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The roots, rituals, and rhetorics of change : North American business schools after the Second World War / Mie Augier and James G. March.
LIBRA HF1130 .A94 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Augier, Mie, 1972- author.
- March, James G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business schools--North America--History--20th century.
- Business schools.
- Business education--North America--History--20th century.
- Business education.
- Educational change--North America--History--20th century.
- Educational change.
- History.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, [2011]
- Summary:
- This work studies the prestige business schools of North America during the period 1945-70 to reveal the changes that altered the character of business schools, the terms of discourse about them, and transformation of the position of business schools in the academic community. Special attention is paid to the role of the Flexner Report of 1910, which critiqued of medical schools; the development of the University of Chicago creed under Robert Maynard Hutchins; and the creation of the RAND Corporation in 1948 and its role in shaping the directions and leaders of the reform of business schools. The book also examines the roles of the Ford Foundation and the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Augier is a social science research associate at Stanford University. March is professor emeritus at Stanford University. Stanford Business Books is an imprint of Stanford University Press. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- The contexts of change
- A legend of change : Abraham Flexner
- A spirit of change : Hutchins' University of Chicago
- An incubator of change : the Rand Corporation
- An engine of change : the Ford Foundation
- A poster child of change : G.S.I.A
- Spreading the gospel of change
- The rhetoric of reality : virtual reality in management education
- The rhetoric of relevance : academic knowledge in management education
- The rhetoric of professionalism : managerial identities and management education
- The lessons of history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804776165
- 0804776164
- OCLC:
- 693750945
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