Harvard University Founds a Business School
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
- Categories: Education, Economics
- Subcategories: Teaching, Teachers, Business, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Massachusetts, New England
- Date: April 8, 1908
Article abstract: The Harvard Business School’s innovative instructional methods helped professionalize management and the way managers are educated.
Summary of Event
The emergence of the multiunit form, a vision that institutions of higher education could serve a utilitarian purpose, and a popular desire to professionalize most occupations encouraged the development of collegiate business education in the late nineteenth century. An early participant in this exciting experiment in higher learning was the Harvard Business School, founded in 1908....
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