Written by: Bartleby Published by: The Economist MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The merits of firms and MBA programmes that think creatively. Picture a lecture session at a business school and you probably envisage students gazing at screens filled with equations and acronyms. What you might not expect is choristers attempting to sing “O clap your Hands”, an eight-part … [Read more...]
To the escape room! How business schools are embracing games
Written by: Jonathan Moules Published by: Fincancial Times MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: On the last day of her communication skills course at ESMT Berlin, Ioana Alexandrescu, a project manager at Deutsche Bank Wealth Management, was locked in an office with two classmates and subjected to a cyber attack threat. It was only a game. But it was made to feel real by being … [Read more...]
The Leadership Factor in Management Education: Examining the Impact of an Industry Speakers Series on Leadership Efficacy in a Minority Serving MBA Program
Written by: Kimberly K. Powell and Melanie Powell Rey Published by: Journal of Business Diversity MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Management education has changed considerably over the last few decades. MBA programs are coming to the realization that providing just quantitative and analytical training is insufficient. Upon conferral of their graduate degree, their alumni … [Read more...]
Community projects are a win-win for EMBA students and society
Written by: Sarah Murray Published by: Financial Times MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The programme has become so popular among course participants — particularly given the growing desire of business students to make a social impact — that MIT Sloan now promotes the community projects as one of the main benefits of its EMBA curriculum. Other schools are starting to follow … [Read more...]
Realising Corporate Social Responsibility Through Simulated Learnings: An Action Research Study of MBA Students in a Supply Chain Management Masters
Written by: Luke Houghton and Heather Stewart Published by: Journal of Business Ethics Education MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Abstract. We argue that modern approaches to teaching Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) rely heavily on abstract descriptions of poorly framed problems. Such problems often point to a reality that does not favour the development of CSR. … [Read more...]
Usage of social Network Sites by MBA Students and its impact on Education in Bangalore
Written by: S. Saravana Kumar and S. Murali Published by: Journal of The Gujarat Research Society MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Abstract - This study examines the use of social networking sites by the MBA grandaunts and factors influencing the usage of Social Networking Sites (SNS’s) amongst students pursuing MBA in learning their subjects and performance positively. … [Read more...]