Vol.07 Issue 02 – ’13
Challenges and opportunities in the new business education world
Four major forces are starting to shape the future of business schools over the next five, ten or 20 years: public funding, demographics, economic problems and technology.
Read MoreMajor disruption ahead!
Ulrich Hommel and Christophe Lejeune discuss how technology could change the business model of business schools.
Read MoreManaging complexity: An idea whose time has come
We may have different visions about the future. Few, however, would doubt that the world has become more complex in recent decades and that it continues this journey at an accelerating and—for many of us—unsettling pace.
Read MorePreparing Chinese managers for global leadership
As Chinese business goes global, it is time to start training its managers for leadership in a global business world, say Jørgen Thorsell, Justin Bridge and Fiona Gardner.
Read MoreCadres for the common good
The 50+20 vision has ignited a flame that illuminates a path towards the future of management education. John North and Hamid Bouchikhi describe the latest steps on the journey.
Read MoreFuelling business growth through coaching and mentoring: The Swiss Re approach
The long-lasting financial crisis challenges the business case for corporate learning. Andrew Rutsch suggests that re-insurance group Swiss Re’s business-focused emphasis on coaching and mentoring may be one way forward.
Read MoreBusiness school evolution: Media insights and the future outlook
Gillian Goh, Michelle Lee and Howard Thomas examine the way the media has reported the business school ‘industry’ over the past 20 years and what the future might hold.
Read MoreGiving students the best international education
John Oldale explains how Canada’s University of Victoria’s business school turned the search for a more international MBA into a new type of graduate programme.
Read MoreLiberal education key to business success
A new form of business education that links business competences with a grounding in liberal arts and sciences is essential, argues a new book.
Read MoreThe looming leadership gap
David Altman and Roland Smith of the Center for Creative Leadership analyse why both developed and emerging economies may well suffer a leadership gap at all levels of business.
Read MoreA French debut in America
French business school SKEMA is opening campuses around the world, including a unique venture on the American mainland. Pascal Vidal details the how and why.
Read MoreManagement in Africa
How can African business schools best serve the often unique needs of African businesses and people? Moustapha Mamba Guirassy gives one example from Senegal that may serve as a guide.
Read MoreUN PRME and emerging economies
Business schools from emerging economies need to embrace UN PRME, argues Umesh Mukhi, and suggests some ways they could do it.
Read MoreRisk management ante portas
Ulrich Hommel and Anna Pastwa present the results of the EFMD Risk Management survey and argue that most business schools have just begun to look at this issue more seriously.
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