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Intellectual competition as technology for professional training of managers: GSOM experience. / Minina, Vera; Nikitina, Irina.
In: Journal of Management Development, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2012, p. 263-274.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Intellectual competition as technology for professional training of managers: GSOM experience
AU - Minina, Vera
AU - Nikitina, Irina
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss educational technologies that meet modern requirements for training and retraining managers. The authors demonstrate the potential of interactive learning technologies in the development of independent thinking of graduates as an example of implementation of Graduate School of Management (GSOM), St Petersburg University, educational programs. Design/methodology/approach – The data in this paper are drawn from a survey by the authors in 2010 of students attending the programs for executives in GSOM (n=49). Findings – The survey reported that intellectual competitions contribute to achieving independence of participants thinking. The most popular intellectual competitions methods are panel discussion (first place); simulation games with varying roles (team-consultant and team-client) and case studies (second place), and modeling professional situations with limited information in writing and calculations (third place). Research limitations and implications
AB - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss educational technologies that meet modern requirements for training and retraining managers. The authors demonstrate the potential of interactive learning technologies in the development of independent thinking of graduates as an example of implementation of Graduate School of Management (GSOM), St Petersburg University, educational programs. Design/methodology/approach – The data in this paper are drawn from a survey by the authors in 2010 of students attending the programs for executives in GSOM (n=49). Findings – The survey reported that intellectual competitions contribute to achieving independence of participants thinking. The most popular intellectual competitions methods are panel discussion (first place); simulation games with varying roles (team-consultant and team-client) and case studies (second place), and modeling professional situations with limited information in writing and calculations (third place). Research limitations and implications
KW - Active training methods
KW - Business education
KW - Intellectual competition
KW - Interactive technologies
KW - Management development
KW - Managers
KW - Retraining
KW - Russia
KW - Teaching style
KW - Training methods
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 263
EP - 274
JO - Journal of Management Development
JF - Journal of Management Development
SN - 0262-1711
IS - 3
ER -
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