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Rethinking the MBA

Business Education at a Crossroads

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"Business Schools Face Test of Faith." "Is It Time to Retrain B-Schools?" As these headlines make clear, business education is at a major crossroads.For decades, MBA graduates from top-tier schools set the standard for cutting-edge business knowledge and skills. Now the business world has changed, say the authors of Rethinking the MBA, and MBA programs must change with it. Increasingly, managers and recruiters are questioning conventional business education.Their concerns? Among other things, MBA programs aren't giving students the heightened cultural awareness and global perspectives they need. Newly minted MBAs lack essential leadership skills. Creative and critical thinking demand far more attention.In this compelling and authoritative new book, the · Document a rising chorus of concerns about business schools gleaned from extensive interviews with deans and executives, and from a detailed analysis of current curricula and emerging trends in graduate business education· Provide case studies showing how leading MBA programs have begun reinventing themselves for the better· Offer concrete ideas for how business schools can surmount the challenges that come with reinvention, including securing faculty with new skills and experimenting with new pedagogiesRich with examples and thoroughly researched, Rethinking the MBA reveals why and how business schools must define a better pathway for the future.

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Rethinking the MBA, Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, Patrick Gerard Cullen

Lingua
Pubblicato
2010
Rilegatura
(Copertina rigida),
Condizioni del libro
Danneggiato
Prezzo
7,49 €

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Titolo
Rethinking the MBA
Sottotitolo
Business Education at a Crossroads
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
2010
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
400
ISBN10
1422131645
ISBN13
9781422131640
Serie
Descrizione
"Business Schools Face Test of Faith." "Is It Time to Retrain B-Schools?" As these headlines make clear, business education is at a major crossroads.For decades, MBA graduates from top-tier schools set the standard for cutting-edge business knowledge and skills. Now the business world has changed, say the authors of Rethinking the MBA, and MBA programs must change with it. Increasingly, managers and recruiters are questioning conventional business education.Their concerns? Among other things, MBA programs aren't giving students the heightened cultural awareness and global perspectives they need. Newly minted MBAs lack essential leadership skills. Creative and critical thinking demand far more attention.In this compelling and authoritative new book, the · Document a rising chorus of concerns about business schools gleaned from extensive interviews with deans and executives, and from a detailed analysis of current curricula and emerging trends in graduate business education· Provide case studies showing how leading MBA programs have begun reinventing themselves for the better· Offer concrete ideas for how business schools can surmount the challenges that come with reinvention, including securing faculty with new skills and experimenting with new pedagogiesRich with examples and thoroughly researched, Rethinking the MBA reveals why and how business schools must define a better pathway for the future.