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Srini:

I've used MindMaps to prepare for my PhD comprehensive examinations, and now used those maps when I teach PhD seminars.

You can find the maps at http://www.cavarretta.com/ot/maps and I'll indeed present this approch this Friday at AOM (details below).

Not sure it would apply for MBA, because MindMapping was compelling due to extraordinary ability to go both deep and broad, not something as useful in MBA classroom ;-)

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Fabrice Cavarretta

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ESSEC Business School

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79  (OB, TIM)  (OB, TIM) Innovative Idea Management

Scheduled on Aug  3 2012 from 10:15AM to 1:45PM at Boston Park Plaza in the White Hill Room room

Organizers: Tiffany Schroeder, Case Western Reserve U.; Weylin Burlingame, Weatherhead School of Management

Presenters: Fabrice Cavarretta, ESSEC Business School; Yochi Cohen-Charash, Baruch College & Graduate Center, CUNY; Mary K. Foster, Morgan State U.; Darja Gutnick, U. of Groningen; Weylin Burlingame, Weatherhead School of Management; Julia Eisenberg, Rutgers U.

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From: Srinivasan Tatachari [mailto:srini.tata@GMAIL.COM]
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 20:24
Subject: Mindmaps and case-study based classes

Has anyone tried using mindmaps as a tool in making students prepare for case-study discussions or as a tool to present case-study analysis in the class etc.?

Am very eager to know of your experiences.

Regards
Srini.

Hello, Srini. 

     I've used mindmaps in MBA case analysis.  What I've found is that it is useful to students, in general.  However, how much they prefer it is a function of their approach to problem-solving.  Those students that are detail-oriented, high structure, typically prefer to develop detailed structure before analysis.  It does work well in allowing each student to contribute independently to a diagram which he/she can put aside and then start again a few days later without reviewing pages of narrative.  It seems to work well when people want to collect a lot of detailed data without developing a detailed structure beforehand, other than addressing major categories.  In general, it provides students with another tool, a visual tool, to identify and solve problems. It is one of several methods for analysis. I would encourage you to try it and to have students use it in other exercises or assignments before a case analysis.

Louis Jourdan

Professor of Management

Clayton State University

College of Business

Morrow, Georgia

Has anyone tried using mindmaps as a tool in making students prepare for case-study discussions or as a tool to present case-study analysis in the class etc.?

Am very eager to know of your experiences.

Regards
Srini.