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Must We Mainly Entertain the Students? (was " Introduction")

  • 1.  Must We Mainly Entertain the Students? (was " Introduction")

    Posted 03-07-1999 07:15
    Avoid ACKroyms and jargoony at all costs. ;^P

    Pet peeve: paradigm

    How about a new way of thinking about thinking?

    > You ask should we teach what the students want (management fads?). To the
    > extent that the "fads" you mention like BPR and TQM resonate with the people
    > the students will be working with, I actually think that it is important
    > that they too be conversant in them. (Whether BPR and/or TQM are fads or
    > not I know is something that many would take issue with itself).

    > That the students like the action learning etc. is great.

    My students love it.

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