scholarly journals Global Citizenship and Business Education, Part 2: The Role of Business Schools

AIB Insights ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
José R. de la Torre ◽  
Corinne B. Young
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Business Schools

scholarly journals Chilean management education: rhetoric of pragmatism, consumerism, individualism and elitism

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 370-387
Author(s):  
Marcela Mandiola Cotroneo ◽  
Paula Ascorra Costa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Social

The aim of this paper is to understand the character and the role of higher education in business in relation to the wider institutional and structural contexts within which they function. Being loyal to that widespread background, business schools in Chile have become efficient providers of appropriate goods and services for their respective clients and consumers, behaving more like corporations and businesses rather than educational institutions. From this perspective, business education's alignment with the wider political and socio-economic shifts associated with the developments of market economies and economic globalization is a necessary reflection. In this paper we will provide an account of our problematization of management education practices in Chile. This practice was pictured as one of the main characters at the forefront of the Chilean neo-liberal revolution during the final years of the last century. In particular, we will unravel more closely the chain of signifiers articulating the meaning of Chilean higher business education. This articulation is recuperated mainly around how those involved in the management education practice talk about (our)themselves. As well as specialised press writings, some academic accounts and fragments from our own 'ethnographic' involvement are used for this purpose. Particular attention is paid to the social, political and fantasmatic logics (GLYNOS; HOWARTH, 2007) as key elements of our own explanation of this practice, which in turn informs our critical standpoint.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development in Business Education

Economics ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 1347-1366
Author(s):  
Fernando Lourenço ◽  
Natalie Sappleton ◽  
Weng Si Lei ◽  
Ranis Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Stakeholder Theory ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Economic Liberalism ◽  
Business And Management

This chapter highlights the challenges of teaching sustainability in business schools. The authors provide a discussion of economic liberalism and different forms of stakeholder theory to explain the varying attitudes among educators towards ethics, responsibility and sustainability. The assumption that business schools encourage a ‘profit-first-mentality' is fleshed out, and it is argued that this attitude likely affects the effectiveness of teaching and learning in respect to ethical, responsible and sustainable values. The chapter later questions whether it is better to flow with the dominant economic-driven values as prescribed by conventional business education or to challenge it in order to nurture sustainability-driven values among students. These options are explored and the suggestion that entrepreneurship has a role to play as a pedagogical tool to support the teaching of sustainable development is offered. It is argued that entrepreneurship does not confront, but supports the extant values of conventional business education and therefore is a feasible approach for business education. Finally, implications for business and management education, as well as, the role of entrepreneurship to promote sustainability-values are discussed drawing on models and two case studies (UK and China).

GBSN’s perspective on business education and globalization

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 866-877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Pfeffermann
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Business School ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Global Development ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Developed World ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the role that business schools and other providers of management education play in a globalized world, and suggests ways in which that role could be enhanced. In this paper, “Business school” and “Management school” are used interchangeably. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reflects the author’s and GBSN’s experience. Findings – The paper shows how business schools can be strengthened so as to increase their impact on economic and social development, with a focus on the developing world. Originality/value – The role of business education in global development/value for government policy-makers, development funding institutions and business school leaders. Interrelated dimensions of the relationship between business education and globalization are examined: global shifts in demand for talent; responses by leading business schools in the developed world; the challenges of local relevance; the growth of business education in the emerging markets; and the contribution of business education to global development.

Time to Use ANDs Instead of ORs? The Role of Business Schools in Advertising Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Villegas
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Next Generation

This brief essay argues for an interdisciplinary approach and discusses the benefits, issues, and constraints of business education as part of the endeavor to teach the next generation of advertisers.

Sustainable Development in Business Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 116-135
Author(s):  
Fernando Lourenço ◽  
Natalie Sappleton ◽  
Weng Si Lei ◽  
Ranis Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Stakeholder Theory ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Economic Liberalism ◽  
Business And Management

This chapter highlights the challenges of teaching sustainability in business schools. The authors provide a discussion of economic liberalism and different forms of stakeholder theory to explain the varying attitudes among educators towards ethics, responsibility and sustainability. The assumption that business schools encourage a ‘profit-first-mentality' is fleshed out, and it is argued that this attitude likely affects the effectiveness of teaching and learning in respect to ethical, responsible and sustainable values. The chapter later questions whether it is better to flow with the dominant economic-driven values as prescribed by conventional business education or to challenge it in order to nurture sustainability-driven values among students. These options are explored and the suggestion that entrepreneurship has a role to play as a pedagogical tool to support the teaching of sustainable development is offered. It is argued that entrepreneurship does not confront, but supports the extant values of conventional business education and therefore is a feasible approach for business education. Finally, implications for business and management education, as well as, the role of entrepreneurship to promote sustainability-values are discussed drawing on models and two case studies (UK and China).

scholarly journals Strategic capacities in US universities – the role of business schools as institutional builders

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 186-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Carton ◽  
Charles McMillan ◽  
Jeffrey Overall
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Professional Schools ◽  
Corporate Universities ◽  
Consulting Industry ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Professional Faculties

The global expansion of the higher education and professional faculties like business schools offers a case study in the strategic capabilities of universities and professional schools like business to build academic strength, reputation, and legitimacy. The expansion of business schools reflects novel strategies like ecosystems collaboration and network advantages, presenting new challenges for quality, relevance, and competitive threats from the consulting industry, corporate universities, MOOCs, and highly-specialized business schools. The paper concludes with recommendations for business education.

A study of the impact of business education on global career mobility

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 31-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sari Silvanto ◽  
Jason Ryan ◽  
Vipin Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Graduates ◽  
Global Mobility ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mba Graduates

Purpose This paper aims to develop a clearer understanding of the role of business education and business schools in fostering global mobility. As business schools seek to educate managers who can work globally and adjust to new business and cultural environments, it is important to assess which specific dimensions of business education, such as the location of the school and its curriculum, play a significant role in fostering greater global mobility among business graduates. This also helps how business schools potentially influence global talent flows. Design/methodology/approach This study uses an empirical research methodology in the form of a multivariate analysis to examine a sample of 91 business schools that are accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in the 2015 Financial Times Global MBA Ranking. Findings This study finds that international mobility of MBA graduates is mediated both by the design of the curriculum and the location of the business school. MBA graduates from leading business schools that offer greater levels of international experiential learning are more likely to pursue overseas careers after graduation. MBA graduates from leading business schools that are located in economically globalized locations, by contrast, are often more likely to remain in the country where they studied after graduation to pursue local employment opportunities. Originality/value This paper contributes to the knowledge of how business education influences the international mobility of business graduates and how it influences global talent flows.

Management science and nation building: The sociotechnical imaginary behind the making of the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad

2021 ◽  
pp. 001946462110203
Author(s):  
Lourens van Haaften
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Management Science ◽  
Indian Institute ◽  
Management Knowledge ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Distinct Character

The start of management education in India in the early 1960s has been dominantly described from the perspective of ‘Americanisation’, characterised by isomorphism and mimicry. Existing scholarship has avoided the question of how management education and knowledge were reconciled and naturalised with India’s specific socio-economic contexts. This article addresses the issue and provides a situated account of this complex history by delving into the establishment of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, one of India’s first and most prominent management schools. Using the concept of sociotechnical imaginary developed by Jasanoff and Kim, the analysis describes how the development of management education and research was aligned with the objective of nation building. The article shows that the project to start management education did not take off before the capitalist connotations, associated with business education, were subtly removed and a narrative was created that put management education in the context of India’s wider development trajectory. Under influence of a changing political atmosphere in the late 1960s, a particular imaginary on the role of management knowledge and education unfolded in the development of the institute, giving the field in India a distinct character in the early 1970s.

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