ABSTRACT

This book examines the role that the traditional understanding of science plays in how we understand the capitalistic system and how it informs business and business school education. Science serves many purposes in business organizations; it is much more than just a method to gain knowledge about business problems. It acculturates students to a certain way of thinking about the world and provides a rationale for the things business does and a justification for its purposes in society. It then utilizes the philosophy of Classical American Pragmatism to view science in a different manner, reconceptualizing the multiple environments in which business functions. Author Rogene Buchholz traces the implications of this view for our understanding of the corporation, how science is used in business organizations, the recent financial crisis, and finally what it means for management and management education. No other book examines capitalism and the business system from this unique and timely perspective.

part |1 pages

PART I The Traditional Scientific Worldview

chapter 2|12 pages

Values and Ethics

chapter 3|23 pages

Economics

chapter 4|15 pages

Politics

chapter 5|20 pages

Culture

chapter 6|14 pages

Nature

part |1 pages

PART II Toward a New Understanding of Science

chapter 8|19 pages

Pragmatism and Values

chapter 9|14 pages

Pragmatism and Economics

chapter 10|18 pages

Pragmatism and Politics

chapter 11|19 pages

Pragmatism and Culture

chapter 12|14 pages

Pragmatism and Nature

part |1 pages

PART III Implications for Business

chapter 13|12 pages

The Corporation and Community

chapter 14|15 pages

Business and Science

chapter 15|36 pages

Financial Armageddon

chapter 16|11 pages

Management and an Ethic of Service