Exploring the growing phenomenon of university-corporate education partnerships.

Autor: Ryan, Lindsay
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Zdroj: Management Decision; 2009, Vol. 47 Issue 8, p1313-1322, 10p
Abstrakt: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore why corporations are forming corporate education partnerships with universities and the role of corporate education programmes. - Design/methodology/approach - The paper presents the findings from quantitative research involving 79 senior managers from North America, the UK, and Australia responsible for the management of their university-corporate education partnerships. Findings -. The research finds that the primary reason for establishing university-corporate education partnerships is to provide a recognised university award programme to complement an organisation's in-house education programmes. Also, by aligning with a university an organisation is able to add strength and credibility to its in-house corporate education programmes. Originality/value - The research provides an insight into the growing role of university-corporate education partnerships and helps to quantify some emerging aspects of these partnerships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index