Management education for practicing managers: Combining academic rigor with personal change and organizational action

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-405

  Berggren, Christian ^a   Söderlund, Jonas ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

action research; executive programs; experiential learning; management education; project management; reflection; relevance; rigor

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955369666     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562910390369     Document Type: Article

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