Closing the gap between what industry needs and what HE provides

Education + Training

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 496-508

  Mchardy, Peter ^a   Allan, Teresa ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Learning; Role play; Scenario planning; Simulation; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132011     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910010362923     Document Type: Article

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