Written in the tradition of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, this book develops a practical theory designed to humanise management education. Inevitably encountering deeply authoritarian business schools, the author sets the rigidity of curriculum against a student-centred approach found...

Entrepreneurship education at tertiary institutions ranks high on policy agendas in Europe and the US. The increase in resources allocated to this kind of education comes along with a growing demand for justifying these investments. A better understanding of the size and nature of...

This book presents a new approach of management education for Executives. In contrast to the historical Harvard Concept, Executives learn in this MBA program through the Zurich Living Case Method how to solve a real entrepreneurial problem in very little time and as efficient as possible....

Einführung -- Internationale Unternehmenstätigkeit als Forschungsgegenstand -- Internationalisierung als Trend wirtschaftlicher Beziehungen -- Anforderungen an die Kompetenz international tätiger Führungskräfte -- Interkulturelle Kompetenz als Ausbildungsgegenstand -- Status quo des...

This book presents different perspectives of online business education - how it is designed, delivered and how it supports advances in management disciplines. The authors describe online platforms in their provision of timely, excellent and relevant business education. The book starts by...

This book provides a brief overview of the fundamental presumptions underlying the idea of management. It is argued that managers and others must endorse these presumptions - the teachings of management - even though they are well aware that their applicability to managerial practice is limited....

This proceedings volume brings together the results of a corporate discussion on research, academic teaching and education in the field of business and economics in the context of globalization. The contributions examine leadership and sustainability, quality and governance and the...

This volume discusses entrepreneurship education in Europe on the basis of in-depth case studies of related activities at twenty higher education institutions. Based on a model of entrepreneurship education, the analysis addresses curricular and extra-curricular teaching, as well as the...