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Roos, J. (2022). Casting light in the shadows. In: E. Cornuel, H. Thomas, M. Wood (Ed.), The Value & Purpose of Management Education: Looking Back and Thinking Forward in Global Focus (pp. 202-209). Taylor & Francis
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2022 (English)In: The Value & Purpose of Management Education: Looking Back and Thinking Forward in Global Focus / [ed] E. Cornuel, H. Thomas, M. Wood, Taylor & Francis, 2022, p. 202-209Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This anti-intellectualism may reflect the growing ranks of high school dropouts, non-college educated youth, senior citizens on the brink of poverty and the unemployed precariat class. School is becoming a place for skills training, losing sight of the need for a broad education that produces responsible citizens who can think deeply and expressively. To defeat the shadow, business schools should become light bearers of hope, change, and global community. Business schools and their deans cannot disregard the darkness that threatens to halt the progress most of the world has made since 2008 to rebuild capitalism and strengthen social democracies. The consequences are unparalleled as strong "anti-progress" forces that encompass a variety of evolutionary or revolutionary movements coalesce power. These collectively function to protest, prevent and even sabotage policies and practices that most agree are beneficial to humanity. The chapter presents five elements: the rise of the "precariat", anti-globalism, anti-intellectualism, extreme inequality and tolerance of greater asymmetry.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2022
National Category
Educational Sciences Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-62350 (URN)10.4324/9781003261889-28 (DOI)2-s2.0-85168363223 (Scopus ID)9781003261889 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-08-30 Created: 2023-08-30 Last updated: 2023-08-30Bibliographically approved
Roos, J. (2017). Casting light in the shadows. Global Focus: the E F M D business magazine, 11(1), 12-17
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2017 (English)In: Global Focus: the E F M D business magazine, ISSN 1784-2344, Vol. 11, no 1, p. 12-17Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

Do not be lulled by today’s strong management education market, says Johan Roos. Business schools still need to find a grander vision of hope, change and community to counter emerging shadows

Business school deans are smiling and optimistic these days. Things have improved since the 2008 crisis. Applications are skyrocketing at most schools, enrolments are up and, with a few notable exceptions, the crucial role of business in economic affairs and global progress is recognised and respected. We can boast that there are over 10,000 business schools around the globe and about one-fifth of the world’s students are studying business and management.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
European Foundation for Management Development, 2017
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36917 (URN)
Available from: 2017-08-17 Created: 2017-08-17 Last updated: 2017-08-23Bibliographically approved
Hodges, S. & Roos, J. (2017). Making Vision a Reality: Working to Push the Boundaries of Business Education. BizEd, 16(4), 58-59
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Making Vision a Reality: Working to Push the Boundaries of Business Education
2017 (English)In: BizEd, ISSN 2161-8380, Vol. 16, no 4, p. 58-59Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Abstract [en]

THE INK ON AACSB’S 2016 Collective Vision is barely dry, but business schools already are striving to become the institutions described in its pages: catalysts for innovation, co-creators of knowledge, hubs of lifelong learning, leaders on the development of leadership, and enablers of global prosperity. At Hult International Business School, we have launched a variety of programs that align with these five roles, but we are putting special emphasis on three.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, 2017
Keywords
Business school
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36916 (URN)
Available from: 2017-08-17 Created: 2017-08-17 Last updated: 2017-08-22Bibliographically approved
Roos, J. (2017). Practical Wisdom: Making and teaching the governance case for sustainability. Journal of Cleaner Production, 140, 117-124
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Practical Wisdom: Making and teaching the governance case for sustainability
2017 (English)In: Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, E-ISSN 1879-1786, Vol. 140, p. 117-124Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper examines the larger role that business education must begin playing in developing a generation of new leaders with the skills required to tackle the complex and increasingly serious challenges of sustainability. It posits a new framework for cultivating more responsible ways of thinking and acting in our current and future business students. The foundation of this framework seeks not just to complement, but to strengthen the two most common arguments for sustainability – the moral case and the economic case – with a third argument—the governance case based on Aristotle’s concept of practical wisdom (Gr. phronesis) as the ‘middle ground’ of thoughtful action. Practical wisdom stands between science (Gr. episteme) and cunning (Gr. metis) and is the habit of acting in ways that are both ethically and economically effective, but above all that support the common good. Practical wisdom strikes balances between individual and common interests, short-term and long-term perspectives as well as between adapting to and shaping the environment. The article notes how accreditation standards for business schools are now including sustainability issues and practices, but more must be done. The article proposes several fundamental changes in how we educate students to start leading businesses beyond the profit motive and corporate social responsibility (CSR) paradigms into responsible and sustainable practices that serve the common good

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2017
Keywords
Business school; practical wisdom; phronesis; common good; sustainability; leadership
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-28314 (URN)10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.10.135 (DOI)000388775100012 ()2-s2.0-84949681359 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2015-11-13 Created: 2015-11-13 Last updated: 2017-07-06Bibliographically approved
Roos, J., Mellander, C. & Danielsson, E. (2016). Solving for X:: Turning Academic Research Into Public Engagement. BizEd (3)
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2016 (English)In: BizEd, ISSN 2161-8380, no 3Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Abstract [en]

THE CHALLENGE: In the eyes of the public, academic research is not innovative or engaging, nor does it create an impact on society. One renowned 2007 study claimed that 50 percent of academic papers are read only by their authors and journal editors, and 90 percent are never cited, which signifies that no one finds them useful. At Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) in Sweden, we wanted to challenge this perception. We asked, “How can we translate our faculty’s research into information that’s relevant and valuable to the public discourse?” Our answer was to create a new blogging platform called Vertikals.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, 2016
Keywords
Business school
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36918 (URN)
Available from: 2017-08-17 Created: 2017-08-17 Last updated: 2022-01-15Bibliographically approved
Roos, J. (2015). Bringing Business Schools Into The STEM Era. Global Focus: the E F M D business magazine, 10(3), 32-36
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Bringing Business Schools Into The STEM Era
2015 (English)In: Global Focus: the E F M D business magazine, ISSN 1784-2344, Vol. 10, no 3, p. 32-36Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Abstract [en]

Science, technology, engineering and maths (the so-called STEM subjects) are the driving force behind the most promising and lucrative businesses of the future. But turning such developments into commercially successful innovations requires people who understand STEM as well as organisation and management.

Gone are the days when an MBA generalist with a strong marketing education could fathom the potential of new businesses creating products and services to utilise STEM advances. Today’s managers need a solid business background but also the knowledge of the innovative potential deriving from their company’s progress in STEM fields.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
European Foundation for Management Development, 2015
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36919 (URN)
Available from: 2017-08-17 Created: 2017-08-17 Last updated: 2017-08-23Bibliographically approved
Roos, J. (2015). Build STEM skills, but don’t neglect the humanities.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Build STEM skills, but don’t neglect the humanities
2015 (English)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-29086 (URN)
Note

Article on the Harvard Business Review website.

Available from: 2016-01-14 Created: 2016-01-14 Last updated: 2016-01-14Bibliographically approved
Roos, J. (2015). Extending Moore’s Law to Claiming Our Humanity. In: 7th Global Peter Drucker Forum: Claiming our Humanity : Managing in the Digital Age. Paper presented at 7th Global Peter Drucker Forum, Vienna, November 5 – 6, 2015.. Vienna: GPDF
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Extending Moore’s Law to Claiming Our Humanity
2015 (English)In: 7th Global Peter Drucker Forum: Claiming our Humanity : Managing in the Digital Age, Vienna: GPDF , 2015Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Almost daily, advances in STEM subjects capture our admiration and awe for what humanity can accomplish. Higg’s “God particle” is finally discovered; a microchip the size of a finger nail can contain several billion transistors and other electronics; architects can design buildings one-half mile high; one-atom thick “graphene,” the thinnest yet strongest material ever discovered, paves the way for bionic devices connected directly to neurons; entirely new organisms with DNA sequences created on a computer are used to produce food. These accomplishments and the associated “politico-academic” rhetoric about education and research around the globe give us the impression that the future of the world is dependent on the progress of everything STEM.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Vienna: GPDF, 2015
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36964 (URN)
Conference
7th Global Peter Drucker Forum, Vienna, November 5 – 6, 2015.
Available from: 2017-08-22 Created: 2017-08-22 Last updated: 2017-08-22Bibliographically approved
Roos, J. (2015). Reflections on the Future of Business Schools and Elephants. European Foundation for Management Development
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Reflections on the Future of Business Schools and Elephants
2015 (English)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Abstract [en]

DURING the course of in 2013-2014, as the Dean of a Swedish business school I participated in three educational programs devoted to exploring and assessing the status of higher education and what university presidents, deans and senior-levels administrators can do to improve our future.  One conference was an 18-months-nine-weekend program offered by The Association of Swedish Higher Education. Another was a 1-weekend seminar at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education for experienced university presidents. The third was the week-long leadership in higher education program offered by the Oxford Academy for Education and Development. In reviewing these learning experiences as part of my preparation for the upcoming 2015 EFMD Conference for Deans & Directors General, I had three insights that may help many of us strategize for 2015 and beyond.

Place, publisher, year, pages
European Foundation for Management Development, 2015
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36967 (URN)
Available from: 2017-08-22 Created: 2017-08-22 Last updated: 2017-08-22Bibliographically approved
Roos, J. (2015). The PhD Effect: When Schools in Developed Nations Partner with Schools in Emerging Economies, They can Help Whole Regions Grow More Prosperous. BizEd, 14(3), 36-42
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The PhD Effect: When Schools in Developed Nations Partner with Schools in Emerging Economies, They can Help Whole Regions Grow More Prosperous
2015 (English)In: BizEd, ISSN 2161-8380, Vol. 14, no 3, p. 36-42Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Abstract [en]

WHEN BUSINESS SCHOOLS DECIDE to internationalize their programs, they can do more than simply build campuses halfway across the globe—they can increase the potential of an entire region. At Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) in Sweden, that was our goal when we first began designing programs to train PhDs in two African nations. While many business schools recently have added global dimensions to their programs—through student and faculty exchanges, short- and long-term study abroad initiatives, and international student recruitment—we believe our model is somewhat different. At JIBS, we strive to build deep, long-term relationships between our school, our partner institutions, and all of our stakeholders. We don’t just disseminate our educational expertise; we function as both an advisor and a service provider to our partners. We believe that our model increases the long-term “economic complexity” in the nations where we operate and that we can be a critical factor in creating widespread prosperity. At JIBS we have been calling this the “Into Africa” strategic initiative. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, 2015
Keywords
Business school
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36966 (URN)
Available from: 2017-08-22 Created: 2017-08-22 Last updated: 2017-08-22Bibliographically approved
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