S tudent projects with industry have much to offer in terms of enhanced student learning, but they can be difficult to create, plan, and manage sustainably. This paper details and distills the best practices from a four-year process to develop an undergraduate business strategy course around a student project with industry. This reflexive process revealed that our traditional analytical approach to business strategy was not teaching students how to create strategy in practice. Integration of course learning objectives with project deliverables was a key to replicating a practical project-based learning experience each semester. The needs for an industry liaison, additional student preparation, and active client engagement in the learning process are also discussed.
Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to offer a reflexive commentary on the nature and validity of actionable knowledge from the authors' experience with action research in New Mexico and beyond. Design/methodology/approach -The authors have situated their localized experience in the history and theory of the broader field of action research by posing the question of whether the validity of action research depends more upon the observer's worldview than upon the quality of change in the lives of those involved in the intervention. Findings -Three fundamental tenets of action research are identified. A pragmatic perspective underlies the need for locality grounded criticality in reflection, instrumental participation leading to trust and genuine understanding of behavior, and a shared desire to actualize untapped human potential to solve a problem.Research limitations/implications -The paper offer's reflection on the validity of actionable knowledge from the authors' experience, supported by a brief case example to illustrate the dialogical convergence of theory and practice. Thus, this perspective may not be relevant and useful to all readers. Practical implications -Reflection, regardless of when or how long it takes, is an essential catalyst in the transition of actionable knowledge into change. Originality/value -The article attempts to separate a few essential elements of action research from the accumulated bits of technique, personal beliefs, ideology, and collected experiences that practitioners and theorists have attached to the question of validity and utility of knowledge produced by action research.
Notre étude présente un cadre de recherche dérivée de l'analyse critique du discours qui est destiné à éclairer les différences entre les méthodes de conseil en gestion. Nous ressusciterons le sens fort du discours, qui est connecté à l'exercice du pouvoir. Une exploration des fondements théoriques du sous-domaine de la démarche d’amélioration de la qualité a révélé trois grands récits et les discours qui sont devenus des concepts de sensibilisation appliquée. Le cadre discursif résultant offre un nouvel aperçu pour discerner la rhétorique de la substance pour la recherche dans le conseil en gestion.
The related terms, "sustainable" and "sustainability" are popularly used to describe a wide variety of activities which are generally ecologically laudable but which may not be sustainable. An examination of major reports reveals contradictory uses of the terms. An attempt is made here to give a firm and unambiguous definition to the concept of sustainability and to translate the definition into a series of laws which, it is hoped, will clarify the logical implications of sustainability. The laws should enable one to read the many publications on sustainability and help one to decide whether the publications are seeking to illuminate or to obfuscate.
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