When I was appointed dean of the business school here at Tulane University, I thought it would be helpful to enhance my knowledge of the history of business education. My research led me to a biography of Joseph Wharton, the prominent Philadelphia industrialist and philanthropist who in 1881 donated 100,000 USD to the University of Pennsylvania to establish the world's first collegiate school of business
Cambridge professor Richard Barker writes in Harvard Business Review that “management is not a profession at all and can never be one” and “therefore, business schools are not professional schools.”
The concept of knowing how to unlearn something is a required skill in today's business environment. Huff Post explains. #Innovation #Education Undergraduate #Research Learning/Pedagogical #Administration Students #Curriculum Development #Education Master's/MBA #Article-News/Media #Education...
Recognition of English as the lingua franca of business is spreading to management courses across Europe. #Administration Program #Article-News/Media #Curriculum Development
A recent report, The Business School Dean Redefined , released in November by the Korn/Ferry Institute highlights how business schools today are searching for a new kind of dean who will have a different leadership profile from their predecessors: one that emphasizes strategic skills, enterprise management, innovation, and people and relationship effectiveness
Two educators take unconventional approaches to teaching in the business school classroom. #Article-News/Media #BizEd
In 2005, Barcelona’s ESADE Business School founded ESADE Creapolis–the first international business innovation park to practice “Open Innovation.”
If you are attending the Building B-Schools Symposium, the Twitter hash tag for the event is: #BuildingBschools
Ranking business schools is controversial...#Article-News/Media #Administration School #Rankings
Policy proposals to solve environmental problems flow from a myriad of sources, particularly activist groups and legislators. But business schools are sharpening their focus on environmental economics, and they may be poised to emerge as much more vocal proponents for environmental solutions