Why are MBAs not keeping pace with a changing world?

Specifically, MBA programmes need a more holistic, interdisciplinary approach that integrates sustainability thinking, concepts and tools across the curriculum. [...]all business schools do this, they will be failing their students. MSCI, where I serve as special adviser to the CEO, recently launche...

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Published inFT.com
Main Author Mizuno, Hiro
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The Financial Times Limited 09.01.2024
Subjects
Business education
Business schools
Core curriculum
Financial analysis
Students
Sustainability
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Summary:Specifically, MBA programmes need a more holistic, interdisciplinary approach that integrates sustainability thinking, concepts and tools across the curriculum. [...]all business schools do this, they will be failing their students. MSCI, where I serve as special adviser to the CEO, recently launched a sustainability institute with that goal in mind: to provide sustainability-related financial data to academic researchers without any direction or expectations on their research agendas. If the purpose of business school is to prepare young people to be the leaders of tomorrow, we cannot allow ourselves to graduate students who are underprepared for the world that awaits them.