Rethinking the MBA

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Meeting the Challenges ofGlobalization, Leadership,and Integration

IN CHAPTER 4, we identified a set of opportunities and unmet needs that deans and executives viewed as poorly or incompletely addressed by business schools today. In this chapter, we examine some of the progress to date, describing several initiatives already under way at business schools in the areas of globalization, leadership development, and integration. All examples are drawn from our case studies and interviews. Chapter 6 completes the story, presenting curricula innovations in the areas of understanding organizational realities; fostering creativity and innovative thinking; strengthening oral and written communication; contemplating the roles, responsibilities, and ...