What is it about?
In our paper, we argue that the major problem of management education nowdays might not only be that faculty's misinform their students (be that on purpose or by mistake). Instead of tangling misinformation, it seems more important to equip students with the capability to critically reflect the learning content. In this respect, they learn how to reflect on their own attitude towards management theories and can als act in a more reflected way in their working life.
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Why is it important?
Our paper shows that reflection and a reflective attitude towards management theories and research is important so that students do not develop the misconception that knowledge in management science is objective and unambiguous. Teaching students how to reflect on the assumptions behind management theories as well as their own assumptions and values might be a possible way to tackle the challenge of misinformation.
Perspectives
For me, the paper "The Menace of Misinformation: Faculty Misstatements in Management Education and Their Consequences" motivated me right away to react in this rejoinder. Most importantly, I was sure that misinformation was only part of the problem of management education. The work for this article was very exciting as my co-author and I had similar ideas how to react and thus, could get right into writing the paper.
Taiga Brahm
Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen
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This page is a summary of: Untangling Faculty Misinformation From an Educational Perspective: Rejoinder to “The Menace of Misinformation: Faculty Misstatements in Management Education and Their Consequences”, Organizational Behavior Teaching Review, April 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1052562919843976.
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