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A Survey of Research in Field-Based Education: A Summary of Process, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned

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    (Department of Management Information Systems, Operations Management and Decision Sciences, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469)

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Field-based education, in which students earn academic credit while working with clients in a live consulting setting, is growing in popularity among operations research/management science educators. This paper provides a survey of over 20 articles on field-based education in operations research, management science, and related disciplines. It presents a common structure of such courses based on that reported in the literature. Furthermore, it captures best practices and lessons learned from over 20 prior articles on the teaching of field-based research.

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  • Michael F. Gorman, 2018. "A Survey of Research in Field-Based Education: A Summary of Process, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned," INFORMS Transactions on Education, INFORMS, vol. 18(3), pages 145-161, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orited:v:18:y:2018:i:3:p:145-161
    DOI: 10.1287/ited.2017.0181
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