Organizational Change and Management Science: Implications from Ranking and Grouping Business Schools on Spheres

Han-Lin Li ； Chian-Son Yu ； Garry D. Bruton

《International Journal of Business and Information》 6卷1期 (2011/06) Pp. 1-34

https://doi.org/10.6702/ijbi.2011.6.1.1

並列摘要

Reputational rankings of business schools published by the media have emerged as an important factor in how the public judges the prestige and achievement of these schools. Business school rankings, therefore, not only place institutional isomorphic pressures on school deans and faculties, but also cause concern among alumni, current and prospective students, and even the government. These rankings are often criticized, however, because they vary widely in the way in which schools are ranked and because the rankings provide no insight into how the schools themselves can devise development strategies. Drawing from theory and from literature on organizational change and management science, this study addresses the problem by integrating two leading business school ranking systems and then displaying the schools on three-dimensional spheres from which the schools may derive some implications for developing their strategies.

並列關鍵字

Business schools ； grouping ； ranking ； visualization ； strategy

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