Management Education: Towards a Fusion of Horizons

With modern management scholars expressing their dissatisfaction with management education, efforts are on to develop a more open and holistic approach to this field. The challenge of preparing executives to compete globally is forcing business schools to adapt to the need for more reflective and flexible B-school graduates with cross-cultural sensibilities. This paper explores the possibility of drawing from non-conventional sources of knowledge to enrich management education. Unraveling concepts from philosophy, sociology, literature and the fine arts, it is an attempt to frame a conceptual model and develop insights that may help to bring about a fusion of horizons