The internationalization of management education

Business schools should continue to pay a great deal of attention to the international dimension of management education. However, at present they are guilty of misplaced emphasis. While failing to improve the quality of instruction and the analytical rigor with which the international dimension is...

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Published inSelections - Graduate Management Admission Council Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 18
Main Author Jacob, Nancy L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Santa Monica Graduate Management Admissions Council 01.10.1993
Subjects
Accreditation
Business education
Business schools
Core curriculum
Curricula
Economic development
Export trading companies
Global economy
Globalization
International
International trade
MBA programs & graduates
School faculty
Seminars
Strategic planning
Students
Teaching
United States > US
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Summary:Business schools should continue to pay a great deal of attention to the international dimension of management education. However, at present they are guilty of misplaced emphasis. While failing to improve the quality of instruction and the analytical rigor with which the international dimension is covered in the master's in business administration (MBA) curriculum, business schools consume faculty energies and interest in a variety of highly visible, externally oriented international activities. The steps needed to change this situation are simple and fundamental, and they offer broad improvements in the quality of the typical MBA program. Internationalization of the curriculum seems to work best where it can be reinforced with international-area studies elsewhere in the university and where conversational, as opposed to literary, second-language courses are readily available. Once curricular improvements are in place, schools should expose more degree-program students to international educational experiences.
ISSN:0882-0228