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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781385503321

Titolo

Rethinking undergraduate business education [[electronic resource] ] : liberal learning for the profession / / Anne Colby ... [et al.] ; foreword by Lee S. Shulman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, CA, : Jossey-Bass, c2011

ISBN

1-118-03871-1

1-283-09874-1

9786613098740

1-118-03869-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ; ; 20

Classificazione

EDU015000

Altri autori (Persone)

ColbyAnne <1946->

Disciplina

650.071/1

Soggetti

Business education

Education, Humanistic

Undergraduates

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

RETHINKING UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS EDUCATION; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; THE AUTHORS; 1: LIBERAL LEARNING FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION: AN INTEGRATIVE VISION; 2: BUSINESS AND THE ACADEMY: FOUNDING HOPES AND CONTINUING CHALLENGES; 3: ON THE GROUND: THE CHALLENGES OF UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS EDUCATION; 4: THE MEANING AND RELEVANCE OF LIBERAL EDUCATION; 5: TEACHING FOR KEY DIMENSIONS OF LIBERAL LEARNING; 6: PEDAGOGIES OF LIBERAL LEARNING IN BUSINESS EDUCATION; 7: STRUCTURAL APPROACHES TO INTEGRATION: BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL INTENTIONALITY; 8: EMERGING AGENDAS: GLOBALIZATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

9: THE WAY FORWARDREFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Business is the largest undergraduate major in the United States and still growing. This reality, along with the immense power of the business sector and its significance for national and global well-being, makes quality education critical not only for the students themselves but also for the public good. The Carnegie Foundation for the



Advancement of Teaching's national study of undergraduate business education found that most undergraduate programs are too narrow, failing to challenge students to question assumptions, think creatively, or understand the place of business in larger institut