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...

Report of a study tour to examine MBA and executive programmes offered by US business schools. Comments on their international activity, learning methods and the place of the case study. Examines the role of research and touches on the course environments. Concludes that US business schools are...

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...

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...