...Jayanthi Ranjan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a common business school framework based on knowledge resources that are available in business schools. To support the arguments made based on review literature, the paper presents the holistic framework of knowledge resources...

...Gina Grandy; Judith Holton Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how appreciative inquiry (AI) as a pedagogical tool can be generative in nature creating opportunities for development and change in a business school context. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative approach...

...Peter Lorange Brings up and examines the concept of a business school as a learning organization. Discusses the issue of change as a stimulus to learning ‐ as businesses face new challenges, so, therefore, do business schools ‐ hence the necessity to become a learning organization. Proposes...

...Richard L. Osborne; Scott S. Cowen Using the analogy of expensive trains heading for a crash, asserts that business schools must learn to do what they teach – i.e. become learning organizations – if they are to stay relevant in a rapidly changing world. Offers advice to schools on how to change...

...Tom Kilcourse Charts the development of the training industry from the 1960s training boards to the new training and enterprise councils. Decries the rapid proliferation of business schools, suggesting that the provision of management training has become a production line. Asserts that change...

...K.C. Chan There is incongruity between what business schools teach and what business organizations actually need. Hence, the criticism of business school graduates as “corporate burdens” incapable of functioning as competent managers. The discordant note of change is gripping the traditional...