There is abundant evidence that RME is (so far) a largely unfulfilled promise. While business schools have been active in adding organizational ""bells and whistles"" (dedicated courses, institutes/centres), the core of their research and teaching activities still appears largely immune to the...

Covers -- Editorial boards -- Guest editorial -- The academic triathlon - bridging the agora and academia -- GBSN's perspective on business education and globalization -- What happens if a business school disappears? The intellectual foundations of BSIS -- Pedagogical advances in business models...

Purpose – There has been considerable discussion recently about business schools’ shortcomings and how their curriculum should be changed. Many presume discipline-wide agreement that managing is a rational and model-able decision-making practice. But practitioners are not convinced and often...

Numerous commentators emphasise that, to compete successfully in today'sever-changing environment, directors need to become more flexible andinnovative in their careers and in their day-to-day work (Beardwell and Holden,2001, p. 275; Longenecker and Fink, 2001, p

Highlights the rapidly growing market for corporate management education, and the emerging role business schools are playing in this market. The article draws on 30 interviews conducted with both HR managers and academics from both new and traditional universities. The first part of the article,...

Purpose – Globalization of management education seems to have become the natural way to go for management and business schools. Almost every week one can find in the specialized press another announcement about an overseas campus, a new international partnership or a major research tie up. But...

Purpose – It is 50 years since the Gordon/Howell and Pierson reports substantially influenced and shaped management education. “Vision 50+20” offers an alternative future in management education for the next 20 years. The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the suggested new...

The ways in which companies and business schools are working together in executive development work are described. European institutions which are partnering in executive development are discussed, and practical examples of current, innovative programme designs that use new developments in the...

The EMBA is the fastest growing segment of the executive education market. The heavy demands of course schedules on top of otherwise heavy work schedules produce considerable stress. Consequently programmes require a heavy motivation and commitment. Team building for peer support and course...

Curricula for MBA programmes are designed to meet business needs and are continuously monitored and reviewed as needs change with time. Examines the content of an MBA programme at a leading UK business school and its effects on its graduates. A survey of the alumni from this MBA programme...