Everybody's Business : Reclaiming True Management Skills in Business Higher Education by Ian I. Mitroff, Ellen S. O'Connor and Can M. Alpaslan (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN-101137412046
ISBN-139781137412041
eBay Product ID (ePID)201659464
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXiv, 123 Pages
Publication NameEverybody's Business : Reclaiming True Management Skills in Business Higher Education
LanguageEnglish
SubjectIndustries / General, Education, General, Management Science, Higher
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaEducation, Business & Economics
AuthorIan I. Mitroff, Ellen S. O'connor, Can M. Alpaslan
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight99.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal650.071173
Table Of Content1. The Argument 2. Digging Deeper - Jungian Psychology 3. What Is a System? What Is a Mess? 4. The Nature of Human Nature - The Psychodynamics of Everyday Life 5. The Management of Knowledge - Systems Age Inquiry 6. Heuristics for Managing Messes 7. How We Got into the Mess and Prospects for Getting Out
SynopsisEverybody's Business is a succinct analysis of the factors that led to the founding of American business schools and why they are the way they are. Mitroff, Alpaslan, and O'Connor consider why current business schools do not give students the knowledge and the tools they need to deal with today's complex, messy problems and systems., Today's business schools do not teach management. Instead, they are run for and by separate disciplines such as accounting and marketing. The end result to this strategy is not only the extreme fragmentation of knowledge, but the inability to manage complex, messy systems and problems. Business schools need to be fundamentally recast as Schools of Management or SOMs.Everybody's Business is a succinct analysis of the factors that led to the founding of American business schools and why they are the way they are. Mitroff, Alpaslan, and O'Connor consider why current business schools do not give students the knowledge and the tools they need to deal with today's complex, messy problems and systems. They also spell out the kinds of knowledge and skills that are needed to deal with today's complex issues. This enlightening new volume is ideal for business faculty as well as MBA students looking to cultivate a tool set for dealing with our ever evolving business world.