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Evaluating Organizational Behavior Teaching Innovations: More Rigorous Designs, More Relevant Criteria, And An Example, James Shaw, Cynthia Fisher, Gregory Southey
Evaluating Organizational Behavior Teaching Innovations: More Rigorous Designs, More Relevant Criteria, And An Example, James Shaw, Cynthia Fisher, Gregory Southey
James B Shaw
Evaluations of new methods of teaching Organizational Behavior (OB) usually rely on course ratings collected at the end of the semester. This article discusses the need for more rigorous designs for assessing teaching innovations, and proposes evaluating OB courses on the basis of change in self-ratings of managerial competencies. Self-ratings of managerial competencies and a more sophisticated evaluation design are used to compare the Practical Organizational Behavior Education (PROBE) method to the lecture/tutorial method of delivering of OB material. PROBE produces greater perceived managerial skill learning than lecture/tutorial delivery for females, younger students, students with little work experience, and students …
Problems In Project Groups: An Anticipatory Case Study, Cynthia Fisher, James Shaw, Paul Ryder
Problems In Project Groups: An Anticipatory Case Study, Cynthia Fisher, James Shaw, Paul Ryder
James B Shaw
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Teaching Hrm And Managerial Skills With The "Living Case.", Carol Dickenson, Cynthia Fisher, James Shaw, Gregory Southey
Teaching Hrm And Managerial Skills With The "Living Case.", Carol Dickenson, Cynthia Fisher, James Shaw, Gregory Southey
James B Shaw
The purpose of this paper is to describe and evaluate an innovative approach to teaching human resource management. The approach involves students working in small groups on a semester-long project in the form of an ongoing case-study (hereafter called the living case). After setting up a simulated organization complete with identification of strategies, structure and culture, students are required to make and defend a series of HR decisions in which they apply theory and classroom learning about HRM to their ‘real’ organization. The approach emphasizes the context of HRM decisions and helps to develop a range of both HR specific …