What is interesting is that the students were pushed into collaborating, displaying Community Accountability, while Harvard continues to uphold that the measurement of successful academic pursuit can only the done in an individual accountability manner.
The article shows how archaic the academic world is and how they are not aware that the world is full of collaborative effort and collaborative pursuit of results, sometimes even to the point where fierce competitors collaborate to save cost on product design.
What makes the situation even more comical is that Dean Michael Smith is quoted to say: “This is a time for communal reflection and action.”
Is Dean Smith not aware that that is exactly what the students have been found guilty of, communal action??
Maybe it is time to reflect on the fact that Harvard business school is zealously holding on to individual accountability while the world has been embracing community accountability for quite some time.
I am not saying one or the other, or even balance between the two. To thrive in the Globalized world of today you need to start looking at these issues through the lens of Polarity management. Community Accountability as well as individual account ability are both 100% relevant and important!
Harvard: If you want to prepare students for the globalized economy out there, you better teach them about community and individual accountability, otherwise your students will become less and less valuable in the globalized markets of our world!
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1 comment:
Interesting take on the situation. While I understand what you're saying, I think there are other values at play that supersede communalism. Honesty, for example. Perhaps Harvard needs to create an evaluation method that takes advantage of the communal instinct, while also honoring academic integrity.
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