The Experiential Approach to Undergraduate OHRM

This chapter presents a rationale for the use of experiential learning (EL) as an appropriate pedagogic methodology with first-year business management students when introducing them to the importance of OSHRM as a key functional area within business. It discusses the credibility of an EL pedagogic approach comparing it with a traditional approach. Specifically it describes and critically analyses an EL module devised by academics at Newcastle Business School which is used with first-year students with an aim of introducing them, through exploration and experimentation to the importance of OSHRM as a key functional area within business. Specific and practical guidance is provided as to how to introduce and successfully execute such a module within a programme. Barriers and challenges of such an approach are also discussed in the context of faculty perceptions of EL within OSHRM.