Management development. The MESOL (Management Education Scheme by Open Learning) experience

Explores and attempts to reconcile some of the differences between traditional professional and academic management qualifications and those based on the NVQ competence model. Based on the experience of Universities and Higher Education institutions delivering open learning MESOL materials to the UK health and social care sector, focuses on the different assessment methodologies used by each. Concludes that it is necessary to differentiate clearly between the traditional input/knowledge-based model and the competence-based approach of the NVQ. This will allow candidates to contextualize and consolidate learning in the workplace prior to revisiting their performance at a later date.