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- Title
Instructional Staff Rides for Management Learning and Education.
- Authors
BECKER, WENDY S.; BURKE, MICHAEL J.
- Abstract
Staff rides--planned learning events that recreate a significant historical incident while engaging participants in open reflection and dialogue--offer many advantages for developing managers, yet they are relatively underutilized in management learning and education. Developed over a century ago, military staff rides develop leadership and decision-making skills and are an early example of psychological empowerment in that officers participate in planning battle strategy, yet are also trusted with making individual operational adjustments in the heat of the battle. Grounded in experiential learning theory, the case study, and critical incident methodology, staff rides involve a preliminary study of the historical event, a visit to the field, and an integration phase. Popular today for wildland, fire, and public health in addition to military instruction, staff rides are unique in engaging participants in active exchange of information, reflective thought, and collective analysis of the event under study. In an effort to guide and encourage use of the staff ride for management education, we provide a review, a developmental guide with examples for implementation, and a discussion of the strengths and limitations of the method.
- Subjects
ORGANIZATIONAL learning; STAFF rides; EDUCATION &; society; EDUCATION of military personnel; LEADERSHIP; DECISION making; EXPERIENTIAL learning
- Publication
Academy of Management Learning & Education, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 4, p510
- ISSN
1537-260X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/amle.2012.0306