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Review from previous edition In this insightful book, Georges Romme rekindles the fundamental question, Do we want management to be(come) a profession, and if so, how? What are the roles of management scholarship and practice in guiding this profession? The Quest for Professionalism is well written, and Romme's perspectives on pragmatism, professionalism, and knowledge trading zones are insightful. His model of discovery and validation is key to the pursuit of higher levels of professionalism in management practice, with management scholarship as the driving force. * Professor Andrew H. Van de Ven, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota * Acknowledging both history and future possibilities, Georges Romme maps out what it takes for management to emerge as a professionshared purpose, appreciative pluralism, cumulative knowledge and effective capacity to learn by doing. The Quest for Professionalism challenges management scholars and educators, business school administrators and regulators, executives, managers and governing boards to pursue the good, not the venal. And it provides a guide to all in how to do so. * Denise M. Rousseau, H.J.Heinz II University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public Policy, Heinz College and Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University * What's happening in our corporate boardrooms? We talk about accountability and transparency to our shareholders and other stakeholders, but often fail to walk our talk. The Quest for Professionalism explores how we can develop management as a system for distributing leadership, control and accountability throughout the organization. The Quest thus invites us to fundamentally rethink and redesign the management discipline. * Baptiest Coopmans, CEO of Ziggo * The need for professionalism has never been greater. The grand challenge of the 21st century is the quest for professionalism to address not only economic and political challenges but also humanity. Management is about humanity and entrepreneurship is about circularity and connectivity between humans pursuing the common good. This book lays fresh foundations for both management and entrepreneurship and The Quest for Professionalism that Romme propels is a journey with a clearer purpose, replenished knowledge, pragmatic behaviors and realistic expectations. May this quest, like Ulysses' journey, be a long and rewarding one. * Elena Antonacopoulou, Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of Liverpool Management School *

The need for professionalism has never been greater. The grand challenge of the 21st century is the quest for professionalism to address not only economic and political challenges but also humanity. Management is about humanity and entrepreneurship is about circularity and connectivity between humans pursuing the common good. This book lays fresh foundations for both management and entrepreneurship and The Quest for Professionalism that Romme propels is a journey with a clearer purpose, replenished knowledge, pragmatic behaviors and realistic expectations. May this quest, like Ulysses' journey, be a long and rewarding one. * Elena Antonacopoulou, Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of Liverpool Management School * What's happening in our corporate boardrooms? We talk about accountability and transparency to our shareholders and other stakeholders, but often fail to walk our talk. The Quest for Professionalism explores how we can develop management as a system for distributing leadership, control and accountability throughout the organization. The Quest thus invites us to fundamentally rethink and redesign the management discipline. * Baptiest Coopmans, CEO of Ziggo * Acknowledging both history and future possibilities, Georges Romme maps out what it takes for management to emerge as a professionshared purpose, appreciative pluralism, cumulative knowledge and effective capacity to learn by doing. The Quest for Professionalism challenges management scholars and educators, business school administrators and regulators, executives, managers and governing boards to pursue the good, not the venal. And it provides a guide to all in how to do so. * Denise M. Rousseau, H.J.Heinz II University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public Policy, Heinz College and Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University * Review from previous edition In this insightful book, Georges Romme rekindles the fundamental question, Do we want management to be(come) a profession, and if so, how? What are the roles of management scholarship and practice in guiding this profession? The Quest for Professionalism is well written, and Romme's perspectives on pragmatism, professionalism, and knowledge trading zones are insightful. His model of discovery and validation is key to the pursuit of higher levels of professionalism in management practice, with management scholarship as the driving force. * Professor Andrew H. Van de Ven, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota *

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Georges Romme is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), in The Netherlands. He studied economics at Tilburg University and obtained a doctoral degree from Maastricht University. Until 2014, Georges served as Dean of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences at TU/e. In the early 1990s, Georges Romme introduced Boolean comparative analysis in the field of management studies, and also pioneered the Thesis Circle, a tool for collaboratively supervising graduation projects. Moreover, he is one of the original pioneers who (re)introduced design thinking and the design sciences to management and organization studies. He serves as a non-executive director on a variety of boards.

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