Adventure education – a new way to confront reality!

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to outline the principles and supporting rationale for the utilization of adventure education in enhancing individual and team synergy for future organizational requirements.

Design/methodology/approach

An examination of theorists' perspectives on adventure education was undertaken to determine the relevancy of the theory to guide individual and group learning to support and enhance individual and team learning in a changing business environment.

Findings

The paper advocates that an understanding of the adventure education concept can enable business leaders to build individual and team synergy to create practical business strategies to support organizational goals, which in turn will lead to enhanced competitiveness and growth opportunities.

Practical implications

Understanding the parallels between training and everyday situations, will enable business leaders to utilize adventure activities to facilitate a continuous learning culture while at the same time building individual and team synergy in support of improved organizational excellence.

Originality/value

This paper presents an overview of the relevance of adventure education which both enhances personal knowledge and understanding at practical level so as to enable business leaders to gain insight on the inherent factors that may be influenced to advance organizational goals and objectives.

Citation

Dwyer, R.J. (2006), "Adventure education – a new way to confront reality!", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 20 No. 4, pp. 12-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/14777280610676945