Executive education programs should be redesigned to stress problem-solving and process-management skills geared to the overall organization. Shifting priorities, altering content, and changing the delivery system would benefit all and provide a lasting skill--learning how to learn. (JOW)

In order to encourage students to be self-motivated, engaged, critical thinkers, instructors must shift away from the traditional teacher-centered class to one that allows students to take responsibility for their own learning. Instructors may be hesitant to change classroom power relationships due to students' resistance to assuming more…

In-class, stakeholder negotiation exercises are proposed as a means of students experiencing and reflecting critically on the potential and the risks of an increasingly popular mechanism for advancing sustainability--stakeholder engagement. This article reviews the theoretical framework for stakeholder engagement and for an issue-based rather than…

Presents the findings from a large-scale educational change initiative in a Fortune 10 company in which managers adopted instructional roles in a cascade delivery approach. (Author/CCM)

Scandals throughout corporate America have encouraged companies to seek leaders who can sustain profitability and embody positive values within the organization. This group exercise highlights some of the key challenges involved in choosing a values-based leader. Participants assess three hypothetical companies' values during a period of change…

Networking is important, and it is a skill. The authors have developed an exercise that provides students with a realistic networking experience within the safe environment of the classroom. The exercise provides a lead-in to the discussion of networking techniques, active listening, the cultivation of secondary networks, appropriate ways to…

A look at a study that was made to determine the utility of programed instruction in teaching a specific management skill, the "scheduling of human resources." The results indicated that programed instruction can be used effectively within a management development program. (Author)

Proposes a common definition of spirituality as a set of values aimed at transcendence. Discusses ways to practice spirituality in management education and to apply it to management topics. (SK)

During the past 5 years, we have reexamined what we teach in management education, placing a much stronger emphasis on interpersonal skills than in the past. We must now reexamine how we teach these skills and demonstrate their value quantitatively. This article presents one method of quantifying the "softer side" of management education. It…

This article is an extension of a presentation that won "Best Exercise" at the Eastern Academy of Management, 1998. The authors introduce an experiential gourmet approach using "food stories" to stimulate an aura of acceptance and appreciation for human commonalities before delving into human differences. The authors use a semester long…

There are many classifications of management teachers today. Each has his style, successes, and faults. Some of the more prominent are: the company man, the mamagement technician, the man of principle, the evangelist, and the entrepreneur. A mixture of these classifications would be ideal since each by itself has its faults. (DS)

In the exercise the task is to build a hydro electric tower. The students have responsibilities ranging from planning and objective setting to ordering materials and actual assembly. (MS)

Outlines the content, process, and implementation issues of a critical pedagogy for management education. Discusses the usefulness of critical reflection for less hierarchical management. (SK)

Reports the results from a small exploratory interview study of university management educators that addresses a variety of questions concerning management education as work. (Author/CCM)