Two long sessions to day on the future of management education, on the subject of which I will post on over the rest of the week - a lot of material to record and summarise. However one statement on the panel this afternoon really irritated me. The Dean of UCLA said that Management Schools were providing the modern equivalent of a liberal arts education. She suggested that English, History and Philosophy majors might disagree with her. Well this Philosophy major not only disagrees he is appalled. In ideological terms most management schools provide not a liberal education, but a neo-liberal indoctrination program.
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I agree with your point of view (having been a History major myself), but I am curious about context. Was she trying to suggest that Management School degrees are becoming less valued (like BAs, which are perceived by some as not a useful degree), or was she somehow trying to reposition Management School degrees in a better light? Hopefully she was not trying to say an MBA is the new MFA. :-)
Posted by Michel Legault | August 8, 2010 11:34 PM
Posted on August 8, 2010 23:34
She was claiming an elevated status I'm afraid
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August 8, 2010 11:58 PM
Posted on August 8, 2010 23:58
Mental cloning - the more alike we all think the more the status quo is maintained and the less threatened those in power. Shows you the power of delusion that those that should be assisting in questioning the status quo actually believe they are.
Posted by Alan Byrne | August 10, 2010 1:09 AM
Posted on August 10, 2010 01:09
Sounds a tad delusional to me
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August 10, 2010 3:59 PM
Posted on August 10, 2010 15:59
Did you have a chance to respond?
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August 10, 2010 4:27 PM
Posted on August 10, 2010 16:27