The impact of outdoor management development (OMD) programmes

Hamilton, Thomas; Cooper, Cary L.

doi:10.1108/eum0000000006163

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“…There is common agreement within the literature that learning can be achieved through practical application and active reflection (e.g. Saunders, 1997 in Beard and Wilson, 2002; Hamilton and Cooper, 2001; Kolb, 1984; Meyer, 2003). The active involvement introduces an element of realism within the classroom environment allowing a significantly richer learning experience, increasing retention of the material and resulting in greater understanding.…”

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The effectiveness of a live case study approach: Increasing knowledge and understanding of ‘hard’ versus ‘soft’ skills in executive education

Culpin¹,

Scott²

2012

Management Learning

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This study sought to examine the effectiveness of a live case methodology for individuals engaged in executive development. In particular, the research examined whether 'hard' skills such as strategy could be developed by using a case study approach that is traditionally known for improving transferable or 'soft' skills. A threeday live case study was undertaken by 19 participants as part of an executive development programme on strategy. Through completion of both pre and post case study questionnaires, change scores on knowledge and understanding of a range of both 'hard' (strategy related) and 'soft' (transferable skills) skills and confidence to perform these skills effectively was calculated. The results clearly demonstrated that the use of the live case study was an excellent method for improving knowledge and understanding of strategy. However, the more surprising result was that with middle and senior managers on an executive education programme, the live case study did not significantly improve knowledge, understanding or confidence for transferable skills. The findings are discussed in relation to the current literature on the benefits of live cases, and the specific characteristics of the executive development cohort.

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The effectiveness of a live case study approach: Increasing knowledge and understanding of ‘hard’ versus ‘soft’ skills in executive education

Culpin¹,

Scott²

2012

Management Learning

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“…As conceptual frameworks have been developed, a number of studies have taken a positivist, confirmatory approach to OMD: testing hypotheses generated through extensive analyses of the literature (Burke and Collins, 2004b; Hamilton and Cooper, 2001; Ibbetson and Newell, 1996; Keller and Olson, 2000; Lucas, 1992; Mazany, Francis and Sumich, 1995; Ng, 2001). These have often produced equivocal results and have generally failed to support the predicted relationships, indicating that our theoretical understanding of OMD may be insufficient to support methodological approaches such as these.…”

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Inputs and Outcomes of Outdoor Management Development: Of Design, Dogma and Dissonance

Jones

Oswick

2007

British J of Management

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Although it is now a multi‐million pound international industry, there is continuing scepticism about the benefits of Outdoor Management Development (OMD). This study investigates the impact of participation in an archetypal example of OMD on a cohort of junior managers (n=19). Participants reported changes in a variety of attitudes including, their opinions of themselves, team‐working and the theoretical frameworks used to underpin the programme. Analysis of individuals' accounts found associations between participation in particular forms of outdoor training activities and changes in certain categories of attitude. Cognitive dissonance theory is used as a framework to explain these changes. More specifically, we contend that task selection and review‐style choices made by providers and sponsors significantly influenced the reactions, sense‐making processes and training outcomes reported by participants. This study challenges the design of contemporary OMD programmes that privileges a linear, incremental view of development where one starts with simple tasks of short duration and gradually progresses to longer and more complex activities.

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“…However, in addition to entrepreneurship education, universities should provide emotional education to potential entrepreneurs to equip them with emotional adaptation skills to overcome the challenges of entrepreneurship (Aly et al, 2021 ). In addition, experiential learning practices (e.g., outdoor training) can help improve the emotional competence of college students (Hamilton and Cooper, 2001 ), and colleges can implement experiential learning programs such as outdoor training to equip students with the ability to cope with emotional challenges while developing their entrepreneurial intentions by improving their emotional competence (Padilla-Melendez et al, 2014 ). In addition, blended entrepreneurial program is an effective educational strategy.…”

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Emotion in the Area of Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of Research Hotspots

Xiong

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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The application of emotion in economic management is gaining attention. As an important irrational factor, personal emotion often plays a significant role in business decision-making activities. In the field of entrepreneurship, emotion also plays a crucial role, and more and more scholars are focusing on this interdisciplinary issue. However, the current research on emotion in entrepreneurship is still fragmented, and there is an urgent need for a more scientific and systematic approach to comprehensively organize the literature in this field, so as to lay the foundation for researchers to further research on emotion in entrepreneurship. In this study, VOSviewer was used to analyze the existing literature, and the results showed that the current research on emotion in the field of entrepreneurship mainly focuses on five research themes, namely, emotion and college students' entrepreneurship, family emotion and entrepreneurship, the role of emotion in successful entrepreneurship, emotional problems under the influence of entrepreneurial failure, and entrepreneurial passion.

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The impact of outdoor management development (OMD) programmes

Cited by 12 publications

References 7 publications

The effectiveness of a live case study approach: Increasing knowledge and understanding of ‘hard’ versus ‘soft’ skills in executive education

The effectiveness of a live case study approach: Increasing knowledge and understanding of ‘hard’ versus ‘soft’ skills in executive education

Inputs and Outcomes of Outdoor Management Development: Of Design, Dogma and Dissonance

Emotion in the Area of Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of Research Hotspots

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