The community as a classroom: Integrating service learning into human resource management curriculum. Journal of Human Resources Education

Abstract

The use of service learning as a pedagogical tool in management education has become more prevalent in the last two decades. Service learning is an experiential learning technique designed to balance academic learning with service work to enhance student learning, encourage civic responsibility, highlight broad implications of management practices, and help universities serve the communities in which they exist. The current paper is organized in three parts. Part One includes a brief literature review including benefits and hindrances to service learning. Part Two includes description of several specific service learning projects conducted by students at the University of Oklahoma at Tulsa. Part Three includes specific recommendations for faculty interested in utilizing service learning projects in human resource management courses.