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Knudsen, Morten; Larsson, Magnus – Teaching Public Administration, 2022
This article studies the organisational view inherent in a public management and leadership development programme. Organisational views are important to study as they guide and frame the actions of the members of the organisation. In the management and leadership development programme under investigation the organisational view was a…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Leadership Training, Experiential Learning, Management Development
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Michael Thier; Dyana P. Mason; Brittany Mattice – Higher Education Quarterly, 2024
Experiential learning has become a fundamental pillar of higher education, particularly in public administration and nonprofit management programmes. This approach purposefully aims to engage learners directly in (a) concrete experiences; (b) focused, personal reflection; (c) abstract conceptualizations and (d) active experimentation. As…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Public Administration
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van der Steen, Martijn; Van Twist, Mark; Frissen, Paul – Teaching Public Administration, 2017
Senior-level civil servants can learn a lot from methods such as theory-lectures and case-teaching, but there is another resource of knowledge and insight that can be utilized more for teaching public administration: the professional experience of participants in training programmes. This paper argues that it is possible to use the professional…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Experiential Learning, Government Employees, Public Administration Education
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Hughes, Derek – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2010
This paper reviews how action learning was used as part of a regional leadership development programme involving a number of public sector organisations. It explores how the sets were designed and set up and the significant challenges that this particular approach brought. A number of positive tangible outcomes were produced from the sets and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Public Sector, Leadership Training, Foreign Countries
Bergerson, Peter J., Ed. – 1991
The 16 chapters of this book offer innovative instructional techniques used to train public managers. It presents public management concepts along with such subtopics as organizational theory and ethics, research skills, program evaluation, financial management, computers and communication skills in public administration, comparative public…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business Administration Education, College Curriculum, Computer Literacy
Ohio Continuing Higher Education Association. – 1986
Eleven presentations are provided from the summer conference of the Ohio Continuing Higher Education Association (OCHEA). A letter from the president of OCHEA, John R. Loch, appears first. These presentations follow: "Colleges and Corporations: Partners in Continuing Education" (Donna Bovard, Martha Silling); "Weekend Colleges: Serving Adults…
Descriptors: Colleges, Continuing Education, Credits, Educational Innovation