Using Critical Biography to Enhance Student Learning
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2020-11-10
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Smith (1984, p. 302) posits that as a qualitative research method, biography is a “rich and only partiallyexploited form of inquiry for reaching multiple intellectual goals and purposes.” This presentation specifically focuses on Critical Biography in a Management History context. Jacobs(2007, p. 105) defines critical biography as any biographical work, from a review of a critical incidentexperienced by the subject, to a comprehensive presentation of the subject’s life and importantcontributions. Through critical biography we are able to see management history through the “diffusion,persistence, and disappearance of ideas and practices in different contexts (Abraham & Gibson, 2009, p. 9).In essence, we are able to see not only the contributions of individuals to management thought, but thepolitical, economic and social factors affecting them.The presentation will show how Critical Biography can be used to enhance student learning as well asprovide opportunities for scholarship.
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