Redefining the roles and duties of management

Laszlo Zsolnai; Sven Junghagen; Antonio Tencati

doi:10.1108/20412561211219328

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Journal of Global Responsibility

ISSN: 2041-2568

Online from: 2010

Subject Area: Business Ethics and Law

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Redefining the roles and duties of management

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Title:	Redefining the roles and duties of management
Author(s):	Laszlo Zsolnai, (Business Ethics Center, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary), Sven Junghagen, (Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark), Antonio Tencati, (Institute of Technology and Innovation Management, Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy)
Citation:	Laszlo Zsolnai, Sven Junghagen, Antonio Tencati, (2012) "Redefining the roles and duties of management", Journal of Global Responsibility, Vol. 3 Iss: 1, pp.121 - 133
Keywords:	Business as a profession, Curricula, Global responsibility, Management education, Reflective practice, Responsible management
Article type:	Research paper
DOI:	10.1108/20412561211219328 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Acknowledgements:	Laszlo Zsolnai's contribution to this paper was developed as part of the research project of the Corvinus University of Budapest “Társadalmi Megújulás Operatív Program” TÁMOP-4-2.1.B-09/1/KMR-2010-0005. The authors would like to acknowledge the work of their CEMS colleagues who contributed to the development of the Future International Manager model reported in Section 2 of the paper.
Abstract:	Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the crisis of the business profession and the role that management education can play in renewing business management. It is argued that unless future managers demonstrate that they serve the common good in their daily practice, the legitimacy and moral standing of the business profession remain questionable. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents the Masters in International Management Program of CEMS – Global Alliance in Management Education as a pioneering example of developing reflective and responsible managers. Findings – The future manager is defined as a reflexive practitioner who is committed to environmental sustainability, exercises social responsibility, works with sensitivity toward gender and diversity issues, harmonizes information and communications technologies with processes and organizational culture, applies holistic perspective in problem solving, cooperates with social and political actors, and is engaged in progressive entrepreneurship. Originality/value – The paper shows that responsibility can be successfully integrated into a global management education curriculum.