Do Business Schools Prepare or Placate Students?

Many corporate leaders believe business school graduates are not equipped with the tools needed to be successful employees in the workforce. Business executives frequently maintain that emphasis on theory occurs at the expense of pragmatic concepts and common sense solutions. However, academicians c...

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Published inBusiness forum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Vol. 16; no. 4; p. 6
Main Authors Aby, Carroll D, Barr, Saul Z, Sterrett, Jack H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles, School of Business and Economics 01.10.1991
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Business schools
Curricula
Higher education
Learning
Problems
Skills
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Summary:Many corporate leaders believe business school graduates are not equipped with the tools needed to be successful employees in the workforce. Business executives frequently maintain that emphasis on theory occurs at the expense of pragmatic concepts and common sense solutions. However, academicians contend that students do receive sound educational training. Since economics is one discipline long considered a benchmark inclusion in business curriculums, a 1989-1990 study of economics department heads in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina was used to gauge classroom instruction in the development of the student. Colleges and universities in the Southeast appear to address many criticisms with smaller pupil-professor ratios. Unfortunately, college graduates seem to be hurt by the lack of instruction in the following key areas: 1. required reading lists that encourage the application of classroom ideas, 2. computer orientation, and 3. writing skills.
ISSN:0733-2408