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

Sciglimpaglia, Donald; Toole, Howard R.

doi:10.1080/08832320903253619

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“…Additionally, service learning projects have been used in short-term study abroad programs (Le et al, 2013;Sciglimpaglia and Toole, 2009). International service learning allows students to work with local organizations to serve the community, engage in a cultural exchange, and learn about a daily reality very different from their own.…”

Section: Service Learning Projectsmentioning

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The service learning projects: stakeholder benefits and potential class topics

Rutti

LaBonte

Helms

et al. 2016

Education + Training

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to summarize the benefits of including a service learning project in college classes and focusses on benefits to all stakeholders, including students, community, and faculty. Design/methodology/approach -Using a snowball approach in academic databases as well as a nominal group technique to poll faculty, key topics for service learning across college disciplines are presented. Findings -Findings include a wide range of service learning projects across disciplines. Research limitations/implications -Areas for future research are identified to expand the service learning topic list as well as guide studies on the long-term benefit of service learning for each identified stakeholder. Practical implications -For new faculty or faculty new to service learning, the list of paper ideas is a good first step to identify projects. While not comprehensive, the list serves to stimulate topic ideas and fills a void in the service learning literature. Social implications -Service learning exists to provide real-world learning for students, but the projects provide benefits for community groups, agencies, and organizations. Societal benefits from the student effort are numerous and there are little or no costs to the agencies who participate. Originality/value -The abundance of service learning literature has studied learning across disciplines and has quantitatively and qualitatively presented benefits, but no studies have worked to compile project ideas across major college disciplines. This research addresses this issue and provides the key first step to implement the service learning pedagogy: the topic idea.

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Section: Service Learning Projectsmentioning

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The service learning projects: stakeholder benefits and potential class topics

Rutti

LaBonte

Helms

et al. 2016

Education + Training

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“…With the goal of building a more-prepared MBA graduate, innovative business schools have sought to incorporate various forms of experiential learning into their curricula for many years, commonly through their capstone projects (McHann & Frost, 2010;Sciglimpaglia & Toole, 2009). To meet this need, business schools must encourage instructional innovations that provide for the development of these skills before graduates enter the marketplace.…”

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Embedding MBA Students in Local Incubators and Accelerators

Savoie

Bendickson

2018

Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy

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This article presents an innovative method of engaging MBA students in a capstone course by offering a customizable project with businesses that are currently progressing through a regional, independent incubator, or accelerator program. We include various project options but focus on customizable capstone project alternatives to traditional business strategy simulations and case study methods. Namely, our innovative learning solution is a mock consulting project which drives innovation and fosters strategic collaboration between small business owners, university faculty, and MBA students while providing business strategy experience and generating positive exposure for both the university and the small businesses involved. Our method includes pairing MBA students with participating startup businesses and allowing the soon-to-be MBAs an opportunity to garner consulting experience while simultaneously serving the needs of the businesses in the accelerator. Accordingly, MBA students act as consultants to business owners and prepare detailed weekly briefings to inform stakeholders within the university and the constituent businesses. By breaching the typical capstone project parameters, the mock consulting option provides for experiential and applied learning experiences for MBA students and develops higher order strategic thinking by challenging them to work hand-in-hand with real startups.

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“…Sciglampaglia and Toole () define field‐based projects as those that employ live case approaches by utilising the student's learning in the classroom. To enrich the learning process in field‐based projects regular interactions and close mentoring with students are incorporated into the learning process.…”

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“…This diversity brings richness in terms of the number of examples and contexts for discussion and strengthens learning. As a learning method, field‐based projects add value to the students, the local industries involved, and the faculty as well as institutions (Sciglimpaglia and Toole ).…”

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Knowing, Doing and Being Pedagogy in MBA‐level Management Accounting Classes: Some Empirical Evidence

Thaker

2015

Australian Accounting Review

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Much of the educational literature is concerned with the value added by MBA programs. In particular, serious questions have been raised about the efficacy of curricula employed in MBA programs and the achievement of learning needs. These include appreciating organisational reality, offering hands‐on experience on effective implementation, assisting students to understand the limits of markets and models, integrating diverse issues, implementation, creativity and innovation, amongst others. This article argues for, and provides empirical support to, a pedagogy mix to complement prevalent case‐based methods in a compulsory MBA program management accounting course. The article discusses field visits and field‐based assignments, use of cases and role‐play in effectively addressing the knowing, doing and being learning needs within an MBA program. Student survey data provide empirical support to concerns in the literature about case‐based pedagogy, and supports the argument for a pedagogy mix.

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

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

The service learning projects: stakeholder benefits and potential class topics

The service learning projects: stakeholder benefits and potential class topics

Embedding MBA Students in Local Incubators and Accelerators

Knowing, Doing and Being Pedagogy in MBA‐level Management Accounting Classes: Some Empirical Evidence

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