The past year of turmoil in management education has caused a knee-jerk reaction in business schools with many questioning the value of what is taught and its relevance to business. Chris Bones, dean of Henley Business School in the UK, says at their best, business schools develop thoughtful managers. However: “Too often . . . they act as cheerleaders for organisations who represent poor business practice and the people they produce are self-centred, egotistic and over-confident in their own abilities”.

Over the next week you can share your views. Each day we will publish the views of industry leaders in a Soapbox column. Authors include Bruce Schlein, vice-president for environmental affairs at Citigroup and Ruben Vardanian, chairman and chief executive of Troika Dialog, the Russian investment bank and founder of the Skolkovo business school in Moscow. Comment at www.ft.com/soapboxforum