Journal of Management Development: Volume 36 Issue 6

Business apprenticeship: a viable business model in management education

Peter Daly

The purpose of this paper is to position the business apprenticeship model (a work-based learning model where student managers alternate between academic and workplace learning…

An enquiry into potential graduate entrepreneurship: Is higher education turning off the pipeline of graduate entrepreneurs?

Chris Birch, Jessica Lichy, Gary Mulholland, Maher Kachour

In today’s global economy, high in talent but low in growth, the capability and skills mismatch between the output of universities and the demands of business has escalated to a…

University transformation: Explaining policy-making and trends in higher education in Russia

Madeleine Block, Tatiana Khvatova

Higher education (HE) institutions worldwide are experiencing fundamental changes, moving from the traditional Humboldt-type model towards an entrepreneurial model. In the context…

New applications for importance-performance analysis (IPA) in higher education: Understanding student satisfaction

Fraser McLeay, Andrew Robson, Mazirah Yusoff

The constantly evolving higher education (HE) sector is creating a need for new business models and tools for evaluating performance. In this paper, an overview of the…

Enterprise education: Towards a framework for effective engagement with the learners of today

Jason Turner, Gary Mulholland

The purpose of this paper is to examine young learners’ attitudes towards enterprise education within the context of a university led initiative to construct a sustainable…

Deliberate institutional differentiation through graduate attributes: Implementing professional skills at MacEwan School of Business

Lyle Benson, Rickard Enström

The purpose of this paper is to describe the creation and deliberate positioning of a new Bachelor of Commerce program at MacEwan School of Business, Canada, by formally…

Educational mobility in transition: what can China and the UK learn from each other?

Rose Quan, Alison Pearce, Yevhen Baranchenko

The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences in international student mobility (SM) in two contrasting countries: UK and China, at national, institutional and…