Learning from experience and the experience of learning in an academic setting

The first, "learning from experience and the experience of learning", relates directly to one of the central issues in group relations conferences—that of learning. Whereas in group relations conferences the question of learning, although central, is firmly and ideologically rooted in "experience", in an MBA programme, other kinds of learning prevail. The school of business administration at the college of management is the largest in Israel; it includes of 4500 student out of which 1500 are MBA students. It was founded about thirty years ago and was the first academic institution in Israel that broke out of the university system and was authorised by the Israel council for higher education to give academic degrees. The course "Psychological Aspects of Management" has been administered for six years in the MBA management and business psychology programme at the college of management.