Draw your organization! A solution-focused theory-method for business school challenges and change
Journal of Organizational Change Management
ISSN: 0953-4814
Article publication date: 1 March 2021
Issue publication date: 16 September 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to present a solution-focused approach to current problems and criticisms faced by business schools.
Design/methodology/approach
To facilitate the required shift from problems to solutions, this study outlines a theory method and demonstrates how it has informed my teaching at Financial Times (FT)-ranked business schools and other institutions of higher education in two subjects and on three continents.
Findings
The study reports on two student exercises showing that even advanced business school students confuse organizations with political economic hierarchies.
Originality/value
The study concludes that business schools pursuing a smart specialization strategy by challenging this reductionist view may turn into new schools of management distinguished by a broader, multifunctional concept of themselves and their impact on their environment.
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Citation
Roth, S. (2021), "Draw your organization! A solution-focused theory-method for business school challenges and change", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 34 No. 4, pp. 713-728. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-06-2020-0163
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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