Learning and Teaching for Business : Case Studies of Successful Innovation

by Hawkridge, David G.; Kaye, Roland

• ISBN13: 9780203416648
• ISBN10: 0203416643
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This collection of best practice examples of business teaching should inspire and inform those involved in the improvement of teaching in higher education. Assembled by the Learning and Teaching Support Network the examples are drawn from institutions throughout the UK including: The Open University, Sheffield Hallam, City University, St Andrews, Brighton, De Montfort, Liverpool John Moores, Glasgow, Leeds Met and Plymouth. Individual case studies focus on everything from the use of action learning, resource based learning, using technology and peer assessment to the development of a knowledge management system.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Success in the New World of Learning and Teaching	p. 1
Resource-Based Learning in the Business Environment	p. 16
From Leading Edge to Mainstream: the Evolving Brighton Business School Intranet	p. 31
The International Consultancy Assignment	p. 48
Introducing Action Learning into a Business School	p. 60
Byzantium for Learning Accounting in English Business Schools	p. 74
As an Introduction to Financial Accounting	p. 89
Peer Assessment and Enhancing Students' Learning	p. 106
Group Work and the Web: Finesse and Tags	p. 122
Using Learning Technology Resources in Teaching Management Accounting	p. 138
Creating a Web Site for Studying Strategic Management	p. 153
The Live Consultancy Case Study	p. 165
Building and Maintaining Distributed Communities of Practice: Knowledge Management in the Oubs Mba	p. 179
Assessing Student Performance	p. 196
Learning from Success	p. 208
Index	p. 223
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