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What is the Relevance of the Gmat Analytical Writing Assessment for Management Education?

dc.contributor.authorRogers, Priscilla S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRymer, Joneen_US
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dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.identifier.citationRogers, Priscilla; Rymer, Jone (1995). "What is the Relevance of the Gmat Analytical Writing Assessment for Management Education?." Management Communication Quarterly 3(8): 347-367. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68616>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0893-3189en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68616
dc.description.abstractThis commentary is the first of two articles on the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA), a new component in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). Here, we examine the AWA's historical significance and address questions regarding the relevance of the new writing test for management education. A comparison of what the AWA measures with GMAC's claims and business schools' expressed needs suggests that the AWA furnishes new information indicating MBA applicant's academic abilities, especially critical thinking and analytical writing abilities. However, as a writing test the AWA predicts students' performance in only one mode of writing required by MBA studies, and it is of little relevance to management writing in the workplace. Overall, we find the AWA to be a limited academic writing assessment that will meet only some of the expectations of management educators.en_US
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dc.publisherSAGE PERIODICALS PRESSen_US
dc.titleWhat is the Relevance of the Gmat Analytical Writing Assessment for Management Education?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusinessen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherWayne State Universityen_US
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