Content written by Beckie Supiano and published by The Chronicle of Higher Education. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Traditional-age students are digital natives. Professors are trained researchers. Neither of those qualities, though, prevents people from falling for misinformation online. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
Why Companies Are Failing at Reskilling
Content written by Lauren Weber and published by the Wall Street Journal. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: While executives bemoan the cost of hiring in a tight labor market to meet fast-changing business needs, there is a ready pool of talent they wouldn’t need to spend a dime recruiting: their own workers. If only they knew how to reskill them. Click Here to Read … [Read more...]
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School to Launch Courses and Boot Camps that Build Technical Competencies
Content written and published by UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School as a press release via Cision PRWeb. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School has announced plans to develop a broad portfolio of courses and boot camps to enhance students’ and working professionals’ technology-based skills needed by employers in … [Read more...]
Why ‘perpetual learning’ will help you thrive in the changing world of work
Content written by Tae Yoo and published by World Economic Forum. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The world is changing. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here - and it is having an impact on everything, including the future of work. A significant evolution of the labour market is forecast over the next 10 years, and we do not yet fully know all the jobs of the … [Read more...]
‘I’m Still Under Construction’; Six Tales of Lifelong Learning
Content written by Lauren Weber and published by The Wall Street Journal. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Lifelong learning has become a mantra in American corporations as employees face pressure to stay relevant in a rapidly evolving workplace. Employers, politicians and educators are hammering the message that people need to continuously upgrade their skills because … [Read more...]
Studying the Impact of Critical Thinking on the Academic Performance of Executive MBA Students
Content written by Fernando A.D’Alessio, Beatrice E.Avolio, and VincentCharles and published by Thinking Skills and Creativity. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Abstract - Developing critical thinking abilities is an essential aspect of education which has been the endeavor of many instructors throughout the years, as it is believed that it can lead to higher academic … [Read more...]