The two cultures in business education

Article Abstract:

In the decades since the Pierson (1959) and the Gordon and Howell (1985) reports, business research and teaching have become increasingly scientific. Today the humanities research and teaching have become increasingly scientific. Today the humanities are not well represented and, perhaps, not well understood in the business schools. This paper argues that the differences between the sciences and the humanities stem from fundamentally different philosophical views concerning knowledge and human nature, and , therefore, it is very difficult to develop a business school program in which the two can operate collaboratively. Both have a contribution to make to business education, and the proposal is advanced that a principal mission for the discipline of business ethics should be to provide a humanities-based counterbalance in what is now an almost entirely science-based education. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Usage, Business education, Humanities

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An equilibrium model of management group performance

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An equilibrium model is developed to explain persisting performances of managers and subordinates in management groups. The influence subordinates have in solving unstructured problems is advanced as a factor which discriminates between groups that perform above average and those that do not. The model predicts that over time management groups respond to exogenous disturbances by changing to either a stable high or low performance configuration. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Performance, Achievement motivation

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Left brain-right brain mythology and implications for management and training

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The claim has been made that functional differences between the two hemispheres of the human brain have practical implications for management and training practices. This paper reviews research on hemispheric differences and finds that such claims represent a 'hemisphere mythology' that is contradicted by research on the nature of the differences between the hemispheres. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Cerebral dominance, Laterality

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