The Roots, Rituals, and Rhetorics of Change Download

Author: Mie Augier
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ISBN: 0804776164

The Roots, Rituals, and Rhetorics of Change: North American Business Schools After the Second World War

Some rather remarkable changes took place in North American business schools between 1945 and 1970, altering the character of these institutions, the possibilities for their future, and the terms of discourse about them. Download The Roots, Rituals, and Rhetorics of Change: North American Business Schools After the Second World War from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. This period represents a minor revolution, during which business school are reported to have become more academic, more analytic, and more quantitative.

The Roots, Rituals, and Rhetorics of Change considers these changes and explores their roots. It traces the origins of this quiet revolution and shows how it shaped discussions about management education, leading to a shift in that weakened the place of business cases and experiential knowledge and strengthened support for a concept of professionalism that appl Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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