Hi, Erik
I am afraid I cannot really respond to your erudite suggestions and comments
except to suggest that you read my responses to others who seem to have come
from a similar place as you.
However, I am familiar with some of the views of Freud, Skinner and Weick,
and the literature on Decision Traps and to me all of that is just as
descriptive as most of the other materials in the current literature - neither these
views nor the decision traps provide an integrated comprehensive, actionable
system for making better decisions. Yes, remembering the decision traps can
possibly help someone avoid them - but they do not provide guidelines on how to
make high-quality decisions. Knowing what NOT do do (even someone who really
remembers all of them) is not the same as learning what YES to do.
I hope this helps to clarify - my perspective is on the responsibility of the
management education establishment to provide learners with something they
can learn, practice, and apply so they will be more competent as managers and
leaders. Becoming steeped in the writings you mention goes only a short way
toward that goal. Letting them take the translating step from theories to
guidelines is not fair - it seems there is little in the literature that does that
effectively and if we, the instructors and thinkers don't or can't do it, then
how can we expect students to do it?
I hope that helps to clarify what I have been saying.
Regards,
Cheers,
Erwin (Rausch)
didacticra@aol.com and
erausch@kean.edu