You’re Not in the 5-Minute University!
September 25, 2008 by Terry Carter
Several of you have commented on your blogs about the challenging nature of some of our readings, whether it is the Edgar Schein text on Process Consultation (ADLT 610), Russ-Eft and Preskill’s Evaluation in Organizations (ADLT 602) or Cook and Yanow’s fascinating article on Organizational Culture and Learning at Powell Flutes (reading for ADLT 623). Well … what can I say? You’re not in the 5-minute university. Do you really want to be??? I hope you enjoy this video! Looks like Father Quido never heard of process consultation or org learning, to say the least:-)
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I have to say that made my day.
Even though our texts are sometimes difficult, I’d much rather read something “hard” and spend time thinking and talking about it than reading something “easy” and it having no impact on me. Besides, this is graduate school–it’s not supposed to be easy
At the risk of sounding defensive: I can only speak to the 602 Russ-Eft text… having read my classmates blogs, I’ve not noticed any comments about the text. In class, we were asked to share our opinions of the readings…comments were made regarding the font size, dense nature of the content and about the sleepy pace and material of chapter one …but these were just shared opinions, I don’t think anyone was complaining. Ask and you shall receive. I think it is great that people are comfortable enough in class to be open and honest… a real testament to the atmosphere you’ve created. Lastly… ¡El vídeo de Sarducci del padre era muy divertido! Gracias!!
Ed, you’re right in that academic texts can sometime require a bit more perseverence than our usual pleasure reading; density is an apt descriptor~ .. and no one is more aware of font size than I as the strength of my reading classes seems to go up weekly! Thanks for your comments — you are ALWAYS welcome to make them in my classes:-) tjc
What a great video! I got a laugh out of that one. You make an excellent point that we are in an intensive graduate program and should expect somewhat challenging reading and assignments. Speaking about my class only, I think people were commenting on the differences between the writing styles of Block and Schein, but not necessarily complaining or criticizing either one. I actually appreciate both of them because Block is very useful for step-by-step instructions on how to go through the process, but Schein is very helpful in explaining the theory behind it. Together, I think they give us a very complete picture of process consultation. ~Megan