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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Marcello Russo, Director of the Global MBA, has asked me to make several changes to this year's distance education version of the Management
Consulting course, based on requests he has received directly from several students enrolled in the course. As a result of this request, I'm making the following changes:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">1) Reduce the emphasis on experiential learning pedagogies and increase the time spent lecturing during class.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">2) Slow down and allow more time for student questions.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">3) Reduce the reliance on the materials posted to Moodle and YouTube as students have expressed a concern that they don't have enough time to
watch or read this content. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">4) Add more detailed step-by-step instructions during class time rather than expecting students to get this from the YouTube and Moodle resources.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">5) Add more explanation and support for how to work in teams during class time.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">As a result of these changes, I'm making the following specific changes to the next class (April 21). </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">1) I will devote as much time as required next class to answering any questions that students may have about any aspect of the course. If you
do not wish to ask your questions directly in a public forum you may email them to me directly at least 24 hours in advance and I'll answer them during class.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">2) Instead of each team giving an update on their progress and receiving live feedback from me during class, I am making this strictly optional.
Any team that would like to have feedback during class on their work to date may email me their documentation at least 24 hours in advance of the class. I will assess which of these assignments I can review during class with the goal of making my comments
and feedback as relevant to the remainder of the class as possible. Since teams will NOT be able to present their work, please try to help me to help you by ensuring that your document can be understood by others without you needing to explain.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">3) I will try to give as much developmental feedback to as many teams as possible during whatever time is available during class.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">I'll assess any further changes to the course based on how the next class goes, as well as on any feedback that I receive directly from students. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">I would like to remind everyone that you may always contact me directly if you have any suggestions for how to improve the course. You do not
need to ask others to ask me for a change. I'm pleased to have you co-create your own learning experience (as described in my Statement of Teaching Philosophy posted to Moodle).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">I know that there are several more experienced students in the class who have asked me to go faster and/or asked me not to spend time in class
discussing how to work in teams and apply project management techniques. I am hoping that these experienced students will help me to help their classmates who may be struggling with the current pace of the class. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">I hope that the many on-line resources I have provided will allow these more experienced students to get what they would like out of the course.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Steven A. Gedeon</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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BSc, MSc, MBA, PhD</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Chair, Ryerson Entrepreneur Institute</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Faculty Advisor, Enactus Ryerson</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"AppleSDGothicNeo-Light",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship and Strategy Department<br>
Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada<br>
<a href="http://www.ryerson.ca/tedrogersschool/s-gedeon" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://www.ryerson.ca/tedrogersschool/bm/programs/entrepreneurship-and-strategy/steven-gedeon.html</span></a><br>
skype: steve.gedeon</span></p>
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