Field-Based Business Consulting Practice in Australian University Commerce Education

Use of Student Field-Based Consulting in Business Education: A Comparison of American and Australian Business Schools

“…However, prior to the publication of a recent study by Henderson et al (2003), based on a survey of Australian business educators, there was little understanding of the extent to which FBC had penetrated Australian business education. In fact, Breen and Bergin (1999) summarized the state of knowledge as, "It appears that little research has been undertaken in Australia in the years following the 1995 Karpin Report so it is difficult to ascertain the effect, if any, on the extent and type of teaching of small business and entrepreneurship education taking place in Australian universities" (p. 11).…”

“…E-mail: htoole@mail.sdsu.edu University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Virginia, to name just a few, have instituted such programs (West & Aupperle, 1996). FBC programs are also common in Australia (Henderson, Sciglimpaglia, & Toole, 2003;Whittenberg, Toole, Sciglimpaglia, & Medlin, 2006). In addition, a recent review of experiential learning theory (Kolb & Kolb, 2005) suggests that FBC is firmly supported by this theory.…”

Establishing field-based consulting experience for MBA students: Lessons learned by a small-sized university

“…Furthermore, Thaker (2015, p. 232) states: "According to Mintzberg and Gosling (2002), Pfeiffer and Fong (2002), and Datar, Garvin, and Cullen (2010), case-based curricula at business schools often fall short in enabling students to fully appreciate organizational reality, in offering hands-on experience on effective implementation and in problem finding, problem facing and working in unstructured contexts and situations." Cook and Belliveau (2006); Kolb and Kolb (2006); Bigelow(2004); Mintzberg (2004); Henderson, Sciglimpaglia, and Toole (2003); Kunkel (2002); Mintzberg and Gosling (2002); Doran, Sciglimpaglia, and Toole (2001); Cook (2000); Bigelow, Selzer, van Buskirk, Schor, Garcia, and Keleman (1999); Duch, Allen, and White (1998); West and Aupperle (1996); and Bigelow (1995).…”