How to gain consensus from a group of non‐experts – an educationist perspective on using the Delphi technique
| Autor: | Mughis Sheerani, Farhan Vakani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Knowledge management business.industry Process (engineering) Computer science Group (mathematics) Perspective (graphical) Delphi method Library and Information Sciences Knowledge creation Key (cryptography) business computer Delphi Anonymity computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal. 26:20-22 |
| ISSN: | 1477-7282 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/14777281211249923 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe objective of this paper is to build an understanding of how to bring about change, improve relationships, facilitate knowledge creation and sharing, and support coherence and sense‐making among clinical faculty with little or no background in medical education.Design/methodology/approachIn this process the conventional Delphi approach was used, as it was believed that it would help in gaining the most reliable agreement of opinions of a diverse group of faculty members in the shortest time.FindingsThe paper finds that the instructional and assessment tools and approaches that were being used were mostly traditional. The challenge was to get them to a consensus as most of the faculty/teachers were unsure about replacing the traditional approaches which were “time tested” to newer “evidence‐based” methodology. This paper demonstrates that four features – namely, anonymity, iteration, controlled feedback and cumulative statistical group response – are the key contributory factors to moving the “unsure group” to an agreement.Research limitations/implicationsConventional silent technique shows promise in getting the “non‐educationists” on the same page without much friction, but has limitations as it was limited to a specific group and a single university setting.Practical implicationsThis process created connections between the faculty members that carry a long‐lasting effect and not just the resolution of the problem of the day.Originality/valueThis paper establishes that this exercise will bring about a positive change in the attitude and practices of the faculty /teachers and can help them to implement “evidence based” methodology for teaching and learning. |
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