Manager-educator relations from a critical perspective

Elliott, Carole and Reynolds, Michael (2002) Manager-educator relations from a critical perspective. Journal of Management Education, 26 (5). pp. 512-526. ISSN 1052-5629

Abstract

This article explains alternative ways of understanding the nature of the relationship between managers and management educators. The authors examine contrasting views of the relationship as expressed in the “critical” management literature. Based on Antonio Gramsci’s ideas, the article develops the position for a less hierarchical relationship in which managers’ ideas are given equal standing with those of educators and researchers.