Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Background and conceptual framework
- 2 Key academic programs and academic value-creation
- 3 The critical role of R&D
- 4 Marketing strategy
- 5 Institutional learning
- 6 Human resources strategy
- 7 The learning partner perspective
- 8 Business school leadership issues
- 9 Conclusion: So, what are the key success factors?
- Appendix I
- Appendix II: core references
- Index
8 - Business school leadership issues
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Background and conceptual framework
- 2 Key academic programs and academic value-creation
- 3 The critical role of R&D
- 4 Marketing strategy
- 5 Institutional learning
- 6 Human resources strategy
- 7 The learning partner perspective
- 8 Business school leadership issues
- 9 Conclusion: So, what are the key success factors?
- Appendix I
- Appendix II: core references
- Index
Summary
to stay on top, the school must create opportunities for its faculty to express their ideas and creativity through innovative research and educational programs …. I would like for us to take the school to the next level and create a true community of learners where the boundaries between teacher and student start to be broken apart. In the end, the university should be a hub, or in dot-com parlance, a portal, where we bring the best of knowledge to the university and take the university's knowledge out to the world.
Patrick T. Harker, former dean, Wharton School
KEY POINTS
The three major tasks for business school leaders are: (1) being quick to identify new opportunities worth pursuing, whether in new academic areas or new geographies; (2) mobilizing the business school's resources to create academic value, i.e. through the faculty, strategic alliances with other leading business schools, and perhaps through alliances with learning partners; and (3) creating an environment of trust and inspiration, typically through a flat organization that will facilitate the necessary bonding.
Depending on whether a business school is freestanding or part of a larger university, the leadership challenges can differ quite significantly.
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- Thought Leadership Meets BusinessHow business schools can become more successful, pp. 182 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008