Rethinking management education as craft education

Management scholars have recently rekindled their interest in approaching management mainly as a craft rather than as an exact science. If management is indeed a craft, then it is only reasonable to consider alternative modes of teaching that better reflect this nature. Against this backdrop, we introduce a framework for stimulating a craft-oriented pedagogy in management education, comprising four modes of teaching craft in management education. This approach would arguably foster a profound recognition of management-as-a-craft and cultivate future managers into becoming reflective crafts(wo)men.