Written by: Anatoly Zhuplev and Robert Koepp Published by:IGI Global MBA News Digest Comment: Publication release date is October, 2021. Extracted Content: Over the past two centuries, the world’s socio-economic progression has gone through profound paradigm changes unfolding along four major development stages. Higher education has been an important part of this process. The accelerated pace … [Read more...] about Global Trends, Dynamics, and Imperatives for Strategic Development in Business Education in an Age of Disruption
Expert View: Turns out, brands really do matter in higher education
Written by: Hilary Burns Published by: The Business Journal MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Sina Esteky, a marketing professor at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and his colleagues have found a placebo effect on academic coursework associated with strong brands. Esteky's research found that course materials could be identical, but if one … [Read more...] about Expert View: Turns out, brands really do matter in higher education
INSEAD Invests Big In Virtual Reality
Written by: Amy Hughes Published by: BusinessBecause MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: In a year when pandemic restrictions meant that many MBA students around the world were stuck at home learning via video call, INSEAD MBA students were running juice bars in Zanzibar, visiting wet markets in Singapore, and even managing teams on Mars. This is thanks to the school’s Virtual … [Read more...] about INSEAD Invests Big In Virtual Reality
The Unbundling of Business Education
Written by: Wilfried R. Vanhonacker Published by: AACSB Insights MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: As Jim Barksdale, the co-founder of Netscape, once put it during a call to the company’s investors: “There are only two ways to make money: bundling and unbundling.” In education, just as in business, the reality is that some people add and others subtract. As business schools, we … [Read more...] about The Unbundling of Business Education
Why an MBA won’t necessarily improve your leadership skills
Written by: Emma Green Published by: Fast Company on 9/13/2021 MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: For many decades, an MBA has been considered the gold standard in business and leadership education. Holding an MBA was an important box to check on the way to a successful executive career. But as we look around at what can only be described as a dearth of great leaders, what has … [Read more...] about Why an MBA won’t necessarily improve your leadership skills
University of Phoenix and Emsi Collaborate to Map Skills Taught in the Classroom to Those Desired by Today’s Workplace and Built into Degree Curriculum
Written by: University of Phoenix Published by: BusinessWire MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: University of Phoenix is participating in the SHRM Conference, West Hall, Booth #12063, and highlighting a strategic collaboration with Emsi, a leader in labor market analysis, that changes the way we think about higher education and its connections to careers. Focused on instilling … [Read more...] about University of Phoenix and Emsi Collaborate to Map Skills Taught in the Classroom to Those Desired by Today’s Workplace and Built into Degree Curriculum