Shaping the Future of Business Education : Relevance, Rigor, and Life Preparation

In a world economy where rapid change is the only constant, what is the best way for business schools to prepare the leaders of tomorrow? The authors of this volume argue that a broad and rigorous education is needed; one that fuses business knowledge with arts and sciences, technology, and ethical training. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi The Crucial Educational Fusion: Relevance, Rigor, and Life Preparation in a Changing World....Pages 1-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 The Rise of Business Education in America....Pages 19-25 Challenges Facing Today’s Business Schools....Pages 26-39 Business, Management Education, and Leadership for the Common Good....Pages 40-58 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 Integrating Liberal Learning into the Accounting Curriculum....Pages 61-71 Mathematics and Auditing: How Liberal-Arts Theory and Business-Practice Education Inform Each Other....Pages 72-82 Broadening the Profession: New Skills in Actuarial Science....Pages 83-93 Business Analytics at the Confluence of Business Education and Arts & Sciences....Pages 94-106 Transforming Business Education through Disciplinary Integration: The Case of Information Systems....Pages 107-119 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Change over Time: The Study of the Past and the Future of Business Education....Pages 123-134 The Need to Read....Pages 135-141 The Role of Law in Business Education....Pages 142-152 Psychology in Business Education: A Response to Rapid Economic and Technological Change....Pages 153-161 Business Education in an Age of Science and Technology....Pages 162-174 Starving for Knowledge: The Need for Business Education in the Arts....Pages 175-185 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 Technology in Business Education....Pages 189-199 Cases and Emotions....Pages 200-207 Creativity and Fusion: Moving the Circles....Pages 208-220 Rethinking the End(s) of Education: An Aesthetics for Renewal in American Higher Education....Pages 221-231 Service-Learning, Business Education, and the Civically Engaged Professional....Pages 232-242 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 The Multi-Disciplinary Nature of Experiential Learning....Pages 243-251 Prospects for Fusing Liberal Learning and Business Education in the Changing Environment of Higher Education....Pages 252-262 Back Matter....Pages 263-270 Business today is changing more rapidly than at any time in history. From product ideas to supply chains, from marketing to sales, new technologies, techniques, and globalization have created incredible, disruptive transformations in every aspect of commerce. This will not change -- change will be the only constant. "Shaping the Future of Business Education" answers the question of how to prepare tomorrow's leaders with a distinctive formula as wide as it is deep. Two dozen distinguished professors and leaders in business education argue that only a broad, rigorous and relevant education will work -- a fusion of business knowledge with arts and sciences, technology, and ethical training that emphasizes integrated thinking, broad perspectives, and cultural awareness along with specific expertise. These educators demonstrate practical methods of including arts and sciences in the teaching of business knowledge, while also integrating the best of business into the arts and sciences. The result? Business leaders who can communicate, operate well in ambiguous and fluid situations, as well as liberal-arts students who have the business knowledge they need to work well in organizations Shaping the Future of Business Education answers the question of how to prepare tomorrow's leaders with a distinctive formula as wide as it is deep. Two dozen distinguished professors and leaders in business education argue that only a broad, rigorous, and relevant education will work - a fusion of business knowledge with arts and sciences, technology, and ethical training that emphasizes integrated thinking, broad perspectives, and cultural awareness along with specific expertise. These educators demonstrate practical methods of including arts and sciences in the teaching of business knowledge, while also integrating the best of business into the arts and sciences. The result? Business leaders who can communicate and operate successfully in ambiguous and fluid situations, as well as liberal-arts students who have the business knowledge they need in order to work well in organizations. -- Book Jacket.