Course concept understanding and skill transfer as correlates of intent to recommend an experiential MBA non-profit governance course

Blau, Gary; Hill, Tracy; Cannon, Maureen

doi:10.1080/08832323.2022.2063239

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“…For example, Olson and Olson (2012) found that virtual teams can struggle to find a "common ground" needed to develop the trust that is essential for remote collaboration, leading us to wonder whether collaboration would suffer in an online teaching environment. As for years since taking the course, our concern is simply that any course effects are likely to wane over time -in reality and/or in memory (Blau, Hill & Cannon, 2023).…”

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Collaboration for work: Assessing the correlates of three types of collaboration perceptions that alumni associated with an MBA capstone course

Hill,

Blau,

Nash

et al. 2023

Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management

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Combining a survey design with course records, across a nine-year period (2103 to 2021) we explored the factors that n = 167 MBA student alumni identified as helping them experience and practice business-oriented collaboration competencies during a client-oriented, team project-based, MBA capstone course. Alumni were asked questions about the influence of faculty contribution, client engagement, and project social purpose on their experience of collaboration. We used exploratory factor analysis to develop collaboration scales and regression analysis to assess variables affecting collaboration. The factor analysis suggested three simple, reliable, and distinct scales, each combining cohesiveness and productivity items, that capture three types of work-relevant collaboration – within team, between a team and the executive guiding the team, and between a team and its client. Open item analysis of alumni responses reinforced the validity of these three collaboration scales. Formal rater-based measures, lacking in prior research, of client engagement and project social purpose were created. Regression analysis indicated that, beyond demographic and program control variables, alumni experience of all three types of collaboration was enhanced by faculty contribution and client engagement but not by project social purpose. The results demonstrate the influence of capstone faculty and project clients in supporting MBA students’ practice of collaboration competencies, while also contributing new short scales for measuring three types of collaboration. The article also describes a rich example of using practical, research-intensive strategic projects for client organizations to develop business-oriented competencies such as collaboration.

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Section: Alternative Explanations -Demographic and Program-context Va...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaboration for work: Assessing the correlates of three types of collaboration perceptions that alumni associated with an MBA capstone course

Hill,

Blau,

Nash

et al. 2023

Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management

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Course concept understanding and skill transfer as correlates of intent to recommend an experiential MBA non-profit governance course

Cited by 1 publication

References 26 publications

Collaboration for work: Assessing the correlates of three types of collaboration perceptions that alumni associated with an MBA capstone course

Collaboration for work: Assessing the correlates of three types of collaboration perceptions that alumni associated with an MBA capstone course

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