In 2014, Palgrave published
The Handbook of Experiential Learning in International Business
. The book was designed to be a one-stop source for international managers, business educators and trainers who seek to either select and use an existing experiential learning project, or develop new projects and exercises of this kind.
The success of that book prompted requests for a follow-up edition. After a few years of hard work in assembling a new team of editors and authors, we present here a follow-up volume. Its goal is to offer a broader and updated perspective on experiential learning pedagogy for international business and management, and beyond.
One development observed since the publication of the 2010 original edition of the handbook is that international business as a discipline and a profession is becoming more transversal. International business topics and courses are increasingly incorporated in business and non-business university programs around the world. This 2019 new edition reviews theoretical and empirical approaches of experiential learning and its role in increasing the effectiveness in teaching and learning of international business, and also, in the incorporation of international business-related concepts and competences
in business and non-business university curriculum
.
Same as in the original handbook, this follow-up edition has two major parts. The first part provides an updated overview of the theories of experiential learning and effectiveness of teaching and learning in international business through the use of experiential learning projects. Part two provides a collection of specific applications of experiential learning in international business and related fields. Each chapter of the book describes a different experiential learning project, including large-scale international collaboration projects, joint projects with international businesses
, designing experiential learning activities
, simulations
, experiential activities, or other experiential projects used in business and non-business courses.
Each chapter provides a detailed description on a hands-on project that the authors use to improve learning in their teaching. The description includes the project background and history, challenges, best practices, suggestions for future International Business (IB) educators who may want to incorporate this or similar experiential learning in their courses, and guidelines for developing similar experiential learning activities
.
The described projects range from large projects that cover entire semester, to smaller projects and activities that span only a few days, to quick exercises and activities that take only a few minutes to a few hours to run. Some of the projects described in this part of the book were developed as parts of formal courses or training programs, while others can be used independently and offered as an extra-curricular option for the students (competitions, internships, etc.).
The purpose of this handbook, as before, is to be a one-stop source for educators and trainers who seek to either select and use an existing experiential learning project or develop new projects and exercises of this kind.
This handbook contains a total of 44 chapters divided into 3 sections as follows:
- Part I: Introduction: Learning and teaching international business and management using experiential learning pedagogy.
- Part II: Theory-based and conceptual chapters: Learning and teaching international business and management using experiential learning pedagogy.
- Part III: Application-based chapters: Applications of experiential learning pedagogy in international business management learning and teaching. This section offers examples such as:
- Course design
- Class projects
- Capstone projects
- Consulting/corporate challenges
- International competitions
- Partnerships/joint projects with businesses and community
- Arts, culture , and experiential learning in international business
- Online collaborative platforms and global virtual teams
- Study tours and study abroad experiences
- Executive education
The 2019 edition of the handbook presents a wide-ranging collection of chapters authored by professors and researchers, spanning a great diversity of university and organizational affiliations. Eighty-seven co-authors of this edited volume collectively represent academic institutions in 23 countries in Asia, Africa
, North America, South America, Europe, and Oceania.
It is our hope that the readers will put the experiential learning theories and practical examples provided in this book to a good use. We encourage the readers to build upon these theories, replicate and apply the lesson plans, projects, and programs documented in these chapters.
We hope that the handbook will inspire a creation of new theories and methods for implementing impactful experiential learning
activities, projects, and programs in their curriculum
, within their organizations, and through their work in the field.