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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821306603321

Titolo

The discipline, study and practice of management : a reflective inquiry / / guest editor, Kazem Chaharbaghi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, England], : Emerald Group Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-280-51542-2

9786610515424

1-84544-402-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Management decision ; ; v. 42, no. 3/4, 2004

Altri autori (Persone)

ChaharbaghiKazem

Disciplina

658.4/5/05

Soggetti

Management

Organization

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.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and Keywords; Introduction: The discipline, study and practice of management: a reflective inquiry; Co-producing management knowledge; Can management educators and scholars become effective managers? Can managers become effective management educators and scholars?; The practice of management education in Australian universities; Integratively balancing structured and unstructured thinking A prescription for success in both doing and teaching management; Identity work in the transition from manager to management academic

Teaching management and management educators: some considerationsCan management be taught? If so, what should management education curricula include and how should the process be approached?; The usefulness of management education What has the university done for us?; Developing the researcher-manager interface in the case analysis process; A reflection on theory building and the development of management knowledge; Is management education beneficial to society?; A new paradigm for business education The role of the business educator and business school

Back to basics and beyond Strategic management - an area where practice and theory are poorly relatedMissing the point? Management education and entrepreneurship; Teaching enterprise in vocational



disciplines: reflecting on positive experience; The application dilemma - a sceptic's perspective; Disturbing the sounds of silence - hearing other voices; Unlearning gender blindness: new directions in management education; Does the talk affect your decision to walk A comparative pilot study examining the effect of communication practices on employee commitment post-managerialism

Managing in the post-managerialist era Towards socially responsible corporate governance

Sommario/riassunto

The division between academic knowledge and its relevance for practice is an enduring problem across many fields. Nowhere is this division more pronounced, and resolution of its negative features more required, than in academic management research and its relationship to management practice, for the advent of the knowledge revolution requires that organizations capitalize on all available assets including knowledge assets when improving performance either by increasing efficiencies or ensuring mission delivery in the medium term. How companies might achieve this has become a key question. This