Despite being the subject of criticism and negative news, business schools do a lot of good for society, a veteran business professor explains in a new book.
A study of how schools deliver financial literacy education has identified better ways to help students master the basics they all need to know for real-life financial situations.
Drama classes can allow management students to work on their people skills.
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Instead of focusing solely on what managers do, management and business education needs to provide students with people skills. Here’s how the arts can help.
There’s a big gap what between universities teach and what industries need.
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Employers still love a smart MBA graduate, but business schools are increasingly accused of not meeting the needs of a changing market.
Young entrepreneurs like Nigerian taxi boss Bankole Cardoso (26) want to learn how to do business - but they also want something very different from the traditional, structured MBA.
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The two highest paid coaches at this year’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil were Russia’s Fabio Capello ($11,235,210) and England’s Roy Hodgson ($5,874,570). Both of these teams exited from the World Cup after…
Bunches of case studies on your doorstep.
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Legend has it that notorious American hold-up man Willie Sutton, who netted an estimated US$2m between the late 1920s and his final arrest in 1952, was once asked why he robbed banks. His reply: “Because…
By day, they were mild-mannered business studies academics.
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“Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.” This maxim is attributed to 19th century man of letters Honoré de Balzac – the suggestion being that business activity of any kind is inherently corrupt…
Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan