Experiential Exercises
    Can help students to learn the skills they will 
     need in their careers
    Textbook provided exercises often take 
     considerable preparation time to set up
    This presentation outlines three experiential 
     exercises for an undergraduate or MBA course:
      – Realistic
      – Minimum preparation time
      – Exercise + Instructor briefing
      – Linked to Bloom’s Taxonomy of Education Objectives
                                
        Videotape Job Analysis
    Learning Objective:
      – Students will practice writing a job description (job 
        tasks) and job specification (worker 
        requirements), by collecting job analysis data from 
        a videotape of a worker doing their job, and being 
        interviewed about their job
    Materials:
      – Videotape: The Changing Nature of Work: Stone 
        Carver [http://www.workvideos.com/]
      – Dictionary of Occupational Titles: Job description 
        for 771.281-014 STONE CARVER (stonework)
                               
         Videotape Job Analysis
    Discussion Questions:
      – Why does observational job analysis work well for 
        the job of Stone Carver?
      – What job tasks for Stone Carver might have been 
        missed if job analysis was limited to observation?
      – What worker requirements for Stone Carver might 
        have been missed if job analysis was limited to 
        observation?
      – What are the working conditions for Stone Carver?
      – What safety hazards are there for Stone Carver?
                                
     Implementing the Americans 
            with Disabilities Act
    Learning Objective:
     – Students will learn how to deal appropriately with an 
       employee or an applicant with a disability, following 
       the legal requirements of the Americans with 
       Disabilities Act
    Student Roles:
     – All students given a general role assignment: 
       Assume they are a group of managers at a large 
       software company, in a staff meeting to discuss how 
       you will implement the ADA at your organization
     – Each student is given a specific role assignment
                             
      Implementing the Americans 
              with Disabilities Act
      – Specific role assignments:
           #1: You must say “Can you repeat that?” every time 
            someone says something
           #2: Turn your desk/chair around and face away from 
            the group
           #3: You must raise your hand to talk.  You cannot say 
            anything until someone calls on you
           #4 You can only communicate by writing your 
            comments and showing them to the person on your 
            right
           #5: You must sit with your eyes closed during the 
            discussion.
           #6: You can only talk to the person on your left