Specialisms and an international outlook are helping European business schools stay ahead of their rivals
Published: 14 June 2007
Choices, choices: how did selecting an MBA school manage to become so complicated? Time was when the vast majority of programmes were confined to North America and the UK. Today they're everywhere.
Tapping at the glass ceiling: More women are studying MBAs - but there is still room for improvement
Published: 14 June 2007
There's good news and bad news when it comes to women and MBAs. The good news is that most business schools are now seeing more women wanting to study for the high-flying business qualification. The bad news is that the increase comes from a stubbornly low base.
Over the hurdles and fighting fit: Business schools are thriving
Published: 14 June 2007
Interview: Michael Luger, Director, Manchester Business School
Published: 14 June 2007
MBA graduates can demand big bucks but salary is just one of many attractions
Published: 14 June 2007
We may not be quite so mercenary as in the Eighties, but the size of the pay cheque is still important, and few starting out on an MBA would profess indifference to the prospect of sharply increased earnings. But is it still a feasible aim to double your salary by doing an MBA? The short answer is yes. A brief glance down the lists that rank MBA programmes under various headings shows numerous business schools reporting salary increases around 100 per cent. But there are several important qualifications.
How do business schools keep up with what employers are looking for?
Published: 14 June 2007
Responsible as well as profitable: Employers seek graduates with a social conscience
Published: 14 June 2007
If any proof were needed for the link between doing good and doing good business, the story of how an Indian tyre manufacturing company is combatting Aids, seems to offer it. The strategy director of Apollo Tyres, one of India's leading tyre companies, recently studied on an international Masters programme in practising management (IMPM), a co-operative venture between business schools in six countries across the world. He used his time as a student to develop Apollo's sponsorship of HIV/Aids clinics in lorry parks across India, after the company realised that lorry drivers - their main clients - were also among those most likely to suffer from sexually transmitted diseases. Oliver Westall, who headed Lancaster University's involvement in the IMPM, says: "It was corporate social responsibility in the sense that it is providing a valuable service, but it was exactly what the company wanted, too, because it raised the profile of Apollo Tyres with their key customers."
Creating job satisfaction: How MBAs can be kept stimulated
Published: 14 June 2007
After a year or more with no social life - and probably a sizable overdraft - you're champing at the bit to put your shiny new management skills to the test. But instead of implementing a change strategy you're forced to spend a year with the sales team.
Interview: Richard Gillingwater, Dean Of Cass Business School
Published: 14 June 2007
London's Windy City: How is Chicago Business School's European campus faring?
Published: 14 June 2007
Enter the swish London campus of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Chicago GSB) at Woolgate Exchange in the heart of the City of London and you could be forgiven for thinking that you have arrived at the headquarters of a global corporate.
MBA popularity soars in the Middle East
Published: 19 April 2007
MBAs: Climate features on the curriculum
Published: 19 April 2007
Why MBA accreditation is a "must have"
Published: 19 April 2007
MBA students: Destined for high-flying careers
Published: 19 April 2007
How style can win you a top job
Published: 19 April 2007
How Hull business school has expanded its horizons
Published: 19 April 2007
The electronic textbook: new chapter in learning?
Published: 19 April 2007
Why the London Olympics needs sports-minded business leaders
Published: 19 April 2007
When most people drive to the railway station in the morning, they have their minds set on finding just one parking space. Wilben Short's concerns were of a much higher order a fortnight ago when he visited the site of what will be Ebbsfleet International railway station in Kent. He was there, in his capacity as head of transport for the London Olympics in 2012, to check out the 9,000 parking spaces earmarked for people using the station to take the Olympic Javelin shuttles direct to the Olympic Park in East London.
Me And My MBA: Taking British music to the States
Published: 19 April 2007
Me And My MBA: 'I'm now a better manager'
Published: 19 April 2007
MBAs: There's a new confidence in the market
Published: 19 April 2007
How business schools are igniting the creative spark in their students
Published: 19 April 2007
Wanted: creative problem solvers who can think outside the box. Major companies operating in today's complex global business environment are looking for more than merely efficient managers. They are increasingly drawn to people with a wider set of personal skills. How are business schools responding to this demand for competence plus creativity?
Profile: Warwick Business School
Published: 19 April 2007
How we can learn from American business schools
Published: 19 April 2007
How international make-up of British business schools gives them an edge
Published: 19 April 2007
It might be the business school urban myth - but it illustrates a point. Back in 2003, when an MBA from a British business school was much coveted by the Chinese, a group of Chinese students arrived in the UK, eager to start studying.
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