Vol.07 Issue 01 – ’13
Languages and Communication: a New Challenge for Management Education
Jane Kassis-Henderson and Philippe Lecomte argue that globalisation means that communication is about more than learning a foreign language. Since the mid-1990s business schools have undergone major changes due to the globalisation of the higher-education market. These changes are characterised by the development of academic research, the process of internationalisation of campuses and faculty, and…
Read MoreProgressive Teaching Ensures Business School Competitiveness
Teaching all too often receives a lower priority than research and funding. This is a strategic mistake, argues Torben Jensen, since better teaching is essential in order to future-proof business schools in the competition for accreditation, funds and talented students. At the School of Business and Social Sciences, a broad business school at Aarhus University…
Read MoreAfrican futures
Derick de Jongh, believes that South Africa and the continent generally are on the verge of a huge explosion of growth, fuelled by abundant natural resources. But, he tells George Bickerstaffe, that he is worried that sustainability may get lost in the process.
Read MoreWhat alumni want
Alumni can be a great resource to help a business school’s marketing messages. But, says Andrew Crisp, they must be properly motivated to do so.
Read MoreRise of the Dragons
Jean-Paul Larçon and Geneviève Barré chronicle the development of Chinese management education and economic transformation since 1984. The 1980s saw the start of modern management education in China. To accompany economic reform the Chinese government launched an initiative with the specific objective of improving the quality and effectiveness of business management through the development of…
Read MoreFit for purpose: Putting sustainability into practice in a business school
David Grayson provides more detail on how Cranfield School of Management in Britain is incorporating sustainability.
Read MoreNo Pyramids in China
Cheng Siwei, one of China’s leading management education scholars, says that the country’s economic future depends on a flexible empowered workforce without organisational pyramids. Interview by George Bickerstaffe. Professor Cheng Siwei is one of China’s leading economic, financial and managerial scholars as well as a noted chemical engineer and expert in such esoteric areas as…
Read MoreGlobalising Students
Paul Danos describes some simple initiatives business schools can take to advance the globalisation of their students. Globalisation is one of those era-defining phenomena that demands the attention of anyone who wants to understand the world. Conveying that understanding is what business schools try to do day-in and day-out and thus there is no need…
Read MoreGrowing talent in growth countries
Novartis and EFMD share research and ‘best practices’ for developing and managing talent in emerging markets.
Read MoreTowards a coherent portfolio of quality
Chris Greensted explains how the EFMD quality improvement systems (EQUIS, EPAS (EFMD Accredited) and EDAF) are now designed as a portfolio.
Read MoreThe Business of Change
Business schools must change if they are to serve theirstudents and society well, says Garth Saloner, Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business. Just over a year ago Stanford Graduate School of Business in California took the unusual step of launching an institute aimed at poverty alleviation. When most people think about relieving poverty, the…
Read MoreThe Social Contract with Business: Implications for the MBA
Jopie Coetzee outlines his ideas for what an MBA could look like in the future. In 1987 Peter Drucker said that business scholars and business leaders will take 50 years to figure out the meaning of business as an organ of society. Taking up Drucker’s challenge was an eight-year safari of research, reflection and writing,…
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