Discussion with John Swanwick (Tutor)
Q.Am I doing the right thing putting in a Johns refelctive matrix for TMA02?
Yes, but be open and honest
Q.Do I need a stakeholder analysis in TMA02 - shall I leave it to TMAO 3 when we have to decide the Workshop members? Advice is to do some preliminary work and put a S.A in the Appendix.
Q.Leadership theme - personal development on its own or can I bring in contrasting writers/theories? Yes, by all means, just be careful not to go too broard.
Q.Can I use a change model as well as one of my themes?
Yes, but signpost it well.
Q. Can B824 be my theme or do I have to be specific? Advice would be to be more specific without burning you boats if you wish to change later.
Current theme thinking:
I realise that I have to select but one academic work for my Leadership theme - all these listed below is too much to learn in too short a time scale for B830:-
Action Enquiry is too abstract and lacks "punch" for me - an interesting concept but over complex which does noy resonate with me.
Kegans view on modern life and Adult development is interesting but I cannot see how this is going to help me to the level I am looking for in my intervention.
Spriral Dynamics really has my attention - it resonates with my need to hae an integrated set of tools and behaviours that I can pick out and utilse easily.
