The Purpose of the Business School Alternative Views and Implications for the Future /

• Main Author: Miles, Edward W. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Management-Study and teaching.; Education-History.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Management Education.; History of Education.; Philosophy of Education.

In the mid-20th century, university-based business schools re-oriented themselves to increased alignment with the preferences of the university and decreased alignment with the preferences of business. This re-alignment has caused multiple observers to question the effectiveness of current-day busin...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Let's Don't Start Here
• 2. Shifting Emphases among Aristotle's Criteria: Two Key Historical Occurrences
• 3. Wissenschaft
• 4. Approaching the Study of Business and Management as Science
• 5. But Is Business Management a Science
• 6. Section II Epilogue
• 7. Approaching the Study of Business and Management as a Profession
• 8. But Is Business Management a Profession
• 9. Section III Epilogue
• 10. SWOT Analysis of Four Espoused Business School Goals
• 11. How Are We Doing 60 Years Later.