The Unholy Alliance of Business and Science |
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Authors: | Rogene A Buchholz Sandra B Rosenthal |
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Institution: | (1) College of Business Administration, Loyola University New Orleans, 800 Pearl St. Apt. 1104, Denver, CO, 80203, U.S.A.;(2) Department of Philosophy, Loyola University New Orleans, 800 Pearl St. Apt. 1104, Denver, CO, 80203, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | This paper will build on a recent article appearing in the Harvard Business Review that blamed the alleged crisis in management
education on the scientific model that has been adopted as the sole means of gaining knowledge about human behavior and organizations.
The solution, they argue, is for business schools to realize that business management is not a scientific discipline but
a profession, and deal with the things a professional education requires. We will expand on this article and discuss its implications
by looking at the scientific model from a philosophical perspective and dealing with the issue of whether management is a
profession. Our discussion of these issues has implications for our understanding of business in society and the design of
the business school curriculum.
Rogene A. Buchholz is the Legendre-Soule Chair in Business Ethics Emeritus in the College of Business Administration at Loyola
University of New Orleans. He has published over seventy-five articles and is the author of ten books in the areas of business
and public policy, business ethics, and the environment. He is on the editorial board of several journals and served as chair
of the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management.
Sandra B. Rosenthal is Provost Eminent Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University of New Orleans. She has published approximately
200 articles and 11 books on various dimensions of American pragmatism and its relevance for other areas of philosophy, and
in both books and articles has applied pragmatism to a wide range of business ethics issues. She is a member of the editorial
board of several journals, and has served as president of numerous philosophical societies. |
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Keywords: | management education science profession |
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