
Saving The World At Business School (Part 2) - A Conversation with Andy Hoffman
By Howard BurtonLength2h 47m
About this audiobook
This book is based on an in-dept follow-up conversation between Howard Burton and Andy Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability. They discuss Andy Hoffman’s research and scholarly insights which are extremely relevant to today’s society. Andy Hoffman is passionately committed to encouraging fellow academics to play a much stronger role in communicating knowledge, facts and information to the regular public and politicians which has culminated into his two new books ‘The Engaged Scholar’ and ‘Management As A Calling’.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Exceptional Times, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Reprise - 7 years on
II. Truth Decay - Facts under fire?
III. The Value of Wisdom - Beyond knowledge
IV. Investigating Rewards - Intrinsic vs. extrinsic
V. Concrete Opportunities - And concrete scepticism
VI. Management as a Calling - Focusing on the students
VII. Opinionated Ignorance - Hardly what the Founding Fathers had in mind
VIII. Qualified Optimism - Hopeful signs
IX. Spreading the Word - Creating new platforms through technology
X. Getting Personal - Slings, arrows and the learning experience
XI. Shattered Leadership? - Desperately trying to pick up the pieces
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations:
This book is part of a series of 100 Ideas Roadshow Conversations. Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics
Length2 hrs 47 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
15VI. Management as a Calling
2A Note on the Text
16Questions for Discussion:
3Introduction
17VII. Opinionated Ignorance
4The Conversation
18Questions for Discussion:
5I. Reprise
19VIII. Qualified Optimism
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6Questions for Discussion:
20Questions for Discussion:
7II. Truth Decay
21IX. Spreading the Word
8Questions for Discussion:
22Questions for Discussion:
9III. The Value of Wisdom
23X. Getting Personal
10Questions for Discussion:
24Questions for Discussion:
11IV. Investigating Rewards
25XI. Shattered Leadership?
12Questions for Discussion:
26Questions for Discussion:
13V. Concrete Opportunities
27Continuing the Conversation
14Questions for Discussion:
