Debating Business School Legitimacy

Anders OErtenblad is Professor of Working Life Science at the School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Norway, and Professor II at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway. He is the Editing Founder of the book series Palgrave Debates in Business and Management. Riina Koris is Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing and Communication at Estonian Business School. Her research is on the topic of higher education and, in particular, the purpose of business education.

Part I. Background and introduction.- Chapter 1. Introducing the Debate on the Legitimacy of Business Schools (Riina Koris and Anders Örtenblad).- Chapter 2. (De)legitimacy of Managerialism within Business Schools (Katariina Juusola). - Part II. Attacking status quo.- Chapter 3. Business Schools in Their Ideological Prison: Why Sustainability Challenge Is Our Next Legitimacy Crisis (Kimmo Alajoutsijärvi, Katariina Juusola, and Kerttu Kettunen).- Chapter 4. The Reflexive Impotence and Neoliberal Neurosis of the Responsible Business School (Nikodemus Solitander).- Chapter 5. Business School Burnout: Endangering Legitimacy on Pathological Pathways (Volker Rundshagen). - Part III. Rocking the boat of status quo, etc.