It’s Like Cycling: The Application of Threshold Conceptions to Teaching an Introduction to Human Resource Management

Threshold conceptions bind different aspects of concepts (Land, Cousin, Meyer, & Davies, 2005). Individuals may have a basic understanding of concepts, but not the interrelatedness within these concepts (Perkins, 2006). Therefore, the purpose of this exercise is to discuss the importance of threshold conceptions in learning, and provide a detailed cycling framework for the conceptualization of human resource management. Additionally, frameworks that may be used in management to assist learning and overcoming threshold conceptions will be discussed.