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The case method is a key teaching tool in most business schools. A case study provides students with mostly real events and challenges from the corporate world. These can be 30 pages on the introduction of a new frequent flyer program or a company’s re-branding campaign for example … During a case students have to turn into decision makers, they are confronted with a problem … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: MBA Channel | Subject: About the MBA Degree

A Q&A with Timothy Faley, managing director of the Zell/Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Is the admissions strategy followed by the world’s most elite business schools cheating MBAs out of a small fortune?

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Louis Lavelle | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Financing Your MBA

Fundamentally, the content is the same, but program delivery will impact your personal experience. As with all other aspects of career transitions, there is no single “right” answer, but identifying the right fit for you is a matter of “trade-offs.” Here are a few to consider.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree

This is the era of entrepreneurship. Even staid universities are being transformed. A recent Kauffman Foundation study revealed that today, over 1,500 U.S. colleges and universities offer some form of entrepreneurship training, whereas only a handful did just 15 years ago. However, as quickly as university entrepreneurial programs proliferate, students’ expectations from them are morphing.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Tim Faley | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Master’s in management programs are booming, especially among liberal arts grads in pursuit of a competitive edge.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Anne Fisher | Source: FORTUNE | Subject: About the MBA Degree

The one-year full-time MBA programme, standard at most business schools in Europe, is starting to become a more prevalent offering in the US as American institutions strive to court a different target market.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rebecca Knight | Source: FT.com | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Business school electives have taken a turn for the creative, tackling everything from New York City’s problems to health care to humanitarian relief.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Why study for an MBA? Which school to choose? And by which criteria? There is no one better qualified to answer these questions than the programme directors of business schools who observe the industry, its trends and its relative competitive advantages. Therefore the English national daily newspaper “The Independent” and Audencia Nantes School of Management in France asked the heads of 58 business schools in … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: MBA Channel | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

The MBA has traditionally been known as a general management degree, but that’s starting to change as students look to get an edge in a more competitive job market. Increasingly, students are pushing aside the bread-and-butter MBA degree in favor of one with a unique specialization, like aviation or football.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Whether you’re in the middle of the MBA admissions process or you haven’t even decided if B-school is for you, you’re no doubt considering the potential profits and losses of this important decision. Perhaps you’ve compared the curriculum specialties at various schools, researched different universities’ scholarships and looked into what type of extracurricular opportunities will be available to you. But a question remains: Have you … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Selena Rezvani | Source: Forbes | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Women & Minority MBA Issues

Business schools have always juggled two missions: educating practitioners and creating knowledge through research. Fifty years ago, as explained in the 2005 HBR article How Business Schools Lost Their Way, business schools shifted their focus from the former to the latter. Management became a science rather than a profession.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Drew Hansen | Source: Forbes | Subject: About the MBA Degree

For many, the toughest part about going to B-school is the lectures, case studies, and team projects—but a little preparation goes a long way.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Senior lecturer Scott Snook has tracked 50 MBA students at Harvard Business School from the moment they received their offer letter to the time they graduated two years later. “It is probably the most exhaustive study ever done at Harvard Business School on what is the true experience of students,” says Dean Nitin Nohria. “Scott explored a basic question: We promise to deliver a transformational … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: John A. Byrne | Source: Poets & Quants | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Charting a new course for B-schools and MBAs.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: David Garvin, Matthew Budman, Srikant Datar | Source: The Conference Board Review | Subject: About the MBA Degree

John Warrillow doesn’t think entrepreneurship can be taught. Further, he thinks not only is getting an MBA a waste of money and two years of your life; it may also, in fact, reduce your chances of building a successful business. Here are four reasons why.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: John Warrillow | Source: BNET | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Poets & Quants was created by John A. Byrne, the man who spearheaded a new M.B.A. ranking while working at BusinessWeek in the late 1980s. According to Byrne, the site aims to eventually give students in-depth looks at hundreds of degree programs, including what he calls the brutal truth about facilities, teaching methods and reputations. And, according to the site’s about page, the goal is … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: John A. Byrne | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Choosing a Program, Getting In

MBA applications always go up during a bad economy — but for all the wrong reasons. Here are seven reasons why you should take a bad job instead of getting an MBA.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Penelope Trunk | Source: BNET | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Vivek Wadhwa discusses the merits of and MBA or similar training for startup environments in light of a Twitter debate with Guy Kawasaki.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Vivek Wadhwa | Source: TechCrunch | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Five years after rocking the B-school world with a call for reform, two professors reflect on the outcome and find stirrings of change.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: James O’Toole, Warren Bennis | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree