Posts Tagged ‘business schools’
Business school libraries, where next?
Daniel Gunnarsson describes the major changes that technology has made possible in business school libraries and speculates about other changes that are still to come.
Read MoreNuestro contexto global exige una responsabilidad global: reflexiones sobre el papel de las escuelas de negocios ante los retos de nuestro tiempo
Como escuelas de negocios debemos reconocer que educamos a jóvenes con talento para ocupar puestos en la sociedad en los que tendrán el poder de tomar decisiones con gran impacto social.
Read MoreColaboración entre escuelas de negocios: asumir nuestra responsabilidad con el planeta
Concepción Galdón, Knut Haanaes, Daniel Halbheer, Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Katell Le Goulven, Mike Rosenberg, Peter Tufano y Amelia Whitelaw discuten la importancia de poner el conocimiento a disposición de la comunidad empresarial a través de diversas iniciativas compartidas.
Read MoreOur global context calls for global responsibility: Reflections on the role of business schools in meeting the challenges of our time
As business schools, we must acknowledge that we educate talented young people for positions in society where they will have the power to make decisions with large societal impact.
Read MoreThis is what we mean by a double whammy!
The impact of Brexit and the pandemic on UK business schools and economists, by James Walker, Chris Brewster, Rita Fontinha, Washika Haak-Shaheem, and Fabio Lamperti.
Read MoreStudent reviews as an applicant decision factor: What can business schools learn?
Jordi Robert-Ribes discusses the growth of student reviews, their impact on business school rankings and the importance of school alumni.
Read MoreThe changing nature of organisations
David Asch discusses the implications for business schools in challenging, complex and ambiguous environments.
Read MoreWhether (or wither) academic journal guides?
Angus Laing considers the place, the limits and the future development of academic journal guides.
Read MoreBusiness school collaboration: Embracing our responsibility towards our planet
Concepción Galdón, Knut Haanaes, Daniel Halbheer, Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Katell Le Goulven, Mike Rosenberg, Peter Tufano, and Amelia Whitelaw discuss the importance of making knowledge available to the business community through various shared initiatives.
Read MoreDigital as a catalyst: Now is the time for business schools to transform
Business schools must continue to develop their digital ecosystems, to help prepare learners for a fast-changing and digitally-charged business environment, say Mike Cooray and Rikke Duus.
Read MoreThe building of a tropical impact school
Thomaz Wood Jr shows how a Brazilian business school has become an impactful institution.
Read MoreBusiness schools and the public good
Martin Kitchener, Tom Levitt, and Peter McKiernan investigate how ‘public good’ is reflected in the work of the UK’s business schools.
Read MoreEl liderazgo de las escuelas de negocios bajo la lupa
Los términos “gestión de crisis” y “liderazgo de crisis” se utilizan indistintamente. Sin embargo, se espera que los líderes de crisis establezcan un sentido de propósito e inspiren y motiven a los individuos para alinear sus esfuerzos con el contexto y la cultura de la organización.
Read MoreEdtech as a catalyst for the advancement of ecosystem-based management education
A prolific research stream has investigated the role of universities and schools in innovation ecosystems and their participation as economic development partners with industry and local, state, and national governments. However, the recent developments of business schools’ “business and organisational models” have opened a new question: are the emerging networks surrounding schools and the unbundling process of their provisions transforming them into educational ecosystems?
Read MoreThe Bologna Effect – The Emerging European Masters Market
Gordon Shenton and Patrice Houdayer describe how the Bologna process, along with European-specific accreditation and ranking systems, is revolutionising the European ‘market’ in Masters degrees and giving it global competitiveness.
Read MoreCan Business Schools Rescue Business?
Did business schools cause the economic crisis? No, says Gerard van Schaik, but they have a key role in determining what comes next. We are in a global economic mess and we know it is man-made. If we want to get out of the present chaos we will have to manage it ourselves; nature will not do it for us.
Read MoreWhere do we go from here?
We should approach the future, respond to crises of the pandemic, and technological change, in a thoughtful, well-considered and purposeful manner, not an impulsive one. This requires a more strategic and purposeful, resilient approach. The cause and the goal of this resilient effort is to develop a more holistic and balanced model of management education.
Read MoreLooking back, thinking forward
Without a doubt, business schools have been a success story in higher education over the last 50 years (the period of EFMD’s existence). Even so, they have come under scrutiny, and attack, over their academic legitimacy and value proposition for business and society.
Read MoreCan they fix it?
Jordi Canals looks at the main drivers of business schools’ success in the 20th century along with some of the major problems and challenges they will have to deal with in the future if they want to remain relevant. Business schools are young institutions.
Read MoreUniversity challenge
Eric Cornuel, Director General & CEO of EFMD, analyses the complex issues faced by Europe’s higher education sector, particularly business schools. The main goal of any higher education institution should be to deliver (and continually enhance) excellence in teaching and learning and to combine the values of a liberal education with the professional qualifications required in a global economy.
Read MoreExamining business school leadership
Views from EFMD’s webinar on business school leadership, by Julie Davies, Ewan Ferlie, Heather McLaughlin and Howard Thomas.
Read MoreBusiness school advisory boards
In-depth interviews show advisory boards are invariably shaped by the personalities of their dean and their chair, and they act as a sounding board and critical friend for the senior leadership team at their respective business schools.
Read MoreThe acceleration of digitalisation within education as a result of COVID-19
Federico Frattini on the impact of COVID-19 on society and changes within education There is no doubt that the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic will be profound and will have a significant impact on multiple sectors of society, in the Global North and beyond. In particular, the education sector, from schools to universities has been…
Read MoreThe complexity of business schools
Kai Peters and Howard Thomas wonder how long business schools can survive the growing complexity of their industry.
Read MoreCoping with COVID-19
The experience of Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), in India in facing the disruptions caused by COVID-19 by Harivansh Chaturvedi, Ajoy K Dey and Nimisha Singh The sudden and disruptive nature of COVID-19 rendered the famous quote of the Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tsu that: ‘The supreme importance in war is to…
Read MoreAre business schools doing enough to prepare students, the workforce and potential business leaders for a sustainable future?
A sustainable future is one where the demands on the business leaders of our highly complex and interlinked world will be reconciled with the demands of “new” citizens.
Read MoreIntentional impact from business schools
Paul Beaulieu explains how, in response to a new wave of social demands, business schools should adopt a more comprehensive and responsible social engagement. This may pave the way for the emergence of a new generation of business schools.
Read MoreLiving with sustainability
We are meant to teach professionals and leaders to think in sustainable ways and guide them in how to execute their visions.
Read MoreWhat should business schools be for?
Howard Thomas and Kenneth Starkey report on a new initiative that looks to business schools to re-orient themselves to a challenging new future.
Read MoreThe future of business schools: shut them down or broaden our horizons?
Ken Starkey and Howard Thomas report on a groundbreaking workshop that debated the mounting criticism of business schools and where they might go from here.
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