What Does An Enterprise University Mean To Me

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BEE Conference 5th and 6th September 2005 RICS
London Virtuous Knowledge Sharing and
Consilient Learning Enabling Mid Career
Construction Professionals to Flourish
Eur Ing Professor James Powell OBE DSc
Pro Vice Chancellor Salford
University
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Context - Influence of the
Knowledge
Economy In the 21st Century brain power and
imagination, invention and
organisation of new technologies are key
strategic ingredients Today knowledge and
skills now stand alone as the
only source of comparative advantage
Thurow (MIT) Wealth Creation and
Productivity will be more dependant
on the exploitation of skills and Knowledge
than on the Traditional
Assets of Land, Capital or Labour.

(DTI,1998)
Smarter Knowing-How NOT Harder Labouring
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Imaginative Generation of Knowledge Know
How through Reasoned Undisciplined Sharing
Virtuous Knowledge
Sharing
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Innovation and Enterprise are the Key to
Economic Growth

• Innovation accounts for 80 of productivity
  growth
• Highly Correlation between Level of Enterprise
  and National GDP
• Entrepreneurship accounts for 1/3 of the
  variation in economic growth gt Knowledge
  Commodity
• Post Secondary Enterprise Education Vital
  gtgtaccounts for 40 of the difference between
  those Countries having STRONG and weak GDP
• BUT SMEs Cant Afford it
• Time Cost
• Quality Executive Learning
• is not Cheap

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Traditional Teaching of SMEs
Knowledge Bases
Teaching Push or Tell Show
Want Learning Support Not Teaching Push
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The Effective Professional

• Exercises GOOD JUDGEMENT when making decisions
• Uses AUTHORITY as a source of EXPERTISE
• Assumes RESPONSIBILITY for decisions
• Capable of thinking CRITICALLY and COMPLEXLY
• Deals with problems in their TOTAL COMPLEXITY
• Uses REFLECTIVE THINKING and SELF EVALUATION
• Has an effective and socially responsible VALUE
  SYSTEM

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CONSILIENT LEARNING

• jumping together of knowledge
• as a result of the linking of facts
• and fact based theories
• across disciplines to create a
• common groundwork of explanation
• WILSON (1998)

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Consilient Learning

• Learning from Real Personal Needs the Self
  Reflective Practitioner
• Empathising with Others
  Action Learning
• Building Elemental Capacity
  Small Bites of Learning One at a time
• Systemitising Your Real World Actions Hard and
  Soft Systems

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Consilient Learning in Action e-MEnt Sharing
Knowledge Together gtgt e-MEnt (Construction)
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Learning from Real Needs Self Awareness
CONSILIENT LEARNING
SystematisingSoft/Hard Systems
EnvironmentalUnderstanding
Empathising Virtuous Human Management
SkillsDevelopment
Building CapacityBeing Taught Processual
Elements - Effectively
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Creative Leadership of Creative Teams
Whenever you see a successful Business, Someone
once made a courageous Decision
Peter F Drucker
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Effect of KE for Learning

• Knowledge Entrepreneurs
• New Leaders
• Need Continuous Executive Development
• The Learning Technologies are Fast Improving to
  help them gtgt they will
  soon Enable not Disable
• This will enable MORE of the Human Educational
  Touch needed to Give the
  Necessary Confidence to Learn, not diminish it

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Conclusion
I Enjoy Learning, But on the Whole I hate being
Taught !
Winston Churchill
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Thank You for Your Attention
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I Look forward to the Discussion in
Anticipation