Situationism in Business Education – Are Situations the Smallest Didactical Units?

Bienengräber, Thomas

doi:10.1007/978-94-6209-191-7_5

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“…In the design-thinking process, participants initially engage in exploration and crystallization through conversation (Golsby-Smith, 2007), whereas problem-based learning and situationism assist in transferring acquired knowledge (Bienengräber, 2013). Strategic management pedagogy that emphasizes reflective practices may more clearly reveal whether, based on the evidence they encounter, learners are able to construct accurate mental models that apply field-specific knowledge and result in viable options for addressing a problem situation, two important competencies required by organizations.…”

Section: A Critical Analysis Of Contemporary Approaches To Strategic mentioning

confidence: 99%

Reflection in Strategic Management Education

Albert

Grzeda

2014

Journal of Management Education

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Critiques of Masters in Business Administration strategic management education have centered on the failure to adequately integrate two core orientations of the strategic management process, that is, analysis and implementation. Thus, attempts to measure assurance of learning in strategic management capstone courses will inevitably reveal gaps in the degree of deep learning that has occurred in a business program. In this article, we argue that a linear or serial approach to case analysis is a prime culprit in contributing to weaknesses in deep learning and critical thinking. This approach encourages weak reflections, lack of innovation in generating strategic options, and poor implementation planning. We analyze various contemporary approaches to strategic management education in relation to deep learning outcomes and, relying on Bloom’s taxonomy, we propose an alternate, reflection-based framework for teaching strategic management culminating in a discussion on its implications for teaching and practice.

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Section: A Critical Analysis Of Contemporary Approaches To Strategic mentioning

confidence: 99%