JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION THEORY AND PRACTICE

Teaching Management Students How to Decide

Author(s): Syeda Noorein Inamdar, Asbjorn Osland

Citation: Syeda Noorein Inamdar, Asbjorn Osland, (2012) "Teaching Management Students How to Decide," Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, Vol.12, Iss. 3, pp. 11 - 28

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

We present an experiential learning method to improve the core decision making skills of management

students. First, we provide a framework that instructors can utilize to take a more systematic approach to

teaching decision making skills. Second, we demonstrate how to apply our framework to teach case

studies with decision making dilemmas. Third, we present an exploratory research study measuring

decision making effectiveness before and after a teaching intervention using our framework. The subjects

for the research study were MBA and Masters of Bio-technology (MBT) students. The intervention

demonstrates the effectiveness of the framework for teaching decision making to management students.