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My worry-and this is not limited to business schools-is that we have created a context in which people want the status of a profession without any of the constraints of a profession. A profession is not only about the benefits that you claim. It’s also about what you renounce.

I think one of the roles of a professional school in higher education is to make clear … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Education, MBA Related

Education…is not confined to time or space, it is an attitude, a constant search for learning founded on an insatiable curiosity. An “educated” person is not only someone who knows a great deal, but someone who wishes to learn in any circumstance, who poses questions, who probes, reflects and assimilates, to gain both knowledge and wisdom.

Content: Quotation | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subject: Education

There would be no strength in relying on the teachings of others without a basic capacity for self-reliance. To rely upon the strength and resources of others without a firm purpose of one’s own is a sign of weakness.

Content: Quotation | Source: Quest for Prosperity: The Life of a Japanese Industrialist | Subjects: Education, Mission

Seth Godin blogs about whether business books work or are they an utter waste of time.

Editor’s Note: the blog post itself is fine, but if the topic interests you will will find quite a number of related trackback posts to further your reading…

Content: Article | Author: Seth Godin | Subjects: Education, Miscellaneous

The notion of different types of learners and learning styles usually refer to “auditory,” “visual” and “verbal.” While these distinctions are valid, there is a different way to think about this: in terms of how people think about their goals.

Content: Article | Author: Donalee Markus, Ph.D. | Source: Chief Learning Officer | Subjects: Education, Human Resources | Industry: Education / Training

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

Content: Quotation | Author: George Ambler | Subjects: Education, Personal Development

If you want a two year break from life, go to business school. If you want to meet a bunch of new, generally smart, and always interesting people, go to business school. If you are a techie but like the business side of things, want to get an intellectual (and functional grounding) in business stuff, want a two year break from life, and want to … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Feld Thoughts | Subjects: Education, MBA Related

Education for adults is basically experience understood in tranquility. In other words, you have the experience and then you can go away to a place of tranquility like a school or a course and reflect with the help of people who give you some concepts on what you’ve learnt or what you’ve experienced. Then you go off and do it hopefully better next time. And … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Education, Training & Development

Business schools teach you the language of business, and that’s quite useful. It’s like if you want to go to work in France you have to learn French. It doesn’t mean you’re going to be very good in France, but it’s good to learn the language. I think that what business schools do is to teach you the language of business and some managerial skills, … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Education, MBA Related | Industry: Education / Training

MIT’s OpenCourseWare is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT’s mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century.

MIT OCW:
* Is a publication of MIT course materials
* Does not require any registration
* Is not a degree-granting or certificate-granting activity
* Does not provide access to MIT … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Subjects: Education, MBA Related

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The manifestation of one of the most influential modern educational theories, the 6,900 entries in this major new reference work form the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy.

Editor’s Note: not business-related but useful for educational purposes (we all should be continually learning, right?). Topics covered include:
1. … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Sources: Bartleby.com, Houghton Mifflin Company | Subjects: Education, Personal Development

Training new supervisors has a positive effect on all of the supervisor’s staff and produces more results than the supervisor was able to accomplish as an individual performer. While many companies offer some sort of management training, often it’s ineffective. But by adjusting when the training is conducted, what is included and who conducts it, you can make big differences in the effectiveness of your … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Kathryn Tyler | Source: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) | Subjects: Education, Human Resources | Industry: Education / Training

Over the last fifteen years there have been a lot of ratings of business schools, and these ratings are very akin to customer-satisfaction ratings. You’re basically asking the students, How good was the experience? That presumes that the students know what it is that they should be learning, or whether the environment in a particular school is better than another school that they never attended. … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Education, MBA Related | Industry: Education / Training

When it comes to business education, for better or worse — and I think for worse — business schools are followers, not leaders. Typically, business schools hold their finger up to the wind and ask, What do our customers want? They have two kinds of customers. One is the people who are doing the hiring, and the other is the students. I happen to think … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Education, MBA Related | Industry: Education / Training

All education springs from some image of the future. It springs from some implicit assumptions about what the future holds. When your kid comes home and says “Why do I need to learn algebra?” you don’t say, “Because our forefathers learned it.” You tell them that you’ll need it in the future. That assumes you know what the future has to hold. You’ll need algebra, … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Education

If the winners are the inventors of products, the education of the top 2 5 percent of the labor force is critical, because someone in that group will invent the new products. If the winners are the cheapest and best producers of products, the education of the bottom 50 percent of the population moves center stage, because this part of the work force must master … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subjects: Economics, Education

This Economist section features “What’s In The Journals” which offers a regular wrap-up and commentary on leading articles from a number of business journals. You can also find book reviews and abstracts.

Editor’s Note: my only fault with this site is that there is no corresponding email newsletter so you have to remember to regularly visit the site…

Content: Online Resource | Source: The Economist | Subjects: Education, Reference / Search

Jim Harrison has created a free online business tutoring service that is conducted entirely through email. Each one-on-one session is intended to enhance the student’s understanding in areas of business. Use this site for help on starting your paper or you can submit your paper via email for review.

Editor’s Note: I really don’t know what to make of this service and as I have … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Jim Harrison | Subjects: Education, MBA Related | Industry: Education / Training