A Call for University-Based Business Schools to “Lower Their Walls:” Collaborating With Other Academic Departments in Pursuit of Social Value

Problem- and inquiry-based learning in alternative contexts: Using museums in management education

“…First, a museum-university partnership bears the chance that a university-based business school relates its activities to the wider university and its network of partner organisations. This may allow the development of teaching approaches that benefit the public interest (Currie et al, 2016) and encourage contact of educators from various disciplines (Annan-Diab & Molinari, 2017;March, 2007).…”

“…Seminars and lectures must prepare students to pertinent societal needs and "Grand Challenges". This requires teaching across disciplines and skill development rather the acquisition of content knowledge (Annan-Diab & Molinari, 2017; Coombs & Elden, 2004;Currie, Davies, & Ferlie, 2016;Minocha, Reynolds, & Hristov, 2017;Ungaretti, Thompson, Miller, & Peterson, 2015). However, many teaching approaches in business schools emphasize the production of utility rather than wisdom.…”

Research on the Path of Financial Quotient Education in China’s Application-oriented Undergraduate Colleges and Universities

“…They like to compare unrealistically, and show off vaingloriously. In terms of consumer goods such as mobile phones, computers and cosmetics, they blindly pursue well-known brands at home and abroad, lack of right value guidance, (Currie, Davies, & Ferlie, 2016) especially easy to embark on the lost path of money worship.…”

Developing imaginators not managers – How to flip the business school model

“…Following the 2008 economic downturn, business schools were under increased scrutiny for providing a generation of leaders and managers who may have not been adequately prepared for the rapidly-shifting business context (Jackson, 2009;James, 2009). The core purpose of business schools has long been defined as training for "the practice of management" (Simon, 1957, p.1), but the extent to which these institutions produce graduates able to effectively provide a response to a range of global challenges to sustain positive organisational and societal change has been questioned Currie et al, 2016;Kurucz et al, 2014;Roos, 2016). Others have argued that business schools may be failing to equip managers to deal with complexity and uncertainty and thus organisations have become less effective than they might be otherwise (Caprioni and Arias, 1997;Dehler et al, 2001;Grey, 2004).…”