Learn to ask the right questions
John Peters
(Director, XEC Development International Ltd. E‐mail: jpeters@ cadvision.com and pasmith@tlainc.com)
Peter Smith
(Director, XEC Development International Ltd. E‐mail: jpeters@ cadvision.com and pasmith@tlainc.com)
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Abstract
Argues that in business, as in medicine, prescription must follow diagnosis if it is to be effective. Reviews the psychological need for certainties in uncertain situations, and the guru industry, based around bestselling books, which suggests generic solutions. Points to action learning as a developmental methodology geared around asking questions, rather than the provision of answers.
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Citation
Peters, J. and Smith, P. (1998), "Learn to ask the right questions", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 10 No. 3, pp. 169-172. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665629810217139
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited