MGM102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Yellow Brick Road, Seven Summits, Mountain Madness
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The case method: what is a case, putting you as decision maker. Individual preparation (defining problem, sorting information, analyzing facts, communicating a reasoned decision: small-group preparation (prepared for discussion, active participation, non-confrontational disputation & summary of key learning objectives, post-discussion evaluation and performance (dealing with unstructured problems, identifying alternatives, decisions) 4 themes: examining catastrophic failures, (cid:862)o(cid:374)e-theor(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:448)s. (cid:862)multi-le(cid:448)el fra(cid:373)e(cid:449)orks(cid:863, stifling constructive dissent, (cid:862)di(cid:448)ersit(cid:455) i(cid:374) (cid:272)ou(cid:374)sel, u(cid:374)it(cid:455) i(cid:374) co(cid:373)(cid:373)a(cid:374)d(cid:863) Learning from failures: my failures due to external factors; their failures due to personal characteristics. Incremental change: disruptive technology (clay christensen, binary change, not adopted by mainstream industry, ex. Initially proposed in evolutionary biology by stephen jay gould and niles eldredge: abrupt quantum changes at specific points rather than gradualism over a long period, adapted into other disciplines such as linguistics, and now technology. Internal political constraints: no one wants to yield power: those whose power is threatened by change will try to oppose change.
