The business schools: 50 years on

Clarke, T

The business schools: 50 years on

Clarke, T

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Education and Training, 2008, 50 (1), pp. 52 - 54
Issue Date:: 2008-02-15

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dc.contributor.author	Clarke, T https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9719-9647	en_US
dc.date.issued	2008-02-15	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Education and Training, 2008, 50 (1), pp. 52 - 54	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0040-0912	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11836
dc.description.abstract	Purpose - This paper aims to offer a critique of the development of university business schools over the last 50 years and provide a perspective on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the journal Education + Training. Design/methodology/approach - The approach is critical and reflexive, reviewing the historical growth of business schools and focusing on questions relating to their changing rationale. Findings - The main themes of the analysis are that despite the considerable growth of business schools, this is not an unqualified success story, since recurrent doubts have been expressed regarding the central purposes and objectives of advanced business education. Originality/value - The paper is of value as a critical and succinct summary of the vibrant but heavily contested growth of business schools. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Education and Training	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1108/00400910810855504	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	The business schools: 50 years on	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	50	en_US
utslib.for	1301 Education Systems	en_US
utslib.for	13 Education	en_US
utslib.for	15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
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Abstract:

Purpose - This paper aims to offer a critique of the development of university business schools over the last 50 years and provide a perspective on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the journal Education + Training. Design/methodology/approach - The approach is critical and reflexive, reviewing the historical growth of business schools and focusing on questions relating to their changing rationale. Findings - The main themes of the analysis are that despite the considerable growth of business schools, this is not an unqualified success story, since recurrent doubts have been expressed regarding the central purposes and objectives of advanced business education. Originality/value - The paper is of value as a critical and succinct summary of the vibrant but heavily contested growth of business schools. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

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