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Smith, P., Callagher, L. J., Hibbert, P., Krull, E. and Hosking, J. (2024) Developing interdisciplinary learning : spanning disciplinary and organizational boundaries. Journal of Management Education . doi:10.1177/10525629231221540 ISSN 1052-5629. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231221540
Abstract
Based on a study of a postgraduate course, we show how—through the processes associated with applying a strategic tool—students developed the understandings that allowed them to span disciplinary and organizational boundaries. We reveal how the students, working in groups and acting as consultants to industry clients, developed specific boundary-spanning skills learned through observation and practice (mimesis), and reflection. Namely, (1) working with others with different disciplines to establish roles and processes to operate successfully as a group, (2) establishing productive communication with other groups of diverse disciplines as part of project processes, (3) eliciting information from other groups of diverse specialists, and (4) managing an inclusive discussion process among other groups of diverse specialists for agreement. We discuss how these insights about mimesis and reflection add to pedagogic debates about instruction for interdisciplinary and inter-organizational learning and the implications for management education and development practice.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Management -- Study and teaching, Organizational behavior -- Study and teaching, International approach in education, Universities and colleges -- Curricula, Education, Higher -- Curricula, Interdisciplinary research, Organizational change, Business education | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Management Education | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1052-5629 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2024 | ||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1177/10525629231221540 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 March 2024 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 26 March 2024 |
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