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  • 1.  An EMBA student's scorecard

    Posted 06-30-2009 18:03
    OB Colleagues,

    I seek your advice on what experience is out there on providing periodical feedback to EMBA students during their 18 months of study.

    I wish to provide students with periodical feedback not only on their grades but also on their attitude, perspectives on them by their colleagues, teachers and staff.

    The idea is to signal the areas in which they need improvement beyond the usual coursework grades.

    Any experiences you may wish to share?

    Please reply to ab@alfredobehrens.com

    I will sum them up in about a fortnight or so.

    Best,

    Alfredo
    _______________________
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  • 2.  An EMBA student's scorecard

    Posted 06-30-2009 23:43
    Good for you!  Building a strong developmental component like this into the program from the beginning, I believe, is an essential part of any good EMBA program.  I have taught in several EMBA programs over the years and have found that the kind and nature of the feedback you give, and even the frequency of it, depend on the goals and desired outcomes that are built into your EMBA program.  Essentially, you want to start with a clear idea of what you want your EMBA students to look like when they complete the program -- their values, attitudes, beliefs, and expectations -- and then give the students feedback that lets them see how they are progressing against their own baseline and the benchmarks you have set for them.  See:

    Lindsey, W., & Pate, L. (2006).  Integrating principle-centered leadership into the business curriculum:  Lessons from the LMU experience.  Journal of Executive Education, 5(1), 17-29.

     

    Pate, L. E., Lindsey, W. E., Nielson, T. R., & Hawks, M. (2008).  Innovations in graduate business education:  The challenge of developing principle-centered leaders.  In N. Barsky, M. Clements, J. Ravn, & K. Smith (Eds.), Advances in Business Education and Training: The Power of Technology for Learning, Vol. 1.  Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Press.

     



    On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Alfredo Behrens <alfredobehrens@gmail.com> wrote:
    OB Colleagues,

    I seek your advice on what experience is out there on providing periodical feedback to EMBA students during their 18 months of study.

    I wish to provide students with periodical feedback not only on their grades but also on their attitude, perspectives on them by their colleagues, teachers and staff.

    The idea is to signal the areas in which they need improvement beyond the usual coursework grades.

    Any experiences you may wish to share?

    Please reply to ab@alfredobehrens.com

    I will sum them up in about a fortnight or so.

    Best,

    Alfredo
    _______________________
    Alfredo Behrens
    www.alfredobehrens.com

    My book by Stanford University Press is now available!
    http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?book_id=6014

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/0800Alfredo

    Lecturing at
    http://www.fia.com.br/internationalmba/

    Melhor livro brasileiro de negócios, confira:
    http://www.alfredobehrens.com/recomendacoesdolivro2





  • 3.  An EMBA student's scorecard

    Posted 07-01-2009 10:59
    Alfredo: One technique that we have found effective in teaching MBA students is to have the students give each other feedback using a technique we call the "Feedback mill." The students give each other feedback by using the following statements:
     
    1. You are effective when ...
    2. You would be even more effective if ...
     
    This is described in a paper I co-authored with Tim Galpin. Our paper, "Creating Candor in the Classroom," which will be in the Fall issue of the Journal of Leadership Education.
     
    This provides the students with feedback from peers and also gives them the opportunity to practice an important skill in a safe environment.
     
     
    J.Lee
     
    J.Lee Whittington, Ph. D.
    Professor of Management
    College of Business and Graduate School of Management
    The University of Dallas
    1845 East Northgate Dr.
    Irving, Texas 75062
    972-721-5034
    jlee@gsm.udallas.edu
     
    In a message dated 6/30/2009 6:00:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time, alfredobehrens@GMAIL.COM writes:
    OB Colleagues,

    I seek your advice on what experience is out there on providing periodical feedback to EMBA students during their 18 months of study.

    I wish to provide students with periodical feedback not only on their grades but also on their attitude, perspectives on them by their colleagues, teachers and staff.

    The idea is to signal the areas in which they need improvement beyond the usual coursework grades.

    Any experiences you may wish to share?

    Please reply to ab@alfredobehrens.com

    I will sum them up in about a fortnight or so.

    Best,

    Alfredo
    _______________________
    Alfredo Behrens
    www.alfredobehrens.com

    My book by Stanford University Press is now available!
    http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?book_id=6014

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/0800Alfredo

    Lecturing at
    http://www.fia.com.br/internationalmba/

    Melhor livro brasileiro de negócios, confira:
    http://www.alfredobehrens.com/recomendacoesdolivro2




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  • 4.  An EMBA student's scorecard

    Posted 07-02-2009 08:05

    Hello all

     

    Interestingly enough I just conducted  a similar exercise with 94 Kuwaiti MBA students in 4 Org. Leadership sections at the American University of the Middle East in Kuwait.  The students have worked in the same teams for several months so they knew each other fairly well by now.  I was very impressed and surprised at the results.  I am in the process of writing on this subject as well as other differences I have been noticing as I teach MBA classes here.  The surprise was the almost too painfully honest responses the team members shared with each other!!-which they then incorporated into a leadership paper.   I was very impressed with the quality of the feedback and the courage the students demonstrated in this process.  This level of candor was culturally quite different  from my American perspective and experience!  The process I used follows:

     

    1.      Your team will interview each other (in dyads) with the following questions:

    2.      Ask them to give you feedback about what they see as your strengths and weaknesses for assuming a leadership role.  Ask them to explain why they think these characteristics would be a strength or weakness.  Ask what your greatest strength is and what your greatest weakness is.  Take notes on the feedback you receive.

    3.       Drawing on course concepts and principles, analyze both your strengths and weaknesses.  What advantages might they give you when leading?  How might they limit your ability to lead?

    4.       Describe what ideas you have for furthering your own leadership development

    I can be contacted at the email below if you would like further information.

    Regards,

    Terry L. Rodriguez, Ed.D.

    Assistant Professor of Organization Behavior and Leadership

    terry.rodriguez@aum.edu.kw

     

    www.aum.edu.kw

    Tel: (+965) 2 225 1400 Ext. 1057

    Fax: (+965) 2 225 1427

    P.O. Box 220, Dasman | 15453 Kuwait

    P Please consider the environment before printing this document.

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    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of J.Lee Whittington
    Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 5:59 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] An EMBA student's scorecard

     

    Alfredo: One technique that we have found effective in teaching MBA students is to have the students give each other feedback using a technique we call the "Feedback mill." The students give each other feedback by using the following statements:

     

    1. You are effective when ...

    2. You would be even more effective if ...

     

    This is described in a paper I co-authored with Tim Galpin. Our paper, "Creating Candor in the Classroom," which will be in the Fall issue of the Journal of Leadership Education.

     

    This provides the students with feedback from peers and also gives them the opportunity to practice an important skill in a safe environment.

     

     

    J.Lee

     

    J.Lee Whittington, Ph. D.
    Professor of Management
    College of Business and Graduate School of Management
    The University of Dallas
    1845 East Northgate Dr.
    Irving, Texas 75062
    972-721-5034
    jlee@gsm.udallas.edu

     

    In a message dated 6/30/2009 6:00:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time, alfredobehrens@GMAIL.COM writes:

    OB Colleagues,

    I seek your advice on what experience is out there on providing periodical feedback to EMBA students during their 18 months of study.

    I wish to provide students with periodical feedback not only on their grades but also on their attitude, perspectives on them by their colleagues, teachers and staff.

    The idea is to signal the areas in which they need improvement beyond the usual coursework grades.

    Any experiences you may wish to share?

    Please reply to ab@alfredobehrens.com

    I will sum them up in about a fortnight or so.

    Best,

    Alfredo
    _______________________
    Alfredo Behrens
    www.alfredobehrens.com

    My book by Stanford University Press is now available!
    http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?book_id=6014

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/0800Alfredo

    Lecturing at
    http://www.fia.com.br/internationalmba/

    Melhor livro brasileiro de negócios, confira:
    http://www.alfredobehrens.com/recomendacoesdolivro2

     


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