03199nam 2200649Ia 450 991078145830332120200520144314.00-8047-7891-410.1515/9780804778916(CKB)2550000000041034(OCoLC)747037591(CaPaEBR)ebrary10484212(SSID)ssj0000525420(PQKBManifestationID)12213770(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525420(PQKBWorkID)10488915(PQKB)10996820(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122022(DE-B1597)564241(DE-B1597)9780804778916(Au-PeEL)EBL3037581(CaPaEBR)ebr10484212(OCoLC)1198929590(MiAaPQ)EBC3037581(PPN)236075632(EXLCZ)99255000000004103420101129h20112011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe roots, rituals, and rhetorics of change[electronic resource] North American business schools after the Second World War /Mie Augier and James G. MarchStanford, California Stanford Business Books20111 online resource (378 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8047-8697-6 0-8047-7616-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Chapter 1. An Introduction --Chapter 2. The Contexts of Change --Chapter 3. A Legend of Change: Abraham Flexner --Chapter 4. A Spirit of Change: Hutchins’s University of Chicago --Chapter 5. An Incubator of Change: The RAND Corporation --Chapter 6. An Engine of Change: The Ford Foundation --Chapter 7. A Poster Child of Change: GSIA --Chapter 8. Spreading the Gospel of Change --Chapter 9. The Rhetoric of Reality --Chapter 10. The Rhetoric of Relevance --Chapter 11. The Rhetoric of Professionalism --Chapter 12. The Lessons of History --Notes --References --IndexSome rather remarkable changes took place in North American business schools between 1945 and 1970, altering the character of these institutions, the possibilities for their future, and the terms of discourse about them. This period represents a minor revolution, during which business school are reported to have become more academic, more analytic, and more quantitative. This book considers these changes and explores their roots.Business schoolsNorth AmericaHistory20th centuryBusiness educationNorth AmericaHistory20th centuryEducational changeNorth AmericaHistory20th centuryBusiness schoolsHistoryBusiness educationHistoryEducational changeHistory650.071/173Augier Mie1972-266816March James G112534MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781458303321The roots, rituals, and rhetorics of change3716627UNINA