a higher education institution that offers undergraduate and graduate courses in business-related subjects. Business schools provide courses of varying length and level, up to Master...
The Find: A raft of MBA programs at innovative new institutions and venerable stalwarts alike are foregrounding sustainability and environmental issues in an effort to attract students and turn out forward thinking business leaders. The Source: An in-depth look at the rise of sustainability issues at business...
If business ethics can be taught - and I have yet to read a convincing argument that they cannot - how should such an important lesson be taught? In business school, perhaps? That would seem to make a whole lot of sense. Business schools seem to be...
Maybe B.S. Stands for Business SchoolBusiness Schools seeking a purposeLaw, medicine, and theology are professions, each with an organized body of knowledge to impart.“Business” is more like a trade or craft, requiring both theoretical knowledge and practical experience. The classic method for imparting a trade or craft is apprenticeship. ...
M.B.A. programs in America seem to be in excellent shape -- demand is high, with more than 130,000 people shelling out tens of thousands of dollars each to get an MBA (tuition alone at Harvard Business School is $41,900 for the 2007-2008 academic year). Many graduates of the best schools...
Should I Have Gone to Law School?Just Start a BusinessWant the get educated about business? Start one.running a businessI'm not sure if starting your own business would serve as a good educational tool. If anything, it's a heavy dose of reality. I think that business school provides a...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Harris Interactive[R] and The Wall Street Journal released today the Seventh Annual Business School Survey that reveals how top business schools internationally rank based on ratings by more than 4,400 corporate M.B.A recruiters.
AUSTIN, Texas -- Traditional MBA programs cringed earlier this week when the Wall Street Journal published a story that critiqued business schools' evolution over the past 50 years.
Outside of the interview: Managers reveal when — or if — they hire MBAs. Value the Program, Not the Degree “When I have hired young people from a great program like Babson, I often see that they have acquired a...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c71520) has announced the addition of Roles & Goals of Business School Professors: Video Leadership Seminar with Thomas Moore of Northeastern University to their offering.
STANFORD, Calif. -- NIKE Inc. founder and chairman Philip H. Knight, MBA '62, will give $105 million to Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. It is believed to be the largest gift ever given to a business school.
The paper addresses some of the dilemmas that business schools face in their attempts to teach, in conventional educational settings, practices such as leadership that are profoundly informed by experience. In the initial section of the paper, the recognition of relationship as the primary medium of education is advocated and...
PHILADELPHIA -- With application volume up significantly at top MBA programs in the 2007-2008 admissions cycle, it is critical that applicants put their best foot forward in all aspects of the admissions process. Admissions interviews are now underway at the top business schools, offering candidates a final chance to strengthen...
The latest B-school rankings from Business-Week are out, and this year there are three Hoosier institutions in the top 30. Only California and New York can claim more top-notch business schools. Not Massachusetts. Not Illinois. The latest B-school rankings from Business-Week are out, and...
In this article, one explores an intriguing paradox: the disconnect between the process-driven culture of business schools and the entrepreneurial, innovative culture of American life. This disconnect is most apparent with brands. The business-school emphasis on process produces brand clones, when what brands really need are differentiated ideas. Today’s corporate...