The Legitimacy of the Business of Business Schools: What's the Future?

• Main Authors: WILSON, David C., THOMAS, Howard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Business schools; Accreditation; Regulation; Management research; Relevance; Strategic choice and change; Business; Higher Education
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3817; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4816/viewcontent/Legitimacy_of_the_business_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The purpose of this paper is to examine some challenges facing business schools and their continued legitimacy. Particular attention is paid to the problems of accreditation, regulation and rankings and how these constrain strategic choice. The paper builds on existing literature to provide an analy...