The tension in business education between academic rigor and real-world relevance: The role of executive professors

SK Clinebell, JM Clinebell - Academy of Management Learning & …, 2008 - journals.aom.org
Business schools are walking a tightrope between the academic side of business and the
practitioner side. In reaction to early criticism of being trade schools, business schools have …

From the editors: Why aren't business schools more global and what can management educators do about it?

JP Doh - Academy of Management Learning & Education, 2010 - journals.aom.org
In a recent address to the Association of International Education Administrators, Arthur
Levine, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and a former …

Business school professors' teaching approaches and how they change

A Mesny, D Pastoriza Rivas… - … Learning & Education, 2021 - journals.aom.org
This study investigates business school professors' approaches to teaching, how those
approaches change over the course of their careers, and to what extent they perceive those …

What are business schools doing for business today?

FR David, ME David, FR David - Business Horizons, 2011 - Elsevier
This article examines disparity between business school focus and business community
needs. A content analysis of 200 corporate job descriptions collected in Fall 2009 revealed …

Who moved our cheese? Reclaiming professionalism in business education

CQ Trank, SL Rynes - Academy of Management Learning & …, 2003 - journals.aom.org
This article discusses professionalism in business education. The past year has witnessed
an outpouring of concern that business education may be headed in the wrong direction …

Are business schools doing their job?

K Muff - Journal of Management Development, 2012 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to further the debate on relevance in business
education by sharing one business school's experiences. Design/methodology/approach–A …

[PDF][PDF] Why every business professor should write practitioner-focused articles

G Fisher - Business Horizons, 2020 - researchgate.net
What is the primary purpose of a business professor? As far as I can tell, it is to develop
people and ideas for the business world. As business professors, we are engaged in …

The corporate university: Transforming management education

TE Moore - Accounting Horizons, 1997 - search.proquest.com
New business trends will dramatically transform management education during the next
decade. Not only will many traditional business schools not survive, but the role of the …

Executive education: can it be too good?

JC Lockhart - Journal of Executive Education, 2013 - digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu
A successful business school must serve two communities: the research community on one
hand; and the business community on the other. However, despite the spectacular growth of …

The business school 'business': Some lessons from the US experience

J Pfeffer, CT Fong - Journal of management studies, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
abstract US business schools dominate the business school landscape, particularly for the
MBA degree. This fact has caused schools in other countries to imitate the US schools as a …