Systematic Application of Normative and Descriptive Aspects of Management Education
This theoretical study advocates strongly for clear differentiation and synthesis of descriptive and normative approaches in management education. There is a certain isolation of normative and descriptive theoretical frameworks presented in management courses. Normative models in management explain...
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Government of the Russian Federation, Financial University
2019-10-01
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| author | G. Meirovich |
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| description | This theoretical study advocates strongly for clear differentiation and synthesis of descriptive and normative approaches in management education. There is a certain isolation of normative and descriptive theoretical frameworks presented in management courses. Normative models in management explain how organizations should be managed, while descriptive frameworks show how they actually are managed. Significant portions of what we teach in the business curriculum are predominantly descriptive; other parts are mostly normative, or prescriptive. If these domains are not sufficiently connected, the relevance of both approaches diminishes. When one piece of material explains the current reality without providing tools to improve it, while another piece prescribes steps for improvement that are not grounded in a particular context, students lose interest in both. The paper presents various modes of integration between two realms such as collocation of actual and desired conditions, contingency models, nesting descriptive and normative elements in the same framework. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-914ab89d07134e45af387bfe414f13222023-03-13T08:28:54ZrusGovernment of the Russian Federation, Financial UniversityУправленческие науки2304-022X2618-99412019-10-0193727710.26794/2304-022X-2019-9-3-72-77199Systematic Application of Normative and Descriptive Aspects of Management EducationG. Meirovich0Салемский государственный университетThis theoretical study advocates strongly for clear differentiation and synthesis of descriptive and normative approaches in management education. There is a certain isolation of normative and descriptive theoretical frameworks presented in management courses. Normative models in management explain how organizations should be managed, while descriptive frameworks show how they actually are managed. Significant portions of what we teach in the business curriculum are predominantly descriptive; other parts are mostly normative, or prescriptive. If these domains are not sufficiently connected, the relevance of both approaches diminishes. When one piece of material explains the current reality without providing tools to improve it, while another piece prescribes steps for improvement that are not grounded in a particular context, students lose interest in both. The paper presents various modes of integration between two realms such as collocation of actual and desired conditions, contingency models, nesting descriptive and normative elements in the same framework.https://managementscience.fa.ru/jour/article/view/223нормативно-описательная базадифференцированиеинтеграцияуправленческое образование |
| spellingShingle | G. Meirovich Systematic Application of Normative and Descriptive Aspects of Management Education Управленческие науки нормативно-описательная база дифференцирование интеграция управленческое образование |
| title | Systematic Application of Normative and Descriptive Aspects of Management Education |
| title_full | Systematic Application of Normative and Descriptive Aspects of Management Education |
| title_fullStr | Systematic Application of Normative and Descriptive Aspects of Management Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Systematic Application of Normative and Descriptive Aspects of Management Education |
| title_short | Systematic Application of Normative and Descriptive Aspects of Management Education |
| title_sort | systematic application of normative and descriptive aspects of management education |
| topic | нормативно-описательная база дифференцирование интеграция управленческое образование |
| url | https://managementscience.fa.ru/jour/article/view/223 |
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