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Rethinking the MBA
Datar, Srikant M.; Garvin, David A.; Cullen, Patrick G.
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Description for Rethinking the MBA
Hardback. Documents a chorus of concerns about business schools gleaned from interviews with deans and executives, and from an analysis of curricula and trends in graduate business education. This title provides case studies showing how leading MBA programs have begun reinventing themselves for the better. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 648.
"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 ... Read more
"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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781422131640
SKU
V9781422131640
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About Datar, Srikant M.; Garvin, David A.; Cullen, Patrick G.
Srikant M. Datar is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University. David A. Garvin is the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Patrick G. Cullen is a research associate at the Harvard Business School.
Reviews for Rethinking the MBA
"Is business education becoming more like the liberal arts? If the question is, 'are we trying to teach more about how to be a well-rounded human being who happens to be practicing business,' the answer is absolutely, 'yes.'"
David Garvin in The Atlantic, July 14, 2010
David Garvin in The Atlantic, July 14, 2010