I posted this message recently on the OBTC listserv and got several
responses there, and I wanted to check here as well.
Many of you attend the Academy of Management meeting each year
and are aware of the the small group or caucus sessions held
on particular topics. Mike Whitfield and I, here at GC&SU, are
interested in the possibility of an Academy caucus focusing on the
capstone strategic management or business policy course offered in
many business schools. In particular, we'd like to discuss this
course in terms of review or assessment using a "scholarship of
teaching and learning (SoTL) perspective." We thought there
might be some value for those on campuses engaged in Carnegie/SoTL
conversations to have an opportunity to discuss what such an
approach might mean for review or assessment of a strategic
management course. In our case, we've been concerned that students
seem to retain so little basic knowledge of accounting, economics,
etc. that they can hardly be "integrative" in pursuing goals
that we have for them in strategic management. We've wondered about
using pre-tests and/or other possible means to improve learning in
this course.
If you find this topic interesting, can attend the Academy meeting
this year in Washington, D.C., and might like to sit in on a caucus
on this topic, please respond to me privately. We would need at
least five individuals willing to support such a caucus to get it
on the program. Thanks for your consideration. --- Steve
Steve Payne
spayne@mail.gcsu.edu
Dept. of Management
Georgia College & State Univ.
Milledgeville, GA 31061