world of work. The authors utilize Kotter’s8-stage model of change to outline a pathway for change and action for business schools to adapt a scholarly practice approach to education into their curricula.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Action Learning: Research and Practice on 24/08/18, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14767333.2018.1510631
Uncontrolled Keywords: 1303 Specialist Studies in Education; 1503 Business and Management
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5001 Business
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Divisions: Doctoral Management Studies (from Sep 19)
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
SWORD Depositor: A Symplectic
Date Deposited: 28 Sep 2022 08:22
Last Modified: 28 Sep 2022 08:30
DOI or ID number: 10.1080/14767333.2018.1510631
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17674
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