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Continuous Improvement Challenges: Implementing PBL in One University in Romania

Bârsan Raluca MihaelaKifor ŞTefania

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Knowledge managementWicked problemHF5001-6182020205 medical informaticsSocial Psychologybusiness.industryEconomics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Face (sociological concept)continuous improvementResistance (psychoanalysis)Qualitative property02 engineering and technologyproblem based learningPrivate sector03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineProblem-based learninglean higher education030221 ophthalmology & optometry0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringBusiness Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)BusinessSociologybusiness

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Abstract What do business and education have in common when it comes to continuous improvements? The answer is Lean Principles. Case studies and implementation challenges from some pilot PBL projects in one university, in Romania, are analysed and described in depth, while comparing the educational experience in the university to the challenges and resistance to change that facilitators in the private sector face inside their own companies. Taking this into consideration and based on qualitative data retrieved from interviews carried out in the private sector and in the educational sector, the authors of this paper will present deep insights that are meant to serve as a basis for understanding the “wicked problem” of scalling continuous improvements like Problem Based Learning throughout the entire teaching organization.

https://doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2020-0022