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Developing a Public Interest School of Management
Author(s) -
Ferlie Ewan,
McGivern Gerry,
De Moraes Ailson
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00681.x
Subject(s) - public interest , field (mathematics) , public relations , business model , special interest group , public management , empirical research , contrast (vision) , marketing , political science , economics , business , computer science , epistemology , law , philosophy , mathematics , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics
This ‘think piece’ paper contributes to the recent ‘business school business’ debate by examining whether an alternative form of the business school – specifically, the public interest model – can be created. Current criticisms of conventional business schools are reviewed and alternative models explored. We take some examples from our own field of health management research. We define the public interest school model in more detail than in previous accounts and compare and contrast it with other models of the reformed business school. We identify certain conditions in which this form is more likely to succeed and suggest a future empirical research agenda.