Embedding a threshold concept in teaching and learning of product development management

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Coughland, P. (2010), "Embedding a threshold concept in teaching and learning of product development management", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 24 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/dlo.2010.08124bad.009

Embedding a threshold concept in teaching and learning of product development management

Article Type: Abstracts From: Development and Learning in Organizations, Volume 24, Issue 2

Coughland P., Graham A.Creativity and Innovation Management (UK)September 2009Vol. 18 No. 3Start page: 190No. of pages: 9

Purpose – Uses insights from the literature on threshold concepts to develop a structure for understanding teaching and learning in the area of managing product development. Design/methodology/approach – Defines the threshold concept, outlines pedagogic principles and describes learning activities that seek to enact these principles based on experience of an established final-year university undergraduate course. Describes the Managing New Product Development course at Trinity College Dublin which brings together students from business and manufacturing engineering courses. Discusses the threshold concept of viewing product development as a complex adaptive system and how to help learners acquire a threshold concept.Article type: Case studyISSN: 0963-1690Reference: 38AX069

Keywords: Management techniques, New product development, Training methods