Teaching and Learning at
Business Schools
Transforming Business Education
EDITED BY PAR MARTENSSON,
MAGNUS BILD and KRISHNA NILSSON
GOWER
Contents
List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Acknowledgements xi List of Contributors xiii Preface Par Mdrtensson, Magnus Bild and Kristina Nilsson xv
PART I INSIDE THE CLASSROOM Setting the Stage
Chapter 1 Teacher as Facilitator of Learning 3 Christine Kelly
Teaching Techniques and Approaches
Chapter 2 Teaching Actively 17 Mel Silberman
Chapter 3 My Biggest Mistakes in Teaching Cases (and Lessons Learned) 29 Kamran Kashani
Chapter 4 The Challenge of Teaching 'Soft' Subjects to MBAs: How Using Mini-
Cases Can Help 37 Pierre Dussauge
Chapter 5 Team Teaching . 47 Pedro Parada and Josep Franch
Chapter 6 Transformative Management Education 63 Johan Roos
Chapter 7 Acting is Being: Theatre as a Learning Method 77 Goran von Euler
Dealing with Different Contexts
Chapter 8 Teaching Large Classes 89 Aswath Damodaran
Chapter 9 Diversity Dynamics in Teaching 101 Hellicy Ngambi
Chapter 10 Teaching and Learning in a Multicultural Environment: A Mild Polemic 111 Sean Gaffhey
Chapter 11 Damage Control and Tempered Change: Reflections on Working with
Gender Issues in the Business School Classroom 127 Charlotte Holgersson
Chapter 12 English in the Classroom: Meeting the Challenge of English-Medium
Instruction in International Business Schools 137 Thomas Lavelle
vi Teaching and Learning at Business Schools
Chapter 13 Ascending and Descending with a Dissertation: Images of Tutoring
Doctoral Students 155 Udo Zander
PART II OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Designing Programs and Learning Environments
Chapter 14 Program Design and Management 167 Christer Karlsson
Chapter 15 Important Considerations When Starting Programs 183 Kristina Nilsson
Chapter 16 Managerial Competency and Learning Management 199 Peter Daly and Isabelle Sequeira
Individual Development of Faculty Members
Chapter 17 Getting and Giving Feedback 211 Tom Pugel and Jan Shubert
Chapter 18 Individual Professional Development Coaching 223 Philippa Morrison and Par Mdrtensson
Chapter 19 Advice to a New Teacher 231 Catharina Pramhall
Leading and Developing Business Schools
Chapter 20 Business Schools' International Networks for Faculty Development 241 Ferdinando Pennarola
Chapter 21 Pedagogical Leadership: Experiences From Three European Business
Schools 259 Marie-Laure Djelic, Landis Gabel and Andrea Sironi (interviewed by the Editors) Chapter 22 Learning Styles as Vehicles for Pedagogical Development 271
Magnus Bild and Par Mdrtensson
Chapter 23 Mastering Business Action: Implications for Management Learning in
Business Schools 279 Elena P. Antonacopoulou
About the Contributors 295 Index 303
