Book description
An evidence-based approach to improving the practice of graduate management education
Compiled by the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) and with contributions by administrators and professors from the top global MBA programs, this book provides business school decision-makers with an evidence-based approach to improving the practice of graduate management education. The book is designed to help navigate the pressures and create revolutionary platforms that leverage a school's unique competitive advantage in a design distinctly tailored for today's business realities.
Offers a unique handbook for improving graduate management education
Contains contributions from an international group of deans and professors that lead MBA programs
Sponsored by GMAC, owner of the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) exam used by over 5,000 programs worldwide
This important resource gives academics a proven approach for improving graduate-level management programs.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Foreword
- Introduction: The Change Imperative
- 1: Ensuring and Enhancing Future Value
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2: Framing and Making Strategic Choices
- Key Topics Covered in This Chapter
- Four Forces That Make Clear Positioning Vital
- Framing Choices About Positioning
- Whom Does the School Serve?
- What Does the School Do?
- How Does the School Deliver Programs?
- Where Does the School Deliver Programs?
- Who Delivers Programs?
- How Big Is the School?
- How Is the School Organized and Managed?
- How Is the School Funded?
- How Will the School Move to the Target Positioning?
- How Do We Best Make Decisions on Strategic Positioning?
- Different Purposes, Different Choices
- Summing Up
- 3: Managing Aspirations, Resources, and Cost Structures
- 4: Intellectual Signatures: Impact on Relevance and Doctoral Programs
- 5: Curriculum Matters: Toward a More Holistic Graduate Management Education
- 6: Overlooked and Unappreciated: What Research Tells Us About How Teaching Must Change
- 7: Student Engagement: Selection, Management, and Outcomes
- 8: Reclaiming Quality in Graduate Management Education
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- About the Contributors
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Product information
- Title: Disrupt or Be Disrupted: A Blueprint for Change in Management Education
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2013
- Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
- ISBN: 9781118602393
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