Gravy training : inside the business of business schools
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Gravy training : inside the business of business schools
(The Jossey-Bass business & management series)
Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1999
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-272) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This inside look at the lucrative world of top business schools reveals that they aren't always seats of new economic theory, strategic innovation and best management practices, but are sometimes cash cows or "gravy trains" for universities and faculty alike.
Table of Contents
- Preface: Welcome to Gravy Training
- Acknowledgements
- The Authors
- Introduction: Gravy Tales
- The Business School Phenomenon
- Building an Engineer's Paradise
- Business or Ivory Tower?
- The Industrialization of the MBA
- The Business of Professorship
- Strings Attached?
- Alumni Associations: The New Power Networks
- Rankings on the Line
- The New Competition
- Uncertain Futures
- Where Now for Business Schools?
- Further Reading and Information
- Appendix: Quick Guide to Methodology Used for Business School Composite Ratings
- Endnotes
- Name Index
- Subject Index
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