Friends and colleagues: Educating Managers through Real World Projects is now available with research on best practices around the world in using work embedded e-Learning, action learning, consulting projects etc. in management education and development. Full information including chapter abstracts and an order form for your library is available at http://management-education.net/rmed4.html EDUCATING MANAGERS THROUGH REAL WORLD PROJECTS Introduction: Project Based Management Education Best Practice Robert DeFillippi and Charles Wankel Section I: Consulting Projects 1. Wharton's Global Consulting Practicum: Interdependence, Ambiguity, and Reflection Patricia Gorman Clifford, Wharton School of Business Jane Hiller Farran, Wharton School of Business Leonard Lodish, Wharton School of Business 2. Project Based International Business Consulting C. Patrick Fleenor, Seattle University Peter V. Raven, Seattle University Jerry Ralston, Seattle University 3. Real Real World Projects Mats Lundeberg, Stockholm School of Economics Pär Mårtensson, Stockholm School of Economics 4. Managing Divergent and Convergent Focus of Learning in Student Field Projects Susan Adams, Bentley College Section II: Service Learning Projects 5. Educating Managers through Service Learning Projects Karen Ayas, Rotterdam School of Management Philip Mirvis, Boston College 6. Real World Transfer of Professional Knowledge: A modification to internship learning Jan Brace-Govan, Monash University, Australia Irene H. Powell, Monash University, Australia 7. Creating actionable knowledge: Experimenting with service learning in a corporatist nonprofit regime Judith van der Voort, Rotterdam School of Management Lucas C.P.M. Meijs, Rotterdam School of Management Gail Whiteman, Rotterdam School of Management Section III: Action Learning 8. Action Learning as a Vehicle for Management Development and Organizational Learning: Empirical Patterns from Practice and Theoretical Implications Lyle Yorks, Columbia University, Teachers College 9. Action Learning for Management Development: Lessons from a Leadership Development Programme Richard T. Harrison, University of Edinburgh Claire M. Leitch, Queen's University, Belfast 10. The Manchester Method: A Critical Review of a Learning Experiment Tudor Rickards, Manchester Business School Paula J. Hyde, Manchester Business School K. Nadia Papamichail, Manchester Business School 11. A Management Education Model for Bridging the Academic and the Real World Eugene Baten, Central Connecticut State University David Fearon, Central Connecticut State University Cheryl Harrison, Quinnipiac University Section IV: A Potpourri of Project-Based Practices and Perspectives 12. Work Embedded e-Learning Paul Shrivastava, Bucknell University 13. Problem-based Learning Approaches in Management Education Oon-Seng Tan, Nanyang Technological University 14. Business Plan Competitions: Vehicles for Learning about Entrepreneurship Malu Roldan, San Jose State University Asbjorn Osland, San Jose State University Michael Solt, San Jose State University Burton V. Dean, San Jose State University Mark V. Cannice, University of San Francisco 15. The Role of the Student in Project Learning Timothy C. Johnston, University of Tennessee at Martin 16. A Design for Assessing Authentic Business Projects: Project-Organized Education in an Undergraduate Program Marjolein van Noort, Hogeschool Zeeland Georges Romme, Tilburg University _____________________________________ Collegially, Charles Wankel Associate Professor St. John's University, New York wankelc@optonline.net