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A finance team member always asks 'will this work in practice?', quickly applies new techniques from courses to real problems, and gets impatient with open-ended discussion. A manager wants to design a development activity matching this person's preference on Kolb's cycle. Which activity best fits?

Applying a new budgeting technique to a live project and reviewing results fits best. The person is a pragmatist who favours active experimentation and practical usefulness, whereas lectures, reflective reports and theory reading suit theorists and reflectors instead.

  1. AAttending a lecture on the history of accounting theory
  2. BObserving colleagues and writing a reflective report before acting
  3. CApplying a new budgeting technique to a live project and reviewing the resultsCorrect
  4. DReading a model that explains why the technique was developed

Explanation

The person prefers practical application, matching the pragmatist style and Kolb's active experimentation stage. Live application with review suits this. Lectures, reflection and theory reading suit theorists or reflectors, who prefer thinking and observing over doing.

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