Why McKinsey and Company Loves to Hire MBAs
When it comes to careers MBAs are likely to land, working for a management consulting firm tops the list.
McKinsey and Company is one such firm that conducts qualitative and quantitative analysis for companies around the world in order to evaluate management decisions across the public and private sectors. Continue reading…
New Course Offerings for MBAs at the George Washington University School of Business
The George Washington University School of Business (GWSB) has announced several new course offerings for the fall 2016 and summer II 2016 sessions. These courses, offered through the Department of Management and Government Contracts program, will be available to MBA candidates who meet the necessary prerequisites for each course. Continue reading…
UIC Professor Talks Leadership on Up Close Podcast
Robert Liden, a professor at UIC’s Liautaud Graduate School of Business, recently appeared as a guest on Up Close, an online, audio talk show of research, opinion and analysis from the University of Melbourne, Australia. The podcast has an audience in 170 countries and is downloaded about 40,000 times each month, according to the program’s website. Continue reading…
Graziadio School Professor Makes the Case for More Women on Corporate Boards
Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management (Graziadio School) Professor Bernice Ledbetter wrote recently about the benefits and necessities of placing more women on corporate boards.
Addressing the need for shifts in corporate culture, Ledbetter refers to the “massive” discrepancy between the number of women in the workforce and those serving on boards. Of Fortune 500 company board seats, only 19 percent are held by women. During 2014, women held just 16 percent of S&P 500 company board seats.
Smeal College of Business Announces New Master’s Program Akin to a Mini MBA
Penn State University’s Smeal College of Business has announced a unique new program for aspiring MBAs from non-business undergraduate majors.
The Master of Professional Studies in Management and Organizational Leadership (MMOL) is a 32-credit accelerated program providing the same instruction traditional business school students receive during the first year of the top-ranked Smeal MBA.
Alumni Spotlight: Maria Kiwanuka, London Business School
There have been plenty of well-known, impressive and important people to graduate from the prestigious London Business School. I’m talking about folks like Timothy Kopra (a NASA Astronaut), Jean Tirole (Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics), Ronald Boire (Former President and CEO of Brookstone) — even real-life Knights, such as Sir David Arculus (Chairman of the Board, O2) and Sir John Egan (Former CEO of Jaguar Cars, Former CEO of BAA, Chairman of Severn Trent plc). Continue reading…
