Description: Questions about the status, identity and legitimacy of business schools in the modern university system continue to stimulate debate amongst deans, educational policy makers and commentators. In this book, three world experts share their critical insights on management education and new business school models in the USA, Europe and Asia, on designing the business school of the future, and how to make it work. They look at how the business school is changing and focus in particular on emergent global challenges and innovations in curricula, professional roles, pedagogy, uses of technology and organisational delineations. Set within the context of a wider discussion about management as a profession, the authors provide a systematic, historical perspective, analysing major trends in business school models, and reviewing a wealth of current literature, to provide an informed and unique perspective that is firmly grounded in practical and experimental analysis.
Brief description: Jagdish Sheth is the Charles H. Kellstadt Chair of Marketing in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, Atlanta, where he won the school's Global Innovation Award in June 2008. Professor Sheth is an internationally recognised business consultant and has been an educator for more than 40 years.
Review Quotes: "As highly experienced business school educators, the authors are uniquely qualified to offer a credible new framework for evaluating educational practices. Their observations regarding research and curricula relevance, faculty appointments and workloads, current funding sources, globalization of business education, and the impact of technological advancements are insightful and intriguing. This book is a worthy read for anyone who is interested in how we educate the next generation of business leaders." - Thomas S. Robertson, Dean and Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania