Critical thinking/questioning skills a meta-model for cognitive development in management education

The paper presents a model for the critical questioning of organisational practices and theories. P.A.T.P. represents PHILOSOPHY, ASSUMPTIONS, THEORY AND PRACTICES. The aim is to develop skills of questioning through three levels. The first level is Interesting. The second level is Important. The th...

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Main Authors: Whiteley, Alma, Levantard, M., Anderson, Paul
Format: Working Paper
Published: Curtin University of Technology 1995
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10421
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Anderson, Paul
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description The paper presents a model for the critical questioning of organisational practices and theories. P.A.T.P. represents PHILOSOPHY, ASSUMPTIONS, THEORY AND PRACTICES. The aim is to develop skills of questioning through three levels. The first level is Interesting. The second level is Important. The third level is Critical. The paper presents the model using two contrasting philosophies of organisation, as expounded by F W Taylor and Stephen Covey. The paper presents the educational setting of MBA seminar, a series of presentations by international and professional experts. Following each presented seminar is the Critical Questioning Session. The student co-author presents the student learning process through two case examples. He applies the approach outside of the MBA seminar setting, showing an extension of his learning. As a meta-model, the application should span cultures and disciplines with the aim of making sense of rather than adding on.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-104212017-01-30T11:18:38Z Critical thinking/questioning skills a meta-model for cognitive development in management education Whiteley, Alma Levantard, M. Anderson, Paul The paper presents a model for the critical questioning of organisational practices and theories. P.A.T.P. represents PHILOSOPHY, ASSUMPTIONS, THEORY AND PRACTICES. The aim is to develop skills of questioning through three levels. The first level is Interesting. The second level is Important. The third level is Critical. The paper presents the model using two contrasting philosophies of organisation, as expounded by F W Taylor and Stephen Covey. The paper presents the educational setting of MBA seminar, a series of presentations by international and professional experts. Following each presented seminar is the Critical Questioning Session. The student co-author presents the student learning process through two case examples. He applies the approach outside of the MBA seminar setting, showing an extension of his learning. As a meta-model, the application should span cultures and disciplines with the aim of making sense of rather than adding on. 1995 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10421 Curtin University of Technology fulltext
spellingShingle Whiteley, Alma
Levantard, M.
Anderson, Paul
Critical thinking/questioning skills a meta-model for cognitive development in management education
title Critical thinking/questioning skills a meta-model for cognitive development in management education
title_full Critical thinking/questioning skills a meta-model for cognitive development in management education
title_fullStr Critical thinking/questioning skills a meta-model for cognitive development in management education
title_full_unstemmed Critical thinking/questioning skills a meta-model for cognitive development in management education
title_short Critical thinking/questioning skills a meta-model for cognitive development in management education
title_sort critical thinking/questioning skills a meta-model for cognitive development in management education
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10421