Improving student group work experiences through 'team-building'

Joanne Vickery; James D Hunter

Improving student group work experiences through 'team-building'

Joanne Vickery
, James D Hunter

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The reshaping of the learning environment within universities has increased diversity of student cohorts generally including, the learning needs of business students. This paper explores the impact of implementing a team-building exercise with the aim of improving student receptiveness to group tasks. Student responses about this intervention are presented in the context of the challenges they have faced when dealing with group process. On the basis of these insights the authors have pointed to the need for students to confront the issues arising from group work in order to enhance their experience when engaging in such learning activities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 23rd ANZAM Conference: Sustainable Management and Marketing
Editors	Nicholas Beaumont
Place of Publication	Canning Bridge, Australia
Publisher	Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd
Pages	1-15
ISBN (Print)	1863081577
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	ANZAM 2009: 23rd Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 1 Dec 2009 → 4 Dec 2009

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Conference	ANZAM 2009: 23rd Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
City	Melbourne, Australia
Period	1/12/09 → 4/12/09

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Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development

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Vickery, J & Hunter, JD 2009, Improving student group work experiences through 'team-building'. in N Beaumont (ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd ANZAM Conference: Sustainable Management and Marketing. Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, Canning Bridge, Australia, pp. 1-15, ANZAM 2009: 23rd Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Melbourne, Australia, 1/12/09. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5227>

Improving student group work experiences through 'team-building'. / Vickery, Joanne; Hunter, James D.
Proceedings of the 23rd ANZAM Conference: Sustainable Management and Marketing. ed. / Nicholas Beaumont. Canning Bridge, Australia: Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, 2009. p. 1-15.

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