Duelling at dawn

Article Abstract:

The director and 14 council members of the Manchester Business School resigned to protest changes in the vocational, customer-oriented approach of the school. The conflict between academic and pragmatic approaches to masters programs in business is common at US universities also.

Analysis, Business and education, Industry and education, Manchester Business School

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Re-engineering the MBA

Article Abstract:

Thomas Gerrity is at the forefront of business-school deans who are attempting to change the way business schools operate. As Dean of the Wharton Business School, Gerrity has adopted his 're-engineering' style of management and applied it to the students and the faculty.

Business and Secretarial Schools, Business & Secretarial Schools, Case studies, Practice, Reengineering (Management), University of Pennsylvania. Wharton School of Business, Gerrity, Thomas

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Sits. vac. galore

Article Abstract:

Fewer MBAs are being hired, and business schools are having difficulty attracting students. Many deans of top schools have resigned because of the pressure to make changes in school management.

Appointments, resignations and dismissals

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