BusinessWeek Ranking: Fatherly Regrets
Fathers and sons sometimes have the proverbial difficult relationship. That seems to be the case with John A. Byrne, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of C-Change Media, with his creation: the famous – and infamous – BusinessWeek ranking of the world’s best business schools. Its first edition was published in 1988 and now – having seen the 13th edition – Byrne seems to have regrets. On LinkedIn … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Barbara Bierach | Source: MBA Channel | Subject: MBA Program Rankings
Does the case method still work for business schools? – An interview with Amir Ziv, Vice Dean at Columbia Business School
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 Shift Towards Entrepreneurship
MBAs are more interested than ever in becoming entrepreneurs. The question is: why?
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Barbara Bierach | Source: MBA Channel | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
New Survey Challenges Some Accepted Truths
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
30 Twitter feeds for GMAT practice
Before going to Business School you have to pass the Graduate Management Admission Test, also known as the GMAT. This standardized test measures skills and aptitude in math and English. It’s considered to be tough as nails and is feared by many. In order to succeed most students spend months preparing. But do not despair, there is help out there. Twitter for example provides the … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: MBA Channel | Subject: GMAT
CEOs: An MBA helps long-term company performance
Morten T. Hansen, a management professor at the University of California’s School of Information, and Herminia Ibarra, professor for organizational behaviour at Insead are attempting to do away with the usual rankings of top CEOs – who’s the most respected, the best paid, the most popular.
Content: Article | Author: Barbara Bierach | Source: MBA Channel | Subjects: Corporate Governance, MBA Related
The Battle Over the Utility of the Case Study
The age-old fight in business education in regard to the Case Method has now been won, argues Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management in the “Financial Times” – only to render the battle over the case study as a tool in business research more vitriolic than ever.
Content: Article | Author: Barbara Bierach | Source: MBA Channel | Subject: MBA Related
Executive MBA on the Rise
Not even ten years ago the Executive MBA (EMBA) world was quite different from today. Multi-school, multi-campus programs were rare, their development even endangered when – after the terrorist attacks of September 11 – travelling on international routes became less desirable. Despite those poor beginnings the EMBA programs have grown strongly ever since. The Financial Times reports that between 2001 and 2010 the number of … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Barbara Barkhausen | Source: MBA Channel | Subjects: Executive Programs, MBA Program Rankings
Gender Gap: What women do with their MBAs
More women are heading to business school than ever before, reports “Forbes”. According to numbers released last year by the US Department of Education, women received 44 per cent of all MBAs in 2007, a 75 per cent increase from a decade earlier.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Barbara Bierach | Source: MBA Channel | Subject: Women & Minority MBA Issues
At what point does a business school become international?
The great Winston Churchill once observed that he liked learning but hated being taught. Similarly many colleagues facing an internationally diverse group may like teaching them but hate having to translate and interpret at the same time as teaching their module. Most business schools now have some form of student exchange program in place, which means the adjective ‘international’ can be employed liberally in all … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Phil Eyre | Source: MBA Channel | Subject: International MBA Issues
Happiness Above Income
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful”, said the famous doctor Albert Schweitzer. Many people, though confuse financial success with happiness, business students amongst them. But the assumption that an MBA will make them richer and therefore happier is flawed.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Barbara Bierach | Source: MBA Channel | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, MBA Program Rankings