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Schools must reduce emphasis on Mad Hatter methodology

By Gloria Batllori

Published: October 27 2008 01:10 | Last updated: October 27 2008 01:10

Management education is, by design, as complicated as the challenges we prepare our graduates to face. But according to a recent study published by the Global Foundation for Management Education: “The new environment calls for a richer set of education experiences, with learning that transcends borders.”

A scan of leading business schools suggests that we are still struggling to adapt our curricula and learning environments to the needs of students and their prospective employers. Having invested heavily in pedagogical infrastructure to address the issues of last century, many graduate business programmes find themselves engaged in initiatives to revitalise, restructure, enhance and update their programs to differentiate themselves, as well as to meet the needs of a more diverse student body.

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