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  • 1.  How to teach OB for Entrepreneurs, in particular team issues?

    Posted 03-25-2009 09:09
    (sorry for cross-postings)
    -------------------------------------
    Dear colleagues:
     
    I am preparing to teach OB issues in an executive program about
    Entrepreneurship.

    Would you have advice on how to teach "OB for the entrepreneurs", for
    instance suggesting curriculum/textbook/cases? (I already teach an OB
    course, my goal is to contextualize the message ;-)

    In addition, I'd like to cover extensively issues about groups/teams:
    • what makes groups to function properly
    • what makes outstanding group performance
    • how to manage group conflicts
    • etc.
     
    In terms of method, it'd be great to favor experiential learning using for
    instance *games*, *simulations*, etc.

    I am already aware of material available at Human Synergistics and Kellog
    (but those are paying), and a few generalist books about team games.

    Would you know of a good textbook/site/etc. that present team exercises of
    good quality and explain how to integrate them pedagogically into an OB
    and/or Entrepreneurship focus?
     
    Thanks in advance for any help you can provide, 

    ----------------------------------------------
    Fabrice Cavarretta
    Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship
    ESSEC Business School


  • 2.  How to teach OB for Entrepreneurs, in particular team issues?

    Posted 03-25-2009 13:19

    Hi, Fabrice--

    I would strongly recommend a team-based learning approach championed by Larry Michaelsen, formerly of the University of Oklahoma and now with the University of Central Missouri (see below). See also his book, Team-Based Learning.

    Dr. Larry Michaelsen

    Professor of Management

    Management and Business Communication Dept.

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    660-543-4124

    lmichaelsen@ucmo.edu

     

    I have used this powerful approach to teams in <st1:place w:st="on">OB</st1:place> successfully for over a decade. I don't believe there is a more potent active learning pedagogy in this regard.

     

    Cheers,

    stan

     

    Stan Williamson, Ph.D.

    Professor of Management

    Boulware CBA Endowed Professor of Management

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    Subject: [OB-LIST] How to teach <st1:place w:st="on">OB</st1:place> for Entrepreneurs, in particular team issues?

     

    (sorry for cross-postings)

    -------------------------------------

    Dear colleagues:

     

    I am preparing to teach <st1:place w:st="on">OB</st1:place> issues in an executive program about

    Entrepreneurship.

     

    Would you have advice on how to teach "<st1:place w:st="on">OB</st1:place> for the entrepreneurs", for

    instance suggesting curriculum/textbook/cases? (I already teach an <st1:place w:st="on">OB</st1:place>

    course, my goal is to contextualize the message ;-)

     

    In addition, I'd like to cover extensively issues about groups/teams:

    • what makes groups to function properly

    • what makes outstanding group performance

    • how to manage group conflicts

    • etc.

     

    In terms of method, it'd be great to favor experiential learning using for

    instance *games*, *simulations*, etc.

     

    I am already aware of material available at Human Synergistics and Kellog

    (but those are paying), and a few generalist books about team games.

     

    Would you know of a good textbook/site/etc. that present team exercises of

    good quality and explain how to integrate them pedagogically into an <st1:place w:st="on">OB</st1:place>

    and/or Entrepreneurship focus?

     

    Thanks in advance for any help you can provide, 

     

    ----------------------------------------------

    Fabrice Cavarretta

    Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship

    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">ESSEC</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>