Proceedings of 11th International Business and Social Science Research Conference
8 - 9 January, 2015, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dubai, UAE. ISBN: 978-1-922069-70-2
Strategic Teaching of Strategic Thinking
Maria L. Nathan
This paper will explore strategic thinking as a threshold concept and key integrative
framework within the management discipline. Threshold-concept primed applications with
which to enhance both the teaching and learning of this concept will then be offered as
means to also facilitate transfer of learning to other contexts, including the workplace
setting. The theory of threshold concepts (cf: Land, Meyer, and Smith, 2008; Meyer and
Land, 2003, 2005), actionable and rich in explanatory merit, underpins this research and
ultimately gives definition to a highly strategic approach to teaching strategic thinking.
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Dr. Maria L. Nathan, Professor of Management and Business Administration, School of Business and
Economics, Lynchburg College, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501 U.S.A. 434-384-7289;
Nathan@lynchburg.edu