MBA Innovation

MBA Innovation, a publication for MBA Roundtable members, covers a variety of topics including Roundtable events and news, business school leadership and strategy, best practices, MBA curricular innovation, research on industry trends, and perspectives on issues related to management education. Below is a sampling of recent MBA Innovation articles.

MBA Innovation Summer 2007

Custom MBAs: Degrees in the Making

By Carol Sunnucks

Curious about the trend towards customized MBA degree programs? Read about the successes and challenges one school encountered when designing and delivering a global curriculum for a multinational electronics firm.

Modular Revolution: An Innovative Approach to Part-Time MBA Curricula

By Trina Callie

See how curricular innovation in one school's executive MBA program sparked a revolution in thinking and delivering its part-time MBA curricula.

Unlocking the Gate to Critical Thinking: The Meaningful-Integrated Learning Level

By Harvey Brightman, PhD

Take a critical look at critical thinking in graduate management education and discover practical ways to increase the level of learning among students in your MBA program.

The Grand Finale: Trends in MBA Capstone Experiences

Discover ten key strategies for delivering the most seamless academic MBA programs in an international setting-all from the perspectives of a seasoned administrator and faculty member.

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MBA Innovation Summer 2006

Pursuing the Corporate Voice: Engaging External Business Partners in Curricular Innovation

By Katy Holmgren

Read about how a shift in traditional collaboration between corporations and MBA programs has mutually beneficial results.

Streams of Knowledge: Charting New Waters in MBA Education

By Pedro Gonzalez and Michele Martens

Thinking about introducing a radical new curriculum? Learn about one school’s successes and challenges two years into the process.

Relationship Learning: The Creation of an MBA Learning Alliance Program

By Vince Howe and Rebecca Porterfield

See how learning alliances bring a wealth of “relationship learning” opportunities to students—and why it’s important.

Institutionalizing a Commitment to Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

By Anthony F. Buono

Take a look at one school’s integration of ethics into curricula, research, and campus culture since the 1970’s.

MBA Innovation Summer 2005

Ethics and Social Responsibility in Business Education: The Power of Experiential Learning -

By Jonathan P. Doh

Learn about one school's use of experiential education to expose students to the complexities and challenges of responsible leadership, ethical decision making, and stakeholder management in organizations and society.

The Case for Creativizing the MBA -

By Jeff DeGraff

Reconsider your school's curriculum, approach, student selectivity processes, and faculty teaching styles within the context of creativity as "the core competencies." What can graduate business schools learn from The Julliard School? Perhaps more than meets the eye.

The Cohen Leadership Development Program: One School's Approach to Leadership Development -

By Elizabeth Winslow

Thinking about the implementation of a fresh MBA leadership development program? Learn about program components, future plans, and theoretical questions involved in launching a new leadership initiative.

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