TY - JOUR
T1 - Educating integrated catalysts
T2 - Transforming business schools Toward ethics and sustainability
AU - Akrivou, Kleio
AU - Bradbury-Huang, Hilary
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Academy of Management Learning & Education.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Joining the sharpening critique of conventional university-based business school education, we argue that educating students to be integrated catalysts is necessary to meet current sustainability challenges. The key feature of moving toward the integration required at the individual level is focusing on developing students' capacity for moral and cognitive maturity. To effect this, the practice of genuine dialogue is the focus of our interpersonal method for educating management students. In supporting such education, business schools must, however, first transform themselves. As transformative social enterprises, they model critical questioning as well as improve the impact and relevance of management on flourishing wider society and an ethically oriented economy. We offer practical suggestions and implications for future business education reform.
AB - Joining the sharpening critique of conventional university-based business school education, we argue that educating students to be integrated catalysts is necessary to meet current sustainability challenges. The key feature of moving toward the integration required at the individual level is focusing on developing students' capacity for moral and cognitive maturity. To effect this, the practice of genuine dialogue is the focus of our interpersonal method for educating management students. In supporting such education, business schools must, however, first transform themselves. As transformative social enterprises, they model critical questioning as well as improve the impact and relevance of management on flourishing wider society and an ethically oriented economy. We offer practical suggestions and implications for future business education reform.
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U2 - 10.5465/amle.2012.0343
DO - 10.5465/amle.2012.0343
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938589205
SN - 1537-260X
VL - 14
SP - 222
EP - 240
JO - Academy of Management Learning and Education
JF - Academy of Management Learning and Education
IS - 2
ER -