10223: Teaching MBA: Why is it More Difficult for Female Instructors in Comparison to Male Instructors?

In this PDW proposal, we focus on the role of female instructors in teaching MBA students. The goal of the PDW is to learn from senior and junior scholars how female academics can manage post-experience students in an MBA program, especially when they face challenging situations. This involves shared learning between a) workshop participants a) who have experience teaching post-experience (MBA) students in a cross-cultural/international setting, and b) those who are expected to teach in an MBA program and who would like to improve the way they manage the students. In this PDW participants are encouraged to discuss issues based on an outline prepared by the organizers, developing and adding onto that by means of additional ideas by participants (if needed, by using a structured participation method such as World Café, see Brown & Isaacs, 2005). The discussion groups will allow interaction between experienced and junior scholars and thereby act as innovative and creative teaching idea incubators. At the end of the discussion session, each group will be asked to report a summary of their discussion and share their takeaways with the other groups so as to promote a greater collective understanding of post-experience student teaching.