Integrated Brain Activity and The Managers Job: Utilizing The "Troika" Model

Abstract

The manager's job is becoming more complex and will, in the future, require a higher level integration of left-brain (logic) and right-brain (intuition) activity. A "troika" model may be used to capture the necessary interrelationships between the thinking (logic) and feeling (intuition) inputs into "doing" (managerial behavior) The American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) is currently researching the feasibility of shifting the bases of program accreditation and guideline from inputs to outputs. A major part of the research is focused on defining twenty non-cognitive attributes and developing methods of measuring behavioral changes for selected attributes. It is suggested that new and refined simulation and experiential methods will need to be developed pertaining to key non-cognitive attributes.