Hugh and others will be on a panel on this subject at the Critical Management
Studies Workshop pre-conference of the Academy of Management meetings in Chicago,
Saturday, August 7, 1999, 1-4 p.m., site to be announced. One of the questions
(apropos Richard Montgomery's comment) is of the several meanings in our minds of
the term "critical." Joining Hugh will be Mary Jo Hatch, Richard Marens, David
Boje, Merv Morris, and myself. Hope you and others interested in this thread
can join us.
Leon
Jack Ring wrote:
> on Fri, 5 Mar 1999 Hugh WILLMOTT wrote RE: Has`Critical Academic Work' Got
> any Relevance for Students?
> [...]
> >Does anyone else have any interest in this issue or suggestions about how to
> >address it?
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> on Fri, 5 Mar 1999 Richard Montgomery wrote Re: Has`Critical Academic Work'
> Got any Relevance for Students?
> >
> >In my opinion, the primary job of education is to teach students "to
> >solve problems". All business management is essentially problem-solving,
> >so you must provide techniques, show examples, and use lectures & cases
> >to expose students to the science of problem-solving.
> >
> >You cannot educate the students of 1999 to solve the problems of 2020.
> >You can only equip them with the necessary tools.
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Gentlemen,
>
> Consider two observations.
>
> 1) Einstein pointed out that to solve our problems we will have to operate
> at a level of consciousness higher than the one we were in when we caused
> the problems.
>
> 2) Management educators, when they descend to the "how to" level of
> managing, have to change their curricula about every ten years -- and
> still don't have it right.
>
> So don't see your students as your "customers" but as your patients.
>
> Then remember that in pedagogy, as in medicine, prescription without
> diagnosis is also malpractice.
>
> Then teach them how to stay well -- to think and to plan.
> As Phil Crosby said, "Better you should avoid the quicksand than get a good
> deal on a towing contract."
>
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