This is a study of the pilot UWIC Business School SIMS project. This is an action research project for reflective practice by student teams on the MBA. The teams act as consultants to local industry and commerce. They employ a range of tools and techniques to promote corporate vision, reflective...

This set of presentation slides forms part of the Action Research based series 3 of the UWIC MBA in 2001. The workshop entails MBA SIMS project teams developing strategic goals and using practical tools and techniques developed by the authors originally from their research on tacit knowledge,...

Draft working paper on part-time and full-time MBA students' awareness and attitudes towards Work Based Learning (WBL) compared to other forms of learning such as academic study. Use was made of the Honey and Mumford Learning Development Questionnaires

For the developed and economically pre-eminent nations to retain their superior position in the global economy, a supply of appropriately qualified personnel is required. Essentially, this means the development and retention or attraction of those with the necessary High Skills. This paper...

This paper examines the means undertaken by teams of MBA students - engaged in consultancy projects with local companies - to generate and apply tacit knowledge. Such knowledge was needed as a means of providing the necessary stages to ensure successful completion of the projects. How this...

This paper reports and discusses the action research project undertaken by MBA students with respect to actively embodied team learning. The teams undertook a number of consultancy projects for local companies. A range of tools and techniques were employed to promote corporate vision, reflective...