Book chapter
Beyond Mechanism: An organicist business education for the anthropocene
Disciplining the Undisciplined?, pp.21-38
Springer International Publishing
2018
Abstract
Human actions have pushed planetary systems beyond their normal range of operation, bringing forth a new geological epoch of its own making. The Anthropocene —the age of humankind—is argued here to represent a failure of the higher education system (and business schools in particular) to prepare society for the challenges of transforming towards true social -ecological sustainability . In turn, it will be demonstrated that adherence to normative ‘mechanistic ’ modes of thought has prevented mainstream business education from effectively engaging with this task, and that a reorientation towards an organicist worldview is required. In doing so, the contours of business education are redefined to embrace holism, social-ecological complexity and ethical care for nature. Two organicist principles—social-ecological systems thinking and positive ecological reciprocity—are presented here as a starting point to imagine a business education fit for purpose in the twenty-first century.
Details
- Title
- Beyond Mechanism: An organicist business education for the anthropocene
- Authors/Creators
- N.R. Ellis (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Contributors
- M. Brueckner (Editor)R. Spencer (Editor)M. Paull (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Disciplining the Undisciplined?, pp.21-38
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991005543686207891
- Copyright
- © 2018 Springer International Publishing AG
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Responsible Citizenship and Sustainability; Murdoch Business School; Centre for Healthy Ageing; Indo-Pacific Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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