Posts Tagged ‘research’
Introducing business school research and positive impact
The first inaugural EFMD annual research volume, ‘Perspectives on the impact, mission and purpose of the business school’, was launched as a special issue of Global Focus magazine in November 2022 and was subsequently published in book form in 2023 by Routledge (Cornuel et al., 2023).
Read MoreManagement research with purpose
Concepts of the Purposeful Business School: Like corporations, business schools have struggled with their sense of purpose. Critics accuse business schools of lacking engagement with practice (Rynes et al., 2001), promoting bad management theory (Ghoshal, 2005), and failing to cultivate an ethos of professionalism in management (Khurana, 2007). Little wonder that leading gurus openly proclaim that management scholarship is troubled (Mintzberg, 2004) and that business schools have lost their way (Bennis and O’Toole, 2005).
Read MoreImpact-driven research: The case of Hult
Pioneering a Different Approach: Business and management research receives only a small fraction of total academic research funding globally, with most resources going to areas like sciences, engineering, and health (Starkey et al., 2010). Within universities, funding for business and management research often comes from the business school’s own budget rather than university-wide research funds.
Read MoreDeveloping a responsible research strategy at Saïd Business School
Research Ecosystems, Partnerships and Collective Know-How: The notions of ‘purpose’ and ‘social responsibility’ in business have been gaining increased traction in recent years, in turn raising questions about what business schools should be teaching and researching.
Read MoreResearch impact at an unusual academic institution: IMD’S journey
Concepts of the Purposeful Business School: Is 2030 here already? The influential position paper from the Responsible Research for Business and Management (RRBM) community features a projected future state for research impact within the field of business schools with the end date of the year 2030 (Co-founders of RRBM, 2017). The scenario draws upon a series of principles that demand implementation by diverse stakeholders operating within the business school ecosystem. But what if this future state is already unfolding in the present?
Read MoreManaging to make impactful business and management researchers in the Anthropocene
Research Ecosystems, Partnerships and Collective Know-How: We are in the Anthropocene – an age of climate emergency, where “climate action failure and extreme weather … [are] the top two global risks” (Hurlbert, 2021). We have failed in our social contract to provide security from disaster and offer the potential transformative change needed to protect our people and planet. The education and research that business and management schools offer require an urgent response to this climate emergency.
Read MoreLeaving the theory cave: Forays into innovation policy and practice in Wales
Complex Societal Impact Projects Requiring Tri-Sector Collaboration and Cooperation: The field of management studies routinely finds itself in debates regarding the rigour and relevance of its research (for a brief overview, see Thomas, 2022). These debates have become more prominent and, some might argue, more urgent, as we contemplate wider social and environmental crises and the contribution, or lack thereof, made by the management research community in seeking to respond to these.
Read MoreThe female leader: Experiences from the Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa
Complex Societal Impact Projects Requiring Tri-Sector Collaboration and Cooperation: Visible and measurable progress in advancing the status and standing of females in business school leadership is crucial to role-modelling effective gender representation. As the higher education eco-system from which leaders in society, business and politics are shaped and informed, walking the talk on the advancement of female leaders must be evident not only in our classrooms but in our organisational practices – anything less is gender-washing.
Read MoreEFMD and societal impact
Papers on Positive and Societal Impact from an EFMD Perspective: Since its foundation over 50 years ago, EFMD has maintained a firm belief in socially responsible management education directed towards the creation of positive, meaningful societal impact.
Read MoreResearch and positive impact: Henley Business School in the African context
Concepts of the Purposeful Business School: Business does not exist in a vacuum; it is intrinsically linked to the success or failure of the society in which it operates. On a continent like Africa, where social, environmental and historical challenges abound, issues such as inequality, poverty and inclusive growth continue to dominate the context. Yet, African academia continues to follow the line drawn by Western business education models rather than carving out an African model of management education that addresses the specific economic and social development needs of the continent as a whole.
Read MoreResponsible, rigorous, and impactful research through engagement
Research Ecosystems, Partnerships and Collective Know-How: The call for business higher education to be more impactful is growing louder and more articulate. The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) were launched in 2007, the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) movement formalised in 2016, and the AACSB standards on societal impact for business school accreditation were updated in 2020.
Read MoreEmpowering vulnerable populations through transformative approaches and research
Complex Societal Impact Projects Requiring Tri-Sector Collaboration and Cooperation: Two years ago, HEC Montréal launched the result of numerous consultations that led to updating its mission: to building on our excellence in teaching and research. HEC Montréal is a French-language institution open to the world and solidly rooted in Quebec society, training management leaders who make a responsible contribution to the success of organisations and to sustainable social development. HEC Montréal’s renewed mission echoes the willingness of faculty members to rethink business practices to make them more sustainable and more inclusive. The SEED project is a case study within HEC Montréal’s research ecosystem led by our Social Impact Hub, IDEOS, that illustrates how rethinking research methods and collaborations across sectors and across cultures can amplify opportunities for the economic empowerment of vulnerable populations.
Read MoreThe rising tide of social impact in business research
The most recent version of social impact in business research is an extension of the history of what it means to be a scholar within the fields typically represented in our domain, says Ron Hill.
Read MoreBusiness education’s rising rivalry: A reason for rigorous research with relevance and reach
Many top management journals have become increasingly rigorous and scientific, often sacrificing relevance in their pursuit of excessive rigour.
Read MoreFrom research for publication to research for impact
It is our duty to encourage research that has meaning for people outside closed academic circles, to create value for our society, offer meaningful and healthy career paths to academics and show the right signal of academic excellence to students and public.
Read MoreHow applied strategic projects can help executive participants drive change
Business schools can add significant value to organisations by enabling participants in MBA and other executive programmes to undertake an Applied Strategic Project (ASP).
Read MoreBusiness school libraries, where next?
Daniel Gunnarsson describes the major changes that technology has made possible in business school libraries and speculates about other changes that are still to come.
Read MorePositive impact: An important role for business school leadership in a changing, precarious world
Business schools should have a purposeful mission to create value and positive, meaningful societal impacts for their ecosystem partners.
Read MoreWhat topics should business school research focus on?
Without a substantial infusion of science-based new knowledge, business school curricula and business education will continue to fail in meeting the needs of the changed and changing world.
Read MoreHow management academics have locked themselves in an iron cage
The most serious aspect of the current research and publication system is that it has become mostly self-serving and self-sustaining rather than responding adequately to the needs of external stakeholders – management, government and society.
Read MoreOpen up the business school! From rigour and relevance to purpose, responsibility and quality
Purpose. Responsibility. Quality. Each of these raises further questions: about how they can be developed into business school-wide deliberations and conversations.
Read MoreThe competition fetish in business schools: Challenges and responses
Business schools appear to be trapped in a modern-day magical belief that competition will provide the solution to all problems. Competition is expected to enhance quality in research and teaching and lead to real-world impact.
Read More¿Están las escuelas de negocio predicando con el ejemplo?
¿En qué medida comunican las escuelas de negocios de todo el mundo su compromiso con la sostenibilidad? Lars Moratis y Frans Melissen investigan.
Read MoreUn nuevo papel en la vanguardia del cambio para las escuelas de negocio
La crisis Covid-19 hace más importante que nunca un acercamiento global a la recuperación, dice Eric Cornuel.
Read More“Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so”
Questioning the choice of what we measure or how we measure it is at the centre of many discussions and debates both in society and within organisations.
Read MoreShifts in student interest before and after the pandemic
Cara Skikne outlines a new report from Studyportals that presents insights into lasting shifts brought on by the pandemic.
Read MoreTell us: What are you doing? Improving how you communicate your academic research, relevance and expertise
The Australian Business Deans Council has launched a book to boost skills in translating academic research for wide audiences. Leslie Falkiner-Rose explains its importance and summarises its content.
Read MoreStudent reviews as an applicant decision factor: What can business schools learn?
Jordi Robert-Ribes discusses the growth of student reviews, their impact on business school rankings and the importance of school alumni.
Read MoreWorking with influence: Nine (sometimes surprising) principles for persuading others at work
Amanda Nimon-Peters outlines her multi-disciplined approach to increasing personal influence in real and virtual workplace environments.
Read MoreAccepting refugees raises income per capita and wages in the long term, finds new research
A study by economists Antonio Ciccone and Jan Nimczik examines the long-term economic consequences of the inflow of refugees in Germany after World War II.
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