Tips for Applying to B-School After Years in the Workforce

Tips for Applying to B-School After Years in the Workforce

🕔01:00, 18.Dec 2015

The average age of business school applicants has been trending downward for the past decade, and with that, work experience expectations have shifted as well. But not everyone is ready or in a position to take the business school plunge

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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg says you don’t need an MBA to be successful in tech

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg says you don’t need an MBA to be successful in tech

🕔01:00, 17.Dec 2015

There’s a longstanding Silicon Valley stereotype that MBAs are risk-averse, entitled, and brainwashed into being boring, and are therefore not suited for the fast-paced technology world. The idea of foregoing a formal education to pursue an entrepreneurial venture is furthered

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For MBAs, it pays to be well-rounded

For MBAs, it pays to be well-rounded

🕔01:00, 9.Dec 2015

Specialization has become the new mantra at business schools, with students pursuing increasingly narrow tracks of study in hopes of gaining an advantage in the job market. New research suggests that some highly specialized students may not be getting the

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How MBA schools are trying to teach character, not just skills

How MBA schools are trying to teach character, not just skills

🕔01:00, 9.Dec 2015

Mary Crossan’s MBA students can analyze business environments in Indonesia and Milwaukee, break down Coke’s brand identity versus Pepsi’s and list three reasons why Uber should pull out of Mexico. But most still aren’t prepared for the assignment Crossan throws

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How Jack Welch Is Reinventing the MBA

How Jack Welch Is Reinventing the MBA

🕔01:00, 4.Dec 2015

The former GE CEO’s online MBA program has a laser-like focus on customer service. When legendary General Electric CEO Jack Welch hired a headhunter to search for new deans of curriculum and faculty for his online management institute, he had

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