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We are currently developing a workshop for Commerce & Admin faculty at our
institution. We would like to address large class issues specific to
teaching business courses and are looking for innovative approaches
particularly re: using the case method. Any research, experiences or
resources would be appreciated.
Heather MacKenzie
Assistant Director
Centre for Teaching & Learning
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
phone: 514 848-2494
fax: 514 848-2497

There is technique called Philip's 66. Are you aware of this. If not let me
know and I will fill you in on it.
Allon Shevat
General Manager,Growth Resources Institute
2 Kaufman Street, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Home Phone: 972 9 7447837
Office Phones: 972 3 5161433-4-7 Fax: 972 3 5102171
Mobiles: 050 781161 or 052 446292
email: ashevat@netvision.net.il

What is PHILIP'S 66?

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At 09:56 PM 9/29/97 +0200, you wrote:
>There is technique called Philip's 66. Are you aware of this. If not let me
>know and I will fill you in on it.
>Allon Shevat
>General Manager,Growth Resources Institute
>2 Kaufman Street, Tel Aviv, Israel.
>Home Phone: 972 9 7447837
>Office Phones: 972 3 5161433-4-7 Fax: 972 3 5102171
>Mobiles: 050 781161 or 052 446292
>email: ashevat@netvision.net.il
>
>
Allon Shevat
General Manager,Growth Resources Institute
2 Kaufman Street, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Home Phone: 972 9 7447837
Office Phones: 972 3 5161433-4-7 Fax: 972 3 5102171
Mobiles: 050 781161 or 052 446292
email: ashevat@netvision.net.il

My approach is to divide and conquer. Obviously a large class
which needs to partake in experiential learning must be broken into
small groups for small projects. THE KEY is to
train them in the techniques of team work first - and to do so
explicitly.

I do this sort of training with Electrical Engineers - and
the method is explained and illustrated at:
http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/MENG/index.html
with resources at:
http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Management/index.html

Please let me know if this helps

Gerard M Blair, Senior Lecturer, The Department of Electrical Engineering,
The University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JL, Scotland, UK
Email: gerard@ee.ed.ac.uk - Home page: http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/

I am not aware of this technique. Will it apply to business classes? To
using case method?
H. MacKenzie
Assistant Director
Centre for Teaching & Learning Services
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec

At 09:56 PM 9/29/97 +0200, you wrote:
>There is technique called Philip's 66. Are you aware of this. If not let me
>know and I will fill you in on it.
>Allon Shevat
>General Manager,Growth Resources Institute
>2 Kaufman Street, Tel Aviv, Israel.
>Home Phone: 972 9 7447837
>Office Phones: 972 3 5161433-4-7 Fax: 972 3 5102171
>Mobiles: 050 781161 or 052 446292
>email: ashevat@netvision.net.il
>
>

Heather MacKenzie of Concordia University in Canada wrote:

> We are currently developing a workshop for Commerce & Admin faculty at our
> institution. We would like to address large class issues specific to
> teaching business courses and are looking for innovative approaches
> particularly re: using the case method. Any research, experiences or
> resources would be appreciated.


This is a problem many of us face with budget cuts and
subsequent pressure to increase class sizes. I was loathe to teach
a large first year compulsory management class in a lecture theatre
as I had always taught small groups (20-25 students) where there was
plenty of opportunity for interaction with the students.

However, having read an article by Australian law lecturers, Gary
Davis & Neil McLeod, I was much more confident, and used many of the
techniques they suggested. Although the article does not pertain
specifically to business, it was still very valuable. (By the way,
my lectures with 120+ students were very successful, with plenty of
excellent feedback!).

Try:

"Teaching large classes: the silver lining" by Gary Davis and Neil
McLeod in HERDSA NEWS ((July 1996) Vol 18 Nos 1 & 2. The email address
for HERDSA (the Higher Education Research and Development Society of
Australasia) is:

herdsa.office@anu.edu.au

or check out the website at:

http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/education/herdsa


Sandy




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Allon wrote in response to Heather's request:

> There is technique called Philip's 66. Are you aware of this. If not let me
> know and I will fill you in on it.

Can you please share it with all of us?

Sandy



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Sandy Millar, Manukau Business School, Manukau Institute of
Technology, Private Bag 94006, Manukau City, NEW ZEALAND.

Ph: 0064 9 274 6009, Fax: 0064 9 273 0707
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