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Problem-Based Learning: Can it Improve Managerial Thinking?

University of Northern Iowa

Problem-based learning (PBL), widely employed in medical schools, has much to offer management education as well. This article presents a comparative analysis of PBL’s likely benefits for medical and management education. Its considerable value notwithstanding, researchers have argued that PBL does not develop medical students’ problem-solving skills. The article considers PBL’s likely effects on the problem-solving skills of business students and proposes an augmentation that should significantly improve student thinking.

Key Words: managerial thinking • problem-based learning • problem solving

Journal of Management Education, Vol. 29, No. 2, 357-378 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1052562904269642


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