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Business Schools and their Contribution to Society

Business Schools and their Contribution to Society

by Mette Morsing (Author), Alfons Sauquet Rovira (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

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Business schools are arguably some of the most influential institutions in contemporary society. The research and education they provide set the standard for how future leaders manage local and global organizations - a responsibility requiring continual discussion, development and challenge.

This exciting book explores the role of business schools through 3 key dimensions:

- How business school legitimacy has been challenged by the recent economic crisis and corporate scandals;

- How schools contribute to shaping and transforming business conduct; and

- How institutions, past and present, develop their identities to face the challenges presented by the ongoing globalization process.

Combining global perspectives from business school Deans, scholars and stakeholders, this book presents a unique discussion of the current and future challenges facing business schools and their contributions to society.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 280
 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: 18 Oct 2011
ISBN 10: 085702387X
ISBN 13: 9780857023872

Media Reviews
'Undoubtedly, the book's most insightful, penetrating, even quasi-radical proposal comes from a trio of experts at Barcelona's ESADE business school: Carlos Losada (the former Director), Janette Martell (of the school's Social Responsibility Task Force), and Josep M. Lozano (Professor of Social Science). Their unique view of the value/normativity dimension will, or should, give all business educators pause to reflect on what they teach and how they interact with their students' -
William C. Frederick
 Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, Katz Graduate school of Business, University of Pittsburgh

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'Business schools are among the most influential institutions in contemporary society. This book represents a most welcome voice in the urgent need to discuss the future role of business schools. What skills and competences do we need of our leaders of tomorrow? How do we make sure that business schools are able to not only educate students in traditional business skills, but also give them such a basic understanding of the dynamics of contemporary society so they may interact constructively with the diversity of stakeholders and thus contribute to the role business must play in securing the sustainabiliy of our global society? How may business schools contribute in innovative ways to the development of a society that is in need of new ways of addressing basic needs such as equal rights, clean water, energy and waste disposal? While this book does not pretend to provide all the answers to such demanding questions, it will stimulate reflection by questioning conventional business school thinking'
Mads vlisen
Special Advisor to UN Global Compact and former Chair of Novo Nordisk

'After the 2008 crisis, the private sector has been more than ever under the public limelight. In the midst of this debate, one central issue seems to be how business schools develop and foster management models that shape how businesses behave. This book finally opens the possibility to reflect on the multiple forms in which business schools are contributing to society'
Philippe Louvet
Corporate Director, Learning for Development, L'Oreal

Author Bio
Alfons Sauquet has served as Director of the Combined Undergraduate and Master in Business Administration at ESADE. He has been a lecturer at HEC Paris, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam and Wharton School of Business, in addition to being Visiting Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and the Copenhagen Business School. He is a lecturer at the Summer School organized by the European Doctoral Association for Management in Business Administration (EDAMBA). He has been CEMS Chairman of the Interfaculty Group in Organizational Behaviour. He has directed research projects funded by the European Commission on Learning in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in four European countries. The ESADE partners in this project are Universita Luigi Bocconi (Milan), Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien (Vienna) and the Norwegian School of Economics (Bergen). He is the principal researcher on the Learning and Knowledge in Organizations Research Group (GRACO). Ministry of Education and Science Adviser on Educational Quality programmes and for the Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien. He has been a consultant to various national and international organizations on learning, organizational culture and change. At present, he is a member of the Academic Council of the Association for Human Resources Management in International Organizations (AHRMIO). He has been invited by UNESCO and is a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme.