Exploring liberal undergraduate management education in the UK

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

12-2025

Abstract

This chapter explores the design and broadening of the educational component of undergraduate management degrees from a liberal perspective, which might include arts, humanities and STEM subjects. It examines the character and structure of liberal education in contemporary management undergraduate education. The chapter also tries to establish whether or not the terms “liberal” and “education” have ossified in favour of specialist, narrowly focused programmes in the context of the UK government's growing utilitarian treatment of universities. It finishes with a set of conclusions and reflections on changes and the future pathways for undergraduate programmes in management in UK universities.

Discipline

Business | Higher Education | Liberal Studies

Research Areas

Strategy and Organisation

Publication

Reconnecting Business Schools with Business

Editor

Nicholas O’Regan & George Feiger

First Page

42

Last Page

62

ISBN

9781003533269

Identifier

10.4324/9781003533269-4

Publisher

Routledge

City or Country

London

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003533269-4

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