{"product_id":"the-roots-rituals-and-rhetorics-of-change-north-american-business-schools-after-the-second-world-war-hardback-9780804776165","title":"The Roots, Rituals, and Rhetorics of Change; North American Business Schools After the Second World War (Hardback) 9780804776165","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Roots, Rituals, and Rhetorics of Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNorth American Business Schools After the Second World War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMie Augier (Author), James G. March (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804776165\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 August 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 1 table, 3 figures\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe Roots, Rituals, and Rhetorics of Change\u003c\/i\u003e, Augier and March offer us a compelling discussion of the transformations [in education] that follow [the Second World War]. The reform story is a complicated one of course, but in their hands, it is easy to grasp. . . Augier and March wrote a terrific appraisal of the reformation and its legacy.\"—James P. Walsh, \u003ci\u003eAdministrative Science Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \"This is a great story that has never been told with such clarity, empirical support, and conceptual breadth. The book draws on the particular strengths and perspectives of each of the authors. Augier is a stunningly accomplished intellectual historian of business school culture. Meanwhile, March is the preeminent organizational theorist, who shares a story only he is fit tell—as story about how risky and foolish change is for organizations, how it happens more through arrogance and ignorance than skill and foresight.\"—David F. Labaree, Stanford University and author of \u003ci\u003eSomeone Has to Fail\u003c\/i\u003e \"This book has a distinct sensibility and depth that will make it important. The authors' nuance of ideas and range of perspective is excellent.\"—Anne S. Miner, University of Wisconsin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome rather remarkable changes took place in North American business schools between 1945 and 1970, altering the character of these institutions, the possibilities for their future, and the terms of discourse about them. This period represents a minor revolution, during which business school are reported to have become more academic, more analytic, and more quantitative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Roots, Rituals, and Rhetorics of Change \u003c\/i\u003e considers these changes and explores their roots. It traces the origins of this quiet revolution and shows how it shaped discussions about management education, leading to a shift in that weakened the place of business cases and experiential knowledge and strengthened support for a concept of professionalism that applied to management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text considers how the rhetoric of change was organized around three core questions: Should business schools concern themselves primarily with experiential knowledge or with academic knowledge? What vision of managers and management should be reflected by business schools? How should managerial education connect its teaching to some version of reality?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford Business Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52548929585432,"sku":"9780804776165","price":82.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-roots-rituals-and-rhetorics-of-change-north-american-business-schools-after-the-second-world-war-hardback-9780804776165","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}