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Misdirected Management Practices

“As fresh eyes on corporate America, newcomers to the world of work sometimes have the clearest view of what’s seriously silly about how a company does business — employees who have been with an organization for awhile accept things as standard that, to the uninitiated, simply seem stupid.”

Now, read the same sentence again. This time, substitute the word “students” for “newecomers” and the words “schools,” “teacher,” “teaching,” etc. for “corporate America,” company,” etc.

Why would this idea still make as much sense about educators as it does about business?

Source: Stillmen, J. What are America’s Stupidest Management Practices? Posted September 24th, 2009 @ 4:27 am. (Captured September 29, 2009, 6:57 AM.)

Robert Heiny
Robert Heinyhttp://www.robertheiny.com
Robert W. Heiny, Ph.D. is a retired professor, social scientist, and business partner with previous academic appointments as a public school classroom teacher, senior faculty, or senior research member, and administrator. Appointments included at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Peabody College and the Kennedy Center now of Vanderbilt University; and Brandeis University. Dr. Heiny also served as Director of the Montana Center on Disabilities. His peer reviewed contributions to education include publication in The Encyclopedia of Education (1971), and in professional journals and conferences. He served s an expert reviewer of proposals to USOE, and on a team that wrote plans for 12 state-wide and multistate special education and preschools programs. He currently writes user guides for educators and learners as well as columns for TuxReports.com.

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