The Past, Present, and Future of the Business School (eBook)

Edward W. Miles (Autor)

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2016 | 2016
XIX, 196 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-33639-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines the criticism that modern business schools face and how these obstacles have evolved throughout history. Through historical, resource, and professional school contexts, it sheds light on the operating environment of the business school and the challenges endemic to various university-based professional schools, exploring the likelihood that potential interventions will result in success or failure.

Business schools are often accused of inhibiting the practice of business by producing research that is irrelevant and does not address real concerns facing managers. This book investigates these accusations by outlining the historical values on which academic institutions are based, the resources and funding available today, and comparisons to other professional schools which undergo a similar level of scrutiny. This extensive coverage will help academics, administrators, faculty, and policy makers with the tools to understand better the ill-will towards business schools in today's university structure, and ultimately to deliver on the benefits they provide to stakeholders.

Edward W. Miles is the Faculty Director of MBA Programs in the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, USA, where he has taught for over 25 years.  Prior to that, he was on the faculty of the College of Commerce at Clemson University, USA.

Inhalt

1.IntroductionSECTION I: THE UNIVERSITY2.Higher Education from Antiquity to the Medieval University 3.Medieval Craft Guilds Died Out in Business, but They Are Alive and Thriving in Business Schools4.Critical Juncture I: The Pseudo-Humboldtian Influence5.The Purpose of the University6.Critical Juncture II: Mass Education and the Demise of the Humboldtian University: The Great Paradox—University in Ruin Caused by Its Own Success7.Prestige and Prestige-Seeking in UniversitiesSECTION II: THE BUSINESS SCHOOL8.Critical Juncture III: The 1959 Foundation Reports:  Throwing Out the Baby with the Bath Water?9.Prestige-Seeking by Business Schools 10.Credentialing: Safe for Another 800 Years?SECTION III: THE BUSINESS SCHOOL AMONG THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS OF THE UNIVERSITY11.Professions, Professional Schools, and Business as a Profession12.Professional Schools Displace Practice-Based Training13.Lessons from University-Based Journalism Schools and Law Schools14.Lessons from University-Based Medical SchoolsSECTION IV: LOOKING FORWARD15.Critical Juncture IV:  The State’s Reduction in Munificence16.Another Paradox: The Business School in Ruins

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.9.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XIX, 196 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Schlagworte: academia • Business Ethics • Business history • enrollment trends • faculty • higher education • Leadership • professional schools • Teaching
• ISBN-10: 3-319-33639-8 / 3319336398
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-33639-8 / 9783319336398