Rethinking the Business Models of Business Schools: A Critical Review and Change Agenda for the Future

Management education growth and the rise in accompanying business schools over the last few decades are fuelled by global economic development, coupled with the promise of success in business careers. Recently, questions have been raised about the value and relevance of a traditional business school education – so what does the future hold for traditional business schools?  

From various locations along the academic-practitioner spectrum of business professional, Peters, Smith, and Thomas offer value-based perspectives on management education at all levels to explain and understand the existing business and teaching models that business schools currently use. More importantly, they say, they identify the need for ongoing innovation in these models to meet such challenges as technology-enabled learning, competition, and disruption. Among their topics are undergraduate and pre-experience programs, management development, business school revenue orientation, and value proposition and portfolio choices. --Annotation ©2018 Ringgold Inc. Portland, OR (protoview.com)