http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/22/impact-of-b-school-research/ Economics of organizations, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and more Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:50:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/22/impact-of-b-school-research/#comment-69637 REW Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:47:24 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1394#comment-69637 Relevance in research (in whatever metrics AASCB can conjure) permits deans of business to brag to external audiences when their MBA program is not rated in the top 30. Since B-school ratings are now currently driven by MBA rankings, this is a small step to convince the knuckleheads that there is more to the school mission. Maybe in Brayden's lifetime will all research be treated with the same respect in B-schools that it has now in every other college/school/faculty in the multidivisional university, without recourse to whether it can be sold as consulting, exec ed, or a Barnes and Noble bestseller. Relevance in research (in whatever metrics AASCB can conjure) permits deans of business to brag to external audiences when their MBA program is not rated in the top 30. Since B-school ratings are now currently driven by MBA rankings, this is a small step to convince the knuckleheads that there is more to the school mission. Maybe in Brayden’s lifetime will all research be treated with the same respect in B-schools that it has now in every other college/school/faculty in the multidivisional university, without recourse to whether it can be sold as consulting, exec ed, or a Barnes and Noble bestseller.

]]> http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/22/impact-of-b-school-research/#comment-69594 tf Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:58:01 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1394#comment-69594 I don't quite understand the current "practical relevance" craze. Isn't there a healthy division of labor already: some folks act as translators of ideas (as e.g., the likes of Gladwell have done with much social science research), many academics consult (presumably diffusing good research into practice), and some do the 'basic' research. Thats perhaps too simplistic. I don’t quite understand the current “practical relevance” craze. Isn’t there a healthy division of labor already: some folks act as translators of ideas (as e.g., the likes of Gladwell have done with much social science research), many academics consult (presumably diffusing good research into practice), and some do the ‘basic’ research. Thats perhaps too simplistic.

]]> http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/22/impact-of-b-school-research/#comment-69588 Donald A. Coffin Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:12:38 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1394#comment-69588 This is another of the things that make me glad I'm retiring in the near future. This is another of the things that make me glad I’m retiring in the near future.

]]> http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/02/22/impact-of-b-school-research/#comment-69587 brayden Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:33:36 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1394#comment-69587 I can tell that I'm going to have an uneasy relationship with this AACSB thing. I can tell that I’m going to have an uneasy relationship with this AACSB thing.

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