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PDW Action Learning: MBA Project Courses and the Paradox of Using Experiential Learning Pedagogy

  • 1.  PDW Action Learning: MBA Project Courses and the Paradox of Using Experiential Learning Pedagogy

    Posted 05-07-2012 17:52
    Dear Colleagues

    Please refer to PDW details below provided by Robert Sroufe from the John F. Donahue
    Graduate School of Business.

    Regards
    Mile'

    Submission: 14474 | Sponsor(s): (MED) | PDW Cosponsor(s): TTC / ONE / SIM
    Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 4 2012 1:30PM - 3:30PM
    Location: Sloan School of Business at MIT. Building E62, Room 233

    Organizer: Robert Sroufe; Duquesne U.;
    Participant: Michellana Jester; MIT Sloan;
    Participant: Sinead O'Flanagan; Norwegian School of Economics;
    Participant: Diane Ramos; Duquesne U.;
    Participant: Michael V. Russo; U. of Oregon;
    Participant: Peter M. Senge; Society of Organizational Learning;
    Participant: Anne White Harrington; U. of Michigan;

    This PDW is a participatory workshop that invites teachers and scholars to share current
    and on-going development of action learning project based courses and management
    pedagogy. Our workshop will review established practices in developing teaching
    strategies and techniques for action learning courses. Workshop participants and
    attendees will explore a paradox in the traditional delivery of management education
    within many disciplines and find new opportunities for teacher/scholar/student
    collaboration. Within this experiential learning workshop, participants will uncover and
    reinforce why these courses matter to scholars and teachers in management education,
    business and society. The delivery of applied coursework with external corporate partners
    is a flourishing field with many delivery models for project-based courses. The
    development of action learning projects and whole courses typically generate complex
    questions regarding delivery of the course. This complexity escalates when projects are
    global in nature and deal with organizations or entities in emerging economies. Faculty
    and students need to consider the draw of the informal economy when preparing to work
    on these projects. Understanding the movement toward action learning will help
    management teachers and scholars collaborate across disciplines and develop a pedagogy
    that encourages learning beyond personal experiences, beliefs, and value systems.
    Attendees will be able to build networks, deepen insights into current and pressing issues
    in management education and provide an opportunity to share and enhance on-going
    project and course development.
    Search Terms: Action Learning, MBA, Pedagogy, Sustainability

    Maps and Directions - MIT Sloan School of Management; MIT Campus Map
    Directions from Hynes Convention Center to Sloan School using public transit
    Taxi 8 minutes ? destination is 50 Memorial Drive
    Bus 19 minutes - Hynes Convention Center Station, Bus 1 toward Harvard Square, exit at
    memorial drive and walk east to the Sloan School
    Subway 26 minutes ? Hynes Convention Center Station, take the green line towards
    Government Center, at Park Station stop, switch to the Red Line towards Alewife, at
    Kendall MIT stop, walk east on Main street, Right on Wadsworth, then left onto Memorial
    Drive.


    Best Regards,
    Robert Sroufe, Ph.D.

    Murrin Chair of Global Competitiveness
    Beard Institute Director of Applied Sustainability
    Marketing and Supply Chain Department
    John F. Donahue Graduate School of Business
    Rockwell Hall 820
    600 Forbes Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15282
    (412) 396-1909
    (412) 396-4764 (fax)
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