scholarly journals Reframing the Purpose of Business Education: Crowding-in a Culture of Moral Self-Awareness

2020 ◽  
pp. 105649262094079
Author(s):  
Julian Friedland ◽  
Tanusree Jain
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Moral Self ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Existential Crisis ◽  
Professional Success ◽  
Purpose Of Business ◽  
Do So

Numerous high-profile ethics scandals, rising inequality, and the detrimental effects of climate change dramatically underscore the need for business schools to instill a commitment to social purpose in their students. At the same time, the rising financial burden of education, increasing competition in the education space, and overreliance on graduates’ financial success as the accepted metric of quality have reinforced an instrumentalist climate. These conflicting aims between social and financial purpose have created an existential crisis for business education. To resolve this impasse, we draw on the concept of moral self-awareness to offer a system-theoretical strategy for crowding-in a culture of ethics within business schools. We argue that to do so, business schools will need to (1) reframe the purpose of business, (2) reframe the meaning of professional success, and (3) reframe the ethos of business education itself.

Determinants of the learning motivation of students in business education at universities in Ho Chi Minh City

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3C) ◽  
pp. 741-753
Author(s):  
Tran Duc Tai ◽  
Le Thi Thanh Truc ◽  
Nguyen Thu Phuong ◽  
Dau Thi Phuong Uyen ◽  
Nguyen Thi Kim Lien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Business Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Self Awareness

This study primarily unearths measure and evaluate the determinants influencing business students' learning motivation at universities in Ho Chi Minh City through the self-administered questionnaires with 257 students. The results show all seven factors of (1) social factors; (2) learning environment; (3) lecturers’ behaviour; (4) family and friend influence; (5) students’ self-awareness; (6) student’s willpower and (7) student viewpoint have impacted on learning motivation of business students. In addition, suggestions and recommendations are proposed to enhance student motivation in higher education.

scholarly journals Accounting Majors Perceptions Of Future Career Skills: An Exploratory Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbie Gail Parham ◽  
Thomas G. Noland ◽  
Julia Ann Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Exploratory Analysis ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
Future Career ◽  
University Courses ◽  
Professional Success ◽  
Career Skills

Business education is often criticized for its failure to develop lifelong skills. This study examines the opinions of 205 students to determine what skills they deem to be important for their future careers. The study then compares the opinions of accounting students against other business disciplines. The results of the study are mixed for the accounting profession. Many of the skills accounting majors ranked as important for their future were not surprising. However, there was some indication that accounting majors may be suffering from a silo effect and are not able to fully grasp how skills learned in other university courses impact their professional success.

scholarly journals The concept of "conscience" as an ethical category

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3D) ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
Darya Kapustina ◽  
Irina Gennadievna Churilova ◽  
Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Singilevich ◽  
Elena Viktorovna Aralova ◽  
Yameng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Discourse ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Associative Model ◽  
Moral Self ◽  
Central Factor ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual

The concept of “conscience” is one of the oldest components in the axiosphere and the central factor in the moral self-awareness of the individual. This phenomenon is closely related to the features of a person’s existential position in the world. The study presents an associative model of the concept of “conscience” in the biblical cultural discourse. The semantic components of the concept are determined and its biblical meanings are considered.

scholarly journals Integrating Experiential Learning Into Business Courses: Using Learning Journals To Create Living Case Studies

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. McHann ◽  
Laura A. Frost
Keyword(s):  
Business Schools ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Business Courses ◽  
Learning Journals ◽  
Study Experience ◽  
Learn By Doing ◽  
Purpose Of Business

Research demonstrates that the capacity to implement strategy and to execute plans drives business success (Hrebiniak, 2007) and that businesses’ inability to succeed by executing effectively arises from the ubiquitous incapacity of business professionals to overcome the gap between what they know and what they are actually able to do, whether personally or professionally (Pfeffer & Sutton, 2000). Research and experience also demonstrates that the capacity to execute is not primarily about operational or tactical skills.  Rather, it is more a “discipline to learn” (Bossidy, Charan & Burck, 2002; i.e., the capacity to execute is primarily a discipline of continuously learning to acquire, to interpret, and especially to apply information (Garvin, 2000) in a never-ending spiral of improvement. Business professionals must possess this capacity in order to succeed over the long-term. The purpose of business education is to prepare professionals for successful performance in businesses.  However, unlike the preparation of medical doctors and many other professionals, the education in most business schools remains more theoretical than experiential in the andragogy employed. Even the typical case study, like many instructional techniques used in business schools, is still relatively “theoretical” in that it is not a business experience in which the student is personally involved. This paper introduces an instructional method, the journal entry assignment, to help address the challenge of creating a more experiential education and preparation for business. This assignment enables students to “learn by doing” and, in effect, it creates a “living case study” experience for students.

Reweaving the rainbow: qualitative color in business education

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Starr-Glass
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Business School ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Business Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Central Direction ◽  
Undergraduate Economics ◽  
Personal Insight ◽  
Limited Generalizability

Purpose This study aims to reflect on the dominance of a narrowly focused analytical approach within business schools, which provides an artificially fractured and disjointed understanding of the contextual complexities and interconnectedness that students will encounter in the future. This approach unnecessarily constrains sensemaking and inhibits creative response to future social and organizational complexity. As business schools and their graduates come under sustained scrutiny and criticism, it perhaps appropriate to reexamine and reframe their analytical bias. Design/methodology/approach The central direction taken in this study is that of critical reflection on the present author’s practice and experience in teaching undergraduate economics and accounting. Although the analysis may have limited generalizability, it is hoped that it may prove of interest and value to business school educators. Findings The preferential business school reliance on analytical perspectives suggest that they fail to appreciate the nature of business, its embeddedness in broader society and the competencies required by undergraduates and graduates. This study argues that an emphasis on holistic systems, synthetic fusion and an appreciation of complexity – rather than a reductive analytical agenda – might benefit business schools, their graduates and society at large. Originality/value This study provides an original, albeit personal, insight into a significant problem in business education. It offers original perspectives on the problem and presents faculty-centered suggestions on how business students might be encouraged and empowered to see quality as well as quantitative perspectives in their first-year courses.

Business Education in Japan

2022 ◽  
pp. 71-91
Author(s):  
Jusuke J. J. Ikegami
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Job Training ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Japanese Economy ◽  
Senior Executives ◽  
New Graduates ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Bubble Economy ◽  
On The Job Training ◽  
Japanese Companies

In Japan, the most prominent players in business education are corporations because they provide on-the-job training to their employees, particularly new graduates. However, with the low growth of the Japanese economy after the collapse of the bubble economy around 1990 and the recent drastic changes in the international environment, it is necessary to reexamine business education. To cope with the drastically changing environment, many Japanese companies are evolving their education model to emphasize off-the-job training in addition to on-the-job training. The main target of such training now includes senior executives, in addition to junior- to mid-level executives. Business schools play a role in educating senior executives. Although major Japanese companies utilize top business schools overseas, Japanese business schools are still the major education providers. This chapter discusses the recent changes, prospects, and issues concerning Japanese business schools.

The Business Education of Charismatic Leaders and Good Soldiers

2021 ◽  
pp. 1225-1247
Author(s):  
Sharon E. Norris
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Charismatic Leadership ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Business Educators ◽  
Organizational Environments ◽  
Extra Effort ◽  
Do So

This article describes how charismatic leaders inspire followers with a vision of a better future, but attaining that better future is not easy and requires hard work, extra effort, and sacrifice. In challenging organizational environments where crisis is present, one leadership style that emerges has been described as charismatic. Charismatic leaders have a tendency to create good soldiers, a loyal band of followers who engage in organizational citizenship behaviors. These good soldiers encourage others to join the effort to create a better world and achieve goals. The difficulty sets in when charismatic leaders and their good soldiers continually ask for more of their employees, take the spotlight, diminish the contributions of others, and create an environment where the performance of extra-role behaviors becomes the expected norm. When followers are pressured to perform citizenry behaviors, they no longer do so voluntarily, which places stress on employees and eventually dampens enthusiasm and motivation. Business educators preparing the next generation of leaders need to raise awareness of the strengths and possible weaknesses associated with charismatic leadership and organizational citizenship behaviors.

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