MGM102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Seven Summits, Mountain Madness, Adventure Consultants
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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, one-theory vs. multi-level frameworks , stifling constructive dissent, diversity in counsel, unity in command . 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.
