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25 th Annual ANZAM Conference. The Future of Management Education? Ian Palmer RMIT University December 2011. Question is not whether management education has a future but what its future will look like. Where will management education knowledge be produced ?
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25th Annual ANZAM Conference The Future of Management Education? Ian Palmer RMIT University December 2011
Question is not whether management education has a future but what its future will look like Where will management education knowledge be produced? Academic & populist know ledges will remain – as will the tension Management education knowledge will become more cross-disciplinary if it is to retain applicability (more on these two points below) How will management education knowledge be distributed? On-line & partnerships Private partners & segmented markets Off-shore Who will consume management education? Qualifications quest (Top 500 CEOs) Credibility versus productivity (ERA) What will be the role(s) of the management educator in the production & distribution of management education knowledge?
Four Management Educator Roles - now & in the future? Enhance management practice Understand Shallow Deep Research base “it” = management practice
Role of ANZAM Why it dropped the “e” & in the process… Professionalized (practices) Internationalized (other academies; networks) Legitimized (e.g. co-sponsored BARDsNET)