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Book SynopsisThis book further explores the behavior aspects of corporate-higher education inter-organizational relationships by culminating various theories and models addressing the space where U.S. corporations and American higher education intersect. Examples are provided regarding the attraction, motivations, and maintenance needed for higher education to create win-win relationships with businesses. This work offers a new approach to the corporate citizenship literature by providing a broad, holistic review of frameworks to understand the range of motives and expectations of corporate engagement in the American society as evidenced by inter-organizational relationships with higher education.By providing an insight to better design and to manage inter-organizational relationships, this book will prove invaluable to both higher education practitioners and corporations alike.
Trade ReviewWith help from others who have one foot in education and the other in business, Clevenger and MacGregor use various models and theories to explore business and corporate engagement with higher education. Their topics include long-term business agendas to contribute to society, stakeholder management and corporate social responsibility, inside corporations: how they think and behave, higher education engagement with economic development in collaboration with corporate powerhouses, and career development strategies serving businesses and corporations. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of Figures Chapter 1: At the Intersect of Business and Higher Education: Historical, Theoretical, and Empirical Perspectives on Inter-Organizational Relationships;
Morgan R. Clevenger and Cynthia J. MacGregor Chapter 2: Long-term Business Agendas to Contribute to Society;
Morgan R. Clevenger and Cynthia J. MacGregor Chapter 3: Corporate Philanthropy;
Morgan R. Clevenger and Cynthia J. MacGregor with C. J. Ryan Chapter 4: Stakeholder Management and Corporate Social Responsibility;
Morgan R. Clevenger and Cynthia J. MacGregor Chapter 5: Corporate Citizenship;
Morgan R. Clevenger and Cynthia J. MacGregor Chapter 6: Inside Corporations: How They Think and Behave;
Morgan R. Clevenger and Cynthia J. MacGregor Chapter 7: How Higher Education Thinks and Behaves;
Morgan R. Clevenger and Cynthia J. MacGregor with C. J. Ryan Chapter 8: Higher Educational Engagement in Economic Development in Collaboration with Corporate Powerhouses;
Morgan R. Clevenger and Cynthia J. MacGregor with Michael Fortunato and Ted Alter Chapter 9: Career Development Strategies Serving Businesses and Corporations;
Morgan R. Clevenger and Cynthia J. MacGregor with Dina Piepoli Udomsak, Carol Bosack and Sharon Castano Chapter 10: Modern Expectations and Implications: The New Ecology, Ethics, and Future Directions of Inter-organizational Relationships;
Morgan R. Clevenger and Cynthia J. MacGregor Appendices Appendix A: Field of Organizational Theory Concept Map Appendix B: The Additional Enlightened Companies
