Written by: Jennifer Robison Published by: Gallup Workplace MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Millennials are the biggest age cohort in the U.S. workforce, the least engaged, the most likely to quit, and pingpong tables and free beer aren't fulfilling their notoriously high expectations of their employers one bit. And then the pandemic. And then remote work. And … [Read more...] about What Disruption Reveals About Engaging Millennial Employees
Poets&Quants’ Most Popular (And Important) Stories Of 2020
Written by: Marc EthierPublished by: Poets&Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Reflecting the concerns of readers, Poets&Quants‘ most popular stories of 2020 run the gamut from tales of lost jobs to rebounding applications at MBA programs; from worrisome political developments to innovative evolutions; from bad behavior to good … [Read more...] about Poets&Quants’ Most Popular (And Important) Stories Of 2020
Elon Musk Decries ‘M.B.A.-ization’ of America
Written by: Patrick ThomasPublished by: The Wall Street Journal MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: What is wrong with American corporations? Elon Musk says too many M.B.A.s. are polluting companies’ ability to think creatively and give customers what they really want. His comments criticizing M.B.A.s came amid a broader conversation about leadership before an … [Read more...] about Elon Musk Decries ‘M.B.A.-ization’ of America
New Degree Programs Produce Few Diplomas
Written by: Lindsay McKenziePublished by: Inside Higher Ed MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Almost half of all degree programs that first graduated students in 2012 or 2013 conferred fewer than five degrees in 2018, according to a new analysis of federal data conducted by labor market analytics company Burning Glass Technologies. The November report, Bad Bets: The High Cost of … [Read more...] about New Degree Programs Produce Few Diplomas
European business schools must adapt to a world in flux
Written by: Andrew Jack Published by: Financial Times MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Europe is home to some of the oldest, most highly regarded and currently most disrupted business schools in the world. Since the creation of ESCP in Paris, which celebrated its 200th anniversary last year with the claim of being the world’s first “special school of commerce and industry”, … [Read more...] about European business schools must adapt to a world in flux
Business Roundtable Launches Initiative to Place Greater Emphasis on Skills in Hiring and Advancement, Improve Equity and Diversity in Employment
Written by: Business RoundtablePublished by: Business Roundtable MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Business Roundtable today announced the launch of a new, multi-year effort to reform companies’ hiring and talent management practices to emphasize the value of skills, rather than just degrees, and to improve equity, diversity and workplace culture. The new initiative … [Read more...] about Business Roundtable Launches Initiative to Place Greater Emphasis on Skills in Hiring and Advancement, Improve Equity and Diversity in Employment