An innovative partnership in management development
Peter Blackburn
(Peter Blackburn Is Training Manager for Shepherd Construction Ltd)
Barry Fryer
(Barry Fryer is a Management Education Consultant. Until recently, he was an Assistant Dean at Leeds Metropolitan University)
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Abstract
Describes the main features of a unique management development programme devised by Shepherd Construction Ltd and Leeds Metropolitan University, which features work‐based learning, mentoring and accreditation of prior learning and has resulted in the first group of Shepherd managers recently receiving their postgraduate awards. Demonstrates that industry and higher education can get together and do new and exciting things.
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Citation
Blackburn, P. and Fryer, B. (1996), "An innovative partnership in management development", Management Development Review, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 22-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/09622519610772139
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1996, MCB UP Limited