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Grasping the Nettle: Possibilities and Pitfalls of a Critical Management Pedagogy[Note 1. The author thanks Stephen Davies, Ian James, Mike Pedler, ...]
Author(s) -
Reynolds Michael
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8551.00118
Subject(s) - critical reflection , perspective (graphical) , reflection (computer programming) , curriculum , engineering ethics , sociology , critical pedagogy , critical thinking , epistemology , pedagogy , critical theory , computer science , philosophy , engineering , artificial intelligence , programming language
The focus of the paper is a review of the more problematical aspects of introducing a critical perspective into the practice and content of management education. As an introduction, the author summarizes the arguments for critical reflection in the education of managers, the characteristics which distinguish it from ‘reflection’– the more familiar concept in the literature – and ‘critical thinking’. The ways that a critical perspective can be reflected in educational method as well as in the content of the curriculum are also elaborated before describing the problems and complications of implementing such an approach from accounts in the literature of adult and management education. The paper outlines the reasons why critical reflection might be resisted, the mental or social disruption which can result from its application and the implications of both for the practice of management teachers.