Ebook: Management for the XXI Century: Education and Development
Author: James Robertson (auth.)
- Tags: Business/Management Science general
- Year: 1982
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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to the Project Paris in springtime is the fabled city of a fabled season. This fascinating place and enchanting time were the setting for a June 15-18, 1980 conference on management education, the final phase of a historic cooperative effort between Americans and Europeans, the culmination of three years' work on an exciting project entitled "Management and Management Education in a World of Changing Expectations. " The project involved a look ahead at the thirty-year period from 1980 to 2010, the changes likely to occur during that time, and the implications for management and management education. Spon sored by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the European Foundation for Management Devel- xiii xiv INTRODUCTION ment (EFMD), it had two stages prior to the Paris conference - the first, a futures-oriented colloquium held in February 1979 at St. George's House, Windsor Castle, on "The Changing Expectations of Society"j the second, a colloquium held in November 1979 at Arden House, Columbia University, on "Management for the XXI Century. " The theme of the Paris conference was "Managers for the XXI Century: Their Education and Development. " While spon sored by AACSB and EFMD, the Paris conference was actually a worldwide meeting, with corporate leaders and deans or directors of business schools throughout the world invited to participate. Representation came from all continents, with 650 participants from thirty-five countries.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Changing Expectations of Society in the Next Thirty Years....Pages 3-28
An Outline of Social Contexts and Questions....Pages 29-37
The Challenge of Development: A Prospective View....Pages 38-48
Sectoral Composition of GNP and Educational Composition of the Labor Force: The Coming Thirty Years....Pages 49-58
Environmental Trends and Internal Changes: Some Examples....Pages 59-74
Management in the Next Thirty Years: Notes about Performance and Governance....Pages 75-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Retrospects and Prospects....Pages 85-90
For the Manager, the Future Is Now....Pages 91-95
Legitimacy, Management Authority, and Corporate Governance: A Comparative View....Pages 96-100
Management Motivation in the XXI Century....Pages 101-111
Management in the XXI Century....Pages 112-128
Management and Holistic, Lifetime Learning....Pages 129-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Challenges to Educational Institutions....Pages 137-142
Executives of the Future: An Address....Pages 143-149
The Manager of the Future....Pages 150-159
Challenging Issues for Management Education and Development....Pages 160-168
Institutional Responses: Programs for Action....Pages 169-180
Reflections....Pages 181-192
Highlights of Part III....Pages 193-196
Epilogue: Retrospects and Prospects....Pages 197-208
Back Matter....Pages 209-210
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Changing Expectations of Society in the Next Thirty Years....Pages 3-28
An Outline of Social Contexts and Questions....Pages 29-37
The Challenge of Development: A Prospective View....Pages 38-48
Sectoral Composition of GNP and Educational Composition of the Labor Force: The Coming Thirty Years....Pages 49-58
Environmental Trends and Internal Changes: Some Examples....Pages 59-74
Management in the Next Thirty Years: Notes about Performance and Governance....Pages 75-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Retrospects and Prospects....Pages 85-90
For the Manager, the Future Is Now....Pages 91-95
Legitimacy, Management Authority, and Corporate Governance: A Comparative View....Pages 96-100
Management Motivation in the XXI Century....Pages 101-111
Management in the XXI Century....Pages 112-128
Management and Holistic, Lifetime Learning....Pages 129-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Challenges to Educational Institutions....Pages 137-142
Executives of the Future: An Address....Pages 143-149
The Manager of the Future....Pages 150-159
Challenging Issues for Management Education and Development....Pages 160-168
Institutional Responses: Programs for Action....Pages 169-180
Reflections....Pages 181-192
Highlights of Part III....Pages 193-196
Epilogue: Retrospects and Prospects....Pages 197-208
Back Matter....Pages 209-210
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