The Past, Present, and Future of the Business School

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Miles, Edward W. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Θέματα: Business.; Success in business.; Careers.; Business ethics.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Business and Management.; Careers in Business and Mangagement.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Business Ethics.

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 univers...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Higher Education from Antiquity to the Medieval University
• 3. Medieval Craft Guilds Died Out in Business, but They Are Alive and Thriving in Business Schools
• 4. Critical Juncture I: The Pseudo-Humboldtian Influence
• 5. The Purpose of the University
• 6. Critical Juncture II: Mass Education and the Demise of the Humboldtian University: The Great Paradox—University in Ruin Caused by Its Own Success
• 7. Prestige and Prestige-Seeking in Universities
• 8. 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?
• 11. Professions, Professional Schools, and Business as a Profession
• 12. Professional Schools Displace Practice-Based Training
• 13. Lessons from University-Based Journalism Schools and Law Schools
• 14. Lessons from University-Based Medical Schools
• 15.Critical Juncture IV: The State’s Reduction in Munificence
• 16. Another Paradox: The Business School in Ruins.