Ruth,
Of course, I don't know Dean's full story from his faculty person's
perspective, but I don't necessarily think that the comment quoted indicates
a need to arrive at the same conculsion. It is possible I missed something
in this string of notes that sent me down a wrong path ... but...
When I earned my Certified Professional Contract Manager credentials there
was a baby-bar type exam that included 5 essays which did not have any right
answers to them. Rather, the scoring was based upon the development and
justification of the position. The demonstration of critical thinking
related to the topic. On the other hand, key theories related to the topic
could not be ignored.
In my strategic management course for my doctorate the 7-S theory was a key
concept and teaching the theory was a key objective of the course. As a
result, I would anticipate that any paper in that course would have to
address that theory. I would be expected to demonstrate that I had read the
text, lectures and understood the theory. If I had disagreed with the
theory, I would have had to justify my position through the presentation of
opposing theories.
So, I would think the idea would be to use the theories both in the text,
lectures and from outside sources. In addition, I also require personal
experience, too. (my method of avoiding copy/paste plagiarism).
Conna Condon
> From: Ruth H. Axelrod [mailto:
raxelrod@gwu.edu]
>
> Deon--
>
> That experience well represents the unfortunately pervasive view that if
> the student does his/her "critical thinking" correctly, it will
> inevitably arrive at the same conclusions as did the professor's.
>
> Ruth
>
> > Nick,
> > A Few years ago I missed a distinction for a MBA subject
> > because as the lecturer wrote: "You could have achieved a distinction
> > had you used the McKinsey 7-S theory for your assignment as stated in
> > the text". I used theories and models from other qualifications.....
> >
> > Deon Binneman, mailto:
deonbin@icon.co.za
>
>