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This invaluable source book offers guidance, support and advice for those contemplating or involved in academic careers. The contributions provide rich, personal, sometimes poignant and often humorous accounts of shared and unique experiences of those in the world of academia.
Reflections on Championing an Innovation in Academe: The Case of Management Skill Education
Reflections on Championing an Innovation in Academe: The Case of Management Skill Education
If necessity is the mother of invention, serendipity must surely be the father.
Several months ago, I was asked by a young colleague what I would like to be remembered for as an academic. After some initial blustering about the fact that it was way too early in my career to be thinking about epitaphs, and that I wasn't sure that anything I had done merited remembering, I realized from my inquirer's earnest expression that I should take his question seriously. So, reluctantly, I responded, “Coauthoring the book Developing Management Skills.” That conversation came to mind when I was invited ...
