Professional school obsession: An enduring yet shifting rhetoric by U.S. business schools

Name: Professional school obsession: An enduring yet shifting rhetoric by U.S. business schools
Author: Üsdiken, Behlül, Kipping, M., Engwall, L.

İsim	Professional school obsession: An enduring yet shifting rhetoric by U.S. business schools
Yazar	Üsdiken, Behlül, Kipping, M., Engwall, L.
Basım Tarihi:	2021-09
Basım Yeri	- George Washington University
Tür	Süreli Yayın
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	1537-260X
Kayıt Numarası	a1d48272-735a-42a2-ac09-ac41ffabd59a
Lokasyon	Business Administration
Tarih	2021-09
Örnek Metin	Over the past two decades, prompted in part by a series of corporate scandals, different views have been voiced about whyU.S. business schools have purportedly lost their originalambitiontobecomeprofessional schoolsand, thus, tomakemanagementa"true" profession, and how this ambition could be restored. This paper puts these debates into a longer-termperspectivebyshowingthatsuchclaimshavebeenpresentformorethanacentury. Thepaperexaminestheevolvingrhetoricoftheprotagonistsandtheircriticsoverfive periods, eachmarkedbydifferentcontexts,whichshapedtheambitions of schools ofbusiness to be recognized as professional schools. These claims, the paper shows, had a common thread for over 100 years, which was the recurring reference to other professional schools-namely those ofmedicine and law, and at times engineering,which had already achieved the coveted status when U.S. business schools first originated. We ultimately argue that, given the rhetorical nature of these claims, suggestions that business schools lost theirwayoroughttoreturntosomeidealizedpastarelargelyfutile.Futurediscussions should therefore focus on purpose and power rather than profession.
DOI	10.5465/amle.2020.0109
Cilt	20

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Professional school obsession: An enduring yet shifting rhetoric by U.S. business schools

Yazar Üsdiken, Behlül, Kipping, M., Engwall, L.

Basım Tarihi 2021-09

Basım Yeri - George Washington University

Tür Süreli Yayın

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 1537-260X

Kayıt Numarası a1d48272-735a-42a2-ac09-ac41ffabd59a

Lokasyon Business Administration

Tarih 2021-09

Örnek Metin Over the past two decades, prompted in part by a series of corporate scandals, different views have been voiced about whyU.S. business schools have purportedly lost their originalambitiontobecomeprofessional schoolsand, thus, tomakemanagementa"true" profession, and how this ambition could be restored. This paper puts these debates into a longer-termperspectivebyshowingthatsuchclaimshavebeenpresentformorethanacentury. Thepaperexaminestheevolvingrhetoricoftheprotagonistsandtheircriticsoverfive periods, eachmarkedbydifferentcontexts,whichshapedtheambitions of schools ofbusiness to be recognized as professional schools. These claims, the paper shows, had a common thread for over 100 years, which was the recurring reference to other professional schools-namely those ofmedicine and law, and at times engineering,which had already achieved the coveted status when U.S. business schools first originated. We ultimately argue that, given the rhetorical nature of these claims, suggestions that business schools lost theirwayoroughttoreturntosomeidealizedpastarelargelyfutile.Futurediscussions should therefore focus on purpose and power rather than profession.

DOI 10.5465/amle.2020.0109

Cilt 20