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Crisis management as a critical perspective

Denis Fischbacher-Smith (Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland)
Moira Fischbacher-Smith (Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland)

Journal of Management Development

ISSN: 0262-1711

Article publication date: 8 August 2016

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to draw the authors experience of teaching a crisis management module within a range of MBA programmes in the UK, EU and USA. A key characteristic of the module was its development as a means of critiquing conventional approaches to management education. The paper details that experience.

Design/methodology/approach

It reviews the literature on management education that has been critical of prescriptive and “toolkit-based” approaches to MBA education.

Findings

An approach to a crisis management course is shown to provide a means of challenging dominant theoretical and practical approaches to management.

Practical implications

The paper identifies challenges and personal and academic benefits for educators and students when engaging with critical perspectives and critical pedagogies.

Originality/value

Through introducing the notion of crisis management, the paper discusses the importance of challenging theory and practice and creating within students, an appetite to challenge the dominant paradigms of conventional teaching and business practice.

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Citation

Fischbacher-Smith, D. and Fischbacher-Smith, M. (2016), "Crisis management as a critical perspective", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 35 No. 7, pp. 930-940. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-10-2014-0115

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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