Title: Benchmarks in tacit knowledge skills instruction: the European Union-Research Oriented Participatory Education (EU-ROPE) model of Copenhagen Business School

Authors: Charles T. Tackney, Toyoko Sato, Ole Stromgren

Addresses: Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Porcelaenshaven 18A, Frederiksberg DK-2000, Denmark. ' Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Porcelaenshaven 18A, Frederiksberg DK-2000, Denmark. ' Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Porcelaenshaven 18A, Frederiksberg DK-2000, Denmark

Abstract: This is an exploration into the hidden curriculum for citizenship and management skills found in an undergraduate programme of a Scandinavian business school. While the knowledge management literature addresses both explicit and tacit skills needed for successful performance in the modern enterprise, little attention has been paid to how these essential skills are initially acquired. Specification of tacit knowledge skills benchmarks in the research-oriented participatory education of Copenhagen Business School opens the way to assessing such skills acquisition in tertiary education. The integrated, interdisciplinary educational experience may be appropriate where group-based work and tacit knowledge skills acquisition are valued undergraduate goals.

Keywords: management in education; curriculum development; participatory education; Jesuit education; Japanese language curriculum; interdisciplinary research methods; tacit knowledge; citizenship skills; management skills; benchmarks; skills acquisition; tertiary education; group work.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2010.035611

International Journal of Management in Education, 2010 Vol.4 No.4, pp.463 - 485

Published online: 01 Oct 2010 *

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