The future of the MBA : designing the thinker of the future / Mihnea C. Moldoveanu and Roger L. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moldoveanu, Mihnea C.

Contributor:

Martin, Roger L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Master of business administration degree.

Business education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Introduction: The Future of the MBA and the MBA of the Future 1. The Integrative Thinker: A Vision of the High Value Decision Maker of Postmodern High Capitalism 2. Business School 2.0: Can the Contemporary Scientific-Educational Complex Educate the Manager of the Future? 3. Business School 3.0: The Design and Development of Integrative ""Cognitive-Behavioral Modules"" for the Thinker of the Future 4. Epilogue: A Reconstructive Summary of the Basic Arguments of the Book

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; Introduction: The Future of the MBA and the MBA of the Future; The "Competitiveness Critique": Is the MBA a Competitive Source of Human Capital for the Organizations of the Future?; The "Radical Structural Flaw Critique": Can the MBA Train Managers?; The "Ivory Tower" Critique: Is the MBA Relevant?; The "Deprofessionalization" Critique: Is the MBA a Viable Institution? Is Management a Viable Profession?; The "Vicious Hermeneutic Circle" Critique: Is the MBA "Good for Business and Society"?

Critiquing the "Future of the MBA" Requires Articulating a Vision for the "MBA of the Future"Chapter 1. The Integrative Thinker: A Vision of the High-Value Decision Maker in Postmodern High Capitalism; "Postmodern": Why "Post"?; "High Capitalism": Whither "High"?; The "Interactions Revolution": Articulating the Tacit to Bridge the Ingenuity Gap; "High-Value Decision Makers": The Predicament of the Manager of the Future; Chapter 2. Business School 2.0: Can the Contemporary Scientific-Educational Complex Educate the Manager of the Future?

Obstacles to Ontic and Ontological Pluralism: Two Forms of Departmentality and the (New) Structure of the Market for Ideas An Example: Behavioral Decision Theory and the Study of Managerial Cognition; Chapter 3. Business School 3.0: The Design and Development of Integrative "Cognitive-Behavioral Modules" for the Thinker of the Future; Model I. The Thought-and-Behavior Design and Experimentation Lab; Model II. The Design and Enactment of Communicative Spaces; The Value of the Ontic-Ontological Bridge: A Justification for the Cognitive-Behavioral Module Development Approach

Chapter 4. Epilogue: A Reconstructive Summary References; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-133) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-988765-9

9786611529321

1-281-52932-X

0-19-971287-5

OCLC:

476245495