Executive Education and the Managerial Revolution
The Birth of Executive Education at Harvard Business School
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9625644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rolv Petter Amdam (0000-0003-2200-7484, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 671-690 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007680517000010 |
| OpenAlex | W2593009168 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 17 |
The managerial revolution drove the rise of business schools in the United States and business schools contributed by graduating professional managers. Before World War II, however, the effect of an MBA degree was modest, causing great concern to leading business schools. Harvard Business School—in order to increase this impact—began in the mid-1920s to develop nondegree programs for potential top executives. In 1945, by drawing on the experiences of certain short-lived programs and the extraordinary situation during the war, Harvard Business School launched its Advanced Management Program, which became a global role model for executive education
Business · Business administration · Business education · Business history · Business management · Economics · Executive education · First world war · Higher education · Management · Order (exchange · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · World War II · Finance · History · Law · Management and Marketing Education · Management and Organizational Studies · Management Theory and Practice
Executive Education Tradition
The Leadership Industry and the Cultural Production of Leadership
Supply-driven academic innovation. Establishing entrepreneurship education as a discipline in Spain (1974–2000s)
Creating the new executive
Making managers
Making managers in the U.S. military
Double Objective in Mind
Engineers & Corporate Management, ca 1870–1930
Making Managers in Latin America
In the shadow of Americanisation
Government, business and making China an educational powerhouse since the 1980s
| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 1,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |