Models are designed to provide insight on the issues that we face as managers. Sometimes they provide a different way of looking at the same issue and you get an "a ha" moment and sometimes not. The point of the exercise is to get used to applying models rather than necessariy getting an "a ha" moment (Graham Baker).
I did adapt it to all 4 and it helped me with Activity 5. ie identifying the context, similarities and differences etc. It was worth the extra time and thought. I found an interesting article about how historical context shapes current thinking - this activity echoed some of the sentiment in there (The Relevant Past: Why the History of management Should be Critical for Our Future; Cummings and Bridgman, if anyone is interested!) (Martina Baugh).
I used it as a thought provoker rather than doing a deep dive on each layer. From this a drew some overall conclusions. (Sue Scarfe).
Cafe Notes (Unit 1: Activity 4: The Onion)
Models are designed to provide insight on the issues that we face as managers. Sometimes they provide a different way of looking at the same issue and you get an "a ha" moment and sometimes not. The point of the exercise is to get used to applying models rather than necessariy getting an "a ha" moment (Graham Baker).
I did adapt it to all 4 and it helped me with Activity 5. ie identifying the context, similarities and differences etc. It was worth the extra time and thought. I found an interesting article about how historical context shapes current thinking - this activity echoed some of the sentiment in there (The Relevant Past: Why the History of management Should be Critical for Our Future; Cummings and Bridgman, if anyone is interested!) (Martina Baugh).
I used it as a thought provoker rather than doing a deep dive on each layer. From this a drew some overall conclusions. (Sue Scarfe).