Special problems and challenges face the teacher of management in societies undergoing paradigm shift. It is suggested that the fundamental values and assumptions underlying the dominant paradigm of society and consequently of the students and teachers themselves become the object of investigation and debate. This is a process of introspection and not, as in the traditional mode of teaching, a matter of transferring skills from teacher to student. This is illustrated by means of two processes applied at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town. Some of the problems associated with this mode of learning are highlighted.
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