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Art, science and the challenge of management education

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  • Irgens, Eirik J.

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This article is an attempt to contribute to a theoretical foundation for art in management education. I do so by building on Ernst Cassirer's relational, processual, and non-dualistic theory. I start by introducing Cassirer's main ideas and I try to relate them to management knowledge with a special emphasis on art and science as complementary forms of knowing. Thereafter I sketch some of the challenges we may face if aiming at developing two-eyed management education, that is, education based on a binocular vision that combines the “eye of science” with the “eye of art”. I argue in line with Cassirer that art is a way of knowing, and I claim that art has an important role to play if we wish to develop proficient, two-eyed managers.11This article is a result of a project where I have studied the potential in Ernst Cassirer's thinking for management education. It builds on earlier publications, in particular, Irgens (2010), and Irgens (2011a, 2011b).

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  • Irgens, Eirik J., 2014. "Art, science and the challenge of management education," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 86-94.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:scaman:v:30:y:2014:i:1:p:86-94
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2013.12.003
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