Examines the incongruency between what business schools teach and what business organizations actually need. Suggests a need for reform. Explores the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation standards and suggests that this needs much clarification. States that...

Discusses changes in management practice and its educational base in Central and Eastern Europe as moves are made from the centrally planned economy to a market one. The business school system is seen as an attractive pattern to follow in Hungarian business and management education at university...

How to make university‐based executive programmes more effective by making certain design and delivery changes is discussed. It is argued that the programmes can be made more effective by being more practical, learner centred and developmental. Three areas are focused on: programme design, the...

A nation′s capacity to compete in international markets is influenced by a number of factors including R&D expenditures, radical innovation, productivity, machine tool production and patents. The United States′ declining capacity to dominate selected markets is related to reductions in these...

Information that might be helpful to those who are considering the desirability of teaching competency‐based management education (CBME) is presented. The underlying assumptions of CBME are identified, its emergence is placed in a broader educational context, three major views of managerial...

A description is given of the MBA programme which began in 1988 at the International University of Japan (IUJ) in conjunction with an American business school. A discussion of the traditional Japanese management development methods is given and differences from the Western approach are noted. In...

Proposes a broader framework for management development which includes education, training and planned job assignments. Within this framework, the major challenges confronting management development in the 1990s are seen as: linking development efforts to the organization′s strategic plan:...

Provides an American perspective on European management education. Describes how, in Europe, management education, without rigid US accreditation standards, is conceptualized differently and is developing in innovative directions. Uses two examples from UK business schools and comments on the...

Examines reasons for “turmoil” in the US management education market. Increasing numbers of MBA schools are responding by changing their programmes, but the pursuit of academic rigour may have prevented fundamental change. Considers a number of trends affecting the MBA environment that will...