TEACHING STRATEGIES, SIGNIFICATIVE LEARNING AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. METHODOLOGICAL IMPLEMENTATION TO THE SUBJECT "ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN"

This paper presents the empirical results obtained from a questionnaire handed out to the students who took the subject "Organizational Design", which in the new curricula will become a full-fledged, independent subject in second year. This subject is scheduled to start in the new degree in Business Management at the University of Alicante in the second semester of the 2011-2012 academic year. This paper aims to validate the efficacy of a number of teaching strategies (including participative lectures, autonomous work, group work, virtual debates and case studies) used in this academic year. An attempt has been made to obtain student feedback on the influence of these strategies on issues such as concept understanding, motivation towards the subject, responsibility towards learning, critical capacity, decision-making, teamwork and critical thinking, amongst others. From the conclusions obtained, we shall consider if next year, when this subject starts in the new study programme, the tools listed will suffice for our purposes or, on the contrary, corrective measures must be introduced.