Perspectives on the impact, mission and purpose of the business school

• Main Author: THOMAS, Howard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Business school; higher education; purpose; Business; Higher Education; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7228; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8227/viewcontent/10.4324_9781003390633_1_chapterpdf.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The business school has been an important success story in the evolution of the modern university. The concept of how the impact, mission, purpose, and value of a management school should be formulated is often delegated to the dean, faculty and advisory committees in most schools. The British Academy has contributed significantly to the emerging debate on the purpose of a business school by both examining the concept of a purposeful business school in business and management education and, more recently, investigating what, and how, business schools should teach, grow and develop. Greater attention has been directed towards developing more balanced and holistic frameworks and models of management education with a higher purpose that nurture social responsibility and reinforce students understanding of ethical and moral managerial issues.