Redesigning management education and research challenging proposals from European scholars
The field of management education and research has become an industry of its own--an industry with fierce international competition in a global arena. Here, the authors argue that a series of mechanisms has led to mimicking and thus strategic convergence among business schools. The authors further a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
Edward Elgar
2011
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The field of management education and research has become an industry of its own--an industry with fierce international competition in a global arena. Here, the authors argue that a series of mechanisms has led to mimicking and thus strategic convergence among business schools. The authors further argue that this has resulted in a loss of relevance and diversity of the management knowledge produced and taught in a multipolar world. They view this as counterproductive to business schools, students, firms, societies and other stakeholders, including scholars themselves pt. 1. Revisiting the foundations of management education and research -- pt. 2. Redesigning the contents of management education and research -- pt. 3. Redesigning the institutional setting of management education and research -- pt. 4. How to proceed from here? illustration with two SFM position papers |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 236 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9780857933591 9780857933584 |