Business Education
Encouraging change in business schools
09 Oct 2015 | Dawna Jones
What happens when business schools are less progressive than the companies hiring their graduates? The Global Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) aims to close that gap.
Modernizing the MBA
11 Mar 2015 | Dawna Jones
Dawna Jones talks to systems change specialist, Al Blixt, about the forces that work against innovation in higher education and how business schools can better prepare students for an increasingly unpredictable world.
Data science goes online
18 Jul 2013 | Brian Amble
With the explosion in 'big data' and demand for data scientists rocketing, the University of California at Berkeley has launched a new Master's degree in data science that will be delivered to students entirely on-line – but at a considerable cost.
The curse of short term thinking
18 Jul 2012 | Dawna Jones
Dawna talks to Professor Ken Starkey from Nottingham University Business School about why we are still stuck in a short term mindset and what role business schools can play to restore 'humanomics'.
Tweet you way to an MBA
08 Jul 2011 | Brian Amble
If you're something of a dab hand with the pithy 140-character Tweet and fancy a helping hand to study for an MBA, the University of Iowa has just the thing for you.
Business school illusions
23 Dec 2009 | Les Worrall
In the 1990s, 'managers' capitalism' replaced 'owners' capitalism' as executive power and pay spiralled out of control. And as academics pandered to the demands of businesses and universities milked the MBA cash cow, academic rigour, critical thinking and intellectual diversity were all sacrificed to mammon.
Business schools say it's not all about profit
04 Dec 2009 | Brian Amble
Stung by criticism that their curriculums are too narrowly focused on the gospel of shareholder value, new research suggests that business schools are rethinking what they teach.
Ebenezer Scrooge and the zero sum myth
04 Nov 2009 | Philip Whiteley
Could it be that in Ebenezer Scrooge one can identify the genesis of the MBA? After all, both share an obsession with accountancy and the belief that employee welfare matters only to the employee and is a net cost to the business.
The MBA oath: a new era of responsibility?
09 Jul 2009 | Nic Paton
From small beginnings, an oath encouraging MBA graduates to behave ethically has now been taken up by students at some 25 business schools. But in later life, will their good intentions quickly be forgotten?
Is the MBA losing its value?
09 Apr 2009 | Nic Paton
Studying for an MBA may seem attractive right now, especially if your job is wobbling. But with so many managers rushing back to business school, will having an MBA really make much of a difference?
An MBA no use for women?
27 Feb 2009 | Nic Paton
The MBA has long cherished its reputation for helping ambitious high-flyers get on the career fast-track. But according to new research, that's only true if those high-flyers happen to be men.
MBA graduates spurn tainted jobs
17 Jan 2008 | Nic Paton
Traditional manufacturing industries are out, so are emerging markets. When it comes to deciding where to work, MBA graduates are increasingly choosy.
Am I ready for an MBA?
22 Oct 2007 | Alan Jessop
Satish is keen to study for an MBA but isn't sure what interviewers are looking for in an applicant. Durham Business School's Dr Alan Jessop has some practical advice.
An MBA is not enough
16 Apr 2007 | Brian Amble
Studying for an MBA may give high-flyers the sort of strong general education they need as launch pad for their careers, but it is far from being an instant ticket into a top executive job.
Business turns to reluctant gurus
30 Oct 2006 | Brian Amble
US business schools and corporations are turning to the teachings of Hindu gurus and the wisdom of Lord Krishna for guidance. But can there ever be a meeting of the minds between those with a spiritual and those with a material target?
Obsession with leadership undermining organisations
23 Oct 2006 | Brian Amble
Controversial management Professor Henry Mintzberg has launched a broadside at his own colleagues in management education with a robust denunciation of the current obsession that business schools seem to have with teaching 'leadership'.
Soaring demand pushes MBA salaries to record high
18 Sep 2006 | Brian Amble
With demand for MBA graduates rising by a quarter this year in both the US and Western European job markets, average bases salaries are approaching $100,000 with big bonuses to go with them.
U.S firms embrace medical MBAs in bid to cut health costs
21 Jun 2006 | Nic Paton
Rising healthcare costs in the U.S and elsewhere are prompting growing numbers of American companies to hire graduates with joint medical diploma and MBA qualifications.
Soft skills help MBAs stand out from the crowd
06 Apr 2006 | Nic Paton
Business schools are increasingly offering 'soft skills' training in leadership, management and communication to MBA graduates to give them something to differentiate themselves from the competing pack.
Internships the key to MBAs getting a job
05 Apr 2006 | Nic Paton
Doing an internship alongside or after an MBA appears to be the key to landing a job offer, according to a new U.S study.