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Leading a Business School
By Julie Davies, Howard Thomas, Eric Cornuel and Rolf D. Cremer
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Business schools are critical players in higher education, educating current and future leaders to make a difference in the world. Yet we know surprisingly little about the leaders of business schools. Leading a Business School demystifies this complex and dynamic role, offering international insights into deans’ dilemmas in different contexts and situations. It highlights the importance of deans creating challenging and supportive learning cultures to enhance business and management education, organisations and society more broadly.
• Written by high-profile business school deans with deep and relevant experience of all aspects of the role.
• More than a simple 'how-to' guide, the book is based on extensive research and framed using the management models recognised by business school deans.
Written by renowned experts on the role of the dean, Julie Davies, Howard Thomas, Eric Cornuel and Rolf D. Cremer, the book traces the historical evolution of the business school deanship, the current challenges and future sources of disruption. The leadership characteristics and styles of business school deans are presented based on an examination of different dimensions of their roles. These include issues of strategic positioning, such as financial viability, prestige, size, mission, age, location and programme portfolios, as well as the influences of rankings, sector accreditations, governance structures, networks and national policies on strategy implementation. Drawing on international case studies and deans’ development programmes globally, the authors explore constraints on deans’ autonomy, university and external relations, and how business school deans add value over the period of their tenures.
This candid and well-researched book is essential reading for aspiring business school leaders, those hiring and working with deans, and other higher education leaders.
The Open Access version of this book is available at www.taylorfrancis.com
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Global Focus
The EFMD Business Magazine
Iss.2 Vol.17 | 2023
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