Harvard Business School professor David Garvin has spent the last two years examining the very nature of business schools, and attempting to identify ways for MBA programs to adapt to changing times. He says that business schools should help students develop in three key areas: knowledge, skills, and a sense of purpose. Since their inception, business schools have been excellent at developing knowledge, but less strong in building up the other two areas, Garvin argues.
In this Harvard Business School video, Garvin discusses his findings and his book, Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads (co-authors Srikant Datar and Patrick Cullen) with Harvard Publishing's Sarah Green:
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04-27-2010 8:23 AM
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Graham Griffith