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What Should Business Schools Teach Managers?
Author(s) -
Parker Martin,
Pearson Gordon
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
business and society review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1467-8594
pISSN - 0045-3609
DOI - 10.1111/basr.12000
Subject(s) - sort , curriculum , capitalism , position (finance) , politics , business education , business relationship management , business management , sociology , higher education , management , public relations , political science , business , economics , pedagogy , business model , electronic business , business administration , economic growth , computer science , finance , law , information retrieval
Abstract This article is the fourth dialogue in a series in which two characters, a pro‐business experienced manager and a critical management academic idealist, debate contemporary management. In this dialogue, the discussion concerns the curriculum of business and management courses. Though as usual there is little agreement between the two participants, the discussion clearly shows just how difficult it will be to change business education without also changing the market position of business schools. Other topics concern the sort of economic assumptions embedded in much of the curriculum, and the relationship between practical skills and political descriptions of capitalism.