The value & purpose of management education : looking back and thinking forward in global focus /

The value & purpose of management education : looking back and thinking forward in global focus / Value and purpose of management education edited by Howard Thomas, Eric Cornuel and Matthew Wood. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references.

Section 1: The Purpose and Vision of a Business School

1. Why management history matters

Morgan Witzel

2. What Does Business Want from Business Schools?

Sir Richard Lambert

3. Della Bradshaw Interview

Della Bradshaw and George Bickerstaffe

4. Can Business Schools Rescue Business?

Gerard van Schaik

5. Does the DNA of Business Schools Need to Change?

Arnoud De Meyer

6. The future of business schools: shut them down or broaden our horizons?

Ken Starkey and Howard Thomas

Section 2: Business Models and the Paradigm Trap

7. University Challenge

Eric Cornuel

8. The Bologna Effect -- The Emerging European Masters Market

Gordon Shenton and Patrice Houdayer

9. A Sustainable Model for Business Schools?

Kai Peters and Howard Thomas

10. The Business of Business Schools

Kai Peters, Howard Thomas and Rick Smith

11. Needed: Academic Triathletes

Santiago Iñiguez

12. Assessing Academics' Performance

Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger

Section 3: Rigour-Relevance and Business School Impact

13. "Scholarly Impact" and the Co-Production Hypothesis

Andrew Pettigrew

14. Impact: Is it enough just to talk about it?

Michel Kalika and Gordon Shenton

15. Real Learning, Real Impact

Jean-François Manzoni

16. How Being Embedded in Our Region Helps Growth

Thomas Bieger

17. Creating Impact with Purpose

Patricia Bradshaw and Erin Elaine Casey

18. Growing the Impact of Management Education and Scholarship

Laurent Batsch et al

19. Reconnecting with the Business World

Anne S Tsui

20. Intentional Impact from Business Schools

Paul Beaulieu

Section 4: Uncertain Futures and Transformational Change

21. The Past is Not the Future

Charles Handy

22. A Future for Business Education: Why Business as Usual is Bad Business

Chris Pitelis

23. The Future is Blended

Santiago Iniguez

24. Apply Liberally: Towards a Model of Liberal Management Education

Howard Thomas

25. Can They Fix It?

Jordi Canals

26. Casting Light in the Shadows

Johan Roos

27. Where do we go from here?



"Without a doubt, business schools have been a success story in higher education over the last 50 years (the period of EFMD's existence). Even so, they have come under scrutiny, and attack, over their academic legitimacy and value proposition for business and society. In this book, drawn from a special issue of Global Focus, the EFMD has selected around 25 of the best, most thoughtful short papers published in Global Focus to examine the role and purpose of EFMD in the evolution of management education. Each of the chapters interpret current strategic debates about the evolution of business schools and their paradigms and also identify possible strategic options for handling uncertain, volatile futures. These chapters can be broadly categorized into four consistent themes. The first theme is concerned with the purpose and value proposition of management education; the second theme focuses on a perceived need for new business models and how to design and build them; the third theme addresses the question of the impact of the business school on business and society have given the increasingly academic pursuits of business schools and their often weak links to the business community - the so-called rigour/relevance dilemma; and the fourth theme concerns how to 'map' and design business school futures in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous crisis-oriented environment. This impressive collection of insights from business management leaders from across the globe is inspiring reading for higher education leaders, policy makers and business leaders seeking insight into the future of management education"--


Eric Cornuel is President at EFMD Global. Howard Thomas was the inaugural Ahmass Fakahany Distinguished Professor of Global Leadership at the Questrom School, Boston University. He is also an Emeritus Professor and former Dean at Singapore Management University and a Senior Advisor at EFMD. Matthew Wood is Director, Operations and Global Focus Magazine Editor at EFMD Global.

9781003261889 1003261884 9781000586053 1000586057 1000586049 9781000586046

10.4324/9781003261889 doi

9781003261889 Taylor & Francis

2021055662

GBC220704 bnb

020483826 Uk


Management--Study and teaching.
Business education--Social aspects.
Gestion--Étude et enseignement.
Enseignement commercial--Aspect social.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science
Management--Study and teaching.


Electronic books.

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