Business schools and their contribution to society [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mette Morsing and Alfons Sauquet Rovira

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462324603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, 2011
• ISBN: 1-85702-386-2; 1-4462-5082-2; 1-282-24137-0; 9786613812490; 1-4462-5383-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MorsingMette; Sauquet RoviraAlfons
• Disciplina: 650.0711
• Soggetti: Business schools - Social aspects; Business education - Social aspects; Social responsibility of business; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "CEMS."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; Contents; Notes on Contributors; About CEMS; Foreword; Prologue - Business Schools as Usual?; Part 1 - HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON BUSINESS SCHOOL LEGITIMACY; 1 BUSINESS EDUCATION: THE AMERICAN TRAJECTORY; 2 CREATING A BUSINESS SCHOOL MODEL ADAPTED TO LOCAL REALITY: A LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE; 3 THE CHANGINGROLE OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS AS KEY SOCIAL AGENTS IN ASIA; 4 INSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION AND NEW TRENDS IN RUSSIAN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION; 5 THE LEGITIMACY AND FUTURE OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN TURKEY; EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND GLOBALIZATION; 7 CSR, BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND THE ASIA PACIFIC CONTEXTPart 2 - TOWARDS A NEW LEGITIMACYFOR BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN GLOBAL SOCIETY; 8 BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN SOCIETY: THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF DIVERSITY; 9 DESIGN SCIENCE AS AREFERENCE POINT FOR MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; 10 THE NATIONAL ROLE OF CONTEMPORARY ; BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN RESPONSE TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS; 11 BUSINESS SCHOOLS - FROM CAREER TRAINING CENTERS TOWARDS ENABLERS OF CSR; 12 THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS SCHOOL RESEARCH: THE NEED FOR DUAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; 13 BUSINESS SCHOOLS' CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH; 14 THE ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE FIELDS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCES15 BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN RELATION TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF SYSTEMATIC TRANSFORMATION; 16 THE NEW RIGOR: BEYOND THE RIGHT ANSWER; Part 3 - BUSINESS SCHOOLS' ROLE IN SHAPING AND TRANSFORMING ETHICAL BUSINESS CONDUCT; 17 RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS EDUCATION: NOT A QUESTION OF CURRICULUM BUT A RAISON D'ÊTRE FOR BUSINESS SCHOOLS; 18 THE BUSINESS SCHOOL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: EDUCATING CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE NEW WORLD CHALLENGES; 19 THE NEED FOR GOOD OLD PRINCIPLES IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT EDUCATION20 PRME AND FOUR THESES ONTHE FUTURE OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION; 21 A PLEA TO BUSINESS SCHOOLS: TEAR DOWN YOUR WALLS; 22 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE BUSINESS SCHOOLS' RESPONSE TO THE CREDIT CRISIS; EPILOGUE; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Leading global business school figures discuss the hottest debate in business education right now - what education business schools are providing, and their contribution to modern society.