Abstract
The recent Carnegie report (Colby, et al., 2011) characterizes the goal of business education as the development of practical wisdom. In this chapter, the authors reframe Scharmer’s Theory U as an attempt to develop practical wisdom by applying certain European philosophical concepts. Specifically, they trace a genealogy of social sculpture, Schwungspiel, poetic creation, and spiritual science, and suggest that Scharmer’s work integrates these concepts into a pragmatic pedagogy that has implications for business practice as well as business education.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Perspectives on Theory U : Insights from the Field |
| Editors | Olen Gunnlaugson, Charles Baron, Mario Cayer |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Place of Publication | Hershey, PA |
| Publisher | Idea Group Publishing |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Pages | 234-243 |
| Chapter | 15 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781466647930, 1466647930 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781466647947 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |