Business schools are arguably some of the most influential institutions in contemporary society. The research and education they provide set the standard for how future leaders manage local and global organizations – a responsibility requiring continual discussion, development and challenge.
This exciting book explores the role of business schools through 3 key dimensions:
– How business school legitimacy has been challenged by the recent economic crisis and corporate scandals;
– How schools contribute to shaping and transforming business conduct; and
– How institutions, past and present, develop their identities to face the challenges presented by the ongoing globalization process.
Combining global perspectives from business school Deans, scholars and stakeholders, this book presents a unique discussion of the current and future challenges facing business schools and their contributions to society.
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Foreword – Bernard Ramanantsoa
Prologue: Business Schools As Usual? – Mette Morsing and Alfons Sauquet Rovira
PART ONE: HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON BUSINESS SCHOOL LEGITIMACY
Business Education – Rakesh Khurana and Daniel Penrice
The American Trajectory
Creating a Business School Model Adapted to Local Reality – Maria Tereza Leme Fleury and Thomaz Wood Jr
A Latin American Perspective
The Changing Role of Business Schools as Key Social Agents in Asia – Bernard Yeung and Kulwant Singh
Institutional Evolution and New Trends in Russian Management Education – Valery S. Katkalo
The Legitimacy and Future of Business Schools in Turkey – Baris Tan
European Business Schools and Globalization – Lluis Puges
CSR, Business Schools and the Asia Pacific Context – Juliet Roper
PART TWO: TOWARDS A NEW LEGITIMACY FOR BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN GLOBAL SOCIETY
Business Schools in Society – Alan Irwin, Dorte Salskov-Iversen and Mette Morsing
The Distinctiveness of Diversity
Design Science as a Reference Point for Management Research – Michael Barzelay and Saul Estrin
The National Role of Contemporary Business Schools in Response to the Financial Crisis – Thomas M. Begley and Patrick T. Gibbons
Business Schools – From Career Training Centers towards Enablers of CSR – Thomas Bieger
A New Vision for Teaching at Business Schools
The Future of Business School Research – Muel Kaptein and George S. Yip
The Need for Dual Research Methodologies
Business Schools′ Corporate Social Responsibility – Christoph Badelt and Barbara Sporn
Practice What You Preach
The Role of Higher Education Institutions in the Fields of Economic and Social Sciences – Guido Tabellini
Has It Been Changed by the Economic Downturn?
Business Schools in Relation to the Organizational and Ethical Challenges of Systemic Transformation – Adam Budnikowski
A Polish Example
The New Rigor – Judith Samuelson
Beyond the Right Answer
PART THREE: BUSINESS SCHOOLS′ ROLE IN SHAPING AND TRANSFORMING ETHICAL BUSINESS CONDUCT
Responsible Business Education – Carlos Losada, Janette Martel and Josep M. Lozano
Not a Question of Curriculum but a Raison d′Être for Business Schools
The Business School of the 21st Century – Valerie Swaen, Philippe de Woot, Didier de Callatay
Educating Citizens to Address the New World Challenges
The Need for Good Old Principles in Financial Management Education – Eero Kasanen and Robert Grosse
PRME and Four Theses on the Future of Management Education – Manuel Escudero
A Plea to Business Schools – Robert Strand
Tear Down Your Walls
Corporate Responsibility and the Business Schools′ Response to the Credit Crisis – Nigel Roome, David Bevan and Gilbert Lenssen
Epilogue – Alfons Sauquet Rovira, Mette Morsing and Marc Vilanova
Over de auteur
Alfons Sauquet has served as Director of the Combined Undergraduate and Master in Business Administration at ESADE.
He has been a lecturer at HEC Paris, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam and Wharton School of Business, in addition to being Visiting Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and the Copenhagen Business School. He is a lecturer at the Summer School organized by the European Doctoral Association for Management in Business Administration (EDAMBA).
He has been CEMS Chairman of the Interfaculty Group in Organizational Behaviour.
He has directed research projects funded by the European Commission on Learning in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in four European countries. The ESADE partners in this project are Università Luigi Bocconi (Milan), Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna) and the Norwegian School of Economics (Bergen).
He is the principal researcher on the Learning and Knowledge in Organizations Research Group (GRACO).
Ministry of Education and Science Adviser on Educational Quality programmes and for the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien.
He has been a consultant to various national and international organizations on learning, organizational culture and change. At present, he is a member of the Academic Council of the Association for Human Resources Management in International Organizations (AHRMIO). He has been invited by UNESCO and is a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme.