Management Education
Robert R. Locke(Editor)
Dartmouth Publishing Co Ltd
Published on 21. December 1998
Book
Hardback
500 pages
978-1-85521-990-8 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of essays on the history of management education, from the 19th century to the modern day. Topics looked at include: the transformation of American business education; the business periodicals of Germany; and the British rejection of formal education.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 176 mm
Width: 253 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85521-990-8 (9781855219908)
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Content
Part 1 Management education before the Second World War: the transformation of American business education, in Nobuo Kawabe and Eisuke Daito, Daniel Nelson; business education in Germany - past systems and current practice, Robert R. Locke; the business periodicals of Germany, Kurt Schmaltz; "Institutions", in Lars Engwall, Lars Engwall; foreign influence on the education of Norwegian business managers before World War II, Rolv Petter Amdam; Gino Zappa (1879-1960) - accounting revolutionary, in John Richards Edwards, Arnaldo Canziani; the British rejection of formal education, in S.P. Keeble - "The ability to manage" - a study of British management, 1890-1890, S.P. Keeble. Part 2 Management education since the Second World War: Section I management science - the new paradigm: a comparison of operational research in the U.S.A. and in Great Britain, Russell L. Ackoff; the making of a French manager, Jean-Louis Barsoux, Peter Lawrence; the "new look" - the Ford Foundation and the revolution in business education, Steven Schlossman et al; universities, business schools, and business, in Harold Koontz "Towards a unified theory of management", G.L. Bach; the business school - a problem in organizational design, Herbert A. Simon. Section II American management education writ large: the big push - the export of American business education to western Europe after World War II, in Lars Engwall and Vera Zamagni "Management education in a historical perspective, Jacqueline McGlade; American influence on European management education - the role of the Ford Foundation, in Rolv Petter Amdam "Management education and competitiveness - Europe, Japan and the United States, Giuliana Gemelli; the fascination with the United states and the importation of management, in Luc Boltanski "The making of a class - Cadres in French society", Luc Boltanski; Swedish managerial thinking - a shadow of America, in R. Lunden, and E. Asard "Networks of Americanization - aspects of the American influence in Sweden, Staffan Furusten, Nils Kinch; academic management education in the Netherlands, in Lars Engwall and Elving Gunnarsson "Management studies in an academic context", Huibert de Man, Luchien Karsten; educational traditions and the development of business studies after 1945 (an Anglo-French-German comparison), Robert R. Locke; breaking the uncharmed circle, in S.P. Keeble "the ability to management" - a study of British management, 1890-1990, S.P. Keeble. Section III The vanishing mystique of American management education: the fragmented state of management studies - reasons and consequences, Richard Whitley. (Part contents).