Real Learning Opportunities at Business School and Beyond

Part I. Real Learning Opportunities in Business Schools and Beyond: An Introduction

1. Cops for Cops: An Innovative Use of Communities of Practice in an MBA Program Offered for Police Officers
Kathleen Hanold Watland

2. Chinese Students’ Perceptions of the Intercultural Competence of Their Tutors in PBL
Klaes Eringa, Yu Huei-Ling

3. Business Learning in Large Groups: Experimental Results of Problem-Based Learning
Ángeles Gallego, Cristóbal Casanueva

4. Business Students’ Self-Theories, Goal Orientations, and Achievement Motivations
Dirk T. Tempelaar, Sybrand Schim Loeff, Wim H. Gijselaers

5. Self-Directed Learning Readiness, Individualism–Collectivism and Adult Student Learning in Online Environment: Development and Test of a Causal Model
Tim Hudson, Nagarajan Ramamoorthy

6. Reflections on Reflections: The Use of Logs in Student Work Placement to Support Business Learning
Tim Friesner, Adam Palmer

7. The “Clicker” Project: A Scholarly Approach to Technology Integration
Danielle Morin, Jennifer D.E. Thomas, Janette Barrington, Linda Dyer, Maria Boutchkova

8. Business Entrepreneurs’ Mindsets on Their Enterprises’ Business Model
Christopher J. Brown, Diane Proudlove

9. Does Exposure to Ideas About “Morally Leading Change” Make a Difference in Students’ Leadership Aspirations?
Michael K. McCuddy

10. Making Sense of Experiential Learning in Management Education
Davar Rezania, Leslie Blyth

11. Knowledge Production and Generating Value: Taking the Dual Hurdle of Rigor and Relevance in an Entrepreneurial Way
Thomas Thijssen

Part II. Best Practice in Business Education

12. Global Exposure in Leading MBA Programs
Robert Dyer, Marilyn Liebrenz-Himes, Salah Hassan

13. Innovation in Cross Border Learning
Christine Cope Pence, Catharina Wulf

14. Master Thesis Supervision
Judith H. Semeijn, Janjaap Semeijn, Kees J. Gelderman

15. Redesigning and Marketing a German Business Communication Course
Hans Verboven

16. Getting Real? Using Reality TV as a Memorable Way of Introducing Semi-authentic Business Interaction to Students of Business Communication
Jonathan Clifton

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