Mission of PAA Interest Group. Exercising the virtue of dialogue.

Dialogue is always a virtue and origin of virtues, except when it is a conversation between deaf or blind people. It is the right atmosphere for the practice and fluid transmission of virtues. Dialogue is the context for a true learning process. Real knowledge comes through dialogue.

We believe dialogue to be actual communication among people, having an integrative character and being clearly bidirectional. There is no true communication without dialogue. Dialogue must condition the manner of communication used by mass media, publicity and entertainment. An authentic dialogue positively commits the message recipients, since the message encloses an invitation to keep on dialoguing. Hence, dialogue is the key to a positive change and improvement of a human being.

Dialogue seduced us who participated in the first PAD 1978.
This is another way of referring to the case methodology.
In fact, we realized dialogue has the power of making us more receptive and generous, feeling closer to each other. Dialogue taught many of us for the first time to move from “me” to “us”. In a natural, simple and easy manner we achieved what many people consider a miracle.

Constructive dialogue changed our mental structures on how to direct, encourage and improve people who are under, beside or above us. (We did not learn how to handle others, because it is inhuman to handle people and, besides, it is impossible to do.) Dialogue’s unstoppable strength ventured us into such a complex undertaking as IAE, counting on our enthusiasm and conviction that we possessed the secret of success, but lacking material resources and people with the right profile.

We learnt not only names, dates, figures or abstract concepts from our professors, but ways of behaving, of being, and of looking into the eye and speaking. Unchanging and unmovable bedrock values were at the same time open to individual differences, tones and preferences.

Dialogue displays through different levels:

1. Dialogue among ourselves. We have done this successfully, so far. It will lead us to clarify our goals and start an activity aimed at learning and putting into practice what we learn.
2. Dialogue with the Alumni Association as a whole and with the other interest groups.
3. Dialogue with IAE Faculty members, staff and people who work here.
4. Dialogue with those who attended different programs and belong to different graduation classes.

Dialogue is in all cases an intergenerational approach

We learnt that dialogue is not a pejorative and emotional argument, where one tries to impose his own offensive and ineffective monologue, originating disputes and deepening divisions.

Our first objectives.

1. To make good use of any dialogue opportunity, whether to maintain, start or intensify communication.
2. To afford our experience and opinions to develop teaching materials for the School.
3. To assist IAE in the necessary expansion and preservation of the School’s mission, particularly among the Alumni.
4. To transmit our personal experiences to members of the different interest groups, programs and sections of the School.
5. To facilitate the first contacts of the Association with the younger generations of graduates.
6. To collaborate in IAE introductory events

PLEASE CONTACT.

Wenceslao Escalante PAD 1978. Mail: mamalu@fibertel.com.ar  
Rodolfo Caputo. PAD 1978. Mail: rodocaput@hotmail.com  
José Luis Gómez. PAD 1978. Mail: jgomez@iae.edu.ar
Fernando Curat PAD 1978 Mail: fcurat@fibertel.com.ar