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Author:   Edward W. Miles
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783319815633

ISBN 10:   3319815636
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   16 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Higher Education from Antiquity to the Medieval University.- 3. Medieval Craft Guilds Died Out in Business, but They Are Alive and Thriving in Business Schools.- 4. Critical Juncture I: The Pseudo-Humboldtian Influence.- 5. The Purpose of the University.- 6. Critical Juncture II: Mass Education and the Demise of the Humboldtian University: The Great Paradox—University in Ruin Caused by Its Own Success.- 7. Prestige and Prestige-Seeking in Universities.- 8. Critical Juncture III: The 1959 Foundation Reports:  Throwing Out the Baby with the Bath Water?.- 9. Prestige-Seeking by Business Schools.- 10. Credentialing: Safe for Another 800 Years?.- 11. Professions, Professional Schools, and Business as a Profession.- 12. Professional Schools Displace Practice-Based Training.- 13. Lessons from University-Based Journalism Schools and Law Schools.- 14. Lessons from University-Based Medical Schools.- 15.Critical Juncture IV:  The State’s Reduction in Munificence.- 16. Another Paradox: The Business School in Ruins.

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Edward W. Miles is the Faculty Director of MBA Programs in the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, USA, where he has taught for over 25 years.  Prior to that, he was on the faculty of the College of Commerce at Clemson University, USA.

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