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Customising Management Education: Designing Learning Episodes Using An Open System Perspective, Peter Mclean Jan 2012

Customising Management Education: Designing Learning Episodes Using An Open System Perspective, Peter Mclean

Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)

This paper presents a holistic framework for designing effective learning episodes for management students. Based on a synthesis of adult learning theory and open system theory, the paper proposes a model of learning design which can guide the customising of management education to account for the particular requirements of the four key elements in a learning episode. Effective learning requires careful consideration of and alighment between these key elements, and flexibility to change when any of these elements varies from prior expectations.


Big Data As A Strategic Enabler Of Superior Emergency Service Management: Lessons From The New South Wales State Emergency Service, Samuel Fosso Wamba, Andrew Edwards, Rajeev Sharma Jan 2012

Big Data As A Strategic Enabler Of Superior Emergency Service Management: Lessons From The New South Wales State Emergency Service, Samuel Fosso Wamba, Andrew Edwards, Rajeev Sharma

Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)

A unique form of organization that has not received much attention is the emergency services organization, which is tasked with responding to crises and disasters such as floods, fires, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other natural and man-made disasters. Effective responses in such situations are reliant on the availability of archived information as well as on the effective real-time integration and utilization of data coming from various channels including sensors, satellites, social media feeds, photos, video and cell phone GPS signals or 'Big Data' (IBM 2012; Rich 2012). The effective management of these events also requires the collaboration and coordination of a …