Management Education in Historical Perspective

by Edited by Lars Engwall and Vera Zamagni

• ISBN13: 9780719051838
• ISBN10: 0719051835
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1999-01-15
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

The main historical events that have shaped present-day management education are examined in a representative sample of European countries and in Japan. By the end of the nineteenth century local educational traditions were already confronted with the emerging American paradigm, but they had to face a massive transfer of American managerial prescriptions and methods after the end of the Second World War. The different reactions of the national educational systems to the American challenge is analyzed according to a fourfold typology discussed in the introductory chapter, while the effectiveness of the US paradigm is critically evaluated in the closing chapter. This book is of a particular interest and relevance, as management education constitutes a significant and growing feature of the modern systems of higher education all over the world.

Author Biography

Lars Engwall is Professor of Business Administration at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Vera Zamagni is Professor of Economic History at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables	vii
Preface	viii
Contributors	x
List of abbreviations	xii
Introduction	1	(18)
Lars Engwall
Vera Zamagni
Corporate governance and management education	1	(2)
The historical development	3	(7)
The adoption of the American model	10	(5)
Further homogenization?	15	(4)
The German Handelshochschulen, 1898--1933: a new departure in management education and why it failed	19	(15)
Heinz-Dieter Meyer
Introduction	19	(1)
The origin of the Handelshochschulen as independent institutions	20	(3)
Ehrenberg and the Verband fur das kaufmannische Unterrichtswesen	23	(2)
From trade school to applied business science	25	(3)
The loss of autonomy: strong mandarins, weak business class	28	(4)
Conclusion	32	(2)
British and Italian management education before the Second World War: a comparative analysis	34	(16)
Francesca Fauri
The educational context	34	(2)
The beginnings	36	(4)
Developments in the interwar years	40	(3)
Are managers born or made?	43	(2)
Conclusion	45	(5)
The big push: the export of American business education to Western Europe after the Second World War	50	(16)
Jacqueline Mcglade
The first path: the creation of the USTAP	51	(4)
The second step: linking American universities and European business reform	55	(3)
The final step: the internationalization of American business education	58	(6)
Conclusion	64	(2)
The making of Viking leaders: perspectives on Nordic management education	66	(17)
Lars Engwall
Introduction	66	(1)
The recruitment of managers	67	(5)
The institutional development	72	(6)
Characteristics of the Nordic business schools	78	(4)
Conclusion	82	(1)
The development of managerial human resources in Japan: a comparative perspective	83	(12)
Tamotsu Nishizawa
Introduction: equal opportunity and competition	83	(1)
Prewar schools and universities	84	(3)
Americanization and postwar management education	87	(2)
The Japan Productivity Centre and the diffusion of in-firm training	89	(4)
Conclusion	93	(2)
The hidden business schools: management training in Germany since 1945	95	(16)
Matthias Kipping
Introduction: the German model of management education	95	(1)
Company-based leadership selection and its drawbacks	96	(2)
University education of German managers and its critics	98	(3)
The crucial role of further management training	101	(6)
Conclusion	107	(4)
Management education in postwar Britain	111	(16)
Nick Tiratsoo
Introduction	111	(1)
Early initiatives and their impact. 1945--60	111	(4)
The push for business schools, 1960--65	115	(3)
Growing dissatisfaction and backlash, 1965--85	118	(2)
The road to the Management Charter Initiative	120	(1)
Into the 1990s: problems remain	121	(2)
Explaining the UK pattern	123	(2)
Conclusion	125	(2)
The `enclosure' effect: innovation without standardization in Italian postwar management education	127	(18)
Giuliana Gemelli
Introduction	127	(1)
The ambivalence of the 1950s	128	(8)
The static 1960s: the Italian case in the European context	136	(1)
The catching up of the 1970s and its limits	137	(1)
A new trend?	138	(4)
Conclusion	142	(3)
Mistaking a historical phenomenon for a functional one: postwar management education reconsidered	145	(12)
Robert R. Locke
Introduction	145	(1)
Management education and the reputation of American management	146	(1)
US-style management education in Germany and Japan	147	(4)
Have business schools actually harmed management?	151	(3)
Business schools and management	154	(3)
References	157	(15)
Index	172