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IntroductionSection 1: Frameworks for understanding 1. Realizing the promise of experiential learning in poverty-related management education Sheldene Simola, Trent University, Canada2. Explication as a method to access and enhance practitioner and faculty learning Val Lowman, OBE, Lendlease Be Onsite, UK3. Innovative inclusive development strategies: lessons from the Philippines Andrea Santiago, De La Salle University, The Philippines Fernando Roxas, Graduate School of Business, Asian Institute of Management, The Philippines4. Management education with poverty alleviation focus: a framework for curriculum design and pedagogical alignment Shiv K. Tripathi, Mzumbe University, TanzaniaAjai Prakash, University of Lucknow, IndiaWolfgang Amann, HEC Paris, FranceSection 2: Course design and topic integration within courses 615. Teaching about the base of the pyramid: bringing students to the intersection of business and poverty alleviation Ted London, William Davidson Institute and Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, USA6. Strategies for the integration of poverty alleviation into management curriculum: poverty - how can business help? Geri Mason, School of Business, Government, and Economics, Seattle Pacific University7. Poverty in a marketing class? Saroja Subrahmanyan, Elfenworks Center for Responsible Business, Saint Mary's College of California, USA J. Tomas Gomez-Arias, Saint Mary's College of California, USA8. A new vocabulary for teaching poverty in marketing Paulo Cesar Motta, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Thomas Brashear Alejandro, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA9. Educating young leaders for alleviating poverty through an organizational behaviour course Claudio Andres Rivera, Riga Business School, Latvia10. Simmons World Challenge: a case study in grounding management education in global poverty Mindell Reiss Nitkin, Simmons College, USAMary Shapiro, Simmons College, USASection 3: Extracurricular and community-based approaches11. Ethics to reduce poverty: the case of the "100 Youths for Ethics in Development" programme in Argentina Maria Laura Fiorotto, UNDP, Bolivia12. Challenges and opportunities for student engagement in university social projects in the current socioeconomic context of Russia Oleg Vikhanskiy, Lomonosov Moscow State University Business School, Russia Elena Kiseleva, Lomonosov Moscow State University Business School, Russia Natalia Churkina, Lomonosov Moscow State University Business School, Russia13. The impact of university social services through social incubation and student engagement in poverty alleviation Luis Portales, Universidad de Monterrey, MexicoConsuelo García de la Torre, EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico14. A case study of community learning and open innovation to reduce poverty at the base of the pyramid Lutz E. Schlange, University of Applied Sciences, Eastern SwitzerlandSection 4: Contemporary issues15. Financial exclusion: technology, the digital divide and poverty Daniel R. Horne, School of Business, Providence College, USA16. The importance of responsible public management in addressing the challenge of poverty: the need for socially responsible public management Athanasios Chymis, Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), Greece Massimiliano Di Bitetto, Italian National Research Council (CNR) Paolo D'Anselmi, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy Antonis Skouloudis, Centre for Environmental Policy and Strategic Environmental Management, University of the Aegean, GreeceConclusion: Taking stock and moving towards the next stepsAbout the editorsAbout the contributors
About the author
Milenko Gudić has been Director of CEEMAN’s IMTA (International Management Teachers Academy) since its establishment in 2000. He has worked as a consultant, researcher and lecturer at the Economics Institute, Belgrade, Serbia; visiting lecturer at Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro; and a frequent guest speaker in over 30 countries. He has been engaged as a consultant to OECD, UNDP, UNIDO, etc., on subjects including entrepreneurship, regional, rural and public management development projects. Milenko is involved in CEEMAN’s international research projects and educational leadership capacity building. He was Program Chair of EURAM 2008. Since 2008 he has been co-coordinating the UN Global Compact PRME Working Group on Fighting Poverty through Management Education.
Carole Parkes is Professor of Management, Global Issues and Responsible Management, Winchester Business School. Carole is also Vice Chair of the UK & Ireland PRME Chapter. Locally, Carole works with business and community groups. Her research interests and publications relate to ethics, social responsibility and sustainability and in particular human rights, poverty and the role of business.
Al Rosenbloom, PhD, is a Professor of Marketing and International Business at Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois. Al has 20 years of teaching experience in international marketing and international business. Al’s research interests include marketing in subsistence market environments, how business combines poverty alleviation efforts with sound corporate practice, and the challenge of integrating poverty issues into the management curriculum. In his teaching, he draws on his experiences both as the owner of his own marketing consulting practice and as a Fulbright Scholar, who has taught in Nepal and Bulgaria. Al has his PhD from Loyola University, Chicago.
Summary
An invaluable guide for management educators who want to inspire a generation of leaders to tackle global poverty challenges, this book showcases innovative teaching, module development and programme designs that integrate the issue of poverty into global business management courses.
