A few years ago entering an MBA school meant choosing to focus on a particular area of business such as finance, IT, marketing or operations. Of course, when our economy took a decidedly downward turn, business schools began to look at offering a broader view of business. Today's business school is changing the way MBA schools teach their students to think about business and themselves.
MBA schools now understand that executives make decisions that must take in a global view of their business. This means that an MBA is more likely to tackle business problems with an eye toward how different areas of their business can partake in the solution. Having focus that is too tight means losing sight of the big picture.
In addition, business schools are seeing MBA candidates with a much more diverse set of experiences. It isn’t uncommon for doctors, lawyers or even technology professionals to invest in MBA schools.
The end result of teaching a broader view is readily apparent in recruitment. Recruiters now understand that innovative thinking, a by-product of the broader view being taught a many MBA schools, is what corporations want most from their employees.
This approach to teaching is also one of the best reasons to investigate entering an MBA program in 2005.
# posted by Edward Castro @ 1:04 PM
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