The overarching goal of most business schools is to train future leaders to lead. But how well schools meet this goal, and to what extent their teaching influences their students’ leadership, is an open question. Does business school education really shape students’ minds and behaviors many years later, when they’ve reached decision-making positions at major corporations and financial institutions?
Research: Business School Really Does Influence How Students Make Decisions Later On
A study looks at the lasting effects of MBA education.
August 08, 2018
Summary.
The overarching goal of most business schools is to train future leaders to lead. But it’s an open question as to how well schools meet this goal, and to what extent what their teaching influences their students’ leadership. Does business school education really shape students’ minds and behaviors many years later, when they’ve reached key decision-making positions at major corporations and financial institutions? Researchers explore this question by looking at CEOs’ decisions about corporate diversification over the last three decades. They found that CEOs’ decisions were strongly aligned with the predominant theory about diversification taught at the time they were in business school.