http://workingwithothers.com/2008/06/are-you-reading-critically/ Remembering what you learned in kindergarten... how to work and play well with others! Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:51:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://workingwithothers.com/2008/06/are-you-reading-critically/comment-page-1/#comment-2118 Dr. John G. Drozdal Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:11:09 +0000 http://www.workingwithothers.com/?p=75#comment-2118 Thanks for being such a loyal reader of www.workingwithothers.com. Two brief thoughts on your comment. First, when I needed to hire someone, a liberal arts graduate ascended to the top of my list. The main reason is that someone with a liberal arts education knows how to think. I could teach the basic business principles to a liberal arts major fairly quickly - plus they could WRITE!. With business majors - particularly MBA's - I would get a narrowly trained person who had trouble understanding the consequences of a decision. Second, business schools - particularly MBA programs - and I a hold an MBA degree - are anachronistic! More on that in a future blog... John Thanks for being such a loyal reader of http://www.workingwithothers.com. Two brief thoughts on your comment. First, when I needed to hire someone, a liberal arts graduate ascended to the top of my list. The main reason is that someone with a liberal arts education knows how to think. I could teach the basic business principles to a liberal arts major fairly quickly – plus they could WRITE!. With business majors – particularly MBA’s – I would get a narrowly trained person who had trouble understanding the consequences of a decision. Second, business schools – particularly MBA programs – and I a hold an MBA degree – are anachronistic! More on that in a future blog… John

]]> http://workingwithothers.com/2008/06/are-you-reading-critically/comment-page-1/#comment-2117 Chris Gordon Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:53:02 +0000 http://www.workingwithothers.com/?p=75#comment-2117 Nice work, John. I'm sure business schools are good at perpetrating these sort of "problems"; in my interactions with students interested in business (which includes a fair number of CLA undergrads, of course), they are very often goal oriented/solution focused, and fail to take into consideration the usual chaotic complexity of human beings, both as individuals and in groups. Keep up your good reading; the Goodwin book sounds great! --Chris Nice work, John. I’m sure business schools are good at perpetrating these sort of “problems”; in my interactions with students interested in business (which includes a fair number of CLA undergrads, of course), they are very often goal oriented/solution focused, and fail to take into consideration the usual chaotic complexity of human beings, both as individuals and in groups. Keep up your good reading; the Goodwin book sounds great! –Chris

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