Affiliations: [a] Department of Management, School of Business, University of New Haven, 300 Orange Ave., West Haven, CT 06516, USA. Tel.: +1 203 931 6038 | [b] Department of Accounting & Taxation, Barney School of Business & Public Administration, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT 06117, USA. Tel.: +1 860 768 4346
Note: [*] An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, May 4–6, 1995, Ithaca, N.Y., USA.
Abstract: It is the thesis of this paper that the time has come for business schools to rethink the purpose of their establishment. They need to reflect upon the professional foundations of management education through rethinking a new philosophy of knowledge which is suitable for professional education and through reviving it at a higher status than vocational training. The future of management education, we believe, depends upon a rethinking of the theory of knowledge that guides the increasing interests in managerial learning and training.
Keywords: Business schools, theory of knowledge, management education, vocational training, professional learning, apprenticeship, professional artistry
